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Iran calls on Europe to guarantee banking channels, oil sales

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on August 27 called on the remaining signatories to its 2015 nuclear agreement to act to save the pact. In a...

Brussels adopts support package for Iran

The European Commission on August 23 adopted a support package for Iran. This includes €18m for projects in support of sustainable economic and social...

Landmark deal sails into Caspian Sea

The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan on August 12 signed an agreement on the legal status of the inland sea bordering...

The future of France’s ‘IS children’?

As many as 700 French nationals were still fighting with Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria as of November 2017, while nearly 2,000...

EU reacts to US sanctions against Iran

European Union reactivated its so-called blocking law to counter the economic threat posed by US sanctions towards European businesses. The move followed United States...

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