European Union

Iran nuclear chief meets acting IAEA chief, complains of Europe failure to meet JCPOA commitments

Sep 08, 2019 05:54

Iran’s nuclear chief has criticized the European signatories to a 2015 nuclear agreement for failing to honor their legal commitments to Tehran, adding that the multinational accord is “no one-way street.”
Iran’s third JCPOA step reversible like previous ones: Zarif

Sep 06, 2019 01:42

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the upcoming third phase of Iran’s nuclear countermeasures has been so devised to be reversible, as is the case with its previous nuclear responses, if Europe meets its nuclear commitments towards Tehran.
EU’s anti-Russia sanctions destructive for bloc: Moscow

Sep 05, 2019 03:03

Russia has warned that the European Union (EU)’s extension of sanctions against the country is devastating and destructive for the bloc.
Agreement with Europe unlikely, Iran to announce 3rd step on JCPOA: Rouhani

Sep 04, 2019 05:05

President Hassan Rouhani says the country and Europe are unlikely to reach an agreement on ways to save a 2015 multilateral nuclear accord, and that Tehran will go ahead with its plan to announce the third step in scaling back its commitments under the accord.
UK's Johnson defeated in key parliamentary vote on Brexit

Sep 04, 2019 03:20

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson loses a crucial parliamentary vote on his Brexit strategy after members of his own Conservative Party voted against him, opening the way for possible early elections.
Iran to further retreat from nuclear deal if Europe takes no action by Thursday

Sep 04, 2019 02:06

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will further lower its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), unless the European signatories to the accord take action to salvage the pact by Thursday.
EU says won’t change Brexit deal agreed with UK

Sep 01, 2019 07:21

The European Union (EU)'s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Saturday the bloc will not change the divorce deal agreed with Britain and that he is "not optimistic" about avoiding a no-deal outcome.
German-Russia gas pipeline ‘unacceptable’, threat to entire Europe: Ukraine

Sep 01, 2019 07:15

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denounced as “unacceptable” a Russian pipeline project set to send gas to Germany, saying the plan poses a threat to the entire Europe.
EU welcomes any progress beyond maintaining Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini

Aug 30, 2019 15:15

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the 28-nation bloc will continue working to preserve a nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015 but will welcome any progress beyond it.
UK civil service workers tasked to work, or quit over Brexit

Aug 30, 2019 09:10

Civil servants in the UK are now asking whether they should continue to work or quit, as the looming prorogue of Parliament further strangles policymaking in central government.