Six years after the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear accord, Tehran is rapidly accumulating enriched uranium, some of it very close to weapons grade. Experts fear that a bomb could be a short dash away.
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Hostile rhetoric eases, but officials say U.S.-Iran tensions remain
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran appeared to ease on Friday after two weeks of crisis, as the White House tamped down talk of conflict and renewed a conditional offer to Tehran of diplomatic negotiations. A senior administration official emphasized that President Trump is open to talks with Tehran’s leaders, but said the U.S. will continue to apply increasing economic and other pressures on Iran to cease its backing for militant groups in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria. “We’re sitting by the phone,” the official said, acknowledging Iran has given no sign yet it is willing to talk. The two countries haven’t had diplomatic relations since shortly after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution.
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