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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is also a senior nuclear negotiator, speaks with media in his press conference in Tehran, Iran, on January 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 29, 2019, 8:39 am
Iran ready for dialogue with Gulf states, its deputy FM says
Abbas Araghchi meets with his Qatari counterpart in Doha, expresses readiness for talks on stability and security of the region
By Stuart Winer
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transports cargo from the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment-at-sea operation in the Arabian Sea, May 19, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darion Chanelle Triplett/U.S. Navy via AP)
May 23, 2019, 5:25 pm
Senior German diplomat in Tehran hoping to salvage nuclear deal
Fearing ‘real risk of escalation,’ Berlin sends envoy after Iran warns that Germany, France, Britain, China, Russia have 2 months to develop plan to block US sanctions
By David Rising
Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, April, 9, 2007. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/ AP/File)
May 7, 2019, 9:04 pm
Iran to announce reduced commitment to nuclear deal, may restart enrichment
French diplomat says Europe could reimpose sanctions if Iran pulls out of deal as Tehran hints at retaliatory actions on anniversary of US leaving pact
By Agencies and Stuart Winer
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is also a senior nuclear negotiator, speaks with media in his press conference in Tehran, Iran, on January 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 31, 2019, 7:32 pm
Iran welcomes EU trade mechanism meant to skirt sanctions as ‘first step’
Iranian deputy FM calls on Europeans to honor commitments made to Tehran under deal meant to curb its nuclear program
By AFP
Abbas Araghchi (C), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator arrives at the Austria Center Vienna after another rounds of talks between the EU 5+1 on May 16, 2014 in Vienna. (photo credit: AFP/DIETER NAGL/file)
September 29, 2018, 7:18 pm
Iran says it expects EU to set up mechanism to bypass US sanctions by November
Since Trump’s pullout from nuclear accord, European countries have begun working on payment system to allow oil companies and businesses to continue trading with Tehran
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iranian nuclear negotiator and deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. (YouTube screen capture/Channel 4 News)
June 10, 2018, 4:18 pm
Iran postpones debate on joining UN convention on terror financing
Fearing that move will harm its ties with terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Tehran approves delay to see whether nuke deal survives
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at a session of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25, 2018, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
May 25, 2018, 7:29 pm
Putin: Collapse of Iran deal could hurt Israel’s security
As Iranians meet with signatories in Vienna in effort to save ‘dying’ accord, Russian leader warns drastic shifts in US policy endanger global stability
By Agencies
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds talks with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on May 13, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Thomas Peter)
May 14, 2018, 11:30 am
Iran FM in Moscow as Russia moves to save nuclear deal
Putin seeking to boost role as Middle East power player, after intervening on behalf of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria
By AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds talks with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on May 13, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Thomas Peter)
May 13, 2018, 9:44 pm
Iran official says Europe has 60 days to give nuclear ‘guarantees’
Deputy foreign minister warns Europeans must ‘safeguard Iranian interests and compensate’ for US withdrawal from 2015 accord
By AFP
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his German counterpart Heiko Maas enter a hall during a meeting in Moscow on May 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Yuri KADOBNOV)
May 10, 2018, 8:20 pm
Russia and Iran will continue ‘close coordination’ on nuclear deal – Moscow
Putin expresses ‘deep concern’ over Trump’s withdrawal from 2015 accord as Lavrov works with Germany to keep JCPOA together
By AFP
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York, April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
April 30, 2018, 11:27 pm
Iran dismisses Netanyahu’s nuclear exposé as ‘childish’ and ‘ridiculous’
FM, deputy defense minister say speech on file trove relating to Tehran’s weapons program was coordinated with US in order to justify Trump nixing nuclear accord
By TOI staff and Agencies
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks to the press during a joint press conference with German Foreign Affairs Minister at The French Foreign Ministry in Paris on March 14, 2018. (AFP/Thomas Samson)
March 19, 2018, 6:57 pm
France urges EU to take stricter line on Iran to mollify Trump
Scrambling to save nuke deal, Paris says measures needed to curb Tehran’s missile development and role in destabilizing Middle East
By TOI staff
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
March 17, 2018, 5:41 pm
Iran rejects any change to nuclear deal, vows to push ahead with missile program
Facing reports EU is considering new sanctions over non-nuclear activities, top security leader warns Tehran won’t accept any ‘new measure’
By TOI staff and AFP
Abbas Araghchi (C-R), political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, and the Secretary General of the European Union External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid (C-L) along with delegates attend E3/EU+3 and Iran talks at Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria on March 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR)
March 17, 2018, 12:39 pm
Iran warns new EU sanctions will ‘directly’ affect nuclear deal
Deputy foreign minister says a ‘big mistake’ for European powers to impose punitive measures to appease Trump administration
By TOI staff and Agencies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, Britain Prime minister Theresa May, center, and French President Emmanuel Macron talk as they arrive in Brussels, on October 19, 2017. (AFP/John Thys)
March 16, 2018, 8:20 pm
EU said weighing new sanctions on Iran in effort to mollify Trump
Document circulated to European capitals suggests action against Tehran over ballistic missiles, Syria role — in order to prevent US from exiting nuclear accord
By TOI staff and Agencies
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