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Defense minister: Iran open to arms trade after US humiliation at UNSC
Aug 17, 2020 01:02Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami mocked the US’ humiliating defeat after the rejection of its bid for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Iran, expressing Tehran’s readiness for arms trade with the friends.
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Iran on US ship seizure claim: Cheap propaganda doesn't deflect from US failure at UN
Aug 16, 2020 02:13Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif scoffs at claims that the United States has seized four Venezuela-bound Iranian tankers, clarifying that despite the rumors, the American act of piracy never involved any Iranian vessels.
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Trump says he ‘knew’ UNSC vote on Iran, vows to use nuclear deal snapback
Aug 16, 2020 02:04US President Donald Trump says he “knew” that his resolution against Iran would be rejected in the UN Security Council.
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Failure to extend Iran arms embargo 'not an option,' says US diplomat after UNSC defeat
Aug 16, 2020 01:53The US ambassador to the United Nations says failure to extend the Iran arms embargo is "not an option," after the country saw its biggest defeat in the UN Security Council ever.
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UN refusal to back US-drafted anti-Iran resolution proves existence of intl. law: Russia
Aug 16, 2020 01:02Russia's Foreign Ministry says the almost unanimous refusal of the United Nations Security Council to support a US-sponsored draft resolution on extending the arms embargo against Iran proves that international law exists.
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Iran urges UNSC to stand up against ‘illegal’ US arms ban
Aug 14, 2020 02:22Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has called on the Security Council to withstand an “illegal” and “ill-intentioned” move by the United States to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.
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Pandemic threatens peace, risks new conflicts: UN chief
Aug 13, 2020 05:55UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but risks exacerbating existing conflicts and generating new ones.
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Rouhani warns Europeans against siding with US in backing anti-Iran resolution
Aug 13, 2020 02:58President Hassan Rouhani has warned the Europeans against falling into the trap of siding with the US in supporting a resolution that aims to extend an arms embargo against Iran indefinitely.
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President Rouhani: US will hopefully face defeat in anti-Iran bid at UNSC
Aug 12, 2020 07:10President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday said Iran has “high hopes” that the US will fail in its push to extend the UN arms embargo on Tehran and will face isolation at the Security Council, urging neighboring countries not to let Washington “exploit” them to advance its own agenda.
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Qatar distances itself from PGCC call for UN to extend Iran embargo
Aug 12, 2020 06:53Qatar has distanced itself from a hostile call by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) for the UN Security Council to back a US-proposed extension of the UN arms ban against Iran, highlighting good neighborly relations between the two countries.