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US President Joe Biden has ordered "preparations" in case nuclear deal negotiations with Iran fail, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says as nuclear talks resume in Vienna. "Given the ongoing advances in Iran’s nuclear program, the president has asked his team to be prepared in the event that diplomacy fails and we must turn to other options," Psaki says at her press briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
"The new Iranian administration did not come to Vienna with constructive proposals," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says at her briefing, after diplomats paused international talks aimed at the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. SOUNDBITE
The White House says it remains committed to nuclear negotiations with Iran despite Tehran's "provocative" statement that it will ramp up uranium enrichment. "We are certainly concerned about these provocative announcements," President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the Joint Plan of Action, or JPOA, designed to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons does not include giving Iran access to the US financial system. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
The White House believes former FBI agent Robert Levinson, an American who went missing in Iran eight years ago, is no longer in the country. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).