The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development.
The waivers, which officials said expire on July 27, covered the conversion of Iran’s Arak heavy water research reactor, the provision of enriched uranium for its Tehran Research Reactor and the transfer of spent and scrap reactor fuel abroad.
However, Pompeo said Washington would extend for 90 days a waiver allowing foreign work at a Russian-built nuclear power plant at Bushehr to ensure safety. “Because of our pressure, Iran’s leaders are facing a decision: either negotiate with us or manage economic collapse,” U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told reporters.Since the U.S. withdrawal and the revival of U.S. sanctions to cut Iran’s oil exports, Tehran has boosted its nuclear work in what analysts see as an effort to change U.S. policy or increase Iranian leverage in any negotiation.
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