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E3 and EEAS joint statement on Iran

By on 2nd July 2019 in Politics, Security

France, Germany, the UK and the European External Action Service have issued a joint statement on the Iran nuclear deal: “The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the UK, and the High Representative are extremely concerned at Iran’s announcement that it has exceeded the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action stockpile limit for low enriched uranium. The […]

Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile Passes 300kg Limit

By on 1st July 2019 in Politics, Security

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the country’s enriched uranium stockpile has passed the 300-kilogram limit as the Islamic Republic continues to reduce its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “We have already announced that the European measures have not been enough and as the […]

Iran to Exceed Enriched Uranium Limit “in Days”

By on 18th June 2019 in Politics, Security

Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi announced on Monday that the country has accelerated uranium enrichment activities and its stockpile of enriched uranium is going to surpass a 300 kg limit within the next ten days. Speaking to reporters at the Khandab heavy water facilities at the Arak nuclear site […]

IAEA: Important for Iran to Implement JCPOA

By on 11th June 2019 in Security

Important for Iran to Implement its JCPOA Commitments, IAEA Director General Says It is essential that Iran fully implements its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told the Agency’s Board of Governors on Monday. Mr Amano noted the announcement by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on […]

INSTEX “Expected to Be Ready Soon”

By on 11th June 2019 in Finance, Industry

INSTEX -a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran- will be ready soon, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday. “This is an instrument of a new kind, so it’s not straightforward to operationalize it,” Maas told reporters in Tehran ahead of talks with […]

UK Replaces US in Redesigning Arak Reactor

By on 26th August 2018 in Security

By John Lee. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said that the US has been replaced by the UK on the working group tasked with redesigning the Arak heavy water reactor in central Iran. Ali Akbar Salehi (pictured) told IRIB that the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal has not impacted […]

EU adopts Support Package for Iran

By on 25th August 2018 in Industry, Investment

The Commission has adopted a first package of €18 million for projects in support of sustainable economic and social development in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including €8 million assistance to the private sector. Today’s projects are the first of a wider package of €50 million for Iran, aiming to support the country to address […]

Westminster Group seeks Solution to Remain in Iran

By on 31st July 2018 in Communication, Security

By John Lee. UK-based supplier of managed services and technology-based security solutions has said it is seeking a solution that would allow it to remain in the Iranian market. In a statement to the markets on Tuesday, Westminster Group said: “On the 10 May 2018 the Company announced that its major long term managed services contract […]

Beijing to Continue Trade with Tehran

By on 28th July 2018 in Industry

China’s Commerce Ministry declared on Thursday that Beijing is consistently opposed to the United States’ unilateral sanctions against Iran and intends to continue its trade cooperation with the country under its international commitments. The Chinese ministry spokesperson Gao Feng, during a briefing commented on Iran’s complaint against the United States to the International Court of […]

E3 Agrees to Replace Dollar in Iran Trade: Lavrov

By on 15th July 2018 in Finance, Industry

Russia says the three European parties to the Iran nuclear deal have agreed to continue trade ties with Tehran without the US dollar. The European parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action –Britain, France and Germany- have agreed to maintain trade with Iran independent of the US dollar, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. […]

Most French Firms ‘Unable to Stay’ in Iran

By on 19th June 2018 in Industry, Investment, Politics

Most French Firms ‘Unable to Stay’ in Iran due to US Sanctions: Minister French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that after the US imposes new sanctions on Iran most French companies would be unable to continue business in Iran because of problems over payment, also saying that the US cannot be the “planet’s economic […]

Protecting EU companies in Iran

By on 12th June 2018 in Industry, Investment, Politics, Security

Following up on the informal Leaders’ Meeting in Sofia, as well as the Commission’s announcements of 18 May, the European Commission has adopted an update of the Blocking Statute and of the European Investment Bank (EIB)‘s External Lending Mandate. These measures are meant to help protecting the interests of EU companies investing in Iran and to demonstrate the EU’s […]

Iran to Boost Uranium Enrichment Capacity

By on 8th June 2018 in Politics, Security

Iran to Boost Uranium Enrichment Capacity Following Leader’s Order: AEOI Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said the organization is starting a process to boost the country’s capacity to enrich uranium following an order by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. Kamalvandi told ISNA news agency on […]

Peugeot-Citroën to Pull Out of Iran

By on 6th June 2018 in Industry, Politics

French car maker PSA Group has said it will pull out of two joint in Iran following Washington’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. In a statement, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars said: “After signature of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on July 14th, 2015 and the lifting of international sanctions […]

How US Sanctions will impact Iranian Startups

By on 3rd June 2018 in Industry

By Alireza Ramezani for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iran Business News. On May 8, US President Donald Trump finally carried out his threat to pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran. Agreed on by Iran and six world powers back in 2015, the Joint Comprehensive […]

Iran Gas Exports “Unsanctionable”: Official

By on 30th May 2018 in Uncategorised

The CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said export and consumption of natural gas would benefit humanity, adding Iran’s gas export deals were still effective and “no one has the right to impose sanctions on them.” “Export of gas does not necessarily concern national interests, rather, human interests are hinged upon export and […]

Video: Nuclear Deal ‘in intensive care’

By on 29th May 2018 in Industry, Investment, Politics, Security

From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iran Business News. Signatories of the Iran nuclear deal meet in Vienna in a bid to save the agreement, as Iran warns the deal has been put “in intensive care” by Washington’s dramatic withdrawal earlier this month. […]