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2021-01-01 15:54
Iran writes to Security Council over increased U.S. military adventurism in Persian Gulf
TEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Es'haq Al-e Habib has written to the Security Council warning about the increased U.S. military adventurism in the Persian Gulf.
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2020-12-29 21:21
Ireland to do everything it can to preserve JCPOA at UN Security Council
TEHRAN – Ireland has said it will work to preserve a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers when it secures a seat on the UN Security Council in early January, vowing to do everything in its power to preserve the nuclear deal.
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2020-12-23 19:50
UN calls for efforts to preserve JCPOA
TEHRAN – A senior United Nations official has called on signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to make efforts to preserve the agreement.
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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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2020-10-25 22:40
Arab states should avoid an arms race with Iran: article
Iran won a major diplomatic victory on Oct. 18 when the United Nations arms embargo, imposed in 2007 over concerns about Tehran's nuclear program, expired, according to Bloomberg.
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2020-10-19 10:32
Iran no longer needs UNSC permission for arms trade: envoy
TEHRAN – As of mid-October, Iran’s arms trade will no longer be subject to prior permission from the United Nations Security Council, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN said on Sunday.
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2020-09-22 16:11
There would be no limitation on arms deals with Iran by mid-October: Lavrov
TEHRAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there were no limitations on arms deals with Iran right from the start and after mid-October, there would be no limitations whatsoever on arms supplies to and from Iran.
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2020-09-21 11:50
Iran has the right to decisively respond to U.S.: Kharrazi
TEHRAN – Kamal Kharrazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, has said the U.S. is well aware that Iran never compromises on its rights.
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2020-09-20 23:20
Iran says U.S. seeks to ‘completely ruin’ JCPOA
TEHRAN - In a letter to the UN Security Council and to the UN secretary-general on Saturday, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN said the U.S. seeks to “completely ruin” a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
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2020-09-20 23:20
U.S. defeat at UN was ‘inevitable’, says Rouhani
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the U.S. has suffered a “definite defeat” at the UN Security Council while seeking to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran.
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2020-09-20 16:42
E3's greatest test: Will they defy U.S.?
TEHRAN – In a statement on Saturday night, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the return of “all previously terminated UN sanctions” on Iran, a move that was met with strong opposition from the international community.
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2020-09-19 20:02
U.S. could go it alone to enforce Iran sanctions
TEHRAN – In a blow to Donald Trump’s administration efforts against Iran, European signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers rejected the U.S. push to trigger a return of all UN sanctions against Iran.
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2020-09-19 18:37
Snapback mechanism is Trump’s campaign propaganda, Leader advisor says
TEHRAN – Aliakbar Velayati, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs, has said that the U.S. efforts to trigger the snapback mechanism is election propaganda meant to boost Donald Trump’s reelection chances.
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2020-09-18 15:12
No sanctions will be restored on September 20, Zarif says
TEHRAN – In response to his American counterpart who has said all UN sanctions will be reimposed on Iran on September 20, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asserted that no sanctions will be reinstated on that day.
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2020-09-13 23:05
E3 face stark test over snapback mechanism
TEHRAN - As the 30-day U.S. process of restoring the UN sanctions on Iran is nearing its end, the European signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal ratchet up efforts to find a way forward while preventing a total collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2020-09-04 11:55
Niger rejects U.S. bid to restore UN sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN – In the latest blow to the U.S. push to trigger a snapback of UN sanctions on Iran, Niger, the president of the UN Security Council for September, reaffirmed a rejection of a U.S. complaint against Iran at the Security Council.
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2020-09-02 00:03
By Saeed K. Mavadat
JCPOA parties hold talks amid diplomatic tensions over snapback mechanism
TEHRAN - Signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal held a session in Vienna on Tuesday to discuss tensions around the deal and weigh in on the U.S. pressures on Iran.
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2020-09-01 11:47
Iran says UNSC’s indecisiveness undermines world peace
TEHRAN — Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has strongly criticized the UN Security Council, saying the Council’s “indecisiveness, indecision and ineffectiveness” have undermined regional and international peace and security.
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2020-08-30 17:06
U.S. failed to return UN sanctions on Iran, senior MP says
TEHRAN - Seyed Nasser Mousavi Laregani, a member of the Parliament’s presiding board, said on Sunday that the U.S. efforts to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran hit a dead end.
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2020-08-27 02:03
By M.A. Saki
U.S. isolated more; Trump and Pompeo humiliated
The U.S. became more isolated in the world as the president of the UN Security Council said on Tuesday that it was "not in the position to take further action" on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15-member body.
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2020-08-27 02:00
U.S. suffered ‘historic defeat’ at UN, Iran says
TEHRAN - Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said on Wednesday that the U.S. has suffered a “historic defeat” at the UN Security Council, a day after the Council president, Indonesia, refused to take action in line with the U.S. demand for the restoration of international sanctions on Iran.
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2020-08-25 22:25
UN Security Council president dismisses U.S. sanctions move on Iran
The president of the UN Security Council, Indonesia, said on Tuesday it was "not in the position to take further action" on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15-member body, The New York Times reported.
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2020-08-23 18:48
Unprecedented standoff in UN Security Council highly dangerous: ElBaradei
TEHRAN - Mohamed ElBaradei, a former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has said that the unprecedented standoff between the United States and the rest of the world at the UN Security Council is “highly dangerous”.
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2020-08-22 18:51
With snapback gambit, U.S. puts its veto power in danger
TEHRAN - The U.S. move to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran strategically puts the U.S. veto power in danger given the widespread opposition to its measure, an analyst tells the Tehran Times.
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2020-08-22 16:08
13 Security Council members oppose U.S. bid to return UN bans on Iran
TEHRAN — Thirteen countries out of the 15-member UN Security Council have expressed their opposition to the U.S. bid to reimpose the UN sanctions on Iran, arguing that Washington’s move is void given it is using a process under a nuclear deal that it quit more than two years ago.
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2020-08-21 23:55
U.S. may blackmail JCPOA parties into overlooking snapback of UN sanctions
TEHRAN- The U.S. push to force a return of international sanctions on Iran was met with strong opposition from the international community, a move that could prompt the U.S. to use blackmail against parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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2020-08-21 15:51
Russia requests UNSC meeting over U.S. sanctions snapback: source
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News/Sputnik) - Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting to be held on Friday following the U.S. move to invoke the reimposition of all UN sanctions on Iran, a diplomatic source at the United Nations told Sputnik on Thursday.
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2020-08-19 17:45
Trump regards accepting Putin’s proposal as defeat, expert believes
TEHRAN — An international affairs expert believes U.S. President Donald Trump thinks accepting the proposal put forward by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would be an acknowledgment of defeat for him.
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2020-08-19 17:38
U.S. planning to submit complaint against Iran to UN Security Council
TEHRAN — Washington is reportedly planning to submit a complaint to the UN Security Council over allegations of Iran’s non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, even though the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the historic pact in May 2018.
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2020-08-18 19:00
Europe to keep nuclear deal on life support until November election: Foreign Policy
TEHRAN – In a commentary on Tuesday, Foreign Policy said the Europeans remain committed to keeping the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, on life support at least until the United States’ presidential election in November.