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2018-12-11 21:26
Iranian human rights organization worried over situation in France
TEHRAN – In a statement on Monday, Iran’s Human Rights Headquarters expressed concern over the violence exercised by the French police against protestors.
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2018-12-10 21:34
Hosting SPV by France, Germany ‘a step forward’: expert
TEHRAN – An expert on international affairs says the news report that France and Germany have agreed to host the special vehicle purpose (SPV) seems to be “a step forward” despite being long overdue.
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2018-12-10 20:29
Iran's Judiciary: West's double-standards revealed in reaction to French riots
TEHRAN – Iran's Judiciary chief has blasted the Western states for their double-standard approach to police violence against demonstrators in France’s ongoing riots.
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2018-12-09 20:15
By staff and agency
France, Germany agree to host payment channel to Iran
France and Germany have agreed to host the special vehicle purpose (SPV), a special payment channel created by Europe as part of its efforts to keep trade flowing with Iran in defiance of U.S. sanctions.
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2018-12-05 19:52
Anti-Iran consensus fails at UN
TEHRAN – Attempts to bring the United Nations Security Council into a consensus against Iran’s missile tests failed to achieve the desired conclusion sought by the U.S., France and Britain.
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2018-11-27 13:05
France, Germany may host payment channel aimed at bypassing sanctions on Iran
France and Germany will likely host the Special Vehicle Purpose (SPV), a special payment channel created by Europe as part of its efforts to keep trade flowing with Iran in defiance of U.S. sanctions, senior diplomats told the Wall Street Journal.
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2018-11-27 09:28
China replaces France in Iran gas project
TEHRAN _ In what is likely to give a significant boost to Iran-China trade, China's state-owned CNPC has replaced France's Total in Iran's multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh announced.
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2018-11-21 10:50
By Javad Heirannia
Transatlantic differences justify European efforts to become more autonomous: Finaud
TEHRAN - Marc Finaud, the former French Foreign Ministry spokesman, says that “the reasons why France and Germany saw an interest in developing further EU strategic autonomy were related to the apparent reduced American interest in transatlantic solidarity, and the prospect of the United Kingdom leaving the EU, because the UK was one of the two leading military powers in Europe but always opposed any progress towards a ‘European army’.”
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2018-11-14 18:24
Brief
“Reza” to compete in Belfort Entrevues filmfest
TEHRAN – Iranian director Alireza Motamedi’s film “Reza” will be screened in the official competition of the 33rd Belfort Entrevues International Film Festival in France.
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2018-11-13 20:49
Iran, Europe to continue nuclear cooperation
TEHRAN - Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has said that Iran and Europe will continue their nuclear cooperation in the next two years.
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2018-10-20 10:37
By Saeed Sobhani
What Is Europe's Strategy on the JCPOA?
TEHRAN - The disputes over the "future of the nuclear deal" are still ongoing. The analysis of this conflict is not so easy, considering the remarkable relations between Washington and Europe. In other words, Western officials look at the nuclear deal not as an "independent legal variable", but as a "dependent political variable".
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2018-10-05 21:32
Bolton is obsessed with Iran: French official
TEHRAN – “Bolton is obsessed with Iran, and everything else plays second fiddle,” said one senior official from France, whose president, Emmanuel Macron, pleaded unsuccessfully with Trump to remain in the Iran nuclear deal during an April visit to the White House, Reuters reported.
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2018-10-04 00:45
MP: Iran pursuing case of diplomat detained in France
TEHRAN – Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said Iran is following up on the case of the Iranian diplomat detained in France.
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2018-09-28 07:40
By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com
Macron tries to complete Trump's project
The Elysee Palace continues its direct play on the U.S. ground. The evidences suggest that French President, Emmanuel Macron, is once again planning to get involved in a "predetermined game" over bringing up the issue of making a "complementary agreement" regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action at the United Nations General Assembly, and then ask Washington to return to the nuclear deal if Iran agrees to restrain its missile and regional capabilities!
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2018-09-25 12:25
EU and Iran agree on new payment system to skirt U.S. sanctions
In a major snub to the United States, the European Union (EU) has decided to set up a new mechanism to enable legal trade with Iran without encountering U.S. sanctions.
