German minister to meet Iran’s Hassan Rouhani in bid to save nuclear pact
Europeans move to forestall resumption of Iranian uranium enrichment programme ahead of deadline
09 June 2019 - 21:39
Abu Dhabi — Germany’s foreign minister will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Monday, a German diplomatic source said, as part of a concerted European effort to preserve Iran’s nuclear pact with world powers and defuse rising US-Iranian tensions.
A cautious thaw in long antagonistic relations between Tehran and Washington set in when Iran struck a 2015 deal with six big powers limiting its nuclear activity. But hostility has resurged since President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the accord in 2018 and reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran...
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