The U.S. Is Quietly Leaving the Door Open to a New Iran Deal
Mostly dead is slightly alive.
February 14, 2023
The U.S. Is Quietly Leaving the Door Open to a New Iran Deal
Mostly dead is slightly alive.
On Friday, the White House announced that it will continue to waive sanctions on Russian and Chinese businesses assisting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The renewal of this six-month waiver, reports that the U.S. envoy for Iran has thrice met with the Iranian UN ambassador in the past few weeks, and other off-the-radar policy decisions all suggest that Washington has not given up its hopes of restoring the 2015 nuclear agreement. This despite Tehran’s support for the Russian war in Ukraine, its coziness with China, and its ruthless suppression of mass demonstrations. Richard Goldberg comments. (Free registration required.)
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