Europe Seeks Exemption From U.S. On Iran Sanctions

An ad for Volkswagen in Tehran. European officials have been working with the State Department for some time to try to persuade President Trump to remain in the Iran nuclear agreement, which he has consistently called “the worst deal in history.”CreditArash Khamooshi for The New York Times

New York Times: Europe Asks U.S. for an Exemption From Sanctions on Iran

BRUSSELS — In a letter to senior Trump administration officials, European foreign and finance leaders this week tacitly acknowledged that their efforts to preserve the West’s nuclear deal with Iran were failing.

In the letter, sent on Monday to the Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the European leaders cited “security interests” in requesting that companies in Europe be granted an exemption from United States sanctions that would be imposed as a result of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the pact.

“In their current state, U.S. secondary sanctions could prevent the European Union from continuing meaningful sanctions relief to Iran,” said the letter, signed by the finance and foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany, all signatories to the 2015 accord with Tehran, and by Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign-policy chief, who oversaw the negotiations.

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WNU Editor: With Iran getting ready to resume nuclear enrichment .... I doubt that the U.S. is going to give exemptions to any European company..

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