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WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will extend sanctions relief
granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and
other world powers, leaving the accord intact for now, according to a
person familiar with the decision. However,
Trump, who has vowed to scrap the pact, was expected to give the U.S.
Congress and European allies a deadline for improving it, the person
said. Without improvements, Trump would renew his threat to withdraw
from the agreement. Trump had faced a Friday deadline to decide
on whether to waive the sanctions. A decision to withhold a waiver would
have effectively ended the deal that limits Iran’s nuclear program. The
White House is expected to announce the decision on Friday. While Trump approved a sanctions waiver, he also decided to impose new, targeted sanctions on Iran, the person said. Two
senior Trump administration officials told Reuters on Wednesday that
the president, a Republican, had privately expressed reluctance to heed
the advice of top advisers recommending he not reimpose the suspended
sanctions. Trump has argued that his predecessor, President
Barack Obama, a Democrat, negotiated a bad deal for the United States in
agreeing to the nuclear accord. Hailed by Obama as key to
stopping Iran from building a nuclear bomb, the deal lifted economic
sanctions in exchange for Tehran limiting its nuclear ambitions. It was
also signed by China, France, Russia, Britain, Germany and the European
Union.
Trump had come under heavy pressure from European allies to issue the sanctions waiver.
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Iran
says its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. It has said it
will stick to the accord as long as the other signatories respect it,
but will “shred” the deal if Washington pulls out. 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 to remain suspended. Trump in October chose not to
certify compliance and warned he might ultimately terminate the accord.
He accused Iran of “not living up to the spirit” of the agreement even
though the International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran is complying. Hardliners
on Iran in the U.S. Congress have called for the reimposition of the
suspended sanctions and an end to the nuclear deal, while some liberal
Democrats want to pass legislation that would make it harder for Trump
to pull Washington out without congressional consent. Trump and
his top advisers have been negotiating with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol
Hill to try to change sanctions legislation so that he does not face a
deadline on whether to recertify Iranian compliance with the nuclear
deal every 90 days. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
Bob Corker has been working on amending a U.S. law to include “trigger
points” that if crossed by Iran would automatically bring back U.S.
sanctions.
Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Tim Ahmann; Editing by Eric Beech Simon Cameron-Moore
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