Italy, Spain, and Austria are resisting pressure to impose fresh sanctions on Iran as European heavyweights France, Germany, and Britain seek to keep the US from withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal in May, Reuters reports.
Paris, Berlin and London were seeking to persuade their EU partners to back sanctions in April against organizations and individuals linked to the Islamic Republic’s missile program, Revolutionary Guards, and Hezbollah terrorist group, according to the report.
The three European powers were eager to apply the sanctions to placate US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to exit the deal unless it is amended.
But Rome was skeptical the new sanctions would be sufficient to prevent Trump from abandoning the accord, the report says, and was backed by Spain and Austria.
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