WRAPUP 1-Iran slams US sanctions push, Syria rejects idea of Iranian withdrawal
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday kept up a drumbeat of opposition to U.S. demands for sweeping change in its foreign policy and nuclear programme, and Tehran’s ally Damascus dismissed out of hand a U.S. call for a withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria. France, one of several European powers dismayed by the U.S. withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear accord, said Washington’s method of adding more sanctions on Tehran would reinforce the country’s dominant hardliners. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday threatened Iran with ...
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