Senior EU official: Trump not in control of Iran policy, should fire Bolton
Tehran (KNA) - A top EU diplomat says US President Donald Trump does not seem to be in control of his own administration’s policy towards Iran and that he needs to fire his National Security Advisor John Bolton, an outspoken hawk who directs the White House’s Iran policy.
In an interview with Russia's RT on Monday, Nathalie Tocci, a special adviser to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, said Trump has "actually been led into a very different direction" than the one he might have taken without Bolton's sway.
"Unfortunately at the moment it seems to me that the US's Iran policy has a very clear author and that author is not the president of the United States" the EU official said.
She dismissed Trump's claims that he was not seeking regime change in Iran, saying Bolton has long been pursuing this policy.
Bolton's position on Iran dates back "way further" than Trump, to "the [ex-president George] Bush administration and even earlier," said the EU diplomat.
Source: PressTV