US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated Sunday that diplomacy “is the best way” to deal with the “threat posed by Iranآ’s nuclear program.” “We continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to deal with the challenges, the threat posed by Iranآ’s nuclear program – particularly, unfortunately, the steps itآ’s taken since we pulled out and in recent months to make that program increasingly dangerous,” Blinken told CNN network.
He added, “thereآ’s still a window through which Iran can come back to the talks and we can come back to mutual compliance with the agreement and that would be the best result.” “It really depends on whether Iran is serious about doing that,” he continued. “All of our countries working by the way, with Russia and China, believe strongly that that would be the best path forward.” He noted, “we do not yet know whether Iran is willing to come back and to engage in a meaningful way and get back into compliance.” He stressed, “if it isnآ’t, if it wonآ’t, then we are looking together at all of the options necessary to deal with this problem.” Furthermore, Blinken noted that the US, France, Germany, and the UK are “absolutely in lockstep together on how weآ’re approaching the challenge of getting Iran back into compliance with the nuclear agreement.” “Weآ’s now fully coordinated and working on this together,” he affirmed.
On Saturday, the leaders of the US, UK, Germany, and France expressed determination “to ensure that Iran can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon.” They welcomed in a joint statement President Joe Bidenآ’s “clearly demonstrated commitment to return the US to full compliance with the JCPOA and to stay in full compliance, so long as Iran does the same
