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US hampering Iran's coronavirus fight, crime against humanity: Shamkhani
Apr 05, 2020 15:52A high-ranking Iranian security official says the efforts made by the US President Donald Trump to block Iran's access to financial and other resources it needs to contain an ongoing pandemic of new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, amount to crime against humanity.
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Iran rallies to produce crucial supplies as US impose sanctions despite coronavirus
Apr 05, 2020 12:14Iran will increase the production of protective masks for coronavirus relief to 4 million per day by the end of this month, Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani says.
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Iran hits back at Pompeo over alleged assassination attempt in Turkey
Apr 05, 2020 06:17Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for accusing "Iranian diplomats" of involvement in an alleged "assassination" in Turkey last November.
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Iran medical body writes to Guterres, slams UN inaction on cruel US bans
Apr 02, 2020 12:42The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the world’s body failure to push for the lifting of cruel US sanctions at a critical time when the Islamic Republic is fighting a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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Venezuela rejects US-proposed transition in exchange for sanctions relief
Apr 01, 2020 07:26Venezuela has rejected a scheme devised by the United States that envisages the removal of sanctions on the country if the elected government in Caracas steps down.
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US lawmakers press Trump to lift Iran sanctions amid ‘borderless’ pandemic
Apr 01, 2020 07:20Dozens of US legislators have written to top officials in the administration of President Donald Trump, calling for the suspension of economic sanctions against Iran, which is fighting, along with other world states, to contain a new coronavirus pandemic.
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UK, Germany and France use INSTEX to circumvent US sanctions on Iran
Apr 01, 2020 06:17The UK, Germany and France have circumvented US-led sanctions imposed on Iran to send it medical equipment. The trio used a special purpose vehicle called INSTEX to achieve this.
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Iran’s academics call for prosecution of top US, European officials over sanctions
Apr 01, 2020 06:07A group of Iranian university lecturers has called for the prosecution of top US and European officials for committing crimes against humanity even as the Islamic country battles the new coronavirus pandemic despite Washington’s unilateral sanctions.
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Syria UN envoy calls for lifting of sanctions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 31, 2020 14:05Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari has called upon the international community to work on lifting illegal economic sanctions and coercive measures imposed on his war-ravaged country and other states as the world is battling to rein in a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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Europe sends medical supplies to Iran in first INSTEX transaction: Germany
Mar 31, 2020 13:40Germany says the three European signatories to the 2015 Iran deal have registered the first transaction under a trade system set up last year to protect companies doing business with Iran from US sanctions, delivering medical supplies to the Islamic Republic amid the coronavirus pandemic.