Biden's National Security Advisor slams Iran's 'malign behavior,' says nuclear deal 'critical early priority'
Follow Jan. 29, 2021 WASHINGTON - U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday that addressing the "escalating nuclear crisis" posed by Iran is a "critical early priority" for the Biden administration. Addressing a panel alongside former U.S. national security advisers Robert O'Brien and Condolezza Rice, Sullivan noted that Iran's nuclear program has advanced dramatically over the past several years and that it is significantly closer to a nuclear weapon than they were prior to the Trump administration's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. Although Sullivan warned of Iran's ...