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

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Publish Date: 20:19 - 30 January 2020
Tehran 30 january_The US Treasury Department says Washington has imposed sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its top official, Ali Akbar Salehi.

US imposes sanctions on Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, its chiefTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_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 US Treasury will issue waivers to sanctions that bar non-US firms from dealing with the AEOI, the sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

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.

The US State Department is expected to make an announcement about the new sanctions later on Thursday.

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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