Prospects for reviving Iran nuclear deal 'tenuous' at best - U.S. negotiator
The US pointman on Iran warned Wednesday of uncertain prospects for reviving a nuclear deal and said Tehran would face a new pressure campaign if it clung to its demands. "We do not have a deal with Iran and prospects for reaching one are, at best, tenuous," Malley was to tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to prepared testimony.
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- Published Date: 04:32 | 25 May 2022
- Modified Date: 04:44 | 25 May 2022
The chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are shaky at best and Washington is ready to tighten sanctions on Tehran and respond to "any Iranian escalation" with Israel and other allies if it cannot be saved, the United States' Iran envoy said on Wednesday.
"We do not have a deal with Iran and prospects for reaching one are, at best, tenuous," U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley said in prepared congressional testimony, saying that if the accord could not be resurrected, the United States was "ready to continue to enforce and further tighten our sanctions ... and to respond strongly to any Iranian escalation, working in concert with Israel and our regional partners."
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