Rohani Due of Iran in Switzerland, Austria in the heart of a nuclear dispute

Iranian President Hassan Rohani travels to Western Europe this week, while the future of the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and the world powers remains uncertain

Rohani in Switzerland and Austria, who takes the rotating presidency of the European Union. July 1, after US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the nuclear deal and reinstated economic sanctions against Tehran.

The other parties to the agreement – Great Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany – – They say that they remain committed to the agreement as long as Iran l & rsquo; # 39; honor.

Rohani was to stay in Switzerland on July 2 and 3 and have talks with President Alain Berset and other officials, the Swiss government said. The parties will examine "ways to preserve the progress achieved as a result of the agreement [de[Iran nuclear] and to ensure the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region," declared a statement . 9659002] He added that the discussions will also focus on the situation in the Middle East.

On July 4, Rohani will meet his Austrian counterpart, President Alexander Van der Bellen, and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna.

Austria "would support the EU's efforts to save the nuclear deal with Iran," said a source in the presidential office in Vienna.

Iran's President will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

By the time protesters protested against the shortages of drinking water in southwestern Iran, they clashed the police for a second night. Demonstrations took place recently in Tehran about the troubled economy of the country

With report by dpa