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2021-02-17 21:48
Rouhani to Merkel: JCPOA ‘unchangeable’
TEHRAN – In a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday afternoon, President Hassan Rouhani criticized Europe for failing to honor their commitment to the nuclear deal and raising new issues in relation to the 2015 agreement, officially called the JCPOA.
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2021-02-17 21:22
On JCPOA, U.S. actions should speak louder than words, Leader says
TEHRAN – In his latest remarks on the current state of play between Iran and the United States, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the need for Washington to take tangible measures before Tehran makes any move on the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2021-02-17 21:20
U.S. acknowledges Iran seeking to resolve Yemen conflict
TEHRAN - The U.S. special envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking says Iran has an opportunity to help resolve the conflict in Yemen while calling for the Islamic Republic to “put its best foot forward” amid the Biden administration’s renewed push for diplomacy, according to The Hill.
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2021-02-17 21:19
IAEA director general to visit Iran on Saturday
TEHRAN – Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will pay a visit to Iran next week to discuss “technical” issues, Iran said on Wednesday.
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2021-02-17 21:17
IAEA inspectors will not be expelled from Iran: Rouhani
“The world must know that the JCPOA is unchangeable”
TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Tehran’s decision to suspend a voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would not mean that Iran intends to expel the UN nuclear agency’s inspectors.
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2021-02-17 21:11
Centuries of friendship: Iranian travel insiders mark Chinese Spring Festival online
TEHRAN – For the third consecutive year, a host of Iranian travel insiders mark the Chinese Spring Festival during an online campaign named “Centuries of Friendship; the Third Chinese Spring Festival in Iran”.
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2021-02-17 19:00
Iran to set up permanent exhibition of knowledge-based products in Armenia
TEHRAN – Iran is going to set up a permanent exhibition of products manufactured by knowledge-based companies in Armenia.
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2021-02-17 18:44
Iran, Russia hold second day of joint naval exercises
Iran-Russia drill aimed to free hijacked vessels
TEHRAN - On the second and last day of their joint drills in the northern Indian Ocean, which its main purpose was commercial security in the sea, the Iranian and Russian naval forces exercised freedom of two hijacked ships and extinguishing fire.
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2021-02-17 18:18
Los Angeles Times acknowledges first move to revive JCPOA must be taken by U.S.
TEHRAN - One of Donald J. Trump’s greatest blunders as president was to repudiate the 2015 international agreement in which Iran accepted significant limitations on its nuclear program — restrictions designed to halt some part of its nuclear activities, according to Los Angeles Times.
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2021-02-17 18:07
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Towards higher energy efficiency
TEHRAN - Cities are ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pre-existing structural weaknesses. As we respond and work towards recovery, we look to our cities as hubs of the community, human innovation, and ingenuity.
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2021-02-17 18:07
Refugees in Iran to get better healthcare
TEHRAN – A trilateral meeting on offering better healthcare to refugees in Iran was held in Tehran on Tuesday with the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ivo Freijsen, in attendance.
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2021-02-17 18:06
No vaccine as effective as Iranian vaccine against UK variant
TEHRAN –Test results have shown that the Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine is highly effective against the British mutated coronavirus virus and no other vaccine in the world has been so effective, Minoo Mohrez, member of the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, has stated.
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2021-02-17 15:01
By Mohammad Mazhari
Most U.S. sanctions have been counterproductive: Hippel
TEHRAN – Iran warned Washington on Tuesday that the window to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal won’t remain open for an indefinite time.
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2021-02-17 14:34
By Mohammad Ali Saki
Professor says Washington will be less biased in favor of Riyadh
TEHRAN - An American professor says that U.S. foreign policy during Joe Biden's presidency will focus on human rights and democracy which can affect its ties with Saudi Arabia.
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2021-02-16 22:26
Iran deputy FM, Qatari envoy discuss regional issues
TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi met on Monday with Ali bin Fahad al-Hajari, the special representative of Qatar’s foreign minister for regional issues, to discuss regional issues.
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2021-02-16 22:25
Iran will execute nuclear law to halt Additional Protocol on Feb. 23: ambassador
TEHRAN – Iran will implement a nuclear law obligating the government to halt implementing the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on February 23, Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna, said on Monday.
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2021-02-16 18:27
ICRO music video airs Leader’s views for Japanese people
TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) has produced a music video airing the views of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei with Japanese subtitles.
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2021-02-16 17:40
D-8 event promoting Iranian startups
TEHRAN – Twenty Iranian startups are showcasing their achievements at the 3rd Technology Investment Meeting (TIM 2021) of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation which started in Tehran on Tuesday.
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2021-02-16 17:38
Tehran meeting highlights ‘inseparable link between wetlands and life’
TEHRAN- On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of signing the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, a ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Department of Environment to emphasize the need for protecting wetlands as they play a key role in life of societies.
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2021-02-16 17:27
Rapid spread of mutated COVID-19 in Iran ‘a real concern’
TEHRAN – The rapid spread of the more-contagious UK variant of COVID-19 in Iran is a real concern, the country’s health officials have warned.
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2021-02-16 17:25
Iran, Russia hold joint naval drill
India will also join the exercise
TEHRAN – Iran and Russia started a naval drill in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
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2021-02-16 17:13
Iran strongly rejects rumors about Erbil attack
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected rumors ascribing a deadly rocket attack on the Iraqi city of Erbil to Iran.
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2021-02-16 11:00
By Ali Akbar Jenabzadeh
Tehran to halt Additional Protocol if the West doesn’t act: MP
TEHRAN – A senior member of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) says lawmakers are very serious to enforce the “strategic action to lift sanctions” law.
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2021-02-15 22:49
Iran, Turkey to consider passport-free travels
TEHRAN – A joint technical committee for tourism cooperation between Iran and Turkey has recently formulated a plan which reportedly could pave the way for bilateral passport-free travels.
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2021-02-15 22:45
By Professor Fan Hongda
China-Iran energy cooperation depends on developing comprehensive strategic partnership
Recently I was invited to participate in a conference on "Perspectives of Iran-China Economic Cooperation in the energy sectors". Indeed, energy cooperation should be one of the basic factors promoting the development of contemporary China-Iran relations. But this is not the case now.
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2021-02-15 22:13
Two peas in a pod
TEHRAN – While Iran is moving toward halting the implementation of the Additional Protocol, the United States still clings to the failed policy of treading in the footsteps of the Trump administration.
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2021-02-15 18:56
American conservative newspaper wants Biden to send any nuclear pact to Congress for approval
TEHRAN - Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has demanded that the United States lift all economic sanctions before the Islamic republic will dial back its uranium enrichment operations, according to Washington Times.
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2021-02-15 18:55
Iran's military official consults with Pakistan Navy commander over maritime security
TEHRAN – Iran’s Second Admiral Amir Arya Shafqat Rudsari met with Pakistan’s Navy Commander Mohammad Amjad Khan Niazi on Monday on the sidelines of the Aman-21 multinational exercise in Karachi to discuss maritime security.
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2021-02-15 18:54
Iran writes to IAEA, voices concerns on confidentiality of information
TEHRAN – Iran has sent a lengthy letter to Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to inform him of Iran’s concerns about the leakage of the information that Iran has provided to the UN nuclear watchdog.
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2021-02-15 18:51
Raisi suggests prison inspection between Iran and the West
TEHRAN - Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the Iranian Judiciary, has suggested that if Western countries are sincere in their respect for human rights they can open their prisons for inspection by Iran and in that situation Iran will be ready to open its prisons to them.
