US President Joe Biden reportedly told Mossad intelligence agency Director Yossi Cohen that the US far from returning to the nuclear deal with Iran, according to a Sunday report on the Walla news website citing a senior Israeli official.
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Cohen told Biden that it would be a mistake for the US to return to the deal without making improvements first, to which the president responded that the US had "a long way to go" before agreeing to a return to full compliance of the 2015 treaty, according to the report.
This latest report comes after talks between Cohen, Biden and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan took place last Friday.
Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly briefed Cohen on the talking points to raise with the top US officials.
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On Saturday, parties to the Iran nuclear agreement adjourned the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the accord, with the Russian side expressing "cautious and growing optimism" and saying they hoped to achieve concrete results within three weeks.
The deal, which curbs Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, has been on life support since then-President Donald Trump pulled out in 2018.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
