Tag Archive for "EU"

EU and Britain condemn U.S. oil and nuclear sanctions on Iran
By Sebastian Clark on May 5, 2021
The United States’ allies in Europe have criticized its recent decisions to restrict oil trade with Iran and to limit the extension of waivers for...
Japan, EU reiterate support for Iran nuclear deal
By Sebastian Clark on April 27, 2021
Despite U.S. sanctions and opposition, Japan and the European Union have reiterated support for Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
EU adds Saudi Arabia to draft terrorism financing list: report
By Sebastian Clark on January 26, 2022
The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls...
EU considers stepping up plans to circumvent US Iran sanctions
By Sebastian Clark on January 22, 2022
The European Union considered on Monday how it could step up plans to circumvent President Trump’s Iran sanctions. The EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) met...
EU will soon establish alternative payment channel allowing Iran to bypass US sanctions – Mogherini
By Sebastian Clark on December 11, 2021
Brussels will create an alternative payment channel to facilitate financial transactions between the European Union and Iran in the near future to bypass US sanctions,...
EU, Russia and China must compensate Iran for US deal departure, ambassador says
By Sebastian Clark on November 17, 2021
The European Union, Russia and China need to compensate Iran for the withdrawal of the US from the nuclear accord, Tehran’s ambassador to the EU...
EU expresses deep regret over US-Iran sanctions
By Sebastian Clark on November 4, 2021
The European Union, backed by France, Germany and Britain, says they “deeply regret” the reimposition of all U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted...
EU scrambles to defy US Iran sanctions
By Sebastian Clark on October 29, 2021
The EU has struggled to find a member state to host a new financial channel to shield trade with Iran from looming US sanctions, diplomats...
EU intends to persuade US not to cut off Iran’s access to SWIFT
By Sebastian Clark on October 10, 2021
European finance ministers will try to persuade the Trump administration not to cut off Iran’s access to Swift, according to a publication in the Financial Times....
EU seeks to bypass US sanctions on Iran with trade finance tool
By Sebastian Clark on September 15, 2021
Europe’s biggest economic powers are planning to create a “special purpose” financial company to thwart U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions and help Iran to continue...
EU vows to thwart Trump’s sanctions on Iran
By Sebastian Clark on August 7, 2021
Senior European officials on Monday castigated U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed sanctions on Tehran as “illegal” and in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution,...
EU considers Iran central bank transfers to beat U.S. sanctions
By Sebastian Clark on May 19, 2021
The European Commission is proposing that EU governments make direct money transfers to Iran’s central bank to avoid U.S. penalties, an EU official said, in...
Mohammad Javad Zarif: Europe Must Work With Iran
By Sebastian Clark on December 11, 2021
By By Mohammad Javad Zarif, Nytimes On a crisp morning in Vienna two summers ago, hours before concluding the nuclear deal with the United States, the European...
Iran, EU launch nuclear safety cooperation project
By Sebastian Clark on July 16, 2021
Iran and the European Union (EU) have launched a joint project to cooperate on nuclear safety programs, Financial Tribune daily reported on Saturday. Following the...
Iran-EU trade witnesses five-fold increase in first four months
By Sebastian Clark on July 3, 2021
The volume of trade between Iran and the European Union (EU) has experienced a five-fold increase over the first four months of 2017, Press TV...
Iran, EU discuss energy, climate, seeking to boost ties
By Sebastian Clark on May 1, 2021
The historic 2015 Iranian nuclear program deal paved the way for increased cooperation between Iran and the European Union (EU), said visiting European Climate Action...
Iran’s exports to EU jump three fold following nuclear deal
By Sebastian Clark on April 30, 2021
Iran’s exports to the European Union have increased three fold after the implementation of nuclear deal between Iran and the six major world powers in...
EU ready to launch agricultural partnership with Iran
By Sebastian Clark on April 23, 2021
Iran and the European Union have agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in agriculture and commerce sectors. In the first joint session between Iran’s Ministry of...
EU, Iran sign first-ever nuclear safety cooperation project
By Sebastian Clark on April 19, 2021
The European Commission said on April 18 that it has signed the first ever project for nuclear safety cooperation with Iran, under the framework of...
EU warns Trump not to destroy Iran nuclear deal: FT
By Sebastian Clark on December 22, 2021
According to a report released by Financial Times, European governments are quietly warning the incoming Trump administration that the US will get the blame if any...