Iran Remains Defiant as Pressure Builds to End Nuclear-Fuel Enrichment
GENEVA—Top European officials have lined up behind the Trump administration's demand that Iran give up its uranium-enrichment program, as pressure mounted on Tehran to make deep concessions if it wants a diplomatic off-ramp from the fighting with Israel.
That fighting threatens to intensify with the possible entry of the U.S., a prospect that has alarmed officials in the oil-rich Persian Gulf who fear an escalatory spiral if Iran retaliates. President Trump says he will decide whether to join Israel's attacks within two weeks to give time for negotiations to work.
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