VOA/AFP: Blinken Says No Nuclear Deal on Table With Iran
New York — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that no new nuclear agreement was on the table with Iran, after quiet new diplomacy between the adversaries.
"There is no agreement in the offing, even as we continue to be willing to explore diplomatic paths," Blinken said at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
"We'll see by their actions," Blinken said of the future relationship, calling on Iran to choose to "not take actions that further escalate the tensions" with the United States and in the Middle East.
President Joe Biden took office with hopes of returning to a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran that was scrapped by his predecessor, Donald Trump. But EU-mediated talks collapsed and mass protests in Iran made Washington increasingly hesitant to strike a deal with the clerical state.
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Update #1: Blinken denies ‘agreement’ with Iran amid talk of informal deal (Al-Monitor)
Update #2: Blinken Claims ‘No Agreement in the Offing’ amid Reports of New Iran Deal (National Review)
WNU Editor: There is no common ground between the U.S. and Iran. And as for the EU maybe stepping in to arrange a deal, it is not going to happen. the EU is totally focused on the Russia - Ukraine war.
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