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The White House has embarked on a global campaign to bring allies to dry up Iran’s money sources with cutoff importations of Iranian oil by November 4. “Yes, we are asking them to go to zero,” a US official told Read more
France has moved to calm Bahrain after calls in France demanded that Paris grants an honorary French citizenship to Bahraini opposition figure Nabeel Rajab who has been handed a five-year prison sentence, Bahraini sources told Reuters. Ties between France and Read more
French car maker Renault has announced it will keep its operations in Iran unlike many multinationals despite new US economic sanctions following the US exit from the 2015 nuclear deal. The Company’s CEO Carlos Ghosn at the annual shareholders’ meeting Read more
Iran’s supreme leader Monday brushed off the demand by the US and its European allies that the Islamic republic calls time on its ballistic missile program as he argued that the demand is a dream that will not come true. Read more
British diplomats and officials will attend meetings with American counterparts in the US mission recently transferred to the disputed city of Jerusalem despite London’s opposition to President Donald Trump over relocation of the mission from Tel Aviv to the Holy Read more
Berlin Sunday pointed out it would be tough for the European Union powerhouse to protect its companies doing business with Iran against any fallout of the US sanctions on the Islamic Republic. President Donald Trump withdrew the US out of Read more
France, the United Kingdom (UK), Germany and several other European countries are predicted to shun Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invitation to attend a ceremony marking the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem. Read more
Following a decision on Tuesday by the United States to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, the United Nations chief said he was “deeply concerned” by the move, and called on all parties to preserve the deal. President Read more
France and Egypt have thrown support behind UN-proposed elections scheduled for this year as they note that the stability of the oil and but conflict-torn country is a necessity of the region. President AbdelFattah al-Sisi received Sunday French top diplomat Read more
Qatar’s Al Khalij Bank is mulling plans to sell its branches in France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the institution faces tough legal environment in the region amid diplomatic crisis that has engulfed the tiny Gulf country and Read more