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Iran, E3 agree to resume talks on lifting sanctions

Exclusive: EU ‘continues to be in regular touch with Iran’

A European Union (EU) spokesperson tells IRNA that the body is in regular contact with Iran with regard to a 2015 deal between Tehran and major powers.

UNSC members call for diplomacy with Iran, talks on JCPOA

New York, IRNA – The UN Security Council (UNSC) periodic meeting to review Resolution 2231 and the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) saw representatives of several countries stressing the need for diplomacy and efforts to implement the hard-fought 2015 agreement.

Tehran rebukes European Parliament resolution on status of women's rights in Iran

Tehran, IRNA – Director General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Human Rights and Women’s Affairs Department Marzieh Afkham has criticized a recent resolution by the European Parliament on the status of women in the Islamic Republic, slamming it as interventionist and completely politically charged.

Iranian expats urged to stay away from protest scenes in Georgian capital

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s embassy in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, has issued a statement urging Iranian expatriates to refrain from approaching protest rallies in the city.

All EU members must fulfill obligation to carry out arrest warrant for Netanyahu: Spokesman

Tehran, IRNA — A spokesman for the European Union reiterated that all countries within the EU must fulfill the obligation to enforce the arrest warrant against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former war minister Yoav Gallant, media outlets have reported.

Gharibabadi urges EU to abandon irresponsible behavior toward int’l matters

Tehran, IRNA - Iran’s Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has emphasized that the European Union (EU) should abandon its self-centered and irresponsible behavior towards issues and challenges of this continent and international matters.

Deputy FMs of EU, Iran to hold talks in Geneva

London, IRNA – Enrique Mora, the deputy secretary general of the European External Action Service (EEAS) will meet with ran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi to hold talks on a wide range of issues this week, a senior EU spokesman told IRNA.

EU spokesman hopes for resumption of nuclear talks with Iran

Tehran, IRNA—The European Union's Lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy has expressed hope that the bloc's nuclear diplomacy with Iran will soon resume.

Borrell says ICC arrest warrants binding, ‘Mideast ceasefire essential’

Tehran, IRNA – EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has said that arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Israeli prime minister and his former war minister are binding, while renewing calls for a ceasefire in West Asia.

EU Troika poisition condemned by IAEA Core Group

London, IRNA - The so-called Core Group countries issued a joint statement in the IAEA Board of Governors on Thursday, condemning the resolution proposed by three European countries, the UK, France and Germany, against Iran's peaceful nuclear program, and as an example of the abuse of the decision-making process in the International Atomic Energy Agency and emphasized the need to support the continuation of an interactive approach with Iran to resolve the remaining safeguards issues.

Iranian envoy: Unilateral sanctions violate international law, harm ordinary people

London, IRNA – Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Ali Bahreini has condemned unilateral sanctions as a blatant violation of international law, and called for greater public awareness, particularly in Western countries, about the harmful impacts of such measures.

Araghchi: Contradictory behavior of EU, UK reveals their abdication of responsibility towards human rights

Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pointed to the embargo on Iran's airlines and shipping lines without providing any documents and proofs and emphasized that the contradictory behavior of the European Union and the United Kingdom reveals their double standards and abdication of responsibility for human rights.

Iran makes appropriate decisions against EU, UK sanctions: Top diplomat

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has made appropriate decisions in response to the “illegal” and “unjustified” sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain against the country, according to a top diplomat.

Iran slams EU, UK sanctions as ‘systematic’ human rights violations

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has denounced the latest round of sanctions imposed against the country by the European Union and the UK, saying banning Iran’s civil aviation and shipping industry is a blatant example of systematic human rights violations.

Iran condemns European sanctions on shipping lines

London, IRNA - Ali Akbar Safaei, the Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and managing director of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), has condemned the sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom and the European Union on Iran's shipping lines.

EU imposes sanctions on Iran’s shipping lines

London, IRNA - The European Union has imposed sanctions on Iran’s shipping lines and its director over claims they have been involved in the supply of weapons to Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

EU behavior toward Iran has no legal, logical or moral basis: FM

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has slammed reported plans by the European Union (EU) to impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) over its alleged role in supplying weapons to Russia amid the war in Ukraine.

Envoy underlines developing Iran-EU constructive ties

Tehran, IRNA—Iran's ambassador in the European Union said that it is necessary to try to establish constructive, stable, and meaningful relations between Iran and the European Union based on mutual respect and interests.

Yerevan attaches importance to Iran’s interests: Armenia official

Tehran,  IRNA — Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan has reassured Iranian officials that Armenia’s cooperation with the European Union will never compromise the security or interests of Iran.

Araghchi urges EU to immediately reverse ‘immoral’ Iran Air ban

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged the European Union to immediately reverse its “immoral” decision of banning Iran’s national airline based on “unfounded” allegations of delivering missiles to Russia.

Iranians expats in Europe sign petition against EU's sanctions on Iran Air

London, IRNA - Iranian expatriates in Europe, by launching an electronic petition, expressed their protest against the embargo of "Iran Air" airline company by the European Union and the British government.

EU should correct its position on three Iranian islands: Iran's academics

Tehran, IRNA - Iran's Islamic Association of University Teachers condemned the recent statement of the European Union about the three Iranian islands of Abu Mousa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb and stressed that it is necessary for the leaders of the European Union to correct their position as soon as possible regarding the three always Iranian islands.

European Union condemns Israel's UNRWA law

London, IRNA - The EU foreign policy chief in a statement on behalf of 27 member states of the Union condemned the resolution of the Zionist Parliament (Knesset) on banning the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), and said that the activities of the international institution should continue.

EU condemns Israeli massacre of Gazans in Beit Lahia

London, IRNA – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned the barbaric attacks of the Zionist regime on a residential complex in Beit Lahia neighborhood of the northern Gaza Strip.

EU merely stands for hypocrisy: Iran FM

Tehran, IRNA - Addressing the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said "do you have any opinion regarding the adoption of measures by the European Union to support the families of those who were killed by Jamshid Sharmahd? If you do not have an answer, it should be said that Europe is only a symbol of hypocrisy".

Iran says EU is violating citizens' rights with airline sanctions

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Human Rights Secretary has condemned the EU’s recent sanctions on three Iranian passenger airlines, calling them a violation of international law and an infringement on Iranian citizens’ rights.

Ex-UK official says shocked by West’s double standards on Israel aggression against Iran

London, IRNA – Chris Williamson, an ex-Labor MP of the UK, says that the reaction the Western leaders made to recent Israel’s aggression against Iran was a clear symbol of a double-standard approach, and it was shocking.

EU stance on Zionist regime’s attack against Iran rapped

London, IRNA - The Iranian Embassy in Brussels harshly reacted to a passive statement by the European Union over the Zionist regime’s aggression against Iran, saying the 27-nation bloc preferred its own interests to international laws.

EU mulls putting IRGC on blacklist: Spox

London, IRNA - The lead spokesperson for the external affairs of the European Union, Peter Stano, has stated that consultations are still ongoing regarding the designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on the list of so-called "terrorist organizations".