June 13, 2017

OSLO (Reuters) – European foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday she was confident the United States would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, despite its protestations to the contrary, as the deal is working.

High Representative of the European Union Federica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend the opening of the Oslo Forum at Losby Gods outside Oslo, Norway June 13, 2017. NTB Scanpix/Hakon Mosvold Larsen via REUTERS

“I am confident that the review in the United States will bring to wise decisions, which means keeping something that is working,” she told a news conference on the margins of a peace mediation conference in Oslo.

(L-R) Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, High Representative of the European Union Federica Mogherini, Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and former U.S. foreign minister John F. Kerry during the opening of the Oslo Forum at Losby Gods outside Oslo, Norway June 13, 2017. NTB Scanpix/Hakon Mosvold Larsen via REUTERS

“In any case the European Union will guarantee that the deal keeps, that we stick to that … and that our policy of engagement with Iran continues.”