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Israel Troubled by U.S. Position ahead of Iran Talks
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - Mixed messages from the Biden administration on the Iran nuclear deal before indirect talks commence in Vienna are "very troubling," senior Israeli officials said Sunday. They expressed their concerns after U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley on Friday spoke about a return to the 2015 deal without any additional elements that would make it "longer and stronger," as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Malley told PBS the U.S. is "going to have to lift those sanctions that are inconsistent with the deal that was reached with Iran...so that Iran enjoys the benefits that it was supposed to enjoy under the deal." Malley repeatedly spoke of equivalence between the U.S. and Iran in their behavior, referring to "mutual distrust" between the countries. A senior Israeli official said: "If this is American policy, we are concerned."