Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Iranian nuclear program is peaceful in nature.

France reports progress in efforts towards the implementation of a European transactions channel with Iran, a day after the US tightened its sanctions against Iran's oil sector.

Iran's Foreign Minister says with the launch of STFI, the Iranian structure parallel to INSTEX, European partners in the nuclear deal will have to make operational the non-dollar direct payment channel as soon as possible.

More than 50 retired American generals and diplomats call on the administration of President Donald Trump to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

A European delegation will visit Tehran in the coming days to discuss the operation of a new channel for non-dollar trade amid rising doubts in Iran about its relevance.

Ayatollah Khamenei told President Rouhani and his team eight months ago that Europe was not trustworthy and that the government should focus on Iran’s own potentials for progress.

Iran’s foreign minister says the country will definitely counter the US sanctions through the means it has.

Germany and the European Union on Friday rejected a US’ call for Europeans to leave the Iran nuclear deal.

An analyst says Europeans need to take more drastic measures to save the Iran nuclear deal and that all their actions following the US withdrawal from the agreement have not been enough.

The Asr-e-Iranian daily gets viewpoints of a number of Iranian lawmakers to shed light on the negative aspects of a European non-dollar trade mechanism apparently meant to protect ties with Iran against US bans.