By Patrick Goodenough | April 21, 2021 | 4:32am EDT Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and special representative on Iran Brian Hook traveled in the region in September 2019 as the Trump administration discussed with partner nations its response to belligent Iranian behavior. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – State Department spokesman Ned Price on Tuesday would not respond directly when asked if the Biden administration has abandoned 12 requirements its predecessor set down for changes in Iranian behavior, instead referring dismissively to the demands as having been part of a failed “maximum pressure campaign.” Speaking after further talks in Vienna aimed at getting the U.S. and Iran to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Price said the Trump administration’s pressure campaign had not only failed to meet its intended goals – it had produced the opposite.