• Rouhani urges restored banking, oil ties for Iran under JCPOA

    Rouhani urges restored banking, oil ties for Iran under JCPOA

    Aug 07, 2019 00:46

    President Hassan Rouhani has said that a restoration of banking and oil industry cooperation is what Tehran expects as minimums under a major international nuclear agreement which has suffered as a result of US sanctions.

  • US poised to renew anti-Iran nuclear sanctions waivers in blow to hawks: Report

    US poised to renew anti-Iran nuclear sanctions waivers in blow to hawks: Report

    Jul 31, 2019 04:37

    The US is reportedly expected to extend waivers from sanctions that allow the remaining signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal to continue their nuclear cooperation with Tehran, in what would be a blow to ardent Iran hawks in the White House.

  • Iran faces US aggression and European hypocrisy, but this time it's ready 

    Iran faces US aggression and European hypocrisy, but this time it's ready 

    Jul 17, 2019 03:49

    Western cultural arrogance rears its Medusa-like head each time US President Donald Trump rails about obliterating Iran. Seyyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, has more on this in an article published by Middle East Eye under the heading Iran faces US aggression and European hypocrisy, but this time it's ready.

  • Trump withdrew from JCPOA in hopes of zero enrichment for Iran: Zarif

    Trump withdrew from JCPOA in hopes of zero enrichment for Iran: Zarif

    Jul 17, 2019 01:08

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), under the delusion that the measure would stop Tehran’s uranium enrichment activities.

  • IAEA confirms Iran starts enriching uranium above JCPOA level

    IAEA confirms Iran starts enriching uranium above JCPOA level

    Jul 09, 2019 03:54

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a report confirming an earlier announcement by the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, that Tehran has passed the 3.67% uranium enrichment cap set by a 2015 nuclear deal and reached about 4.5%.

  • Iran starts enriching uranium to higher purity than 3.67% as Europe misses deadline

    Iran starts enriching uranium to higher purity than 3.67% as Europe misses deadline

    Jul 07, 2019 03:31

    Iran says it is starting to enrich uranium to a higher purity than 3.67%, as the European signatories to a 2015 agreement with Tehran miss a 60-day deadline to offset the adverse impacts of a unilateral pullout by the United States.

  • Germany, France, UK stress commitment to Iran deal

    Germany, France, UK stress commitment to Iran deal

    Jun 25, 2019 03:19

    The three European signatories to the Iran 2015 nuclear agreement reaffirm their resolve to save the deal despite America’s unilateral withdrawal from the accord, describing the agreement as a “vital pillar” of “collective security.”

  • Iran to suspend more JCPOA commitments if other parties fail to act: Official

    Iran to suspend more JCPOA commitments if other parties fail to act: Official

    Jun 24, 2019 01:28

    A senior Iranian official has taken to task European signatories to a historic 2015 nuclear agreement for failing to fulfill their obligations, vowing that the Islamic Republic would suspend more commitments if they do not act seriously as per the accord.

  • Iran to detail measures taken to reduce obligations under nuclear deal

    Iran to detail measures taken to reduce obligations under nuclear deal

    Jun 17, 2019 01:37

    Iran will release important details about the measures it has taken so far to suspend some of its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal, in reciprocation of a move by the United States to unilaterally scrap that deal.

  • Europeans: Strategy of maximum pressure on Iran won’t help

    Europeans: Strategy of maximum pressure on Iran won’t help

    May 19, 2019 09:35

    German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated that that the European Union will continue to reject “rhetorical provocation” against Iran as it seeks dialog with the country to resolve a dispute on its nuclear agreement with international powers.