U.K. PRESSES U.S. ON IRAN: The leader of America’s closest ally has made a personal appeal to President Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, negotiated in 2015 by the U.S. and six world powers. A statement from Number 10 Downing Street said British Prime Minister Theresa May told Trump by phone yesterday that the accord was “vitally important for regional security,” and that Great Britain and its European partners remained strongly committed to the pact. “The PM stressed that it was important that the deal was carefully monitored and properly enforced,” said a readout provided by the British Embassy in Washington. “Mrs. May and the President also discussed the need for the UK, U.S. and others to work together to counter destabilizing Iranian activity in the region,” a spokesman was quoted as saying.
About the same time, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was on the phone with his counterpart, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, making the same argument, according the British government. “The UK, France and Germany are clear that while Iran’s destabilizing activities in the region are unacceptable, the regime has upheld its nuclear commitments,” said an embassy statement.
