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European countries suspend flights to UK over new coronavirus strain
Dec 20, 2020 14:17More and more European countries are suspending flights to the UK as a new strain of coronavirus takes hold in London and southeast England.
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225 Iranian lawmakers denounce European Parliament sanctions resolution
Dec 20, 2020 12:27The majority of lawmakers at Majlis (Parliament) have strongly condemned the European Parliament’s recent resolution that censured Iran under the guise of protecting human rights, and threatened to take reciprocal action.
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EU complicit in Saudi-UAE genocide in Yemen: Parliament member
Dec 20, 2020 05:40A member of the European Parliament has censured Europe’s double standards on human rights, saying the EU is complicit in crimes and atrocities perpetrated by the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen.
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INSTEX failed to prove its efficiency in past 2 years: Iran
Dec 20, 2020 03:37Iran says the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), the financial mechanism proposed by Europeans to enable Iran to get round US sanctions, has failed to prove itself effective in the past two years.
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Legislators slam as ‘ridiculous’ European Parliament’s anti-Iran resolution
Dec 20, 2020 03:00Iranian lawmakers have vehemently condemned a recent anti-Iran resolution passed by the European Parliament, urging Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help identify the European officials who have acted maliciously toward Iranians.
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‘EU can’t claim to advocate human rights while barring medicine for Iran children'
Dec 19, 2020 06:09An Iranian human rights official has hit out at the European Parliament for passing a resolution against what it calls “human rights breaches” in Iran, saying those who have a hand in the deaths of scores of Iranian child patients by blocking their access to medicine are in no position to lecture about human rights.
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EU top court rules countries can ban halal slaughter
Dec 18, 2020 11:00The European Union's top court has upheld curbs on ritual animal slaughter in Belgium, in a move that targets Muslim religious rites.
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Lavrov: West's sanctions on Syria contravene UN Security Council resolutions
Dec 18, 2020 02:25Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says sanctions imposed by the West on Syria contravene UN Security Council resolutions, adding certain countries continue to hinder finding a solution to the years-long crisis in the Arab country.
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EU finance ministers pin all hope on COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 17, 2020 10:37Thousands of businesses across the EU have closed their doors permanently due to the impact of COVID-19.
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Iran urges all JCPOA parties to work towards safeguarding 2015 nuclear deal
Dec 17, 2020 03:03A senior Iranian official says safeguarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is not a one-man job, urging other signatories to keep their side of the bargain.