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Iran has welcomed the United States' decision to grant international waivers on sanctions against the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, but said more steps would be necessary to achieve a mutual return to their 2015 nuclear deal.

A State Department spokesperson told Newsweek on Friday that President Joe Biden's administration had "decided to restore a sanctions waiver to enable third party participation in nuclear non-proliferation and safety projects in Iran due to growing non-proliferation concerns, in particular with respect to increasing stockpiles of enriched uranium in Iran."

The move followed last month's eighth round of indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran alongside other parties to the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Former President Donald Trump left the deal in 2018 and, though his administration offered similar waivers for two years after the exit, he would go on to impose tough economic restrictions against Tehran, which has significantly increased uranium enrichment.