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Turkey’s president downplays EU sanctions threat
Dec 10, 2020 04:42Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has downplayed any economic sanctions the European Union might impose on Ankara over the dispute in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Speaker slams E3’s statement on Iran’s parliamentary bill
Dec 09, 2020 05:57Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf denounced as weird a statement from the three European parties to the JCPOA that asks Iran not to carry out a recently-ratified law on strategic action for the lifting of sanctions.
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OPCW cover-up scandal shows ‘culture of lying central to Western narrative,’ ex-diplomat says
Dec 09, 2020 03:11The OPCW’s cover-up scandal, under US pressure, of a Syria chemical weapons probe shows “the culture of lying has become so central to the Western narrative,” a former US Senate policy adviser and diplomat says.
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Turkey calls on EU to be honest broker in Greece maritime dispute
Dec 08, 2020 14:02Turkey has called on the European Union (EU) to be an honest broker in the country’s standoff with Greece over oil and gas exploration rights in the east Mediterranean Sea.
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Zarif advises neighbors to exclude US, E3 regional talks
Dec 08, 2020 09:44Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the neighboring countries to the Islamic Republic to hold talks about regional developments without foreign interference.
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UK, France & Germany claim Iran plan to ramp up enrichment 'deeply worrying'
Dec 07, 2020 11:27France, Germany and Britain claim they are worried by an Iranian plan to install additional, advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at Natanz nuclear facility.
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Fundamental divergences remain as Brexit trade talks near end: British minister
Dec 06, 2020 08:29Fundamental divergences remain as talks between the UK and the EU over a post-Brexit trade agreement are about to end, says British farming minister.
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EU urges ‘swift’ probe after Israel martyrs Palestinian teen
Dec 06, 2020 04:08The European Union has called for a swift probe into the Israeli army's gruesome assassination of a 14-year-old Palestinian during protests against the occupying regime.
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Zarif tells German FM Maas, E3 to correct own conduct before lecturing Iran
Dec 05, 2020 04:16Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif fires back at his German counterpart over the latter’s call for renegotiation of the 2015 nuclear agreement and claims about Iran’s national defense program, saying the European parties to the Iran deal should first change their own harmful behavior before lecturing the Islamic Republic.
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Russia detains physicist for passing info abroad
Dec 04, 2020 09:44Russian authorities detain a physicist on suspicion of treason for passing classified information about the country’s aviation industry to foreign governments.