Lahav Harkov
Jerusalem Post, Jan. 13, 2022
When asked how the indirect negotiations between the US and Iran to restore the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal were going, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki avoided answering the actual question, and instead launched into a revisionist history lesson blaming former president Donald Trump for Iran’s aggression.
There are many good-faith criticisms of Trump’s decision to be made, but many of the things Psaki said were simply false.
Plus, the fact that the White House messaging is focused on assigning blame is a harbinger of bad news from the talks in Vienna.
“None of the things we’re looking at now – Iran’s increased capability and capacity, their aggressive actions that they have taken through proxy wars around the world – would be happening if the former president had not recklessly pulled out of the nuclear deal with no thought as to what might come next,” Psaki said.
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