Italy: G20 Summit in Rome
ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that nuclear talks with Iran would resume while he and a trio of European allies warned that Iran has “accelerated the pace of provocative nuclear steps” after they met to align strategy for the negotiations aimed at trying to bring Iran and the U.S. back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord.
Biden’ and the leaders of Germany, France and Britain met at a pivotal time as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels. The leaders are trying to revive the 2015 deal and restore Iran’s program to where it was under the pact, which kept the Islamic republic at least one year away from the potential to field a nuclear weapon.
In a joint statement following the meeting with Germany’s Angela Merkel, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Boris Johnson, the four leaders “expressed our determination to ensure that Iran can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon.
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