Iran deal becomes latest casualty of Russia's war in Ukraine

Ali Hashem

Jan 4, 2023

A picture shows a newspaper stall with a view of Etemad newspaper's front page bearing a title reading in Farsi "The night of the end of the JCPOA ", and cover photos of Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian his deputy and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, in the capital Tehran on August 16, 2022. - The European Union and United States said they were studying Iran's response to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers the EU presented at talks in Vien — A picture shows a newspaper stall with Etemad newspaper's front page bearing a heading in Farsi, "The night of the end of the JCPOA," in the capital Tehran on Aug. 16, 2022. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen on Tuesday that the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is more or less dead, according to a report in Israel Hayom.

While a senior US official speaking to Al-Monitor denied the report, the United States and Israel have nevertheless found common ground in focusing instead on Iran's brutal crackdown on protesters and its backing of Russia in Ukraine.