ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
US all but admits nuclear deal has failed
by Damian Pachter
February 2, 2021

Monday’s statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Tehran could be “weeks away” from developing enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb, had one clear goal: to set the stage for a new nuclear deal with the Islamic republic. The novelty lies with Washington’s desire to craft a “longer and stronger” deal, as he put it, but in fact, the message was a discreet admission by the Biden administration that the 2015 deal brokered by then-US President Barack Obama had failed…A glance at Biden’s picks for top positions in his administration quickly reveals that most held senior positions in the Obama administration, giving a clear hint at so where the US is headed in terms of talks with the ayatollahs. READ MORE