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Amid Sharpening US-Iran Conflict, Europeans Try Diplomacy

Lisa Bryant

   PARIS - European Union foreign ministers meet later this week on the
   escalating crisis between Iran and the United States, but EU executives
   already have set the tone, calling Wednesday for dialogue and salvaging
   the Iran nuclear deal.

   Speaking from Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der
   Leyen said the use of weapons in the Middle East must stop.

   "We are called upon to do everything possible to rekindle talks," she
   said. "There cannot be enough of that."
   In many ways, Europe is caught in the crossfire of the mounting
   tensions. It has condemned Iran's missile attacks in Iraq, and offered
   cautious support of the U.S. strike that killed top Iranian general,
   Qassem Soleimani -- but it also urged restraint on both sides.
   

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