Iran Escalates Deal Pressure on Europe as Macron Envoy in Tehran
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A senior Iranian official derided European efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal from a U.S. economic offensive, as a top envoy of French President Emmanuel Macron held crucial talks in Tehran.
“Today, the U.S. has taken European independence hostage and the countries of the European Union have to stand up in defense of its identity and independence in the face U.S. unilateralism,” Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was reported as saying by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.