{"id":116291,"date":"2021-03-05T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T08:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=116291"},"modified":"2021-03-05T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T08:02:42","slug":"us-hopes-iran-will-engage-after-europeans-drop-nuclear-censure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=116291","title":{"rendered":"US hopes Iran will \u2018engage\u2019 after Europeans drop nuclear censure plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/State-Department-spokesman-Ned-Price.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/State-Department-spokesman-Ned-Price.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"> State Department spokesman Ned Price <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States said it hoped Iran would \u201cengage\u201d in diplomacy after European allies dropped a plan to censure Tehran at the UN nuclear watchdog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States was \u201cpleased\u201d that the Europeans withdrew the measure at the International Atomic Energy Agency\u2019s meeting in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will look forward with strong interest for Iran\u2019s willingness to engage in a way that leads to credible, concrete progress,\u201d Price told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Europeans had planned to submit a resolution that would criticize Tehran\u2019s level of compliance with inspections but dropped the move amid efforts by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi to reach a compromise with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The step came after Iran had said the time was not right for an offered meeting with the United States under EU auspices on salvaging a 2015 denuclearization accord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have stated very clearly that what we are prepared to do is to engage in constructive dialogue. That is the offer that\u2019s been on the table,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran has insisted that it will not return to full compliance until the United States lifts sanctions imposed by former president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States would ease sanctions as part of Iran returning to the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been very clear that Iran has to come back into compliance with its obligations under the nuclear agreement, and if it does, we\u2019ll do the same thing,\u201d Blinken told PBS Newshour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd that would involve, if they do it, some sanctions relief.\u201d &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Department spokesman Ned Price WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States said it hoped Iran would \u201cengage\u201d in diplomacy after European allies dropped a plan to censure Tehran at the UN nuclear watchdog. State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States was \u201cpleased\u201d that the Europeans withdrew the measure at the International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":116292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116291"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}