TEHRAN, Sept 17, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Iran said Wednesday it expects European powers who triggered a snapback of UN sanctions to respond positively to its signing of a new cooperation agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog. The statement came as Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared to speak by tele»»»

"The economic consequences of sanctions depend on their intensity and the economic structure of the target country," says Moritz Schularick, president of the Kiel Institute and co-author of the research paper Economic Insecurity: Trade Dependencies and Their Weaponization in History. An analysis of»»»

The EU will start the process of reinstating UN sanctions on Iran from 29 August if Tehran has made no progress by then on containing its nuclear programme, the bloc has announced. Speaking at a meeting of his EU counterparts, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said: “France and its par»»»