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2020-08-21 18:25
Russia says not to stop cooperating with Iran despite U.S. threats
MOSCOW (Xinhua) - Russia will not stop cooperating with Iran in defiance of U.S. threats of sanctions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday.
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2020-08-21 15:51
Russia requests UNSC meeting over U.S. sanctions snapback: source
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News/Sputnik) - Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting to be held on Friday following the U.S. move to invoke the reimposition of all UN sanctions on Iran, a diplomatic source at the United Nations told Sputnik on Thursday.
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2020-08-21 01:17
E3 opposes U.S. move to reimpose Iran sanctions
In a joint statement on Thursday the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, whose countries are signatory to the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPO), issued a joint statement saying they cannot support the United States’ action in triggering the snapback mechanism to return all the UN sanctions on Iran.
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2020/08/19
By Salman Parviz
Race for Covid-19 vaccine
Putin announces world’s first Covid-19 vaccine
As the number of coronavirus cases around the world surpassed 20 million mark, scientists and pharmaceutical industries around the world are racing towards developing the vaccine for the infectious Covid-19 disease that has caused 772,000 deaths along with 13.5 million recoveries.
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2020-08-17 23:10
U.S. faces uphill battle to trigger snapback sanctions
TEHRAN -In a bid to ensure that the UN arms embargo on Iran is not expired, the U.S. plans to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran, a highly controversial move that could create a bitter row among the permanent members of the UN Security Council over the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
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2020-08-17 19:12
“The Warden” to compete in East & West, Classics and Avant-Garde film festival
TEHRAN – Iranian director Nima Javid’s mystery drama “The Warden” will be screening in the international competition of the 13th East & West, Classics and Avant-Garde International Film Festival in Russia.
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2020-08-17 15:12
Trump won’t meet Putin on Iran before presidential polls: O'Brien
TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald Trump will not have an in-person summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the presidential elections, Trump’s national security adviser Robert O'Brien announced on Sunday.
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2020-08-16 17:06
By staff and agency
China welcomes Putin’s proposal for holding Iran summit
Zhao Lijian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said on Saturday that his country welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal on holding an online summit over the Iranian nuclear program.
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2020-08-15 08:54
UNSC rejects U.S. res. to extend Iran arms embargo
The United Nations Security Council has rejected a U.S. resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid "confrontation" over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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2020-08-14 14:13
Russia reiterates U.S. move to extend arms embargo on Iran violates 2231 resolution
TEHRAN - Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations said on Friday that the United States’ attempts to extend arms embargo on Iran is a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 which endorsed the 2105 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA.
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2020-08-12 18:59
Russia calls U.S. attempt to extend arms embargo on Iran ‘unjustifiable’
TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that the United States’ attempt to revise the provisions of the UN Security Council’s 2231 resolution to extend arms embargo on Iran is “counterproductive” and “unjustifiable”.
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2020-08-11 13:47
Putin: Russia becomes first country in the world to register COVID-19 vaccine
Russia has become the first country in the world to register a vaccine against COVID-19, President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday during a government meeting.
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2020-08-10 19:11
Maximum pressure policy has little to do with diplomacy: Russia
TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that the United States’ policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran has little to do with diplomacy.
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2020-08-04 19:29
New world order in 21st century: Iran, Russia and China are forming new bloc in the East
TEHRAN - Defying U.S. unilateral sanctions, Iran, Russia and China are increasingly expanding their economic and political ties in a way that could lead to the formation of a new politico-economic bloc, former diplomats tell the Tehran Times.
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2020-08-03 18:58
Atomic opportunities given to Iran by NPT are absolutely legitimate: Russia
TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that atomic opportunities given to Iran by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are absolutely legitimate.
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2020-07-26 21:55
Is Putin on a new mission to save the Iran nuclear deal?
TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin famously said on May 15, 2019 that he was no longer willing to play the role of firefighter to extinguish the fire the Americans lit by withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. But now he is “very likely” to be on a new, firefighting mission to save the deal, a university lecturer tells the Tehran Times.
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2020-07-24 18:09
Iran, Russia determined to reach a long-term deal: diplomat
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has said that Iran and Russia are determined to reach a deal for long-term comprehensive cooperation, ISNA reported on Friday.
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2020-07-22 20:37
Why Zarif left Tehran for Moscow while Iraqi PM was heading to Iran
TEHRAN - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s two-day visit to Tehran made headlines inside and outside Iran. It was the first foreign trip by al-Kadhimi since taking office in May.
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2020-07-22 18:34
Russia backs Iran’s membership in SCO
TEHRAN — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has voiced his country’s support for Iran’s full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
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2020-07-22 18:29
Zarif says had one-hour useful talk with Putin while in Russia
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone for an hour.
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2020-07-22 12:55
Iran interested in buying new Russian weapons: ambassador
TEHRAN – Tehran’s ambassador to Moscow has said Iran is interested in buying new Russian weapons to enhance its defense capacities, TASS reported on Tuesday.
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2020-07-18 15:58
By Mohammad Mazhari
Washington realizing unipolar world has ended: Russian academic
TEHRAN - Washington has recognizes that the unipolar world has come to an end, although it does not yet know how to adjust to a multipolar world, says Glenn Diesen, an associate professor from the University of South-Eastern Norway.
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2020-07-08 15:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. has admitted military and political failures in Syria: Russian academic
TEHRAN - An associate professor in the Department of Comparative Politics at RUDN University believes that the United States has admitted its military and political failure in Syria.
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2020-07-07 18:31
Russia criticizes State Department tweet about arms restrictions on Iran
TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, on Tuesday criticized a tweet by the U.S. State Department about arms restrictions on Iran.
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2020-07-06 16:21
Launching dispute resolution mechanism not a good idea, says Russian envoy
TEHRAN — Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, believes it’s not a good idea for the E3 countries and Iran to launch the dispute resolution mechanism (DRM) under the Iran nuclear agreement.
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2020-07-04 17:27
Russia says dispute resolution mechanism lacks clear procedure
TEHRAN – Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said on Saturday that Dispute Resolution Mechanism lacks clear and agreed procedure.
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2020-07-04 10:44
By Salman Parviz
Post-war reconstruction plans for Libya?
After heavy losses in early June Haftar ready to stop fighting
An assessment trip is planned within two weeks by Turkish banks and companies on how to rebuild post-war Libya and secure its energy infrastructure. People familiar with the plan informed Reuters. Turkish state lenders plan to help set up Libya's banking system and assist in organizing payment channels through Turkey for key Libyan imports.
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2020-07-03 13:42
Iran-EAEU trade exceeds $2.4b since preferential trade agreement
TEHRAN- The value of trade between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union reached $2.418 billion after the implementation of the preferential trade agreement on October 27, 2019.
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2020-07-02 00:16
Qajar-era subterranean garrison identified in northeast Iran
TEHRAN – An underground garrison, estimated to date from Qajar era (1789–1925), has been discovered near Bojnurd, the capital of North Khorasan province, northeast Iran.
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2020-07-01 19:35
U.S. cannot cause any harm to the will of Syria’s friends, Iranian president says
Rouhani, Putin, Erdogan voice commitment to Syria’s sovereignty
TEHRAN — Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey on Wednesday held a tripartite virtual summit voicing strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria.
