美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯(Ned Price)表示，美国已宣布“准备好”接受与伊朗和伊朗核协议其他剩余各方的谈判，“讨论伊朗核计划的外交途径”。

欧盟外交部副部长恩里克·莫拉(Enrique Mora)周四早些时候在推特上表示，该机构准备再次充当调解人，接待伊朗和P5+1——联合国安理会常任理事国和德国，他们谈判了核协议，正式称为联合全面行动计划(JCPOA)。

普莱斯宣布这一消息之前，美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯(Antony Blinken)周四上午会见了法国、英国和德国外长，并就伊朗问题提出了统一战线。在一份声明中，他们特别同意伊朗必须恢复遵守核协议，然后与各方谈判“加强联合行动计划”，并“解决与伊朗导弹计划和地区活动有关的更广泛的安全关切”——伊朗表示不会这样做。

拜登政府还取消了前总统唐纳德·特朗普在联合国限制伊朗的举措。作为一种善意的姿态，它正在放松对伊朗驻纽约外交官的旅行限制，并撤回特朗普的立场，即美国已经迅速收回了联合国的制裁。

一位官员在与记者的电话简报会上表示，主动提出会面以及可能的首次会面“不一定是突破”。“我们不会因为它不是什么而大肆宣传它。但这是一个步骤。除非我们坐下来谈谈，否则什么都不会发生。...但如果我们不迈出这一步，情况会越来越糟。”

拜登星期五将再次带着他关于新冠肺炎疫苗接种和救援的信息，前往密歇根州的卡拉马祖参观辉瑞制药有限公司的疫苗生产厂。旅行原定于周四，但被推迟了。

周五前往密歇根之前，总统将参加一个虚拟的七国集团会议。据政府高级官员透露，拜登计划宣布，美国将向一个联合国支持的项目捐款40亿美元，该项目旨在向世界上最贫穷国家的人民分发新冠肺炎疫苗。

白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)在周四的新闻发布会上预览了拜登预定对七国集团领导人的讲话，暗示他将把他的主要国内议程应用到世界舞台上。

“拜登总统将专注于全球应对COVID大流行，包括疫苗生产、分配和供应的协调，以及通过建设国家能力和建立卫生安全融资，继续努力动员和合作应对新出现的传染病的威胁，”Psaki说。

总统还将参加周五的慕尼黑安全会议。

国会民主党人周四公布了全面的移居改革立法，主要包括移民优先事项的综述乔·拜登 铺设他上任的第一天。

改革提案是迄今为止对抗特朗普政府强硬边境政策的最雄心勃勃的努力。

2021年的《美国公民身份法案》将为该国1100万无证人员创造一条为期八年的公民身份之路。该措施为更多的移民法官和辅助人员提供资金，以帮助处理积压的寻求庇护者。该法案规定加强入境口岸的安全，重点是检测毒品和其他违禁品。

根据改革法案，各县市可以申请额外的工作签证。该法案还将删除移民法中的“外国人”一词，代之以“非公民”。

它将结束对自愿离开该国的无证移民的三年和十年的入境禁令，
改革合法移民程序，不再将配偶和未成年子女计入一个国家分配的签证份额，并将向美国移民率低的国家发放的多样化签证数量从5.5万份增加到8万份

白宫副国家安全顾问莉兹·舍伍德-兰德尔(Liz Sherwood-Randall)与白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)一起参加了白宫新闻发布会，介绍了德克萨斯州冬季风暴和停电的最新情况。

舍伍德-兰德尔(Sherwood-Randall)表示，拜登周二与各州州长举行了一次电话会议，以提供所需的任何联邦帮助，包括批准德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州的紧急声明，以及处理路易斯安那州提出的允许联邦应急管理局立即提供援助的新请求。

舍伍德-兰德尔(Sherwood-Randall)指出，截至周四上午，德克萨斯州断电人数已从数百万人降至约60万人，但他强调，由于风暴的性质，随着官员们努力恢复全州的电力供应，居民可能仍会经历持续的停电。当被问及联邦应急管理局向德克萨斯州提供了什么的更多细节时，舍伍德-兰德尔说，联邦应急管理局“已经提供了60台发电机和燃料，以支持医院和供水设施等关键场所。它已经搬进了72.9万升水、1万多条羊毛毯子、5万条棉毯子和22.5万份餐食。”

Psaki谈到了冬季风暴对疫苗接种工作的影响，称政府正与合作伙伴保持密切联系。

“我们还与我们的合作伙伴合作，尽可能推进计划交付，并在周末之前搜索装运操作。Psaki说:“我们正在讨论延长工作时间和额外的预约，以尝试在暴风雨中重新安排拍摄时间。”

普萨基说，拜登两天前与德克萨斯州州长格雷格·艾伯特(Greg Abbott)进行了交谈，转达了他对帮助的承诺，并强调总统周四在白宫工作时一直在了解事态的发展。她没有承诺拜登将访问该地区，因为总统之行可能会给当地资源带来压力。

The State Department has announced the U.S. is "ready" to accept talks with Iran and the other remaining parties of the Iran nuclear deal "to discuss a diplomatic way forward on Iran's nuclear program," according to spokesperson Ned Price.

