State Department: We can't tell you why our deal with Russia and Iran is going nowhere
Jazz Shaw Mar 23, 2022 8:51 AM ET
While most of the news involving Russia these days focuses on “the most hated man in the world” and his unprovoked attack on a neighboring nation, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that Russia is also our trusted partner in the ongoing negotiations with Iran. This somewhat schizophrenic approach to American foreign policy was a necessity, or so we were told, to ensure that the Iranians would come back to the table and agree that they would never have nuclear weapons. The Russians were the ones who held the key to Iran’s heart and they were ideally poised to make this deal happen. In an update from the State Department yesterday, however, it sounded as if Russia isn’t much better at deal-making than they are at planning a land war in Ukraine. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that we no longer know if Iran will ever agree to any sort of arrangement. He reiterated that a deal with Iran “is neither imminent nor is it certain.” Well, knock us over with a feather. (Fox News)
After almost a year of stop-and-go talks with Iran to bring it back under a nuclear agreement, the State Department on Tuesday said it remains unclear whether Tehran will ever agree to a deal.
“The jury is still out as to whether we will in fact, be able to achieve a mutual return to compliance with the [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] JCPOA,” State Department press secretary Ned Price said. “An agreement of this sort is neither imminent nor is it certain.”
Price said that while the chief goal is to reach an agreement with Iran to block it from possessing a nuclear weapon, the White House has a contingency plan should the U.S. and JCPOA partner nations fail to broker a deal.
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