Merkel urges return to Iran nuclear deal to defuse Middle East tensions <!-- no image --> <div>German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a return to an international deal curbing Iran's nuclear activities as the only way to defuse tensions in the Middle East.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vnx-mUaDVIw:0moyZNt8t8c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vnx-mUaDVIw:0moyZNt8t8c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=vnx-mUaDVIw:0moyZNt8t8c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vnx-mUaDVIw:0moyZNt8t8c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=vnx-mUaDVIw:0moyZNt8t8c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/vnx-mUaDVIw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters