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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.
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Defying US sanctions, Iran completes 2nd fuel delivery mission to Venezuela
Oct 04, 2020 03:33The third and final vessel from a fuel-laden Iranian flotilla has entered Venezuela’s waters, completing a second such mission in less than a year in defiance of American sanctions targeting both nations.
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Everything is clear, ‘snapback’ hasn’t happened: Russia’s UN diplomat
Oct 02, 2020 11:50Washington’s ‘snapback’ regarding the UN Security Council’s sanctions against Iran has not taken place, says Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia.
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Iran monetary base expanded by 5.4 percent in H1 fiscal year: Chief banker
Oct 02, 2020 03:03Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says that the country’s monetary base expansion in the first half of the current calendar year was a modest one as he dismisses claims the lender used extra finances to fund imports based on an official rial price of 42,000 against the US dollar.
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Iran: Medical ban on kids inconsistent with West’s human rights posture
Oct 01, 2020 11:11The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights has censured the Western states for pretending to be advocates of human rights while blocking Tehran’s imports of medicine meant for child patients.
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Iran: States lecturing on human rights ignore impact of US sanctions on Iranians
Sep 30, 2020 06:27Tehran’s ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has censured Germany and several other countries for baselessly criticizing the human rights situation in Iran while trying to appease the United States by turning a blind eye to its criminal sanctions, which “grossly” violate the Iranian people’s most basic rights.