5/9/2018

EU/FRANCE/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Europe has a ‘limited opportunity’ to preserve the nuclear deal with Tehran, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Wednesday [5-9-19], according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency…Macron traveled to the United States in late April in an attempt to convince U.S. President Donald Trump not to withdraw from the nuclear deal. Rouhani told Macron that Iran’s rights under the deal related to the selling of oil, banking, investment and insurance must be ‘guaranteed’ in a transparent and clear way, ISNA reported. Foreign companies who have contracts with Iran must also announce their decision after Trump’s withdrawal from the deal, Rouhani told Macron, according to ISNA. He also said Iran has met its obligations under the deal and has never enriched uranium for a weapons program. In a speech on Tuesday [5-9-18], Trump said the nuclear deal would allow Iran to enrich uranium to ‘reach the brink of a nuclear breakout.'”

Reuters, “Europe has limited opportunity to preserve nuclear deal, Rouhani tells Macron,” Reuters, May 9, 2018 9:53 am