0545 GMT January 20, 2021
|
The assassination of an Iranian scientist “puts difficulties” on the road to revive the Iran nuclear deal, the EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told Euronews.
|
|
The European Union foreign policy chief has said Iran should gain the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear work.
|
|
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs said that EU is trying to improve trade with Iran, and the EU continues fighting to keep the nuclear agreement alive and working.
|
|
The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy once again stressed the importance of preserving a 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, pledging to work with other relevant parties to that effect.
|
|
The EU's diplomatic chief on Friday attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions while citing Iran as one of the victims of the American policy, after Washington opened the way to measures over Russia's controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
|
|
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the country has triggered the Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DRM) of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers on “at least six occasions.”
|
|
The EU foreign policy chief said he has received a letter from Iran that demands triggering the dispute resolution mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal over the failure of the three European signatories to the agreement to honor their commitments.
|
|
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the US administration of unleashing a politically motivated campaign against Iran and is calling for “universal condemnation” of the US attempt to get the UN Security Council to impose a permanent arms embargo against the Islamic Republic.
|
|
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell discussed a range of issues in a telephone conversation on Friday.
|
|
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the US sanctions against Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela should not prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid to these countries amid the coronavirus pandemic.
|
|
Iranian Ambassador to Brussels Gholamhossein Dehqani called on the European Union to oppose the continuation of the illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran.
|
|
|
European Union governments need to be willing to intervene in international crises or risk prolonging paralysis in their foreign policy, the EU’s top diplomat said on Sunday.
|
|
President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that Iran is still committed to its obligations under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers, despite the other signatories’ failure to uphold their end of the deal.
|