The US tries to calm Israel’s concern by ensuring that the agreement with Iran is not imminent

Aug. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Senior United States officials have assured the Israeli website Walla News that the new nuclear deal with Iran is not expected to happen immediately because the Joe Biden administration will not accept new concessions within the framework of the negotiations.

The White House has sent messages of reassurance to Israel about the status of negotiations on the possible nuclear pact, however, Israeli officials contacted by the news portal say there is concern. “We are not calm,” says an official. “On the contrary, we are very worried,” he added.

Jerusalem’s concern has increased dramatically since direct negotiations between the European Union and Iran resumed. This situation has caused “unusual friction” with Washington, says Walla.

However, officials have stressed that Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has no intention of waging a public campaign against Biden. “Our policy is not to provoke a public dispute with the United States,” an official said. “We will not ruin relations with the Biden administration as (Benjamin) Netanyahu did with (Barack) Obama,” they have assured.

These comments have been made after a senior US official confirmed to the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’ that Tehran has abandoned its demanded “red line” that involved a conflict in the negotiations of the nuclear agreement.

Iran would not have demanded — at this point in the negotiations — that the United States remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations maintained by the Biden State Department. It would also have abandoned the requests for exclusion from the list of companies linked to the CRGI.

According to the official, Tehran “rules out” these demands from “the current version of the text.” “So if we’re closer to an agreement, that’s why,” he said.

On Monday, the Iranian government sent its response to Borrell’s proposal, showing optimism about the options for the agreement to materialize. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hosein Amirabdolahian, had explained that he saw a rapprochement “in the coming days” as feasible “if the United States shows a realistic approach and flexibility.”