INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has said he is still waiting to hear a single Republican or anybody opposed to the 2015 Iran nuclear
continue to believe that the only way to the nuclear dispute with Iran is to negotiate re-entry into the JCPOA, which enforced restrictions
administration officials assured senators at a Wednesday classified briefing that the United States would ramp up sanctions on Iran if
needed as hopes dim for a diplomatic pathway, according to attendees.Lawmakers in both parties press the Biden administration to articulate
that Donald Trump ripped up in 2018, began in April 2021
Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said after the briefing
foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and his deputy Enrique Mora are still mediating between Iran and the United States
In addition, the Sultanate of Oman and Qatar are also trying to bridge differences between Tehran and Washington to resuscitate the
agreement.Biden administration officials conveyed to senators that existing sanctions against Iran would be maintained, at a minimum
from continuing to search for a diplomatic solution to imposing new sanctions and huddling with partners in the region
President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel next month to two of those partner countries, Saudi Arabia and Israel, for talks on a wide range
of issues, including Iran and global energy prices.State Department officials either declined to comment or did not respond to questions
Officials have previously claimed they have all the legal authorities they need to impose sanctions for both nuclear and non-nuclear
agreement is no longer the best path
Committee Vice Chair Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said of reviving the 2015 pact
and that any diplomatic agreement with Iran should also address other issues in the region.Iran has been insisting that its nuclear program
It has also been saying that its decision to remove caps on its nuclear activities are in response to illegal sanctions on the Islamic
Republic.The Trump administration quit the nuclear deal in May 2018 in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed thatIran remained fully loyal to the terms of the JCPOA even one year after Trump
JCPOA which has provided a mechanism to resolve disputes and allows one side, under certain circumstances, to stop complying with the deal
if the other side is out of compliance.Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, in a tweet on
