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Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions: official
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 10, 2018 / 1:46 PM / UPDATED 35 MINUTES AGO
Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions: official
Steve Holland
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump is being urged by some top advisers not to bring back U.S. economic sanctions on Iran this week, a move by the president that would effectively end a 2015 deal to limit Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Two senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump’s top advisers were recommending that he not reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the agreement between Iran, the United States and other world powers.
But Trump, who has previously vowed to scrap the nuclear pact, is privately expressing reluctance to heed the advisers, the officials said.
The U.S. Congress requires the president to decide periodically whether to certify Iran’s compliance with the deal and issue a waiver to allow U.S sanctions on Iran to remain suspended. The next deadline is Friday.
Trump will seek to make a final decision on the sanc
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Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions: official
Steve Holland
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump is being urged by some top advisers not to bring back U.S. economic sanctions on Iran this week, a move by the president that would effectively end a 2015 deal to limit Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Two senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump’s top advisers were recommending that he not reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the agreement between Iran, the United States and other world powers.
But Trump, who has previously vowed to scrap the nuclear pact, is privately expressing reluctance to heed the advisers, the officials said.
The U.S. Congress requires the president to decide periodically whether to certify Iran’s compliance with the deal and issue a waiver to allow U.S sanctions on Iran to remain suspended. The next deadline is Friday.
Trump will seek to make a final decision on the sanc
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-trump-sanctions/trump-urged-by-top-advisers-to-waive-iran-sanctions-official-idUSKBN1EZ2H9
