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Vietnam regrets US decision to sanction firm, says trade with Iran ‘strictly civilian’
Dec 17, 2020 15:03Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has voiced regret about a US decision to sanction a Vietnamese company for working with the Islamic Republic, saying trade relations between Vietnam and Iran are “strictly civilian.”
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Erdogan denounces US sanctions as ‘hostile attack’ on Turkey's sovereign rights
Dec 17, 2020 03:44Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the US sanctions imposed on Ankara over its purchase of advanced Russian S-400 missile defense systems as a “hostile attack” on the sovereign rights of his country.
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US imposes bans on firms in China, UAE and Vietnam over dealings involving Iran
Dec 17, 2020 02:45Companies in China, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam have been imposed with US sanctions over dealings related to Iran’s trade of energy products as Washington continues its economic pressure campaign on Iran in the final days of President Donald Trump in office.
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Iranian tanker loading Venezuelan crude for export: Report
Dec 16, 2020 02:55A tanker chartered by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is loading Venezuelan crude for export as the two countries apply new tactics to expand their trade in defiance of US sanctions, a report says.
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Iran will stand by Syria until final victory over terrorism: Rouhani
Dec 15, 2020 14:31President Hassan Rouhani has once again reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s support for Syria until its final victory over terrorism, describing Tehran-Damascus relations as “strategic and friendly.”
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President Rouhani: Failed sanctions policy against Iran should become history
Dec 15, 2020 09:42President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the outgoing US administration’s repeated failures in its policy of pressure and illegal sanctions on Iran, advising all those who are attempting to defeat the Islamic Republic through similar approaches to abandon such a “wrong and failed policy.”
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Parl. speaker: Iran, Venezuela fight US hegemony, counter its cruel sanctions
Dec 14, 2020 03:14Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the Islamic Republic and Venezuela are pursuing a strategic policy, which is based on maintaining their independence while fighting the US hegemony and its cruel sanctions.
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Iran’s chief banker says economy grew 1.3% in H1 fiscal year
Dec 14, 2020 03:06Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says raw data related to the country’s economic performance in the first half of the current calendar year suggest Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) had grown by 1.3 percent compared to the March-September period in 2019.
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China: US should 'unconditionally' lift Iran sanctions, return to 2015 nuclear deal
Dec 10, 2020 02:37Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian says the US should “unconditionally” and immediately return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and lift all sanctions against Tehran.
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White House hindering Iran efforts to import vaccine, medicine: President Rouhani
Dec 09, 2020 09:08President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for hampering Iran’s purchase of medical equipment and vaccines required to fight the coronavirus pandemic, saying the “evil” team at the White House did not even spare the elderly and the disabled from the “cruel” measures.