TEHRAN – Citing Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, a top lawmaker said on Wednesday that should the Europeans fail to convince the U.S. to stay in the nuclear agreement, Tehran will exit the deal as well. Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, the spokesman for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said Mr. Araqchi had said […]

Iran will raise the issue on US violations of the nuclear deal at next week’s meeting on the agreement in Vienna, Iranian ambassador to UK told Kyodo News on Wednesday. In an interview with Kyodo News in London, Iranian Ambassador to UK Hamid Baeidinejad said that the US is “regularly violating the nuclear deal and […]

TEHRAN – Jean-Pierre Darnis, head of the Security and Defense Program at the Italian Institute of International Affairs (IAI), has said the U.S. administration’s push to “fix” the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could disrupt the regional balance of power. “Today’s pushes to review the Iran nuclear deal could disrupt the fragile equilibrium and loosen the […]

TEHRAN – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said that the Iran nuclear deal is of exceptional constructive nature, supporting the full implementation of the agreement, the Armenpress reported on Wednesday. “I am happy that France supports this deal which has been clearly stated by President Macron,” Sargsyan said in an interview with the French L’Express […]

TEHRAN – Speaking about rewriting the 2015 nuclear deal due to a pressure by U.S. President Donald Trump is just an “illusion”, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday. Speaking with al-Alam TV, Shamkhani said Washington’s efforts to contest nuclear deal, also called the JCPOA, is an “illegal” move and […]

TEHRAN – Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the deputy director of the presidential chief of staff for political affairs, says the U.S. “cannot impose conditions or set ultimatum” for the nuclear deal. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix what he called “disastrous flaws” in the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement, also known […]

TEHRAN – A top Iranian nuclear official has warned that if the nuclear agreement is ditched Tehran will increase its uranium enrichment activities with a speed far much higher than the conclusion of the nuclear deal. According to the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to put […]

Joanne Adamson, the EU ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear deal is “achievement of multilateral diplomacy.” The nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed between Iran, the European Union, Germany and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization head said on Monday the IAEA has already verified Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal nine times, adding the organization is the main source of verifying Iran’s commitments. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, made the remarks in response to Trump’s claims that […]

The United States has announced economic sanctions on 11individuals and companies in Iran accused of supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) or engaging in cyber attacks on US banks, but has decided to continue for now to exempt Iran from nuclear-related sanctions. “Treasury will continue to take strong actions to counter Iran’s provocations, including support […]