Iran will "take a strong step" away from its 2015
nuclear deal with world powers if Europe cannot offer the country new terms by a deadline at the end of this week, a government spokesman said Monday as top Iranian
diplomats traveled to
France and
Russia for last-minute talks.
The comments from Ali Rabiei reinforced the deadline
Iran had set for Friday for Europe to offer it a way to sell its crude oil on the global market.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in
Moscow, while his deputy was to travel to
Paris with a team of economists Monday in a renewed diplomatic push.