Biden administration plans to hold early conversations with foreign leaders before making any effort to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, Al-Monitor cited White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
“If Iran returns to strict compliance under the nuclear pact, President Joe Biden has said he will reenter the multilateral pact as a starting point for follow-on negotiations to ‘tighten and lengthen Iran’s nuclear constraints’ and address Iran's missile program,” the news agency reported on Friday.
The 2015 agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, provided Tehran with sanctions relief in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activity.
“The president has made clear that he believes that through follow-on diplomacy, the United States seeks to lengthen and strengthen nuclear constraints on Iran and address other issues of concern. Iran must resume compliance with significant nuclear constraints under the deal in order for that to proceed,” Psaki said during her first White House briefing on Wednesday.
“We would expect that some of his earlier conversations with foreign counterparts and foreign leaders will be with partners and allies and you would certainly anticipate that this would be part of the discussions,” said Psaki.
In 2018, the Donald Trump administration abandoned the deal and reimposed economic sanctions.
Iran has been constantly violating the terms of the agreement to increase nuclear enrichment levels and its stockpile of uranium.
