France, Britain and Germany:

  • condemn Iran's actions in response to an IAEA board resolution, they say Iran aggravates the situation and complicate efforts to return to the nuclear deal
  • Iran's actions exacerbate the situation and complicate efforts to restore full implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal.
  • Iran's actions cast further doubt on its commitment to a successful nuclear deal outcome.

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Background is that IAEA Director Grossi said Iran told IAEA it plans to disconnect 27 IAEA cameras as of today. Grossi says not restoring monitoring in the next 3 or 4 weeks could be fatal for the Iran nuclear deal.

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Further background - oil traders believe getting to a deal with Iran could bring Iranian oil back to the market (in time).

Further, further background. These EU-led negotiations with Iran have been going on for what seems like forever.