Economics
Stuck Between the U.S. and Iran, Europe Is Running Out of Options
- Thankless role goes back to 2003 exposure of nuclear program
- EU targeted by 60-day ultimatum to counter sanctions effects
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No one spelled out Europe’s predicament over the escalating stand-off between the U.S. and Iran quite as bluntly as Russia.
It’s up to “the Europeans, who committed to find a solution to the problem created by the Americans, to fulfill their promise,’’ said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a joint news conference in Moscow with his Iranian opposite, Mohammad Zarif.