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U.S. Seeks Agreement with Iran that's "Longer and Stronger than the Original One"
(NPR) Mary Louise Kelly - Secretary of State Tony Blinken told NPR on Tuesday: "Time has passed. And so if we're to get back into the [nuclear] deal, if Iran returns to compliance and we do the same, we need to work on an agreement that's longer and stronger than the original one. And we also need to engage other issues that were not part of the original negotiation that are deeply problematic for us and for other countries around the world: Iran's ballistic missile program, its destabilizing actions in country after country. All of that needs to be engaged." "But the first step would be Iran returning to compliance. And President Biden has been clear that if they do, we would do the same. The path to diplomacy is open right now. Iran is still a ways away from being in compliance. So we'll have to see what it does."