Non-compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will affect economic cooperation between the parties to the agreement, Zhang Hanhui, director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Department of European-Central Asian Affairs, said on Monday. “Given the current situation, if the JCPOA is not further implemented, the normal economic cooperation between the relevant countries will […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif heading a politico-economic delegation has arrived in New Delhi early Mon. to talk with Indian officials on US pullout from JCPOA and ways to expand energy and transport cooperation. Upon arrival in India early Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters that his working visit aims to continue consultations […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned on Sunday that Iran would naturally leave nuclear deal negotiations with the Europeans if it deems them “unnecessarily protracted” or a “waste of time”. The remarks by Araqchi came one day before EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels to discuss policy on Iran. Speaking to reporters, […]

TEHRAN – Richard Anderson Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University “Under present circumstances, the first contribution that can be made by the EU (and others) is to stand behind the agreement in a manner that demonstrates diplomatic resolve and political independence.” Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says “Obviously, this […]

Following implementation of JCPOA, Iran’s crude oil export hit from 1,130,000 oil barrels per day (bpd) in 2012 to more than 2,150,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the past Iranian calendar year in 1396 (ended March 20, 2018). A landmark nuclear deal inked between Iran and six world’s major powers (the five permanent members of […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the situation in US and the upcoming congress election in that country means that US current approach towards JCPOA and Iran may not stay the same. “The difference between our today’s enrichment of uranium and the pre-JCPOA enrichment is that at that time UN was claiming that […]

Ever since America’s withdrawal from the JCPOA, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been busy negotiating with his European counterparts over the Iran deal, trying to make them heel to the US move and even threatening European business that trade with Iran with economic sanctions. Intense negotiations between the US and Europe over the Iran nuclear deal […]

After today’s talks between E3 + 2 and Iran in Vienna, Iranian negotiator said that he was positive as the remaining participants in the JCPOA shared a united stance on preserving the deal. The 9th meeting of the JCPOA commission of the JCPOA was held in Vienna’s Cobourg Hotel nearly two weeks after US unilateral […]

A member of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said Thurs. that conditions laid out by Iran’s Leader for staying in JCPOA will become law. “Given the nation’s concerns, the Leader set out a series of guidelines to lawmakers,” Abolfazl Hassan Beigi said on Thursday a day after the Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei […]

President Rouhani says if the five remaining participants in the nuclear deal guarantee Iran’s intersts, it will stay in place without the US, adding new US threats has unified Iranians. According to Iranian Presidency’s official website, President Rouhani made the remarks while attending the meeting of authorities and officials with the Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on […]