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Iran starts enriching uranium to higher purity than 3.67% as Europe misses deadline
Jul 07, 2019 03:31Iran says it is starting to enrich uranium to a higher purity than 3.67%, as the European signatories to a 2015 agreement with Tehran miss a 60-day deadline to offset the adverse impacts of a unilateral pullout by the United States.
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Iran’s 60-day nuclear deal deadline to Europe to expire Sunday
Jul 07, 2019 01:46Iran’s 60-day deadline for the European signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal to meet their end of the bargain will expire on Sunday, when Tehran will begin to enrich uranium beyond limits set by the nuclear accord, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Rouhani calls US sanctions on Iran economic terrorism, an all-out war
Jul 07, 2019 00:53President Hassan Rouhani has said that US sanctions on Iran represent a form of terrorism while calling on Europe to act to save a nuclear deal with Iran that has suffered as a result of Washington’s withdrawal.
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Official: Active resistance Iran’s antidote to bite of US
Jul 05, 2019 03:56The spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) dismissed the latest anti-Iran threat from US President Donald Trump, saying the Iranian nation uses “active resistance” as an antidote to the American bites.
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Iran says reducing nuclear deal commitments to save it from 'total collapse'
Jul 05, 2019 01:56Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran’s decision to scale down its commitments under the JCPOA is indeed aimed at protecting the multilateral deal, not killing it.
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Europe trade channel with Iran about to operate in coming days: French minister
Jul 05, 2019 01:16French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says he hopes that a special financial mechanism set up by European powers with Iran, known as Instex, will complete the first transaction in the coming days.
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Iran’s enrichment limitation voluntary step: Russia's IAEA envoy
Jul 04, 2019 14:54The Russian envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran accepted to limit the amount of its low-enriched uranium only as a voluntary step, adding that the UN nuclear agency does not enforce any limitations on the volume of the product that the Islamic Republic can keep.
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Trump distorts Pres. Rouhani’s words on uranium enrichment
Jul 04, 2019 04:02US President Donald Trump has distorted remarks by his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, regarding Tehran’s uranium enrichment plans in reciprocation of Washington’s unilateral exit from a 2015 nuclear deal and the other parties’ failure to keep their side of the accord.
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Countering US unilateralism hard test for Europe: Iran's Shamkhani
Jul 04, 2019 02:10Iran's top security official says European countries need to stand against the US' unilateralism in a bid to defend their own "identity and security."
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Arak reactor to resume pre-deal activities if EU fails to meet pledges: President Rouhani
Jul 03, 2019 07:08President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s Arak heavy water nuclear reactor — which was agreed to be redesigned under a 2015 nuclear agreement — will resume its previous activities after July 7 if the other signatories to the deal fail to uphold their end of the bargain.