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EU team in Tehran to keep budding tie-up alive
Nov 11, 2017 15:14A 70-strong delegation of senior European officials and business leaders is in Tehran to examine capacities for further expansion of trade ties.
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EU to ease military mobility amid tensions with Russia
Nov 11, 2017 10:02The European Union has unveiled new plans to make transport of troops and military hardware across the bloc less difficult in a bid to enhance defense against what it calls Russian threats.
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US should comply with Iran’s nuclear deal: EU top diplomat
Nov 08, 2017 04:52The EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini, says the bloc is working with US Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration to ensure Washington’s compliance with Iran’s nuclear agreement.
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Iran calls on EU to clarify response to possible US withdrawal from JCPOA
Nov 07, 2017 11:21Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi has called on Europe to clarify how it will react if Washington abandons the multinational Iran deal and imposes news sanctions on the country.
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IOM reports nearly 5,000 refugee deaths in 2017
Nov 04, 2017 11:25The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a subsidiary UN agency, says nearly 5,000 refugees, or 16 people a day, have died this year amid ongoing exodus from conflict zones to Europe as well as a military crackdown in Myanmar.
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'Europe's stance on JCPOA different from that of US'
Oct 22, 2017 13:54A senior Iranian official says European countries oppose the United States’ moves in violation of the 2015 nuclear agreement and pursue a different stance on the deal.
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EU to reduce Turkey pre-accession payment amid souring relations
Oct 21, 2017 03:59European Council President Donald Tusk says the 28-member politico-economic bloc will reduce some of the money earmarked for Turkey to join the union, reflecting increasingly strained ties with the Ankara government.
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Russia tells US to remove nuclear weapons from Europe
Oct 20, 2017 12:58Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on Washington to remove its nuclear weapons deployed in Europe.
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Tillerson claims Europe can do business with Iran
Oct 20, 2017 09:02Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the US is not opposed to European countries doing business with Iran, contradicting President Donald Trump's belligerent rhetoric against Tehran.
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EU reiterates commitment to Iran deal amid US threat to scrap it
Oct 19, 2017 14:39The EU foreign policy chief has reaffirmed the bloc’s commitment to the 2015 international nuclear agreement between Iran and six other countries in the face of the belligerent US rhetoric against the accord.