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Motion for Iran to withdraw from NPT submitted to Parliament
Jan 28, 2020 13:53A group of Iranian lawmakers have submitted a motion to the Parliament calling for the Islamic Republic’s withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) after the three European signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal failed to meet their contractual commitments following the US’s exit.
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Iran's Zarif rebuffs Trump's call for direct talks as 'wishful thinking'
Jan 27, 2020 04:50Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has slammed US President Donald Trump’s call for direct talks with Iran as “wishful thinking,” insisting that the only venue for talks with Tehran would be “at the 5+1 group’s table."
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Zarif urges Trump to base US foreign policy on facts not Fox News headlines
Jan 27, 2020 03:04Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has called on US President Donald Trump to base his foreign policy approach on "facts" rather than the headlines featured in pro-Republican Fox News TV channel.
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Iran can enrich uranium at any level: AEOI official
Jan 26, 2020 04:02A senior official at Iran’s nuclear organization (AEOI) says the country is capable of enriching uranium up to whatever level of purity, and would do so if required to.
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Iran slams Europe for failing to honor JCPOA, acting as 'subservient' to US
Jan 25, 2020 10:13Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again lashed out at the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal for failing to meet their commitments under the agreement, saying that they are just acting as "subservient" to the United States.
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EU extends 'timeline' for 2015 Iran nuclear deal's dispute mechanism
Jan 25, 2020 03:31The European Union will give its members more time to discuss, under a dispute mechanism triggered by France, Germany and Britain, possible ways to preserve a nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran and six countries.
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Europe to avoid triggering sanctions, will tolerate Iran's JCPOA suspension steps: WSJ
Jan 24, 2020 09:14The Wall Street Journal has cited European diplomats as saying that Britain, France, and Germany - collectively known as the EU3 – will avoid triggering illegal sanctions against Iran and tolerate Tehran's suspension of its 2015 nuclear deal commitments.
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Larijani warns Europe of consequences of moves against Iran
Jan 23, 2020 03:43Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani deplored a recent decision by the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal to trigger the dispute mechanism in the accord and said their “political skirmish” with the Islamic Republic would have consequences for them.
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Iran's nuclear chief slams EU3’s subservience to US
Jan 23, 2020 03:02Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi slammed a decision by Britain, France and Germany to trigger the so-called snapback provisions of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as a testimony to their submissiveness to the US.
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France, Germany say EU will respond in kind to new US tariffs
Jan 23, 2020 02:35The European Union will respond reciprocally to any further tariffs imposed by the US on the bloc’s products, French and German officials have warned in separate comments.