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Iran’s Rouhani: Macron’s efforts can be fruitful only if US bans lifted
Sep 24, 2019 14:17President Hassan Rouhani says efforts by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron to de-escalate Washington-Tehran tensions and save a 2015 nuclear deal will bear fruit only if the sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran are lifted.
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Trump threatens to tighten US sanctions against Iran
Sep 24, 2019 13:28US President Donald Trump has threatened to tighten sanctions against Iran during his third address to the United Nations, accusing the Islamic Republic of “menacing behavior” in West Asia.
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Iran open to ‘permanent for permanent’ formula with US: Zarif
Sep 24, 2019 08:31Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is open to the idea of a permanent for permanent machanism with the United States, which means Iran will agree to permanent inspections of its nuclear facilities if the US also agrees to permanently lift its sanctions against Iran -- measures that the two sides were supposed to take in 2023 under a multilateral nuclear deal prior to Washington’s withdrawal.
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Military strike on Iran will lead to 'all-out war' in region: FM
Sep 19, 2019 09:59Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a possible military strike against his country by the United States or Saudi Arabia will unleash an “all-out” war in the region.
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Return to JCPOA only way to de-escalate tensions in West Asia: Merkel
Sep 17, 2019 11:25German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a return to a 2015 nuclear deal Iran clinched with six world states is the only way to defuse tensions in West Asia.
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Europe still far from meeting Iran demands: Salehi
Sep 17, 2019 01:52Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi says Europeans are still far from meeting the demands of Iran under the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA despite promising to make up for the US withdrawal.
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EU parliament president says MEPs want to save JCPOA
Sep 13, 2019 02:27At the start of this month US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Brussels to meet the new presidents of the EU's key institutions in, what many analysts claim, was part of his efforts to turn the 28-country bloc against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Talks with US meaningless while sanctions still in place, Rouhani tells Macron
Sep 12, 2019 00:41President Hassan Rouhani has informed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that there is no point in talks with the United States as long as it keeps sanctions against the Islamic Republic in place.
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'We'll see what happens,' Trump says of easing illegal sanctions on Iran
Sep 12, 2019 00:21US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out easing of illegal sanctions on Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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Iran will cut more JCPOA commitments if necessary: Rouhani
Sep 11, 2019 06:00President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will take further steps towards suspending its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal in the future if it deems necessary.