Economics
Macron Rejects Trump’s Iran Strategy at UN Security Council
The French president said the U.S. approach is inadequate.
Emmanuel Macron speaks during the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on Sept. 25.
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U.S. President Donald Trump started a special session of the UN Security Council on Wednesday by defending his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and ratchet up sanctions on the Islamic Republic, but that move drew quick criticism from one of America’s closest allies.
Hosting a Security Council meeting he requested, Trump reiterated his view that the 2015 nuclear agreement was a “horrible, one-sided deal,” and said that oil sanctions targeting Iranian oil sales in November will be followed by additional measures that will be “tougher than ever before.”