Iran’s exports to EU up 122% in Oct.
TEHRAN- Iran’s exports to Europe grew 122 percent in October, in comparison with the same month in 2016, European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat reported. The figure reached €986 million in October from its previous €443 million in the same period in 2016. Iran-Europe trade in the named month increased by 54 percent and stood at […]
EU: nuclear deal is achievement of multilateral diplomacy
Joanne Adamson, the EU ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear deal is “achievement of multilateral diplomacy.” The nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed between Iran, the European Union, Germany and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, […]
EU may punish Poland for ‘undemocratic’ legal reforms
The European Union (EU)’s executive branch may start an unprecedented disciplinary process against Poland over its judicial reforms, which the EU says are in violation of the bloc’s human rights and democratic values. The European Commission intends to invoke the never-before-used Article 7 of the EU’s founding Lisbon Treaty in its bid to punish Warsaw over […]
EU welcomes decline of US global hegemony: Expert
Andy Storey, the professor of Politics and International Relations of Dublin University believes that Trump’s recklessness may inadvertantly preciptate a faster decline of the US than would otherwise have occurred, and possibly a desire on the part of European elites to create, for example, an independent military capacity. Rise of Donald Trump changed the face […]
EU welcomes decline of U.S. global hegemony: expert
TEHRAN _ Andy Storey, the professor of Politics and International Relations of Dublin University believes that Trump’s recklessness may inadvertantly preciptate a faster decline of the U.S. than would otherwise have occurred, and possibly a desire on the part of European elites to create, for example, an independent military capacity. Rise of Donald Trump changed […]
EU Support for JCPOA Good, But Not Enough: Iran’s FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that the European Union’s backing for the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is appropriate but not sufficient. Speaking upon his arrival in the Italian capital of Rome on Thursday, Zarif said he will reiterate in his […]
Europeans to pressure US into preserving JCPOA
A joint team comprising diplomats from UK, Germany and France are reported to travel to Washington this week to pressure US President Trump into preserving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. According to CNN, the UK, Germany and France have organized a joint team of senior diplomats to travel to Washington this week in order […]
Iran Keen to Boost Nuclear Cooperation with EU
TEHRAN – Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran voiced the country’s resolve to broaden interaction with the European Union in the nuclear industry within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Iran is determined to gradually enhance international cooperation with the European Union in the nuclear industry according to the […]
Iran, EU hold high level talks in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union held their third round of high level talks in Tehran on Monday. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi and Helga Schmid, the EU’s deputy political director, headed the meeting. Iran and the EU have already held two rounds of […]
Iran’s 9-month exports to EU up 107% yr/yr
TEHRAN- Imports of EU during the first nine months of 2017 from Iran hit €7.25 billion, European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat reported. In comparison with the same period in the preceding year, the figure witnessed 107 percent rise, the same report confirmed. Iran-EU trade from January to September 2017 increased 62 percent from its previous […]