the next steps. but is that even possible? where do things really stand in vienna right now? in fact, is there anything left to salvage? now joining me to discuss this and more is rob malley, the biden administration special envoy for iran, he was also lead negotiator in the 2015 iran nuclear deal, also known as the joint comprehensive plan of action or jcpoa. robert, thank you so much for joining us, i appreciate your time greatly. the news this week, i have to say, makes the deal look like it is hanging by a thread, if it is not already dead. u.s. officials saying iran s nuclear program was already gone too far for the deals original framework to even matter. what should we be making of the headlines this week? so first, i would say great to be on your show, ayman. so, i think that no u.s. official i know has said there s no point into cutting back into the deal, given this information. on the contrary. what we have heard so far, all the advances iran has made has bolster the case
inconsistent with the deal. if iran chooses a different path, of course we are prepared, we will use the tools that we have to put pressure on iran to make sure that they cannot acquire a bomb, which is a commitment president biden has made. keeping doors open for diplomacy, they re using other tools at our disposal to make sure that iran cannot move towards acquiring a bomb. so that will be our policy, it is our policy, we will work with all our partners to achieve it. we have differences with israel, but we are working with them to make sure our common interests are performed, even if we have this difference in the news about the wisdom of getting back into the jcpoa. but i would not, and i m sure you have noted as well, over the past several weeks, we have spent almost every single day, senior, former s, senior officials coming out and saying, including those who were in favor of the decision to withdraw from the deal when it was made in 2018 are now saying today, it was a catastrop
original so-called negotiating group created in 2005. so they were sort of written into the jcpoa. iran nuclear deal and remain part of it because of the changed political circumstances. what you see in the middle east now is as we have stepped back as great power rivalry has increased in the world russia is more involved in the middle east now and actually our partners in the region are more mindful now of russian interests and views and of chinese interests and views. and that makes the task for secretary blinken and the united states and the region that much harder. our partners are no longer looking just to us and our views in terms of what will happen in the region. dana: as you look at all this developing now how do you think about the abraham accords that president trump was able to put forward and their ability to bring these countries together that typically would not be at the
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VIENNA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) Talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will resume here on F