Biden prepares a grand gift for Iran and North Korea

Published February 16, 2022 11:30am ET



As talks over Iran’s nuclear program and a revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear accord continue in Vienna, both the United States and Iran signal the talks are nearing their conclusion.

“We have, I think, a few weeks left to see if we can get back to mutual compliance,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a few weeks ago. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, meanwhile, said on Monday that a deal is “at hand.” There is also a growing sense in Congress that a deal is near, albeit not a favorable one. Special Envoy Rob Malley has thrown an increasingly generous incentive package at Tehran in exchange for restrictions that, at best, are transitory.

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