Biden Administration Formally Offers to Restart Nuclear Talks With Iran |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=58397"><span class="small">Lara Jakes, Michael Crowley, David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi, The New York Times</span></a> |
Friday, 19 February 2021 09:10 |
Excerpt: "President Biden campaigned on restoring an accord limiting Iran's nuclear program. It remains unclear if Tehran, which is demanding that sanctions be lifted first, will accept the offer to talk."
Biden Administration Formally Offers to Restart Nuclear Talks With Iran19 February 21
In a series of moves intended to make good on one of President Biden’s most significant campaign promises, the administration also backed away from a Trump administration effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Iran. That effort had divided Washington from its European allies. And at the same time, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken told European foreign ministers in a call on Thursday morning that the United States would join them in seeking to restore the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, which he said “was a key achievement of multilateral diplomacy.” |