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US no longer party to JCPOA: EU on Washington’s anti-Iran bid
May 01, 2020 01:23The European Union foreign policy chief says the US is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group, pointing to the limitations that Washington is facing in its avowed bid to extend an arms embargo under the deal against Tehran that is going to expire in October.
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US attempts to present itself as part of Iran nuclear deal have 'no future': Russian envoy
May 01, 2020 01:14Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna has lambasted the US for trying to present Washington as still a participant to Iran's nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying such attempts have "no future."
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E3 agrees with Iran: US is out of JCPOA, cannot push for arms embargo renewal
Apr 30, 2020 08:21Reports say the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the E3, appear to be in agreement with Iran’s argument that the US is no longer a party to the accord and thus not entitled to push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Tehran.
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Zarif, Lavrov scorn Pompeo’s plan for nuclear deal
Apr 29, 2020 02:16Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov dismissed as “delusional” a plan that the US state secretary has proposed to keep Washington a participant state in the JCPOA in order to extend the UN sanctions against Tehran.
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US sanctions jar with fundamental human rights: Rouhani
Apr 27, 2020 08:45President Hassan Rouhani says the United States’ illegal sanctions against Iran are at odds with the fundamental principles of human rights.
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Iran’s Zarif lashes out at Pompeo for saying US still ‘participant’ in JCPOA
Apr 27, 2020 08:52Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took a swipe at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he claimed that Washington had not quit the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and remained a “participant state”.
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Pompeo to claim US didn’t quit Iran nuclear deal to make UN impose arms embargo
Apr 27, 2020 00:34US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reportedly going to claim that Washington has not quit the Iran nuclear deal and technically remains a “participant state,” in order to use a mechanism embedded within the accord to make the UN impose arms embargo on Tehran.
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Iran: US seeks to hide 'economic terrorism' with arms embargo call
Apr 19, 2020 05:52Iran’s UN envoy says a recent US call on the world body to extend an arms embargo on Tehran is yet another attempt by Washington to divert attention from its economic terrorism.
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Russia rules out extension of UN arms embargo on Iran
Apr 19, 2020 02:14Russia's Permanent Representative to the IAEA Mikhail Ulyanov ruled out the possibility of renewing a UN arms embargo against Iran which is to expire in October, reminding Washington that the risk of arms race could only be reduced through collective efforts, not unilateralism.
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Iran to unveil 122 nuclear achievements
Apr 09, 2020 01:35The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) was going to mark the National Nuclear Technology Day on Wednesday by unveiling 122 new achievements of the country’s nuclear scientists, but decided to postpone the ceremony due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, a spokesman said.