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E3 cannot logically activate JCPOA dispute settlement mechanism: Araqchi
Jan 19, 2020 15:57Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas says the three European signatories to Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), cannot logically activate the deal’s dispute settlement mechanism, because Iran has already done that.
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Iran: Speaker censures EU for 'humiliating' capitulation to US
Jan 19, 2020 08:26Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has censured France, Britain and Germany for triggering a dispute mechanism in the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Tehran under the US pressure.
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EU warns of WTO challenge if US-China deal harms businesses
Jan 17, 2020 14:08The European Union (EU) has warned that if a trade agreement recently signed by the United States and China creates “distortions” in the market, it will challenge the deal at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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EU Brexit spokesman says Britain assured him about those who do not apply for settled status
Jan 17, 2020 13:37The UK government has sought to reassure the EU that its citizens living in the UK will not be deported if they fail to apply for settled status, the European parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator has said. UK Ministers, however, have refused calls to give EU citizens physical proof of their right to stay in the UK after Brexit for fear of “another Windrush” setting off fresh anger.
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Iranian bank to open branch in India, Zarif says
Jan 17, 2020 06:58Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Bank Pasargad plans to open a branch in India to facilitate bilateral trade between the Islamic Republic and the South Asian country.
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EU foreign policy chief says bloc interested in preserving Iran’s nuclear deal
Jan 17, 2020 03:19The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the bloc is still interested in preserving the landmark nuclear deal with Iran in view of the rising tensions in the West Asia region.
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Tehran now enriching more uranium than before 2015 deal: President Rouhani
Jan 16, 2020 08:59President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is now enriching more uranium than it did before inking a nuclear deal with world powers in 2015, as the remaining signatories of the landmark accord fail to fulfill their commitments.
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Post-Brexit Food security plan biggest shake-up in 40 years
Jan 16, 2020 12:47The UK’s food security shall be assessed on a regular basis by parliament to ensure minimal disruption to supplies after the country leaves the EU and while new trade deals are sought.
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Germany confirms report of US threat of higher tariff on EU auto sector over JCPOA
Jan 16, 2020 10:57Germany has confirmed a report that the United States has threatened Germany, France and Britain – the E3 states – to impose a 25-percent of punishing tariff on European car exports if they fail to accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Zarif: Only Trump, Pompeo, Daesh celebrating martyrdom of Gen. Soleimani
Jan 15, 2020 09:05Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says the only people celebrating the martyrdom of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani are US President Donald Trump, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Daesh Takfiri terror group.