A picture made available 17 October 2007 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meeting with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in Tehran, 16 October 2007. On the wall is a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. "Vladimir Putin will remain national leader, regardless of the post that he holds," wrote Boris Gryzlov, head of the ruling United Russia party, in the 17 October 2007 government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP via Getty Images)
  • The Biden administration notified Congress that it is waiving nonproliferation sanctions on Iran.
  • The move will allow Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, to profit from its work helping Iran develop its nuclear facilities. 
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