Iran’s national interests, security more important than JCPOA
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani asserted on Sunday that national interests and security are more important that JCPOA, adding “we are the winners politically, and no one doubts that the United States has failed because it has violated international obligations.” Speaking on Sunday at a ceremony marking beginning of the new academic year, Rouhani said the […]
Compliance with JCPOA, base of UK-Iran relations
UK Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire said his country insists on compliance with Iran’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), noting that London tries to reassure that the Islamic Republic will enjoy the deal’s benefits, especially in the economic arena. The UK envoy made the remarks in a […]
Speaker: Iran Tries to Save JCPOA
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Tehran would continue efforts to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the multilateral nuclear deal from which the US withdrew in May. In a meeting with Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin in Turkey on Monday, Larijani said Iran will keep trying […]
ICJ ruling marks ‘victory’ for Iran: diplomats and law experts
Alireza Jahangiri, the Iranian ambassador to The Hague, has said the ruling by the International Court of Justice to ease sanctions on Tehran was a “victory for Iran”. On Wednesday, the Hague-based UN’s top court ordered the United States to ease some sanctions against Iran, including those related to the supply of humanitarian goods and […]
JCPOA important deal for boosting regional security
Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said that Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is an important deal for the security of the region. Speaking to IRNA, she said her country feels a special responsibility for Iran nuclear deal since the agreement had been signed in Austria. She pointed to the bilateral […]
US pretends to be fighting terrorism in ME: Larijani
The Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani said Mon. that the Americans are playing with terrorism in the region, provoking chaos in the region. Ali Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with the Chief of Iran-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Group Amado Silva in Tehran on Monday afternoon. Referring to the importance of expanding relations between Iran and […]
Europe’s support of Iran’s JCPOA: Actions speak louder than words
Iran is calling for keeping the European countries in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action formally known as JCPOA, including Germany, to save it, without the participation of the United States. But the Germans are reluctant to continue to cooperate with Iran due to U.S. secondary sanctions. After the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear […]
American Democrats and JCPOA
As US congressional elections draw nearer, the rivalry between Democrats and Republicans get fiercer and one of things probable to be affected by the outcome may be the prospect of the JCPOA AKA Iran nuclear deal. As we come closer to November and the time for the congress elections in the United States, the competitions […]
Trump exit from JCPOA inappropriate: Luxembourgian FM
Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told the Head of Iranian Parliament Research Center (IPRC) Kazem Jalali that Luxembourg and the European Union are disappointed with US exit from the JCPOA. Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said on Tuesday that his country is accompanying other European countries in feeling obliged to implementing the JCPOA. The Luxembourgian […]
EU’s help to Iran “not serious”: American professor
Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, told MNA that that “Europe wants to keep Iran committed to JCPOA, and thus makes some vague promises, but it is not willing to give Iran serious help.” “It was recently reported that the EU will offer 18 million euros for some projects in […]