Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi (Photo: Reuters)

The Trump administration, which in 2018 pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran, will let the work go forward by issuing waivers to sanctions that bar non-US firms from dealing with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

The waivers’ renewal for 60 days will allow nonproliferation work to continue at the Arak heavy-water research reactor, the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Tehran Research Reactor and other nuclear cooperation initiatives. The United States also placed Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), and the organization itself under US sanctions.