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Venezuela: New EU sanctions based on false arguments, amount to aggression
Feb 23, 2021 12:27Venezuela has condemned the European Union (EU) for imposing a new round of sanctions on more than a dozen senior officials, lawmakers and members of the security forces in the South American state, saying the measure is based on “false arguments about honorable citizens.”
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Zarif: Talks will begin once all JCPOA signatories fulfill their obligations
Feb 21, 2021 05:31Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells Press TV that the Islamic Republic will be open to negotiations on reviving the historic 2015 nuclear accord once all signatories begin fulfilling their obligations.
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Iran says considering EU’s offer of informal meeting with US, P4+1 group
Feb 21, 2021 03:44A senior Iranian diplomat says the country is considering the European Union’s offer to host an informal meeting between Iran and other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, with Washington also attending as a guest.
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Russia-EU ties torn to shreds by bias: FM Lavrov
Feb 20, 2021 11:54Russia says the European Union has hampered normal relations with Moscow through “bias” in a way that Russia is now “perceived as stranger” in the eyes of the West.
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Envoy to UN: Iran has to verify any US step to undo Trump's wrongs
Feb 20, 2021 11:00A top Iranian diplomat says Tehran would have to verify any step regarding the removal of US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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Zarif denounces US, allies for throwing ball into Iran’s court as JCPOA revival hangs in balance
Feb 19, 2021 06:12Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounces the US and its European allies for attempting to paint Iran responsible for, what they call, nuclear non-compliance, while it was their non-commitment in the first place that had Tehran suspend its obligations under a nuclear agreement.
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EU must play role against US unilateralism: Rouhani to European Council chief
Feb 19, 2021 03:09President Hassan Rouhani says as an important international actor, the European Union must play a suitable role in counteracting the US’ unilateral policies and protect the landmark nuclear deal with Iran as a major fruit of multilateral diplomacy.
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Leader: Iran wants to see action on nuclear deal, won’t settle for words
Feb 17, 2021 06:23Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said Iran will not accept mere verbal promises in the case of the 2015 nuclear agreement this time around and needs to see action on the part of the co-signatories, given the many instances of counterparty non-compliance the country has faced.
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Fossil fuel pollution caused nearly 1 in 5 premature deaths in 2018, study finds
Feb 17, 2021 06:01Researchers at universities in the U.K. and at Harvard University estimated that, in 2018, 8.7 million people died prematurely due to pollution released by fossil fuels, or about 18 percent of total global deaths that year.
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Europe needs to ditch passive attitude toward Tehran-Washington dispute over JCPOA: Carnegie Europe
Feb 17, 2021 02:45A Brussels-based think tank has urged Europeans to ditch their passive attitude toward the Iran-US dispute over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which was abandoned by the United States under former president Donald Trump, arguing that Europe should instead play a central role in efforts to revive the agreement.