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Afghanistan on brink of 'irreversible' economic collapse: UN envoy

Mar 03, 2022 07:29

Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid to Afghanistan to prevent large-scale famine and starvation, but the economic challenges have left the country on the brink of “irreversible” ruin, the UN envoy to Kabul says.
Iran: Realistic attitude needed from West to strike deal

Mar 02, 2022 16:58

Iran’s foreign minister has underlined the significance of the remaining issues at the Vienna talks, saying the Western parties need to get realistic and make political decisions to reach an agreement on reviving the 2015 Iran deal.
Security chief: Iran’s main strategy is to render sanctions ineffective

Mar 02, 2022 10:23

Iran’s top security official says the country’s main strategy is to create mechanisms to neutralize the sanctions it is facing in parallel with efforts to secure a removal of the illegal restrictions.
Iran eyes $55bn in non-oil exports revenue for year to March 2023

Mar 02, 2022 02:29

A senior Iranian trade official says the country is expected to meet a non-oil exports revenue target of $55 billion in the calendar year to March 2023.
Data confirms Iran’s oil export at above 1 mln bpd this year

Mar 02, 2022 02:22

Iran’s crude oil exports rose to above 1 million barrels per day (bpd) at the start of this year and continued to remain above that level over January and February, shows a new report citing data by tanker tracker services.
'Economic wars often turn into real ones,' Russia warns France

Mar 01, 2022 12:21

Russia's top security official hits back at France for threatening Moscow with “an economic war,” saying such wars had often turned into real ones throughout history.
FM to EU’s Borrell: Iran seeks good agreement, but will not cross its red lines in Vienna talks

Feb 27, 2022 03:12

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has told the European Union’s foreign policy chief that the Islamic Republic seeks a good agreement through the ongoing talks in the Austrian capital on the revival of the 2015 deal, but is determined not to cross its read lines.
Biden hammers a $7 billion nail into Afghanistan’s coffin

Feb 25, 2022 16:35

Letting Afghanistan slide into total economic and social ruin will have devastating consequences.
China decries Russia sanctions as 'illegal'; urges parties to show restraint

Feb 25, 2022 08:53

China has denounced sanctions imposed by the Western countries against Russia over the military operation in Ukraine as “illegal”, blaming Washington for escalating tensions between the two former Soviet neighbors.
Iran says its nuclear work hindered by IAEA despite honoring agency’s laws

Feb 25, 2022 08:42

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not only withheld assistance to Tehran’s peaceful energy program, but also created obstacles for Iran despite the fact that the country has fully honored the IAEA’s laws, says Iran’s nuclear chief.