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Washington, US | XINHUA | Just two months before the tightest presidential race in recent memory, it remains unknown where the United States will stand on foreign relations after voters cast their ballots. But experts said if challenger Joe Biden is elected, his foreign policy stance on such issues relating …

Moscow, US | XINHUA | The United Nations (UN) Security Council did not take any action that would lead to the resumption of the previous sanctions against Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday. The statement came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that “the …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States claimed on Saturday that all pre-2015 UN sanctions against Iran had been restored, a unilateral effort ignored by the international community. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the sanctions are being re-imposed according to the “snapback” mechanism under UN …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali was quoted as saying by semi-official FARS news agency on Saturday. The announcement was made on Friday at the online meeting between Jalali and Kirill Dmitriev, …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani celebrated on Wednesday the Iranian diplomacy’s “historic” success against the U.S. efforts at the UN Security Council to restore UN sanctions on Iran. “I don’t know of any case in history where the U.S. submitted a draft resolution in the UN …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | The rejection of U.S. bid in the UN Security Council to take actions to return sanctions against Iran showed U.S.”global isolation,” Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations said in a statement, according to Tasnim news agency on Wednesday. “Today’s deliberations in the UN Security Council …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | The United States has no rights to restore United Nations (UN) sanctions on Iran as it has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal and failed to honor its obligations, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. The United States continues its “dangerous” steps in the UN …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | The United States unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and has no right to demand the United Nations Security Council launch the snapback mechanism to restore sanctions against Iran, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday. Noting that the United States …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that enemies have waged “a psychological warfare” against the country to downplay its achievements, Tasnim news agency reported. One of the enemy’s main strategies in harming Iran’s economy, beside sanctions, is to “portray a poor image of the administration’s …

Washington, US | XINHUA | This week marked five years since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal. Now, in the lead-up to November’s U.S. presidential elections, Washington’s Iran policy is at a crossroads. If U.S. President Donald Trump is re-elected, U.S. policy is likely to continue in the same …