European Opposition to Canceled Iran Deal Spurred by Big Business and Corruption
(From L) Iran's ambassador to Germany Ali Majedi, Chairman of Germany's North Africa and Middle East Initiative (NMI) Siegfried Russwurm, Iran's Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian, and German state secretary in the foreign ministry Stephan Steinlein pose for photographers before opening the German-Iranian Business Forum in Berlin on March 3, 2016. John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images
European leaders have been lobbying the United States to stay in the Iran deal, as they face economic losses from new sanctions on Iran, and Iranian leaders are pressuring the EU to keep the deal in place.
President Donald Trump announced on May 8 plans to end the Iran deal, and called it “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered.”
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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