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U.S. Ending Sanctions Waiver for Site Where Iran Resumed Uranium Enrichment
(The Hill) Rebecca Kheel - "The United States will terminate the sanctions waiver related to the nuclear facility at Fordow effective Dec. 15, 2019," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday, referring to a site where Iran recently announced it was enriching uranium. The U.S. had granted sanctions waivers to allow Europe, China and Russia to cooperate with Iran on converting nuclear facilities to nonmilitary purposes. Pompeo said, "The right amount of uranium enrichment for the world's largest state sponsor of terror is zero. Iran originally constructed Fordow as a fortified underground bunker to conduct secret uranium enrichment work, and there is no legitimate reason for Iran to resume enrichment at this previously clandestine site."