President Biden’s envoy for Iran said Wednesday the prospects of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were “tenuous” at best as lawmakers demanded the White House come up with a new plan to prevent Tehran from acquiring an atomic bomb.
were “tenuous” at best as lawmakers demanded the White House come up with a new plan to prevent Tehran from acquiring an atomic bomb.
“What is your plan B, because I get no sense of what that plan is?” said Menendez, who opposed the 2015 agreement. But he said military action would not settle the matter, suggesting it would only slow Iran’s nuclear work. Iran has argued that the U.S. bears the responsibility for the impasse because President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal in 2018, and it has said Washington’s positions have delayed a revival of the agreement.The 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was negotiated between Iran and the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. Malley was on the U.S. team that negotiated the accord.
“We learned that a policy centered on pressure alone, unmoored from a realistic policy objective, produces not maximum results but maximum escalation and maximum danger,” Malley said.
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