Blinken: It is ‘Unlikely’ Iran and US Will Restore Nuclear Deal Anytime Soon

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday it is “unlikely” the US and Iran will reach an agreement to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the immediate future, indicating that the ongoing standoff over Iran’s nuclear program is far from being resolved. 

“Iran seems either unwilling or unable to do what’s necessary to reach an agreement and they continue to try to introduce extraneous issues to the negotiations that make an agreement less likely,” Blinken told reporters during a news conference in Mexico City, where he met with Mexican...