The United States said on Wednesday that it was not seeking to resume negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear deal with Iran, and vowed to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications in the White House National Security Council, said that Washington is not seeking a new round of negotiations aimed at reviving the agreement concluded between Iran and major powers in 2015.

In simultaneous statements he made during a seminar organized by "Bloomberg News" TV, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that he saw little room for reviving the nuclear agreement, referring to conditions set by Tehran to reach an agreement, including closing the International Atomic Energy Agency's investigations into supposed nuclear activities in the country. some sites.

Speaking about the prospects for reviving the nuclear agreement, which is officially called the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action", Blinken added that he does not see in the short term a possibility to continue negotiations.

In this context, he said, "Why? Because the Iranians will continue to try to introduce non-core issues into the discussions on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action."

The US Secretary of State pledged that the United States would prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, saying that Washington still believes that diplomacy is the best and most effective way to resolve the issue of Iran's nuclear program.

American procrastination

Blinken's comments come a day after Iranian President Ibrahim accused the US presidents of procrastinating in reviving the nuclear deal that the administration of former US President Donald Trump withdrew from in 2018.

Recently, US and European officials said that negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement reached a dead end, after the European Union presented a draft agreement to Iran and the United States.

Biden (right) and Herzog talks focused on Iran (European)

major issue

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, held talks Wednesday at the White House focused on Iran.

The White House said that Biden assured Herzog that his administration was committed to Iran not obtaining a nuclear weapon, adding that they discussed issues of mutual interest, including threats from Iran and its proxies, he said.

The US and Israeli presidents also talked about the supposed Iranian arms supplies to Russia, especially the drones, which Washington says were supplied by Tehran to Russian forces to support its position in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The US-Israeli talks also dealt with other issues, including the maritime border demarcation agreement between Israel and Lebanon, in addition to bilateral relations.

Israel has repeatedly announced that it reserves freedom of action to confront what it describes as the Iranian nuclear threat.