INSTEX operational with more countries joining
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that he hopes the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) would become operational as six more European countries join the financial mechanism. His comments came as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden issued a joint statement […]
Six European States to join INSTEX
Finland, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden will join the INSTEX mechanism for trade with Iran
Iran, Europe to continue talks on INSTEX in coming weeks
Deputy FM for Diplomatic Affairs Gholamreza Ansari says that Iranian and European diplomats will continue their talks on the EU financial mechanism for trade with Iran, known as INSTEX, in the coming weeks.
Paris After Finding Formula to Eliminate Iran Sanctions
French Ambassador to Iran Philippe Thiébaud yesterday met Chairman of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce Mr. Gholam-Hossein Shafei and during the meeting he announced his country is looking for a formula to eliminate the U.S. unilateral sanctions against Iran.
Not fully implemented, INSTEX not efficient
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi called the European Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) a weak mechanism, which has not been comprehensively implemented and has bot been efficient by the present time.
Trump may be readier to make concessions to Iran in impeachment situation
Peter Jenkins, former UK Ambassador to the IAEA and UN, says that the initiation of impeachment proceedings against President Trump has created a situation in which he may be readier to make concessions to Iran.
INSTEX lacks locomotive engine; Abdollahian says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker, has said that INSTEX proposed by the European signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal to help reduce the impact of Washington’s sanctions on Iran lacks locomotive engine to start working. “There is no hope for implementation of the JCPOA by […]
EU Urged to Operationalize INSTEX
TEHRAN – Head of Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce Masoud Khansari in meeting with French Ambassador Philippe Thiebaudto Tehran urged European states to make more efforts to operationalize their financial mechanism for trade with Iran, the INSTEX.
Europe Not able to stand up to US: Zarif
Tehran (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif criticized Europe for failing to save the 2015 nuclear deal from unraveling. Speaking to a group of Iranian expatriates in Frankfurt, Germany, during a stopover Sunday on his way home from attending the UN General Assembly in New York, Zarif said Europe had been trying “for […]
Sanctions Did Not Turn Into a Tool for Meeting With Trump
President Rouhani’s government resorted to any means and pretext to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. In other words, it used to do a favor to the nation by claiming he wants to meet Mr. Trump for the sake of them in order to lift sanctions. But God willing, both Mr. Rouhani backtracked and Mr. Trump […]