The Guardian |�Julian Borger�and�David Smith: Emmanuel Macron has proposed negotiations on a �new deal� aimed at curbing Iran�s military power and regional activities, to exist alongside a three year-old agreement that restricts the country�s nuclear programme.

Amid the pageantry of a state visit laced with some characteristically undiplomatic touches from�Donald Trump, the French president offered the idea of a new deal at a joint White House press conference with his US counterpart as a way of salvaging the 2015 agreement, which Trump has threatened to leave.

The offer seemed calculated to appease the US president�s discontent with the current agreement, the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Programme of Action (JCPOA) by proposing a broader initiative to tackle other elements of Iran�s challenge in the region, particularly its ballistic missile programme, and its military role in Syria.

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