The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on four Iranian entities over what it alleges to be the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia in the war against Ukraine. The restrictive measures were approved by the Council of the European Union on Friday as part of the 11th package of sanctions against Moscow over Russias long-running ...

he European Union on Monday imposed fresh rounds of sanctions on Iranian officials and organizations over alleged human rights violations. The EU has so far imposed several packages of sanctions on hundreds of individuals and tens of entities over the purported gross human rights violations during the protests that sparked following the death of ...

French satellite operator Eutelsat has taken Press TV off air weeks after the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran's English-language news network. On November 14, the European Union imposed sanctions on a number of Iranian institutions and individuals, including Press TV, over alleged rights violations following the recent foreign-backed riots ...

In support of the recent riots in Iran, the European Union foreign ministers are due to impose more sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities. As the anti-Iranian and interventionist actions of the western countries continue, two EU diplomats announced thatEuropean Union foreign ministers are due to impose more sanctions includingasset bans ...

Irans Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassador of Portugal, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, in protest at the recent sanctions that the EU has imposed on several Iranian individuals. The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Carlos Costa Neves on Tuesday and expressed the country's strong protest at the EUs illegal ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has condemned the European Union for imposing sanctions on Iran at a time when Tehran and the signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal are engaged in a diplomatic process in Vienna to save the troubled agreement. Speaking after talks in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javaz Zarif, on Tuesday, Lavrov ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh here on Monday strongly condemned European Unions new sanctions against eight Iranian officials accusing them of human rights breachings. Khatibzadeh said that undoubtedly such acts by the self-claimed, phony preachers of the human rights are politically motivated. He said these people are the ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg has thrown out an Iranian banks claim for damages because of EU sanctions previously imposed on it in connection with the Iranian nuclear program. According to the court on Tuesday, the judges rejected an appeal filed by Bank Refah Kargaran against a judgment of the European Union Court of First ...

The head of the Iranian Judiciarys High Council for Human Rights has censured the Western states for pretending to be advocates of human rights while blocking Tehrans imports of medicine meant for child patients. Ali Baqeri-Kani made the remarks during a visit to a medical center for treatment of children suffering from epidermolysis bullosa or ...

Reuters - Germany, Britain and France should be ready to consider starting moves to reinstate international sanctions on Iran over breaches of its 2015 nuclear deal, Germanys foreign minister said on Monday. Europes position is vital as the United States has withdrawn from the deal and the other signatories, Russia and China, are allies of Iran ...

The Guardian|Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi - The US is threatening stability in the Middle East. Britain must support the Iran nuclear deal Not for the first time, nor certainly the last, the Gulf is a veritable tinderbox. The immediate reason for the increase in tensions is the Royal Marines seizure of an Iranian tanker that was allegedly en route ...

MNA Iranian Minister of Defense Amir Hatami has rebuked Israeli PM Netanyahu for his brazen audacity in calling on European leaders to impose snapback sanctions on Iran. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the recent remarks by the Israeli prime minister after Iran took the second step ...

IRNA - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said naturally Iran does not intend to create tension but Tehran is not biased towards nuclear deal and meeting Iranians interests is important. Speaking in a TV interview, Araqchi said the re-imposition of sanctions and re-discussing Iran nuclear program in the UN Security ...

MNA Europe would have to reimpose sanctions on Iran if Tehran reneged on parts of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a French presidency source said on Tuesday. We do not want Tehran to announce tomorrow actions that would violate the nuclear agreement, because in this case we Europeans would be obliged to reimpose sanctions as per the terms ...

Anadolu Agency - The Council of the European Union on Monday extended by one year sanctions against Iran. The sanctions were extended until 13 April 2020, according to a press release issued by the Council. The sanctions include a travel ban and an asset freeze against 82 people and one entity, and a ban on exports to Iran of equipment which ...

IRNA Dutch government in a statement titled Boosting Supervision on Students and Researchers from High-Risk Countries called for imposing new restrictions on the Iranian students. IRNA quoted Dutch governments website as saying that students from high-risk countries will be subject to further supervisions to prevent transfer of sensitive technologies ...

IRNA - Russian foreign minister calls on Europe to stop imposing sanctions because they hit people first. Its impossible to measure exactly these kinds of restrictive moves. All the same, the people are those who are hit first, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday, highlighting the consequences of sanctions in Syria, Iran and ...

MNA - Iran Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced that Germanys decision to sanction Iranian Mahan Airline is an unprofessional and justifiable measure. In a Wednesday statement, CAO condemned Germanys decision, saying that political pressure has made Berlin adopt such a measure. Iran Civil Aviation Organization assesses the decision of ...

MNA Iran intends to cut its cooperation with European countries regarding drug trafficking and migration issues, ISNA reported. Some unnamed sources have told ISNA that Irans Foreign Ministry intends to cut security cooperation with the European Union and the first phase of that relates to ties on the fight against transit of illicit ...

Sputnik - The EU has shot itself in the foot by imposing restrictions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, as it risks losing an important partner in its struggle against international terrorism, former Iranian deputy defence minister and military analyst Ali Reza Akbari told Sputnik. By introducing groundless sanctions against Iranian citizens,...