European lawmakers ask Congress to preserve Iran deal

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News ID: 21900
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 21:31 - 19 April 2018
TEHRAN, April 19 - Hundreds of lawmakers in Germany, France and the UK wrote an open letter to the US Congress asking it to back the Iran nuclear deal, despite US President Donald Trump's threat to terminate the agreement next month.

European lawmakers ask Congress to save Iran dealTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "Abandoning the deal would diminish the value of any promises or threats made by our countries,” CNN reported.

The letter continues: "But let us be clear: if the deal breaks down, it will well-nigh be impossible to assemble another grand coalition built around sanctions against Iran. We must preserve what took us a decade to achieve and has proven to be effective."

The 2015 agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA ), was the achievement of 20 months of grueling negotiations involving the US, France, Germany, Britain, Russia, China and Iran, CNN reported.

It guarantees that Iran's nuclear program will remain peaceful in exchange for lifting US and EU nuclear-related sanctions.

 

 

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