Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in hopes of easing a nuclear impasse between Tehran and Washington and reduce tensions in the Middle East.
December 20, 2019 GMT
TOKYO — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, in hopes of easing a nuclear impasse between Tehran and Washington and reduce tensions in the Middle East. Tensions have escalated between Tehran and Washington since President Donald Trump’s decision last year to withdraw from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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