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Iran can begin free arms trade on Sunday, Oct. 18: President Rouhani
Oct 14, 2020 06:04Iran will be able to freely sell and buy weapons as of Sunday, October 18, as the UN arms embargo will be terminated under the 2015 nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said.
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Presence of foreign forces aggravate regional problems
Oct 14, 2020 13:39Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the presence of foreign forces complicates and aggravates regional problems.
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Iran’s funds in Iraq over $5 billion: Top banker
Oct 14, 2020 09:28Iran’s central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati says he is “hopeful” his visit to Baghdad on Monday and successful talks with Iraqi officials would enable Tehran to use more than $5 billion of its funds in the country.
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Minister: No interruption to Iran’s oil production
Oct 14, 2020 05:52Oil production in Iran has not come to a halt even for a single day under the pressure of sanctions and the coronavirus outbreak, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said.
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Leader: Iran to turn ‘maximum pressure’ into US ‘maximum disgrace’
Oct 12, 2020 09:09Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called US efforts and sanctions against Iran as manifestation of atrocity and "truly criminal," but said the Islamic Republic will continue to resist until it brings as much disgrace upon Washington as is possible.
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US sanctions hurting Sudan’s move to democracy: PM
Oct 12, 2020 05:18The Sudanese prime minister has lashed out at the US’ sanctions against his country, saying Washington’s blacklisting of Khartoum has hampered the country’s transition to democracy.
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Iran rights council: US criminal sanctions target Iranians’ lives, health
Oct 12, 2020 02:46Iran’s top human rights council has strongly condemned recent US sanctions on Iranian financial system and banks, noting that by curtailing the country’s access to medicine and other humanitarian equipment, Washington’s sanctions are taking direct aim at Iranian people’s lives and health.
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Time to toss US sanctions in the nearest dustbin
Oct 11, 2020 18:11Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, has made a joint statement at the General Debate of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, on behalf of 26 countries, criticizing the United States and Western countries for violating human rights, calling for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions, and expressing grave concern on systematic racial discrimination.
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Enemy’s sanctions aim to block Iran exports: Defense minister
Oct 11, 2020 13:50Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Sunday that the latest round of illegal US sanctions, which targets Iran’s financial sector and major banks, is aimed at blocking the country’s exports, but will not have any effect on the Islamic Republic.
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China supports JCPOA, calls for new platform to resolve West Asia issues: FM Wang
Oct 11, 2020 12:20China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for the formation of a new dialogue forum to resolve security issues in the West Asia region, saying the major precondition for joining the forum would be the support for the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal.