US offers to restart talks with Iran to revive nuclear deal

The US Secretary and European powers say US will engage in nuclear talks if Tehran first returns to full compliance.

The United States has said it was ready to restart talks with Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement, reversing former President Donald Trump’s decision to walk out of the landmark deal that was aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, after a meeting with his European partners on Thursday, stressed President Joe Biden’s position that Washington would return to the accord formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) if Tehran came into full compliance with the deal. Iran has in recent months stepped up its nuclear activity in breach of the deal blaming the United States and European powers – the other signatories to the deal – of reneging on their commitments. Tehran says Washington and European powers must be first to return to its commitments under the historic 2015 nuclear deal.