The EU's deputy foreign affairs official Enrique Mora tweeted earlier Thursday that the body was ready to play facilitator again and host Iran and the P5+1 -- the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, who negotiated the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.

The announcement from Price comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Thursday morning with his French, British, and German counterparts and presented a unified front on the way forward on Iran. In a statement, they notably agreed that Iran must return to compliance with the nuclear deal and then negotiate with the parties to "strengthen the JCPOA" and "address broader security concerns related to Iran's missile programs and regional activities" -- something Iran says it won't do.

The Biden administration is also rescinding moves by former President Donald Trump to restrict Iran at the United Nations. As a gesture of good will, it is easing the travel restrictions on Iran's diplomats in New York and withdrawing the Trump position that the U.S. had snapped back U.N. sanctions.

Offering to meet -- and that potential first meeting -- "may not necessarily be a breakthrough," said one official on a briefing call with reporters. "We're not going to hype it for what it isn't. But it is a step. Until we sit down and talk, nothing's going to happen. ... But if we don't take that step, the situation is going to go from bad to worse."

Biden will once again take his message about COVID-19 vaccinations and relief on the road Friday, traveling to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to tour a Pfizer vaccine manufacturing plant. The trip was originally scheduled for Thursday but was postponed.

Before he travels to Michigan on Friday, the president will participate in a virtual G-7 conference. Biden plans to announce that the United States will contribute a total of $4 billion to a U.N.-backed program seeking to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to people in the poorest countries in the world, according to senior administration officials.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki gave a preview of Biden’s scheduled address to G-7 leaders during a press briefing Thursday, suggesting that he will take his main domestic agenda and apply it on the world stage.

“President Biden will focus on a global response to the COVID pandemic, including coordination on vaccine production, distribution and supplies, as well as continued efforts to mobilize and cooperate against the threat of emerging infectious diseases by building country capacity and establishing health security financing,” Psaki said.

The president will also virtually attend the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled sweeping immigration reform legislation, which essentially consists of a roundup of immigration priorities President Joe Biden laid out on his first day in office.

The reform proposal is the most ambitious effort so far to counteract the Trump administration's hardline border policies.

The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 would create an eight-year path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people in the country. The measure provides funding for more immigration judges and support staff to help with the backlog of asylum seekers. The bill provides for increased security at ports of entry focused on detecting drugs and other contraband.

Counties and municipalities will be able to petition for additional work visas as needed under the reform bill. The bill would also remove the word "alien" in the immigration code and replace it with "noncitizen."

It would end the three and 10-year bans on reentry for undocumented immigrants who voluntarily leave the country,
reform the legal immigration processes by no longer counting spouses and minor children against a country's share of allotted visas and would increase from 55,000 to 80,000 the number of diversity visas issued for countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S.

White House deputy national security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall joined White House press secretary Jen Psaki in a White House press briefing with an update on the winter storm and power outages in Texas.

Sherwood-Randall said Biden held a call with governors on Tuesday to offer whatever federal help was needed, including approving emergency declarations in Texas, Oklahoma and processing a new request from Louisiana to allow FEMA to offer immediate assistance.

Sherwood-Randall noted that as of Thursday morning, numbers of those without power in Texas have fallen from in the millions to around 600,000 but stressed that due to the nature of the storm, residents would likely still experience rolling power outages as officials work to restore power across the state. When asked for additional specifics on what FEMA had provided to Texas, Sherwood-Randall said FEMA “has made 60 generators and fuel available to support critical sites like hospitals and water facilities. It has moved in 729,000, liters of water, more than 10,000 wool blankets, 50,000 cotton blankets and 225,000 meals.”

Psaki addressed the winter storm’s impact on the vaccination effort, saying the administration was staying in close contact with partners.

“We're also working with our partners to move on scheduled deliveries whenever possible and to search shipment operations through the end of the week into the weekend. We're in conversation about extended hours and additional appointments to try and reschedule shots given the storm,” Psaki said.

Psaki said Biden had spoken with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott two days ago to convey his commitment to helping and stressed that the president was being kept aware of the unfolding situation Thursday while working from the White House. She did not commit to a visit from Biden to the region due to the strain a presidential trip can put on local resources.