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Pompeo threatens Iran with ‘strongest sanctions in history’
May 22, 2018 01:33US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington will increase the financial pressure on Iran by imposing the "strongest sanctions in history" on the Islamic Republic if Tehran refuses to change the course of its foreign and domestic policy.
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US secretary of state set to outline post-deal strategy on Iran
May 21, 2018 02:53US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to outline the Donald Trump administration's new strategy toward Iran, weeks after the US president announced to withdraw from the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear deal.
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Iran rejects report about proposal for new agreement with major powers
May 21, 2018 00:45Iran has rejected a report about a proposal for conclusion of a new agreement between Iran and major world powers, saying such baseless claims are fabricated by Zionist media and other international anarchists.
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Europe's political support for nuclear deal not enough: Zarif
May 20, 2018 12:15Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the European Union's "political support" for a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement is not enough, urging the bloc to take more practical steps to boost economic cooperation with Iran.
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EU seeks to protect companies affected by US bans over Iran: French minister
May 20, 2018 11:25France says it is weighing possible ways that could help the European Union compensate European companies that might be facing sanctions by the United States for doing business with Iran following Washington's withdrawal from a key 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and major world powers.
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EU making contradictory statements on JCPOA: Velayati
May 20, 2018 09:45A senior Iranian official has questioned EU officials' contradictory remarks on the 2015 nuclear agreement after US withdrawal, saying a "duplicitous" side could not be trusted.
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Iran says Germans eager to maintain trade
May 20, 2018 03:11Iran says German enterprises are exploring all avenues to maintain business with Iran once the United States re-instates sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran, Russia eyeing digital money to dodge sanctions
May 19, 2018 14:00As Iran is facing the risks of returning US sanctions, one of the country’s parliamentarians has raised the idea for Tehran and Moscow to start using digital currencies to dodge the sanctions.
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Iran too powerful now to be pressured: Senior official
May 19, 2018 12:28Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic is more powerful than any time and cannot be easily pressured in the face of US plans to reimpose sanctions on the country.
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EU to make direct oil payments to Iran to bypass US sanctions
May 19, 2018 12:26A plan by the European Union to make direct oil payments to Iran after the US re-imposes sanctions against the country is seen to risk the start of a trade war between Europe and the United States.