Blinken calls Iran's latest response to nuclear deal proposal a 'step backward'

Iran has taken "a step backward" with its latest response to a nuclear deal proposal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, calling a near-term agreement "unlikely."

Iran has taken "a step backward" with its latest response to a nuclear deal proposal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, calling a near-term agreement "unlikely."

"What we've seen over the last week or so in Iran's response to the proposal put forward by the European Union is clearly a step backward and makes prospects for an agreement in the near-term, I would say, unlikely," Blinken told reporters, speaking from Mexico City, where he met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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CNN's Kylie Atwood, Adam Pourahmadi, Mostafa Salem and Jennifer Hansler contributed to this report.

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