French businesses will meet with foreign and finance ministry officials this week to get better acquainted with the possible consequences of Trump’s decertification of Iran nuclear deal on doing business with Tehran, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, French businesses which seek to tap the Iranian market have been invited by the Medef business group, officials […]

TEHRAN – Foreign ministers of Iran and France in a telephone conversation discussed the most recent developments surrounding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear agreement between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany). In the phone conversation on Tuesday evening, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has slammed the recent terrorist attacks in France and Canada. “As some countries are busy exporting terrorism and making false claims, terrorism has reared its ugly head again, attacking innocent and defenseless people” said Qassemi. Voicing sympathy with the families of attacks’ victims, Qassemi called on the international community to spare […]

TEHRAN – The France-based Iranian scholar Leili Anvar, has been selected as the director of the 1st Persian Speakers in Europe Art Festival, the organizers announced on Tuesday. Anvar is the translator of a French version of the Masnavi-ye Manavi and Attar’s “The conference of the Birds”. Organized by the Persiana Art and Culture Association, […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif discussed various bilateral and regional issues, including KRG referendum plan and JCPOA with his French and German counterpart in New York on Wednesday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed issues of mutual interest in a meeting in New York. During the Wednesday talks held […]

TEHRAN– In a joint session between Iranian officials and the executives of 14 French companies, the Minister of Roads and Urban Development announced a $70 million loan granted to Iran by the French government for renovation of transport systems. According to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi, the joint session of the […]

TEHRAN – The French Ministry for the Economy and Finance is planning to grant a €70 million loan to Iran for the renovation of the country’s airport equipment and radars, said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, secretary of state to the minister for Europe and foreign affairs in a meeting with Abbas Akhoundi, the Iranian Minister of Roads […]

TEHRAN – Former French Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine told Iran’s Velayati that he believes Iran is committed to the nuclear deal of July 14, 2015, known as the JCPOA. “We are currently at a special phase of history, an the agreement signed in 2015 is of high value but the Americans are after undermining it,” […]

France plans to pass legislation by the end of 2017 to phase out all oil and gas exploration and production on its mainland and overseas territories by 2040, becoming the first country to do so, according to a draft bill presented on Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron wants to make the country carbon neutral by […]

Alstom Company of France voiced readiness to help Iran develop its railway system through investments worth 1.2 billion euros for manufacturing wagon cars, the company’s representative in Iran Vincent Douret said. “The cooperation contract is to be signed by the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO), Trans Russ Company and France’s Alstom to manufacture passenger […]