The White House National Security Advisor said on Friday that the US is carrying out indirect diplomacy with Teheran.
“Diplomacy with Iran is ongoing, just not in a direct fashion at the moment,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a White House Press Briefing.
“There are communications through the Europeans and through others that enable us to explain to the Iranians what our position is, with respect to the compliance-for-compliance approach,” Sullivan said.
He said that the US is waiting to hear from Iranians and how they would like to proceed.
“We believe that we are in a diplomatic process now that we can move forward on, and ultimately secure our objective, which is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and to do so through diplomacy,” he added.
Iran's Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter attacking Anthony Blinken. He said re-using the same failed policy of Donald Trump won't yield different results.
Zarif’s comments came hours after Blinken signaled US opposition to the release of billions of dollars in Iranian funds held by South Korea unless the Islamic Republic returns to full compliance with the nuclear accord.
