Trump’s policy of maximum pressure isolated the United States instead of Iran.
US State Department Spokesman Ned Price:
As a result of the Trump administration’s policy of maximum pressure, Iran developed key components of its nuclear program, and as a result of this policy, the United States was isolated rather than Iran.
Attacks by Iranian proxy forces on US and allied forces in the Middle East intensified following the Trump administration’s policy of maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic, but this policy did not lead to any “diplomatic breakthrough. “The United States’ comprehensive goal is to impose “permanent and verifiable” restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program.
While answering to one of the media persons he said.
“On the issue of Iran, look, these are apples and oranges. I would hesitate to even address these two issues in the same breath. But since you raised Iran, look, we have been very clear that the best place for the United States and the Iranians to discuss the diplomatic path forward, the path forward that President Biden spoke to even before he assumed high office, was in the context of talks with the P5+1 that the Europeans have brokered – have offered to broker.
Now, understand there have been developments in that regard. I’m happy to speak to that. We are not dogmatic about the form and the format of those talks. We believe that – we continue to believe that diplomacy is the most effective means to ensure that Iran is permanently and verifiably prevented from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon. But again, I think these things are apples and oranges. We have addressed our approach to Iran, we have addressed our approach to Saudi Arabia, and we stand by that.”
