Iran
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Parliament speaker Qalibaf: Muslim states should not observe US sanctions against Iran
Oct 19, 2020 16:01Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) speaker has called on Muslim governments to avoid following suit with the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran in these times of the coronavirus pandemic.
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US policy based on insecurity, no matter where: Iran’s Shamkhani
Oct 19, 2020 13:41The US government pursues the policy of fomenting insecurity and chaos, be it in Afghanistan or Iraq, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said.
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'US afraid of Iran’s return to world’s military export market'
Oct 19, 2020 13:09Iran says its potential for military exports far outweighs its purchase requirements, noting how the United States is afraid of the Islamic Republic’s tapping the export market now that Tehran has had an arms embargo lifted against it.
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Iran ready to supply gas, oil products to Afghanistan: President
Oct 19, 2020 12:05President Hassan Rouhani expressed the country’s readiness to supply neighboring Afghanistan with natural gas and oil products.
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Envoy hails Iran as China’s strategic partner
Oct 19, 2020 11:45China's Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua praised the Islamic Republic as a strategic partner of his country, stressing the need for closer cooperation in various fields and in countering the US’ unilateralism.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran hits new record with over 330 fatalities
Oct 19, 2020 11:36The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran has broken a record again after 337 patients died across the country over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokesperson said Monday.
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No Iranian assets frozen in China: Spokesman
Oct 19, 2020 09:14Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Sa'eed Khatibzadeh denied reports of blocked Iranian assets in China.
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Defense Minister says Iran will sell weapons to countries despised by US
Oct 19, 2020 06:07Iran’s defense minister says the country is going to support the countries that seek to defend their existence now that the UN Security Council’s restrictions on Tehran’s arms trade are lifted.
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Pompeo warns of sanctions for arms sales to Iran despite ban lifting
Oct 19, 2020 05:47The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on any individuals and entities that get engaged in arms transfer to and from Iran, claiming that the sales to Tehran would be in breach of United Nations resolutions despite the lifting of a decade-long arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.
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US court sentences Iranian CEO to 23 months over alleged sanctions violations
Oct 19, 2020 05:37A court in the US State of Minnesota has sentenced an Iranian national to nearly two years in federal prison over accusations of violating US sanctions.