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US plan to rejoin JCPOA to get nowhere: Iranian spokesman
May 04, 2020 03:48Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Washington’s ploy to again become a participant of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal after its unilateral withdrawal from the agreement is a nonstarter that runs counter to the international law.
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Despite the siege, Venezuela controls the coronavirus
May 03, 2020 18:01Venezuela is under siege. The USA and its allies unleashed unjust economic sanctions against the country that have resulted in Venezuela unable to sell its oil that is its main source of revenue, and to buy food or medicine in the international market. It has stopped airlines traveling to Venezuela and the country is unable to make financial transactions in international banks. The loss to Venezuela’s economy is calculated at $130 billion and rising.
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Extension of arms ban on Iran coup de grace for JCPOA, Shamkhani warns
May 03, 2020 03:09Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council warned that disregard for the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and an illegal extension of an arms embargo on Iran would be the final blow to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Zarif: US pouring weapons all over globe while seeking arms embargo against Iran
May 03, 2020 01:45Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has responded to his American counterpart's attempts to push ahead with a scheme to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, saying the “United States of Arms” is pouring weapons all over the globe as it is the world’s top war initiator.
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US claim to be participant to nuclear deal lacks legal grounds: Iran envoy
May 03, 2020 01:33Iran's permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations says the US attempts to establish itself as a participant to a 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers "have no legal grounds" following its withdrawal from the landmark accord.
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Iran unemployment rate moves down at 10.7% in year ending March: SCI
May 03, 2020 01:25The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) has issued its latest figures on unemployment in Iran, saying the country’s average joblessness rate for the year ending late March edged down to stand at 10.7 percent.
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Baseless US claims aim to obstruct Venezuela's oil plans amid sanctions: Iran
May 01, 2020 10:18Foreign Ministry has dismissed "baseless" allegations made by an American diplomat about the Islamic Republic's trade ties with Venezuela, saying such claims are aimed at creating obstacles in the way of the South American country's plans in the oil sector amid the cruel US sanctions.
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US no longer party to JCPOA: EU on Washington’s anti-Iran bid
May 01, 2020 01:23The European Union foreign policy chief says the US is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group, pointing to the limitations that Washington is facing in its avowed bid to extend an arms embargo under the deal against Tehran that is going to expire in October.
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Development work begins at Iranian gas field abandoned over sanctions
May 01, 2020 01:01Iran has officially embarked on building out a major offshore gas field south of the country where foreign companies abandoned development work because of the American sanctions on the country.
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E3 agrees with Iran: US is out of JCPOA, cannot push for arms embargo renewal
Apr 30, 2020 08:21Reports say the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the E3, appear to be in agreement with Iran’s argument that the US is no longer a party to the accord and thus not entitled to push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Tehran.