Commentary April 27 was an explosive Tuesday for the Middle East, explosive diplomatically in Vienna and Washington, but literally explosive in one incident: the drone boat attack on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea oil port of Yanbu. In Vienna, Austria, talks involving Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia resumed, with the United States participating “indirectly.” The stated goals are twofold: Convince the Iranian dictatorship to end its nuclear weapons-development violations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the official name of former President Obama’s 2015 “Iran nuclear deal”; and convince the United States to revive the JCPOA, from which former President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew in 2018. In Washington, D.C., high-ranking Israeli and American diplomats held what diplomats call frank discussions. The Jerusalem Post quoted Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Gilad Erdan, as saying, “We made our clear opposition to the return to the JCPOA. … (I)t is a …
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