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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022
US to renew waivers on Iran nuclear work, sanction nuclear organization: sources

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Reuters
30 January, 2020, 07:35 pm
Last modified: 30 January, 2020, 07:37 pm

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US to renew waivers on Iran nuclear work, sanction nuclear organization: sources

Washington in November terminated the sanctions waiver related to Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant after Tehran resumed uranium enrichment at the underground site

Reuters
30 January, 2020, 07:35 pm
Last modified: 30 January, 2020, 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

The United States will allow Russian, Chinese and European firms to continue work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, but will impose sanctions on its nuclear entity and top official, sources said on Thursday.

The Trump administration, which in 2018 pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions on Iran, will let the work go forward by issuing waivers to sanctions that bar non-US firms from dealing with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said the sources on condition of anonymity.

The waivers' renewal for 60 days will allow non-proliferation work to continue at the Arak heavy water research reactor, the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Tehran Research Reactor and other nuclear cooperation initiatives.

"There was a difference of opinion between the US Treasury and State Department. The Treasury won," said a Western diplomat familiar with the issue. "There is an appetite for more sanctions so this was a surprise, but others argue that these waivers are vital to ensure non-proliferation."

A US official confirmed the waivers. The official and diplomat said that Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), and the organization as a whole would be placed under US sanctions.

The US State Department is expected to make an announcement later on Thursday.

Washington in November terminated the sanctions waiver related to Iran's Fordow nuclear plant after Tehran resumed uranium enrichment at the underground site.

There had been a great deal of lobbying in Washington to stop the latest waivers as Trump seeks to exert more pressure on Iran. It was not immediately clear why Washington had decided to extend the waivers.

Under the 2015 deal between Iran and six world powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - Tehran agreed to limit its nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions that had crippled its economy.

When US President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned the deal in May 2018, he re-imposed US sanctions in a "maximum pressure" campaign designed to force Iran to return to the negotiating table.

The decision to sanction Salehi and the AEOI would have an impact on Iran's nuclear civilian program because it has operational control over the program, including purchasing parts for nuclear facilities.

The diplomat said the US had likely opted to extend the Bushehr waiver because the Russian firm targeted also provides nuclear fuel to US facilities, causing a potential sanctions headache for the administration.

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