‘EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the US will have to face Russia if President-elect Donald Trump decides to back away from the Iran nuclear deal.
Mogherini made the remarks in a Wednesday interview with The Wall Street Journal, adding that it was impossible for Trump to demand fresh concessions from Iran in relation to its nuclear program.
“It is an international agreement in the framework of the United Nations,” she said. “There is no way the agreement can be reopened bilaterally,” she added.
During his presidential campaign, Republican Trump, who defeated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the November 8 election, had promised to annul the deal, which he referred to as a “disaster” and “the worst deal ever negotiated.”‘
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