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Tensions flare up between UK and France over fishing in English Channel
Aug 30, 2018 14:11An old row between the United Kingdom and France over rights to scallop fishing in seas near France's Normandy coast have escalated after French and British fishermen clashed in the English Channel in the latest outbreak of the so-called “scallop wars.”
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Tehran says no French restrictions for diplomats to travel to Iran
Aug 29, 2018 10:45The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran has dismissed media reports that France has told its diplomats to postpone all non-essential trips to Iran, warning about attempts aimed at undermining relations between Iran and Europe, especially France.
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France, Germany mull over independent financing system to sidestep US bans
Aug 28, 2018 03:19France and Germany are seeking to develop a European financing mechanism independent of the US with the aim of sidestepping US sanctions against countries, including Iran, and asserting the continent’s “sovereignty.”
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Iran president urges faster, more transparent steps to save JCPOA
Aug 27, 2018 13:59President Hassan Rouhani has called on the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers to act faster and in a more transparent way to preserve it after the US move to pull out of the agreement.
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British Airways, Air France to halt direct flights to Iran next month
Aug 24, 2018 04:48Flagship airlines British Airways and Air France have announced that they are to suspend all their direct flights to Iran, saying the route is “not commercially viable,” as the United States has re-imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic prohibiting foreign businesses from operating in the country.
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Knife attack kills 2 near French capital
Aug 23, 2018 09:11Two people in France have been killed and one has been seriously injured in a knife attack on the outskirts of the capital, Paris.
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West leading campaign of hypocrisy on use of chemical weapons: Syria
Aug 23, 2018 08:22Syria has denounced a recent statement by the US, Britain and France on the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Damascus government, saying the trio is leading a campaign of misinformation against the Arab country in line with their support for terrorists.
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Total has officially withdrawn from South Pars: Zanganeh
Aug 20, 2018 07:43Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh says French energy giant Total has officially left the country, ending speculations over whether it would stay to finish a gas project following the return of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Asylum-seeker injures 4 in France stabbing attack
Aug 15, 2018 04:08An Afghan asylum-seeker was arrested after launching a knife attack in the sleepy southwestern French town of Perigueux, injuring four people including one seriously, police said Tuesday.
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Total awaits CNPC takeover to leave Iran’s project
Aug 15, 2018 01:37Total says it is awaiting word from CNPC on whether China’s state-owned energy major will take over the French oil company’s stake in Iran’s giant South Pars Gas Field.