Europeans likely to initiate UN sanctions process on Iran on Thursday, sources say

By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi

PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) -Britain, France and Germany are likely to begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday, but hope Tehran will provide commitments over its nuclear programme within 30 days that will convince them to defer concrete action, four diplomats said.

The trio, known as the E3, met Iran on Tuesday to try to revive diplomacy over the nuclear programme before they lose the ability in mid-October to restore sanctions on Tehran…