US imposes illegal sanctions on Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, its chief

The US regime has imposed illegal sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its top official, Ali Akbar Salehi.

According to reports, however, sources said the US will once again waive its sanctions on Russian, Chinese and European firms that work at four Iranian nuclear facilities.

The sources said the waivers will allow those countries to continue working at the heavy water reactor in Arak, the Fordow enrichment facility, the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the Tehran research reactor.

In May 2018, US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled his country out of the JCPOA in defiance of global criticism, and later re-imposed the sanctions that had been lifted against Tehran as part of the agreement.

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