Bloomberg: U.S. Sidelined as Five Powers Set to Give Iran New Assurance
Top diplomats from world powers will meet on Friday in a bid to defend their landmark nuclear deal with Iran from attack by President Donald Trump.
Foreign ministers from China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.K. will convene in Vienna for the first time without the U.S. in order “to ensure the continued implementation” of the accord, which granted Iran a reprieve from sanctions in exchange for limits to its nuclear program, according to a European Union statement on Wednesday. Trump abandoned the deal in May and reimposed sanctions against countries and companies doing business with Iran.
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WNU Editor: I am sure China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.K. will be giving assurances to the Iranians that they will find a way to do business with Iran, and that U.S. sanctions can be minimized. They may even ask the Iranians to give them time .... so that they can convince the U.S. that it is not in their interest to continue sanctions. But bottom line .... the help that they can offer is minimal. The U.S. has the power to punish those who break sanctions .... and that is something that the five powers cannot promise to minimize.
