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US breaches JCPOA, UNSC resolution, has no right to vilify Iran: Zarif
Jun 11, 2020 14:53Iranian foreign minister says the United States has no right to “abuse” the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to vilify Iran, because Washington has already breached the nuclear deal that Tehran clinched with world powers, including the US, and the United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed the deal.
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China, Russia begin fighting off US ‘snapback’ threat against Iran at UN
Jun 10, 2020 03:07Veto powers China and Russia have written to the United Nations, arguing strongly against a US threat that it will try and bring about a return of all sanctions against Iran if the world body fails to extend an arms embargo against Tehran.
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US has no right to call for extension of Iran arms embargo: Envoy
Jun 07, 2020 04:22Iran’s UN ambassador says the US' call for an extension of the UN Security Council's arms embargo on Tehran lacks legal standing in international law.
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Russia defends Iran’s peaceful space program against US opposition
Jun 05, 2020 01:37Russia has defended Iran’s right to peaceful space technology, dismissing claims by the United States that the recent launch of the country’s first-ever military satellite into the orbit violates a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers.
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President Rouhani: EU must take stand against illegal US moves against Iran
Jun 02, 2020 11:08President Hassan Rouhani has once again censured the unilateral American sanctions that are disrupting imports of medical supplies into Iran, renewing a call for the European Union to take a stand against such illegal US moves.
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Iran’s new parliament speaker dismisses compromise, talks with US
May 31, 2020 04:15Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf highlighted the futility and harmfulness of negotiations with the US government, saying the Islamic Republic’s strategy entails a complete eviction of American terrorist forces from the region.
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Iran will take 'legal, practical' steps against US revocation of sanctions waivers
May 31, 2020 01:15Iran has roundly condemned the United States’ latest decision to end the sanctions waivers in a landmark nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and world powers in 2015, vowing to take "necessary practical and legal" steps to counter the negative impacts of the move.
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Iran says US must show respect or keep humiliating itself
May 29, 2020 01:49Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says the United States must admit defeat and start respecting the Iranian nation instead of further humiliating itself.
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Russia blasts US for ending Iran sanctions waivers, quitting intl. treaties
May 29, 2020 01:08Russia condemns the United States for undermining international security by deciding to end waivers on the American sanctions that target Iran and withdraw from a number of international treaties, including a recent one pertaining to unarmed surveillance flights.
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Iran UN envoy: 'Desperate' US move to end sanctions waivers ‘pulls final plug’ on JCPOA
May 29, 2020 00:53Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the US has destroyed the last means of retention of the 2015 nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and major world powers by ending waivers for sanctions prohibiting nuclear cooperation with Tehran.