BEIRUT/BRUSSELS — Western envoys said on Wednesday that Britain, Germany and France were nearing a package to put to President Donald Trump to try to persuade him to save the Iran nuclear agreement, even as Tehran scorned the US leader as a “tradesman”.

Trump has described the 2015 pact, under which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions, as the worst deal ever negotiated and has threatened to wreck it by reimposing US penalties next month.

Brian Hook, the chief US negotiator with the three European nations who are seeking a way to keep the United States in the deal, told National Public Radio in Washington that “we’re not there yet, but we’ve made some progress”.

Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France, who all struck the accord with Iran and the United States, see the deal as the best way to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.

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