PARIS/DUBAI – European allies fear an inexperienced ?U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline-grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.
They worry Washington, eager to claim a diplomatic win for President Donald Trump, could lock in a superficial agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and sanctions relief, then struggle through months or years of technically complex follow-on talks.
“The concern isn’t that there won’t be an agreement,” said a senior European diplomat, one of eight interviewed?who have previously worked on the nuclear file or continue to do so. “It’s that there will be a bad initial agreement that creates endless downstream ?problems.”
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