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Biden administration restores sanctions waiver to Iran

The waiver, rescinded by the Trump administration in 2020, covered the conversion of Iran's Arak heavy water reactor [File: West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

The Biden administration has restored a sanctions waiver to Iran, a senior State Department official said, as indirect talks between Washington and Tehran on returning to the 2015 nuclear agreement entered the final stretch.

The waiver, which was rescinded by the Trump administration in May 2020, had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to carry out non-proliferation work at Iranian nuclear sites.

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