Why Biden hasn’t reentered the Iran deal — yet

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down why the Biden administration hasn’t yet reentered the Iran nuclear deal. They explain that the process of rejoining is more complicated than it might seem, but that it’s still likely the deal will come back eventually. They then debate the pros and cons of rejoining the accord and how well the Obama foreign policy team — many of whom have joined the Biden administration — handled the pact. One point of agreement: The Trump administration’s Iran policy failed. References: Alex wrote about the impending US-Iran talks over the nuclear deal. And he also wrote about Colin Kahl’s under-threat confirmation. Foreign Policy asks if Biden took too long to reengage Iran. Jenn noted a Politico magazine story detailing how the Obama administration let a Hezbollah criminal enterprise proceed to help strike the 2015 deal. Al Jazeera reported on then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s 12 demands on Iran. He achieved none of them. Vox has a great visual explainer on the Iran deal. Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), White House reporter, Vox Consider contributing to Vox: If you value Worldly’s work, please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Having your identity stolen can be devastating, financially and emotionally.
0:07.4	And it feels like identity thieves are constantly invading new ways to take advantage of unsuspecting
0:12.4	people.
0:13.4	Now you can stay one step ahead with Microsoft Defender.
0:16.7	Microsoft Defender helps keep your personal information safe or online with continuous
0:21.1	monitoring of threats to your identity and credit.
0:24.3	Get timely alerts, monthly credit reports, expert guidance, and even hands-on restoration
0:29.0	support when you need help, all in one easy-to-use security dashboard.
0:34.4	Maximize your protection with Microsoft Defender, available with a Microsoft 365 personal or
0:40.1	family subscription.
0:42.2	So, the signature accomplishment of the Obama administration while in office was at least
0:56.1	some foreign policy, the nuclear deal with the wrong.
0:58.7	Then the Trump administration undaid it.
1:00.5	And now, the Biden administration says they want to get back into it unsurprising since
1:05.0	they see themselves as kind of a continuation of what Obama was doing, on foreign policy,
1:09.7	to some degree, and they have some of the same people involved.
1:12.4	Except now the US and Iran are in this kind of weird dance with each other, where though
1:17.4	it seems like both sides want to get back into the nuclear deal, they don't really talk
1:22.8	about it directly, sort of, and nobody is really doing the first thing that you need
1:28.4	to do to get the negotiation started, it's a very confusing, weird situation.
1:32.3	Well, today in the world, we're part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, we're going to
1:35.4	break it down.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1495 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.