European Powers Give Iran a Deadline
France, Britain and Germany told Iran that if there was no final agreement by Monday on Iran freezing key parts of its atomic program, they would not stop moves to seek sanctions, diplomats said.
Without a deal, the European Union “would no longer block a referral to the United Nations Security Council,” a Western diplomat said.
The diplomats said neither the EU trio nor Iran wanted the talks to collapse. The United States accuses Tehran of wanting to build nuclear arms. Iran says its program is aimed solely at generating electricity.
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