As Europe's two nuclear-armed powers with permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council, France and the United Kingdom, along with Germany, say they have agreed to possibly trigger a "snapback" mechanism that would reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran by the end of August.
The three European powers, known as the E3, have agreed to take that step if there is no concrete progress toward reaching a new nuclear agreement with Iran, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday. "Without a firm, tangible and verifiable commitment from Iran," he said, "we will do so by the end of August at the latest."
