EU WANTS TO KEEP IRAN DEAL ALIVE

Wed 02 December 2020:

Speaking at an event organized by the European External Action Service (EEAS), EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on November 27 was a “criminal act.”

“This is not the way you’re solving problems,” he asserted, underlining that the EU had been working throughout the year to keep the Iran nuclear deal in effect “in spite of the American withdrawal.”

Fakhrizadeh, who headed research and innovation at Iran’s Defense Ministry, was assassinated near Tehran on Friday.

The EU remains intent on preserving the Iran nuclear deal, the bloc’s top diplomat said Tuesday,

Iran’s president on Saturday joined other top officials in accusing Israel of killing the country’s top nuclear scientist, an incident fanning the flames of tension in the region.

“The Europeans have remained united on keeping this deal alive,” Borrell added.

Borrell said the EU hopes to bring the US and Iran back into the deal and expects Tehran to return to full compliance with its nuclear responsibilities.

“We will do whatever we can in order to make this deal be a security provider for the whole region.”

The deal was signed in 2015 by Iran, the US, China, Russia, France, the UK, Germany, and the EU.