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Likelihood of U.S.-Iran Agreement on Nuclear Program Increasing
(Ynet News) Itamar Eichner - The likelihood of a U.S. agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program is increasing, according to senior Israeli officials. Washington is engaging in talks with Iran through Gulf intermediaries Oman and Qatar. Tehran is not enthusiastic about reaching an interim agreement and wishes to return to the original 2015 pact from which the U.S. withdrew in 2018. Washington is opposed to returning to the original agreement, especially in light of Iran's involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Jerusalem has told Washington that a credible military threat will be more effective than diplomacy, which Israeli officials claim Tehran is taking advantage of to buy time and continue charging toward obtaining nuclear arms. Prime Minister Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State Blinken that "a return to the nuclear agreement with Iran will not stop Iran's nuclear program, and no arrangement with Iran will obligate Israel, which will do everything to defend itself."