President Donald Trump will extend sanctions relief granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers, according to a tweet by a Bloomberg reporter on Thursday.
Trump, who has vowed to scrap the nuclear pact, faces a deadline on Friday to decide on the sanctions, and a decision to withhold a waiver would have effectively ended the deal that put limits on Iran`s nuclear program in exchange for easing Western sanctions. 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. official said on Wednesday that if Trump was to waive the nuclear-linked sanctions, the administration would impose new, targeted measures against Iranian businesses and people.
According to the Bloomberg reporter, the White House will announce Trump`s decision mid-morning on Friday.
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