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| Biden says US won't lift sanctions unless Iran stops enriching uranium |
| 2021-02-08 |
| Bluff called?...pull the other one [NY Post] Iran must stop enriching uranium before the US will lift sanctions and negotiate a new nuclear deal with the Islamic nation, President Biden said in excerpts of an interview broadcast Sunday. Biden was asked by "CBS News Evening News" anchor Norah O’Donnell if he would ease economic sanctions to get Iran back to the bargaining table. "No," he said in a clip that aired on "Face the Nation" and was posted on Twitter. The ultimatum was revealed just hours after Iran’s supreme leader demanded that America end former President Donald Trump’s "maximum pressure" campaign against the country. "If (the U.S.) wants Iran to return to its commitments, it must lift all sanctions in practice, then we will do verification...then we will return to our commitments," state TV quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying. Khamenei also called his stance the "definitive and irreversible policy of the Islamic Republic, and all of the country’s officials are unanimous on this, and no one will deviate from it." Iran has begun enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels and has otherwise violated the 2015 international nuclear deal from which Trump withdrew the US in 2018. Iran — which claims its nuclear program is peaceful — has also threatened further provocations in a bid to force Biden back to the bargaining table. In another clip from the CBS interview, portions of which also aired on Friday, Biden vowed to change course on US relations with China. "I’m not going to do it the way Trump did," Biden said. "Successfully? There's no grift in that" "We’re going to focus on international rules of the road." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 "No," he said in a clip that aired on "Face the Nation" Just a minute Joe - isn't that the same way Trump would've answered that question? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-02-08 08:32 |