Last week, the Biden administration made a major & risky step toward rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran when it announced it was willing to begin talks with the Islamic republic without preconditions and accepted an invitation by European states to broker an initial meeting. A meeting may take place this week. The administration also dropped several sanctions placed on Iran by the Trump administration, including travel restrictions on Iranian officials. The timing of the Biden administration’s announcement was curious in light of a surge in threatening and belligerent actions by Iran, such as a Feb. 15 rocket attack against a…
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