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2018-09-24 23:36
European powers back Iran deal ahead of UN summit
TEHRAN – A number of European leaders have expressed support for the 2015 nuclear deal ahead of the United Nations General Assembly.
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2018-09-17 12:37
By Mahmood Khaghani
EU, Iran clearing the way for business and trade
The news that Germany, France & UK are actively considering a “Clearing House” to facilitate Iran's global commerce is probably the most important development in financial & energy markets for many years.
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2018-09-16 21:35
MP calls on Iran’s Foreign Ministry to summon French ambassador
TEHRAN - Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Dehqan, who is a member to Iran-France parliamentary friendship group, has called on the Iranian Foreign Ministry to summon French ambassador to Tehran.
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2018-09-16 14:07
Europe looks to thwart Trump’s Iran sanctions
Europe’s biggest economic powers are planning to create a “special purpose” financial company to thwart U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions and help Iran to continue to sell oil in the EU.
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2018-09-15 20:30
La police fail Iran embassy
TEHRAN – The French police failed to act swiftly to protect Iran’s diplomatic grounds when Komola terrorists assaulted the Iranian embassy in Paris on Friday.
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2018-09-15 14:14
EU seeks to bypass U.S. sanctions on Iran with trade finance tool
EU powers are in talks over launching a payments channel that would enable European companies to trade with Iran as part of efforts to defy U.S. sanctions and keep alive a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran.
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2018-09-09 17:18
Iranian companies to partake in Paris tourism fair
TEHRAN – Several Iranian travel businesses and exhibitors are scheduled to participate in the 40th International French travel market (IFTM Top Resa 2018), a four-day tourism exhibit running at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from September 25 to 28.
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2018-09-01 10:37
Qassemi: ‘Ill-wishers’ targeting Tehran-Paris relations
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed media reports that France has told its diplomats to postpone all non-essential trips to Iran, warning about attempts aimed at undermining relations between the Islamic Republic and European countries, especially France.
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2018-08-13 10:34
By Hanif Ghaffari
Does Europe make its decisive decision?
Officials from three European countries, Germany, Britain and France, have also delayed offering their package to maintain a nuclear deal with Iran. This delay, b, has been quite purposeful. However, it should be noted that Europe has little chance of gaining the trust of the Iranian people! The trust of Iranians in the three European countries after their accompaniment with Tramp in a nuclear ambitions change has largely disappeared.
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2018-08-06 15:23
EU regrets U.S. sanctions on Iran, vows to protect European businesses
The European Union said Monday it deeply regretted the U.S.' reimposition of sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear pact, and vowed immediate steps to protect European companies.
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2018-08-06 10:49
By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com
Why are Iranians unhappy with the Elysee Palace?
French politicians will continue to play their double standard approach toward the nuclear deal with Iran. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian recently announced that France (along with other European countries) does not intend to offer a package in the near future to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran! On the other hand, French officials have been silent about how their economic cooperation with Iran has been in place in recent days.
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2018-07-31 21:06
France ‘hopeful’ ATR can deliver planes to Iran
TEHRAN – The French minister of economy and finance on Tuesday expressed hope that the ATR aircraft manufacturer will be able to get permission from the United States to deliver eight planes to Iran before August 6 despite the sanctions imposed on Tehran.
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2018-07-31 11:27
Snobbish GOP letter warns Germany, France, UK against bypassing sanctions on Iran
U.S. senators from the Republican Party have sent a letter to the embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom in the United States with a warning against any possible moves to circumvent the Trump administration’s sanctions against Iran, the news portal t-online.de reported on Sunday.
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2018-07-15 23:38
France lift 2018 World Cup for second time
France won the World Cup for the second time in spectacular style on Sunday as a 4-2 victory in one of the most entertaining and action-packed finals for decades ended battling outsiders Croatia’s dreams of a first title.
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2018-07-10 11:09
By Mohammad Ghaderi
France dangerous game over the Nuclear Deal
TEHRAN - On the eve of the negotiations between Iran and the members of the P4+1 in Vienna on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the French Foreign Minister determined the fate of "European JCPOA" once and for all! In an interview with RTL radio on the "Europe's package of proposals to Iran" for saving the nuclear deal, Jean Yves Le Drian stated: