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U.S. Vows to Grant Few Waivers on Iran Sanctions
(Wall Street Journal) Felicia Schwartz - The Trump administration is looking to ratchet up pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program, going beyond previous international sanctions, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Wednesday. "We're not just going to stop at where the sanctions were in 2015. Our goal, our objective really is essentially we'd like to say no waivers to the sanctions," Bolton said after two days of meetings with Israeli officials. Bolton said the first wind-down period has ended, with the U.S. only granting two "very limited" sanctions waivers. He added that the U.S. sanctions put in place so far have affected Iran's ability to operate in the Middle East.