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Monday, October 31, 2022
US Iran envoy: We’re not wasting our time on Iran nuclear deal
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White House Iran envoy Rob Malley says that the US is not “wasting” its time now trying to pursue a new Iran nuclear deal.
Speaking to former US Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller, Malley says there has been no movement on the deal since Iran imposed new, unconnected conditions in August, and since then the US has been focused on other Iran issues.
“It’s really not our focus now. We are not going to focus on something that is inert when other things are happening,” he says, naming the protests in Iran and Tehran’s decision “to get involved in a war in Europe” by transferring drones to Russia.
“So that’s what we’re focused on because nothing is happening on the nuclear deal, so we are not going to spend our time, waste our time on it if nothing is happening. We are going to spend our time where we can be useful,” he says.
WATCH: Rob Malley to @aarondmiller2 on JCPOA status: "There has been no movement since [late Aug./early Sept.]… It’s really not our focus right now, it’s not on our agenda because nothing has changed… We're not going to… waste our time on it if nothing's going to happen." pic.twitter.com/gvWsWVR3S1
— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) October 31, 2022
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