Borrell hopeful on Iran nuclear deal in ‘days’
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The EU’s foreign policy chief has voiced hope at reviving the Iran nuclear deal within days as Israel’s leader, a strong opponent, made his case with US President Joe Biden.
The Biden administration is eager to restore the deal trashed by former president Donald Trump and says that Iran has backed down on some demands.
“I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal,” top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said after an informal meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers in Prague.
In Washington, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the United States was also “cautiously optimistic,” but declined to put a timeframe.
Iran’s arch-rival Israel has stepped up pressure on Western nations to block the deal and is suspected in a shadowy campaign of sabotage and assassinations within Iran to set back the nuclear programme.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid spoke by telephone with Biden after visits to Washington both by Israel’s defence minister and national security adviser, with its spy chief due next week.
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