Johnson calls for a new nuclear deal with Iran and Trump welcomes

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was time to go ahead and conclude a new nuclear deal with Iran, but a British government spokesman said Johnson supported the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. US President Donald Trump welcomed Johnson's statement.

"Regardless of everyone's positions on the Iranian nuclear deal, the time has come to negotiate a new agreement," Johnson told Sky News.

The British official said he would work with the United States and its European allies on a joint response that would help ease tensions in the Gulf region.

But a spokesman for the British government said Prime Minister Johnson supported the nuclear deal, noting that Iran was no longer adhering to all its terms and that there was a need to return to compliance.

Johnson's position is in line with the US position, as Washington withdrew from the Iranian nuclear deal in May 2018 and restored economic sanctions against Tehran, stressing the need for a new nuclear agreement that includes Iran's missile program.

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The US president welcomed Johnson's proposal for a new nuclear deal with Iran, saying he was not surprised by his proposal.

The US special envoy to Iran, Brian Hawk, said Washington was "seeking comprehensive negotiations with Tehran, including the development of missiles and support for terrorism."

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that America's demand to change the nuclear deal was unacceptable, stressing: "We will never negotiate an agreement that took us years to reach. The Iranian leadership supports diplomacy. And end the pressure on Tehran. "

Iran and three European countries - Britain, France and Germany - are in intensive talks to save the nuclear deal from collapse due to America's withdrawal and impose maximum pressure on the Iranian leadership to negotiate a new nuclear deal.

The new US approach has prompted Tehran to reduce its obligations under the nuclear deal, saying it will not abide by the deal alone, and demand that the European signatories to the agreement to fulfill its commitments there.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and US President Donald Trump on Monday and Tuesday as part of efforts to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Macron said the attacks on Aramco's oil facilities had changed the rules of the game, but showed the need for continued French mediation efforts, and he would make a diplomatic effort on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to reduce tensions in the Gulf.