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Iran hits back at Persian Gulf states over ‘destructive’ PGCC statement
Dec 11, 2019 12:56The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) released the statement in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday at the end of its 40th summit, urging a united front against the Islamic Republic, calling for global action targeting the country’s nuclear energy program, and disputing the Iranian sovereignty over a threesome group of islands in the strategic body of water.
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FM, lawmakers discuss regional issues
Dec 10, 2019 17:13Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and members of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in a meeting discussed a range of issues, including the latest developments in the region.
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Europeans will not activate JCPOA trigger mechanism for now: Araqchi
Dec 10, 2019 06:03Deputy foreign minister for political affairs says despite their recent threat to activate the trigger mechanism envisaged in the nuclear accord with Iran, the European signatories to the deal will not do so for the time being.
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New IAEA head vows to act fair, independently vis-à-vis Iran
Dec 09, 2019 17:08The new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, promises he will act fairly and independently towards Iran.
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FM Zarif: Iran 'certainly dissatisfied' with EU commitment to JCPOA
Dec 09, 2019 13:21Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is definitely unhappy with the level of the Europeans' commitment to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Zarif: INSTEX likely to become operational
Dec 09, 2019 08:36Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a financial mechanism that the EU has devised for trade with Iran in defiance of the US sanctions could take effect in future.
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Preserving Iran nuclear deal collective responsibility: Borrell
Dec 08, 2019 13:18The newly-appointed head of European Union foreign policy Josep Borrell says preserving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, is a “collective responsibility.”
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Europeans will not invoke trigger JCPOA dispute mechanism: China envoy
Dec 07, 2019 06:39European parties to the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), did not invoke a mechanism that could lead to the re-imposition of United Nations sanctions against Tehran, a Chinese envoy says.
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EU3’s UN letter on Iran missiles aims to hide their ‘miserable incompetence’: Zarif
Dec 05, 2019 14:24Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a letter written to the UN chief by three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is aimed at hiding their “miserable incompetence” in fulfilling their commitments under the accord.
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As JCPOA supporter, Sweden expected to sell Iran medicine needed for EB patients: Zarif
Dec 05, 2019 05:40While welcoming the six new members, including Sweden, in a non-dollar trade mechanism aimed to circumvent US sanctions against Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized Stockholm for yielding to Washington’s bullying and stopping to sell Tehran pharmaceutical products needed to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB) patients.