US, Iranian and European negotiators will convene next week for a fifth – and what they hope will be final – round of talks over reinstating the nuclear deal. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said May 20 that a “main agreement” has been reached , with the US broadly committing to lifting its sanctions targeting Iran’s oil, petrochemical, shipping, insurance and banking sectors, though final details have yet to be settled. US officials have been more circumspect, saying only that the four rounds of discussions so far have “crystalized” what steps each side still needs to take. With Iran scheduled to hold its presidential election June 18, S&P Global Platts Analytics expects the nuclear negotiations to reach a framework deal in May, with full oil sanctions relief by September. That would result in Iranian crude and […]