U.S. heaps blame on Iran for stalled nuclear talks

The United States hit out at Iran on Friday, saying nuclear talks between the Islamic republic and world powers had stalled because Tehran "does not seem to be serious" about returning to the table.

Good job USA.

Now the Democrats can finally understand why Trump pulled out of the deal.

Wait a minute! Iran and the U.S. had an agreement, and Iran was abiding by it. It was the U.S. that defaulted on the agreement. Let's try to have some honesty in government, please.

 Tehran "does not seem to be serious" about returning to the table.

Everyone was abiding by the original agreement until the US unilaterally abrogated it. Now Iran doesn't trust the US to keep its word in the future. Gee, imagine that! But some will blame that reluctance on Iran and not the duplicity of the US. The original agreement wasn't perfect. It was a compromise but was doing the intended job. Good enough sometimes is exactly that. The US will be lucky to get Iran to trust them again.

 Tehran "does not seem to be serious" about returning to the table.

Everyone was abiding by the original agreement until the US unilaterally abrogated it. Now Iran doesn't trust the US to keep its word in the future. Gee, imagine that! But some will blame that reluctance on Iran and not the duplicity of the US. The original agreement wasn't perfect. It was a compromise but was doing the intended job. Good enough sometimes is exactly that. The US will be lucky to get Iran to trust them again.

Did anyone expect the US to admit that the problem is its unreasonable position that the side that IS in compliance with the terms of the JCPOA (because the 'snapback clause' that would have allowed the US to legally reimpose sanctions on Iran for noncompliance also allows Iran to legally return to abiding by the General Safeguards of the NNPT) has to act as if the side that has completely abrogated EVERY term of the agreement, and never actually been in compliance with them all, is the one in compliance.

Basically, he's channeling Trump, and Iran is, like the majority of the remaining signatories to the JCPOA, calling BIDEN out on it.

U.S. heaps blame on Iran for stalled nuclear talks

The US (Trump) is at total fault for the agreement being in this position in the first place.

Biden seems unable to drop sanctions to get it back on track. We all knew that fixing Trumps issues would be difficult but it needs to be done. Biden needs to drop sanctions with a time limit for Iran to return to the agreement. Miss the time limit and sanctions return full force until Iran complies.

Biden needs to drop sanctions with a time limit for Iran to return to the agreement. Miss the time limit and sanctions return full force until Iran complies.

Impossible to do with the current makeup of both houses of the US Congress. Remember one of the shortcomings of the original agreement was that Mr.Obama never sent it to the Senate for ratification knowing it was widely opposed there. Hence the US had an agreement but not a formal treaty. It is not an insignificant difference.

Desert TortoiseToday  08:10 am JST

Everyone was abiding by the original agreement until the US unilaterally abrogated it. Now Iran doesn't trust the US to keep its word in the future. 

Anyone seriously trusted Iran?

Didn't the US trust North Korea before that country developed nuclear weapons?

Anyone seriously trusted Iran?

It wasn't a matter of trust. There where IAEA inspections to verify compliance, along with detailed satellite surveillance. They were complying.

Didn't the US trust North Korea before that country developed nuclear weapons?

What are you referring to? North Korea's nuclear program goes back to the 1960s. The Soviets built their first reactor at Yongbyon which became operational in 1965. The Norks signed the NPT but the IAEA discovered they were out of compliance as they had an enrichment program going in violation of he NPT. The US offered the Norks light water reactors because they are considered nearly proliferation proof in exchange for the Norks verifiably disarming under UN supervision in what was called the "Agreed Framework" but the US Congress prevented it from going forward. So tell us how the US trusting DPRK led to them developing nuclear arms. Ought to be a good bedtime story.

It’s Biden’s responsibility to make it happen. He hasn’t.

Desert TortoiseToday  12:24 pm JST

Anyone seriously trusted Iran?

It wasn't a matter of trust. There where IAEA inspections to verify compliance, along with detailed satellite surveillance. They were complying.

They were complying? That sounds like a matter of trust.

What are you referring to? . Ought to be a good bedtime story.

I guess you were already asleep when North Korea dishonored every non-proliferation agreement it made throughout the years.

Marco Rubio when he was running for Republican presidential candidate noted that North Korea had been expanding its nuclear arsenal while Obama stood idly by. The Clinton Obama policy failed the US.

P. SmithToday  02:16 pm JST

Only one person is to blame for this: Donald John Trump. He withdrew from the nuclear deal despite having certified Iran’s compliance with it multiple times.

Anyone arguing differently is being extremely willfully ignorant.

Another Iran sympathizer! Thankfully Trump didn't cave in like jelly-spined Democrats.

P. SmithToday  02:19 pm JST

No. The US had never trusted North Korea until Trump began capitulating to and appeasing Kim. Even then, it was the Trump administration that trusted North Korea, not us rational adults.

Wrong. Clinton and Obama let NK accelerate its nuclear program. They actually fed the North Koreans while the dictatorship developed their nukes. Democrats as usual were gullible and weak in the face of adversity.

Blame Trump though--triggered much? magna cum laude!!!