US eases sanctions on Iranian oil

How do you go from "we will blow up your gas field" to "Alright, keep trading you guys"

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Translation "we can't stop you so we are going to pretend that we allowed it".

Kind of like how Trump decided to announce that he was permitting China to buy Russian oil. Which the Chinese correctly responded "they don't want or need his permission to buy anything."