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90% of Chinese netizens disfavor US amid tensions, GT online says
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA/ Global Times - Retaliation measures enforced by the Chinese government in response to the US provocations are overwhelmingly supported by the public, and increasingly more Chinese people disfavor the US amid the recent spate of unprecedented tensions since the two countries established diplomatic ties in the late 1970s, a survey showed on Monday.
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Zarif: US has no right to invoke "Snapback" mechanism
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the US proposed resolution for extension of arms embargo on Iran will not receive vote as the United States has no right to invoke "Snapback" mechanism.
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Iran confident UNSC will reject US draft resolution
New York, August 12, IRNA – Iran’s Permanent Representative envoy to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi has said he is confident the UN Security Council will reject a US draft resolution against Iran.
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Zarif calls on Int'l Community to stop US destroying International Law
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday called on the international community to stop the United States breaking the International Law and destroying multilateralism.
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Iran rejects fake news on Us lifting anti-Iran sanctions
Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi categorically dismissed as false news the recent media claims about a European initiative that calls for the temporary removal of the US 'non-targeted' sanctions against Tehran.
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Ex-US diplomat: Trump administration is sinking
New York, Aug 11, IRNA – Former US diplomat John Limbert said that the US President Donald Trump's ship is sinking and likened the resignation of Brian Hook (Trump's representative in Iran's affairs) to escape of mice from the sinking ship.
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Trump had four-year time for successful diplomacy with Iran: Gov’t spox
Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA - Government spokesman Ali Rabiee said Trump had four years time for a successful diplomacy with Iran exploring legal ways for the purpose, but, he opted for the worst pathways compared to those the US experienced over the past several decades.
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Envoy: UNSC rejects US' unilateralism
New York, Aug 10, IRNA - Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi in a message reacted to US' anti-Iran resolution to extend arms embargo, saying the UNSC once again rejected US' unilateralism.
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Consecutive changes in US administration of no importance for Iran: Spox
Tehran, Aug 10, IRNA - Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi commented on the numerous shifts in the US administration and said Tehran did not care about the consecutive changes in the US failed executives.
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Bomber of Hiroshima and Nagasaki claims of fighting weapons of mass destruction, Iran says
Tehran, Aug 10, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi referred to a quote by William Faulkner saying 'Maybe nothing ever happens once and said bomber of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a government which now claims of fighting weapons of mass destruction.
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Zarif: US, Israel nukes threaten "our region"
Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to the 75th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, saying the US, ISRAEL nuclear weapons "threaten our region".
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Iran’s reducing nuclear commitments due to US violation: French diplomat
Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – The previous ambassador of France to the United States said Tehran’s reducing its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was due to the fact that Washington violated the international deal.
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UN chief: Time to end the nuclear menace
Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – United Nation’s Secretary-General António Guterres wrote on Thursday in an article on the occasion of 75th Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the lingering suffering caused to the survivors of the US bombing the two Japanese cities should give us daily motivation to eliminate all nuclear arms.
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Senior expert urges Europe to stand against US perpetrators of sanctions
Tehran, Aug 4, IRNA - A prominent lawyer from Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies criticized vehemently and slammed the US sanctions against Iran which have seriously affected the treatment of Iranian patients and emphasized charging the perpetrators before a judicial forum.
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UAE distances itself from Sauds since last year, expert says
Tehran, Aug 4, IRNA – United Arab Emirates distanced itself from the Saudis since last year, Former Iranian ambassador to Jordan and Lebanon said on Tuesday.
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US, Europe set bad precedent over JCPOA: Senior Pakistani politician
Islamabad, Aug 3, IRNA -- Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has criticized the US for breaking the international norms and putting pressure on European countries in the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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FM Zarif: Terrorists promote hatred from their safe havens in US, Europe
Tehran, Aug 2, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message said terrorists promote hatred, agitate and organize murder and mayhem from their safe havens in the US and Europe.
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US supports Sharmahd, others as long as it benefits: Intelligence minister
Tehran, Aug 1, IRNA – Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi on Saturday referred to the arrest of Jamshid Sharmahd, ringleader of terrorist group 'Tondar', saying people like him committed a mistake by relying on the US and the Zionist regime, and they both support these people until the time they benefit from them.
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US must be accountable for supporting terrorist groups, Iran says
Tehran, August 1, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Saturday said that the US must be accountable for supporting terrorist groups that are directing sabotage and terrorist operations against the Iranian people from the United States and shed the blood of Iranian citizens.
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IRGC’s drill in Persian Gulf serious warning to enemies: Russian expert
Moscow, Aug 1, IRNA – The head of the Russian Center for Political-Military Studies told IRNA on Saturday that the recent military drill carried out by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the Persian Gulf was a serious warning to the enemies of Iran, especially the US.
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Contrary to what West says, Iran role model of independence, progress
Tehran, July 29, IRNA – An Iranian politician said on Wednesday that Iran has managed to reach immense achievements and become independent and self-sufficient in several fields in the past four decades despite the US unprecedented and oppressive sanctions.
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Iran’s UN envoy says JCPOA annexed to UNSC Resolution 2231
New York, July 30, IRNA – The permanent ambassador of Iran to the United Nations said in a Twitter message that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is an annexation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 so the United States is obliged to implement both.
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US recent moves, hostilities out of desperation: Official
Tehran, July 30, IRNA -- Head of Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi blasted the US recent threatening of Iranian passenger plane, saying that these irrational and very ridiculous acts by a country that claims to be a superpower are a sign of extreme weakness and desperation towards the Iranian nation.
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Pakistani minister terms US threatening Iranian airliner a dangerous game
Islamabad, July 29, IRNA -- Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights says the US' July 23 threat against the Iranian passenger plane is a very dangerous game by the US and Zionist regime.
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US must put end to illegal, unlawful measures: Iran gov’t spox
Tehran, July 28, IRNA – Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabiee on Tuesday said that the US must terminate its illegal and unlawful moves before it is too late.
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Threatening Iranian airliner example of US terrorism: Iraqi official
Baghdad, July 28, IRNA – A previous Iraqi minister and the Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman told IRNA that the threatening the civilian airliner by the US military jets on July 23 revealed another face of Washington’s terrorism.
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Majlis to examine details of US fighters threatening Iranian airliner
Tehran, July 28, IRNA – Rapporteur of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission announced on Monday that the details of the attack by the US fighter jets on the Mahan passenger plane will be examined at the next week's meeting of the commission.
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Iran says US not honest either in words or actions
Tehran, July 27, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in his weekly news conference on Monday that the United States Administration is not honest either in words or actions, especially about the region and Afghanistan.
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MP says air piracy showed true face of US
Tabriz, July 27, IRNA – A senior lawmaker said on Sunday that the air piracy by the US fighter jets revealed the ugly and real face of this government to the world.
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Academic advises Iran take legal action against US Gov with ICJ
Tehran, July 26, IRNA – Iran can take legal action with the International Court of Justice over threatening Iranian airliner by two US military jets, an Iranian lawyer with academic career said on Sunday.