President Joe Biden restores a sanctions waiver to the Islamic Republic of Iran Friday as part of an effort to revive an Iran nuclear deal. The waiver “was rescinded by the Trump administration in May 2020” and “allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to carry out non-proliferation work at Iranian nuclear sites,” Reuters reports. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, sharply criticized the recent move in a speech on the Senate floor. “The very same Ayatollah who chants ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America,’ the Biden administration is preparing to facilitate that Ayatollah having the weapons of mass murder to carry out those pledges,” says Cruz.