It's Aimed at Trump, But Macron's Nuclear Rescue Needs Iran Too
- Support wanes in Tehran for saving deal that didn’t deliver
- Iran feels let down by Europe, sees Russian backing vs U.S.
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Washington is just the public face of what’s been an intensive effort by European leaders to rescue the nuclear deal with Iran from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Fully focused on the Trump threat, they may be missing another one emerging in Tehran. Macron’s invocation of a new, more comprehensive accord won’t count for much without some kind of signoff from Iran -- which is starting to lose faith in the existing version.