Germany's Scholz Sees No Imminent Nuclear Deal with Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Germany, France and Britain said in a statement at the weekend that "Iran must fully and, without delay, cooperate in good faith with the IAEA."IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said at the agency's Vienna headquarters that he hopes Iran will start cooperating "as soon as possible."
58% : He added that Iran appears to be "pushing their national interest in the way they see it."
47% : It says lifting sanctions will allow Iran to funnel billions of dollars to hostile militant groups and says an improved deal must also address Iran's regional military activities and support for hostile groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and other militias in Syria.
47% : US intelligence agencies, Western nations and the IAEA have said Iran ran an organized nuclear weapons program until 2003.
45% : Israel, which encouraged the US to withdraw from the nuclear deal in 2018, has opposed a renewed agreement between Iran and the world powers.
44% : The IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog agency, has for years sought answers from Iran to its questions about the particles.
43% : The European countries "have made proposals, and there is no reason now for Iran not to agree to these proposals, but we have to take note of the fact that this isn't the case, so it certainly won't happen soon, although it looked for a while like it would," Scholz said.
43% : "Removing sanctions and pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into Iran will bring waves of terrorism, not only to the Middle East, but also across Europe," Lapid said.
41% : Speaking Monday at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Iran has built at least 10 facilities "for mid- and long-range, precise missiles and weapons" in neighboring Syria, including one reportedly targeted by Israel in a recent airstrike.
41% : Iran long has denied ever seeking nuclear weapons.
38% :"We remain patient, but we also remain clear: Iran must be prevented from being able to deploy nuclear weapons," he added.
35% :Iran earlier this month responded to a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to the tattered nuclear deal and bring the US back on board.
26% : But Lapid said that "it is time to move past the failed negotiations with Iran," which he said can't and won't achieve the goal of stopping Iran getting a nuclear weapon.
24% : (EPA)German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear Monday that he doesn't expect an agreement with Iran in the immediate future to restore Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though he said there's no reason for Iran not to sign up and European countries would remain "patient."
22% : Gantz said that Iran has produced "more and more advanced centrifuges - including at underground facilities where activities are prohibited" and called for Iran to be held accountable.
15% : The United States unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear accord in 2018 under then President Donald Trump and reimposed sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to start backing away from the deal's terms.

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