The US House of Representatives has voted to bar the American government from purchasing heavy water from Iran in the future.
On Wednesday, 251 lawmakers voted for the bill which prohibits US tax dollars from being used to buy Iranian heavy water.
The news comes a couple of weeks after US media reported that the administration of President Barack Obama was moving to finalize a deal with Tehran worth $8.6 million to buy heavy water from Iran.
Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said in April that Iran under a deal with the US would sell 32 metric tons of heavy water to the country – what was seen as a major step in the commercialization of Iran’s nuclear energy program.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said last August that Iran would begin to commercialize its nuclear technology after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – an agreement reached last July between Iran…