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Biden REMOVES some Iran sanctions imposed by Trump - including unfreezing $29B in bank accounts overseas - in bid to return to Obama-era deal that three negotiators have resigned over
- [Daily Mail UK] The Biden administration on Friday restored a sanctions waiver to Iran
- Indirect talks between the United States and Iran on returning to the 2015 nuclear agreement has entered the final stretch
- One official said it was not a signal Washington was reaching an understanding to return to the deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- Waivers allowed foreign companies to carry out non-proliferation work to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development
- Waivers were rescinded by the United States in 2019 and 2020 under former President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the nuclear agreement
- The United States and Iran have held eight rounds of indirect talks in Vienna since April aimed at reinstating the pact that lifted sanctions against Tehran
- There has been no formal announcement on when the ninth round would start, but expectations intensified that it could be next week
- After Trump pulled the United States out of the deal in 2018 and reimposed harsh sanctions, Iran gradually started violating the pact's nuclear curbs
- Western diplomats now worry that its nuclear advancement leaves a very narrow window of time to return to the deal
Posted by: Glineper Ebbaling3848 2022-02-07 |
