In the wake of the nuclear talks in Vienna, US President Joe Biden said tonight (Wednesday to Thursday) that this is not the time to give up on renewing and reviving the nuclear deal between Iran and the powers.
"There is some progress," Biden said at a news conference Wednesday marking his first year in office.
He said it remains to be seen whether Tehran will abide by the agreement.
Negotiators appointed by Biden have announced that the United States has largely agreed on the sanctions to be lifted, in exchange for Iran returning to the joint plan on which it will be negotiated.
However, they stressed that they would not respond to Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi's demand for promises that a future US administration would not withdraw from the agreement as former President Donald Trump did in 2018.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently said that Iran is weeks away from being able to produce enough fissile material for nuclear weapons, while the agreement stipulates that this phase will take place in at least a year.
"It is fair to say that the decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal was one of the worst decisions made in the recent history of U.S. foreign policy," Blinken told local media.
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