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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged greater Swiss investment in Iran, describing the volume of trade between Tehran and Bern as “small and uneven.”

Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann has arrived in Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials and sign agreements in different fields.

Iran’s foreign minister and a ranking member of the European Parliament discussed ways for closer cooperation between Iran and Europe to deal with the migration crisis.

Iranian-born woman, Azita Raji, was appointed on Friday as the first female United States ambassador to Sweden.

Iran said on Tuesday that it sees a huge potential in cooperating with Italy over exports of food products to not only the markets of the region but also to Russia.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says European countries have no independent will in the face of the United States.

Iran says it wants the United States to publicly pledge that it would not penalize European banks for legitimate trade with the Islamic Republic.

The recent visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Iran is important both to us and to the European country’s regional policy. A...

Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a former official at Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and an ex-member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, has spoken about the efforts made by different Iranian administrations within the past decades to enhance the country’s ties with Europe, and the requirements for having sustainable ties with the European Union.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran and Britain will resume issuing visas for the two countries’ citizens “within the next few weeks.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in London to take part in an international conference aimed at raising aid for the people of war-torn Syria.

The Iranian foreign minister says Saudi Arabia must drop its hostile policies against the Islamic Republic.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the issues in the region can be solved through a diplomatic and logical approach.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran and Paris must initiate close and widespread ties to make up for the losses caused by the recently removed “cruel and unjust” sanctions which were imposed on Iran.

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius of France says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s scheduled visit to Paris will facilitate international efforts to tackle regional crises.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr earlier this month was a big mistake.

Iran and Italy have signed multi-billion dollar contracts covering various sectors including health, transportation, agriculture and energy.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi described the July nuclear agreement and its implementation on January 16 as a new chapter in relations between Iran and the world.

An Italian member of the European Parliament said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visits to Italy and two other European destinations are aimed at normalizing relations between Iran and the West.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said a big economic delegation is accompanying President Hassan Rouhani in his Europe visit.

Greece’s main oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum has reached an agreement with Iran for importing crude oil now that international sanctions have been lifted on Tehran.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to visit Tehran on February 2, an informed source told IRNA here on Saturday.

German companies seek to invest in Iran especially in the field of transportation and infrastructure, says former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

Iran plays an effective role in international efforts to fight terrorism and its presence is a must, said Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a former French premier.

In letters to his counterparts at the European Parliament and the parliaments of France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the new US law is “unfair and discriminatory” in nature.