Trump said he “may not” attend Putin’s proposed meeting on Iran

According to Agence France Presse, US President trump said on the 15th local time that he might not attend the emergency meeting on Iran proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Probably not, I think we’ll wait until after the [US] election,” he said at a news conference at the golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey On the 14th, Putin called on the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany to hold a video conference on Iran to avoid the escalation of tension in the Gulf region. “This is an urgent issue,” the Kremlin said in a statement. “The U.N. Security Council’s discussions on Iran have become increasingly tense,” he said, calling Moscow’s ally Iran the target of “unfounded criticism.”. On the 14th, the UN Security Council overwhelmingly rejected the US resolution to extend the arms embargo on Iran. Only two of the 15 member states voted in favor, highlighting the differences between Washington and its European allies since trump withdrew from the U.S. – Iran nuclear agreement in May 2018. (compiler / player)