Iran dismisses ‘desperate’ US move to end nuclear waivers

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Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi is seen during an official ceremony to kick-start works for a second nuclear reactor at Bushehr power plant, on November 10, 2019. – Bushehr is Iran’s only nuclear power station and is currently running on imported fuel from Russia that is closely monitored by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Tehran on Thursday dismissed the impact of what it called Washington’s “desperate attempt” to end sanction waivers for nations that remain in the Iran nuclear accord.

The United States had made the move in a bid “to distract public opinion from its continued defeats at the hands of Iran,” said Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran.

“Ending waivers for nuclear cooperation with Iran… has effectively no impact on Iran’s continued work” on what the Islamic republic insists is a purely civilian nuclear energy program, Kamalvandi said in a statement published on the agency’s website.

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