Trump administration unveils new sanctions against Iran targeting nuclear scientists and companies that it says were linked to the country's former nuclear weapons program.
By retaining the nuclear team, Iran intended to"to keep their skills sharp" in case Tehran decided to revive the weapons project, said a second administration official, who was not authorized to speak on the record.
The move coincided with a Mideast trip by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who during a visit to Beirut on Friday called on Lebanon to reject the influence of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement. But a former U.S. official who served during the Obama administration said Washington's unilateral withdrawal from a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers could end up pushing Tehran to return its nuclear weapons effort, and that the sanctions were unusual by focusing on past behavior and not current actions.
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