Iran calls on EU to mediate for return of nuclear deal Iranian flag [ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images] February 3, 2021 at 12:13 pm Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the EU could mediate between the Islamic Republic and the US to reinstate the nuclear deal which was scrapped by former American President Donald Trump. Speaking to CNN on Monday, Zarif said that EU Foreign Affairs Minister Josep Borrell was coordinating the issue of whether Iran or the US should act first. "You know clearly there can be a mechanism to basically either synchronise it, or coordinate what can be done," he told