There’s a lot of support in US for UK approach on Iran deal: Johnson in Washington

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is calling for commitment to the Iran nuclear deal in his visit to the United States.

Johnson was in Washington Wednesday to discuss the international deal in the face of attempts by US president Donald Trump against the accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA).

He met with New York House Representative Eliot Engel, a Democrat, on Capitol Hill.

The British foreign secretary stressed the importance of enforcing the deal in the meeting with the top Democrat on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The two also repeated anti-Iran allegations about destabilizing the region.

Johnson is in Washington in part to whip up support for the JCPOA, in the wake of Trump’s failure to recertify the deal as required by the US law.

In remarks elsewhere, the top British diplomat told reporters that he would visit Iran “in the course of next few weeks.”

“What I’m doing here is obviously trying to make sure that the Iran nuclear deal is kept going. That is, I think one of the great triumphs of diplomacy in the past 20 years or so,” he said. “What we’re trying to do is work with our American friends to find ways of protecting that call of the deal.”

“To be fair, there’s a lot of support for our approach,” Johnson said.

PressTV-‘Europe continues to support Iran, JCPOA’

A senior Austrian Foreign Ministry official says European countries will continue to support Iran and the JCPOA.

Tehran has always said that its nuclear energy has a peaceful nature, as confirmed since mid-January 2016, when the JCPOA came into force and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started releasing monthly reports on Iran’s commitment to the nuclear agreement.

Trump, meanwhile, has refused to certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, claiming that it is one of the “worst deals ever negotiated.”

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