WASHINGTON, 11 March, 2021 (TON): On Wednesday, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed that the U.S. will withstand the release of billions of dollars in Iranian funds from South Korea till Tehran fully agrees to the JCPOA 2015.

He said, “If Iran comes back into compliance with its obligations under the nuclear agreement, we would do the same thing.”

“That would involve if it came to that if Iran made good on its obligations, sanctions relief pursuant to the agreement,” he said.

While taking the notice of the situation, Mike Pompeo former U.S. Secretary of State said, “They have made very clear that they would prefer to re-enter some kind of negotiation that’s closely tied to the 2015 JCPOA.”

 “This administration said we’re going to take them off the list. This administration worked alongside the IAEA to say No, we're not going to issue a report about this material that was at undeclared locations,’” Pompeo said.

“They now are going to allow money from the IMF and from the Republic of Korea to flow into Iranian coffers. These are the kinds of concessions before there’s been any conversation about actually even entering into a negotiation. This connotes weakness and, I promise you, the Iranian leadership understands how to drive a truck through American weakness,” he added.

“We said we would attend. Iran so far has said no. I think the ball is in their court to see if they’re serious about engaging or not,” Blinken said.

The tussle between the two is likely to end when either of the two sides compromises and willingly takes a step forward to adhere to the deal.