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Iran’s shipping lines reports $778 mln in revenues despite US sanctions
Sep 17, 2020 00:30The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line Group (IRISL) says revenues of the company topped $778 million in the year ending June 21 despite a series of harsh US sanctions seeking to choke off the country’s trade.
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Iran sees a big change in mining with gold prospecting
Sep 16, 2020 09:28Iran has staked out 1,000 promising gold prospects which are thought to help carve out a niche as important as steel in the country’s mining sector, an official says.
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Rouhani congratulates nation on assured victory against US over sanctions snapback
Sep 16, 2020 09:14President Hassan Rouhani says the United States has suffered a “humiliating defeat” in its push to trigger the so-called snapback mechanism, saying this weekend — the date when Washington claims the UN sanctions will be reinstated against Tehran — will mark a victory for the Iranian nation.
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Over 1,000 centrifuges doing enrichment work at Fordow facility: Salehi
Sep 13, 2020 11:53Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says 1,044 centrifuges are currently operating at Fordow uranium enrichment site as an evidence to the fact that the country has taken in full the fourth step it had promised to reduce its commitments under a landmark nuclear deal with the world powers.
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Enemy failed in all political, legal plots against Iran: Rouhani
Sep 13, 2020 07:19President Hassan Rouhani says the enemy has failed to achieve its objectives against the Islamic Republic in all political and legal fields, citing the abortive US push to re-impose UN sanctions as an example.
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Iran summer fruits & vegetables exports top $241mln in 5 months to August
Sep 13, 2020 01:04Figures by Iran’s customs office (IRICA) shows the country earned over $241 million from exports of various summer-grown fruits and vegetables in five months to late August.
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Hezbollah calls US sanctions on Lebanon ‘act of aggression’
Sep 11, 2020 12:31Lebanese Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem says US sanctions on Lebanon are an act of aggression and a failed attempt to “bring Lebanon to its knees.”
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Iran’s shrimp output to surge to 52,000 tons by March
Sep 09, 2020 01:00Iran’s fishery chief says shrimp output in the country would further increase in the current calendar year ending March 2021 to top 52,000 metric tons.
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Iran calls on WHO to make efforts to end the illegitimate US sanctions
Sep 08, 2020 11:40Health Minister Saeed Namaki has written to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, asking for global efforts towards ending America’s “unilateral and illegitimate” sanctions against Iranians amid a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran’s non-oil exports near $11bn in five months: Report
Sep 06, 2020 01:39Iran’s ministry of trade (MIMT) has updated its monthly report on the country’s exports of goods excluding crude oil as figures show shipments to other countries reached nearly $11 billion in value terms in five months ending late July.