Biden Administration Waives Sanctions Related to Iran Civilian Nuclear Activities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Friday's decision comes following last month's eighth round of indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran which was attended by representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain, and Iran, in the Austrian capital of Vienna, regarding the nuclear deal.
45% : The move comes as the Biden administration hopes to entice Iran back to the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which imposed restrictions on Iran's nuclear program in return for an easing of economic sanctions.
45% : The United States has been participating indirectly in the talks because Iran refuses direct contact.
45% : Talks in Vienna are ongoing as part of the effort to bring both the United States and Iran back into the 2015 deal and the latest move is thought to help push the negotiations forward.
44% : The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the sanctions waivers on Friday, said that they are aimed at turning Iran's heavy-water Arak reactor into a less dangerous light-water reactor and also apply to the export of enriched uranium and heavy water outside of Iran.
44% : "We did NOT provide sanctions relief for Iran and WILL NOT until/unless Tehran returns to its commitments under the JCPOA," Price wrote on Twitter.
42% : Price also stressed that the United States will not provide sanctions relief to Tehran before it returns to its commitments under 2015 nuclear deal.
40% : Iran has now apparently enriched uranium to 60 percent purity, 20 to 30 percent below the purity required for building weapons, but denies that it is seeking a nuclear weapon.
34% : Critics of the nuclear deal have argued that even if the Biden administration wants to return to the 2015 deal it should at least demand some concessions from Iran before providing it with sanctions relief upfront.
33% : Meanwhile, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said that even if Iran returned to compliance with the nuclear restrictions in the 2015 deal, Iran's "dangerously and rapidly escalating nuclear program" has "put it on the brink of having enough material for a nuclear weapon."
31% : We are focused on working with partners and allies to counter the full range of threats that Iran poses."
31% : precisely what the last administration did: permit our international partners to address growing nuclear nonproliferation and safety risks in Iran," Price said.

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