frankly, the new president saying he doesn t want to negotiate the iranian missile programme is no different from the previous president, that has a ways been the iranians line. i think the course of action for the biden team mates to get back into the originaljcpoa deal and then in the coming years try to address those other issues. but one imagines that the one name tehran will want taking off the sanctions list is the name ibrahim raisi because he is on there himself for sentencing political opponents backin for sentencing political opponents back in the 90s. how should the administration approach that? weill. administration approach that? well, i think the real administration approach that? well, i think the real trick administration approach that? well, i think the real trick here administration approach that? well, i think the real trick here for - i think the real trick here for people who follow us and wonder why it is so hard to get back into a deal that was already nego
scientists are one step closer to understanding what happens to some of us when we lose our soulmate. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. we have been talking about iran s nuclear programme for quite literally years. the very phrase iran nuclear talks brings to mind a never ending struggle, sisyphus pushing the boulder up the mountain, again and again. and with the election of the hardliner ebrahim raisi as iran s new president, joe biden s job got even tougher. as a bit of background, the us was one of six countries to reach a deal with iran in 2015. that was under the 0bama administration. most sides agreed that the deal wasn t perfect, but it was a framework and it held. until the former president, donald trump, pulled the us out of that deal and re imposed sanctions.
nuclear deal. can you negotiate with the israelis and get on with you? know, i don t think a israeli government led by the current new leader which negotiate any kind of deal. ., , deal. but would they undermine it? well, he is deal. but would they undermine it? well, he is much deal. but would they undermine it? well, he is much more deal. but would they undermine it? well, he is much more aggressive l deal. but would they undermine it? | well, he is much more aggressive in intervening in the us six. i have a memory of him flying to us congress and addressing the party without even telling them he was accepting the invitation. that was the previous president. i don t think this leader will be as interested in going to the us. i think you would like to see less fighting with the united states and the democratic party, so while it is going to be hard to get the israeli prime minister to support the deal, i do think it is likely to be less dramatic in public over time as it
was with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. i think the finest or does have to go out of his way to address the talks and brief israelis over what is being agreed to, but at the end of the day this is a deal that did not have the support of the israeli government and that didn t prevent us concluding the deal. in that, i would argue that efforts to undermine the deal not only led to the resumption of the iranian nuclear programme, it helped drive iranian politics any more hardline direction, which led in part to this election result, so i think that is not the right course of action to take. , ., , take. interesting. 0k, ben rhodes “oininr us take. interesting. 0k, ben rhodes joining us there. take. interesting. 0k, ben rhodes joining us there. thank take. interesting. 0k, ben rhodes joining us there. thank you - take. interesting. 0k, ben rhodes joining us there. thank you very i joining us there. thank you very much. thanks. istill joining us there. thank you very much. thanks
does that put iran in a stronger position in this round of talks in vienna? ., . , position in this round of talks in vienna? ., . i, , vienna? not necessarily because actually they vienna? not necessarily because actually they accelerated - vienna? not necessarily because actually they accelerated their i actually they accelerated their nuclear programme since president trump made the disastrous decision, in my view, to pull out of the deal, but the situation does not go back to before thejc poa was breached. i think they might believe they are in a stronger position because they might believe they have some diplomatic high ground because the united states is the one that first pulled out of the deal and violated its terms and therefore they believe the onus should be on the united states to go the extra mile to be the first one to act and lift the sanctions that they are entitled to be lifted under the terms of the jcpoa, but the reality here is that it is a tough negotiation becau