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Bolton, Mnuchin unveil sanctions against Venezuelan oil giant
Jan 29, 2019 07:20The Trump administration has applied more pressure on Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, announcing sanctions against the country’s state-owned oil giant PDVSA in what the US national security adviser, John Bolton, admitted was partly an attempt to counter strategic threats from Cuba and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Zarif takes on #10YearChallenge by taking a jab at Bolton
Jan 18, 2019 17:17Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif has taken on the popular social media meme ‘#10YearChallenge’ on Twitter by posting two pictures about the US national security adviser’s never-changing penchant for striking Iran.
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Turkey’s Erdogan refuses to meet John Bolton
Jan 08, 2019 17:26Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not accept US National Security Adviser's visit in the wake of his recent remarks about Kurdish groups in Syria.
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Trump’s Syria withdrawal now comes with conditions, Bolton says
Jan 07, 2019 07:33After weeks of uncertainty and contradicting statements about US President Donald Trump’s plans for the US to withdraw from Syria, his national security adviser is pumping the brakes — saying certain “conditions” must be met before the US brings troops home.
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US issues new sanctions targeting Iranian banks
Oct 16, 2018 20:33The US Treasury on Tuesday announced fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting Bank Mellat and Mehr Eqtesad Bank and some other Iranian banks and financial institutions.
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First Vice President Jahangiri: US cannot bring Iran's oil exports to zero
Oct 14, 2018 13:09Referring to US claim that it can reduce Iran's oil exports to zero, Es’hagh Jahangiri, Iran's first vice president emphasized the impossibility of the task, saying Washington will fail in its bid.
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Italy court annuls American petition against Iran
Oct 11, 2018 07:19Rome's appeal court annulled the American plaintiffs' petition for seizing nearly 5 billion dollars of assets of Iran's Central Bank (CBI).
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Wendy Sherman: Trump does not understand other countries also have interests
Oct 04, 2018 18:55The former American Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, has criticized president Trump, and his administration, for withdrawing from the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran, saying: "What Trump does not understand is that other countries also have interests."
