Al-Monitor | Bryant Harris: The Donald Trump administration today ended sanctions waivers that allowed foreign companies to do work at certain Iranian nuclear facilities. The move comes a mere two months after the administration had characterized the waivers as �restrictions� on Iran�s nuclear program.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would end three of the remaining waivers � some of the last remnants of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal � after a two-month wind-down period. At the same time, he announced that the United States would renew a fourth waiver for three months.

�The Iranian regime has continued its nuclear brinkmanship by expanding proliferation sensitive activities,� Pompeo said in a statement. �These escalatory actions are unacceptable, and I cannot justify renewing the waiver for these [nuclear deal-related] activities as a result.�

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