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Political dialogue is the only way to reduce tension in the Mideast and resolve issues gripping the region, Iran’s Foreign Minister and the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief said in a Monday meeting in Oslo.
Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, in a message offered her congratulations to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on his re-election, and voiced the EU’s preparedness for bilateral engagement with the Islamic Republic.
Iranian science minister says the country is currently implementing 230 joint research projects in cooperation with European countries thanks to the improved international relations following the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Iran and the European Union have has signed the first ever project for nuclear safety cooperation under the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as politically-motivated the European Union’s extension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over human rights, saying the bloc has turned a blind eye to the realities of civil rights in Iran.
The European Union has extended by another year sanctions against Iran over alleged claims of “human rights violations” despite the fledgling rapprochement between Tehran and the bloc since the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement.
Trade transactions between Iran and the European Union (EU) reached €13.744 billion in 2016, showing a 78-percent growth compared to the figure for 2015.
Iranian President highlighted the opportunities for enhanced cooperation between Iran and Europe, particularly Luxembourg, and stressed that Tehran can link Europe to the Indian...
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for American and European Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi, who is on an official visit to Germany, called on Europe to play a more active role in enforcement of the JCPOA, the nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the need for improvement of ties between Tehran and the European Union, and voiced Iran’s preparedness to develop its cooperation with the EU in a “collective” fight against terrorism.
A member of European Parliament believes that the US President-elect Donald Trump intends to rebuild Washington’s economic relations with Iran in spite of reports about probable new sanctions.
The outspoken vice-speaker of Iran’s Parliament believes that Tehran should not be worried about allowing the European Union to open an office in Iran, and even should welcome the criticisms of its human rights conditions.
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini has arrived in Tehran to hold talks with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif as part of the outreach on Syrian crisis.
A top official in Tehran has accused European government of failing to take the required measures to facilitate trade agreements with Iran – what he says is already in violation of a nuclear agreement that was sealed with the country last summer and came into effect in January.
An Iranian Judiciary human rights official denounced the European Parliament’s recent resolution on the EU strategy toward Iran, stressing that the Judiciary will not permit the establishment of an EU delegation in Tehran, which he slammed as a “den of corruption”.
Iran has the capacity for local production of train cars, Deputy Industry Minister Mojtaba Khosrotaj told Tasnim on Saturday, when asked about the latest...
IFP has prepared a report on how Iranian newspapers covered Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, commonly referred to as Brexit, on their Saturday headlines and editorials.
The Deputy Industry Minister announced that Iran’s banking issues with European countries have been fully resolved in terms of financing Iranian mining projects.
He will pay an official visit to France and the Netherlands and is to confer with senior officials of the two countries on bilateral and regional developments and to explain Iran’s atmosphere in post-JCPOA era, according to an IRNA report.
Iran says one of its London-based banks has joined the euro payment system, in what could be another breakthrough for the country to remove technical hurdles created as a result of multiple years of sanctions.
