US negotiator says odds against reviving Iran deal

SpaceWar.com reports: “The US pointman on Iran warned Wednesday it was more likely than not that talks would fail to revive a nuclear deal as he vowed no let-up in pressure if Tehran clings to its demands.

Rob Malley, who has led more than a year of indirect talks with Iran in Vienna, nonetheless told lawmakers that President Joe Biden’s administration still supported the 2015 nuclear accord and was ready to lift sanctions if it secures an agreement.

‘As of today the odds of a successful negotiation are lower than the odds of failure and that is because of excessive Iranian demands to which we will not succumb,’ Malley told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

He said the United States would reject ‘demands that go beyond the scope of the JCPOA,’ using the official name for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…”

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