President Biden agreed to scuttle a resolution denouncing Iran’s secret nuclear research, as three European allies dropped a planned confrontation in another attempt to facilitate talks to rehabilitate the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

“The E3 decided, with the full support of the United States, that the best way to support the at the [International Atomic Energy Agency’s] process was to refrain from putting forward the draft resolution,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Thursday. “We are pleased with the outcome of the IAEA Board of Governors meeting with respect to Iran.”