Reuters - Britain, France and Germany said on Friday they would not support U.S. efforts to trigger the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran.
We firmly believe that any unilateral attempt to trigger U.N. sanctions snapback would have serious adverse consequences in the U.N. Security Council, the three foreign ministers said in a joint statement ...
Reuters - Iranian activist Rouhollah Zam, who has been captured by Iran, had refugee status in France, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The ministry also said it had no details of the circumstances surrounding Zams arrest.
Reporting by John Irish; Writing by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Catherine Evans
Reuters - France demanded on Wednesday that Iran refrain from entering a new phase of especially worrying reductions to Irans obligations to a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Iran must abstain from crossing an especially worrying new phase of new measures that could contribute to an escalation in tensions, French foreign ministry spokeswoman ...
Bloomberg | Hussein Ibish: Macrons four-point formula is vague and aspirational, but it is the surest way to avoid war.
The U.S. and Iran are both looking for a diplomatic off-ramp from their intensifying confrontation. France may have found a way out. President Emmanuel Macron has developed a four-point framework that looks like a plausible basis ...
MNA The French foreign ministry spokeswoman said Wed. that France will not rush into commenting on who was behind an attack on Saudi oil installations.
We share the desire to carefully establish the facts before making any reaction, French foreign ministry spokeswoman responded when asked in an online briefing whether Paris considered the Saudi ...
MNA Senior officials of foreign ministries of Japan and France agreed to continue their diplomatic efforts for reducing tensions between Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States.
Senior Deputy Foreign Ministry of Japan Takeo Mori and an official in charge of Frances security policies Philip Errera met and held talks in Paris on Saturday.
In ...
MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that France is trying to deescalate tensions around but has not yet offered any serious proposal.
Up to now, there are no suggestions that can be undeniably counted on, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Monday.
The French President, as a member of 4+1, has initiated measures ...
IRNA French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that Paris is opposed to the US government's decision to sanction Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javand Zarif.
The French Foreign Ministry also called for diplomatic settlement of tensions.
Earlier, EU also condemned the US move to sanction Iran's foreign minister, announcing that the ...
Sputnik - Earlier, both German and British officials said they did not support the US's "maximum pressure" strategy against Tehran, instead welcoming an operation proposed by London for a European-led security effort to "protect" commercial vessels operating in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States has officially ...
MNA The foreign ministers of the European Union are holding a meeting in Brussels to discuss Iran nuclear deal and explore ways to reduce the tensions.
The top diplomats of the European countries, which have signed Iran nuclear deal, namely France, the UK and Germany, told reporters beforeenteringthe Monday meeting in Brusselsthat Iran ...
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 ...
IRNA President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call underlined preserving Iran nuclear deal.
'Discussing developments related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme, the leaders noted the importance of preserving this agreement ...
Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tehran is prepared to deal with the 2015 nuclear agreement in the exact way that France and its European allies have been implementing it over the past year.
In a statement on Tuesday, Abbas Mousavi said Tehran is ready to fully support the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and do its best ...
IRNA- The French positions as a member of the Iranian nuclear agreement has had many ups and downs and has given a distinctive but questionable role to Paris.
In the wake of Irans decisions to reduce the level its commitments in the framework of the JCPOA nuclear agreement with six global powers (on Wednesday May 8), British, German and French officials ...
Sputnik - On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani informed the remaining parties to the nuclear deal about the Islamic Republic's decision to partially discontinue obligations under the accord. He gave Europe 60 days to ensure Iran's interests under the agreement. Otherwise, he said, Tehran is ready to take further steps on scrapping the ...
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Sadaf Khadem had been interested in sports as a child in Iran in the 2000s. She began by playing basketball and then in her teenage years, added a punching bag to the makeshift gym in her familys garage and finally convinced her parents to let her join a boxing club.
Earlier this month, the 24-year-old Khadem won the first ...
Press TV - French police are on high alert for a flare-up in yellow vest protests Saturday after pledges of prodigal donationsto restore Paris Notre Dame Cathedral generated a wave of resentment.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner says more than 60,000 police officers and gendarmes are deployed to confront protesters taking to the streets for ...
MNA The French Ambassador to the Washington DC Grard Araud has deleted the controversial tweets on Iran nuclear deal that he had posted Sat.
Araud wrote on his Twitter account that its false to say that at the expiration of the JCPOA, Iran will be allowed to enriching uranium. Under the NPT and its additional protocol, it will have to prove, under ...
Reuters - France called on Tuesday for avoiding any escalation of tensions in the Middle East region after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would name Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation.
Asked about the U.S. move, the French foreign ministry replied in an electronic press briefing that France remained committed ...
MNA France is likely to register a legal entity whose purpose would be hosting a financial channel to help Iran evade US sanctions, a diplomatic source told Russian Sputnik Mon.
France is likely to register a legal entity whose purpose would be hosting a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to evade US sanctions against Iran, a diplomatic source ...