Western Powers Scrap Plan for IAEA Rebuke of Iran to Make Space for Talks
(WorldNews Iran)

Flags flutter in the wind in front of the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, December 16, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Britain, France and Germany have scrapped a US-backed plan for the UN nuclear watchdog to criticize Iran for reducing cooperation with its inspectors, in a bid to avoid escalation and make room for diplomacy, diplomats said on Thursday. Tehran and Washington are locked in a standoff over who should move first to revive Iran’s nuclear deal. Tehran has added to its breaches of the deal’s atomic restrictions in protest at US sanctions re-imposed when US President Donald Trump...