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Europe Moves to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran for Nuclear Work

Decision aims to pressure Iran back into nuclear talks with U.S.; Sanctions would kick in after 30 days

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BERLIN—The U.K., France and Germany moved to reimpose all the international sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, a decision that European governments hope will compel Tehran to resume nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration.

The European countries said they had triggered the so-called sanctions snapback because of Iran’s broad breaches of the terms of the 2015 deal. The U.S. left the agreement in 2018 but the three European countries, Iran, Russia and China remained part of it.

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