U.S. Still Sees No Pathway Back to Iran Nuclear Deal After Talks
- National Security Advisor Sullivan says reviving deal is tough
- U.S. official says Iran surprised by unity among world powers
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
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The Biden administration still sees no “pathway back” to a revived nuclear deal with Iran after the latest round of talks in Vienna even though world powers including Russia and China are unified, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday.
“It’s not going well in the sense that we do not yet have a pathway back” into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the deal that former President Donald Trump quit in 2018, Sullivan told the Council on Foreign Relations. Restoring mutual compliance with the deal “has proven more difficult over the course of this year than we would have liked to see,” Sullivan added.