JCPOA

By: Hanif Ghaffari

Europe’s support of Iran’s JCPOA: Actions speak louder than words

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Iran is calling for keeping the European countries in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action formally known as JCPOA, including Germany, to save it, without the participation of the United States. But the Germans are reluctant to continue to cooperate with Iran due to US secondary sanctions.

Rouhani vows retaliation for Ahvaz terror attack before departing for NY  

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic will not forgive the terrorist attack on a military parade in Ahvaz, which killed 25 people and injured dozens others.

Confidence evolves from implementation of agreements like JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that mutual trust is not a prerequisite for engagement or conflict resolution.

Romania backs JCPOA wholeheartedly: Romanian FM

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – In his meeting with outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Romania in Bucharest Hamid Moayyer, Romanian foreign minister placed special emphasis on his country’s support for EU positions with regard to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and said, “Romania backs JCPOA wholeheartedly.”

MP urges Pre. Rouhani to outline US violation of JCPOA in UNGA

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – Member of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naghavi Hosseini called on President Hassan Rouhani to describe US violation of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in his upcoming visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly.

Zarif slams calling JCPOA ‘a personal agreement’ as shameful

TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the US special envoy for Iran Brian Hook for calling the JCPOA ‘a personal agreement’, stressing that the nuclear deal is an international treaty approved by UNSC.

Russia says Iran has 'sovereign right' to develop missile program

MOSCOW, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has told Sputnik that the development of the Iranian missile program is Tehran's sovereign right.

Salehi:

Iran expects UK to play influential role in re-building Arak heavy-water reactor

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that Iran expects the United Kingdom to serve a crucial role in the rebuilding project of Arak heavy-water reactor.

US withdrawal from JCPOA was irresponsible: Iran nuclear chief

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi has described the US pullout of the JCPOA as ‘irresponsible’ act , calling on the EU to implement its commitments.

Amano reiterates Iran’s compliance with JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on Monday.

AEOI Spox:

Salehi to discuss Iran’s expectations of JCPOA signatories

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – The Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said that AEOI head Salehi will bring up Iran’s expectations of remaining signatories of JCPOA after the US withdrawal.

British Airways to end London-Tehran flights on Sep. 22

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – British Airways has announced it will stop London-Tehran direct flights on September 22.

Former FM hopes EU package of proposals ensure Iran's rights

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on the sidelines of his visit to the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) on Sat. that he hopes that EU's package of proposals would guarantee Iran’s rights defined in the JCPOA.

FM Zarif:

Iran to mull over talks only if US returns to nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif told Der Spiegel that it would be possible to think about holding talks with US only if the Western country returned to the Iran nuclear deal from which it withdrew back in May.

Iranian, S Korean MPs call for expansion of ties regardless of US pressures

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – In a Saturday meeting, Asadollah Abbasi, the president of Iran-South Korea parliamentary friendship group, and Kang Seok-ho, a senior member of the South Korean National Assembly, said that bilateral relations must not be affected by US pressures.

Iran, China to counter challenges with coop.

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Song Tao, the Head of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China, said that Iran and China can develop cooperation to jointly counter challenges.

Iranian nuclear deal signatories to meet in New York on Sep. 24

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Participants of the nuclear deal with Iran (Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Iran) will hold a ministerial meeting on September 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, TASS said.

EU ambassadors to Tehran to go to Parliament national security commission

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – EU countries’ ambassadors to Tehran will go to Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in the next Iranian month of Mehr, broke it Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the Chairman of the Commission on Thursday.

South Korea seeking ways to continue trade transactions with Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea said his country is looking for ways to continue economic transactions and joint investment with Iran in the face of US sanctions.

Kharrazi:

Iran expects EU to take practical steps over JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said that Islamic Republic of Iran expects European Union (EU) to take more practical measures in the field of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Larijani:

Regional security threatened if Iran had not confronted ISIL

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that if the Islamic Republic of Iran had not acted astutely against ISIL, they would have further undermined the security of the region.

Iran’s nuclear chief:

Pulling out of deal puts Trump ‘on the loser’s side’

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s nuclear chief told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he hopes the Nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers survives, but warns the program will be in a stronger position than ever if not.

Larijani:

Enemies after fomenting disappointment in Iran via pressures

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Underlining that Iran nuclear deal was signed to ease the pressure on Iranian nation, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Mon. that the enemy is now trying to disappoint Iranian nation through growing pressures on them.

IAEA confirms Iran's continued compliance with JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Tehran continues to fulfill the obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with respect to its nuclear program, said the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano.

Health min.:

US scaring pharmaceutical firms away from doing business with Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Health Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi said that the United States's secondary sanctions have scared all companies and banks away from doing business with Iran, and pharmaceutical firms are no exception.

Iran, Russia deputy FMs confer on JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – The deputy foreign ministers of Iran and Russia Abbas Araghchi and Sergey Rybakov met in Tehran today to discuss the JCPOA and stress continued bilateral consultations in that regard.