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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.
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EU responsible for ‘sequencing’ all parties’ compliance with JCPOA: Iran FM
Feb 15, 2021 15:15Iran’s foreign minister says the European Union is responsible for taking action to ‘sequence’ compliance of all parties to Iran nuclear deal in a bid to end the current standoff between Tehran and Washington over which party should take the first step and return to its commitments under the accord.
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Turkey blasts West’s ‘double standard’ on terrorism
Feb 15, 2021 11:56Turkey’s foreign minister says the West continues to maintain a “selective” approach towards terrorism after the US and the Europeans issued either a lukewarm reaction or kept mum on recent killings by anti-Turkey terrorists.
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Tehran to halt Additional Protocol unless other parties return to full JCPOA compliance
Feb 15, 2021 10:33Tehran says it will end its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement should the other parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement fail to honor their commitments by the deadline of February 21.
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Iran welcomes Qatar’s push to save JCPOA, slams Biden for acting like Trump
Feb 15, 2021 06:05The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson hailed Qatar for its efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, made it clear that Washington’s commitment to the JCPOA requires no messages, and denounced the new US administration for following in footsteps of its predecessor.
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'Irritated' West using Navalny to 'contain' Russia: Putin
Feb 14, 2021 09:39Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western powers are exploiting the case of detained opposition figure Alexei Navalny to “contain” Moscow.