Rouhani to Macron: Initial INSTEX steps positive but ‘not sufficient’

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has said initial steps to implement the trade mechanism with Europe, also known as INSTEX, are positive but not sufficient.

Ruhollah Zam says after Macron he enjoyed highest security protection in France

TEHRAN - Ruhollah Zam, the operator behind Amad News website and Telegram channel, in the second session of his trial on Sunday said that he had the highest security protection after French President Emmanuel Macron.

Tehran slams Macron for ‘Arab-Persian Gulf’ falsification

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for misnaming the Persian Gulf and for France’s military presence in the region.

By staff and agency

Putin, Macron call for preserving nuclear deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, the French president, have called for continued efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

E3 states urge Iran to reverse its JCPOA decision

TEHRAN – Iran issued a statement on Sunday announcing suspension of all limits under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in its fifth and final step in reducing commitments.

Mousavi to Macron: Iran is an independent nation, we don’t need advice 

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that his country will not tolerate any interference in its internal affairs, rejecting the French presidents’ call for an immediate release of two detainees who are in Iran’s custody for security reasons. 

By Hanif Ghafari

NATO at zero point!

The NATO summit in London shows clearly that the North Atlantic Treaty is in a serious crisis for its survival. In recent days, Western analysts have analyzed and evaluated various aspects of the tensions and challenges among NATO members. The majority of NATO members are European countries.

By Hamid Bayati

Will NATO follow the same way as the Warsaw Pact?

French President Emmanuel Macron criticized NATO on November 7, calling the current situation of the organization a “brain death”. Macron’s remarks once again led to heated debates regarding a possible collapse of NATO.

Iran not to quit nuclear deal: presidential chief of staff

TEHRAN - Mahmoud Vaezi, President Rouhani’s chief of staff, said on Thursday that Iran does not seek to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

What can we expect from Trump? Is Pastor Chuck Baldwin also a chosen one?

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), regularly answers questions for Tehran Times. by Javad Heirannia

*By Robin Wright

Trump’s close-call diplomacy with Rouhani 

On the evening of Tuesday, September 24th, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, went to see his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, at the Millennium Hilton Hotel, across the street from the UN headquarters, in New York.

Rouhani offers condolences over death of Jacques Chirac

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sent a message on Thursday to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron offering condolences to the French people and government over the death of Jacques Chirac, the former French president.

Rouhani: Blaming Iran for Aramco strike ‘groundless’

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday criticized Britain, Germany and France - known as the European troika or E3 - for issuing a joint statement backing a claim by the United States that Iran is to blame for the September 14 drone attacks on the Saudi Aramco oil facilities, saying the statement is based on "groundless blame game".

Macron’s efforts to yield result if Trump lifts sanctions: Rouhani

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, will yield result only if U.S. President Donald Trump lifts sanctions against Iran.

Talks with U.S. under sanctions meaningless, Rouhani says

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that it makes no sense to hold talks with the United States when sanctions against Iran are in place.

France dangles $15 billion bailout for Iran in effort to save nuclear deal

A senior Iranian delegation arrived in Paris on Monday to work out the details of a financial bailout package that France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, intends to use to compensate Iran for oil sales lost to American sanctions. In return for the money, Iran would agree to return to compliance with a 2015 nuclear accord, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Iran, France hold intensive expert-level talks on JCPOA

TEHRAN – Iranian and French experts held intensive talks in Paris on Monday at expert level and discussed preserving the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA.

Rouhani to Macron: Terms of nuclear deal unchangeable

TEHRAN - In a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron late on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said that terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are unchangeable.

Details of Rouhani-Macron conversation cannot be released: Vaezi

TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi has said he cannot reveal the details of the phone conversation between President Hassan Rouhani and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, which took place on Saturday night and lasted for two hours.

By Javad Heirannia

It is difficult to expect Iran to renew its commitments: Falk

TEHRAN - Richard Anderson Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, says “Both Iran and the United States have rather firm positions.”

Iran to take third step on JCPOA if EU fails to act: Rounahi to Macron

TEHRAN– In a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will further reduce its commitments under the JCPOA if Europe does not abide by its obligations under the deal.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

The costs of European integration to the White House

In one of his most recent statements, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the end of US and Western hegemony in the international system. The remarks come as the EU and eurozone are also facing a severe crisis of leadership.

Iranian youth will hit back at Trump’s bullying, Macron’s deceit: ex-nuclear negotiator

TEHRAN – Former chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili says Donald Trump’s bullying and Emanuel Macron’s deception will be responded to by the Iranian youth’s national faith.

Iran to take 3rd nuclear step on September 6: FM

TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign minister has said the country will begin suspending more of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers on September 6.

There will be no bilateral talks with U.S.: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that there will be no bilateral talks with U.S.

No change in Iran-U.S. relations without removal of sanctions: Rouhani

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that there will be no change in Iran-U.S. relations without removal of all sanctions and change of the wrong path that Washington have taken.

Zarif’s trip to France not related to G7: spokesman

TEHRAN – Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that the Iranian foreign minister’s trip to France was not related to the G7 summit and was carried out due to a request from the French side.

Macron gets G7 nod over plan to defuse tensions with Iran

TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that G7 leaders had agreed to a joint action on Iran with the aim of defusing tensions and opening a new negotiation with Tehran.

Zarif pays surprise visit to France

TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Biarritz, France, where the G7 leaders were meeting.

By Martin Love

Iran is wooing and winning sympathizers, the U.S. is not

NORTH CAROLINA - France’s Macron allegedly want to defuse tensions between Iran and hostile Westerners and maybe even Zionists at the upcoming G-7 meeting, but this Frank, Macron, cannot even effectively address protests on the streets of Paris and elsewhere in France except with police violence, so one cannot expect much, and anyway, it seems that many “leaders” cannot or won’t say what the U.S. and its Military Industrial Complex are really all about, and neither can the Western mainstream media.