TEHRAN – An Iranian Assyrian lawmaker said on Friday the U.S. does not take any steps in favor of the Iranian nation, stressing Iran should primarily rely on its domestic capabilities rather than looking abroad. “If a country wants to be thriving, it should not trust America,” said Yonathan Betkolia, who represents the Assyrian and […]

The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says that remaining in the JCPOA only makes sense if Iran is benefiting from the deal, otherwise it may reduce commitments to it. Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi visited Mehr News Agency (MNA) headquarters in the center of Tehran on […]

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Araghchi said Monday that Europe’s political commitment to preserving the nuclear deal dubbed JCPOA is “still strong”. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met with European countries’ ambassadors to Tehran on Monday and exchanged views on the latest developments in the world after the unilateral withdrawal of […]

TEHRAN – The EU has never wavered in its support for the JCPOA as it wholeheartedly believes that the nuclear deal is a “good agreement that is working”, says Nathalie Tocci, an aide to EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. In an interview with Tasnim published on Saturday, Tocci said the JCPOA is an agreement […]

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany have agreed the Iran nuclear deal is the best way of stopping Tehran from gaining nuclear weapons, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said in a statement on Sunday. May had phone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel where they agreed the deal […]

TEHRAN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said that his country along with other European powers will fight for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, to keep it alive, even without the U.S. Maas told German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse in an interview on Wednesday that Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose […]

 European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said that the European Union is doing its best to keep Iran benefiting from the economic advantages of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). She made the remarks on Tuesday in a joint press conference with New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. “We are doing our best to […]

TEHRAN – The permanent under-secretary at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office believes that the Iran nuclear deal is still “robust”, notwithstanding U.S. efforts to scrap it. Sir Simon McDonald told the Iran Daily in an interview published on Sunday that together “we will be able to preserve” the JCPOA, the official name for the […]

Touching upon his Friday meetings in Singapore, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that there is “clear global consensus on need to take concerted action to preserve JCPOA.” “Met with President and FM of Singapore and FMs of China, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. Clear global consensus on need to take concerted action to […]

Tehran’s interim Friday prayers leader Kazem Sedighi said US’ breach of international promises regarding Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has caused us never let negotiations with the current US president and administration. Speaking to the Friday prayers participants, Sedighi said that Syria’s triumph is the triumph of Islam, resistance and freedom, adding that Iran […]