Biden Waives Sanctions on Iran\u2019s \u2018Civilian\u2019 Nuclear Program in Bid to Restore 2015 Deal<\/a><\/p>\nPresident Joe Biden\u2019s administration has lifted sanctions on Iran\u2019s \u2018civilian\u2019 nuclear program in a desperate bid to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. \u201cSecretary of State Antony Blinken signed several sanctions waivers related to Iran\u2019s civilian nuclear activities,\u201d\u00a0The Associated Press\u00a0reported Friday. \u201cThe move reverses the Trump administration\u2019s decision to rescind them,\u201d the news agency added.<\/p>\n
President Biden\u2019s waiver paves the way for private companies and state-owned players from Russia, China, and Europe to help Iran build up its nuclear infrastructure, news reports\u00a0confirm.<\/p>\n
The sanctions waiver will enable Iran to develop its\u00a0Arak\u00a0heavy-water reactor,\u00a0Bushehr\u00a0nuclear power plant, and\u00a0Fordow\u00a0nuclear enrichment plant,\u00a0Reuters noted. All these sites are deeply involved to Iran\u2019s rogue nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n
With its nuclear facilities working towards a bomb, Tehran dismissed Biden\u2019s latest concession as \u201cinsufficient.\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian\u00a0declared\u00a0on Saturday that the waiver \u201cis not enough\u201d for the regime to abandon its nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n
Reuters\u00a0reported the Biden administration\u2019s massive concession to Iran:<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden\u2019s administration on Friday restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect American-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran enter the final stretch.<\/p>\n
The waivers had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to carry out non-proliferation work to effectively make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development. The waivers were rescinded by the United States in 2019 and 2020 under former President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the nuclear agreement. (\u2026)<\/p>\n
The State Department has sent a report signed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Congress explaining that restoring the waivers will help the talks in Vienna on returning to the deal reached between Iran and a group of countries including China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and the United States. The agreement is formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe waiver with respect to these activities is designed to facilitate discussions that would help to close a deal on a mutual return to full implementation of the JCPOA and lay the groundwork for Iran\u2019s return to performance of its JCPOA commitments,\u201d according to the report, a copy of which seen by Reuters. (\u2026)<\/p>\n
The activities, according to the report, include redesign of Iran\u2019s Arak heavy-water reactor, the preparation and modification of its Fordow facility for stable isotope production, operations, training and services related to its Bushehr nuclear power plant, among several other things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Senator Ted Cruz called out the Biden White House for continuing to misinform the public. \u201cPresident Biden and Biden-Harris officials are lying to journalists and the American people,\u201d Sen. Cruz wrote on Twitter. \u201cThey informed Congress that they are dismantling sanctions on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, and allowing Russia and China to help the Ayatollah build up his nuclear weapons program,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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