Iranian officials on EU official visit, Mideast deal

(3 Feb 2020) Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday that the country welcomes a visit by the new EU Foreign Policy Chief to Tehran. Abbas Mousavi expressed hope that Josep Borrell and his delegation would listen to Iran and be realistic about the current tensions and take steps to alleviate it with goodwill. The visit is seen as the latest move by the EU to save the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Tensions between Iran and the US have steadily risen since President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement and re-imposed sanctions on Iran in 2018. Tehran responded by gradually rolling back its commitment to the deal. Also on Monday, another Iranian government spokesperson, Ali Rabiei, thanked Switzerland for sending shipments of medicine, but said the "humanitarian initiative" does not satisfy Iran's demands from Europe regarding the nuclear deal. On Thursday, a Swiss humanitarian channel started a trial operation to deliver food and medicine to Iran amid US economic sanctions on Iran, which have caused a shortage of medicines. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...