TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) The recent visit of MEP Marietje Schaake on an EU delegation to Iran has set off criticism over her rather questionable choice of clothing. On June 6, a European Parliament delegation, headed by Chairman of the European Parliaments Committee on Foreign Affairs Elmar Brok, arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit to hold talks with ...

Richard Howitt, a Member of the European Parliament, has said that the EP will open its Tehran office in 2016 after the conclusion of a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1. With talks between Iran and P5+1 entering a final phase and the two sides working against the clock to draft a final nuclear deal, a number of MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian judiciary official questioned Europe's double-standard approaches to human rights, saying that the Europeans show unreasonable sensitivity to the execution of criminals in Iran but have remained silent on the massacre of innocent people by their regional allies. "The main reason for the high rate of executions in ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs Elmar Brok downplayed the effects of the western pressures and sanctions against Tehran. During the meeting in Tehran on Sunday, Zarif elaborated on the trend of the nuclear talks with the world powers,...

Mehdi Koochakzadeh, a Tehran MP, has lashed out at Speaker Ali Larijani for what he called the indecent and strange dress of a member of the European Parliament delegation in a meeting with Iranian deputies. On his Instagram page, the principlist MP asked if officials can allow strangers who come to Iran for official meetings to ridicule Islamic ...

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TEHRAN: Six months after the inauguration of Iran's moderate President Hassan Rouhani, Western diplomats and businessmen are racing to Tehran hoping that a diplomatic thaw will reopen lucrative markets. A landmark agreement reached with world powers on Iran's controversial nuclear programme in November has raised hopes that Western sanctions could ...

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Tehran, Jan 21, IRNA - Since the victory of President Hassan Rouhani in Iran?s 11th presidential election in June 2013, Tehran has become a new destination for delegations from several European countries. The European countries that were competing to impose more sanctions on Iran are now racing to amend ties with Tehran. For sure the adoption of ...

Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister for Euro-American affairs Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said here on Wednesday that two European delegations will visit Iran in the coming weeks. He underlined that delegations from Poland and Sweden will travel to Iran in near future but no date has yet been fixed for the visits. The official stressed that ...