Germany 'Regrets' Iran Failure To Agree To Nuclear Deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Iran on Monday reaffirmed its "readiness" to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
50% : Last month, the European Union, which acts as the mediator of the nuclear talks, put forward a "final" draft of the agreement.
48% : Negotiations underway in Vienna since April 2021 have sought to restore the agreement, by lifting the sanctions on Tehran and pushing Iran to fully honour its prior nuclear commitments.
48% : In a joint statement at the weekend, Germany, France and Britain charged that Tehran "has chosen not to seize this critical diplomatic opportunity".
46% : At a conference in the United States Monday, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz presented a map showing 10 sites in Syria, including in Masyaf, that he said were used by Iran to produce weapons for Hezbollah.
44% : The 2015 agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), gave Iran sanctions relief in return for restricting its nuclear programme.
43% : "There is now actually no reason for Iran not to agree to these proposals.
43% : Lapid said it was "time to move past the failed negotiations with Iran.
41% : Iran and the US then took turns to respond to the text, with Washington saying on Friday that Tehran's reply was a step "backwards".
40% : Before flying to Berlin, Lapid told his cabinet that "Israel is conducting a successful diplomatic campaign to stop the nuclear agreement and prevent the lifting of sanctions on Iran.
37% : "Instead, Iran continues to escalate its nuclear programme way beyond any plausible civilian justification", it added.
35% : Israel insists Iran would use revenue from sanctions relief to bolster allied groups capable of attacking Israelis.
33% : "They cannot and will not achieve the goal we all share to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon."
33% : "It is time to have a dialogue with the Americans and the Europeans... to put on the table a credible military threat to pressure Iran into a better deal", than just returning to the JCPOA, said the official.
32% : Speaking alongside the Israeli leader in Berlin, Scholz said he regretted that Iran "has not yet given a positive response to proposals" from the Europeans.
27% : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Monday ruled out the revival of a nuclear deal with Iran "in the near future", as Israel pushed for a "credible military threat" to pressure Tehran.
25% : The agreement has been moribund since then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew in 2018 and reimposed biting sanctions on Tehran.

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