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Iran says steel industry growing after US turns up sanctions heat
Dec 25, 2019 08:24Iran’s industrial metals, specifically steel, are the latest target in the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign, but officials say the sector is unfazed and keeps growing.
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Zarif: US approach to sanctions 'pathological and reckless addiction'
Dec 23, 2019 05:01Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Washington's hostile policy of imposing sanctions is indicative of a “reckless addiction” that the White House has toward not only Iran but also other world countries.
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Russia: US cannot subject Iran to nonsensical demands
Dec 23, 2019 04:47Russia says the United States' demands from Iran are rude and nonsensical, adding Washington cannot treat a country with a "millennia-old civilization" the way it is trying to do.
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Iran getting delivery of 3 new Airbus planes: Minister
Dec 23, 2019 04:31Iran’s minister of transportation has announced that three new airbus planes will be delivered to the country in the very near future amid sanctions that have made it difficult for the airlines to renovate their fleet.
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Iran welcomes Japan plan not to join US-led naval coalition in Persian Gulf: Rouhani
Dec 22, 2019 03:11President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic welcomes Japan's decision not to join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
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Sanctions are war itself, economic terrorism: Iran's foreign ministry
Dec 16, 2019 12:09Iran has dismissed the latest claims by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that Washington's unilateral sanctions on Tehran are the alternative to military confrontation, saying sanctions are indeed a full-fledged war targeting civilians.
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Iran’s natural gas processing capacity hits 328.5 bcm: Official
Dec 16, 2019 03:36A senior Iranian oil Ministry official says the total capacity for processing natural gas in the country has reached 900 million cubic meters a day, or 328.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) a year.
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Iran inventing new mechanisms to circumvent US oil sanctions: Official
Dec 13, 2019 03:20A senior Iranian official has said that the government has come up with new initiatives to circumvent the oil sanctions imposed by the United States.
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Swiss channel to ease humanitarian exports to Iran: Report
Dec 12, 2019 03:08A Swiss channel for the export of food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods to Iran is to open “within months”, officials have told Reuters, amid Europe’s failure to launch its long-awaited Iran channel known as INSTEX.
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Russian contractor starts work at power plant south of Iran: Official
Dec 12, 2019 02:55Iranian officials say a Russian contractor is taking over at a major power plant south of the country which is expected to be built through finances provided by Moscow.