Nuclear Deal

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.
2018-09-20 19:40
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.
2018-09-17 17:58
Iranian nuclear chief departs for Vienna to attend IAEA conference

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi left Tehran for Vienna this afternoon to attend the 62th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference.
2018-09-16 19:26
Energy security analyst:

Turkey to continue Iran gas exports despite US sanctions

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Omid Shokri Kalehsar, a senior energy security analyst, told Mehr News that Turkey will continue to import natural gas from Iran despite US’ sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector.
2018-09-16 09:09
By: Mohammad Homaeefar

Bolton attack on ICC: A legal suicide by US

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – On Sept. 10, John Bolton, the national security adviser to Donald Trump, made a harsh attack against the International Court of Justice (ICC), calling it “illegitimate” and a body that it is “dead” for the US.
2018-09-15 19:00
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.
2018-09-15 14:51
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.
2018-09-14 13:54
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.
2018-09-10 19:38
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.
2018-09-10 18:46
Nuclear chief:

Iran inaugurates highly advanced centrifuge hall

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – The head of Iran’s nuclear agency Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Sun. the inauguration of an advanced centrifuge hall that has come on stream upon the directive of Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
2018-09-10 00:14
Iran’s Leader calls for Russia’s coop. in containing US

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei called for Russia’s cooperation in containing US, saying that US is a threat against humanity and the possibility to contain it exists.
2018-09-07 23:10
Rouhani to Putin:

Trust between Iran, Russia to expand coop. 'unprecedented'

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of Tehran summit on Syria settlement, President Rouhani said the level of trust between the two sides for cementing bilateral, regional, and intl. ties is "unprecedented".
2018-09-07 22:32
Iran calls for EU’s practical measures toward JCPOA

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Vice-president of Inter-Parliamentary Union, Kazem Jalali, said Iran expects European countries to take serious, practical, and tangible measures to ensure the efficacy of the Iran nuclear deal after US withdrawal.
2018-09-06 13:47
AEOI spox:

Iran nuclear activities to continue at most advanced level

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – The Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi says that if Iran leaves the nuclear deal one day, it will pursue its nuclear activities at the most advanced level.
2018-09-05 23:39
Trump’s big challenges in re-imposing new sanctions on Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump has faced big challenges in re-imposition of sanctions against Iran such as lack of support from its allies and modern financial technologies, the issue of which causes new US sanctions to be not as effective as the previous batch of sanctions imposed on Iran.
2018-09-04 19:24
EU's help to Iran "not serious": American professor

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, told MNA that that “Europe wants to keep Iran committed to JCPOA, and thus makes some vague promises, but it is not willing to give Iran serious help.”
2018-09-04 15:05
EU has so far failed to ensure Iran’s benefits from JCPOA: Kharrazi

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – The Head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal have so far failed to take the necessary measures to ensure Iran’s benefits from the agreement.
2018-09-03 11:37
Chomsky:

Europe able but unwilling to resist US sanctions on Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – In an exclusive interview with Mehr News, the renowned U.S. academic Noam Chomsky says Europe is able to resist US sanctions on Iran, but will probably be unwilling to do so.
2018-09-02 16:11
Zarif appears before Parl. to answer lawmakers' questions

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamamd Javad Zarif is attending a Parliament’s open session today to answer lawmakers’ questions on nuclear deal talks, among other issues.
2018-09-02 11:34
Larijani:

Iran doubtful about EU’s efficacy against US sanctions

TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Sat. that Iran agreed to stay in the nuclear deal after US pullout, but has its doubts about the efficacy of Europe’s counter-measures against US sanctions.
2018-09-01 10:52
Iran-UK new round of talks to kick off Sat.

TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Iran and UK will begin a fresh round of bilateral talks in Tehran from September 1, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
2018-09-01 09:23
Honoring JCPOA is not Iran’s only option: Zarif

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Thu. shortly after the IAEA report on Iran’s full compliance with the JCPOA that honoring the deal is not Iran’s only option.
2018-08-31 10:04
IAEA report:

IAEA report reaffirms Iran's compliance with N-deal

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Iran has remained committed to JCPOA, despite US illegal withdrawal from the historic accord.
2018-08-30 18:22
Former IAEA official:

JCPOA without US doesn't technologically benefit Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director general for safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Mehr News that the remaining participants of Iran nuclear deal will have"substantial difficulties in providing all technologies and equipment agreed.”
2018-08-28 14:57
JCPOA brought achievements for Iran that will never die: Pres. Rouhani

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said JCPOA was signed to prove that Iran’s nuclear deal, previously assumed to be non-peaceful based on lies and the wrong accusations, is entirely peaceful, adding "in the JCPOA, we made achievements that will never die."
2018-08-28 10:28
Rouhani to Macron:

Signatories should boost efforts, transparency for saving JCPOA

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Presidents of Iran and France had a phone call and discussed bilateral, regional and international issues, stressing that they will make their best to further cement Tehran-Paris relations.
2018-08-27 17:48
Top US banks won’t commit to ending Iranian financial access: report

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Two top American financial institutions would not commit to cutting Iranian access to international financial markets as part of Trump's anti-Iran campaign, the Washington Free Beacon reported on Friday.
2018-08-25 09:43
EU’s €18 mn aid irrelevant to JCPOA package: Ghasemi

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said that the €18 million package to support Iran by the European Commission is different from the EU package of measures to counter US sanctions on Iran.
2018-08-24 11:29
EU can offset Trump’s anti-Iran policies: FM spox

TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said EU’s link to US can help the bloc offset Donald Trump’s policies to some degrees by introducing the US president to today’s realities of Iran and the Middle East.
2018-08-23 17:17
European Commission adopts support package for Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – The European Commission today adopted a first package of €18 million for projects in support of sustainable economic and social development in Iran, including €8 million assistance to the private sector.
2018-08-23 15:25