Britain, France and Germany agree on support for Iran nuclear deal
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The leaders of the UK, France and Germany have agreed that pursuing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is the best way of stopping Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons.
For more on this and other international news we turn to our Ro Aram…
Aram… Some progress is being made with North Korea's nuclear issue, but the Iran deal still seems to subject to much controversy….
That's right Semin… U.S. President Donald Trump has long threatened to pull out the Obama-era agreement, which he has described as insane and ridiculous.
The 2015 deal involved lifting some sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear program.
Trump has accused Iran of not keeping its end of the agreement, which he has described as being too lenient and costly.
He has signaled multiple times that he would pull out of the deal, but world powers are urging him not to…
In separate phone calls over the weekend, Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel discussed the importance of keeping the current deal.
They agreed it was currently the only way to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
They did, however, address some of Trump's concerns.
They agreed the deal needed to be broadened to cover areas such as ballistic missiles, and that clarification was needed on happens when the deal expires next month.
But, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ratcheted up Trump's rhetoric against Iran, further signaling that the U.S. is still considering scrapping the nuclear deal.
Speaking in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Pompeo said that if Washington was unable to work with its European allies to fix the agreement, then the U.S. would be leaving it.
Trump has until May 12th to decide whether to continue or abandon the deal.
The leaders of the UK, France and Germany have agreed that pursuing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is the best way of stopping Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons.
For more on this and other international news we turn to our Ro Aram…
Aram… Some progress is being made with North Korea's nuclear issue, but the Iran deal still seems to subject to much controversy….
That's right Semin… U.S. President Donald Trump has long threatened to pull out the Obama-era agreement, which he has described as insane and ridiculous.
The 2015 deal involved lifting some sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear program.
Trump has accused Iran of not keeping its end of the agreement, which he has described as being too lenient and costly.
He has signaled multiple times that he would pull out of the deal, but world powers are urging him not to…
In separate phone calls over the weekend, Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel discussed the importance of keeping the current deal.
They agreed it was currently the only way to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
They did, however, address some of Trump's concerns.
They agreed the deal needed to be broadened to cover areas such as ballistic missiles, and that clarification was needed on happens when the deal expires next month.
But, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ratcheted up Trump's rhetoric against Iran, further signaling that the U.S. is still considering scrapping the nuclear deal.
Speaking in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Pompeo said that if Washington was unable to work with its European allies to fix the agreement, then the U.S. would be leaving it.
Trump has until May 12th to decide whether to continue or abandon the deal.