France, the United Kingdom, and Germany jointly threatened to reimpose sanctions on Iran at the end of August if Tehran does not resume negotiations with the west over its nuclear program.

The trio of European countries, known as the E3, announced their willingness to trigger “snapback” sanctions against Iran in connection with the 2015 nuclear deal in a letter to United Nations leaders dated last Friday.

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