Trump suggests sanctions on Iran could be removed once 'they behave'

US President Donald Trump stated that sanctions on Iran would be lifted once the country "behaves," suggesting a potential return of frozen funds.

U.S. ​President Donald Trump on ​Wednesday suggested that ‌sanctions on ​Iran would be removed once "they behave." "As far as sanctions are concerned, ‌at some point, you know, we have sanctions which will never let them rebuild. They would have no ‌money, they would be in poverty, the 91 ‌million people would starve, so something will happen as soon as they behave. When they behave, we're going to let ⁠that ​go. We're ⁠going to have to. I put sanctions on a lot ⁠of people, and then I let them go," Trump told ​reporters.

He also suggested that frozen funds could be ⁠returned.

"We have taken their money, it's not our money, ⁠it's ​their money, and we froze it. At a certain point in time I guess we're going ⁠to have to give it back," Trump said. "If we ⁠didn't ⁠give it back, nobody would ever invest in the dollar again."