MNA France has expressed hope that the long-awaited European mechanism, INSTEX, to shield Irans trade from US sanctions will be implemented in the coming days. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday he hoped the first transaction under INSTEX will be conducted in a few days, Reuters reported. "This first transaction will ...

Reuters - European powers are facing huge pressure from the United States to drop its proposed trade channel with Iran and it will also not succumb to ultimatums from Tehran, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. Britain, France and Germany, which signed a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran along with the United States, China and Russia,...

Reuters - Europe will not succumb to ultimatums from Iran, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Paris on Tuesday. I do not think that Europe will get drawn into this idea of an ultimatum, Le Maire told reporters. Le Maire said Europeans were facing extremely strong pressure from the United States regarding trade with Iran, and that threats ...

Express.co.uk - A SENIOR French government Ministerhas claimed Europe won't allow the US to become trade policeman of the world in a dramatic outburst as he argued Europe should defy President Trump over Iran sanctions. The comments were made by Bruno Le Maire, French economy minister, during an interview with the Financial Times. He ...

Sputnik - Earlier, a number of EU countries released a joint statement pointing out their determination to continue working in collaboration with Russia, China and other states to effectively maintain financial contacts with Iran, irrespective of US-imposed limitations. A response toUS-initiated unilateral sanctions should consist ofmeasures ...

Press TV - France says the European Union must use the ongoing row with the US over the Iran nuclear deal as a chance to increase the bloc's financial autonomy and stop following Washingtons lead in its trade relations with the world. I am convinced that the outcome of that crisis with Iran will be the chance for Europe to have its own independent ...

Bloomberg - Germany and France said theyre working on financing solutions to sidestep U.S. sanctions against countries such as Iran, including a possible role for central banks. The discussions, which also involve the U.K., are a signal that European powers are trying to get serious about demonstrating a greater level of independence from the U....

Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: In arecent interview, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire expressed optimism for the delivery of eight ATR turboprops to Iran as part of a contract with Iran Air, the countrys national airline. The encouraging comments come after Le Maire disclosed two weeks ago that the United Stateshad rejecteda ...

Reuters - The French minister Economy and Finance said Tuesday have "good hope" that ATR gets permission from the United States to deliver eight regional planes to Iran before August 6 despite the sanctions inflicted on Tehran. "I am confident that the United States is giving us authorization to deliver these ATRs, "said Bruno Le Maire, interviewed ...

Press TV - France says the US has rejected its request to exempt French companies from sanctions that Washington plans to impose against Iran. French Finance MinisterBruno Le Maire was quoted by media as saying that the US Treasury Department had officially informed Paris that no exemptions would be given to French enterprises for dealing with ...

Press TV- France says a joint request by Europes three largest economies from the US to exempt their companies from sanctions for doing business with Iran has gone unanswered. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said his country as well as Germany and Britain have not received positive signs from Washington. For the moment, our requests remain ...

Sputnik - France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has stated that the lion's share of French firms "will not be able to stay" in Iran in the face of potential secondary sanctions by the US. The Finance Minister told RMC onTuesday that "most" French companies "will not be able" stay inIran, afterthe United States decided toreinstate sanctions ...

Reuters - France is looking to see if the European Union could compensate European companies that might be facing sanctions by the United States for doing business with Iran, said French finance minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday. Le Maire referred to EU rules going back to 1996 which he said could allow the EU to intervene in this manner to protect ...

AP | Angela Charlton: France urged Europeans to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump over the Iran nuclear deal and not act as vassals, as the region scrambles to save the 2015 accord and billions of dollars in trade. Arguing the nuclear deal wasnt tough enough on Iran, Trumps government is now re-imposing sanctions, and any companies or governments ...

The Guardian |Patrick Wintour:Europe is prepared to introduce measures to nullify the effect of Donald Trump imposing sanctions on any non-US firm that continues to do business with Iran, the French government has said. The warning from the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, suggests Trumps proposals to corral Europe into joiningUS foreign ...

Press TV- France says it remains determined to expand economic bonds with Iran even in the face of recent US threats against a landmark deal that helped resolve disputes over the countrys nuclear energy program in 2015. Irans media quoted Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, as telling his Iranian counterpart Masoud Karbasian in New ...