Iran - Feb 21 deadline31 Jan 2021 15:31
I don't expect miracles but you never know...
President Biden is coming under pressure to deliver on his campaign pledge to re-engage with Iran as Tehran pushes a deadline for Washington to lift Trump-era sanctions.
The president has said he is prepared to rejoin the 2015 deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to constrain Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, so long as Tehran reverses course on its uranium enrichment.
Iran has signaled a willingness to do just that, but it’s pressuring the Biden administration to make the first move by lifting the sanctions imposed by former President Trump when he withdrew from the deal in 2018.
Iran’s parliament has set a Feb. 21 deadline for European signatories to the JCPOA to ease restrictions on the country’s banking and oil industries that are under pressure from Trump’s sanctions. If that deadline is not met, Tehran has vowed to end access for UN nuclear inspectors and further increase uranium enrichment.