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Barnier accuses UK of 'cherry picking' at talks
Jun 11, 2020 03:27In the latest blow to post-Brexit trade talks, the European Union’s chief negotiator has accused the UK of making excessive demands on the bloc.
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EU concerned over Israel’s annexation plan in West Bank, German FM says
Jun 11, 2020 00:32German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where he is going to express the European Union’s “concern” over the Tel Aviv regime’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
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Top EU diplomat: US no longer party to Iran deal, can’t invoke JCPOA
Jun 10, 2020 01:14European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell says the US has already pulled out of an international 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers and cannot currently use its former membership of the deal to seek a permanent arms embargo on Tehran.
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Judiciary chief: No escape from justice for fugitive corruption suspects
Jun 08, 2020 09:42Iran's Judiciary chief has ordered the serious pursuit of financial corruption suspects who have fled the country, warning that they will not be spared prosecution no matter where they have run to.
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Some European states provide refuge for criminals fleeing Iran: Judiciary official
Jun 08, 2020 09:20A high-ranking Iranian judiciary official says some European countries provide refuge for those people who are prosecuted in Iran on security or economic charges, instead of cooperating with Tehran for their extradition.
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Iran: Expansion of US, EU bans on Syria ‘unlawful, inhumane’
Jun 05, 2020 09:30Iran has condemned the expansion of EU and US illegal sanctions on Syria, calling it an inhumane tool that seriously endangers human rights.
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Syria decries European Union’s hypocrisy after sanctions prolonged for another year
May 29, 2020 03:18Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has censured the European Union (EU) over prolonging its sanctions against the war-ravaged Arab country for another year, stating such measures expose the hypocrisy of the bloc and spurious statements of its officials.
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Iran says US must show respect or keep humiliating itself
May 29, 2020 01:49Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says the United States must admit defeat and start respecting the Iranian nation instead of further humiliating itself.
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Iran UN envoy: 'Desperate' US move to end sanctions waivers ‘pulls final plug’ on JCPOA
May 29, 2020 00:53Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the US has destroyed the last means of retention of the 2015 nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and major world powers by ending waivers for sanctions prohibiting nuclear cooperation with Tehran.
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Euro zone economy to shrink between 8% and 12% in 2020: Lagarde
May 27, 2020 11:31The euro zone economy is likely to shrink between 8% and 12% this year as it struggles to overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says.