EU foreign policy chief hopeful on Iran nuclear deal in ‘days’
- 01-Sep-2022
PRAGUE: The EU’s foreign policy chief voiced hope Wednesday at reviving the Iran nuclear deal within days as Israel’s leader, a strong opponent, made his case with US President Joe Biden. The Biden administration is eager to restore the deal trashed by former president Donald Trump and says that Iran has backed down on some […]
US says Iran eased demands for nuclear deal
- 24-Aug-2022
WASHINGTON: The United States said Tuesday that Iran has agreed to ease key demands that had held up the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, with all eyes on what President Joe Biden in turn is offering. The United States is expected shortly to respond to Iran through European Union mediators, after a year and […]
IAEA warns of ‘fatal blow’ to nuclear deal as Iran removes its cameras
- 10-Jun-2022
VIENNA: Iran on Thursday dealt a near-fatal blow to chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it began removing essentially all the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring equipment installed under the deal, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said. Iran had warned of retaliation if the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution drafted […]
US: Iran has ‘difficult’ decisions on finalizing nuclear deal
- 23-Mar-2022
WASHINGTON: The United States said Tuesday it is now up to Iran to make hard decisions in order to restore the 2015 deal on limiting its nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. After nearly a year of negotiations, “the onus is on Tehran to make decisions that it might consider difficult,” State Department Spokesman […]
France, UK and Germany say Iran deal could collapse on Russian demands
- 13-Mar-2022
PARIS: France, Britain and Germany warned Russia on Saturday that its demands to have its trade guaranteed with Iran risked the collapse of an almost-completed nuclear deal. Negotiators have reached the final stages of discussions to restore the so-called JCPOA deal, which lifted sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme, long […]
‘Iran nuclear deal could be agreed very soon’
- 18-Feb-2022
BRUSSELS: A senior European Union official said on Friday that a US-Iranian deal to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement was close but success depended on the political will of those involved. “I expect an agreement in the coming week, the coming two weeks or so,” the EU official said. “I think we have now on […]
French envoy in Iran talks as Trump threatens to up sanctions
- 11-Jul-2019
TEHRAN: French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic advisor met with Iran’s president Wednesday winding up a day of talks in Tehran aimed at saving a landmark 2015 nuclear deal and easing tensions between Tehran and Washington. But as Emmanuel Bonne pressed the high-level talks, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to warn that US sanctions […]
Europe urges Iran to stick to troubled nuclear deal
- 10-Jul-2019
The accord between Iran and world powers promised sanctions relief, economic benefits and an end to international isolation of the Islamic republic in return for stringent curbs on its nuclear programme.
EU urges Iran to respect nuclear deal, regrets US sanctions
- 10-May-2019
The joint statement came as the bloc struggles to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran
Trump moves to strangle Iran economy as nuclear deal withers
- 09-May-2019
Trump tightened the screws further on Iran with sanctions on its mining industry