Washington, Europe start work on Iran nuclear deal

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Working groups have begun meeting to discuss possible ways to address what the Trump administration sees as serious flaws in the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, Secretary of State Rex TillersonRex Wayne TillersonProtests erupt in Switzerland ahead of Trump's Davos trip Tillerson's open-ended Syria war proves U.S. is stuck in mideast quicksand Tillerson blames Russian Federation for allowing new Syrian chemical weapons attack MORE said Saturday.

Speaking to reporters in Warsaw on Saturday, Tillerson confirmed that Britain, France and Germany have all agreed to work on the JCPOA.

Although the U.S. president declined to withdraw from the Iran deal - which he has long railed against and formerly promised to "rip up" - he gave a four-month deadline to the U.S. Congress and America's main European allies to address what he called the "disastrous flaws" of the deal. "The working groups have already begun to meet on efforts to agree principles, what is the scope of what we attempt to address and also how much we engage Iran on discussions to address these issues".

But President Donald Trump warned he'd pull the US out of the deal unless changes were made - specifically, closing loopholes that allow Iran to resume nuclear activity and tightening restrictions on Iran's ballistic missile program.

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He, however, reiterated that like the European countries Russian Federation is determined to preserve the nuclear deal and support the stands of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this respect.

According to a report by the Russian Embassy in Tehran, the value of trade exchanges between the two countries in 2016 amounted to 2.2 billion dollars a major part of which was related to export of Russian machinery, transportation equipment, foodstuff and metals to Iran.

Tehran has rejected the notion of renegotiating the agreement, and has accused the USA of reversing on its commitments. Trump also wants tighter restrictions on Iran's ballistic missile program.

"The U.S. has greater concerns and more immediate concerns regarding Iran's malign behaviors throughout the region", he said.

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