The Iranians, still writhing under the crippling sanctions put in place by President Trump, are playing hard to get and don’t want to return to the table
“If Iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations, the United States will do the same thing,” Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said then.
But this week we’ve seen that the administration isn’t just waiting passively for the Iranians, but has changed its approach and is now pushing to reopen talks with Iran.
The Iranians, still writhing under the crippling sanctions put in place by President Trump, are playing hard to get and don’t want to return to the table. But if the Europeans’ brokerage attempts are successful, the path is open for a renegotiation of the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal.
President Biden, in a speech at the Munich security conference, said the deal would have to address other issues as well — for instance, Iran’s ballistic missile program and terror sponsorship. But that will come later.
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