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2021-01-20 21:19
Zarif holds phone talks with Turkish counterpart ahead of Caucasus tour
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday night.
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2021-01-18 19:31
Zakharova says some Trump supporters inquiring about Russian citizenship
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said she is receiving messages via social networks from supporters of U.S. incumbent President Donald Trump asking for information on how to receive Russian citizenship.
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2021-01-17 17:31
Russia: Iran a victim of terrorism and a pioneer in war on terror
TEHRAN – Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on Saturday rejected U.S. allegations of Iran's link with al-Qaeda, saying Iran itself is a serious victim of terrorism and a pioneer in the fight against terrorism.
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2021-01-12 18:03
Iran: Renegotiating the JCPOA is out of question
TEHRAN – Ali Rabiei, the spokesperson for the Rouhani government, asserted on Tuesday that a renegotiation of the 2015 nuclear deal is “impossible”, stressing that the fulfilment of commitments, and no talks, is the only path forward.
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2021-01-11 13:06
Iran plans to import AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India, China, Russia
TEHRAN – Iran plans to import some two million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India, China, and Russia by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).
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2021-01-09 20:16
Tensions with Iran can only be reduced through wise and skillful diplomacy: Russia
TEHRAN – A senior Russian diplomat has called on the United States to drop the so-called “economic leverage” against Iran and pursue de-escalation through skillful diplomacy.
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2021-01-06 22:52
Russia says U.S. pressure prompted Iran to resume 20% uranium enrichment
TEHRAN - Iran’s decision to resume 20% uranium enrichment at the Fordow nuclear facility was due to U.S. pressure, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
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2021-01-03 21:15
Iran decision to enrich uranium up to 20% was predictable: Russian diplomat
TEHRAN – A senior Russian diplomat has said that Iran’s decision to increase uranium enrichment level up to 20% was predictable.
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2021-01-02 18:00
By Mohammad Ali Saki
Washington won’t leave West Asia: Russian expert
TEHRAN – A Russian expert rules out the U.S. withdrawal from West Asia after its possible return to the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2020-12-30 18:39
By Yasser Nazifi Gilavan
American expert says interest groups to further stir up Moscow-Washington animosity
Noting that there are political lobbies in Washington who benefit from epitomizing Russia as an imminent threat to the U.S, an American analyst says that arms industries are always after creating defensive concerns.
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2020-12-29 21:21
Persian Gulf militarization doesn’t benefit anyone, Iran insists
TEHRAN - On Tuesday, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei reiterated Tehran’s long-held stance that a militarization of the Persian Gulf serves no one's interest, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported.
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2020-12-29 21:21
Russia has full right to seek technical-military cooperation with Iran: Lavrov
TEHRAN – Currently there is no restriction in the UN Security Council on the technical-military cooperation with Iran and that Russia has every right to seek such cooperation with Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
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2020-12-29 21:19
Russia Rejects Germany’s JCPOA plus offer
TEHRAN – Russia has rejected a German offer to substitute the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with a new deal, calling such a deal “wrong and inconvenient.”
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2020-12-25 21:23
Russia calls for unconditional U.S. return to JCPOA
TEHRAN – Russia has once again called on the United States to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal without “any preconditions or extra demands,” Russian state news agency TASS reported.
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2020-12-25 16:06
By Mohammad Mazhari
GSA: Trump’s unpredictability pushed Arabs to seek partnership with other powers
TEHRAN - Chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA) says that the “unpredictability” of U.S. policies under Trump's presidency pushed Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region to seek partnership with other powers including China and Russia.
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2020-12-25 12:08
Russia and China may need to clarify their security initiatives
TEHRAN – As tensions soared in the region over the past months, Russia and China presented initiatives to maintain stability and deescalate tensions in the Persian Gulf but they have not provided details about their initiatives, a move that deprived observers and politicians in the region from thoroughly examining the Russian and Chinese initiatives.
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2020-12-23 19:51
Qatar calls for dialogue between Iran and Persian Gulf Arab states
TEHRAN – Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Qatar, has called for dialogue between Iran and the neighboring Arab states to deescalate tensions in the region.
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2020-12-23 18:39
Russia expects U.S. to fully rejoin Iran deal, says envoy
TEHRAN – Russia says it expects the United States to fully rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, formally referred to as the JCPOA, without preconditions.
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2020-12-21 11:59
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran, Turkey, and Russia must act jointly against the Washington tyranny: Turkish historian
TEHRAN – A Turkish historian and political scientist wants Iran, Turkey, and Russia to form an alliance to confront U.S. unilateral policies in West Asia.
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2020-12-19 22:11
By Mohammad Ali Saki
Russia says Trump’s policies have eroded trust in U.S.
TEHRAN - Director of the Russian Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) says the policies adopted by the outgoing Trump administration have raised serious questions over the reliability of the U.S. as a partner.
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2020-12-19 18:30
Iran’s withdrawal from Syria is out of question: Syrian official
TEHRAN – No one can dictate to Syria how to manage its relations with Iran and other resistance groups in the region, says Bouthaina Shaaban, an advisor to the president of Syria.
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2020-12-18 20:19
Tehran, Moscow to continue military co-op. despite U.S. sanctions: ambassador
TEHRAN - Iran and Russia will maintain bilateral military cooperation, Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador to Russia told Sputnik in an interview, adding that U.S. sanctions will not impact his country’s military capabilities nor its scientific research.
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2020-12-16 16:01
Ghalibaf calls for closer interactions with Russia
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has called for closer interactions with Russia, given the current state of the world and the region.
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2020-12-12 18:27
Russia’s Lavrov rules out possibility of JCPOA revision
TEHRAN — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ruled out the possibility of any revision of the Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2020-12-09 23:20
Russia calls on U.S. to lift Iran oil sanctions
TEHRAN - Sergei Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister of Russia, has called on the United States to remove its sanctions on Iran’s oil sector so that Iran would be able to sell oil.
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2020-12-05 12:54
Lavrov urges Israel to avoid unilateral actions in West Bank
Israel should avoid unilateral actions on the occupied territories in the West Bank, including the unlawful practice of destroying Palestinian houses there, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a video address to participants of the Mediterranean Dialogues international conference in Moscow.
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2020-11-22 16:28
Zarif’s trip to Moscow, Baku postponed
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's planned trips to Russia and the Azerbaijan Republic have been postponed to a later date, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman.
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2020-11-21 18:29
Ambassador, Duma official discuss Iran-Russia ties
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has met with Chairman of the Russian Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky to discuss the expansion of bilateral ties.
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2020-11-20 18:04
Zarif to visit Moscow, Baku
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will be visiting Moscow and Baku on Monday and Tuesday to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues such as the crisis in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the foreign ministries of Iran and Russia have said.
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2020-11-18 22:04
Russian, UK diplomats discuss Iran nuclear program
TEHRAN - Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov and visiting Minister for European Neighborhood and the Americas at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton discussed on Tuesday issues related to Iran, according to the Russian TASS news agency.
