Federica Mogherini, on Tuesday called on the international community to stick to the Iran nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump announcing he was pulling out and would reimpose sanctions on Tehran.
"The European Union is determined to preserve it," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said of the world powers' agreement with Tehran.
Mogherini added she was particularly worried about reimposing new sanctions on Iran and urged Tehran to remain committed to what she described as "one of the biggest achievements diplomacy has ever delivered".
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was reimposing economic sanctions on Iran and pulling the United States out of an international agreement.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will stay in the JCPOA with other signatories, stressing that Iran has always complied with its commitments to the JCPOA, while the US has never complied with its requirements.
European leaders decried Trump's decision to withdraw from the deal, which had lifted sanctions against Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
They called on Washington not to take steps that would prevent other countries from upholding it.
