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Assassination of Gen. Soleimani, Fakhrizadeh indicate US-Israel state terrorism: Def Min
PoliticsIran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami told his Japanese counterpart, Nobuo Kishi, that the cowardly assassinations of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh are clear instances of state terrorism by the US and Israel.
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Zarif: Implementation of law on Additional Protocol, Govt's duty
Politics Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here on Wednesday that the government is duty-bound to implement the law approved by Majlis (Parliament) on the voluntary implementation of Additional Protocol.
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WMDs have no place in Iran’s defense doctrine: Rouhani
PoliticsIran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic is determined that weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), including nuclear weapons, have no place in the country’s defense strategy.
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Iran’s JCPOA measures based on distrust in West
PoliticsIran’s deadline for an easing of sanctions is looming and within a week, if the US refuses to do so ‘in action ‘, Tehran will cease its voluntary measures in IAEA inspections. That would be another chapter in distrust between Iran and the West.
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Supreme Leader: Rhetorics enough; Iran seeks only action on JCPOA
PoliticsSupreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran has had enough of rhetorics about the JCPOA and seeks only action this time. He said Iran will take action only when it sees the other parties are taking action as well.
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Iran urges Europe, US to grasp chance to save JCPOA
PoliticsThe spokesman of the Iranian Government urged the European trio – Germany, France, and the UK – and the US to take advantage of the short period left and not to let diplomatic solutions to the unnecessary disagreement become more abstruse.
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Rouhani urges key measures for Swiss financial channel
PoliticsPresident Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday said that some necessary actions must be taken for the Swiss financial channel and make the joint projects that have been stopped due to the US’ policies operational.
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President Rouhani discusses JCPOA with Swiss counterpart
PoliticsPresident Hassan Rouhani had a phone call with his Swiss counterpart discussing issues of mutual interest, including the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said Deputy for the Iranian President's Office for Communications and Information Affairs on Tuesday.
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Tehran condemns attempts to link Erbil attack to Iran
PoliticsSpokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday that the suspicious attempts of linking the Erbil (in Iraq) attacks to Iran are condemned.
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Official: COVID-19 claims 89 more lives in Iran
PoliticsSome 89 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 59,117, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Tuesday.
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Govt spox: World recognizes Iran's logic, rights
PoliticsThe World recognizes Iran's logic and rights, Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabiee said on Tuesday citing the government's logical and correct foreign policy in line with the country's independence.
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Talk of Iran returning to JCPOA nonsense; Tehran still a member, says UN Envoy
PoliticsIran didn’t quit the JCPOA, so it doesn’t need to return to the deal, said Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday, underlining that Tehran’s non-compliance measures were taken in accordance with para 36 of the deal.
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Zarif urges Japan not to implement US illegal decisions
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on Japan to not implement the United States illegal decisions.
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Araghchi : Iran to negotiate on regional security only with regional states
PoliticsDeputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that Iran will negotiate on the security of the Persian Gulf only with regional states.
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Iran, Qatar keen on cooperation on transport industry
PoliticsMinister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran Mohammad Eslami and Qatari Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti on Monday emphasized the need for cooperation on transport industry.
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Envoy: Iran's letter on halting voluntary actions submitted to IAEA
PoliticsIran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi said on Monday that Iran's letter on stopping the implementation of voluntary measures under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as of Feb 23, 2021, was delivered to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Rouhani: Regional states to create security, peace
PoliticsIranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said here on Monday that security and peace in the region will be materialized only through cooperation among regional countries.
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FM Zarif urges collective measures for settling regional issues
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday called for taking collective action by the regional states to resolve the issues.
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Zarif meets Qatari counterpart in Tehran
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Monday afternoon.
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Iran warns to halt IAEA additional protocol if parties fail to comply with JCPOA
PoliticsIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that Iran will stop implementing the IAEA additional protocol if the other participants of the Iran nuclear deal fail to uphold their commitments under the document by February 21.
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Official: COVID-19 claims 83 more lives in Iran
PoliticsSome 83 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 59,028, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday.
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Iran urges IAEA to ensure confidentiality of information
PoliticsIran’s permanent ambassador to the International Organizations in Vienna said that Tehran has urged the IAEA to ensure the confidentiality of information regarding its nuclear program.
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Afghanistan appreciates Iran's help for bringing fire disaster under control in Herat
Politics Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh expressed gratitude to Iran for sending engines and firefighters to bring the fire under control at the Islam Qala customs office near the border with Iran.
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Official: COVID-19 claims 62 more lives in Iran
PoliticsSome 62 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 58,945, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday.
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Iran in contact with Afghan officials over blast in border: FM spox
PoliticsForeign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh here on Saturday said that Iran has taken measures to help those affected and potentially injured in the recent blast in the Afghanistan-Iran border, and contact is underway between the relevant authorities of the two states.
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Official: COVID-19 claims 74 more lives in Iran
PoliticsSome 74 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 58,883, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Saturday.
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JCPOA of no value if sanctions remain: Araghchi
PoliticsIran's Deputy Foreign Minister for political affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that when Iran talks of sanction removal, it means all sanctions mentioned in the JCOPA, those imposed after the US withdrawal of the deal, as well as the ones reimposed under new labels through legal tricks.
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President urges stricter COVID-19 border protocols
PoliticsPresident Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for strict COVID-19 border protocols to ensure passengers coming to Iran carry no variants of corona virus.
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FM Zarif: JCPOA finalized, Iran will not renegotiate nuclear deal
PoliticsForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday said that Iran will not negotiate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action aka JCPOA again.