INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
French President Emmanuel Macron was convening key ministers and experts on Wednesday to discuss Iran, including its nuclear program, amid
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to engage immediately in negotiations, threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if it did not
Iran dossier with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio when they convene in Brussels for a NATO ministerial meeting this week.Trump
withdrew the United States from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran's nuclear activities in
exchange for sanctions relief
Britain and Germany have sought in recent months to raise pressure on Iran in a bid to coax it back into discussions over its nuclear
program.They have held several rounds of talks with Iran including at technical level last week, to try to lay the groundwork for some form
of agreement.But the Trump administration has focused initially on a campaign of "maximum pressure", and the Europeans have found
coordination complicated, diplomats say.The European powers had hoped to convince Iran to begin negotiating new restrictions on its nuclear
activities with a view to having a deal by August at the latest.That would give enough time to set new limits for Iran's program and lift
economic sanctions on Iran since Trump quit the deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in May 2018
Iran even remained fully loyal to the nuclear agreement for a full complete year, giving the Europeans the time to honor their commitments
Even when Iran started to gradually lift restrictions on its nuclear program (May 2019), it said it will reverse its decision if Europeans
However, the European parties to deal remained passive and obedient to the United States and have done nothing so far)
