UK-US trade deal under threat unless Iran stance changes, says Trump ally

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Leading Republican highlights potential challenges for UK foreign relations after Brexit

Boris Johnson risks jeopardising a free-trade deal with the US unless he pulls the UK out of the Iran nuclear deal, a leading Republican voice on Iran has said.

The warning by Richard Goldberg, until last week a member of the White House National Security Council (NSC), highlights the dilemmas UK foreign and defence policy-makers will face as Britain tries to steer its own course between Washington and Brussels after Brexit.

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