US Congress
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‘US administration not allowed to hide behind congress decisions’
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Iranian FM Zarif told the Iranian parliament that the US government cannot abuse the tool of leaving decision over the JCPOA to congress, because the government is responsible to practice the international commitments of US.
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Boroujerdi:
N-deal to end if US Congress follows Trump
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Member of Parliament Boroujerdi said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will be terminated in case the US Congress implements Donald Trump’s views.
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25 Ex-FMs urge US Congress to uphold Iran Deal
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) –Former foreign ministers from a diverse group of countries have asked the US Congress to uphold the nuclear deal with Iran known as JCPOA.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
UK FM's remarks decoded: London shows green light to US against JCPOA
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Britain was a staunch supporter and main follower of the White House during Obama presidency in imposition of tough nuclear sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Baeidinejad:
Trump's remarks made him despised by all Iranians
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said Iranians from all trends and tendencies now hate the US president following his recent controversial statements.
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Likely Trump to decline to certify JCPOA: Nephew
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “I think it is likely that Mr. Trump will decline to certify that the JCPOA is in the US national security interest when he needs to next make that judgment (October 15).”
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US lawmakers urge Trump to stay in Iran deal to save national security
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) –Earlier Wednesday, Republican and Democratic leaders of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee urged Trump against abandoning the Iran nuclear deal on eve of Trump's decision to decertify the JCPOA.
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Key US lawmakers back enforcing, not ditching, Iran pact
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – The Republican chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee said on Wednesday the international nuclear deal with Iran should be strictly enforced, but did not call for an end to the agreement, saying Washington should work with allies.
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Trump committing suicide leaving decision on JCPOA to Congress
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaei, says that if Trump leaves the decision over the nuclear deal upon the congress, it would be a political suicide of the POTUS.
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Boroujerdi:
Congress cannot declare Iran’s noncompliance with N-deal
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Senior MP Boroujerdi said Sat. that Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement has been repeatedly confirmed by the IAEA and the US Congress cannot say otherwise.
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EU mission to discuss Iran nuclear deal with US senators
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – Ambassadors of EU nations in Washington confirmed Wednesday they planned to meet with US senators in a bid to shore up support for a continued nuclear deal with Iran.
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Trump prepares to wound Iran deal then save it
TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – Donald Trump’s national security team has unanimously recommended that he decertify the Iran nuclear deal — but that he stop short of pushing Congress to reimpose sanctions on Tehran that could unravel the agreement.
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Lebanese official:
Hezbollah defender of Lebanese soil
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Lebanon’s chargé d'affaires in Tehran, Ali Al-Habhab, believes that Hezbollah’s presence in foreign military operations aims to defend soil of the Arab country as the group been fighting terrorism for years.
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Sen. McCain:
US to tighten missile-related anti-Iran sanctions
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – United States Senator John McCain, while noting that the Congress will continue to press Iran, avoided any clarification on US double standards towards Islamic Republic.
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New US sanctions clear breach of JCPOA
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati described adoption of new sanctions by the US Congress as clear violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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Iran’s ambs.:
US prevented economic outcomes of JCPOA
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to London, while warning against challenges to JCPOA implementation, said hostile polities of the US has forced governments to go against the deal.
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NSFPC finalizing bill to confront US anti-Iran act
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi announced the finalization of the bill to counter US adventurous and terrorist acts in the region.
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Iran to maintain resistance against arrogant powers: Rouhani
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the media, while marching the Quds Day rallies, that Iranians would determinedly continue their way in resisting arrogant powers.
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Iranian banks to establish treasury operations
TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – A CBI official said, by end of the present year, necessary conditions will be created for launching broker ties with the world’s banks as a prerequisite to adopting uniform currency rates.
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Iran objects to Tillerson’s interventionist remarks in Congress
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent envoy to the UN protested to the UN chief in a letter on Monday over recent anti-Iran remarks made by the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Congress.
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Parl. to retaliate US anti-Iran law after Nowruz holidays
TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) – The chair of the national security and foreign policy committee of Iran’s Parliament told the media that the Iranian lawmakers will pass a bill, after holidays, about terrorist activities of the US army and CIA.
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By: Habib Ashayeri
Trump would bring US to ‘edge of precipice’
TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Donald Trump’s demagoguery in attempt to show his voters that he had been committed to campaign promises has sent him too far afield in the wilderness.
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VIDEO: US representative Gabbard reveals truth on Syria’s ground
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who traveled to Syria earlier this month, reveals what she has seen and heard in Syria in an interview with CNN. She had a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad during her visit.
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Zarif:
President’s directive on ISA ‘under implementation’
TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – FM Javad Zarif has said foreign policy machinery has accelerated implementation of President Rouhani’s directive on proper Iranian response to ISA.
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No legal void for countering anti-Iran acts: Speaker
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – There is no legislational void for reciprocating US but it has to be put into action by the Supervisory Committee on Implementation of the JCPOA, said Iran’s top MP Larijani, on Tuesday.
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Velayati vows Iran’s firm response to ISA
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Velayati, a member of the supervisory committee on implementation of the JCPOA, said that the members of the committee are in agreement that if US president sign ISA, the JCPOA is violated.
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Rouhani:
No doubt US ‘an enemy state’
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Iran’s Hassan Rouhani has addressed a group of students in University of Tehran where he said Iran will not be a loser if other parties violate the JCPOA.
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FM spox.:
Iran not to be ‘the first to violate JCPOA’
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Foreign Ministry spokesperson has told a press conference it is unlikely that President Barack Obama will veto Congress-enacted ISA.
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Deputy-FM:
Officials unanimous in seeing ISA violation of JCPOA
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – A nuclear negotiator has joined the bandwagon of officials in calling the US Congress extension of ISA as violation of at least the ‘spirit’ of the JCPOA.
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MPs demands govt. reciprocal action against US
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – 264 Parliamentarian have signed a statement calling the government to implement Islamic Republic of Iran Government's Reciprocal and Proportional Action in Implementing the JCPOA Act.