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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

EU-Iran relations

An Iranian technician works at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities, February 3, 2007. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
November 29, 2024, 9:30 am
Iran, European countries set to hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump’s return to office
Negotiatiors said aiming to build momentum before expected resumption of US president-elect’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy; Netanyahu pledges to do ‘everything’ to keep Tehran from bomb
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Screen capture from undated video showing a test launch of Iran's Kheibar ballistic missile. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 9, 2024, 4:33 pm
Iran denies reports of missile transfer to Russia; Moscow doesn’t explicitly deny
Senior Revolutionary Guards commander says NY Times and CNN reports on supplies are ‘psychological warfare’; EU says it has intelligence, threatens further sanctions if confirmed
By Agencies
Abbas Araghchi attends a parliament session in the capital Tehran, on August 17, 2024, as Iran's president defends his cabinet selection. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 23, 2024, 1:35 pm
Iran’s new FM urges dialogue with EU, claims ‘right’ to retaliate for Haniyeh killing
Ex-nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi speaks with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and his counterparts from France, UK; calls for ‘punishing’ Israel in phone call with them
By Agencies
Newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 13, 2024, 12:30 pm
Iranian president-elect calls for improved relations with Europe
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian claims EU reneged on commitments to mitigate sanctions following US withdrawal from nuclear deal, but he is looking to turn a page in relations
By AFP
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell rings a bell to signify the start of a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/ Virginia Mayo)
May 20, 2024, 10:35 pm
US offers condolences over Iran chopper crash, blasts Raisi’s human rights record
German MP calls EU leaders’ condolence message a ‘mockery of brave fighters for human rights in Iran’; Swedish MEP: ‘Look the brave women and freedom fighters of Iran in the eye’
By Jacob Magid and AFP
European Parliament members attend the last session before the upcoming European elections, Thursday April 25, 2024 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
April 25, 2024, 8:25 pm
EU Parliament strongly condemns Iran over attacks on Israel, calls for sanctions
Resolution adopted in vote of 357-20 demands Revolutionary Guards, entirety of Hezbollah to be included on terror list; FM Katz hails ‘diplomatic success and another blow to Iran’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors (2nd and 3rd left) and Iranian technicians at the Natanz nuclear power plant, south of Tehran, on January 20, 2014. (Kazem Ghane/IRNA/AFP/File)
September 17, 2023, 6:26 pm
‘Highly concerned’ EU urges Iran to reaccredit inspectors barred from nuclear sites
European bloc says it’s ‘particularly worrying’ that the move will hamper the UN watchdog’s ability to monitor Iran’s nuclear program
By AFP
Protesters wave the Lion and Sun flag as they take part in a protest in front of the Iranian consulate in Frankfurt am Main, on December 16, 2022. (Daniel Roland/AFP)
January 25, 2023, 4:06 pm
Iran slaps fresh sanctions on EU, UK, in tit-for-tat move
Tehran blocks access to its banks, issues travel bans after Western nations penalize regime for crackdown on protests
By AFP
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels on January 23, 2023. (Virginia Mayo/AP)
January 23, 2023, 2:45 pm
EU backs down from adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to terror listing
Foreign policy chief Borrell says move can only be made if a member country first passes a ruling condemning IRGC for terrorist acts
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian police arrive to disperse a protest to mark 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2022. (Frame grab from video taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran/AP Photo)
January 20, 2023, 6:24 pm
EU to expand sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown but no decision yet on IRGC
Bloc still deliberating whether to list Revolutionary Guards as a terror group, which official calls ‘not a good idea because it prevents you from going ahead in other issues’
By AFP
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (Stringer/AFP)
January 18, 2023, 11:08 pm
European Parliament overwhelmingly backs terror blacklisting for Iran’s IRGC
Vote urging Brussels to sanction unit draws praise from Jerusalem, as Europe’s position on Tehran hardens against backdrop of protest crackdown, drone transfers to Russia
By AFP
Composite image showing Mohammad Karami (right) and Mohammad Hosseini, executed in Iran for allegedly killing a Basij paramilitary member during a demonstration in the city of Karaj in November 2022. (Twitter photo screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 7, 2023, 7:35 pm
US condemns in ‘strongest terms’ Iran’s latest executions of protesters
State Department spokesman says Tehran held ‘sham trials’ for Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini; EU says it’s ‘appalled’
By ToI Staff and AFP
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, speaks with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky at a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, December 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
December 12, 2022, 10:29 pm
EU slaps sanctions on Iranian officials over protest crackdown, Russia drone sales
The bloc’s foreign ministers target 20 individuals including clerics and top state media employees, banning them from traveling to Europe, freezing their assets
By LORNE COOK
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a press conference on October 31, 2022 in Berlin.(Carsten Koall/AFP)
October 31, 2022, 5:59 pm
Germany’s Scholz: EU weighing further sanctions on Iran for crackdown on protests
Chancellor decries ‘excessive violence of the security forces,’ day after his foreign minister said bloc is considering labeling the Revolutionary Guards a terror group
By AFP
Iranians protest the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (This photo was taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran)
October 30, 2022, 11:49 pm
EU considering listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terror group, says Berlin
As Tehran continues to crack down on demonstrations, German foreign minister says European Union ‘examining how we can list’ IRGC as terror organization
By AFP and ToI Staff
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