Biden Plays Softball with Iran

Originally published by Newsweek

In his interview with CBS‘s Nora O’Donnell on Sunday, President Joe Biden gave the impression that he is playing hardball with Iran. But Iran is openly breaching the limitations on its nuclear activities that it agreed to under the 2015 nuclear deal it concluded with the Obama administration and its European partners.

Hours before Biden’s interview with CBS, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic will only scale back its illicit nuclear activities after Biden abrogates U.S. economic sanctions against the regime.

O’Donnell asked Biden if he would comply with Khamenei’s condition. Biden responded with a curt “no,” and then nodded after O’Donnell followed up by asking if “they have to end uranium enrichment first?”

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