TEHRAN, Jan 29 - The European Union is on the verge of launching an alternative channel to send money to Iran, known as special purpose vehicle (SPV), that would sidestep US sanctions against the country, Germany’s foreign minister said.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 - UK lawmakers will vote on the government's Brexit "Plan B", as well as several amendments to the Cabinet's plans later on 29 January, which might change how the United Kingdom handles withdrawal from the European Union.
TEHRAN, Jan 27 - Iran’s nuclear chief says the European Union (EU) had better launch a promised payment mechanism meant to maintain trade with Iran and bypass unilateral sanctions by the United States “before it is too late.”
TEHRAN, Jan 26 - Iran has strongly censured France for threatening to impose new sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its missile program, vowing to reconsider its relations with European countries in case such bans are imposed.
TEHRAN, Jan 24 - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said that the European Union would be ready to delay Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc for another two months.
TEHRAN, Jan 24 - The European Commission said on Thursday it was intensifying its legal procedure against Hungary over Budapest's criminalizing of support for migrants, moving the case closer to a possible ruling by the European Court of Justice.
TEHRAN, Jan 23 - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has voiced hope that the French people will not choose the party led by French President Emmanuel Macron in the EU elections.
TEHRAN, Jan 21 -The British government and the European Union have imposed sanctions against senior officials from Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, over the agency’s suspected poisoning attack on a former Russian spy in southern England last year.
TEHRAN, Jan 18 - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will not take part in an anti-Iran conference to be held by the US in the Polish capital of Warsaw in mid-February, Iranian and US media reports say.
TEHRAN, Jan 17 - A senior Iranian cleric has censured Europe for dragging its feet on adopting practical measures to save the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement following the US’s withdrawal, saying he thinks the Islamic Republic will ultimately have to “set fire” to the deal.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 -Germany’s foreign minister says that the European Union could begin new talks on Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc if a current divorce deal is rejected in the British parliament.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the European Union lacks the structures needed to create the special purpose vehicle (SPV), the mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the US sanctions era.
TEHRAN, Jan 11 - A top European Union official said Friday that the bloc wants to help Britain's prime minister avoid a no-deal departure from the EU, but insisted there can't be any renegotiation of the Brexit divorce deal.
TEHRAN, Jan 10- Tehran’s ambassador to the UK lambastes the European states for sheltering anti-Iran terror groups, and says giving freedom of activity to such notorious outfits does not constitute an example of political freedom.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - The EU stands firm in its refusal to include agriculture in a new trade deal with the United States, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - France and Germany have agreed to deepen a 1963 treaty of post-war reconciliation in a bid to show that the European Union's main axis remains strong and counter growing eu rosceptic nationalism among some other members.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the European Union’s move to hit a number of Iranian individuals with sanctions on bogus charge of sponsoring terrorism, saying Tehran will take the necessary retaliatory action.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is visiting Warsaw on Wednesday to meet with Poland's powerful ruling party leader as well as his Polish counterpart, as their populist-nationalist parties explore a possible alliance in spring elections for the European Parliament.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lambasted the European Union (EU) for harboring notorious MKO terrorists, warning that “accusing” Iran and imposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic will not “absolve” Europe of responsibility for housing members of the terror outfit.