EU to stay true to Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini

The European Union (EU)’s top diplomat says the bloc will remain committed to and work to ensure the proper execution of a nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.

“The European Union will continue to work for the respect and implementation of this extremely important deal,” Federica Mogherini, the EU’s high representative for security and foreign policy, said before an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels.

The bloc was committed to the accord, “most of all for our security” she said. “It is proof that diplomacy works and delivers.”

Mogherini had said previously, too, that in the event of a US breach, the EU would retain an independent course and remain true to the Iran deal.

Iran has fulfilled all its obligations under the deal, as verified by the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA), which is tasked with monitoring the technical implementation of the accord.

But on Sunday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that if Trump went ahead with his threat to tear up the deal, Iran would burn it, echoing earlier remarks by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

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