"Russia and Iran could back an extended six-month deadline before European powers reimpose sweeping United Nations sanctions on Iran over its refusal to allow UN inspectors back into nuclear sites after the Israeli-US assault in June. France, Britain and Germany known as the E3 have long threatened to trigger a snapback of sanctions at the UN security council before 18 October, when a largely defunct nuclear deal struck 10 years ago between Tehran and major powers expires."
"Western officials have said they would wait until the end of August to decide whether Iran was serious about further negotiations, with a six-month extension only on the condition that Iran showed seriousness about the talks with the US. We are going to see whether the Iranians are credible about an extension or whether they are messing us around. We want to see whether they have made any progress on the conditions we set to extend, one E3 official said."
Russia and Iran could back a six-month extension before European powers reimpose United Nations sanctions for Iran's refusal to allow UN inspectors after a June Israeli-US assault. France, Britain and Germany (the E3) have threatened a snapback of sanctions at the UN Security Council before 18 October when the largely defunct nuclear deal expires. Western officials will wait until the end of August to judge Iranian seriousness, making any extension conditional on progress in talks with the US. Russia circulated a draft resolution to make the deadline extendable, and Europe sees snapback as its only route back into the talks.
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