News ID: 2987
Publish Date: 17 December 2013 - 12:38
Side issue to European parliamentary delegation's visit to Tehran
Tehran, YJC. This week a parliamentary group from the EU made a trip to Iran to discuss the Iranian nuclear case, Geneva agreement, and sanctions with Iranian authorities.
A court in Egypt violated the country's international human rights obligations by sentencing 183 men to death Monday for killing 13 policemen, the European Union said.
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Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi who was speaking with Mehr News Agency said that FM Mohammad Javad Zarif has invited the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union Catherine Ashton on a visit to Tehran.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held a telephone conversation Wednesday evening IRNA reported.
The head of the European Parliament delegation visiting Iran, Tarja Cronberg, said on Monday night that Iran's nuclear deal with six world powers cracked openings for offering humanitarian aides to the Iranian nation.
The United States is entitled to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin's letter addressed to European leaders because it was openly published in Moscow, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
The United States and the European Union were Monday readying fresh sanctions against Russia amid rising tensions over the kidnapping of international observers by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine.
Lithuania's president says that Russia, in an effort to maintain influence over territories that were once part of the Soviet Union, has set out to make the Baltic states "unreliable partners" for NATO and the European Union.