Ghasemi: EU, Iran relations growing despite US pressures

TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday that the relations between Iran and Europe are increasing, hoping that the relations continue to grow. In his weekly press conference and in response to a question that France, Britain and Germany have agreed to work together to increase pressure on Iran for its missile defense at Donald’s Trump’s suggestion, Bahram Ghasemi said “we have not heard anything from the European officials in this regard, and the issue has not been raised in the meetings with the European side.” He added that Iran's relations with Europe are growing, and their relations could be further developed. The Foreign ministry spokesman further added "Iran's relations with Europe can have enemies and some countries and circles might want to create tensions, problems and misunderstandings between Iran and Europe, as we have seen in nuclear negotiations since 14 years ago.” He further detailed “all sides in Europe and in Iran should be vigilant about the developments in Iran-EU relations. We have different talks with Europe, especially with those three countries [Germany, Britain and France], and we hope that our relations will continue to grow despite our enemies’ efforts [to derail the relations].”