(AP-ANSA) - WARSAW - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is calling for America's European allies to join it in withdrawing from the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal and stop efforts he said are designed to evade U.S. sanctions. Speaking at a Middle East conference in Poland, Pence accused Iran of being the world's greatest state sponsor of terrorism.

He lamented that Britain, France and Germany created a special financial mechanism that Washington believes is aimed at "breaking" tough U.S. sanctions on Iran. Those sanctions were eased by the Obama administration under the terms of the nuclear deal but were re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement last year. U.S. and European divisions over Iran led France and Germany to opt against sending their top diplomats to the Warsaw conference. (AP-ANSA).