{"id":134420,"date":"2021-02-15T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134420"},"modified":"2021-02-15T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:42:54","slug":"state-dept-refuses-to-explain-iran-envoys-talks-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-refuses-to-explain-iran-envoys-talks-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept Refuses to Explain Iran Envoy\u2019s Talks with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-dept-refuses-to-explain-iran-envoys-talks-with-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-955709378-e1611605641735.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The State Department is refusing to provide details or even confirm statements by the Chinese government indicating the U.S.-Iran envoy Robert Malley recently spoke to Communist Party officials about the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to reenter the 2015 nuclear accord.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese vice foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu &#8220;had a phone conversation with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley at the latter&#8217;s request, and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the Iranian nuclear issue,&#8221; China\u2019s foreign ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/wjbxw\/t1853795.shtml\">announced<\/a> late last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/state-dept-refuses-to-explain-iran-envoys-talks-with-china\/\"><strong>State Dept Refuses to Explain Iran Envoy\u2019s Talks with China<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-pulls-65-pending-trump-executive-orders\/\"><strong>Biden Pulls 65 Pending Trump Executive Orders<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/duck-duck-gone-white-house-aide-quits-over-threatening-remarks-to-journalist\/\"><strong>Duck, Duck, Gone: White House Aide Quits Over Threatening Remarks to Journalist<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked to confirm the press release and provide further details about Malley\u2019s conversations, the State Department ignored multiple <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> emails before stating on Sunday, &#8220;Special Envoy Rob Malley is in the early stages of engaging Members of Congress, allies, partners, and others.&#8221; The State Department would not provide any details when pressed to specifically address the talks with China. Normally, the State Department provides reporters with readouts of conversations held by senior U.S. diplomats with their counterparts, particularly if those talks are held at the request of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Malley\u2019s diplomatic talks with China come as the Biden administration is pressing Iran to end its revamped nuclear work, which includes stockpiling highly enriched uranium, the primary fuel for a nuclear weapon. China is still party to the 2015 accord and has a vested interest in seeing the United States rejoin the agreement. It is a primary ally of the Iranian regime and has supported the rollback of a United Nations arms ban on Tehran, which would permit the Communist Party and nations like Russia to sell Iran billions in advanced arms.<\/p>\n<p>Malley\u2019s overtures to China on the Iran portfolio appear to be at odds with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken\u2019s repeated promises to not pursue diplomacy with Tehran until it rolls back its nuclear work and proves it is in compliance with the restrictions placed on its program as part of the agreement. The State Department\u2019s silence on Malley\u2019s meeting could be an indication the Biden administration\u2019s public statements on the deal are at odds with its private diplomacy on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/170001\/Iran-informs-IAEA-of-suspending-its-JCPOA-voluntary-actions\">said<\/a> during the weekend that the country is poised to further block access to international nuclear inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran is taking this step as part of a pressure campaign to force Western nations into granting it sanctions relief. In addition to booting IAEA inspectors\u2014who recently found that Iran is producing uranium metal in violation of the accord\u2014Iran plans to increase its enrichment of uranium and install advanced centrifuges, machinery that enriches uranium to levels needed for a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran also plans to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/169971\/Iran-warns-of-halting-Additional-Protocol-by-late-February\">suspend<\/a>&nbsp;its cooperation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, a nuclear arms pact, by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department is refusing to provide details or even confirm statements by the Chinese government indicating the U.S.-Iran envoy Robert Malley recently spoke to Communist Party officials about the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181307,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-955709378-e1611605641735.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"State Dept Refuses to Explain Iran Envoy\u2019s Talks with China","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-955709378-e1611605641735.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"State Dept Refuses to Explain Iran Envoy\u2019s Talks with China","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}