TEHRAN, July 09 - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the three major European signatories to a landmark nuclear deal with Iran agreed to establish trade ties with Iran independent of the US dollar.
TEHRAN, July 06 -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says all the remaining signatories to a 2015 landmark nuclear agreement have political will to stand up to the United States' move to withdraw from the deal.
TEHRAN, July 06 -France said Europe is unlikely to put together an economic package for Iran before November as Tehran urges "verifiable and actionable commitments rather than lofty and obscure promises."
TEHRAN, July 05 - The European Parliament has granted permission to the European Investment Bank (EIB) to do business in Iran as Europeans scramble to devise mechanisms aimed at saving the 2015 nuclear deal without the US and protecting their commercial ties with Tehran in the face of returning American sanctions.
TEHRAN, July 04 -US President Donald Trump says the European Union is "possibly as bad as China" on trade, as possible trade wars loom with both the Asian giant as well as longtime allies in Europe and Canada.
TEHRAN, July 02 - A draft document outlining Britain’s future relationship with the European Union after exiting the EU has already been dismissed as unrealistic by senior EU officials, who say the UK has no chance of changing the bloc’s founding principles.
TEHRAN, July 02 -The Indonesian government faces accusations of involvement in around 100 cases of unlawful killings over the past eight years in its easternmost province of Papua.
TEHRAN, July 02 - The European Union has warned Washington that imposing import tariffs on cars from the 28-member bloc could lead to “countermeasures” against nearly $300 billion worth of US exports.
TEHRAN, July 02 - The European Commission opened a fresh legal case against Poland on Monday over changes to the Supreme Court that it fears will further undermine judicial independence in the largest ex-communist member of the bloc.
TEHRAN, July 02 - The EU has warned Washington that a threat to slap Europe with major auto tariffs could inflict serious damage to the US economy and would prompt strong retaliation.
TEHRAN, July 02 - The European Union has warned the United States that imposing import tariffs on cars and car parts would harm its own automotive industry and likely lead to counter-measures by its trading partners on $294 billion of U.S. exports.
TEHRAN, July 01 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected reports on receiving a package of incentives by the EU on supporting Iran’s nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, June 30 -Iran has dismissed media reports about having received a package of proposals from the European Union to save a multilateral nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries from which the US has withdrawn, saying the Europeans are holding their final discussions in this regard.
TEHRAN, June 29 - Turkey does not believe positive steps will be taken with the European Union while Austria holds the presidency of the bloc this year, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, reflecting tensions between Ankara and Vienna.
TEHRAN, June 29 - The European Union warned Friday that Britain was running out of time to get a deal on Brexit, as leaders agreed to step up preparations for the possibility that talks collapse.
TEHRAN, June 29 - European leaders reached a deal on migration in the early hours of Friday, but the pledges made to strengthen borders were vague, and a bleary-eyed German Chancellor Angela Merkel conceded differences remained.
TEHRAN, June 28 - The leaders of the Baltic states and Poland were to sign a long-awaited deal on Thursday to connect their power grids to the European Union grid by 2025 and break their dependence on Russia, a Soviet legacy.
TEHRAN, June 28 - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has warned that he will block a joint statement from European Union members on refugees if it fails to address Rome’s concerns on the issue.
TEHRAN, June 27 - British Prime Minister Theresa May will be told at a European summit this week that while there is progress on the terms of Britain's departure from the European Union, both sides should prepare for a "no deal" scenario, a French presidency source said.