German foreign minister to visit Iran to save nuclear deal

TEHRAN (defapress) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has announced he will travel to Tehran next week in an effort to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

News ID: 77665

Date: 07 June 2019 - 12:07

According to the scheduled program, Maas will meet counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday.

It will be the first trip by a German minister to Iran in two-and-a-half years, AFP reported.

Maas will visit Iran on Monday as part of a three-country Middle East tour.

He will explore options to preserve the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.

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