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Add as preferred source on GoogleUS and allies target August for Iran nuclear deal talks. If unresolved, UN sanctions may return, affecting the 2015 agreement.
(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK agreed in a phone call on Monday to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran, Axios reported, citing three sources.
If no deal is reached by that deadline, the three European powers plan to trigger the "snapback" mechanism that automatically reimposes all UN Security Council sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 Iran deal, according to the Axios report.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa)
A de facto deadline of the end of August has been agreed upon for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran.
If no agreement is achieved by the end of August, the European powers plan to trigger the 'snapback' mechanism to reimpose all UN Security Council sanctions.
The phone call included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the UK.
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