At the same time, the administration will announce sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and its chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing a decision that hasn’t been publicly announced.
The decision to extend the waivers follows an internal disagreement between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had advocated ending the waivers, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who wanted them extended.
The sanctions are meant to punish Iran for what the US says is Tehran’s recent nuclear proliferation efforts, one of the people said.
Iran had earlier announced it would no longer be bound by uranium enrichment limits imposed by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal President Donald Trump quit in 2018.
MNA/PR
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