Europe

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at France and Germany over their wrong efforts to appease US President Donald Trump by putting Tehran under pressure.

In a Thursday meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Marie Eriksen Soreid in Oslo, Araqchi said the future of the Iran nuclear deal as a great achievement in international diplomacy is threatened by challenges and obstacles created by the Trump administration.

An Iranian lawmaker says the renewal of the European Council’s sanctions against Iran is not in accordance with international laws.

Iran’s Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar says women can play a leading role in the expansion of economic ties between Tehran and Stockholm.

The European Union foreign ministers have failed to agree new sanctions against Iran as London, Paris and Berlin seek to appease US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to pull out of the landmark Iran nuclear deal.

An Iranian lawmaker believes that as the Netherlands has not been directly involved in the nuclear talks, it can easily play a leading role in Europe’s anti-Iran moves and decisions.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has asked Germany to convince the US into living up to its pledges under the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Nazanin Zaghari’s imprisonment in Iran has nothing to do with bilateral relations between Tehran and London.

The EU has made a big mistake by entering into talks with the US over the Iran nuclear deal, instead of holding its ground and announcing it will never accept US calls for renegotiation of the pact.

Iran’s envoy to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has called for a dialogue-based solution to the dispute between Russia and the West over an alleged nerve gas attack in the UK, saying western countries would do well not to politicize the issue.

Iran’s defence minister has arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow, to attend the 7th International Moscow Security Conference.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Ministry has summoned Greek Charge d’affaires in Tehran following an attack by an unknown person on an employee of Iran’s embassy in Athens.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly denounced the recent terrorist incidents in France, Afghanistan and Egypt.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Berlin to continue playing its ‘constructive’ role for complete and successful implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.

Russia’s Ambassador to Tehran Levan Jagarian says the Persian Service of the BBC is blatantly meddling in Iran’s internal affairs.

The incumbent Vladi­mir Putin cruised to victory on Sunday for another six-year presidential term after securing at least 76% of processed votes. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated Belarus on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of friendly relations between the two countries, expressing confidence that Tehran and Minsk could further develop bilateral cooperation.

Russian media are reporting that there is an ongoing cyber-attack on Russia’s Central Election Commission, targeting its information centre.

Iranian Parliament Speaker has warned the European countries against tying the Iran nuclear deal with the country’s missile program.

Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has warned European countries against giving in to the US pressures.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the former building of the Iranian Embassy in Bonn, Germany, has been evacuated of opportunists.

A senior Iranian diplomat has strongly advised Europe against toeing the US line regarding the 2015 nuclear deal, reacting to a media report that big European powers are preparing for new Iran sanctions.

A prominent political analyst has urged the Iranian government to expend efforts to draw closer to big powers, particularly Europeans, in the face of a US government he said is turning to be “the most anti-Iran” one in decades.

The British government has decided to replace its ambassador to Iran Nicholas Hopton with Rob Macaire.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi has warned the European Union of the consequences of taking the US’ side in the ongoing conflict over the Iran nuclear deal.