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Despite his hatred of the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump has left the accord intact - but has given European allies 120 days to agree to a new deal or the US will pull out, administration officials have said. | Despite his hatred of the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump has left the accord intact - but has given European allies 120 days to agree to a new deal or the US will pull out, administration officials have said. |
In his decision not to immediately terminate the agreement, Mr Trump is also waiving nuclear sanctions against Iran for the last time, the officials said. | In his decision not to immediately terminate the agreement, Mr Trump is also waiving nuclear sanctions against Iran for the last time, the officials said. |
The action is the third time Mr Trump has given a reprieve to the agreement brokered by the Obama administration and five other world powers, despite having called it “one of the worst” agreements the US has ever entered into. | |
Mr Trump has also approved sanctions against the head of Iran’s judiciary, Sadeq Larijani, whom the administration holds culpable for the violent crackdown on recent antigovernment protests. | |
Mr Larijani is among 14 individuals and entities that have been sanctioned by the administration for human rights abuses, censorship in Iran and for providing support to Iranian weapons proliferators. | |