Economics
France's Le Drian Visits Tehran to Save Nuclear Deal From Trump
- Iran’s Zarif says Europe’s playing into U.S. ‘political games’
- Le Drian says ‘still much work to do’ on Iran missile program
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian spent Monday in Tehran in a European drive to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran that President Donald Trump is threatening to scuttle and the Islamic Republic has said it may be forced to abandon.
Le Drian’s trip to Iran -- the first by an official in President Emmanuel Macron’s administration -- was a balancing act: He needed to reassure Iran of the European commitment to delivering economic benefits that were promised in the 2015 deal in return for curbing its nuclear program. But he also had to appease Trump, who’s vowed to back out of the multinational pact if Europe doesn’t help “fix” its “flaws.”