31/07/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Saturday 29 July, the European External Action Service announced that High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will visit Iran on Saturday 5 August. She will make the visit in her capacity as Chair of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear programme, to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani following his re-election on 19 May (see EUROPE 11793/EDD 988). While there, Mogherini "will have bilateral meetings with Iranian dignitaries to review the state of implementation of the nuclear deal and to discuss issues of bilateral and regional relevance", the EEAS added in its press release. (CG)