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FM Zarif blasts US newly announced bans on 2 IRGC commanders
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – In a tweet on Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to sanctioning two IRGC commanders by the United States under the pretext of supporting Taliban.
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EU to prepare SPV before US sanctions take effect: Diplomats
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Three European diplomats have told Reuters that a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle designed to circumvent US sanctions and continue trade with Iran will be legally in place by Nov. 4.
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US can’t turn '13 Aban' into bitter memory for Iran: Rouhani
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iranian President Rouhani said that the United States cannot turn the Iranian month of Aban during which its embassy in Tehran was overtaken by students into a bitter memory for Iranians by reinstating sanctions on Nov. 4.
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Iran FM:
US needs to return to JCPOA, halt sanctions before any talks
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) –Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Donald Trump administration could smoothen the way for dialogue by adhering to JCPOA and stopping its unilateral sanctions.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Top Afghan commander’s killing raises questions
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – The formidable, flamboyant, maverick police chief of southern Afghan province of Kandahar General Abdul Raziq Achakzai was gunned down in a shootout inside the provincial governor’s office on Thursday, along with the governor and intelligence chief.
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Zarif attends Parl. session to face MPs' questions on foreign affairs
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a meeting of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Sun. to answer the lawmakers’ questions on the Ministry's handling of various foreign issues.
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By: Abdulhamid Bayati
US air force : Competing with rivals or creating a new weaponry market?
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump has once again stressed the need for formation of US space force, reasoning that Russia and China are pioneers in the area.
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Iran’s amb. to Japan:
S Arabia always popular with US, despite backing terrorism
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan Morteza Rahmani- Movahed said that although Saudi Arabia apparently supports terrorism, it has always been popular with the United States.
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Amir-Abdollahian:
S Arabia's hush money not to make Turkey give up Khashoggi case
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Turkey will not give up murder case of Saudi Arabia’s journalist Jamal Khashoggi easily by receiving hush money from Saudi Arabia.
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Iran UN envoy:
Iran urges intl. community to resist against violation of Palestinian rights
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said that the world must not let US bullying and Israeli atrocities to further undermine the inalienable rights of Palestinians.
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Zarif:
“US addiction to sanctions is out of control”
TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – After the new US Treasury imposed new sanctions on several Iranian firms, the Iranian foreign minister has taken to Twitter to blast the US addiction to sanctions.
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Iran spares no effort to expand trade with Pakistan
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s consul general to Pakistani Lahore city says that Tehran spares no effort to expand its business and trade relations with neighboring Pakistan, especially with the economic activists and merchants in Punjab province.
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CBI attempts to quit SWIFT before Nov. 4
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – An informed source in the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) revealed the efforts are taken by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) to quit from SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Financial Telecommunication) and transfer global inter-bank financial messaging system to other system before reimposition of US sanctions on Iran to take effect on Nov. 4.
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US Treasury sanctions several Iranian banks, institutes
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Tuesday on several Iranian banks as well as industrial and financial institutes.
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US, West may topple bin Salman: Hunter
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, said that the Khashoggi issue is very important and highly embarrassing to America that has so closely embraced Bin Salman.
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Iran UN amb. says US is addicted to sanctions
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo says that the United States is addicted to sanctions and seeing it as a tool in pursuance of its own national interests.
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By: M.A. Saki
Khashoggi case may awaken world to dangers of MBS
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – It is hoped the Khashoggi case will awaken the world to the dangers of Saudi Arabia, especially under Mohammed bin Salman.
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US still intends to cut Iran oil sales to zero: Brian Hook
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Washington's special envoy for Iran said Mon. that his country is still aiming to cut Iran oils sales to zero, adding that the market can cope with ongoing lack of crude.
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US unable to continue anti-Iran policies in long term: Rouhani
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Mon. that “with precise planning the United States cannon continue its anti-Iranian policies in the long run.”
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Sanctions imposed on Iran contrary to UN charter: ex-UN official
TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Richard Anderson Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University says “the US during the Trump presidency has insisted that there is no higher authority than the US government.”
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Trump; symbol of America's isolation in the world
TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – The president of the United States, who came to power in 2016 with the slogan of "Reviving Washington's Power", has become the messenger of failure and defeat of his country in the West Asian region and in the international system.
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UK, US ‘could boycott’ Saudi conf.
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Britain and the US are considering boycotting a major international conference in Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Saudi Arabia looking horrific given the Khashoggi affair
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia has seen large-scale domestic developments since King Salman came to power, and then along came Mohammad bin Salman with his radical views. Since then there has been slaughter and arrests and imprisonment of dissident opponents. Riyadh rulers don’t tolerate the slightest criticisms.
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ICJ hears Iran's asset freeze case against US
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held another session to hear Iran's arguments against illegal freezing of $2 billion worth of its assets by the United States.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
17 years of America’s disastrous Afghanistan venture
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – On Sunday, the protracted war in Afghanistan completed 17 years. It was on October 7, 2001 the US government and its allies launched the so-called ‘Operation Freedom’ apparently to topple the Taliban regime in Kabul, following the 9/11 attacks. Yet 17 years later, America’s longest war still grinds on, despite more than $2 trillion investment and thousands of casualties.
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Europe to press US into exempting Swift from Iran sanctions
TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – European finance ministers will try to persuade the Trump administration not to cut off Iran’s access to Swift, the global financial messaging service, in meetings with Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury secretary, at the IMF gathering in Bali this week, Financial Times reported.
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Most ME dictators owe their power to Western patrons: Jahanpour
TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a member of Kellogg College says that current Middle Eastern leaders who serve Western interests, while lacking legitimacy in the eyes of their own people.
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Washington Free Beacon:
Trump admin under pressure to save Iranian financial access
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – An internal battle is being fought inside the Trump administration to save Iran's access to international financial markets, providing Tehran with a critical lifeline ahead of the implementation of harsh new economic sanctions, according to multiple US officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.
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China, Belgium, US to invest millions of dollar in Fars prov.
TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – The Director General of Fars province Economic Affairs and Finance Department General Babak Daei revealed the investment of countries including China, Belgium and the United States in the provincial projects in the fields of supplying energy, processing petrochemicals and constructing infrastructures in health sector.
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Chinese ambassador calls for enhancing economic relations with Iran
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – The Chinese ambassador to Tehran said Mon. that China attaches great importance to economic cooperation and mutual investment with Iran, calling for promoting bilateral economic relations.
