Key US Republican says Trump must work with Europe on Iran
WASHINGTON - US Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged President Donald Trump's administration on Monday to work closely with European allies as it develops its new Iran policy.
"This is something that can only work if the administration exercises tremendous diplomacy with our European allies," Corker told reporters as the Senate returned to the Capitol for the first time since Trump announced his Iran policy.
Trump defied both allies and adversaries on Friday by refusing to certify that Iran is complying with an international agreement on its nuclear program, and threatened that he might ultimately terminate the accord.
Corker is leading an effort in Congress to write legislation setting new conditions for the US role in the pact, such as automatically reimposing sanctions if Iran is deemed to be within one year of developing a nuclear weapon.
