Biden says diplomacy ‘best way’ to deal with Iran

US President Joe Biden, whose country left the internationally backed nuclear agreement with Iran, has suggested that diplomacy with Tehran is “the best way” in dealing with the country.

According to Press T, he made the comments amid skepticism in Tehran about real action by Washington in repeated claims of a serious will to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which former President Donald Trump scrapped.

Speaking at the conclusion of the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Rome, Italy, Biden further suggested that the idea had the backing of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron.

“Together with Prime Minister Johnson and Merkel and President Macron, we came together to reiterate our shared belief,” he said, repeating the baseless claims that Tehran is seeking atomic bombs through its nuclear program.

Biden also suggested that Iran should “resume serious, good faith negotiations. He made the comments despite the fact that his administration has been pursuing the same anti-Iran policies promoted by former President Trump, who quit the JCPOA outright and imposed new sanctions on the country.

Earlier in the day, Iran’s top diplomat asserted that such the US will to return to nuclear talks only exists in the rhetoric and not “in their actions,” adding that “a simpler way” to deal with the situation is for Washington to resume talks “at the point where Trump left off.”

“I personally believe that if there were serious will in America to return to the JCPOA, there would be no need to all these talks,” noted Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in an interview.

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