President Biden said Saturday that talks with Iran will resume in an effort to re-establish the Obama-era nuclear accord, as he and U. …
President Biden said Saturday that talks with Iran will resume in an effort to re-establish the Obama-era nuclear accord, as he and U.S. allies warned that Tehran has “accelerated the pace of provocative nuclear steps.” “They’re scheduled to resume,” Mr. Biden said in the first apparent public confirmation by the U.S. of a resumption in negotiations. Mr. Biden issued a joint statement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Group of 20 summit in Rome expressing “our determination to ensure that Iran can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon.” The allies said they have a “grave and growing concern” that Iran has stepped up its pace of producing “highly enriched uranium and enriched uranium metal,” which have no civilian uses. Iran has halted negotiations on a return to the nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
