Biden Can Break from Trump and Obama on Iran
The president has room to map his own course on a nuclear deal and sanctions.
Making the right moves on Iran.
Source: Bloomberg
Credit where it’s due: The new American administration is getting its optics right on Iran. If Candidate Biden displayed too much eagerness to conciliate the regime in Tehran, President Biden seems to have curbed his enthusiasm.
Joe Biden himself has said little on the subject since moving into the White House. But his foreign policy and national security officials have ruled out an immediate American return to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, negotiated by President Barack Obama and abandoned by President Donald Trump. While signaling a desire to return to diplomacy with Tehran, the likes of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan have also made it clear they’re prepared to wait. They want a “longer and stronger agreement” with the Islamic Republic.