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Zarif: Europe Needs To Step Out of the US Shadow

Zarif: Europe Needs To Step Out of the US Shadow
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran and Europe are making tentative progress with the Nuclear Deal.

He, however, suggested the United States was pushing its own agenda.

Zarif further questioned whether the European Union had the will to follow its instinct and continue with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] or if it would blindly follow the United States.

Speaking to Euronews' Global Conversation, Zarif noted that after US President Donald Trump's meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, there were voices of concern in the United States about whether their leader was pursuing national interests.

Zarif said: 'Even if he [Trump] were pursuing American national interests, are the people of Europe prepared to accept US national interest dominating the decision making process in the global economy? Are they prepared to accept this? Or are they prepared to stand against this?

He then accused the US of applying psychological pressure to scupper the deal and said this had to be confronted by Europe.

On Syria, Zarif said Iran and Russia were making strides in helping the Syrian people. He then said that Trump should take credit for supporting Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group].

He said: 'The facts that US arms, US weapons have been found in the hands of Daesh and other extremist organizations, is documented by Western sources.'

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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