MUNICH — German Chancellor Angela Merkel robustly defended European nations’ decision to stand by the Iran nuclear deal in a spirited backing Saturday of her multilateral approach to global affairs, but U.S. The deal offers Iran sanctions relief for limiting its nuclear program, and the International Atomic Energy Agency has said so far that Tehran is sticking to the agreement. But the U.S. argues that the deal just puts off when Iran might be able to build a nuclear bomb. “I see the ballistic missile program, I see Iran in Yemen and above all I see Iran in Syria,” she said. Vice-President Joe Biden, who was in office when the Iran nuclear deal was negotiated, went out of his way to thank Merkel and defended the Iran deal as a “significant agreement.”“The America I see does not want to turn its back on the world,” Biden said.

Source: National Post February 16, 2019 10:18 UTC