It’s been nine months since President JoeBiden's administration insisted a new nuclear agreement with Iran would have to be concluded within “weeks” or it would be pointless to finalize a pact.
A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing flies over Kuwait City on Sept. 4. The Air Force flew the mission amid tensions with Iran as negotiations about Tehran's tattered nuclear deal hang in the balance.
“I think it's important that we can verify the activities in Iran, and a deal would provide us with that opportunity,” said Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations watchdog agency that would conduct the inspections. “We do hope, as in any diplomatic negotiations, that the sides will come to see eye to eye.”
After Iran and EU negotiators agreed last month on what was supposed to be a “final text,” Iran requested new provisions to impose a “heavy price” if some future U.S. president exited the deal, as President Donald Trump did in 2018. Many experts argue the time when it made any sense to return to the original agreement has long passed, especially since some of the key provisions, such as restrictions on advanced centrifuges,“Iran’s nuclear progress since 2015, and particularly since Biden’s election, is beyond the point of containment,” according to aby the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. “The regime’s nuclear advances have rendered a return to the old agreement futile.
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