Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran

The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

The #Biden administration’s diplomatic outreach with Iran resumed at the end of the year last year with the U.S. special envoy for #Iran, Robert Malley, holding two meetings with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, according to people familiar with the meetings. In early May, the White House Middle East coordinator, Brett McGurk, traveled to Oman for indirect talks mediated by the Omanis with an Iranian delegation that included Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday.

The renewed talks have troubled some Israeli officials, who worry that the implementation of new understandings could reduce Western economic pressure on Iran and even lead to a broader nuclear agreement that #Israel fears could throw a lifeline to #Tehran’s economy without sufficiently derailing its nuclear activities.

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