France says Iran deal not perfect but a source of peace

Florence Parly told RTL radio the deal was not perfect but had successfully suspended Iran's nuclear military programme and the Iranians had respected the agreement.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw from the deal, which eased economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran limiting its nuclear program, unless France, Germany and Britain - which also signed the agreement - fix what he has called its flaws.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he would announce his decision on extending sanctions under a nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday.Trump said via a statement issued on Twitter he would make the announcement Tuesday afternoon from the White House.Trump's confirmation comes just hours after he criticized former Secretary of State John Kerry for working behind the scenes with foreign officials to preserve the nuclear agreement.Trump said the U.S. does not need "Kerry’s possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy on the very badly negotiated Iran Deal" after the Boston Globe reported a previously undisclosed April meeting with Javad Zarif at the United Nations in New York.Kerry "was the one that created this MESS in the first place!" continued Trump in an earlier Twitter post.Kerry's meeting with Zarif was the second in the past two months between the former and current top diplomats, according to the Globe, which also laid out Kerry's flurry of activity with European officials.The nuclear agreement placed unprecedented restrictions on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions, but it has been cast into jeopardy by Trump who has until a May 12 deadline to decide whether he will continue to extend sanctions relief on Iran.Should he decide against doing so, Trump would almost certainly torpedo the agreement and its nuclear-related restrictions.All of the U.S.'s negotiating partners -- the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, China and the EU -- agree that maintaining the accord is the best way to reign in Iran's program.Top European officials have been counseling Trump against an exit while also suggesting an openness to some kind of "side deal" Trump is seeking on Iran's ballistic missile programs and its regional activities.
A U.S. official said on Monday it was unclear if efforts by European allies to address Trump's concerns over the pact would be enough to save it.
"This deal ... is a factor of peace and stabilisation in a very eruptive region," Parly said.