European leaders said Monday that they were working to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran despite renewed U.S. sanctions against Tehran. Sanctions by the U.S. were set to come back into force on Monday, as a consequence of Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the deal. In a joint statement, the European guarantors of the Iran nuclear accord, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), made clear they were actively working to thwart the U.S. sanctions. “We deeply regret the re-imposition of sanctions by the U.S., due to the latter’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Federica Mogherini, said in the statement, also signed by the foreign ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian of France, Heiko Maas of Germany, and Jeremy Hunt of the United Kingdom. “The JCPOA is working and delivering on its goal, namely to ensure that the Iranian program remains exclusively peaceful, … [Read more...] about Europe vows to fight for Iran deal as US renews sanctions
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Netanyahu Brags He Convinced Trump to Scrap Iran Deal (VIDEO)
The video, filmed in early July but only aired by Israeli public broadcaster Kan on Tuesday, shows Netanyahu speaking to senior members of his Likud party and some prominent activists. — כאן חדשות (@kann_news) July 17, 2018 © Screenshot / YouTube / כאן חדשות - תאגיד השידור הישראליLeaked Video: IDF General Warns Iran Is Preparing to Attack Israel from Syria The revelation of Israel's role in the US reneging on the deal comes as no surprise to many. On April 30, just over one week before Trump's decision deadline, Netanyahu gave a high-profile presentation, with props and a backdrop of Powerpoint slides to boot, claiming to have evidence of Iran's secret development of a nuclear … [Read more...] about Netanyahu Brags He Convinced Trump to Scrap Iran Deal (VIDEO)
Russian pranksters discuss Iran deal, Nagorno-Karabakh with EU’s Juncker, Mogherini
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini were both tricked into believing they were discussing policy with the Armenian prime minister in recent phone calls by Russian pranksters, a report by Euronews says. In May, both Juncker and Mogherini participated in 10 and 12 minutes calls, respectively, days after Nikol Pashinian was sworn in as Armenia's premier. They were actually speaking with Alexey Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, however, raising concerns of security breaches as the leaders discussed international politics. On May 9, Juncker took part in a conversation about U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. "This is a major concern for us and for me personally because I do think that this is a major mistake, the one that Trump had made yesterday night," Juncker told Stolyarov. "We as Europeans, we are sticking to the Iran deal. France, Germany, Britain, others, including the European … [Read more...] about Russian pranksters discuss Iran deal, Nagorno-Karabakh with EU’s Juncker, Mogherini
Trump: Iran deal is good for Russia, but it wasn’t good for US
Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to preserve the Iranian nuclear deal, as it is good for Russia, the US President Donald Trump told Fox News. His remark came after the US-RUssia summit in Helsinki on Monday. On the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump pulled the US out of, he said Putin "probably would have liked to keep the deal in place", but that it wasn't good for America, the Telegraph reported. As reported earlier, Trump voiced his decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal and re-impose sanction on Iran. Armenia News - NEWS.am ! This text available in Հայերեն and Русский Print … [Read more...] about Trump: Iran deal is good for Russia, but it wasn’t good for US
EU gambit to use European Investment Bank funds to shore up Iran deal is ‘purely symbolic’
A gambit by Brussels to use European Investment Bank funding to shore up the Iran nuclear deal is purely symbolic, EU officials have admitted, amid fears that US sanctions could push the multilateral lender into default. President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the landmark accord - which saw sanctions against Tehran lifted in return for curbs on its nuclear programme - in May. Washington has since told countries they must stop buying the OPEC producer's oil from November 4 or face financial consequences. The other signatories — Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia — have vowed to stay in the deal but appear powerless to stop their companies pulling out of Iran for fear of US penalties. Such secondary sanctions could hit European businesses and shut the European Investment Bank (EIB) out of dollar markets, forcing it to default on payments. The European Commission trumpeted EIB support for EU investment in Iran as a reason for Tehran to abide by the nuclear deal. … [Read more...] about EU gambit to use European Investment Bank funds to shore up Iran deal is ‘purely symbolic’