Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US correspondent based in New York
US President Joe Biden walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 7, 2021, (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
NEW YORK — Recognizing that the Biden administration is intent on returning to the Iran nuclear agreement in its original form, Israel has focused on convincing the US to leave in place sanctions instituted by former president Donald Trump after the 2015 accord was signed, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.
Israel believes that the removal of those sanctions would squander the bulk of the remaining leverage the US still has to pressure Iran on its ballistic missile program and its malign activities in the region, the official said.