Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Stefan Scholz said Fri. that the EU seeks to keep financial channels with Iran open after the bloc sustained a loss of nearly $10 billion for cutting off exports to the Islamic Republic. The Austrian ambassador made the remarks in a gathering of foreign representatives residing in Iran and a number of […]

TEHRAN- Exports of Iranian goods to the European Union countries hit €6.11 billion in the first half of 2018, increasing 23 percent in comparison with the same time in the preceding year, European Commission press release database has reported. According to the report, Iran-EU trade witnessed an eight-percent rise and reached €10.68 billion in the […]

Iran’s permanent envoy to Vienna-based international organizations Kazem Gharibabadi called on European countries to stand against the US unilateralism. He made the above remark in his meeting with the UK permanent envoy in Vienna-based international organizations and also ambassador of UK in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) simultaneously. In this high-profile meeting, the two […]

Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz says the will of his country and the European Union is based on promoting bilateral relation with Iran, noting that the aim of his visits to major Iranian provinces was to continue bilateral cooperation. Speaking at a meeting of the Islamic Council of Yazd, Scholz termed as unique the […]

TEHRAN – The EU has never wavered in its support for the JCPOA as it wholeheartedly believes that the nuclear deal is a “good agreement that is working”, says Nathalie Tocci, an aide to EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. In an interview with Tasnim published on Saturday, Tocci said the JCPOA is an agreement […]

The paradoxical approaches taken by the European authorities is definitely one of its kind! Over the past months, Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has repeatedly emphasized that the EU can no longer rely on the United States to secure its interests.  However, the German Chancellor held secret and hidden negotiations with the U.S. government and […]

 European Union’s updated Blocking Statute enters into force on 7 August to protect EU companies doing business with Iran from US extra-territorial sanctions, according to a joint statement issued by European guarantors of JCPOA on Monday. In a joint statement, the European guarantors of the Iran nuclear accord, including EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini […]

Plants and animals created by new techniques of genetic modification should be treated as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and follow European rules aimed at preventing damage to the environment and health, the EU’s top court said on Wednesday. “The organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs”, the European Court of Justice said in a press release, […]

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 […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Sat. that the EU’s promised mechanism to ensure Iran’s economic benefits from the nuclear deal after the US pullout has not yet reached a practical conclusion, and talks between the two sides are still ongoing. Speaking at an open session of the Parliament on Sunday, Ali Larijani stressed that […]