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EU leaders remind Britain: No membership, no benefits
Jan 31, 2020 11:17The leaders of the European Union’s three institutions warned Britain on Friday that it cannot expect “the highest quality access to the single market” unless it adopts the bloc’s standards on environment, labor, taxation and state aid.
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UK must accept EU standards if it seeks full market access: German FM
Jan 29, 2020 14:10Germany says post-Brexit trade negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom must be conducted in a way that won’t harm the bloc, stressing the UK must accept EU standards if it seeks full access to its single market.
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EU aviation safety group withdraws alert for Iran overflights
Jan 29, 2020 10:37A European civil aviation safety group has withdrawn its advisory for flights over the Iranian airspace in the wake of a military face-off between Iran and the United States.
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Motion for Iran to withdraw from NPT submitted to Parliament
Jan 28, 2020 13:53A group of Iranian lawmakers have submitted a motion to the Parliament calling for the Islamic Republic’s withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) after the three European signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal failed to meet their contractual commitments following the US’s exit.
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Larijani warns Europe of consequences of moves against Iran
Jan 23, 2020 03:43Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani deplored a recent decision by the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal to trigger the dispute mechanism in the accord and said their “political skirmish” with the Islamic Republic would have consequences for them.
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Iran's nuclear chief slams EU3’s subservience to US
Jan 23, 2020 03:02Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi slammed a decision by Britain, France and Germany to trigger the so-called snapback provisions of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as a testimony to their submissiveness to the US.
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France, Germany say EU will respond in kind to new US tariffs
Jan 23, 2020 02:35The European Union will respond reciprocally to any further tariffs imposed by the US on the bloc’s products, French and German officials have warned in separate comments.
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President Rouhani: Europe responsible for any JCPOA violation consequences
Jan 22, 2020 14:19President Hassan Rouhani says the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal will be responsible for the consequences of any violation of the agreement.
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Zarif: EU3 submission on JCPOA only whetted Trump’s appetite
Jan 22, 2020 12:41Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says America’s renewed threat of slapping trade tariffs on Europe’s auto industry proves that the European states’ submission to US President Donald Trump's domineering tactics on the Iran nuclear deal only worked to “whet his appetite.”
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Iran warns of ‘final step’ on nuclear deal
Jan 20, 2020 06:18Iran says it could take a “final and more effective” step concerning its nuclear deal with world states if the other parties remain in default of their contractual obligations towards Tehran.