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.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Shooting at democracy with British silencer!

Once someone asked Churchill:  "Mr. Prime Minister! Why do you go far away to the other side of Indian Ocean to make a colonial state, but you can't do it here, that is, in Ireland? "

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

Britain's Tricks over Brexit

TEHRAN - The Brexit has long been a complicated puzzle in the political and economic equations of Europe and London. The talks between London and Brussels over British exit from the European Union have been halted. On the other hand, we are witnessing widespread protests against the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union (protests raised in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

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".

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. 

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.

Iran summons Dutch, Danish and British diplomats over terror attack in Ahvaz

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned ambassadors of the Netherlands and Denmark as well as the British chargé d'affaires to Tehran after terrorists with alleged links to the European countries carried out attacks during a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday.

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.

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.

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.

 Britain seeking to boost museum cooperation with Iran

TEHRAN -A high-ranking British delegation visited the National Museum of Iran in Tehran on Saturday, seeking to step up bilateral contacts in museum spheres. 

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.

JCPOA still ‘robust’ despite U.S. exit: UK diplomat

TEHRAN – The permanent under-secretary at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office believes that the Iran nuclear deal is still “robust”, notwithstanding U.S. efforts to scrap it.

Rouhani says Europe must express its position on JCPOA ‘transparently’

Rouhani: Ball in European court

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that it is “very important” for Iran that the European Union take a “transparent” step toward the 2015 nuclear agreement now that the U.S. has left the multilateral deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Britain seeking finest solutions to expand trade ties with Iran

TEHRAN- Director of the Department for International Trade at the British Embassy in Tehran Keith Wellings told IRNA on Wednesday that his country is looking for the best options to improve its ties with Iran in the framework of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Rouhani calls EU trio package to save nuclear deal ‘disappointing’

President Hassan Rouhani has said a package proposed by the European Union trio of Germany, France and Britain on how to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is "disappointing".

Zarif receives new British, South Korean ambassadors

TEHRAN – New British and South Korean ambassadors met separately on Sunday with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and submitted copies of their credentials to him, IRNA reported.

Britain supports its companies’ activities in Iran: envoy

TEHRAN - British ambassador to Tehran said [despite Washington withdrawal from Iran’s nuclear deal] the government of Britain supports British companies which are interested in activity in Iran, Shana reported.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Bin Salman is doomed to failure

The long-term visit of Mohammad bin Salman to the United States, Britain and France, and its relationship with the invasion of US and its allies to Syria, was not much attended. This was while bin Salman's talks with Western officials were the main reason for US attack on Syria. On the other hand, this long-term visit has been linked to the political goals of the young Saudi prince, reflecting changes within Saudi Arabia.

Britain reiterates support for nuclear deal

TEHRAN – British government spokesman Edwin Samuel said on Thursday that his country will support the Iran nuclear deal, underlining Prime Minister Teresa May’s decision to continue backing the multilateral agreement.

Author: A’zam Vosughi

Iran-West strategic struggle over Syria: patience and intelligence, caution and provocation

TEHRAN - Given the current situation of the United States and Europe, western countries will not engage themselves into a war which would cost them overburdening expenses. So far, involvement of these countries in conflicts in western Asia has been through proxies and provision of military equipment.

Iran arrests members of UK-backed spying team

TEHRAN – An informed source who spoke on condition of anonymity has said that members of a spying team linked to Britain have been apprehended.

It is a ‘mistake’ to quit nuclear deal, British envoy says

TEHRAN – The British ambassador to Tehran says his country is doing everything possible to prevent the collapse of the nuclear deal, stressing that the U.S. and Iran would be “making a mistake” if they pull out of the international agreement.

By Javad Heirannia

Attack on Syria didn't have a basis in international law: Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that the attack on Syria was “neither in self-defense nor authorized by the United Nations Security Council, it did not have a basis in international law.

By Mahmood Monshipouri

Military Strikes against Syria

The U.S. surgical attacks—coordinated with France and Britain—against chemical facilities in Syria on Saturday April 13, 2018, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in rebel-held Douma, fell far-short of achieving a broader goal based on a coherent strategy to deal with the Syrian civil war.

By Eric Zuesse

What Just Happened?

What happened right after the second direct U.S.-missiles invasion of Syria, which had occurred on the night of April 13th, could turn out to have momentous implications — far bigger than the attacks themselves.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Locked, loaded and lost: an arrogant autocrat’s abortive surgical strike on Syria

“It’s not the cigar, stupid. It’s the cruise missiles launched to cover the shame.” — Christopher Hitchens

By Zhou Dong-chen

U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria and its consequences

On April 14, 2018, the United States and its allies—Britain and France—launched precision strikes on Syria which is one fully-recognized sovereign state by the United Nations. For the sake of legitimacy of their “aggression”, France claimed that the attacks were purely aimed at the chemical depots, Britain stated that it was not about intervening in civil war. And the U. S. President made a formal address in which, he said that Syrian dictator Bashar runs the very terrible regime that used chemical weapons against his own people, “a crime of one monster” as described by him.

By Javad Heirannia

Attack on Syria violated international laws: Lendman

TEHRAN – U.S. columnist Stephen Lendman says that “Overnight U.S., UK and French aggression on Syria had nothing to do with the alleged Douma chemical weapons (CW) incident that didn’t happen – and has everything to do with America’s imperial project, along with punishing Syria and Russia for defeating its aims in the country.”

By Martin Love

Amid chaos, patience is the prime virtue...

NORTH CAROLINA - Even if you have the best possible sources to try to figure out what’s happening and where it is going in the U.S., it’s virtually impossible to know exactly given the daily frantic, frenetic shifts of alleged action and policy.