The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, urged on Monday 13 May, to avoid any escalation in the Iranian nuclear issue.
Tehran announced on 8 May, that it would suspend some of Iran’s commitments (see EUROPE B12250A16), a decision followed by the announcement of new US sanctions and the sending of an American aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers and a warship carrying amphibious vehicles and a Patriot missile battery to the region.
The...