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2021-12-17 21:39
Iran flatly rejects statement by Persian Gulf Arab leaders as 'unconstructive’
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh late on Wednesday strongly condemned an anti-Tehran communiqué issued at the end of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council summit, stressing the Islamic Republic will allow no meddling in its internal affairs, including its peaceful nuclear program.
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2021-11-24 17:06
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
Regional models of dialogue more helpful for peace: Italian expert
‘We are faced with autocratic states that need U.S. cover to conceal atrocities and human rights violations’
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2021-11-19 22:59
Western diplomatic efforts on Iran could backfire
TEHRAN – The United States and its European allies have made extensive diplomatic efforts to ramp up pressure on Iran ahead of the resumption of the stalled Vienna talks.
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2021-04-28 16:41
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Persian Gulf National Day: Let’s protect precious marine environment
TEHRAN – The Persian Gulf is a valuable water body in terms of ecosystem and biodiversity, but has been affected severely due to different depleting factors. So, let’s mind its protection on April 30, Persian Gulf National Day.
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2021-04-17 16:01
Iran rejects ‘interventionist’ remarks by Arab League, (P)GCC
TEHRAN - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has strongly rejected “interventionist and irresponsible” remarks by officials of the Arab League and the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council.
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2021-01-19 17:49
Qatar urges Arab states to start talks with Iran
TEHRAN – Qatar has called on the Persian Gulf’s Arab states to seize on the momentum of reconciliation drive in the region and patch up their differences with Iran.
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2020-08-12 18:54
Qatar says PGCC’s Iran stance not reflecting position of members
TEHRAN - Mutlaq bin Majed al-Qahtani, a senior Qatari Foreign Ministry official, has said that the latest anti-Iran stance of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council does not reflect the position of member states.
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2020-08-11 18:38
Tehran advises PGCC not to obey U.S.
TEHRAN - Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi said on Tuesday that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council should not obey the United States whose presence in the region has brought nothing except instability.
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2020-08-10 22:31
Global arms industry not to heed PGCC’s anti-Iran remarks: expert
TEHRAN - International affairs expert Sabah Zanganeh has said that the world’s arms industry will not heed the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council’s call for extending arms embargo on Iran.
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2020-08-10 12:41
Tehran calls PGCC’s anti-Iran statement irresponsible
Foreign Ministry says the council has turned into a ‘mouthpiece for anti-Iran elements’
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi late on Sunday denounced an anti-Iran statement issued by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) as “irresponsible” and said the council has turned “into a mouthpiece for anti-Iran elements”.
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2020-08-09 23:50
By staff and agency
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council calls for extension of Iran arms embargo: Bloomberg
In a report published by Bloomberg on Sunday, it is said that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council has called on the United Nations Security Council to extend an arms embargo against Iran.
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2020-07-14 21:17
Iran advises PGCC to focus on the need to stop attacks on Yemenis
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has urged the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) to focus on stopping the Saudi-led coalition’s attacks on Yemenis instead of leveling accusations against Iran.
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2020-05-29 18:57
By Fatemeh Salehi
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and its internal crises
The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council nowadays, instead of focusing on ‘cooperation’, has turned into a hotbed of tension among Arab countries.
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2020-05-19 12:25
By Salman Parviz
PGCC migrant labor camps Covid-19 hotspots
Impoverished migrant workers desperate, unable to return home
The two things the six Persian Gulf Co-operation Council (PGCC) member countries rely most on are revenue from oil/gas exports and foreign workers, both have been hit hard due to Covid-19 outbreak.
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2019-12-11 18:57
Mousavi calls PGCC remarks on Iran’s decision to reduce JCPOA commitments a ‘historic joke’
Foreign Ministry to PGCC: Statement on Iranian islands is insult to national sovereignty
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2019-08-09 21:52
Iran's military is making strides into twenty-first century technology: National Interest
Whereas (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council states spend lavishly on high-end, off-the-shelf, U.S.-built platforms, decades of sanctions and post-revolutionary strategic decisions to be militarily self-sufficient has led the Islamic Republic to focus more on its own indigenous industries.
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2019-05-31 17:11
Riyadh continues to sow division among Muslim, regional states, Iran regrets
Iran: Arab League statement doesn’t reflect the real stance of all members
TEHRAN – Tehran has condemned a statement issued by the heads of certain Arab states at the end of an emergency meeting in the holy city of Mecca, rejecting the “unfounded” accusations raised against Iran in the statement.
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2019-05-20 20:23
PGCC starts increasing security patrols in Persian Gulf
TEHRAN – Countries member the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council have started patrolling in the region amid the U.S. escalation of tensions with Tehran.