Iran has dismisses a call by the United States for it to return to full compliance of a nuclear deal before Washington recommits to the accord.
The United States will only return to the Iran nuclear deal once Tehran meets its commitments, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, warning of a long road ahead until the process is verified.
On his first full day as the top US diplomat, Blinken confirmed President Joe Biden’s willingness to return to the 2015 deal from which his predecessor withdrew, but rejected Iranian pressure for the US to act first.
Blinken told a press conference that Iran is out of compliance on a number of fronts and that it would take some time, should it make the decision to do so, for it come back into compliance and time for United States then to assess whether it was meeting its obligations.
He declined to say which US official would lead talks with Iran but said United States will bring to bear different perspectives on the issue.
The secretary of states reiterated that if Iran returns to the deal, Washington would seek to build what he called a longer and stronger agreement that would deal with other deeply problematic issues.
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