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This open letter has been signed by members of the European Leadership Network, board members of the International Crisis Group, and council members of the European Council on Foreign Relations

Negotiating parties are now within touching distance of reinstating the JCPOA, but a period of stasis threatens to undo the progress made. In this open letter, over 40 former top European officials urge the U.S. and Iranian leadership to see the negotiations through to a successful outcome.

According to the BBC’s Phil Mackie, “No-one can be blamed for what happened other than the people who were supposed to be looking after .” No one should accept that premise, which only sanctions the argument that individual monstrosity requires a monstrous state response.