MNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that policies by the Trump administration have led to the creation of a gap between America and Europe. He made the remarks in a comprehensive interview with a live IRIB program aired on Monday night. Zarif discussed various issues in the interview; from the JCPOA and US unilateralism to ...

The Wall Street Journal | Nancy A. Youssef, James Marson and Laurence Norman: Top diplomats and security officials from the U.S. and Europe sought to bridge some of the biggest security divides straining the trans-Atlantic alliance, amid disputes over topics ranging from Iran to military spending. Troubled trans-Atlantic ties have prompted European ...

Sputnik - In May, the US extended key sanctions waivers on Tehrans civilian nuclear programme for 90 days, a year after Washington unilaterally withdrew from the 2018 Iran nuclear deal. The waivers stipulate the continuation of work at the Arak, Fordow and Bushehr power plants and facilities in the Islamic Republic. Washington may announce the renewal ...

The Hill | REBECCA KHEEL:Escalating tensions with Iran have laid barePresident Trumps split with the United States traditional European allies. Several times this past week, the United States appeared out-of-step with European countries on whether Iran is presenting enough of a new threat to justify a military buildup and the partial evacuation ...

IRNA - Disputes between the United States and the European Union during the presidency of Donald Trump have risen unprecedentedly; one of the most important sources of conflicts is support of European countries from the JCPOA and the opposition with the severe approaches of the White House against Iran. The relationship between the European Union ...

MNA Gordon Sondland, the US representative to the European Union, has in fact insulted and humiliated the Europeans by calling their special mechanism for trade with Iran, officially called INSTEX, a paper tiger. "EU's new proposal for trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran is nothing, but a paper tiger," Radio Farda quoted Sondland as saying ...

Tehran Times - During the 2016 presidential race, the President of the United States officially and explicitly supported the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union. However, Trump is currently worried about how London is leaving Europe! Trump has repeatedly blamed the British prime minister for failing to conclude appropriate agreements with ...

MNA US President Donald Trump continues to oppose the EU. Four months later, the European Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place. US government officials are trying to win European nationalist streams in this election. Heads of the European Union are aware of US-backed nationalist groups in Europe. From the year 2016, Trump claimed ...

The Washington Post | Emily Tamkin: Since President Trumps May announcement that the United States will pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Europe has been stuck in the middle of the diplomatic dispute between Washington and Tehran, with European firms facing U.S. sanctions if they maintain business links with Iran. Now,...

The Washington Post | Henry Farrell: Last Friday, the editorial board of Bloomberg OpinioncondemnedEuropes new INSTEX arrangement, a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle set up to allow European companies to engage in humanitarian trade with Iran, despite the renewal of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic. This arrangement which was set up by ...

Euronews | David A. Andelman: It seems Europes fears about Trumps America are being realized. Just back from a month in France, it is quite clear to me that theU.S. government shutdown and the entire daisy chain of events that have unspooled this year had a strong impact on our allies abroad. American policy decisions, coupled with the increasingly ...

The New York Times | Steven Erlanger: Of all the issues dividing Europe and the Trump administration, Iran has become the sharpest, with the Europeans actively working against United States policy, placing them in league with Russia, China and Iran. Since earlier this year, when it pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal that was a centerpiece of former ...

Press TV - Tensions have escalated between the US and European Union (EU) countries over their plan to preserve business with Iran and avoid renewed American sanctions. US officials criticized European countries on Tuesday after they announced they would not back down on diplomacy with Tehran and promised to facilitate payments related to Irans ...

Iranian Diplomacy | Mohammad Ghaderi: Although there has recently been lots of controversies on issues such as developing an "independent payment system" Europe and a "pseudo-swift structure" to maintain the nuclear deal with Iran, many analysts and experts in economic affairs believe that there's no real intention to actualize this idea among the ...

RT - Emmanuel Macron's remark that Europe can't rely on the US for security, along with hints at rapprochement with Russia, show a rift in EU-Washington ties a relationship that's crumbling amid pressure to end sanction policies. "Europe can no longer rely on the United States for its security,"the French President said in a recent foreign policy ...

Alwaght - Trumps anti-EU attacks make media headlines every now and then, making many analysts suggest that the American president is targeting the very existence of the 28-nation bloc. The Washington Post has recently revealed that during the French President Emmanuel Macrons recent visit to Washington, the US President Donald Trump suggested ...

MNA The 4+1 summit was launched in Vienna Friday to try to repair the damage done when the US reneged on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA. The meeting, led by Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, was attended by Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, along with the foreign ...

Tehran Times | Hanif Ghaffari: The Washington Post, in one of its most recent articles, unveiled the U.S. President's suggestion to the French government: Donald Trump is trying to Persuade Paris to leave the European Union. The suggestion was apparently made during the recent visit of President Emmanuel Macron to Washington. During this visit, Trump ...

Reuters - The United States on Sunday said it hopes to use strong shared interests that have emerged with its European Union partners in recent months to move forward on addressing Irans nuclear program, missile development and role in regional conflicts. A State Department official said the shared interests could form a foundation to continue to ...

The Wall Street Journal |Felicia Schwartz: A disagreement between Washington and Europe over a key Trump administration concern about the Iran nuclear agreement threatens to scuttle efforts to preserve the international accord, U.S. officials said, as talks continue on a supplemental agreement. The State Department has been leading discussions with ...