The waiver he will sign suspends US sanctions on Iran for another 120 days.
The White House wants a deal with EU signatories to make restrictions on Iran's uranium enrichment permanent. Under the current deal they are set to expire in 2025.
Mr Trump also wants Iran's ballistic missile programme to be addressed.
[BBC]
12/1/18
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United States President Donald Trump approved new sanctions on Iran Friday, while stopping short for a third time of re-imposing harsh sanctions intended to push Tehran to give up nuclear weapons research.
ReplyDeleteTrump said he was waiving the nuclear sanctions for the last time in order to give Congress and European allies 120 days to improve the agreement or face U.S. abandonment of the pact.