European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speaks after attending a meeting of the parties to the
By: Laurence Norman
Wall Street Journal, Sept. 21, 2017 - U.S. demands to reopen the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement have placed European governments in the diplomatic crosshairs, scrambling to heed U.S. concerns without sparking an Iranian walkout from a deal they say is working.
Trump administration officials and their European allies exchanged sharply differing views following a meeting Wednesday night in New York of foreign ministers from Iran and the six powers that negotiated the deal. That came after President Donald Trump’s assertion that he had decided whether to stick with it—while not revealing his decision.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had already said Tuesday that Washington would only stand by the agreement if there were changes to the accord, including addressing provisions that allow Iran to expand its nuclear activities from the middle of the next decade.
Trump administration officials and their European allies exchanged sharply differing views following a meeting Wednesday night in New York of foreign ministers from Iran and the six powers that negotiated the deal. That came after President Donald Trump’s assertion that he had decided whether to stick with it—while not revealing his decision.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had already said Tuesday that Washington would only stand by the agreement if there were changes to the accord, including addressing provisions that allow Iran to expand its nuclear activities from the middle of the next decade.
