Why Did Europe Get Close to Israel?
The strategy of signing the JCPOA was an indication to a reality that revealed the distance between Europe and Israel during Barack Obama’s presidency in the U.S. Mr. Obama once and again took stands against the escape-to-forward currents in the Occupied Lands. This Obama’s strategy for containing people like Benjamin Netanyahu convinced Europe it could […]
Boris and the English Job
A new book, "The English Job", by former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw documented Iran's long (and merited) history of distrust of the British motives and actions. I note that the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, comes from the heart of the British or (as better known in Iran) English ’Establishment’ which was largely responsible for the decisions and actions which generated this mistrust.
EU must take practical steps to salvage JCPOA
Former German Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran and new head of EU’s Trade Mechanism with Iran dubbed “INSTEX” Bernd Erbel said that European Union (EU) must take practical measures to save Iran’s nuclear deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
INSTEX can’t function on US orders, stresses Zarif
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the trade mechanism ‘INSTEX’ must be regarded as a European measure and cannot be effective if it caters to US’ orders.
Diplomatic efforts to continue for saving JCPOA: FM spox
Iranian FM spokesman Abbas Mousavi deemed the Sun. JCPOA meeting in Vienna ‘constructive’, saying diplomatic efforts will continue on all sides to save the nuclear deal.
Covering Iran’s oil sales in INSTEX to increase chances of saving JCPOA: Russia
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that if the INSTEX mechanism is open to third countries and to transactions with Iranian oil, then the chances of saving the JCPOA will increase.
Iran won’t allow any disturbance in shipping via Strait of Hormuz
President Rouhani’s special envoy to France, deputy FM Araghchi, stressed that Iran, as a producer and exporter of oil, will not allow any disturbance in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
INSTEX offers ‘almost nothing’: lawmaker
A member of Iranian parliament says that Europeans should not pin hope on INSTEX as a tool for persuading Iran to stop reducing commitments to nuclear deal because the financial channel offers ‘almost nothing’.
Tanker Incidents Not Impacted Oil Exports
TEHRAN – Iran Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Sunday that the country's oil exports had not been impacted so far by the recent tanker incidents in the Persian Gulf.
No country can replace Iran’s oil, says min. Zanganeh
Iranian Minister of Petroleum, Bijan Zanganeh, stressed that neither Saudi Arabia nor the UAE nor any other country can ever replace Iran’s oil in the global market.