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EU foreign ministers: JCPOA talks now focused
Apr 20, 2021 03:12During a virtual meeting on Monday, the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell updated the bloc's 27 foreign affairs ministers on the latest state of play regarding talks in Vienna to try and save the Iran nuclear deal.
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EU imposes sanctions on Myanmar’s junta officials
Apr 20, 2021 01:17The European Union has imposed sanctions on two conglomerates linked to Myanmar’s military and ten of its officials who were involved in seizing power in the coup of February 1.
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Russia: Progress in Vienna talks; P4+1 group enter 'drafting stage'
Apr 19, 2021 11:05A senior Russian diplomat says high-level talks in Vienna aimed at revitalizing a 2015 nuclear deal and bringing the United States back into it have moved ahead and entered "the drafting stage," but solutions to some of the issues are "still far away."
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No new deal in tandem with JCPOA: Iranian spokesman
Apr 19, 2021 08:58The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry dismissed the idea of a new agreement in parallel with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, saying the ongoing meetings in Vienna only pursue ways for the return of the JCPOA violator, namely the US, to the nuclear deal.
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Russia, Iran and Syria working to secure oil, wheat shipments to the West Asian country
Apr 18, 2021 10:24Iran, Russia and Syria have established an operations room to secure a safe and stable flow of oil supplies, wheat and some other essential materials to the West Asian country via the Mediterranean, private sources have revealed to Sputnik Arabic.
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Participants hail progress after meeting to revive Iran nuclear deal
Apr 18, 2021 01:00Participants in the high-profile negotiations in Vienna say progress has been made during the talks which aim to restore the US-abandoned Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly called the Iran nuclear deal.
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Sabotage, assassination of scientists cannot stop Iran’s nuclear work: Official
Apr 16, 2021 13:02President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said the assassination of Iranian scientists and acts of sabotage will fail to stop the Islamic Republic’s peaceful nuclear program.
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FM Zarif: Iran to seriously refrain from negotiations for sake of negotiations
Apr 16, 2021 02:20Iran’s foreign minister has ruled out talks over the 2015 nuclear agreement for the sake of talks, saying the timing and duration of the negotiations are determined only by national interests.
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Iran to EU: New sanctions JCPOA-related, meant to undermine nuclear talks
Apr 16, 2021 01:15Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs says the Iranian delegation took the European countries to task during Thursday talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal for imposing so-called right-related bans and ignoring a recent terrorist attack on an Iranian nuclear site, saying the new sanctions are meant to undermine talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the deal altogether.
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Rouhani rejects US, EU ‘concerns’ about Iran’s 60% enrichment level
Apr 15, 2021 08:58President Hassan Rouhani has rejected the “concerns” of the Europeans and the United States about Iran’s recent decision to start enriching uranium to 60-percent purity, saying the two sides have a false perception of Tehran’s latest remedial step away from the 2015 nuclear deal.