Macron: Trump pulling out
of Iran deal 'could mean war'
By John Bowden - 05/04/18
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French President Emmanuel Macron says in a new interview with a
leading German newspaper that the U.S. withdrawing from the Iran nuclear
agreement could lead to war with the country.
The French leader tells Der Spiegel that President Trump's threats to
abandon the Obama-era deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear weapons program
could open "Pandora's box," leading the U.S. and European allies
toward armed conflict.
"That would mean opening Pandora's box, it could mean
war," Macron said. "I don't believe that Donald Trump wants
war."
Macron made a strong push for the U.S. to remain in the deal during
his visit last month to the White House, but told reporters afterward that
he thought Trump would decide to exit the deal.
“My view — I don’t know what your president will decide — is that he
will get rid of this deal on his own, for domestic reasons,” Macron said.
Such a move "can work in the short term but it’s very insane in
the medium to long term,” he added.
Iranian leaders have already pledged to abandon the deal if the U.S.
withdraws, dismissing the possibility of continuing with the agreement solely
with America's European allies.
If the Trump administration were to pull out, "it means that
there is no deal left," Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Hamid Baeidinejad told CNN on Wednesday.
Despite this, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that the
U.S. will "likely" exit the deal "absent overcoming the
shortcomings, the flaws
http://thehill.com/policy/international/386232-macron-trump-pulling-out-of-iran-deal-could-mean-war
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