Russia Says to Honor JCPOA As Long As Others Do
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Moscow would honor its commitments on the Iran nuclear deal for as long as other countries did. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday Russia would deem any changes to the deal to be unacceptable too, the Interfax news agency reported. Moscow has repeatedly said it wants […]
EU to maintain trade ties with Iran even US exits JCPOA
According to the informed sources, European powers will present their own plan for JCPOA to Washington next week but at same time, they have begun an effort to maintain trade and business relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran if the United States exits the JCPOA. The decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw […]
UN urges Trump not to scrap Iran nuclear deal
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Donald Trump on Thursday not to walk away from an internationally-brokered nuclear deal with Iran. “If one day there is a better agreement to replace it, it’s fine, but we should not scrap it unless we have a good alternative,” Guterres said in an interview with BBC Radio 4. “I […]
French President Calls for Respecting JCPOA
France’s President Emmanuel Macron described the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as “not sufficient” but said it is good to respect it. “The (nuclear deal) was a very important negotiation,” he said Wednesday, speaking in a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister […]
Pope Urges EU to Rediscover Unity
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 […]
Merkel’s ineffectual visit to the U.S.
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 […]
Pompeo promotes Iran sanctions on maiden tour to Mideast
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 […]
Iran delivered on promises in JCPOA: S Koran diplomat
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 […]
Preserving JCPOA essential for Europe
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 […]
Illegal tripartite strike on Syria inactivates implementing UNSC resolutions
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 […]