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INSTEX

Running INSTEX Positive but Insufficient: Iran’s President

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the conclusion of the first transaction via INSTEX – a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran – was a positive, but insufficient measure.
News ID: 80743    Publish Date : 2020/04/07

MP:

Iran may not take fifth JCPOA step if INSTEX operationalized

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’ National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour said that if the EU-proposed INSTEX is operationalized, Tehran may reconsider taking the fifth step in reducing its commitments to the nuclear deal.
News ID: 79617    Publish Date : 2019/12/19

Zarif:

INSTEX Likely to Become Operational

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a financial mechanism that the EU has devised for trade with Iran in defiance of the US sanctions could take effect in future.
News ID: 79530    Publish Date : 2019/12/09

Russia:

INSTEX , Arak Heavy Water to Be Discussed at Vienna Meeting

TEHRAN (defapress) – The INSTEX payment mechanism for trade with Iran and the situation around the heavy water reactor in Iran’s central city of Arak will be among the main topics at the upcoming meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA in Vienna on Sunday, the Russian deputy foreign minister said.
News ID: 78196    Publish Date : 2019/07/28

US Secondary Sanctions Impeding INSTEX Implementation: Finnish Ex-Minister

TEHRAN (defapress) – A former Finnish labour minister said US secondary sanctions against Tehran are preventing INSTEX , a financial mechanism proposed by the EU for securing trade ties with Iran, from becoming operational.
News ID: 78184    Publish Date : 2019/07/26

Iran:

Creditless INSTEX Unacceptable

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi said that the EU-proposed Instrument in Support of Trade Exchange ( INSTEX ) is not adequate in itself, reiterating that Tehran will not accept the INSTEX so long as it has not received the required credit or used for crude sales.
News ID: 78015    Publish Date : 2019/07/08

envoy:

INSTEX 'a beautiful vehicle without fuel

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran's ambassador to the United Nations noted Saturday that the EU-proposed financial mechanism, INSTEX , is ‘not enough’ and is like a beautiful vehicle without fuel.
News ID: 77923    Publish Date : 2019/06/30

EU’s Mogherini:

INSTEX May Soon Be Ready

TEHRAN (defapress) – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said INSTEX -a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran, is expected to be launched in the near future.
News ID: 77874    Publish Date : 2019/06/26

FM spox:

Iran has lost hope in long-awaited INSTEX

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman says Tehran has lost any hope of seeing the EU's long-awaited trade mechanism ( INSTEX ) for Iran in action.
News ID: 77710    Publish Date : 2019/06/10

Hemmati lashes out at EU for ‘threadbare’ remarks over INSTEX

TEHRAN (defapress) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran criticized European countries for repeating ‘threadbare’ remarks over their promised trade mechanism for Iran ( INSTEX ) and their failure to make it operational.
News ID: 77393    Publish Date : 2019/05/14

Falahatpisheh:

INSTEX not to fulfill all of Iran’s expectations

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said that the proposed financial channel of European countries, known as INSTEX , does not satisfy all expectations of Iran.
News ID: 76234    Publish Date : 2019/03/17

Araghchi says Iran still unsure how INSTEX works

TEHRAN (defapress) – Deputy FM Abbas Araghchi said before a JCPOA joint commission meeting on Wed. in Vienna that Iran is still unsure how EU’s trade mechanism INSTEX is going to help the country with its economic relations.
News ID: 76005    Publish Date : 2019/03/06

Envoy hopes INSTEX to be economically beneficial to Iran, EU

TEHRAN (defapress) – Ambassador to The Hague, Alireza Jahangiri, voiced hope that the EU’s trade mechanism for Iran ( INSTEX ) would cover the economic interests of the two sides.
News ID: 75571    Publish Date : 2019/02/13

Europe’s INSTEX shows Iran’s successful diplomacy in intl. arena

TEHRAN (defapress) – Member of Parliament Mahmoud Sadeghi said on Thus. that Europe’s financial mechanism dubbed ‘Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV’ reflects success of Iran’s policy in the international level.
News ID: 75458    Publish Date : 2019/02/07

Zarif:

FATF Action Plan Accomplishment as Prerequisite for INSTEX Operation Unacceptable

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told parliament members that Tehran will not accept to accomplish its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan as a prerequisite for enjoying the merits of Europe’s INSTEX (Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges) mechanism.
News ID: 75424    Publish Date : 2019/02/05

FM Zarif, Parliament’s Committee to Discuss INSTEX

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will join a meeting of members of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Monday to discuss the EU’s financial mechanism to bypass the US unilateral sanctions against Tehran.
News ID: 75405    Publish Date : 2019/02/04

Iran Envoy Slams EU Condition for Implementing INSTEX

TEHRAN (defapress) – A payment channel that three EU states have set up to maintain trade with Iran should not be conditional on Tehran’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Iran’s ambassador to the UK stressed.
News ID: 75389    Publish Date : 2019/02/04

Envoy:

Russia to cooperate with EU on INSTEX

TEHRAN(defapress)– Russia will cooperate with the European countries actively to develop the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges ( INSTEX ) with Iran, a Russian envoy said.
News ID: 75328    Publish Date : 2019/02/01