EUs Mogherini slams USs Pompeo over Iran nuclear deal
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iran will never again have carte blanche to dominate the middle east pompeo said monday outlining 12 tough conditions from washington for any new deal with tehran1 federica mogherini the eus foreign policy chief warned monday there was no alternative to the iran nuclear deal after us secretary of state mike pompeo vowed unprecedented sanctions against tehran following washingtons withdrawal from the pact1 secretary pompeos speech has not demonstrated how walking away from the jcpoa nuclear deal has made or will make the region safer from the threat of nuclear proliferation or how it puts us in a better position to influence irans conduct in areas outside the scope of jcpoa the european unions foreign policy chief mogherini said in a statement1 she stressed there is no alternative to the joint comprehensive plan of action as the deal is officially known1 us president donald trump sparked an international outcry earlier this month when he announced his country would pull out of the landmark accord struck in july 2015 between tehran and major world powers1 his move came despite the fact that the uns nuclear watchdog in charge of monitoring irans compliance with the deal has confirmed that tehran has so far abided by the terms1 trump wants brussels and others to support his hardline strategy and push for a fresh agreement1 pompeo a longtime iran hawk and fierce opponent of the 2015 agreement earlier monday outlined an aggressive series of painful measures designed to hurt tehran in his first key address since moving to the state department from the cia in april1 but mogherini called on the us to keep its commitments as part of the agreement signed under trumps predecessor barack obama1 the jcpoa is the result of more than a decade of complex and delicate negotiations based on dual track approach and therefore the best possible outcome striking the right balancethis deal belongs to the international community having been endorsed by the united nations security council. the international community expects all sides to keep the commitments they made more than two years agomogherini1 the jcpoa is the result of more than a decade of complex and delicate negotiations based on dual track approach and therefore the best possible outcome striking the right balance mogherini said1 this deal belongs to the international community having been endorsed by the united nations security council. the international community expects all sides to keep the commitments they made more than two years ago she added1 she reiterated that the international atomic energy agency iaea had confirmed already 10 times that iran has implemented all its nuclear related commitments under the agreement1 the re-establishment of the us punitive measures will likely force european companies to choose between investing in iran or trading with the united states1 the eu has been trying to persuade iran to stay in the 2015 agreement even without washingtons participation1