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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.
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France, Germany seeking to reduce tensions between Iran, US but warn time running out
Jun 19, 2019 12:21French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has blamed the US policy of maximum pressure against Iran for rising tensions in the Middle East, while criticizing Washington’s decision last year to leave a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Senior EU official: Trump not in control of Iran policy, should fire Bolton
Jun 18, 2019 03:07A top EU diplomat says US President Donald Trump does not seem to be in control of his own administration’s policy towards Iran and that he needs to fire his National Security Advisor John Bolton, an outspoken hawk who directs the White House’s Iran policy.
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Russia denies meddling in European Parliament elections
Jun 17, 2019 05:54A senior Russian security official has dismissed as “completely absurd” accusations that Moscow meddled in European Parliament elections last month.
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Senior EU diplomat expresses support for JCPOA
Jun 17, 2019 03:17The EU’s second most senior diplomat affirmed the bloc’s support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the 5+1 group, including the use of a new payment system for trade designed to circumvent US sanctions.
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EU’s Schmid, Iran’s Araqchi discuss ways to save JCPOA
Jun 16, 2019 02:07Visiting Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi held talks on ways to save the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Ball in EU court, miracles not the prerogative of material powers
Jun 14, 2019 13:45The position of Iran is positively clear that not talks but actions without delay are needed to resolve the impasse of the European commitments to its inalienable nuclear, trade and all other rights.