Iran hails ‘constructive meeting’ with EU on nuclear deal

15 May 2018, 2:24 pm

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he had a “very good and constructive” meeting with the European Union’s foreign policy chief, as the 28-nation bloc seeks to save the Iran nuclear agreement following last week’s US withdrawal.

Zarif talks with Federica Mogherini to prepare a bigger meeting later Tuesday with the three other EU partners in the deal, Germany, France and Britain.

The EU hopes to convince Iran to continue to respect the nuclear pact.

After an hour-long meeting at EU headquarters, Zarif says he believed both sides are “on the right track” to make sure that the interests of the deal’s “remaining participants, particularly Iran, will be preserved and guaranteed.”

— AP