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US sanctions impeding treatment of Iranian victims of Saddam’s chemical attacks: OPCW envoy
Oct 10, 2019 02:56Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says unilateral US sanctions have prevented the country’s access to medical and health services required to treat victims of chemical attacks carried out by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the 1980s.
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US sanctions don’t work
Oct 07, 2019 14:02From Iran to Russia and the DPRK, US administrations have long relied on sanctions and threats as a preferred weapon against these countries.
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Iran’s Homa posts operating profit despite US sanctions
Oct 06, 2019 04:06Iran’s largest airline IranAir has reported an operating profit for the year ending in March 2019 despite a surge in aviation costs in the country as a result of the American sanctions.
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Iran’s branches of power cooperating to offset sanctions: VP
Oct 06, 2019 03:44Iran’s Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hossein Ali Amiri highlighted the administration’s determination to help resolve the people’s economic problems and said the three branches of the power are cooperating to offset the sanctions imposed by the West.
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Iran denies ships carrying grain are held up outside ports over payment
Oct 04, 2019 03:01Iranian authorities have rejected reports suggesting that ships carrying imports of food and grain have been stuck outside two main ports in southern Iran simply because American sanctions on the country are creating payment problems.
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US Secretary of State pressures Italy for action on Iran’s Mahan Air
Oct 04, 2019 02:49US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has sought to convince Italian officials that they should comply with Washington’s sanctions on Iran and ban the Mahan Air carrier from accessing Italy’s airspace.
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Trump rejected Iran’s conditions for meeting Rouhani: Zarif
Sep 29, 2019 03:38Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it was US President Donald Trump who wasted his chances for a meeting with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a United Nations gathering in New York by rejecting Tehran’s main conditions for such a meeting.
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US sanctions on Iran's access to medicines tantamount to economic terrorism: FM Zarif
Sep 29, 2019 03:16Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States’ sanctions targeting Iran's access to medicines and treatment services amount to economic terrorism, calling on the international community to compel the US to quit its policy.
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Not right thing to blame Iran for Yemeni attacks on Saudi oil sites: Erdogan
Sep 26, 2019 05:41Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken Iran’s side amid attempts by the US, Saudi Arabia and their allies to hold Tehran responsible for Yemen’s recent raids against key Saudi oil facilities.
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Trump authorizes travel ban on top Iranian officials, their families
Sep 26, 2019 05:15US President Donald Trump has authorized his State Department to put a travel ban on top Iranian officials and their families over baseless “terrorism” charges.