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Iran’s refining capacity up by 24%, second largest in OPEC: Report
Oct 11, 2020 12:12Iran’s capacity for refining crude and other products has increased by nearly a fourth in four years to 2020 to become the second largest in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
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China calls for elimination of US unilateral measures against Iran
Oct 11, 2020 05:28Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying condemned Washington’s recent sanctions on Iran, saying the bans pose a direct threat to ordinary people’s life and health due to the continued spread of the COVID-19.
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New US bans on Iran pre-election publicity stunt: Businessman
Oct 11, 2020 03:04New US sanctions targeting the Iranian financial institutions would have no tangible impact on the current state of trade between Iran and the rest of the world, says a major businessman who believes the bans are a mere publicity stunt by the current administrative government in Washington that seeks to get re-elected in elections planned for early next month.
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Iran reports rise in non-oil exports in month to late September
Oct 11, 2020 02:51Iran has reported a significant surge in the value of non-oil exports in the month to late September amid an easing of trade restrictions meant to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
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US sanctions on Iran ‘crimes against humanity’: Envoy
Oct 11, 2020 02:39Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has censured as “crimes against humanity” the unilateral US sanctions on the Islamic Republic and said Washington’s so-called maximum pressure campaign on Tehran would not be subscribed to in the country.
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New US sanctions on Iran ‘terrorist & cruel’: President Rouhani
Oct 09, 2020 12:05President Hassan Rouhani said the new illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on the banking sector amount to an effort of a ‘terrorist, cruel and inhumane’ nature aimed at putting major obstacles to fund transfers for the purchase of medicine and food amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Economic sanctions among major challenges faced by war-wracked Syria: UN ambassador
Oct 09, 2020 09:56Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has denounced economic sanctions imposed by the United States on his war-ravaged country as one of the daunting challenges the Damascus government faces on the path of reconstructing the country and bringing the Syrians’ life back to normal.
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Trump lured by Bibi-Firsters into inhumane targeting of ordinary Iranians: Foreign Ministry
Oct 09, 2020 09:49Foreign Ministry has blasted the latest round of the illegal US sanctions on over a dozen Iranian banks, saying those who favor the Israeli prime minister’s interests over the Americans’ are luring the US president into targeting ordinary Iranian people.
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Iran helping Syria rebuild as part of ‘religious duty’
Oct 07, 2020 10:50A deputy minister says Iran is sending building materials to Syria under its “religious duty” to rebuild the West Asian country, seriously damaged by years of a foreign-orchestrated war.
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Iran’s rial higher after Trump’s illness hurts re-election bid: Report
Oct 05, 2020 02:12Iran’s rial has risen against the US dollar in the unofficial market mainly on speculations that US President Donald Trump’s illness could hurt his re-election chances in votes planned for next month.