- De Zorzi out for 177 as S.Africa power to 413-5 against Bangladesh
- 'CEO of supercute': Hello Kitty turns 50
- Australia head coach McDonald handed new deal until 2027
- Visual artist grabs 'decisive moment' to nurture Chad art scene
- Industrial slump leaves Germany on brink of recession
- 'I'm terrified': French auteur Audiard hits Oscars trail for 'Emilia Perez'
- New Indonesia defence chief harks back to dictator's rule
- In Tennessee, the despair of gun control advocates
- US economy's solid growth unlikely to register at ballot box
- 'A treasure': Japan's Ohtani a hometown hero win or lose in World Series
- Botswana votes with ruling party seeking to extend six decades of power
- Bitcoin close to record as cautious markets eye US election
- Hometown hero Volpe lives dream with grand slam for Yankees
- Rested relief pitchers please Roberts even after Dodgers defeat
- UK's Labour govt prepares to deliver decisive first budget
- Beijing files WTO complaint over EU's new taxes on Chinese EVs
- Volpe's grand slam helps Yankees avoid World Series sweep
- Taiwan battens down for Super Typhoon Kong-rey
- MotoGP world title in sight as Martin, Bagnaia set for Sepang duel
- 'New wave' as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic
- Botswana votes with ruling party aiming to extend six decades of power
- How harmful are microplastics to human health?
- Are bioplastics really the wonder alternative to petro plastics?
- EU's extra tariffs of up to 35.3% on Chinese EVs angers Beijing
- Rumble in the Jungle remembered after 50 years
- Trump risks backlash with anti-trans ads targeting Harris
- Alzheimer's patient 'relieved' at Quebec's assisted suicide policy shift
- Who should get paid for nature's sequenced genes?
- Bodies found as torrential rains slam Spain
- Harris urges US to turn page on Trump 'chaos' in mass White House rally
- Climate change driving 'record threats to health': report
- Harris warns of 'obsessed' Trump power grab at mass Washington rally
- Harris warns against Trump's power grab bid in final election warning
- Southampton, Brentford scrape into League Cup quarter-finals
- PGA players council seeks smaller fields, fewer full tour spots
- Napoli extend lead at top of Serie A with win at AC Milan
- Harris to slam 'unstable' Trump at Washington rally
- Jennifer Lopez to boost Harris at glitzy Las Vegas event
- Global stocks mixed as markets await Big Tech results
- Seven missing as torrential rains slam Spain
- Three-person crew blasts off for China's Tiangong space station
- Google reports strong growth driven by AI, Cloud
- Kyiv announces new mobilisation drive as Russia advances
- Release of new single featuring late One Direction star postponed
- Alcaraz breezes through opener at Paris Masters
- Bolivia 'going from bad to worse': At the barricades with Morales supporters
- Biden unveils $3 bn US ports boost, takes aim at Trump
- EU slaps extra tariffs of up to 35.3% on Chinese EVs
- England boss Borthwick has no qualms over starting Slade against All Blacks
- 'Tootsie' star Teri Garr dies aged 79
NGG | -1.35% | 65.12 | $ | |
RELX | -0.52% | 47.91 | $ | |
RBGPF | 100% | 62.35 | $ | |
SCS | -3.11% | 12.21 | $ | |
RYCEF | 0.55% | 7.25 | $ | |
BCC | -5.3% | 131.64 | $ | |
CMSC | -0.65% | 24.57 | $ | |
CMSD | -0.16% | 24.84 | $ | |
RIO | 0.6% | 66.58 | $ | |
VOD | -2.8% | 9.28 | $ | |
BCE | -0.71% | 32.46 | $ | |
BTI | -1.31% | 34.46 | $ | |
JRI | -0.69% | 12.98 | $ | |
GSK | 0.76% | 38.17 | $ | |
AZN | -1.05% | 75.22 | $ | |
BP | -5.76% | 29.36 | $ |
Iran president-elect ready for 'constructive dialogue' with Europe
Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian said he looks forward to improved relations with European nations, even though he accused them of reneging on commitments to mitigate the impact of US sanctions.
Pezeshkian on July 6 won a runoff election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili.
The 69-year-old has called for "constructive relations" with Western countries to "get Iran out of its isolation", and favours reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and global powers.
Washington unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018, reimposing sanctions and leading Iran to gradually reduce commitment to its terms. The deal aimed to curb nuclear activity which Tehran maintains is for peaceful purposes.
Writing late Friday in the English-language Tehran Times newspaper, Pezeshkian said that after the US withdrawal from the 2015 deal, European countries committed to try to salvage it and mitigate the impact of US sanctions.
"European countries have reneged on all these commitments," Pezeshkian wrote.
"Despite these missteps, I look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue with European countries to set our relations on the right path, based on principles of mutual respect and equal footing."
European Union spokeswoman Nabila Massrali had earlier congratulated Pezeshkian on his election, adding that the 27-member bloc is "ready to engage with the new government in line with EU policy of critical engagement".
Pezeshkian is a heart surgeon whose only previous government experience was as health minister about two decades ago.
The death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash necessitated the election, which was not due until 2025.
Pezeshkian is considered a "reformist" in Iran, and was the only candidate from that camp allowed to stand in the election, for which all contenders were approved by Iran's Guardian Council.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policy issues in the country.
Under the hard-won 2015 deal Iran agreed to freeze its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of the crippling international sanctions.
After the US withdrawal and reimposition of sanctions, Iran gradually began reneging on its own commitments to the agreement.
The parties to the 2015 deal with Iran saw it as the best way to stop the Islamic republic from building a nuclear bomb -– a goal Tehran has always denied.
European Union members France and Germany were also party to the deal, along with Britain, China and Russia.
The European nations tried to salvage it, but Iran accused them of perceived inaction.
J.Horn--BTB