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Europe must "break away from the remnants" of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), President Donald Trump said on Wednesday as he announced fresh sanctions on Tehran following a missile attack on a United States base in Iraq, Euronews reported. 

"Peace cannot prevail in the Middle East as long as Iran continues to foment violence," he said, calling on Britain, France, Germany and the other JCPOA signatories to seek a new agreement with Iran.

"Soleimani’s hands were drenched in both American and Iranian blood. He should have been terminated long ago."

Trump contradicted Iranian claims that US soldiers were killed in the attacks overnight on bases near Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan, and in the Ain Assad airbase in Iraq's Anbar province.

"The American people should be grateful and happy," he said. "No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime. We suffered no casualties … only minimal damage was sustained."

Trump said he will ask NATO "to become much more involved in the Middle East process."

He also admonished European allies, saying: "Nations have tolerated Iran’s destructive and destabilising behaviour. Those days are over."

He added: "The time has come for the UK, Germany, France, Russia and China to… break away from the remnants of the Iran deal or JCPOA."