The Biden administration is weighing Iran’s response to a European Union proposal aimed at reviving the 2015 international nuclear agreement, with officials on both sides of the Atlantic signaling the possibility that a deal could emerge now after more than a year of false starts.
While the U.S. so far has refused to comment in detail on the proposal, floated by E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell as a last-ditch effort to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday the big issues have been “largely settled” and that it was close to what the U.S. was looking for.
“This is the text that the E.U. has put on the table that is substantially based on the deal that has been on the table for several months now,” Price said.