Al-Marsad newspaper: US President Joe Biden told Israel’s Channel 12 that his trip to Saudi Arabia was not related to oil prices, and stressed that “the trip is about stability in the Middle East” and repairing relations after he said that the Trump administration “withdrew somewhat.”
“It is in the interest of the United States to have more stability in the Middle East,” Biden said, adding that, “for every reason, it makes sense for me to go to the GCC.”
Iran possesses nuclear weapons
On the other hand, Biden said he hoped to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, telling Israel’s Channel 12 that “the only thing worse than the Iran that exists now is Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons.”
Biden called former President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal a “fatal mistake,” adding that he wanted to constrain Iran.
“They are closer to a nuclear weapon now than they were before,” Biden added.
Biden said he is committed to keeping the IRGC on the foreign terrorist list, even if that would kill a potential deal.
Biden said he would use force “as a last resort” to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.