New U.S. Secretary of State Stands by Need Iran Return to Nuclear Offer Before U.S. Does | Entire world Information

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Point out Antony Blinken on Wednesday stuck to his stance that Tehran must resume complying with the Iran nuclear deal before Washington, which abandoned the pact underneath former President Donald Trump, would do so.

Making his initial general public feedback on Iran as the main U.S. diplomat, Blinken reiterated President Joe Biden’s policy “that if Iran arrives back into comprehensive compliance with its obligations under the JCPOA, the United States would do the same matter.”

The nuclear offer, formally called the Joint Thorough Prepare of Action (JCPOA), was struck by Iran and six main powers in 2015 and fully commited Iran to restricting its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief from the United States and some others.

Trump abandoned the offer in 2018 and reimposed U.S. sanctions, leading Iran to start violating its terms.

If Iran returns to the deal, Washington would seek to develop what Blinken identified as a “longer and more robust agreement” that would deal with other “deeply problematic” difficulties.

He did not name these but Biden has explained they include Iran’s improvement of ballistic missiles and its assistance for proxy forces in nations around the world such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.

“Iran is out of compliance on a selection of fronts and it would just take some time, really should it make the determination to do so, for it to come again into compliance and time for us then to evaluate whether or not it was assembly its obligations,” Blinken informed reporters.

“We are not there still, to say the least,” he included. He declined to say which U.S. formal would direct talks with Iran but mentioned “we will convey to bear different views on the situation.”

(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk Modifying by Howard Goller)

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