US and Iran Quietly Resume Talks
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The U.S. and Iran have reportedly resumed talks in hopes of cooling tensions and achieving diplomatic goals.
The Details: The White House is aiming to curb Iran’s growing nuclear program and free American prisoners while Iran hopes to unlock assets frozen abroad. According to Wall Street Journal (Center bias), American diplomats have traveled to Oman for indirect negotiations at least three times since December.
For context: The two countries have not had formal diplomatic relations since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. In 2018, the Trump Administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal causing mixed reactions and debate across the media spectrum. Tensions flared again in 2020 when Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Last week the White House said Iran has provided Russia with hundreds of drones for use in Ukraine.
How The Media Covered It: Sources across the spectrum described the resumption of talks as “quiet.” New York Post (Lean Right bias) described Trump’s 2018 withdrawal as a “tightening (of) sanctions,” while CNN (Lean Left bias) called the deal a “landmark agreement.” Both acknowledged Iran’s increased nuclear activity since. Reuters (Center bias) noted U.S. officials' avoidance of using the term “agreement” as a potential means to prevent any agreements from being reviewed by Congress, which Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) has raised to President Biden.
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From the Left
US has resumed indirect talks with Iran in effort to constrain nuclear program
The United States has quietly resumed indirect talks with Iran in an effort to constrain Tehran’s nuclear program, multiple sources told CNN.
The talks resumed late last year, months after an effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal collapsed. The Trump administration withdrew from the landmark agreement in 2018 and Iran has increasingly grown its nuclear program in violation of the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Although sources say there have been some indications of progress, one source said “we’re just not there yet” on...
From the Center
US, Iran in talks to cool tensions with a mutual 'understanding'
The United States is holding talks with Iran to sketch out steps that could limit the Iranian nuclear programme, release some detained U.S. citizens and unfreeze some Iranian assets abroad, Iranian and Western officials said.
These steps would be cast as an "understanding" rather than an agreement requiring review by the U.S. Congress, where many oppose giving Iran benefits because of its military aid to Russia, its domestic repression and its support for proxies that have attacked U.S. interests in the region.
From the Right
Biden administration quietly revives talks with Iran: report
The White House has restarted talks with Iran in an effort to win the release of US detainees and limit Tehran’s nuclear program.
Biden administration officials have traveled to Oman for indirect discussions with their Iranian counterparts at least three times since December, when senior US and Iranian diplomats made contact in New York, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
A month earlier, President Biden told a group of Iranian American protesters in California that the 2015 nuclear deal among the US, Iran and five other world powers was “dead, but we...
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