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Iran urges EU to drop threats, adopt mutual respect to resolve nuclear standoff
Mar 07, 2021 08:52President Hassan Rouhani has criticized the Europeans’ inaction toward reviving the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal, saying negotiations based on “mutual respect” and free from “threat and pressure” is the best means of resolving the current standoff.
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Shake off your ill will, Britain tells EU over post-Brexit trade
Mar 07, 2021 08:41The European Union should shake off its ill will and build a good relationship with Britain as sovereign equals, Britain’s top EU adviser David Frost said on Sunday, promising to stand up for the country’s interests.
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France slams EU members states for showing interest in Russian, Chinese vaccines
Mar 06, 2021 08:23A French cabinet minister has censured the European Union (EU) member states for showing interest in the Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines instead of the ones developed by the US and the UK.
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This obscure energy treaty is the greatest threat to the planet you’ve never heard of
Mar 05, 2021 16:58Investigate Europe revealed that the EU, the UK and Switzerland could be forced to pay more than €345bn in ECT lawsuits over climate action in the coming years. This amount, which is more than twice the EU’s annual budget, represents the total value of the fossil fuel infrastructure that is protected by the ECT, and was calculated using data gathered by Global Energy Monitor and Change of Oil International.
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Russia to slap tit-for-tat sanctions on US officials in spat over Navalny case
Mar 05, 2021 15:09Moscow says it will release a blacklist of American officials in the near future in retaliation for the sanctions recently imposed by Washington against Russian officials in the case of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
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Russia says ready to help revive Iran deal in its original form
Mar 05, 2021 14:39Russia’s FM says a window of opportunity for saving a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers remains open, expressing hope that all sides will return to the full implementation of the agreement in its original form.
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Tehran sues European firms for aiding Saddam’s chemical attacks against Iranians: Judiciary
Mar 05, 2021 07:01The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights says Iran has filed lawsuits in international courts against several European companies that provided chemical materials to former Iraqi dictator Saddam’s regime, who used chemical weapons against Iranians in the 1980s war.
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No room for political games at IAEA: President Rouhani
Mar 04, 2021 08:13President Hassan Rouhani cautioned the European troika to avoid politicizing Iran’s case at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the UK, France and Germany are pushing for a resolution against Tehran in the UN nuclear agency’s Board of Governors.
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IAEA resolution on Iran unconstructive: Official
Mar 04, 2021 01:52The chief of staff of the Iranian president slammed as unconstructive and unfriendly a resolution that the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors is going to pass on Iran, warning of its negative consequences.
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Russia warns UN nuclear agency against adopting ‘stupid’ resolution against Iran
Mar 03, 2021 12:34Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against adopting a resolution against Iran at a session of its Board of Governors.