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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.
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Iran making great strides in civil aircraft development: Minister
Sep 26, 2019 02:42Iran’s transportation minister says the country is making a good progress in developing its civil aviation sector, adding that aircraft parts are now manufactured inside Iran without any assistance from the foreigners.
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Iran’s Rouhani: Macron’s efforts can be fruitful only if US bans lifted
Sep 24, 2019 14:17President Hassan Rouhani says efforts by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron to de-escalate Washington-Tehran tensions and save a 2015 nuclear deal will bear fruit only if the sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran are lifted.
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Trump threatens to tighten US sanctions against Iran
Sep 24, 2019 13:28US President Donald Trump has threatened to tighten sanctions against Iran during his third address to the United Nations, accusing the Islamic Republic of “menacing behavior” in West Asia.
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Trump says open to hearing Pres. Rouhani's 'Hormuz Peace Initiative' at UNGA
Sep 23, 2019 04:22US President Donald Trump says he has no plans to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, but he is open to hearing his "Hormuz Peace Initiative" at the UN General Assembly in New York.