Activating JCPOA mechanism against Iran
TEHRAN (Iran News) – In yet another hostile move, France warned Iran on Wednesday about the possibility of activating a JCPOA mechanism that could pave the way for re-imposing UN sanctions on Tehran. France’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that the question as to whether activating a dispute JCPOA mechanism enshrined in the Iran nuclear […]
US maximum pressure policy not supported by Germany
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Germany does not support the US ‘maximum pressure’ policy on Iran and keeps making efforts to preserve Iran’s nuclear deal instead, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Rainer Breul, on Wednesday. Germany does not support the United States’ policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran and keeps making efforts to […]
Parliament nuclear committee visit heavy water complex
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian parliament’s Nuclear Committee paid a visit to Arak heavy water complex and nuclear reactor on Wednesday. The MPs, in this visit, were informed of the site’s facilities and procedures besides its production, engineering and technical activities. The visit was paid to let the MPs prepare their periodical report (each six […]
JCPOA joint commission will convene soon
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday that the JCPOA joint commission may convene on December 6 at the level of deputy foreign ministers. The latest developments in implementing the JCPOA will be discussed in the meeting, he said during a press conference. Iran has started to gradually reduce its […]
Detention of spy made Iran pay 180 millions
TEHRAN (Iran News) – A U.S. federal judge has ordered Tehran to pay $180 million over the 18-month detention of an spy working as a Washington Post correspondent found guilty of espionage and gathering classified information in Iran. Columbia District Court judge Richard J. Leon awarded $150 million jointly to Jason Rezaian, along with his […]
Iran nuclear commitments cut responds US sanctions
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran once again reiterated that its measures to scale back its nuclear commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers were in response to the US reimposition of sanctions that prevented Tehran from reaping the benefits of the agreement. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remark on Iran nuclear […]
European threat ruins diplomatic path of JCPOA
Europe’s threat to trigger a mechanism that could re-impose sanctions on Iran marks a diplomatic failure to save the diplomatic path of JCPOA. Iran News quotes the news. Britain, France, and Germany have sought to salvage the pact, under which Iran undertook to curtail its uranium enrichment program in return for relief from sanctions, since the […]
Root of crisis over JCPOA, US wrong behavior; China says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – China denounced the US withdrawal from Iran’s nuclear deal and its maximum pressure policy against Tehran as a “wrong behavior” that constitutes the root of crisis over JCPOA. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remark in a press conference in the capital, Beijing, Press TV reported on Wednesday. “It […]
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.
EU statement on Iran’s nuclear steps surprising, Zarif says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif late on Monday slammed the EU statement on Iran’s nuclear steps which includes reducing its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in response to the return of sanctions by the United States and inaction by the Europeans shield Iran from the sanctions effect. Under the nuclear […]