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US return to Iran nuclear deal only proper approach to resolve deadlock: China
Feb 19, 2021 02:37China describes the US’ potential return to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world countries as the only means of resolving the deadlock that has been born out of Washington’s illegal moves in violation of the accord.
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Rouhani hopes new US administration will make up for past mistakes, return to rule of law
Feb 18, 2021 09:54President Hassan Rouhani says the new US administration needs to act swiftly to make up for the past mistakes and return to the rule of law by resuming its commitments under a UN resolution that endorsed the 2015 agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
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Rouhani tells Merkel: Adding anything to nuclear deal ‘impossible’
Feb 18, 2021 04:18President Hassan Rouhani says it would be “impossible” to modify the country's landmark nuclear agreement, emphasizing that the only way to save the deal is to lift the United States’ “inhumane sanctions” on Iran.
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So far, Biden has retained Trump’s disgraceful maximum pressure policy: Zarif
Feb 18, 2021 02:38Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says so far, the administration of US President Joe Biden has kept up his predecessor Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy towards Iran that has brought along nothing but defeat and disgrace for Washington.
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IAEA director general to visit Iran Saturday for technical talks on ways to continue cooperation
Feb 17, 2021 13:17The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will visit Tehran on Saturday for technical talks on how to work with Iran in light of its plan to reduce voluntary cooperation, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna says.
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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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Iran not seeking nukes but has right to access peaceful nuclear tech: Rouhani
Feb 17, 2021 05:29President Hassan Rouhani has reiterated that Iran does not seek to develop nuclear weapons or a secretive nuclear program, but reserves the right to use peaceful nuclear technologies.
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Rouhani: Ball in US court to lift bans, put Iran deal back on track
Feb 17, 2021 03:24President Hassan Rouhani has once again reiterated Iran’s opposition to any renegotiation of a nuclear deal it clinched with major world states in 2015, saying the United States should practically lift its “illegal” sanctions in the first place in order for the agreement to get back on track.
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IAEA chief offers to visit Iran ahead of Additional Protocol halt
Feb 17, 2021 02:59The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has offered to visit Iran over Tehran’s decision to suspend the IAEA’s snap inspections.
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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.