A senior Iranian diplomat says sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran primarily violate Europe’s sovereignty, security and credibility rather than target Iran’s economy. “We are waiting to see how Europe will defend its sovereignty against Washington’s pressure,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who is ...
The European Union has stepped up work on the creation of a special mechanism that will facilitate trade with Tehran amid US sanctions, Maja Kocijancic, the European Commission’s spokeswoman for foreign affairs and security policy, said at a press briefing on Wednesday. “The work on setting up the SPV, or ...