Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat to lead talks with Washington regarding the Iranian nuclear deal, according to a report Friday by Walla news.

Senior officials told Walla’s Barak Ravid that Ben-Shabbat will be appointed to conduct discussions with world powers and other regional partners on the future of the moribund accord.

The report said Ben-Shabbat spoke Thursday with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor to US President Joe Biden, and discussed Iran, among other subjects.