EU-Iran

Iran

Iran Air cancels Europe flights hours after new batch of EU sanctions

Hours after new EU sanctions were announced, Iran Air sent SMS cancellations to all Europe-bound flights. Passengers were informed that the cancellations were linked to the decision in Brussels.

15/10/2024

Europe News

EU weighs 'strong' response to Iran's missile deliveries to Russia

The bloc says it has 'credible' information Tehran is procuring Moscow with ballistic missiles.

10/09/2024

Europe News

Brussels defends presence of senior EU diplomat in Iran's inauguration

Enrique Mora, the deputy secretary general of the European External Action Service (EEAS), attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new president.

01/08/2024

Radio Schuman

Will Iran's new president change relations with EU?

Masoud Pezeshkian will take the oath as the new President of Iran today (July 30) in an official ceremony.

30/07/2024

Europe News

Why the EU will have to tread carefully with Iran's new president

Iran has a new reformist president — but the EU should not expect many changes in its relationship with Tehran.

09/07/2024

Europe News

EU agrees new Iran sanctions to curtail drone and missile production

The European Union has reached a political agreement to tighten sanctions on Iran in retaliation for the recent barrage launched against Israel.

22/04/2024

Europe News

EU scrambles to rein in a spill-over in the Israel-Iran conflict

As Israel weighs its options for a potential response to Iran's aerial attack on Saturday, its European allies are pleading for restraint to prevent a major regional spillover of the conflict.

15/04/2024

Europe News

Sister of EU diplomat captive in Iran calls for his release

The sister of Johan Floderus, the 33-year-old Swedish EU diplomat who has been held captive in Iran's notorious Evin prison for more than 600 days, has said her brother is being used as a "pawn" in a "political game."

02/02/2024

Europe News

European nations condemn Iran’s accelerated nuclear enrichment

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have joined the United States in condemning Iran’s sharp increase in enriched uranium production as part of its nuclear programme.

29/12/2023

Europe News

Iran accuses Swedish EU employee of crime punishable by death

Iran has accused Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus of spying for Israel and "corruption on earth", a crime that carries the death penalty under Tehran's islamic laws.

11/12/2023

Iran

Iran accuses Swedish EU diplomat of conspiring with Israel

Floderus is on trial for "corruption on earth", one of the most serious charges in Iran, which carries the death penalty.

11/12/2023

France

Parents of French prisoner in Iran call on Europe to do more

More than 365 days have passed since French citizen Louis Arnaud was imprisoned in the high-security Evin prison in Tehran. For his parents, the wait has been agonising.

06/10/2023

Iran

'Unbearable' alleged assault on Iran teen condemned in Europe

"Once again a young woman in Iran is fighting for her life. Just because she showed her hair on the subway," wrote German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

05/10/2023

World News

Euroviews. The women of Iran deserve a tough EU line

Mahsa Amini’s example continues to challenge us, in Sweden, in Europe and beyond to dare to tell the truth and stand up for what is right, which is why I nominated her for this year's Sakharov Prize, MEP David Lega writes.

18/09/2023

Europe News

Confirmed: Swedish national held prisoner in Iran is EU diplomat

"We will not stop" until Johan Floderus is freed, Josep Borell said on Tuesday, confirming the identity of the Swedish national held prisoner in Iran.

05/09/2023

Europe News

Brussels won't confirm if Swede held prisoner in Iran is EU official

The European Commission has refused to confirm if a Swedish citizen being held prisoner in Iran is an European Union official.

04/09/2023

Iran

Euroviews. Water woes could pave the way for improved EU-Iran relations

The bigger picture that the EU needs to consider if it wants to devise an effective and comprehensive strategy towards Iran is one of a country facing a fundamental political, economic, environmental, societal, and demographic crisis, Cornelius Adebahr writes.

29/08/2023

Europe News

NGO worker Olivier Vandecasteele freed from imprisonment in Iran

The Belgium-born NGO worker had been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison in Teheran for widely contested charges of "espionage."

26/05/2023

Iran

European hostages in Iran used as political 'bargaining chips'

Some 15 European citizens are currently detained in Iranian prisons proving a major source of diplomatic tension between Iran and the EU.

16/05/2023

Europe News

West must keep up pressure on Iranian regime: son of former Shah

Reza Pahlavi's father was deposed after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

28/02/2023