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UK to refuse Brexit bill without trade deal, says minister 23 Jul 2018

UK to refuse Brexit bill without trade deal, says minister

Britain will only pay its EU divorce bill if the bloc agrees the framework for a future trade deal, the new Brexit Secretary warned in an interview published Sunday. Dominic Raab, who replaced David Davis earlier this month after he quit the role in protest over the government’s Brexit strategy, said “some conditionality between the […]

UK to refuse Brexit bill without trade deal: report 22 Jul 2018

UK to refuse Brexit bill without trade deal: report

Britain will only pay its EU divorce bill if the bloc agrees the framework for a future trade deal, the new Brexit Secretary warned in an interview published Sunday. Dominic Raab, who replaced David Davis after he quit the role earlier this month in protest over the government’s Brexit strategy, said “some conditionality between the […]

British PM wins key Brexit vote despite ongoing rebellion 18 Jul 2018

British PM wins key Brexit vote despite ongoing rebellion

British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived another crunch Brexit vote in parliament Tuesday, as she struggles to unify her divided party around her strategy for leaving the European Union. The Conservative government defeated an amendment introduced by its own backbench MPs to a future trade policy bill which would have kept Britain in a […]

15th Golden Apricot Yerevan Intl. Filmfest. kicks off 10 Jul 2018

15th Golden Apricot Yerevan Intl. Filmfest. kicks off

The 15th Golden Apricot International Film Festival kicked off on Sun., with two Iranian films to e screened, in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The 15th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival kicked off on July 8, with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian delivering speech at the opening; the event will wrap up on July 15. […]

UK to push bid to give global chemical watchdog teeth 26 Jun 2018

UK to push bid to give global chemical watchdog teeth

Britain and its allies lead a high-stakes diplomatic drive Tuesday to give the world’s global chemical watchdog the power to identify those behind toxic arms attacks, setting up a new showdown with Russia. The meeting comes as inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are expected to unveil a long-awaited report […]

Asghar Farhadi picked as jury head of Golden Apricot filmfest 19 Jun 2018

Asghar Farhadi picked as jury head of Golden Apricot filmfest

TEHRAN – Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi will preside over the jury of the official competition at the 15th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival, which will be held in the Armenian capital during July, the organizers have announced. British cinematographer Larry Smith, German film expert Beki Probst who is the president of the European […]

Johnson pouring skepticism on Washington’s hardline approach towards Iran 22 May 2018

Johnson pouring skepticism on Washington’s hardline approach towards Iran

 Speaking during a trip to Buenos Aires on Monday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cast serious doubt on the success of Trump’s new policies against Iran. Criticizing Trump’s hardline approach towards Iran, Johnson highlighted that it is “very, very difficult” to achieve what US wants from Iran. The US approach would be discussed at the meeting of […]

EU to switch from dollar to euro in payments for Iranian oil 17 May 2018

EU to switch from dollar to euro in payments for Iranian oil

The EU is planning to switch from US dollars to euros in payments for oil supplies from Iran, a diplomatic source has told the Russian Sputnik. According to Sputnik, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday that after talks with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Iran in Brussels that the sides had […]

EU, Iran regret US withdrawal, recall commitment to continued implementation of JCPOA 16 May 2018

EU, Iran regret US withdrawal, recall commitment to continued implementation of JCPOA

 The foreign ministers of Iran and the E3 (France, Germany, and the UK) as well as the EU foreign policy chief have issued a statement on the result of their talks in Brussels regarding the Iran nuclear deal. According to the official website of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, following the US announcement of its withdrawal from the Joint […]

London to protect European businesses in Iran: UK foreign secretary 15 May 2018

London to protect European businesses in Iran: UK foreign secretary

British Foreign Secretary has said that the UK will try to protect European companies’ investment in Iran against US sanctions. Boris Johnson has said that the United Kingdom and France are determined to preserve the essence of the Iran Nuclear deal. The UK Prime Minister had said earlier that it was in both the UK and […]