Europeans push last bid to salvage Iran deal, but work on 'plan B'

European powers still want to hand Donald Trump next week a plan to save the Iran nuclear deal, but they have also started work on protecting EU-Iranian business ties if the US president makes good on a threat to withdraw, six sources told Reuters.

Trump, who says the 2015 accord is a "disaster," has all but decided to withdraw by May 12, US officials say, and looks set to reject four months of European efforts to address his concerns.

France, Britain and Germany aim to present to the White House a separate political agreement that commits to taking a tougher stance on Iran if they can agree it in time with the US State Department, their American interlocutors.