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EU leaders suspend summit amid divisions over top jobs
Jul 01, 2019 11:45European Union (EU) leaders have suspended a summit after they failed to reach an agreement on filling the bloc’s top posts.
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CBI chief calls for change in funding mechanism for Instex
Jul 01, 2019 00:36The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has proposed that a financial mechanism initiated by European powers to circumvent US sanctions on Iran, known as Instex, could be funded by future sales of Iran’s oil so that trade between Tehran and Europe can continue.
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‘Not enough progress’ in Vienna talks on salvaging Iran nuclear deal
Jun 28, 2019 14:58Iran's deputy foreign minister says progress has been made in Vienna talks aimed at saving the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers but the demands of the Islamic Republic are yet to be met.
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JCPOA joint commission meeting kicks off in Vienna
Jun 28, 2019 10:51The meeting of JCPOA joint commission at the level of deputy foreign ministers started in a hotel in the Austrian capital on Friday.
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Iran holds 'last chance' talks with EU to save nuclear deal
Jun 28, 2019 07:32Iran says it will take the second step in reducing its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal more “firmly” if a European payment system designed to bypass sanctions proves to be "superficial".
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Iran nuclear deal must be upheld, not jeopardized: France, Germany tell US
Jun 27, 2019 10:51France and Germany have asserted to the United States that a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which Washington has quit, must be upheld and not jeopardized.
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Europe to announce first credit line for Instex: WSJ
Jun 27, 2019 10:49A new report in the Wall Street Journal has suggested that the three European parties to a landmark nuclear deal with Iran are to announce their first practical effort to save a special mechanism for trade with the country amid growing economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran.
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Iran central bank: Oil sales rising, sanctions ineffective
Jun 26, 2019 08:42Iran’s central bank governor says the country’s oil exports are rising despite US sanctions which, he said, are no more effective.
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Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly votes for Russia’s return
Jun 25, 2019 07:14The Council of Europe (CE)’s Parliamentary Assembly has voted to allow Russian representatives to return to the pan-European rights body after stripping them of voting rights in 2014 over the Ukrainian crisis.
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Europeans lack determination, power to implement JCPOA commitments: Zarif
Jun 24, 2019 15:16Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a request by the British Middle East minister to delay the implementation of Europeans' non-dollar mechanism for trade with Iran shows their lack of genuine determination to abide by their commitments as per a 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.