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2020-12-05 13:30
Iran: IAEA shall ensure confidentiality of safeguards information
TEHRAN – Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has criticized the leaking of the recent report on Iran’s nuclear development by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saying the IAEA shall ensure confidentiality of safeguards information.
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2020-12-05 12:54
Biden likely to fail in resolving America problems in four years
TEHRAN – As Joe Biden prepares to move into the White House in a few weeks, experts highlight the difficulties that he will face once he is inaugurated. An expert on international relations told the Tehran Times that a Biden administration would likely fail to address all issues weighing on the United States foreign policy in the coming years.
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2020-12-04 19:56
Parliament’s nuclear law creates big opportunities: senior aide
TEHRAN - Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the special aide to the speaker of the Iranian Parliament on international affairs, has said that the nuclear bill passed by Iran’s Parliament will create big opportunities for Tehran to lift sanctions.
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2020-12-04 19:17
EU foreign policy chief says Iran can rightly feel cheated
TEHRAN - Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday that Iran has the right to feel cheated after one of its top nuclear scientists was assassinated in a terrorist attack on November 27.
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2020-12-04 15:18
Iran won’t renegotiate nuclear deal, Zarif asserts
Zarif says if Biden asks Tehran to renegotiate the JCPOA, it would be walking in the same ‘rogue’ steps as Trump’s team
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Iran will not renegotiate the 2015 nuclear agreement it signed with six world powers and the European Union.
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2020-12-02 22:40
By Javad Heirannia
Biden will continue ‘record arms sales to the region’: Georgetown University professor
TEHRAN - Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar says the incoming Biden administration will continue “close relations and cooperation” with Israel, the Persian Gulf Arab states and maintain “record arms sales to the region”.
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2020-12-02 22:36
UN Security Council to hold session on JCPOA in December
TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council will hold a briefing session on the latest development in the West Asia region, including the situation around the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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2020-12-02 22:36
Biden reaffirms support for JCPOA, vows to engage Iran
TEHRAN – Joe Biden has said that he still stands by his views on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that were articulated in a mid-September op-ed, but a U.S. return to the deal would be “hard.”
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2020-12-01 18:26
Iran, not Biden, will set the tone for nuclear-related issues: MP
TEHRAN — An Iranian legislator said on Tuesday it will be Iran, not U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who will be able to set the tone for the nuclear-related issues.
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2020-11-30 11:26
Implementation of Additional Protocol on the line
TEHRAN – As the nation mourned the assassination of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian lawmakers made major strides toward halting the implementation of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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2020-11-29 22:19
Senior MP says Fakhrizadeh assassination will change nuclear policy
‘Majlis focusing on 20% uranium, expelling IAEA inspectors, leaving JCPOA’
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has vowed to significantly raise uranium enrichment level and cease Iran’s cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog in response to the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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2020-11-29 22:03
There will be no JCPOA 2: lawmaker
TEHRAN – Fada Hossein Maleki, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, responded on Sunday to recent remarks by Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat, saying Riyadh is not in a position to call for another nuclear deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
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2020-11-28 12:49
European duplicity
TEHRAN – European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal – France, Germany, and the UK - which have been claiming that they are “tirelessly” trying to preserve the nuclear deal, made new demands of Iran that will only complicate the situation around the nuclear deal and put it in danger rather than saving it.
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2020-11-25 18:25
Iran says won’t negotiate terms of nuclear pact
TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi has said the nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which was signed in July 2015, is not open to new rounds of negotiations.
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2020-11-24 19:33
Iran Parliament moves to raise uranium enrichment level to 20%
TEHRAN – The Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee discussed on Tuesday a plan to significantly increase Iran’s nuclear activities, including uranium enrichment level.
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2020-11-24 19:31
Senior MP rejects Saudi ‘JCPOA++’ offer
TEHRAN – Mojtaba Zolnouri, the head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has rejected a Saudi offer to be a partner on any future nuclear deal with Iran.
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2020-11-24 18:12
Zarif, Lavrov discuss Syria, Karabakh, JCPOA
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed the situations in Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
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2020-11-24 14:44
Obama: World to question U.S. reliability regarding Iran deal
TEHRAN — Former U.S. President Barack Obama has criticized his successor Donald Trump for damaging the United States’ image in the world, saying the world will still question the reliability of the U.S. during the Biden era with issues such as the Iran nuclear deal.
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2020-11-23 18:27
Riyadh thinks Iran will gain power if JCPOA survives: analyst
TEHRAN – A senior political analyst has said Saudi Arabia believes that a U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal will strengthen Iran and will boost Tehran’s influence in the region.
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2020-11-23 18:26
Iran has the most transparent nuclear program in the world, says envoy
TEHRAN – Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, says Iran has the most transparent nuclear program in the world.
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2020-11-23 10:15
Biden could face a bumpy road toward reviving the Iran deal
Near to impossible
TEHRAN – Joe Biden, who is widely projected to win the United States presidential election, has vowed to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that President Donald Trump vociferously quit nearly two and a half years ago, but Biden has been very tight-lipped about how he would rejoin the nuclear deal or approach Iran in general.
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2020-11-22 17:46
Missile program is not negotiable: MP
TEHRAN – Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Saturday that Iran’s missile capability is not negotiable.
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2020-11-22 15:16
U.S., Europe should pay Iran $200 billion in compensation over JCPOA failure: senior MP
TEHRAN – Alireza Salimi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board, has urged the United States and Europe to compensate Iran for the losses it incurred following Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and a failure by Europeans to honor their commitments as well.
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2020-11-21 23:47
Europe sees opportunity for transatlantic cooperation against Iran
TEHRAN – While the United State election results are yet to be officially announced, European countries signatory to a 2015 Iran nuclear deal seem to be in a rush to lay the groundwork for a transatlantic policy that would secure U.S.-European interests with regard to Iran.
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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.
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2020-11-18 22:04
FM Zarif outlines give-and-take approach to revive JCPOA
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has introduced a give-and-take approach to help ease tensions over a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, conditioning Iran’s return to the deal on the U.S. compliance with it.
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2020-11-18 17:53
Tehran says ready to return to full compliance with JCPOA if next U.S. admin honors the deal
TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has voiced Iran’s readiness to return to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) if the next U.S. administration honors the deal.
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2020-11-17 21:20
Envoy urges IAEA to guarantee implementation of nuclear-related co-op
TEHRAN – Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has stressed that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should guarantee effective implementation of nuclear-related technical cooperation programs.
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2020-11-17 21:20
Iranian, British foreign ministers discuss JCPOA
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has talked with his British counterpart, Dominic Raab, to discuss bilateral cooperation within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2020-11-17 11:04
By Javad Heirannia
Biden will return to JCPOA but won’t lift sanctions swiftly: George Washington University professor
TEHRAN – A professor of international business at the George Washington University says he thinks Joe Biden will restore the 2015 nuclear agreement (JCPOA) in order to make his former boss Barack Obama happy and strengthen ties with Europeans who feel “betrayed” by the United States.