TEHRAN (defapress) – France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that Europe had to remain united in trying to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

TEHRAN (defapress) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition is set to win a solid majority in an upper house election later this week, keeping alive his dream to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution, a survey showed on Monday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The foreign ministers of France, Britain, and Germany are scheduled to convene in Brussels on Monday to discuss the latest developments around the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Kim Darroch, the former UK ambassador to the US, said the Trump administration was "set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism" in its decision to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, according to leaked cables.

TEHRAN (defapress) – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the EU supports Iraq's proposal to hold a peace conference to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington.

TEHRAN (defapress) - The Venezuelan authorities have signed an agreement with one of the largest Russian industrial enterprises, Minister of Industries and National Production Tareck El Aissami said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The US House of representatives voted 251-170 to approve an amendment intended to block President Donald Trump from taking military action against Iran.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Washington is waterboarding Iran then asks for talks, said former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, adding that no country will cooperate under such ‘humiliating conditions’.

TEHRAN (defapress) - The first telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky lasted about 20 minutes on Thursday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that the conversation had been pragmatic.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will discuss the developments around Iran and Syria, as well as the current situation in Ukraine with his German counterpart Heiko Maas during his working visit to German Bonn on July 18.