BRUSSELS – The top European Union diplomat, Federica Mogherini, on Tuesdaycalled on the international community to stick to the Iran nuclear dealdespite U.S. President Donald Trump announcing he was pulling out and wouldreimpose sanctions on Tehran.
“I am particularly worried by the announcement tonight of new sanctions,”Mogherini said.
“The European Union is determined to preserve it,” she said of the worldpowers’ 2015 agreement with Tehran. “Together with the rest of theinternational community, we will preserve this nuclear deal.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, U.S. PresidentDonald Trump took a brave and correct decision to cancel the nuclear dealwith Iran, which was “a recipe for disaster.”
Netanyahu said in a two-minute televised address in Hebrew and English thatthe current deal was “a recipe for disaster, a disaster for our region, adisaster for the peace of the world.”