Antony Blinken warns US getting ‘closer’ to giving up on Iran nuclear deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that point was running out for Iran to return to a nuclear deal after a scathing report by the UN atomic watchdog and Tehran's signals that it might take a short time to return to talks.
The IAEA released a strongly-worded report Tuesday saying monitoring tasks in Iran are "seriously undermined" after Tehran suspended a number of the UN agency's inspections of its nuclear activities.
After ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi took over as new president of the country, Iran had also suggested that talks aimed toward reviving the stalled JCPOA were unlikely to resume for 2 to 3 months.
"I'm not getting to put a date thereon but we are becoming closer to the purpose at which a strict return to compliance with the JCPOA doesn't reproduce the adv...