Amid warnings from Israel over the election of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran, National Security adviser Jake Sullivan tells GStephanopoulos the U.S. 'paramount priority' is 'to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.'
adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the United States is staying the course on negotiations to reinstate the Iran Nuclear Deal.
"We're going to negotiate in a clear-eyed, firm way with the Iranians to see if we can arrive at an outcome that puts their nuclear program in a box," he continued. "What I would say is that there is still a fair distance to travel on some of the key issues including on sanctions and on the nuclear commitments that Iran has to make, but the arrow has been pointed in the right direction in terms of the work that's getting done in Vienna," Sullivan said."Do you think Raisi's election actually increases the chances of reaching a deal?" Stephanopoulos pressed.
But Sullivan wouldn't detail any discussions around lifting specific sanctions, including those placed on Iran's new president-elect under the Trump administration for human rights abuses, as the U.S. and Iran continue to negotiate on the Iran Nuclear Deal.
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