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President Rouhani: US will hopefully face defeat in anti-Iran bid at UNSC
Aug 12, 2020 07:10President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday said Iran has “high hopes” that the US will fail in its push to extend the UN arms embargo on Tehran and will face isolation at the Security Council, urging neighboring countries not to let Washington “exploit” them to advance its own agenda.
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Iran rejects ‘fabricated news’ on partial removal of the illegal sanctions
Aug 11, 2020 12:15Iran has dismissed as “news fabrication” recent media claims about a European initiative that calls for a temporary removal of the illegal US “non-targeted” sanctions on Tehran.
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Trump had 4 yrs for diplomacy with Iran, but opted to make worst mistakes: Govt. spox
Aug 11, 2020 08:33Tehran says US President Donald Trump had four years’ time during his tenure to initiate diplomacy with Iran, but he failed to grasp the opportunity and instead directed the White House to make “the worst of mistakes” in dealing with the Islamic Republic.
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Iran slams Persian Gulf Cooperation Council's call for extension of arms embargo
Aug 10, 2020 00:52Iran has categorically rejected a recent statement by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) Secretariat, which called for the extension of a UN arms embargo against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran currency rial rebounds on speculations of ‘great breakthrough’
Aug 10, 2020 00:28Iran’s currency rial has rebounded in unofficial trade on news the government would launch an unspecified but massive program to shore up finances affected by coronavirus pandemic and US sanctions.
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US sanctions aimed to hurt Iranian people
Aug 09, 2020 06:14Since Iran's 1979 Revolution that ended a generation of US-installed fascist tyranny, the US has thrown everything at Iran conceivable short of all-out war. It threw a proxy war against Iran in the 1980s with Iraq. This went on for the better part of the decade - about 8 years. Over the years, over about 41 years, the US has sanctioned Iran many, many times. All US sanctions are illegal.
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US officials - no matter who - bite off more than they can chew when it comes to Iran: Foreign Ministry
Aug 07, 2020 10:53Iran has played down reports about the departure of Washington’s special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, saying it does not matter who takes that charge because when it comes to the Islamic Republic, American officials are given more responsibility than they can handle.
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President urges journalists to dig for truth amid fake news
Aug 07, 2020 06:57President Hassan Rouhani has praised the role of journalists in countering fake news through their “relentless pursuit of reality” at a time when “people’s hope and trust is being targeted”.
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Judiciary head urges intl. action against the illegal sanctions on Lebanon
Aug 05, 2020 10:32Judiciary Chief Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has called on the international community to take action to help lift the illegal US sanctions imposed on Lebanon to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the wake of a recent massive explosion that ravaged the country's capital Beirut.
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US silently slaughtering Iranian brain tumor patients: Lawyer
Aug 04, 2020 12:02The illegal US sanctions imposed on Iran have made it almost impossible for Iranian brain tumor patients to receive non-invasive treatment at home, says a lawyer on international laws, as he slams Washington for its campaign of maximum pressure which he believes is indiscriminately targeting the people.