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EU making contradictory statements on JCPOA: Velayati
May 20, 2018 09:45A senior Iranian official has questioned EU officials' contradictory remarks on the 2015 nuclear agreement after US withdrawal, saying a "duplicitous" side could not be trusted.
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Iran says Germans eager to maintain trade
May 20, 2018 03:11Iran says German enterprises are exploring all avenues to maintain business with Iran once the United States re-instates sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran, Russia eyeing digital money to dodge sanctions
May 19, 2018 14:00As Iran is facing the risks of returning US sanctions, one of the country’s parliamentarians has raised the idea for Tehran and Moscow to start using digital currencies to dodge the sanctions.
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Iran too powerful now to be pressured: Senior official
May 19, 2018 12:28Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic is more powerful than any time and cannot be easily pressured in the face of US plans to reimpose sanctions on the country.
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EU to make direct oil payments to Iran to bypass US sanctions
May 19, 2018 12:26A plan by the European Union to make direct oil payments to Iran after the US re-imposes sanctions against the country is seen to risk the start of a trade war between Europe and the United States.
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EU unveils 'statute' to protect Iran trade against US sanctions
May 18, 2018 10:44The European Commission says it has launched "the blocking statute" process to protect Europeans from US sanctions on Iran as part of efforts to preserve the nuclear deal with Tehran.
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EU to launch legal process to prevent US bans from affecting businesses in Iran
May 17, 2018 13:58The European Commission is set to launch a legal process based on a powerful law to block American sanctions against Iran as European Union powers mobilize to save the landmark 2015 nuclear deal following Washington’s unilateral pullout.
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France urges EU to protect firms doing business with Iran
May 17, 2018 08:49France has called on the European Union (EU) to protect the companies that are doing business with Iran as the US moves to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran following its pullout of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Chinese company ready to replace Total in SP11 if it quits: Zanganeh
May 17, 2018 06:52Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says if French energy giant Total decides to exit the Iran South Pars 11 (SP11) gas field development, a Chinese company is ready to replace it.
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After Iran’s nuclear deal withdrawal, Europe grills Trump’s ‘capricious’ decisions
May 17, 2018 01:16European Council President Donald Tusk has lashed out at US President Donald Trump for his recent “capricious” decisions, including on the Iran nuclear deal, saying with friends like Washington, Europe does not need enemies.