France, UK, Germany to restore Iran sanctions without deal progress

Countries set August end as deadline to toe the line

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The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough UN sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there is 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 UN Mission to discuss a possible Iranian deal and reimposing the sanctions. The matter also came up in a phone call Monday between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of the three countries, according to two US officials.

The State Department said after the call that the four had spoken about “ensuring Iran does not develop or obtain a nuclear weapon.”