Iranian Foreign Ministry calls new measures an ''error in calculation''; PM: ''We'll know they are achieving their goal when the centrifuges stop spinning''; EU move hits Tehran’s banking, shipping and industrial sectors.
Foreign Ministry praises new measures that hit Tehran’s banking, shipping and industrial sectors for “not letting Iran off the hook”; Ashton says she hopes negotiations resume soon.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged Israel not to launch a military attack on Iran over its contested nuclear programme and said sanctions should be given time to work.
Israel’s Ambassador to Sweden Isaac Bachman was called to an emergency meeting at the Swedish foreign ministry in Stockholm on Monday to explain media reports Sunday claiming Sweden was to object to proposed further sanctions on Iran at a meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg.
International efforts in the ongoing Syrian crisis should be directing at ending “oppression, stop all violence, deliver humanitarian aid for all those in need, prevent further regional instability and be prepared for the post-conflict period”, concluded a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday told Brazil's foreign minister his country should boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the future, Peres's office said.
Mr. Reuben Rivlin, the Israeli Knesset’s speaker, accompanied by knesset members Mr. Chaim Katz and Mr. Robert Elituv and many dignitaries – arrived last week for a formal visit to the Jewish Community of Petersburg, Russia.
Israel congratulated the European Union on Friday over being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and said it expected the EU to continue its peacemaking efforts in the Middle East.
