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US imposes sanctions on 8 Iranian officials, including interior minister
May 21, 2020 01:06The United States has imposed sanctions on 8 Iranian officials, including Iran's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
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Beijing slams Iran-related sanctions on Chinese company as ‘illegal’
May 21, 2020 00:58China has blasted the United States for its sanctions on a Chinese company over cooperation with Iran’s Mahan Air, saying the bans violate international rules on beneficial cooperation between countries.
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Venezuelans slam US over threats against Iran's fuel shipment
May 20, 2020 10:18Following several weeks of scarcity of fuel in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran is about to deliver a group of fuel-loaded ships to the Latin American nation to tackle the critical situation that has kept most gasoline stations unable to pump up the energetic resource to most Venezuelans customers.
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Iran oil sector avoided layoffs during pandemic: Minister
May 20, 2020 00:55Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says the massive oil industry in the country has managed to survive the economic impacts of the new coronavirus pandemic without laying off a single worker.
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US not allowed to disrupt legal international trade: Zarif
May 19, 2020 14:50Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US is not permitted to disrupt legal trade among other countries, slamming such interventionist policies as a threat to the entire world community.
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World no longer tolerates US bullying: Shamkhani
May 19, 2020 06:34Iran’s top security official says the United States has failed to muster support even from its own allies in its attempts to renew a UN arms embargo against the Islamic Republic, stressing that the world community no longer tolerates Washington’s “bullying.”
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Iran ready for worst-case scenario in faceoff with US, all options considered: Spokesman
May 18, 2020 09:26The spokesman for Iran’s government says the Islamic Republic is ready for the worst-case scenario in its current confrontation with the US over Iranian tanker ships delivering oil to Venezuela, stressing that Tehran-Caracas relations are no other countries’ business.
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Iran to begin mass production for first fully homemade car in February 2021
May 18, 2020 09:21The Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), the largest carmaker in Iran, says mass production for its fully homemade car will begin early next year amid efforts to make the automotive industry in the country less vulnerable to foreign sanctions.
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Threatening Iranian tankers by US amounts to piracy, jeopardizes intl. peace: Zarif
May 17, 2020 15:05Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has issued stern warning against the US provocative acts through dispatching its naval forces to the Caribbean Sea with the goal of disrupting the course of Iranian tankers carrying fuel for Venezuela.
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Iran’s fuel shipment to Venezuela guaranteed by its missile power
May 17, 2020 01:20Iran is shipping tons of gasoline to Venezuela in defiance of US sanctions on both countries in a symbolic move guaranteed by Tehran’s missile prowess.