Ex-US official says Biden not aware of JCPOA return urgency

While US President Joe Biden has said he wants to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal, administration officials have claimed the onus is on Tehran to reverse moves taken in its nuclear program since 2019 beyond JCPOA limits.

On the other hand, it was reported last Monday that Joe Biden has appointed Richard Nephew who is the author of 'The Art of Sanctions' and seen as the architect of US sanctions on Iran under former President Barack Obama, as Deputy Special Envoy for Iran.

Until his appointment on Monday, Nephew served as a senior research scholar at the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and has been a non-resident senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative at the Brookings Institute.

Many believe that Richard Nephew has both the ability to increase and decrease sanctions; Because he was involved in designing the sanctions. Therefore, the best person to reduce sanctions is himself. Of course, this will be independent of his personal attitude, because, in the American system and developed countries, the personal attitude has no place.

US President Biden signs a series of executive orders at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office