France slams new US sanctions on Iran as ‘unacceptable’

14:42, 11.05.2018

France’s foreign minister on Thursday condemned the United States for reimposing sanctions against foreign companies trading with Iran, labeling the move “unacceptable” in comments that expose the deepening rift between Washington and its European allies on the issue.

On Thursday France’s top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian slammed those conditions, saying Washington needed to negotiate with its European allies on any sanctions that might affect their companies.

“We feel that the extraterritoriality of their sanction measures are unacceptable,” he told the French daily Le Parisien. “The Europeans should not have to pay for the withdrawal of an agreement by the United States, to which they had themselves contributed,” he said.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the landmark deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program and reintroducing sanctions on the Islamic Republic and those who trade with it, as reported by The Times of Israel.

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