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Added on the 11/02/2021 12:13:02 - Copyright : France 24 EN
With Tehran feared weeks away from a point of no return on nuclear, are we looking down the barrel of an arms race in the Middle East? With little optimism in the air for the current round of talks in Vienna, where might this leave the Biden administration? Does the US have the stomach for a fight?And is a fight what's unfolding? Traditional lines in the sand seem to be out the window as the same Gulf States that are cementing new ties with Israel are also keeping channels open with Tehran.
Could it be Macron to the rescue? The French president's top diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne making his second trip to Tehran on the trot. After the aborted air strike by the U-S off the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranians twice inching up nuclear enrichment above levels that exceed the 2015 nuclear deal, France's president has twice spoken with his Iranian counterpart on the phone with the latest call Sunday night... Macron who has also been on the blower to Donald Trump in the past 24 hours.
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