United States President Joe Biden chose the path of diplomacy on the Iranian nuclear issue, but if it fails, he will explore other options. This statement was made by a senior State Department official on Friday, December 17.
The statement was made at a special briefing for journalists, which was devoted to consultations in Vienna on Tehran’s nuclear program.
“President Biden made it clear that he would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, and, of course, considers diplomacy the preferable and first option, and all other options will be considered if this is not successful,” the diplomat quotes The Intercept.
On December 14, US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced that the United States is ready to lift sanctions on Iran as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Program (JCPOA), which will bring economic benefits to Tehran. According to her, the US president “made it clear” that he is ready to return to the terms of the deal as long as Iran behaves in the same way.
The JCPOA was signed in 2015, it assumed the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran’s nuclear program as a guarantor of Tehran’s non-receipt of nuclear weapons. However, in May 2018, the United States announced a unilateral withdrawal from it and the restoration of tough sanctions against Tehran. In response, Iran has gradually begun to backtrack on its obligations under the treaty.
Source: IZ
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