Iranian President Visits Europe to Rally Nuclear Deal Support

• Iranian President Visits Europe to Rally Nuclear Deal Support
  by DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON, http://www.newsweek.com/
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani embarked Monday on a trip to Europe to bolster assurances that Europe would continue to support the 2015 nuclear deal despite the U.S. withdrawal.
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  Rouhani will stay in Bern, Switzerland, for two days before traveling to Vienna. The Iranian president will meet with Swiss Federal President Alain Berset and top Austrian officials during his trip, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will also speak with Swiss government officials.
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  Rouhani’s trip follows shifting international relations that have seen rifts emerge between the U.S. and Europe on a number of topics, such as trade policy, the Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal. Since the U.S. withdrew from the accord in early May, Iranian leaders have pushed to take measures that ensure the agreement’s survival and compensate for reinstated U.S. sanctions.
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  The trip will be an “opportunity to talk about the future of the agreement,” Rouhani said before leaving Iran, Agence France-Presse reported.
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