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India leads global rise in new weekly COVID-19 cases, while deaths down: WHO
Sep 01, 2020 12:31India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Iran’s UN envoy: US has no right to trigger snapback mechanism
Sep 01, 2020 07:15Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN says the United States is not eligible to use the Iran nuclear deal’s snapback mechanism to restore sanctions against the country since Washington has formally withdrawn from the multilateral accord.
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Trump can’t have his cake and eat it too on Iran sanctions
Aug 31, 2020 12:00Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says if the United States tries to use the Iran nuclear deal’s snapback mechanism to restore sanctions against the country, it will be humiliated again as the international community has already rejected Washington’s bid.
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Pompeo’s lawless bullying leaves US isolated again: Iran’s Zarif
Aug 26, 2020 09:16Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “lawless bullying” left Washington isolated again at the UN Security Council.
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Iran warns US against bid to restore UN sanctions
Aug 26, 2020 09:02The UN Security Council president’s statement that the US’ push to restore the UN sanctions on Iran is futile and ineffective indicates that the American attempt would have legal consequences, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
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UN lauds Iran’s support for Syria Constitutional Committee
Aug 26, 2020 08:56UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen praised Iran for supporting the Constitutional Committee of Syria, a UN-facilitated constituent assembly process that seeks to reconcile the Syrian government and opposition.
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Lebanon to complain to UNSC about Israel border escalation
Aug 26, 2020 08:11Lebanon says it will file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council about a recent Israeli attempt at escalation that saw the regime fire dozens of flares over the country’s border.
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US can’t build anti-Iran consensus, not even at home: Foreign Ministry
Aug 24, 2020 07:34Iran says the United States will not be able to create a consensus among the international community against the Islamic Republic, adding such a consensus does not exist even in the US.
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IAEA chief visit to Iran unrelated to snapback mechanism: Zarif
Aug 24, 2020 03:51Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the IAEA director general’s Monday visit to Tehran has nothing to do with the snapback mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Zarif explains why US has no right to recourse to UNSCR 2231
Aug 23, 2020 02:15Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has posted a video about the remarks made by some American officials, explaining “in their own words” why Washington has no right to recourse to the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 to return the UN sanctions against Iran.