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France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran next month without progress on a deal

France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran next month without progress on a deal

UNITED NATIONS — The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal , two European diplomats said Tuesday.
The three countries' ambassadors to the United Nations met Tuesday at Germany's U.N. Mission to discuss a possible Iranian deal and reimposing the sanctions. The matter also came up in a phone call Monday between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of the three countries, according to two U.S. officials.
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