Ahead of new talks, Iran blames Europeans for nuclear deal collapse

Tehran on Monday blamed European powers for the failure of the 2015 nuclear deal, accusing them of breaking their commitments ahead of renewed talks in Istanbul with Britain, France and Germany.

The 2015 deal, reached between Iran and the UN Security Council’s permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany, imposed curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.

But it unravelled in 2018 when the United States, during Donald…