Boris Johnson said he would back a new Trump deal to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, a signal the British prime minister is tacking toward the United States on reining in the Islamic Republic amid a diplomatic row between Iran and the United Kingdom.

He spoke just before the U.K. and its European allies launched a formal dispute mechanism over Iran’s breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal in a move that could ultimately spell the end of the agreement.

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