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UN Security Council rejects US demand to extend Iran arms embargo

Only the Dominican Republic supported the Trump administration resolution out of the 15 members on the security council. Russia and China opposed the resolution and eleven other nations abstained.

15/08/2020

Iran

Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: The collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal 5 years on would be a failure of EU values

The Iranian ambassador to the EU and Belgium reflects on the state of play for Europe's foreign policy aspirations on the fifth anniversary of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

14/07/2020

Europe News

Analysis: Iran nuclear deal on the brink

With Iran diplomacy in limbo, the nuclear agreement seems at the brink of falling apart. Yet, the European guarantors of the deal, France, Germany and the UK, triggered the mediation mechanism in a last-ditch effort to save what was praised as one of the biggest diplomatic achievements of our time.

15/01/2020

Iran

Iran warns European troops in Middle East 'may be in danger'

Britain, France and Germany have triggered the accord's dispute mechanism to force Iran into discussions. The process could bring back UN and EU sanctions on Iran.

15/01/2020

Iran

Europe urges Iran to keep nuclear deal as protesters defy regime

Videos on social media showed protesters shouting anti-government slogans in Tehran and other Iranian cities despite the presence of security forces.

12/01/2020

World News

European ministers meet to salvage Iran nuclear deal

European foreign ministers met to discuss the Iran crisis and the 2015 nuclear deal at an emergency meeting in Brussels on Friday.

10/01/2020

Europe News

Middle East crisis: EU's delicate balancing act between Washington and Tehran

In the past week, the EU has struggled to find a voice on foreign policy amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Thursday, the new EU Council President on a visit to Croatia - dismissed those claims, insisting he would be play a more important role.

09/01/2020

World

How could Iran respond to the US drone strike?

A US airstrike on Iranian military leader Qassim Soleimani has brought the Middle East closer to conflict, as Iran narrows the scope of its possible responses to the assassination of a national hero.

07/01/2020

Iran

Euroviews. Was Soleimani's killing justified? Yes. A million times yes ǀ View

Soleimani's death will also prove to be more significant than that of Osama Bin Laden or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to one of Italy's ex-foreign ministers.

04/01/2020

Russia

Russia warns EU over crumbling Iran nuclear deal

The U.S. withdrew from the accord last year and imposed crippling economic sanctions that block Iran from selling crude oil abroad.

30/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: The EU's diplomatic dilemma over Iran's petrol protests

A violent crackdown on recent protests and internet restrictions in Iran present diplomatic challenges for the EU as it attempts a balancing act of keeping the Iran nuclear deal alive while standing firm on human rights.

10/12/2019

Iran

Iran injects uranium gas into centrifuges — why is this important?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that uranium gas will be injected into centrifuges at the Fordow plant later today — but why is this significant, and what comes next?

06/11/2019

Iran

Iran to inject uranium gas into centrifuges as early as tomorrow

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said urnaium gas will be injected into centrifuges from tomorrow as part of Iran's latest step back from the 2015 nuclear treaty.

05/11/2019

Iran

Iran scales back nuclear deal commitments as US imposes sanctions

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Nuclear Energy Organisation, said they were launching 30 advanced centrifuges.

04/11/2019

Iran

Euroviews. The EU's misguided Iran strategy is akin to letting the fox into the hen house ǀ View

If the European Commission - and foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in particular - would have the EU assume a more active role in world affairs, they will be presented with a host of difficult choices, few of them black or white. Take, for example, the question of Iran.

02/10/2019

World News

Europeans back US in blaming Iran for Saudi oil attack

"It is clear to us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack. There is no other plausible explanation," Britain, France and Germany said.

24/09/2019

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson calls for new Iran nuclear deal, says Trump is 'one guy' to get it done

In an interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt, the Conservative prime minister praised President Donald Trump's negotiating skills.

23/09/2019

World

Iran Nuclear Deal: 'All sides need to re-commit'

Iran on Monday rejected a claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tehran had been developing nuclear weapons at a secret site and said Netanyahu was seeking a pretext for war

10/09/2019

World

Inside Iran: the fresh missile threat causing alarm in Washington

Whilst much of the recent attention has been on Iran's nuclear ambitions, the country's existing arsenal of ballistic missiles is also making the US wary.

09/09/2019

Iran

Iran meets UN nuclear watchdog

After a meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency Iran claims the EU has failed to act on assurances made after the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal

08/09/2019