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Iran inching towards talks with USA

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Iran inching towards talks with USA

“That has always been our aim here, it’s to get the Iranians on a diplomatic path so we can talk to them,” Esper said during a news conference with his British counterpart Ben Wallace in London.

Friction between the two countries has grown since U.S. President Donald Trump last year withdrew from a 2015 international accord under which Iran had agreed to rein in its atomic program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.

During the news conference Wallace said Britain would always help the United States along a path to talks with Iran if a deal could be made, although he cautioned that Iran should be judged by its actions rather than words.

Iran said on Friday it had taken a step to further downgrade its commitments to the 2015 deal with the world’s most powerful nations, according to Iranian media, in retaliation for U.S. sanctions reimposed on Tehran.

Source: yahoo.com/news