Three years ago to the day, former US President Donald Trump announced on May 8, 2018, the withdrawal of the United States from the Vienna nuclear accord on Iran.
At the White House the new head of state, Joe Biden, says he wants to return to the agreement "if" Iran respects its commitments.
Joe Biden made it a campaign promise, but America's return to the Vienna Accord promises to be one of the most complex issues of his term.
In three years, Tehran has been able to exploit the confusion to expand its nuclear program, which today consolidates the position of American conservatives like John Bolton. "Joe Biden is wrong to think he will be able to join the nuclear deal with Iran." said Donald Trump's former national security adviser, adding that "It was a bad deal that was struck in 2015 and hasn't improved since. The United States now has a clear advantage over Iran. . "
For Emma Soubrier, French and researcher at the "Arab Gulf States Institute" in Washington, the Biden administration is indeed in a "delicate situation", and the will of the American president alone will not be enough immediately to stem the Iranian race to nuclear weaponry.
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A fourth round of indirect discussions began Friday in Vienna between American and Iranian representatives on the conditions for a return of the United States to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action concluded in Vienna in July 2015 and for Tehran to respect its obligations, from which the country has gradually freed itself over the past two years.
With AFP
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