National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan remarked that “we are going to have to address Iran’s…  malign behaviour across the region, but from our perspective, a critical early priority has to be to deal with what is an escalating nuclear crisis as they move closer and closer to having enough fissile material for a weapon, and we would like to make sure that we reestablish some of the parameters and constraints on their program that have fallen away over the past two years”. “Our view is that if we can get back to diplomacy that can put Iran’s nuclear program in a box, that will create a platform upon which to build a global effort”, he emphasised. The same day, Rob Malley was appointed Special Representative for Iran.