TEHRAN (Basirat): As the US is going to hit Iran with a wave of new sanctions on August 6, an Iranian official said Europe needs to take an outright measure before imposition of the sanctions if it is really willing to make up for the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

TEHRAN (Basirat): The CEO of Austrian energy company OMV called on Europe's politicians to do more to protect EU companies from the returning US sanctions against Tehran.