i mean while french finance minister bruno lamell has urged europe to resist u.s. sanctions against firms that trade with iran is good news except are we going to accept the u.s. is the plan its economic policeman do you accept one way domination with no respect for international rules obviously your response must clearly be noted. after america quit the dail u.s. officials told their allies to fall into line and stop doing business with terror on under the agreement sanctions have been partially suspended since twenty fifteen but on friday the european commission launched a process to prevent e.u. firms from being hit by u.s. sanctions european companies will be able to claim compensation and loans if they're affected france's finance minister added that firms working with iran should continue to do so but. we're going to do everything to protect french companies in iran because it's in our economic interest there are dozens of french companies who have lawfully invested in iran and are doing business there and they must continue to have the right to do so. financ