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Chinese spokesman: US has no authority to request return of sanctions on Iran
Aug 21, 2020 01:32China has said the United States has no right to demand ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions against Iran.
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Russia requests UN Security Council meeting Friday on Iran: diplomats
Aug 21, 2020 01:02Russia requested a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran on Friday, diplomats said, as the United States sought to restore all UN sanctions on Iran in a move rejected by Moscow.
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France, Britain, Germany oppose US move to reimpose Iran sanctions
Aug 21, 2020 00:54France, Germany, and Britain will not support a US demand to the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran over accusations it violated its 2015 nuclear deal, they said in a joint statement on Thursday.
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US formally requests ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions against Iran
Aug 20, 2020 23:55US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has sent a formal request to the UN Security Council to ‘snap back’ sanctions against Iran, claiming Tehran violated the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington has unilaterally ditched.
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Russia will counter US attempts to renew sanctions against Iran: UN envoy
Aug 20, 2020 23:29Russia will counter any attempts of the US to renew sanctions against Iran within the UN, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya told reporters on Thursday.
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Iran's defense capability, clear symbol of enemies' failure: Army
Aug 20, 2020 22:55Tehran(IP): Tehran (IP) - The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the occasion of Defense Industry Day (August 21), stated: " The defense capability of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the efforts of experts and revolutionary forces, has today become a clear symbol of the failure of the policies of the enemies of the Islamic Revolution over the past forty-one years."
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Start of Muharram rituals at Imam Reza holy shrine by changing flag
Aug 20, 2020 21:32Tehran (IP) - With the beginning of the month of Muharram, the shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH), in Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi province, northeastern Iran, mourned Imam Hussein (PBUH), and the black flag of mourning was raised over the dome of the eighth Shia Imam on Thursday.
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Three Iranians get released from Somali pirate captivity
Aug 20, 2020 20:29Tehran (IP) - Iran's intelligence ministry says three Iranian nationals captured by pirates in Somalia have been released.
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Iran to pre-purchase COVID-19 vaccine from manufacturing countries: Rouhani
Aug 20, 2020 20:28Tehran (IP) - Iran's president stressed that protecting people's health is a priority and for this reason, in addition to the efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the country, the necessary plans should be made to pre-purchase vaccines from other countries.
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Tehran objects Abu Dhabi after UAE coastguards kill 2 Iranian fishermen
Aug 20, 2020 16:27Tehran (IP) - Iran has summoned the UAE charge d'affaires in Tehran after a United Arab Emirates-registered ship violated its territorial waters this week, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, adding that UAE coastguards killed two Iranian fishermen on the same day.
