Blinken: Maximum pressure on Iran did not bring the necessary results – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

“We still believe that a return to adherence to the nuclear deal (with Iran) is the best way to address the challenge of the program,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told a meeting of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported. Tehran’s nuclear program and ensuring that the country does not acquire nuclear weapons.

“On the subject of the talks (in Vienna) I must say that we have inherited a very challenging situation,” he said. Iran is developing the materials needed to build nuclear weapons, and we are monitoring it. Iran’s actions will intensify if it acquires nuclear weapons.

“The decision to withdraw from Borjam and put maximum pressure on Iran did not lead to the necessary results and made Iran’s nuclear program more dangerous,” Anthony Blinken acknowledged.

“Our diplomacy is trying to encourage our allies around the world to help Ukraine militarily and economically,” he told Al Jazeera. The nature of the battle is currently changing in eastern and southern Ukraine, and we are monitoring the situation. The budget provided to you will enable us to ensure that the Russian war against Ukraine will be a strategic defeat for the Kremlin. We are returning our diplomats to Ukraine this week and are currently conducting an evaluation aimed at reopening our embassy in Kiev.

Blinken said some European countries had begun to express skepticism about China’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; He also said that China’s agreement with the Solomon Islands was worrying and that Washington was consulting with some countries to reduce energy imports from Russia.