US senators and Trump administration officials met at the White House on Thursday, hoping to hammer out compromise legislation to tighten restrictions on Iran while keeping Washington in an international nuclear deal with Tehran. Worrying European allies who co-signed the 2015 accord, Trump has railed against the deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for loosening sanctions reached under his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama. Ahead of the meeting, Corker said he hoped enough progress had been made that Trump might not restore the sanctions. If nine of the 15 countries on the council vote to stop the meeting that would end the discussion. “It will be telling if any country tries to deny the Security Council from even having this discussion.”

Source: Egypt Independent January 05, 2018 04:41 UTC