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US not JCPOA participant anymore, can’t return Iran sanctions on 9/20: Zarif
Sep 18, 2020 01:19Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says despite recent remarks by the US secretary of state, Washington cannot re-impose the UN sanctions on Tehran on September 20 -- which is one month after the US demanded activation of a sanctions snapback mechanism inside the Iran nuclear deal -- because the US is not a party to the agreement anymore.
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After failure at UN, US says will work to hinder arms trades with Iran with its own action
Sep 17, 2020 03:17Following a humiliating failure at the UN Security Council to secure an extension of the arms embargo against Iran, the United States has threatened to use its “secondary” sanctions to block any arms trades with Tehran after the expiry of the UN ban next month.
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US only after destroying Iran econ., ruining lives, UN court told
Sep 17, 2020 00:49Iran’s legal advisor in the country’s ongoing complaint to the United Nations’ top court over US sanctions warns the tribunal about Washington’s exclusively destructive ambitions towards Tehran.
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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.”