The EU will stick to the Iran deal and the bloc’s leaders have mandated their Brussels-based executive to defend the interests of European companies dealing with Tehran from U.S. sanctions if needed, Reuters reported quoting top EU official. “On Iran nuclear deal, we agreed unanimously that the EU will stay in the agreement as long as Iran remains fully committed to it. Additionally the Commission was given a green light to be ready to act whenever European interests are affected,” the chairman of a two-day EU leaders’ summit in the Bulgarian capital, Donald Tusk, told a news conference. The head of the bloc’s executive European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, told the same conference that the EU was ready to start trade liberalization talks with the United States in some areas if Washington gives permanent exemptions from aluminum and steel tariffs. Armenia News - NEWS.am ! This text available in … [Read more...] about European Union will stick to Iran nuclear agreement
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Latest: Donald Trump pulls US out of Iran nuclear agreement
Update 7.29pm: President Donald Trump has confirmed the withdrawal of the US from the Iran nuclear accord.Mr Trump spoke out against the arrangement as "a horrible, one-sided deal" based on a lie.He said that if he allowed the deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race.He called Iran a "regime of great terror".And he said that "no action taken by the regime has been more dangerous than its pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means of delivering them".Mr Trump signed a presidential memorandum withdrawing from the 2015 agreement and said he is planning to reinstall sanctions on the Iranian regime.He said in an address to the nation that he will be reinstating the highest level of sanctions and warned other countries not to help the Iranian government.Mr Trump said America "will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail" and will not allow "a regime that chants 'Death to America'" to get access to nuclear weapons.The president said he made the decision after consulting with US … [Read more...] about Latest: Donald Trump pulls US out of Iran nuclear agreement
UN Chief Open to ‘Building’ Upon Iran Nuclear Agreement
Guterres' statement comes after the foreign ministers of Germany, the United Kingdom and France have issued a joint statement saying that their countries will stay in the JCPOA even if the United States pulls out of it. READ MORE: US Rejecting JCPOA 'Doesn’t Mean Other Countries Will Pull Out' — Professor © AFP 2018 / ATTA KENARE US Attempts to Dissuade Iran's Partners From Cooperation Violate JCPOA - TehranThe Trump administration has announced that it is reassessing whether to pull the United States out of the JCPOA which was signed by Iran with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany and the European Union on July 14, 2015. The US president has been criticizing the JCPOA, more widely known as the Iran nuclear deal, which was negotiated by his predecessor then-President Barack Obama, ever since his election campaign. Trump threatened to withdraw Washington … [Read more...] about UN Chief Open to ‘Building’ Upon Iran Nuclear Agreement
Macron wants US and France to commit to a new deal on Iran nuclear agreement
Emmanuel Macron has said he wants US and France to commit to finding a deal on Iran nuclear agreement. The French President said he had very frank discussions with Donald Trump on the Iran nuclear agreement and believes the two countries should begin work to forge a new accord to address concerns about Tehran. Macron told a news conference that four issues needed to be addressed: including blocking any Iranian nuclear activity until 2025, putting an end to Iranian ballistic missile activity and finding a political solution to contain Iran in the region. "This is the only way to bring about stability," Macron told a news conference with Trump. At the conference Donald Trump also said he wanted to withdraw American troops from Syria "relatively soon" but not before their mission is completed, adding that negotiations over the crisis there should be part of a larger deal regarding Iran. "We want to come home. We'll be coming home. But we want to leave a strong and lasting footprint, and … [Read more...] about Macron wants US and France to commit to a new deal on Iran nuclear agreement
EU urges US to protect Iran nuclear deal
Britain, France, Germany and the European Union called for the United States to protect the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday, following a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and his German, French and British counterparts, before the United States' makes a decision on sanctions tomorrow. Following the meeting, The EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the unity of the international community was essential to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement. He said the deal "was working" and "delivering on its main goal which means keeping the Iranian nuclear program in check and under close surveillance." Despite EU support for the nuclear deal, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Europe was not seeking to hide other issues with Iran, including its ballistic weapons program. US President Donald Trump will decide on Friday whether to renew his country's waiver on nuclear-related sanctions, as well as make a … [Read more...] about EU urges US to protect Iran nuclear deal