The US has soured on the possibility of resuming fruitful talks with Iran over reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, and is disappointed and angry at Tehran over its approach to the moribund negotiations, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.
The US still believes in dialogue with Iran, but the atmosphere in Washington toward Tehran has turned “very negative,” according to the official, who is familiar with the Americans’ thinking on the issue.
The US has come to believe there is no one to talk to or trust on the Iranian side, the official said, putting Washington more in line with Jerusalem’s position.
The Biden administration is also struggling to square its support for human rights with its negotiations with Iran and hopes for a deal, as Iran violently cracks down on its domestic women-led protests, said the official, who spoke as Israeli President Isaac Herzog was visiting US counterpart Joe Biden for talks that touched on Iran.
