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Iran’s rial resisting losses despite new American sanctions
Sep 22, 2019 02:29Iran’s national currency the rial has resisted losses over the past days despite a new wave of American sanctions targeting the country’s Central Bank and its sovereign wealth fund.
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Iran reports first quarterly economic growth in a year
Sep 20, 2019 01:18Authorities say Iran’s economic growth, without considering the sale of oil, was 0.4 percent in the first three months of the current Persian calendar year beginning in late March.
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Zarif: US once again shows sanctions aimed at Iranian people
Sep 19, 2019 02:02Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned a decision by US President Donald Trump to tighten economic pressure against Tehran, saying Washington once again proved that it deliberately seeks to target ordinary people.
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Minister says US sanctions on Iran hit Turkey worst
Sep 19, 2019 01:38Turkey’s Minister for Trade Ruhsar Pekcan says her country has been the worst hit by a series of American sanctions imposed on Iran.
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Talks with US meaningless while sanctions still in place, Rouhani tells Macron
Sep 12, 2019 00:41President Hassan Rouhani has informed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that there is no point in talks with the United States as long as it keeps sanctions against the Islamic Republic in place.
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'We'll see what happens,' Trump says of easing illegal sanctions on Iran
Sep 12, 2019 00:21US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out easing of illegal sanctions on Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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Iran exports 22.5m tons of petchem worth $12bn: official
Sep 11, 2019 01:57A senior Iranian oil ministry official says exports of refined products derived from crude have topped 22.5 tons, generating an income of $12 billion a year for the country.
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Load and unload surge at Iran’s ports despite US sanctions
Sep 11, 2019 01:48Iranian authorities say ports north and south of the country have seen increased processing activity over the past six months despite American sanctions that have sought to negatively impact trade with the country.
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Iran sanctions curbing global scientific progress: Top journal
Sep 11, 2019 01:31The British medical journal BMJ Global Health says US sanctions on Iran, a leading country in the world for science, are curtailing global scientific progress.
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US resorting to ‘extortion,’ not Iran, Zarif tells Pompeo
Sep 08, 2019 02:13Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed the latest claim by his American counterpart about Iran's nuclear "extortion" after the Islamic Republic announced that it has fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles.