Iran says that it is open to a new nuclear deal with the U.S. but the State Department is not.
“We will judge Iran’s leadership by their actions, not their words,” a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday. “If Iran wants to demonstrate seriousness or a new approach, they should stop nuclear escalations and start meaningfully cooperating with the IAEA.”
That’s nonsense. The IAEA, or International Atomic Energy Agency, has MANY TIMES said that it is satisfied with the cooperation and nuclear inspections that the Iranian government has allowed.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that there was “no harm” in engaging with the “enemy,” by which they mean the U.S.
The newly sworn-in president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said that he wants the West to lift sanctions in exchange for direct engagement with the U.S.
Why wouldn’t the U.S. want to do this?
