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EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas addresses the media in Brussels on March 16, 2026. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
March 17, 2026, 2:49 pm
EU foreign policy chief says bloc working with Mideast nations to find end to Iran war
Would be ‘in the interest of everybody’ for US, Israel to cease conflict now, says Kallas, floating possible solution to resolve Strait of Hormuz blockage
By Andrew Gray
Belgian police conduct their investigation outside a synagogue that was his by a blast overnight in Liege, Belgium, March 9, 2026. (John Thys/AFP)
March 12, 2026, 11:45 pm
As Mideast war rages, fear rises in Europe of Iran-orchestrated terror attacks
After string of Tehran-linked bombings and shootings rock US, Belgium and Norway, worries mount over regime’s potential to leverage terror as a foreign policy tool
By AFP and ToI Staff
Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026.(ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 7, 2026, 12:50 pm
Israel pounds Iran missile sites, airport as Tehran fires back repeated salvos, threatens Europe
More than 80 jets drop 230 bombs on Iranian targets as Tehran fires additional missiles at Israel, expands attacks across the Gulf and warns Europe nations against joining war
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
This photograph shows portrait placards of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens detained in Iran, set up on a fence of the French National Assembly, in Paris on October 6, 2025. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
October 16, 2025, 8:04 pm
French couple held as prisoners in Iran ‘at the end of their tether,’ relative says
Paris decries ‘completely unfounded’ espionage charges against French citizens Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, jailed in Iran for over three years
By Agencies
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025. (AP/Eraldo Peres)
September 19, 2025, 2:45 pm
Ahead of UN vote on sanctions, Iran claims it made ‘fair’ proposal to avert snapback
Deputy foreign minister says move is ‘politically biased and politically motivated’ and a ‘misuse of mechanism’ in 2015 deal
By AFP and Reuters
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the Iranian Consulate, where Iranian diplomats meet counterparts from Germany, Britain and France for renewed nuclear talks, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 25, 2025. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
September 17, 2025, 11:59 pm
Talks between Iran, European nations on nuclear program said to make little progress
Diplomats express doubts that any agreement will be reached to stave off reimposition of snapback sanctions on Tehran before end-of-month deadline
By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi
A billboard bearing a painting of a missile falling on Israel with a Farsi slogan reading 'The missile has fallen amidst the demons,' July 16, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
July 18, 2025, 3:09 pm
Europe warns Iran of sanctions unless ‘verifiable and lasting’ nuclear deal reached
UK, France and Germany tell Tehran deadline for ‘concrete progress’ on new agreement is end of summer, otherwise it will face major ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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
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