Biden says US 'continuing to suffer' from Trump's decision to pull out of Iran nuclear deal
CNN) President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States is "continuing to suffer" from former President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.
"We're continuing to suffer from the very bad decisions President Trump made to pull out of the JCPOA," Biden told reporters at a press conference at the G20 in Rome, using the acronym for the formal name of the nuclear agreement -- the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The Iran nuclear deal was abandoned by the US under the Trump administration and talks to resurrect the deal in Vienna were suspended in late June after six rounds between Iran, China, Germany, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and -- indirectly -- the United States. The Biden administration has pledged to reenter the deal, but the President's negotiators have been faced with tough talks and decisions on how to do so. At the same time, Iran began enriching uranium again once the Trump administration pulled the US out of the deal and has become more belligerent in the Middle East, as hardline new leadership has risen to power and Iranian-backed militias continue to strike American troops.
Biden held a meeting three of the leaders of nations who are party to that deal -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- on Saturday at the G20. The leaders said afterward they are "convinced that it is possible to quickly reach and implement an understanding on return to full compliance" of the Iran nuclear deal.
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