a key backer of tehran now iran has blamed the current crisis in the gulf on washington s decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. and mike pompei is on a mission a mission that didn t go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washington s iran policy last wednesday he abruptly pulled out of a scheduled meeting with germany s chancellor angela merkel instead he met iraqi leaders and warned them that iran s threat to american interests in the region was growing he then postponed a trip to russia to share iran intelligence with european leaders in brussels but they didn t offer him their backing. opinion aside the states of the european site that s full determination to do all we can as i said with all the students to implement it for our part of the nuclear agreement as long as
that we re not. on the 2nd we can into this world where in the. us can the human mind. in the region need to feel that if that s what you just saw look. i we ve. gone. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has made a surprise visit to brussels where e.u. officials have been trying to salvage a nuclear deal with iran washington wants the block to withdraw from the 2015 accord the e.u. is top diplomat federica mochrie ni called on the u.s. and iran to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any military escalation.
wants to do right now is keep iran in the deal so that it doesn t have yet more problems that it doesn t see iran going back towards nuclear weapons and then give the united states even more reason to say that iran was not trustworthy you ve also got federico leaving office as the e.u. foreign policy chief this is her legacy she very much wants to hold on to it i m not saying at all that this would be only for political reasons but it certainly is something she does not want to see fall apart it is a very important a very important pillar for european security here in brussels all right teri schultz reporting for us there good to talk to you. well as we heard from terry that meeting with pompei o comes as tensions between iran and the u.s. but also gulf nations are escalating fast saudi arabia has condemned an alleged sabotage attack against tankers in the gulf region as a dangerous threat to navigation and international security the united arab emirates says that 4 commercial vessels
emirates that their oil tankers have been sabotaged the u.s. says it could be a rock targeting shipping in the region. filipino voters head to the polls crucial said it seats are up for grabs in the country s midterms a strong result for president were brutal to tears or could boost his war on drugs . plus commemorating a little known episode of germany s nazi past today marks the 75th anniversary of the gestapo led raid on hamburg s chinese community to scars i have yet to feel. i m sumi so much god it s good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in brussels where he s expected to discuss iran with european partners the top u.s. diplomat scrapped plans for a trip to moscow and made a surprise visit to the belgian capital at. you foreign ministers gathered for
with some of these foreign ministers on the sidelines of the wider meeting but what s really important for for the europe is to talk to secretary pompei o about deescalating in the persian gulf right now with the u.s. military buildup happening the british foreign secretary said upon his arrival here that everyone is very worried about even an accidental escalation an accident that could then raise tensions beyond the ability to bring them back under control at the same time no one wants iran to get to go back towards enriching uranium toward a possible nuclear weapon so the stakes are very very high here and there s really no easy way for the european union to navigate the situation as it stands right now you know terry the pressure is certainly on for the remaining signatories of this nuclear deal to really convince iran to stick to the agreement let s take a closer look. the e.u. s top diplomat meeting her counterparts in brussels in an attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal it ha