As Joe Biden continues to buy Russian oil and finance their war with Ukraine, we are also about to re-enter the disastrous Iran nuclear agreement, which will allow Iran to make weapons grade nuclear material and all restrictions on Iran will expire in ten years. Things are going from bad to worse.
The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) set limits on Iran’s nuclear activity in exchange for a significant rollback of international sanctions. The Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the deal amid concerns that the agreement did not do enough to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions — including the sunset clauses on restrictions.
Iran eventually pulled out of the deal after the Trump administration re-imposed sanctions as part of its maximum pressure campaign, and Tehran has been ramping up its enrichment since then. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this week it believes Iran has significantly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but that it is unable to verify the exact size of the stockpile due to limits imposed on inspectors by the regime.
The Biden administration has sought to re-enter the deal and talks began in Vienna last year to revive the deal. Those talks initially stalled amid demands for significant sanctions relief by Iran’s hard line regime.
As for the question of Russian diplomats negotiating in Vienna during a European flight embargo on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the diplomat told Fox that there can always be exceptions for diplomats.