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Iran’s UN envoy: US has no right to trigger snapback mechanism
Sep 01, 2020 07:15Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN says the United States is not eligible to use the Iran nuclear deal’s snapback mechanism to restore sanctions against the country since Washington has formally withdrawn from the multilateral accord.
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US obviously does not understand law or UN after thrice being defeated: Iran FM
Aug 28, 2020 12:25Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the United States has once again threatened to impose restrictions on ‘anyone and any entity’ dealing with the Islamic Republic despite being dismissed by the United Nations Security Council three times.
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Iran: UNSC consensus once again proved US isolation
Aug 26, 2020 05:21Tehran says the overwhelming consensus among members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) against the US’s push to reinstate all anti-Iran UN sanctions proves Washington’s isolation once again.
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US defeat at UNSC showed Iran’s diplomatic power: Rouhani
Aug 25, 2020 12:47President Hassan Rouhani says America’s failure in its attempts to make the UN Security Council (UNSC) extend the arms embargo against Tehran was a political success that displayed the power of Iran’s diplomacy.
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US cannot use snapback to reinstate sanctions on Iran: Zarif
Aug 16, 2020 08:04Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced US attempts to invoke a controversial mechanism to unilaterally reinstate illegal sanctions on Tehran - a move with huge repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal.
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President Rouhani: US will hopefully face defeat in anti-Iran bid at UNSC
Aug 12, 2020 07:10President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday said Iran has “high hopes” that the US will fail in its push to extend the UN arms embargo on Tehran and will face isolation at the Security Council, urging neighboring countries not to let Washington “exploit” them to advance its own agenda.
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Sanctions pretext to violate Syria's sovereignty, support terrorism: Ja'afari
Jul 30, 2020 06:35Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari has denounced the Western economic sanctions against his country, saying the coercive measures are used as a pretext to keep up violations of Syrian sovereignty and support the terrorist groups wreaking havoc on the West Asian country.
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UN Security Council rejects Russian-backed resolution on aid delivery to Syria
Jul 09, 2020 06:05The UN Security Council has rejected a Russian-drafted resolution that would extend a cross-border aid delivery mechanism for a six-month period after Russia — along with China — vetoed a relevant Western-drafted document, which Moscow argued ignored the realities on the ground in the West Asian country.
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UN Security Council adopts resolution on immediate ceasefire in conflict zones
Jul 02, 2020 05:34The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for an immediate halt to conflicts worldwide in an attempt to facilitate the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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President Rouhani: ‘World once again witnessed US political defeat against Iran at UNSC’
Jul 01, 2020 08:40President Hassan Rouhani highlights the US’s failure in its unlawful attempt at the UN Security Council to extend a UN arms ban on Iran, saying the meeting once again put on display another American political defeat for the world to see.