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2020-10-10 15:59
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
Electoral college over-weights rural versus urban interests
TEHRAN – Stating that the electoral college was designed to protect the role of smaller states in US federal system, Prof. Joseph Samuel Nye says, "But it now greatly over-weights rural versus urban interests."
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2020-10-09 23:03
EU’s Borrell: JCPOA continues to deliver
TEHRAN — European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has reiterated his support for the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), saying the agreement continues to deliver in spite of the U.S. withdrawal.
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2020-10-09 22:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
A Biden administration will try to weaken Iran's defense system: political scientist
“Biden's conditions are first and foremost designed to weaken Iran's defense system and make Tehran more vulnerable to outside attacks.”
TEHRAN - If Joe Biden wins the November presidential elections he will set a number of conditions to join the nuclear deal (JCPOA), including “significant limit” on Iran’s defensive missiles program, an American political scientist says.
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2020-10-06 23:36
National Interest cites reasons why America won’t win a sanctions showdown over Iran
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 makes for dry reading. The resolution and its appendices are over a hundred pages long, laying out the provisions of the UN’s acceptance of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) brokered between Iran and the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany.
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2020-10-06 23:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
'Ties with Iran will be hostile even if U.S. rejoins JCPOA with a Democratic president, Congress'
TEHRAN – Even if the U.S. rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal with a “Democratic president and Congress” the relationship between Washington and Tehran will remain “difficult and adversarial”, a former White House official predicts.
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2020-10-06 23:05
Judiciary to prosecute 45 Americans linked with U.S. sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN – Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, Ali Bagheri-Kani, has announced that 45 people linked to the U.S. sanctions on Iran will be prosecuted.
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2020-10-06 11:24
By M.A. Saki
Historian says Trump won’t start a limited war with Iran
“In the American system, anything that happens in an election year will be related to the election”
TEHRAN - Kurk Dorsey, a professor of history at New Hampshire University, is of the opinion that Trump will not embark on a limited war with Iran to promote his chances in the November election.
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2020-10-04 19:03
American scholar says Trump administration has done all it can against Iran
TEHRAN – The Iran nuclear deal is still alive and it will be available to be renewed if Joe Biden is elected, says an American professor, noting the Trump administration “has do all it can” against Iran.
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2020-10-04 18:49
Cuba warns against U.S. withdrawal from JCPOA, INF
TEHRAN – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has warned about the consequences of the U.S. government’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal- JCPOA - and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia.
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2020-10-04 18:48
Only JCPOA participants are able to initiate ‘snapback process’: German FM
TEHRAN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has rejected the U.S. move to initiate the so-called snapback of sanctions on Iran, saying only participants to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are able to initiate the process.
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2020-10-04 12:31
By Mohammad Homaeefar
U.S. foreign policy toward Iran is ‘institutionally hegemonic’, says professor
‘Biden is no Obama’
TEHRAN – Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, a professor in global thought and comparative philosophies, believes that the U.S. foreign policy toward Iran is “institutionally hegemonic”, and that a Biden administration would in some way continue the confrontational approach.
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2020-09-23 13:07
Show must go on: E3 will not stand against U.S.
TEHRAN – In a rare move, the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers issued a joint statement to denounce the U.S. effort to restore international sanctions on Iran nearly two days before the U.S. announced the return of these sanctions, a move that was seen by some analysts as a sign of transatlantic coordination on Iran.
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2020-09-22 22:02
Rouhani: U.S. can impose neither negotiations, nor war on us
“Today is the time to say “no” to bullying and arrogance,” president says
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani told the UN General Assembly late on Tuesday that the United States is not in a position to impose negotiations or war against Iran.
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2020-09-22 17:47
Zarif: Iran suffered billions in damages because Trump didn’t like Obama
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran has suffered billions of dollars in damages because U.S. President Donald Trump did not like his predecessor Barack Obama.
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2020-09-22 16:19
Tehran: New U.S. sanctions have no practical effect
TEHRAN — The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has responded to the newly-announced U.S. sanctions, saying the move is part of the United States’ psychological war against Iran and will have no effect on the activities of the AEOI.
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2020-09-22 14:11
Iran’s Salehi says IAEA should prove it won’t compromise ‘impartiality, independence and profession
TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Salehi, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Monday that it is essential that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) prove that it will not compromise on its “impartiality, independence and professionalism”.
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2020-09-21 22:09
JCPOA ‘very much alive’, Zarif says
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is still alive.
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2020-09-21 20:00
Grossi verifies non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran
TEHRAN — Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi has verified the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran.
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2020-09-21 18:05
U.S. defeat highlighted ‘rightfulness of Iran’s position’: Vaezi
TEHRAN – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Iranian president's chief of staff, says the U.S. efforts to reimpose international restrictions on Iran have once again failed and that the rightfulness of Iran’s position has been reiterated again.
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2020-09-21 14:56
New sanctions will only increase U.S. isolation: diplomat
TEHRAN – The new U.S. sanctions on Iran are part of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and they will only increase U.S.’s isolation in the world, according to Alireza Miryousefi, the spokesman for Iran’s mission to the United Nations.
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2020-09-21 12:17
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
China, Russia next targets if U.S. wins in undermining Iran
TEHRAN – Pointing to U.S. unlawful move to reimpose sanctions against Iran and importance of confronting its unilateralism, Cartalucci said China and Russia are next targets of the U.S. if it will be successful in undermining of Iran.
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2020-09-21 11:50
Iran has the right to decisively respond to U.S.: Kharrazi
TEHRAN – Kamal Kharrazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, has said the U.S. is well aware that Iran never compromises on its rights.
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2020-09-20 23:20
Iran says U.S. seeks to ‘completely ruin’ JCPOA
TEHRAN - In a letter to the UN Security Council and to the UN secretary-general on Saturday, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN said the U.S. seeks to “completely ruin” a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
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2020-09-20 23:20
U.S. defeat at UN was ‘inevitable’, says Rouhani
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the U.S. has suffered a “definite defeat” at the UN Security Council while seeking to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran.
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2020-09-20 18:33
“We tell the Americans to stop sea, air and land robberies”
Tehran says Washington ‘standing on the wrong side of history’
TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry has warned that Iran will respond decisively to any measure against its national sovereignty, saying Washington “is standing on the wrong side of history.”
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2020-09-20 16:42
E3's greatest test: Will they defy U.S.?
TEHRAN – In a statement on Saturday night, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the return of “all previously terminated UN sanctions” on Iran, a move that was met with strong opposition from the international community.
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2020-09-20 15:59
Pompeo is waiting for a JCPOA movie to get what it is, says Zarif
TEHRAN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not read the text of the 2015 nuclear deal and is waiting for a movie about it in order to understand what’s in the deal, says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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2020-09-20 15:17
"The world is not an American computer game," says Russian Foreign Ministry
Russia slams U.S. claims on Iran sanctions 'illegitimate'
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the unilateral declaration by the United States that UN sanctions on Iran are back in force as "illegitimate" and "unacceptable".
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2020-09-20 13:02
E3 foreign ministers issue joint statement saying they ‘remain committed’ to JCPOA
In a joint statement the foreign ministers of the three European countries party to the 2015 nuclear deaL issued a joint statement on Sunday, September 2, stating that they “remain committed” to the JCPOA endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
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2020-09-19 18:37
Snapback mechanism is Trump’s campaign propaganda, Leader advisor says
TEHRAN – Aliakbar Velayati, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs, has said that the U.S. efforts to trigger the snapback mechanism is election propaganda meant to boost Donald Trump’s reelection chances.