US President Joe Biden said last month that the multilateral agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program was “dead,” but that he would not announce this publicly, according to a video that surfaced on Tuesday.
The video, which appears genuine and was apparently taken on November 3 during Biden’s visit to California, shows him being asked by a woman to announce that the 2015 deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is no longer in effect.
“President Biden, could you please announce that the JCPOA is dead,” the woman, who appears to wear a hair ribbon bearing Iran’s flag colors, asks as Biden passes by, shaking hands.
“No,” Biden replies.
“Why not?” the woman retorts.
“It is dead, but we are not going to announce it,” the US leader said. “Long story.”
Any attempts to negotiate with the terrorist regime of Iran will only benefit the Islamic republic at the end of the day. Here, President Biden tells Iranian Americans he will “not announce the Iran deal is dead” in an embarrassing moment #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/S2zWB2qnAZ
— Brooke Goldstein (@GoldsteinBrooke) December 20, 2022
The woman, and others next to her, urge him to not make deals with Tehran’s government.
“They don’t represent us,” she said.
“They are not our government,” another added.
“I know they don’t represent you. But they will have a nuclear weapon,” Biden says, as the video clip ends.
Biden’s comments, which the White House did not deny, came as Iran has not bowed to months of pressure to accept the final stipulations of an agreement to revive the JCPOA, which was abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump in 2018.
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