EU countries previously introduced the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) in order to bypass US sanctions against Tehran and protect the European companies against the secondary sanctions. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has told Sputnik that a mechanism similar to INSTEX may be implemented in participation with ...
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said his country “firmly opposes” Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Iran, adding that such practices by the US have ratcheted up tensions on Tehran’s nuclear issue. “The JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a multilateral agreement endorsed by the UN Security Council. It should ...