Power Plant: Sanctionable Bushehr and Reactor Unit

power plant: However, the waivers will be reduced from 180 days to 90, and State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that assistance to expand Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant beyond the existing reactor unit could be sanctionable, according to CNN. Bushehr is one of the three facilities exempted from sanctions along with Arak and Fordow. The US will extend waivers that allow the remaining parties to the 2015 deal to conduct research and do non-proliferation work at three sites in Iran without fear of facing sanctions, according to a fact sheet released by the State Department on Friday. The US will also revoke two waivers that allowed Iran to ship its excess heavy water for storage and swap its enriched uranium for natural uranium, according to Ortagus. Read More Internal debate Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the administration should continue take a nuanced view towards each waiver and facility. The decisions today enhance our ability to constrain Iran's nuclear program while pursuing maximum economic pressure, Brian Hook, the State Department special representative on Iran, told CNN in an interview Friday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.