Iran Nuclear Deal Not State Department’s ‘Focus Right Now’
The Biden administration is not focused on securing a nuclear deal with Iran amid mass protests that have broken out across the country, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Wednesday.
Price made the comment during a press conference in Washington when asked by a reporter whether the United States was still looking to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal amid mass anti-government demonstrations across the country.
The protests were prompted by the death of a young woman, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, in police custody. She had been detained by Iran’s morality police on Sept. 13 for failing to adhere to Iran’s strict Islamic dress code for women. Amini died three days later while still in police custody….