US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday that discussions with Iran will resume in an effort to re-establish the Obama-era nuclear agreement, as he and other US allies cautioned that Tehran has "increased the pace of provocative nuclear actions," according to The Washington Time.
The US president indicated that talks are set to restart, in what appears to be the first public confirmation by the US of a resumption.
At the Group of 20 summit in Rome, Biden released a joint statement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, affirming their determination to ensure that Iran can never develop or obtain a nuclear weapon.
The allies expressed "grave and growing concern" over Iran's increased production of "highly enriched uranium and enriched uranium metal," which has no civilian applications.
Iran has put a halt to talks on resuming the nuclear deal, technically known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Tehran has yet to commit to resuming nuclear talks in Vienna, which have been on hold since Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took office in June.
Former President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement, claiming it did not prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. In a speech on Thursday, former Vice President Mike Pence said the Biden administration's choice to try to revive the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, was a mistake.
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