Pope Francis, in a major speech on Europe, on Saturday urged the European Union to “recover the sense of being a single community” if it wants a future of prosperity and fairness for all. Francis spoke at the end of a two-day conference at the Vatican called “Re-Thinking Europe”. Dozens of participants attended, including European […]

TEHRAN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled to the United States to speak with US President Donald Trump about different issues. Although some Western news sources mentioned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as the main goal of Merkel’s visit to the US, but it seems there were other objectives and topics that had […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran. The visit to Riyadh, Jerusalem and Amman just two days after Pompeo was sworn-in comes as President Donald Trump is set to […]

Hong Jin-Wooka visiting South Korean diplomat told an Iranian senior MP, on Sunday, that the world is aware of Iran’s commitment to the JCPOA. “We as a member of the international community are well aware that Iran has been fully committed to the JCPOA,” said Hong Jin-Wook, the Director General of African and Middle Eastern […]

 EU foreign policy chief said on Monday before entering ECFR meeting that maintaining the JCPOA is essential for EU, adding that no decision will be made on the JCPOA in today’s meeting. Speaking to reporters before entering the meeting of European Council on Foreign Relations today in Luxemburg, Federica Mogherini said that preserving the nuclear deal […]

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed that the tripartite aggression on Syria violated international law and obstructed efforts to implement the UN Security Council resolutions on Syria. In a joint press conference with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Moscow, Lavrov said that efforts to implement the UNSC resolutions on Syria have seriously stumbled as […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she will stay in close touch with U.S. President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear deal. Merkel was in Washington for a brief “working visit” with Trump, according to BBC. Trump has said he will make a decision on whether to leave the deal by May 12. […]

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said on Saturday that the 2015 nuclear deal should remain inviolable as the basis for further contacts on the Iranian nuclear program. “What is the main thing is the inviolability of this deal; otherwise, there will be no platform for continuing contacts and for continuing the dialogue,” TASS quoted Peskov […]

New U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that President Donald Trump will likely withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal. “The President has been clear — absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the shortcomings, the flaws of the deal — he is unlikely to stay in that deal past this May,” CNN quoted […]

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday that there is no possibility to make changes to the 2015 nuclear deal. “We are seriously concerned by all of this – I am referring to comments made by the presidents of the United States and France about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]