{"id":538143,"date":"2021-05-24T09:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=538143"},"modified":"2021-05-24T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:35:58","slug":"bidens-secretary-of-state-yes-iran-supports-terrorism-but-we-still-might-kill-trumps-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-secretary-of-state-yes-iran-supports-terrorism-but-we-still-might-kill-trumps-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Secretary Of State: Yes, Iran Supports Terrorism, But We Still Might Kill Trump\u2019s Sanctions"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbidens-secretary-of-state-yes-iran-supports-terrorism-but-we-still-might-kill-trumps-sanctions%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=538143&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\/05\/D75CF769-078E-4AAF-BE14-4F34F5DD98D9_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken acknowledged that the despotic Iranian regime has indeed supported terrorism and funded \u201cextremist groups\u201d but still kept to the Biden administration\u2019s game plan of possibly reducing the sanctions that the Trump administration had implemented \u2014 all so the U.S. could support the much-criticized Iran nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d host George Stephanopoulos asked Blinken about the Biden administration\u2019s negotiations with Iran, the world\u2019s largest state supporter of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour administration is continuing to pursue nuclear negotiations with Iran, but 42 Republican senators have called on the president to end the negotiations, make it clear that sanctions will remain in place because of Iranian funding of Hamas. Do you believe that Iran is funding Hamas? And if they are, should the sanctions stay in place?\u201d asked the host.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken would not directly answer the question of whether Iran funds the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, despite widespread evidence of that assertion, instead sidestepping to segue to the nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, George, Iran is engaged in a number of activities, including funding extremist groups, supporting terrorism more broadly, supporting very dangerous proxies that are taking destabilizing actions throughout the Middle East, proliferating weapons, and two things on that. One, an Iran with a nuclear weapon or with the capability to build one in very short order is going to act with even greater impunity in those areas, which just adds to the urgency of trying to put the nuclear problem back in the box that the nuclear agreement put it in,\u201d said Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, of course, many of these actions are going forward now while the \u2014 you know, and have gone forward over the last few years under the so-called maximum pressure being exerted by the \u2014 by the previous administration and clearly did not get the result that we all seek, which is to curb all of these activities,\u201d Blinken continued. \u201cBut the first thing that we need to do is put the nuclear problem back in the box. That\u2019s why we\u2019re committed to trying to see if Iran will come back into compliance with the nuclear agreement, the so-called JCPOA. That\u2019s what we\u2019re engaged in now. And then use that as a platform to build on and to try to deal with these other issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranians say the decision to raise \u2014 to lift some of the sanctions has already been made. Is that true?\u201d Stephanopoulos pressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been now over \u2014 we\u2019re about to have our, I think, fifth round of discussions in Vienna with the Iranians,\u201d Blinken replied. \u201cAnd what these discussions and talks, indirect, as you know, have done is they\u2019ve clarified what each sides needs to do in order to come back into compliance. So we know what sanctions would need to be lifted if they\u2019re inconsistent with the nuclear agreement, but as important and indeed more important, Iran, I think, knows what it needs to do to come back into compliance on the nuclear side. And what we haven\u2019t seen is whether Iran is ready and willing to make a decision to do what it has to do. That\u2019s the test and we don\u2019t yet have an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel, Palestine &#039;entitled&#039; to 2-state solution: Secretary of State Blinken | ABC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6B46oQxsUE?start=366&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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