European powers in battle to save Iran's Nuclear deal

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 Top European powers are on verge  to save the nuclear deal U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned last week, with Britain warning against regime change and Tehran expressing hope it could keep the economic benefits of the accord.
Iran’s Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Brussels ahead of a meeting with his British, French and German counterparts later on Tuesday, holding “good and constructive” talks with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
“We are on the right path to move forward ... Whatever (is) decided should preserve and guarantee Iran’s rights ... Our talks (with the E3) will continue in the next two weeks,” he said, referring to Britain, France and Germany.
Many European diplomats doubt privately that the 2015 accord between Iran and six world powers can survive the reimposition of U.S. sanctions ordered by Trump, but the European powers will say that they stick by the terms of the 2015 pact giving Iran sanctions relief in return for an end to its nuclear ambitions.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani asked the European Union to stand against the United States’ “illegal and illogical” actions, saying that Tehran could stay in the accord only if it fully benefits from it.
The accord lifted international sanctions on Iran in 2016 in return for Tehran shutting down its capacity, under strict surveillance by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, to stockpile enriched uranium for a possible atomic bomb.

SOURCE: REUTERS.COM