"The United States is going to need a coordinated diplomatic strategy with its European allies going into these negotiations with Iran," said Blaise Misztal, vice president for policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Reuters reported.
That coordination is "crucial to making sure that there is maximum pressure and any diplomatic option has a chance of success," Misztal said.
Trump, who restored a "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran in February, on Wednesday repeated threats to use military force against Iran if it didn't halt its nuclear program and said Israel would be "the leader of that."
According to the three diplomats, the E3 told Iran they would trigger the snapback mechanism by the end of June. Iran responded that doing so would mean harsh consequences and a review of its nuclear doctrine, the diplomats said.
"The E3 do not trust the United States because it is taking initiatives without them being consulted," said a senior European diplomat.
European officials have held some meetings with US counterparts but said they were not sufficiently in-depth.
Even a meeting on Iran with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting a week before Trump's announcement was difficult to arrange, three E3 officials said.
The British, French and German foreign ministries did not respond directly when asked if they had been made aware of the Oman talks ahead of time.
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