EU-Iran relations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in Varna, Bulgaria, on November 1, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

November 2, 2018, 8:18 am

PM: Iran ‘most potent force of militant Islam’; threatens Israel, Europe alike

In Bulgaria for international forum, Netanyahu says West must ‘stand together’ in countering threat to its civilization

By TOI staff and AP

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is pictured during a joint press conference with Turkish and Azeri counterparts (unssen) on October 30, 2018 in Istanbul. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)

November 1, 2018, 7:42 pm

Iran’s FM claims Israeli intelligence sabotaging nuclear deal

Zarif posts chronology purporting to link timing of Mossad tip-offs in Europe to Tehran’s efforts to salvage 2015 accord

By TOI staff

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, from left, wait for the start of prior to a bilateral meeting as part of the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, Friday, July 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

September 14, 2018, 7:33 pm

EU nations reportedly mull clearing house to avoid Iran sanctions

New financial institution would allow EU countries to trade with Iran, without money going through Tehran

By AFP

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, August 6, 2018 (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

August 25, 2018, 11:28 am

Under fire for economic hardships, Iranian president calls for unity

With even his reformist base against him, Rouhani states ‘now not the time’ to lay blame, says ‘all efforts’ being made to improve economy

By AFP and TOI staff

August 19, 2018, 4:24 pm

Iran seeking to bypass US sanctions even if Europe doesn’t maintain oil ties

Iranian FM says EU not yet willing to ‘pay the price’ for defying Washington

By TOI staff and AFP

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives an interview on August 6, 2018. (Press TV screen capture)

August 6, 2018, 9:33 pm

Rouhani: US trying to divide Iran, must remove ‘knife’ of sanctions to negotiate

Islamic Republic’s president says Tehran ‘welcomes’ talks, but Washington has shown it cannot be trusted

By TOI staff and Agencies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with newly recruited Israeli soldiers at the Tel haShomer army base on July 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 6, 2018, 7:08 pm

Jerusalem extols Trump for putting sanctions back on Iran

Netanyahu calls on skeptical Europe to follow Washington’s lead; defense minister says ‘courageous decision will be remembered for generations’

By Raphael Ahren

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani gives a speech in the city of Tabriz in the northwestern East-Azerbaijan province on April 25, 2018, (Atta Kenare/AFP)

From the WebJuly 8, 2018, 6:07 am

Iran calls for EU help as shipping giant pulls out for fear of US sanctions

Reuters: Announcement by France’s CMA CGM a blow to Islamic Republic’s bid to keep doing business with European companies

President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with officials and industrialists, at a petroleum conference in Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2018. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

July 2, 2018, 4:05 pm

Iranian president flies to Europe to rally support for nuke deal

A month after Netanyahu meets EU leaders in bid to nix pact, Rouhani embarks on trip said to be of ‘prime importance’

By AFP and TOI staff

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

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during Labor Day at a workers' meeting, April 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Iranian Supreme Leader's Website /HO)

May 24, 2018, 2:01 am

Khamenei sets terms for Tehran to remain in nuclear deal

Iranian leader says Europe must vow not to seek limits on missile program and regional actions, and must protect Islamic Republic’s economy from American sanctions

By TOI staff and Agencies

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) shakes hands with the EU's Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete as they meet in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 20, 2018. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

May 20, 2018, 7:19 pm

Iran says EU not doing enough to save nuclear deal

Zarif calls on Europe to increase investment in country to preserve pact, as adviser to Khamenei blasts Europeans for ‘dubious contradictions’

By TOI staff

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R), France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (2nd L), Germany Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (R), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Britain's Foreign Secretary arrive for a meeting of EU/E3 with Iran at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 15, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Olivier Matthys)

May 20, 2018, 8:26 am

EU, Russia, China to discuss offer of new terms to Iran — report

Powers may try to entice Tehran with financial aid in return for curbing missile program and Mideast meddling, according to German newspaper

By TOI staff and Agencies

Then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran in 2008. (AP/Iranian President's Office)

May 19, 2018, 2:41 pm

Tehran to wait for EU action before deciding on nuke deal exit

‘The ball is in the court of the EU,’ says Iran nuclear chief after meeting with EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete

By Christian SPILLMANN

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran (L), US President Donald Trump at the White House (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON)

May 8, 2018, 6:49 am

Fate of nuclear deal now in Europe’s hands, US negotiator says

With Trump expected to exit the accord in Tuesday announcement, former Obama adviser Rob Malley hopes other signatories will convince Iran to keep the agreement alive

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI