 Blinken said he'd like to recreate a similar deal. He added that since the U.S. pullout, Iran has steadily ramped up its nuclear program, which it insists is entirely peaceful. Blinken told the Aspen Forum that despite pressure from U.S. sanctions, Iran's so-called breakout time, the time Iran would need to produce material for a nuclear weapon, has shrunk from at least a year to probably one or two weeks.