Report reveals secret talks between Biden's team and Iran about nuclear deal

"Channel 12" Israeli news reported, last Saturday, that the Biden administration began dialogue with Iran about returning to the nuclear agreement concluded in 2015, and indicated that Israel had been informed of the talks, and The Time of Israel newspaper confirmed this information.

The US President-elect indicated his desire to return to the nuclear agreement, and for its part, Israel is pressing for new restrictions on the Iranian ballistic missile program, and seeking to stop Tehran's support for "terrorism and its destabilization throughout the world."

A report published earlier by the Israeli website Walla stated that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is forming a team to develop a strategy for the first talks with the Biden administration regarding the Iranian nuclear program, and added that the team will include officials representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the army, the Mossad and the Atomic Energy Commission. .

The report indicated that Netanyahu is considering appointing a senior official to head the team and act as an envoy in talks with the United States over the Iranian nuclear program.

According to the report, "the likely candidate to head the team is the head of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen," and Channel 12 reported Saturday that Cohen was in Washington last week to meet officials in the two US administrations, leaving and coming.

According to the report, Biden is expected to take a more conciliatory approach towards Iran, compared to the policy of the Trump administration, and said "if Iran returns to abide by the nuclear agreement, Washington will join it again and abolish economic sanctions on Tehran."

Badin previously indicated that he wanted to expand negotiations with Tehran, to include its missiles and influence throughout the Middle East.

For its part, Iran said that it might welcome the Americans to return to the agreement, but only after they lifted sanctions on it and refused to negotiate on issues other than its nuclear program.

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