Iran is trying to lure Donald Trump with financial incentives, including investments in its vast oil and gas reserves, in an attempt to convince the US president to accept a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and avoid a war.
A person familiar with the situation described the prospect as a “heavenly hand” from a commercial point of view, with Tehran trying to stimulate Trump’s appetite for deals that promise financial gains for the US, writes Financial Times.
A high-ranking American official said that so far no commercial offer has been made to the US.
“This subject has never been discussed. President Trump was clear: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and neither the ability to build one”, he said.
The proposal, submitted directly to Trump
According to the cited source, the prospect of investment opportunities was “specifically directed towards Trump – a potential major economic gain in the field of oil and gas, mining rights, critical minerals and other resources”.
A second person stated that there have been discussions about the possibility of Iran offering American investments in the oil and gas sector, but the proposal has not been officially presented to Washington.
“[Iran] is looking at the case of Venezuela as a case study”, the source said, referring to Trump’s efforts to facilitate American companies’ access to oil contracts in the Latin American country, after the US captured Nicolás Maduro last month.
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