PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the risk of an “escalation” in the Iranian nuclear standoff after Tehran announced plans to boost uranium enrichment capacity to pressure Europeans scrambling to save a landmark deal.
At a press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the French leader called on “everyone to stabilize the situation and not give into this escalation which would lead to only one thing: conflict.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had not asked France to leave the 2015 Iran nuclear deal because he believed the accord would not survive after the United States pulled out of the deal and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran.
“I didn’t ask France to withdraw from the JCPOA (Iran deal) because I think it is basically going to be dissolved by the weight of economic forces,” Netanyahu told a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Economic pressure will kill off Iran nuclear deal — Netanyahu
Economic pressure will kill off Iran nuclear deal — Netanyahu
- President Macron called on “everyone to stabilize the situation and not give into this escalation which would lead to only one thing: conflict.”
- Netanyahu: “I didn’t ask France to withdraw from the Nuclear deal because I think it is basically going to be dissolved by the weight of economic forces,”
