Europe asks US for exemptions to Iran sanctions

Published June 6, 2018 6:20pm ET



A group of European allies asked President Trump for exemptions to the U.S. sanctions aimed at isolating Iran’s economy in a newly-released letter to the administration.

“As allies, we expect that the United States will refrain from taking action to harm Europe’s security interests,” officials from the European Union, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France wrote June 4. “[A]s close allies we expect that the extraterritorial effects of U.S. secondary sanctions will not be enforced on EU entities and individuals, and the United States will thus respect our political decision and the good faith of economic operators within EU legal territory.”

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