Biden, Bennett to discuss Iran’s ‘out of the box’ nuclear program

US official says Washington is committed to diplomacy but has ‘other avenues to pursue’ with Iran.

President Joe Biden will tell Israel’s Naftali Bennett that the US is looking to roll back Iran’s nuclear programme through diplomacy but also has “other avenues to pursue”, a senior US official told reporters ahead of the two leaders’ meeting. Bennett, who is meeting Biden for the first time since becoming Israel’s prime minister, has voiced opposition to US efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The administration official, briefing reporters ahead of Thursday’s talks between Biden and Bennett, faulted former President Donald Trump for nixing the multilateral agreement, which opened the door for Iran to accelerate its nuclear programme.