Maximum pressure on Iran risks regional escalation - German minister


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018

FILE PHOTO: Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends a European Union Foreign Ministers informal meeting (Gymnich) in Vienna, Austria, August 30, 2018 REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States' strategy of applying maximum pressure on Iran will not work alone and carries the risk of a regional escalation, Germany's Foreign minister Heiko Maas said.

"If fronts harden, nothing will get better or easier, but much more dangerous and difficult," Maas said following a meeting with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and Iran in New York on Monday to discuss Iran's nuclear deal.

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