Europeans sidelined in US-Iran nuclear talks despite holding key card
Washington's decision not to coordinate with European nations about its negotiations with Iran on Saturday will reduce its leverage and make US and Israeli military action against Tehran ultimately more likely, analysts and diplomats said
The United States did not tell European countries about the nuclear talks in Oman before President Donald Trump announced them on Tuesday, even though they hold a key card on the possible reimposition of UN sanctions on Tehran, three European diplomats said
Blaise Misztal, vice president for policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America said,
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"The United States is going to need a coordinated diplomatic strategy with its European allies going into these negotiations with Iran" "That coordination is "crucial to making sure that there is maximum pressure and any diplomatic option has a chance of success"
Trump, who restored a "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran in February, on Wednesday repeated threats to use military force against Iran if it didn't halt its nuclear program and said Israel would be "the leader of that"
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