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President Rouhani in Tokyo, urges Japan to help rein in US
Dec 20, 2019 10:14President Hassan Rouhani has paid a landmark visit to Japan, calling on the country to help confront the United States' bid to wreck the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
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Implementing JCPOA 'only correct, effective' way to solve Iran nuclear issue: China envoy
Dec 20, 2019 14:02China's permanent representative to the United Nations says the implementation of a nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers in 2015 is the "only correct and effective" way to handle the current circumstances.
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US illegal sanctions on Iran aimed at collectively punishing ordinary people: UN ambassador
Dec 20, 2019 07:52Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has severely censured the United States’ illegal sanctions against ordinary people as well as different sectors of the Iranian economy, including oil and banking, arguing that the measures are negatively affecting the daily lives of millions of Iranians.
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Iran rejects US threat to invoke JCPAO’s snapback mechanism to reinstate UN sanctions
Dec 18, 2019 14:20Iran rejects as “shameless” the US claim that it can invoke a mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal to reinstate UN sanctions on Tehran, arguing Washington ceased participation in the accord last year.
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Iran slams European signatories for inaction after US withdrawal
Dec 18, 2019 05:21Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has censured the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, which is officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), for their inaction to save the agreement after the US withdrawal.
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Iran hits back at Persian Gulf states over ‘destructive’ PGCC statement
Dec 11, 2019 09:26The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) released the statement in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday at the end of its 40th summit, urging a united front against the Islamic Republic, calling for global action targeting the country’s nuclear energy program, and disputing the Iranian sovereignty over a threesome group of islands in the strategic body of water.
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Why Tehran doesn’t talk to Washington?
Dec 10, 2019 16:30The US president, Donald Trump, who during his presidential campaign more or less promised a non-interventionist foreign policy, continues to repeat the anti-Iran rhetoric, promoted by war capital Washington and his cabinet members, accusing Tehran of supporting terrorism and destabilizing the West Asia- North Africa region.
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FM, lawmakers discuss regional issues
Dec 10, 2019 13:43Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and members of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in a meeting discussed a range of issues, including the latest developments in the region.
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Europeans will not activate JCPOA trigger mechanism for now: Araqchi
Dec 10, 2019 02:33Deputy foreign minister for political affairs says despite their recent threat to activate the trigger mechanism envisaged in the nuclear accord with Iran, the European signatories to the deal will not do so for the time being.
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New IAEA head vows to act fair, independently vis-à-vis Iran
Dec 09, 2019 13:38The new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, promises he will act fairly and independently towards Iran.