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US to face another defeat if it misses diplomatic chance in Vienna: Shamkhani
Mar 03, 2022 09:28Iran’s top security official says if the negotiations in Vienna fail to produce a “good deal” on the revival of the 2015 Iran agreement, the US will suffer yet another defeat after the failure of its so-called maximum pressure policy against the Islamic Republic.
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Afghanistan on brink of 'irreversible' economic collapse: UN envoy
Mar 03, 2022 07:29Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid to Afghanistan to prevent large-scale famine and starvation, but the economic challenges have left the country on the brink of “irreversible” ruin, the UN envoy to Kabul says.
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Iran: Realistic attitude needed from West to strike deal
Mar 02, 2022 16:58Iran’s foreign minister has underlined the significance of the remaining issues at the Vienna talks, saying the Western parties need to get realistic and make political decisions to reach an agreement on reviving the 2015 Iran deal.
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Security chief: Iran’s main strategy is to render sanctions ineffective
Mar 02, 2022 10:23Iran’s top security official says the country’s main strategy is to create mechanisms to neutralize the sanctions it is facing in parallel with efforts to secure a removal of the illegal restrictions.
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Iran eyes $55bn in non-oil exports revenue for year to March 2023
Mar 02, 2022 02:29A senior Iranian trade official says the country is expected to meet a non-oil exports revenue target of $55 billion in the calendar year to March 2023.
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Data confirms Iran’s oil export at above 1 mln bpd this year
Mar 02, 2022 02:22Iran’s crude oil exports rose to above 1 million barrels per day (bpd) at the start of this year and continued to remain above that level over January and February, shows a new report citing data by tanker tracker services.
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'Economic wars often turn into real ones,' Russia warns France
Mar 01, 2022 12:21Russia's top security official hits back at France for threatening Moscow with “an economic war,” saying such wars had often turned into real ones throughout history.
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FM to EU’s Borrell: Iran seeks good agreement, but will not cross its red lines in Vienna talks
Feb 27, 2022 03:12Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has told the European Union’s foreign policy chief that the Islamic Republic seeks a good agreement through the ongoing talks in the Austrian capital on the revival of the 2015 deal, but is determined not to cross its read lines.
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China decries Russia sanctions as 'illegal'; urges parties to show restraint
Feb 25, 2022 08:53China has denounced sanctions imposed by the Western countries against Russia over the military operation in Ukraine as “illegal”, blaming Washington for escalating tensions between the two former Soviet neighbors.
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Iran says its nuclear work hindered by IAEA despite honoring agency’s laws
Feb 25, 2022 08:42The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not only withheld assistance to Tehran’s peaceful energy program, but also created obstacles for Iran despite the fact that the country has fully honored the IAEA’s laws, says Iran’s nuclear chief.