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2021-06-14 12:59
No deal without allaying Iran’s concerns, says top nuclear negotiator
TEHRAN - Iran’s top nuclear negotiator says Tehran is seeking a good deal that would address the Islamic Republic’s key concerns and there will be no deal if Iran’s concerns are not allayed.
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2021-06-14 12:56
Tehran says Biden admin. is accomplice in brutal sanctions on Iranians
TEHRAN - Iran has expressed its strong dismay over the Joe Biden administration’s failure to lift illegal sanctions against Iran despite the fact that 144 days have passed since Biden took over as president at the White House.
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2021-05-09 16:44
Iran will extend deal with IAEA if needed, top negotiator says
TEHRAN – A top Iranian nuclear negotiator leading Iran’s negotiating team at the Vienna nuclear deal talks said Iran will extend a monitoring access deal with the UN nuclear watchdog if needed.
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2021-05-02 00:12
Most individuals and entities are removed from sanctions list
TEHRAN- Referring to the meeting of the joint commission of the JCPOA, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran said, in the meeting, parties have agreed that most of the individuals, entities, and institutions would be removed from the sanctions list.
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2021-04-17 21:42
‘New understanding’ taking shape in Vienna: Iranian nuclear deal negotiator
TEHRAN - Iran and the P4+1 group made further progress in their efforts to end a years-long standoff between Tehran and Washington over the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), as a top Iranian nuclear negotiator said a “new understanding” was taking shape at key talks in Vienna.
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2021-04-13 18:17
Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity
TEHRAN — Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, announced in Vienna on Tuesday that Iran has sent a letter to the IAEA informing the body that the Islamic Republic intends to start enriching uranium to up to 60% purity.
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2021-04-13 14:48
Iran’s Araghchi heads for Vienna for nuclear deal talks
TEHRAN — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Vienna on Tuesday to continue talks with the P4 + 1 group for a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2021-04-03 21:14
Iran rules out any gradual lifting of sanctions
TEHRAN – Iran is not considering any step-by-step process for lifting the sanctions the U.S. imposed on Iran over the course of the Trump administration, says Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
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2021-04-02 18:29
JCPOA Joint Commission to meet in Vienna Tuesday, there won’t be direct Iran-U.S. talks
TEHRAN - Officials from Tehran and Washington will travel to Vienna on Tuesday as part of efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 countries, though they will not hold direct talks, diplomats said on Friday.
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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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2021-02-13 18:25
Araqchi: Lifting sanctions only path for U.S. to rejoin JCPOA
‘America’s return to JCPOA will make sense only when it practically leads to lifting of sanctions’
TEHRAN - Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister for political affairs, says the new U.S. administration must lift the sanctions on Tehran in a verifiable manner in order to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2021-01-08 17:42
Iran says will halt 20% enrichment if U.S. lifts sanctions
TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran will stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if U.S. sanctions against the country are lifted.
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2021-01-05 15:49
Iran can enrich uranium beyond 20% if necessary, says top nuclear negotiator
TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran can enrich uranium beyond 20% if it needed to, emphasizing that the country’s enrichment program continues based on its needs.
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2020-12-14 15:13
Araghchi meets Oman FM, lauds Muscat’s balanced approach
TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affair Abbas Araghchi held talks on Monday morning with Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyed Badr Al Busaidi in Muscat and praised Oman’s balanced approach toward regional and international issues.
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2020-12-13 12:23
Iran’s deputy FM meets Hamid Karzai in Kabul
TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Saturday evening to discuss relations between the two neighboring countries.
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2020-12-12 18:32
Araghchi meets top Afghan officials in Kabul
TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has met with Afghanistan’s top officials in Kabul to discuss bilateral ties.
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2020-11-20 18:03
Tehran denies contact between Araghchi, Biden team
TEHRAN — Iran has denied a New York Times claim that the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has tried to contact with the team of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, saying such rumors have become a norm in the mainstream media.
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2020-11-11 16:51
Tehran voices indifference toward result of U.S. election
TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran is neither terrified of a second term of the Trump administration nor is it excited about a Biden administration.
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2020-11-07 18:28
Araghchi says Iran’s principled policies won’t change by U.S. election
TEHRAN — Iran’s principled policies, which are based on countering dominance, will not be influenced by the U.S. election, says Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
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2020-10-28 18:04
Araghchi says Iran deems border security ‘a red line’
TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Iran views security at its borders as a red line.
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2020-10-20 14:55
Tehran, Kiev hold second round of talks on downed Ukrainian plane
TEHRAN – Iran and Ukraine on Monday held the second round of negotiations about the Ukrainian passenger plane which was accidentally shot down on January 8 near the capital Tehran.
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2020-09-07 22:03
Iran, New Zealand hold cooperation commission meeting
TEHRAN – Iran and New Zealand held their 7th cooperation commission meeting on Monday.
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2020-09-02 22:03
Nuclear deal parties unanimous to counter U.S. illegal moves: Araghchi
TEHRAN – There is a unanimity among the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, to counter illegal moves by the U.S. to return UN sanctions against Iran, says Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi who represented Iran at the JCPOA Joint Commission meeting in Vienna on Tuesday.
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2020-09-01 13:34
U.S. targeting ‘multilateralism’ via JCPOA-bashing campaign: Araghchi
TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the United States has targeted “multilateralism” by trying to destroy the historic Iran nuclear agreement.
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2020-07-19 19:37
Taliban has no office in Iran: Araghchi
TEHRAN - Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that the Taliban has no office in Iran.
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2020-07-17 19:17
Iran-Afghanistan’s comprehensive document to be finalized in three months
TEHRAN - Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that Iran-Afghanistan’s comprehensive document will be finalized in three months.
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2020-06-13 15:36
Iranian diplomat calls for continuation of consultation with Japan
TEHRAN - Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called for continuation of consultation and cooperation with Japan.
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2020-02-26 19:40
Araghchi slams Dubowitz for cheering coronavirus spread in Iran
TEHRAN — Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has slammed Mark Dubowitz, the CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), over cheering the spread of coronavirus in Iran.
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2020-02-16 19:16
Firms losing Iranian market cannot easily return: senior diplomat
TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Sunday that companies which accompany the U.S. in its “maximum pressure” policy against Iran and leave the Iranian market will face difficulty to return to the country in the future.
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2020-01-31 18:30
Sanctions on Salehi prove ‘maximum pressure’ policy has reached dead end: Tehran
TEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denounced a recent move by the United States to impose sanctions against Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, saying the move proved that the U.S. policy of “maximum pressure” against the Islamic Republic has reached a “dead end”.