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Iran’s $4 trillion mining sector holds key to demolishing US sanctions
Aug 19, 2020 07:05Iran is an energy superpower, holding the world’s largest reserves of oil and gas combined. Oil has been the primary source of foreign currency for decades which, on the flip side, has relegated other industries to the fringes.
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US cannot cross a bridge it burned: Rouhani says of push for 'snapback' sanctions
Aug 19, 2020 06:20President Hassan Rouhani said the US will once again fail in its new push to invoke the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal and re-impose all UN sanctions against Tehran.
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Zarif: Failure of US-drafted anti-Iran resolution at UNSC proves change in intl. relations
Aug 17, 2020 11:44Iran’s foreign minister says failure of a US-drafted anti-Iran resolution, which sought to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, during a recent United Nations Security Council session heralds fundamental changes in international relations.
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US recourse to 'Dispute Mechanism' has no leg to stand on: Iran’s Zarif
Aug 17, 2020 02:45Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington’s attempt to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DRM) in the UNSC Resolution 2231 has no leg to stand on.
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Defense minister: Iran open to arms trade after US humiliation at UNSC
Aug 17, 2020 01:02Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami mocked the US’ humiliating defeat after the rejection of its bid for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Iran, expressing Tehran’s readiness for arms trade with the friends.
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US in no position to invoke JCPOA snapback mechanism to reinstate: EU
Aug 16, 2020 12:28US President Donald Trump on Saturday said to use the controversial technique, a day after the UN Security Council overwhelmingly rejected an American-drafted resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo.
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US cannot use snapback to reinstate sanctions on Iran: Zarif
Aug 16, 2020 08:04Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced US attempts to invoke a controversial mechanism to unilaterally reinstate illegal sanctions on Tehran - a move with huge repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal.
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Trump says he ‘knew’ UNSC vote on Iran, vows to use nuclear deal snapback
Aug 16, 2020 02:04US President Donald Trump says he “knew” that his resolution against Iran would be rejected in the UN Security Council.
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Iran meat output up by 44% y/y in July: SCI
Aug 14, 2020 01:05Iran’s production of red meat has increased by 44% percent in the Persian calendar month ending late July compared to the similar period in 2019.
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Iran earns over $53 mln from 4 months of date exports
Aug 13, 2020 00:55Iran has earned more than $53 million from exports of various types of dates in the first four months of the current calendar year ending July 21.