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A senior Iranian official has dismissed a recent report that European banks had asked Iran to provide guarantees to compensate for possible future penalties imposed by the US for resuming banking activities with Iran. Text from IRNA, translated by IFP.
Mehdi Zakerian, an Iranian academic, believes that Iran’s improved ties with the European Union can have an impact on the country’s ties with other regional states, particularly Saudi Arabia.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says Iran’s recent ballistic missile tests do not violate its nuclear deal with the world powers.
Several Iranian officials have warned European banks that they might miss out on opportunities provided by the lifting of sanctions if they continue to dawdle on returning to the country.
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.
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.
Majid Takht-e Ravanchi and Abbas Araghchi, Iranian deputy foreign ministers, met with the European Union’s political Director Helga Schmid in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Sunday.
The other side should remain committed to its obligations along with the lifting of sanctions and implement the nuclear deal completely, precisely and on time, said President Rouhani.
The president expressed Tehran’s readiness to hold consultations with Zagreb on issues of mutual interest, as well as regional and international developments.
The top Iranian diplomat expressed hope that Tehran and the IAEA would proceed with positive cooperation to clarify outstanding issues over the country’s nuclear program.
French group AccorHotels says it plans to open an Ibis hotel and a Novotel branch near Tehran's international airport – what could make it the first international hotel group to operate in Iran in light of the July nuclear breakthrough between Iran and the P5+1 and the prospects for the removal of anti-Iran sanctions.
Iran says it is preparing to host 10 European trade delegations within the next two weeks, stressing that the rise in the frequency of visits by trade delegations is a result of July nuclear breakthrough with the P5+1.
A former Iranian diplomat has said that the Syrian refugee crisis and Russia’s military war games off the coast of Syria have caused the Europeans to turn to Iran for solving regional crises.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of world countries will be beneficial to countries in the Middle East and Europe.
Experts expect that Iran's trade with the world, especially the European countries, will rise remarkably after the final nuclear deal between Tehran and P5+1 takes effect.
Europe has turned to Iran; it is a change of heart in Europe, but it is not a matter of love or hate; the fact is that wisdom has come into Europe’s heart, says an Iranian researcher.
