BRITAIN/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom condemned recent suspected Iranian rocket attacks on Israel in a phone call on Friday [5-11-18], according to statements from both administrations. But only a U.K. readout of the call addressed May’s concerns about the United States’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal earlier this week. And it said the leaders agreed to further talks about the effect on Western countries of reimposing sanctions on Iran, as Trump announced he intended to do…Trump and May also discussed how to respond to what they described as Iran’s destabilizing actions in the Middle East, called for regional calm and affirmed that Israel has the right of self-defense against Iran. European allies have condemned Trump’s move on Tuesday [5-8-18] to ‘withdraw’ the U.S. from the nuclear accord signed with Iran and others. Britain, France and Germany had strained for months to come up with a compromise that would prevent Trump from jumping ship — to no avail. But the remaining parties to the deal, including China and Russia, have thus far signaled some willingness to preserve it even without the U.S.”
-Eli Okun, “Trump and British prime minister discuss Iran by phone,” Politico, May 11, 2018 5:19 pm