Odds on saving Iran deal don't look good

The impact of the United States' unilateral exit from the landmark Iran nuclear accord is sinking in, with Iran's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi saying on Tuesday that Iran is to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency that it will start the process to increase the country's uranium enrichment capacity.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that he had ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to prepare to begin to increase uranium enrichment, although it is to remain within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for the time being.

Yet despite the efforts by the major European Union countries and other parties to keep a grip on the multilateral deal with Iran, it is apparently not within their control.