Germany seeks more detail on what US wants on Iran nuke deal

BERLIN — The German government says it will seek more detail on what the US wants regarding the nuclear deal with Iran after US President Donald Trump demanded that European allies fix what he called “terrible flaws.”

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, stresses Monday that Germany stands by the nuclear deal. He says that Germany will analyze the situation with its European partners.

Trump threatened Friday to pull the US out of the nuclear deal in a few months’ time. Iran has said it’s not interested in any renegotiation.

German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Adebahr says officials will sit down with the Americans and “see what goal and request exactly Mr. Trump’s comments contain.” She says that Trump’s statement appeared to have been directed “first and foremost to his own Congress.”

— AP