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Iran’s foreign minister meets with his visiting Japanese counterpart
Jun 13, 2019 00:07Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and conferred with his visiting Japanese counterpart Taro Kono in Tehran on Wednesday.
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EU’s Schmid due in Tehran this week to discuss ways to save JCPOA, ease Iran-US tensions
Jun 12, 2019 23:35The secretary general of the European Union's External Action Service (EEAS) is to pay an official visit to Iran this week as part of a tour of the Persian Gulf to discuss ways to ease tensions in the region and preserve a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the 5+1 group.
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IAEA chief worried about increasing tensions over Iran’s nuclear work
Jun 10, 2019 09:55The UN nuclear agency's chief says he is "worried about increasing tensions" over Iran's nuclear program, calling for de-escalation efforts as Tehran expresses dissatisfaction with European actions to offset the effects of the US withdrawal from a 2015 international deal.
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German FM in Tehran, seeking to implement INSTEX
Jun 10, 2019 07:02German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says his country remains firm in supporting the 2015 nuclear deal but can't pull off "miracles" in the face of US pressures on Iran.
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Iran not happy with Europe on INSTEX as FM Maas visits
Jun 10, 2019 05:48Iran says European governments have failed to meet its expectations in implementing the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) to protect the 2015 nuclear deal, criticizing their "lack of will" to deal with America's pressure against Tehran.
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German FM in Iran: Saving deal or carrying US concerns?
Jun 10, 2019 00:48German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived in the Iranian capital on Sunday night in a trip which was expected to be focused on saving the Iran deal and easing the Iran-US tensions, but the European diplomat apparently seeks to use it for pressuring Tehran into giving up its missile defense program.
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FM warns Europe of Iran's reciprocal acts against disloyalty to nuclear deal
Jun 09, 2019 07:45Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that the 2015 nuclear deal requires Europe to normalize economic ties with Iran, warning that Tehran will reciprocally ignore its undertakings in case of EU's defiance of its commitments.
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Zarif says dollar must be ditched to strip US of economic sway
Jun 09, 2019 05:48Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says much of America’s undue economic influence will be taken away if countries stop using the US dollar in their international transactions.
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German FM urges Europeans to play mediating role amid rising Iran-US tensions
Jun 09, 2019 02:05German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warns that strains between Iran and the United States have "reached a fever pitch", calling on European powers to take a lead in negotiations to help resolve the situation.
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Russia's president backs JCPOA, rejects what's being done against Iran
Jun 07, 2019 10:03Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again stressed the importance of preserving the multilateral nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers in 2015, saying Moscow does not approve of "what is being done against Iran."