Israel And The Arab States Want A 'Seat At The Table' In Iran Talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd L) gestures during the 2015 nuclear talks. Photo: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters 

Politico: Arab states, Israel say they want in on Biden's future Iran talks 

The diplomatic pressure campaign could complicate the incoming administration's efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. 

Some of the Iran nuclear deal’s fiercest opponents are urging President-elect Joe Biden to let them have a say — and maybe even a seat at the negotiating table — in future talks with Tehran. 

Representatives of some Gulf Arab countries as well as Israel are raising the idea in private and public conversations in the run up to the start of the Biden administration.

After all, ambassadors of three of the countries argued in interviews with POLITICO, they have more at stake than the United States or the other countries who crafted the 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran. Bringing them on board, they add, would beef up the U.S. leverage over Iran. 

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Update: Report: Israel, Arab states seek 'seat at the table' in Iran talks (Israel Hayom) 

WNU Editor: I have doubts that the Biden administration will give Israel and the Arab states a seat at the table. The individuals who did the 2015 "deal" are the same people who are pushing to revive it right now. They ignored Israel and American allies then. I predict that they will ignore them now.

Update #2: Biden's media allies are now pushing the narrative that it is all President Trump's fault .... Column: Biden was left with a mess in Iran. Can he get out of it? (Doyle McManus, L.A. Times).

Update #3: President Trump knew what Iran was all about. Europe does not. And I certainly do not have any confidence that the new Biden administration does .... Do America’s Iran experts understand today’s Iran and its goals? (Jerusalem Post)

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