WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It’ll take just a few days to guage whether or not Iran is exhibiting flexibility in talks about Tehran and Washington resuming compliance with the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, U.S. State Division spokesman Ned Value instructed reporters on Thursday.

“It’ll most likely (be) one other couple of days till we now have sense of the place the Iranians are within the context of the restart of this spherical and … the pliability that they could or is probably not keen to point out,” Value stated.

Requested if Iran may be enjoying for time within the talks and in search of to take advantage of U.S. weak spot, he stated: “I can guarantee you that if the Iranian regime suspects america of weak spot, they are going to be sorely shocked.”

Value sought to deflect criticism that Iran has been stringing the foremost powers alongside within the negotiations whereas making advances to its nuclear program.

“We now have been very clear that Iran won’t be able to play for time, that Iran’s nuclear escalations and its provocations will not give Iran any further leverage in these negotiations,” he stated, referring to talks in Vienna between Iranian officers and main powers on reviving the 2015 deal.

“The one factor these provocations and these escalations will do is to deliver us nearer to the purpose of a possible disaster. And we aren’t in search of a disaster,” Value added, saying Washington wished a diplomatic resolution and that he hoped Iran was not in search of a disaster.

Talks in Vienna are between Iran and the 5 powers nonetheless within the deal – Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia – following then-President Donald Trump’s 2018 resolution to withdraw america. Underneath the accord, Iran curbed its nuclear program in return for aid from financial sanctions.