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Article snippet: Secretary of State The Associated Press. President Trump, however, has railed against the deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – saying during a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that it is "one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into." Trump is nearing an October deadline for certifying Iran's compliance with the JCPOA, which aims to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, and has signalled recently that he could decline to do so. The meeting Wednesday night, which included officials from the U.S., Iran, France, the U.K., Germany, Russia and China, marked the highest-level meeting to date between Trump administration and Iranian officials. Mogherini said that she could not say whether the Trump administration would remain a party to the nuclear deal, but emphasized the agreements importance. In a press briefing after the meeting, Tillerson said that the U.S. did not dispute that Iran was in "technical compliance" with the JCPOA. But he said that the meeting focused only on the technical aspects of the deal, and that the U.S. complaints about Iran remained more political. He said that Mogherini's comments referred only to technical compliance with the JCPOA. "I think the high commissioner was reflecting the rigid and strict contours of the agreement itself," he told reporters. Tillerson offered no clues as to when Trump would announce whether he woul... Link to the full article to read more