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Iran UN envoy: Opposition to US unilateralism rising
Sep 21, 2020 03:44The US is going to face stronger global opposition to its unilateral policies during this year’s General Assembly of the united Nations, Iran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi said.
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Trump should change tack before Pompeo brings further ridicule on US: Zarif
Sep 20, 2020 15:42Iran’s foreign minister has slammed his US counterpart for sticking to the assertion that UN sanctions are back in place against Tehran despite rejections by other Security Council members, calling on the US President Donald Trump to rein in his secretary of state.
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Iran will never succumb to US bullying, illegitimate demands: President Rouhani
Sep 20, 2020 09:05President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic will never give in to US bullying after the United States claimed it has restored all UN sanctions against Tehran through the so-called snapback mechanism of a landmark nuclear deal clinched in 2015, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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E3: US claim on snapback sanctions on Iran lacks legal effect
Sep 20, 2020 06:46The three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the E3, say a claim by the United States that it has restored Iran sanctions through the so-called snapback mechanism has no legal effect.
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US snapback push against Iran 'theatrical performance': Russia
Sep 20, 2020 06:21Russia has censured a unilateral declaration by the United States on the restoration of UN sanctions against Iran as a “theatrical performance” that aims to mislead the international community.
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UN chief says will take no action on US 'snapback' push against Iran
Sep 20, 2020 02:47The United Nations secretary-general says “uncertainty” prevents him from taking any action on a US declaration that all UN sanctions have been reinstated against Iran.
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Iran calls US attempt to ‘snapback’ sanctions ‘null and void’, urges UN to block it
Sep 20, 2020 00:45Iran says the US’ claim about the return of the UN Security Council’s sanctions against Tehran as per the so-called “snapback” mechanism is “null and void”, calling on the UN and its Security Council to block any attempt to reinstate the bans.
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President Maduro: EU demand to delay election in Venezuela 'impossible'
Sep 18, 2020 08:35Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has dismissed as "impossible" the EU's suggestion to postpone the country’s December 6 election to meet the bloc’s conditions to dispatch an observer mission, blaming the idea on US pressure.
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US not JCPOA participant anymore, can’t return Iran sanctions on 9/20: Zarif
Sep 18, 2020 01:19Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says despite recent remarks by the US secretary of state, Washington cannot re-impose the UN sanctions on Tehran on September 20 -- which is one month after the US demanded activation of a sanctions snapback mechanism inside the Iran nuclear deal -- because the US is not a party to the agreement anymore.
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WHO: Over 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility
Sep 17, 2020 10:51More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunization shots for COVID-19 fairly around the world, the body's director general said.