European Union

Remaining JCPOA parties willing to keep nuclear deal alive: Iran's Araqchi

Feb 27, 2020 03:57

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says European signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are keen to preserve the agreement.
Coronavirus outbreak continues in China, fears rise of pandemic

Feb 26, 2020 06:07

China has reported new deaths and cases of coronavirus infections, amid fears that the viral outbreak is looking increasingly like a global pandemic.
Permafrost is already thawing. Will it tip the scales in the climate crisis?

Feb 24, 2020 12:16

Across vast swaths of the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, frozen ground holds billions of tonnes of carbon. As global temperatures rise, this “permafrost” land is at increasing risk of thawing out, potentially releasing its long-held carbon into the atmosphere.
Joint Commission of Iran nuclear deal to convene in Vienna Wednesday: EU

Feb 24, 2020 11:26

The remaining parties to a landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran and the 5+1 group are to hold a Joint Commission meeting in Vienna on Wednesday, the EU's diplomatic service says.
Iran’s Zarif calls on EU to preserve JCPOA through ‘action’

Feb 24, 2020 03:37

In separate meetings with his Dutch and Austrian counterparts in Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the European Union to take concrete measures and save the 2015 nuclear deal through “action”.
Iran, Austria ink deal to boost art, cultural cooperation

Feb 24, 2020 03:22

High-ranking officials from Iran and Austria signed an agreement to boost cooperation between the two sides in various fields of art and culture.
Iranian, Austrian FMs meet in Tehran

Feb 24, 2020 03:15

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Schallenberg, on Sunday held the first round of their talks in Tehran on issues of mutual interest.
Iran expects EU to stand against Washington's illegal measures: President Rouhani

Feb 23, 2020 14:45

President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic expects the European Union to object to the illegal measures taken by the United States against Iran and ignore Washington’s pressure policy in order to boost Europe’s ties with Tehran.
Britain takes swipe at 'indecisive' EU as trade talk rancor grows

Feb 23, 2020 10:27

Britain criticized the European Union on Sunday over the process of agreeing on its negotiating mandate for post-Brexit trade talks, saying the bloc was “hamstrung by indecision and delay” because different members wanted different things.
President Rouhani: Iran open to talks with EU to salvage JCPOA

Feb 23, 2020 05:36

Iran has not closed the doors to diplomacy and negotiations with the European parties in an effort to save the 2015 nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said.