Impeccable Iranian diplomacy made only one mistake – believed the EU's exhortations that it is ready to lend a helping hand to the Islamic Republic in order to keep the nuclear agreement intact after the US withdrawal in May of last year.

More serious discussions should be held to explore the future of relations between Iran and Europe’s leading countries, Head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said, Trend reports via IRNA.

Brussels together with the international community is working to preserve Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), EU top diplomat said, Trend report citing IRNA.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said efforts to implement the Special Purpose Vehicle for trade (SPV) will continue into 2019, Trend reports referring to IRNA.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Wednesday that the European Union and the United Nations as champions of dialogue and cooperation will continue supporting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, IRNA reports.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the European Union’s decision to stand by Iran after Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Tehran is in “constant” contact with Europe over its measures to save the JCPOA, expressing the hope that the remaining parties to the deal will meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session that will open in New York tomorrow.

It is China's clear policy to continue cooperation with Iran within the nuclear deal framework, the Chinese envoy to Tehran said, IRNA reported.

In recent weeks around US President Donald Trump’s announcement of his new policy on Iran, European leaders have been talking up the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, aka JCPOA, which freed Iran of nuclear-related sanctions.

Anti-Iranian rhetoric continues to prevail in the United States as it decides to push for harder pressure on the Islamic Republic.