Biden administration informed Israel that it has started contacts with Iran

The administration of US President-elect Joe Biden has informed Israeli officials that it has begun secret contacts with Iranian officials to return to the nuclear deal, according to Israeli Channel 12 correspondent Nir Dafouri.

This notification is consistent with previous Israeli assessments that the United States and Iran have begun an indirect dialogue.

The head of the Israeli Mossad, Yossi Cohen, is holding talks in the American capital, Washington, with officials in the administration of the outgoing President, Donald Trump, most notably the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mike Pompeo, and according to diplomatic norms, Cohen does not hold talks with the newly elected administration before it officially takes office, but Channel 12 reported that Cohen had held talks with Biden’s security staff.

This notification coincides with the formation of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a team to formulate the Israeli strategy in the initial talks with the Biden administration about the Iranian nuclear program.

Estimates in the occupation entity indicate that the Biden administration and the occupation government will enter into a clash due to the major differences between them on the Iranian issue. Biden announced during his election campaign that he would enter into negotiations with Iran and return to the nuclear agreement in the event that Iran returned to its full implementation, while Netanyahu considers such a step “a fatal mistake.”

Source: Agencies.