U.S. Denies Agreement With Iran To Lift Oil Sanctions

The U.S. State Department has refuted a statement made by a senior Iranian official that the country had agreed to lift all sanctions on Iran's oil and shipping industry. "During negotiations of this complexity, negotiators try to draft text that capture the main issues, but again, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed," a State Department spokesman told Reuters.

The statement, made on condition of anonymity, came in response to another one, made by the chief of staff of Iran's President earlier this week. "An agreement has been reached…