Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States on Monday announced fresh sanctions and measures against entities and individuals related to Iranian nuclear and conventional weapons programs, a move to support its self-claimed UN snapback sanctions widely ignored by the international community. President Donald Trump said that he had issued an …
Read More »Int’l community rejects U.S. unilateral announcement on return of UN sanctions on Iran
Beijing, China | XINHUA | The international community has denounced the unilateral announcement made by the United States to resume United Nations (UN) sanctions on Iran, saying the attempt is illegitimate and that the United States has no right to impose them. Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the UN, on …
Read More »Russia denies resumption of UN sanctions against Iran
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 …
Read More »Rouhani hails Iran’s “historic” success against U.S. attempts to restore UN sanctions
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 …
Read More »Iran says UN dismissal of return of anti-Iran sanctions shows U.S. “global isolation”
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 …
Read More »Russia says U.S. in no position to restore UN sanctions on Iran
Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | The United States has no rights to restore United Nations (UN) sanctions on Iran as it has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal and failed to honor its obligations, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.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 …
Read More »U.S. has no right to ask for snapback on UN sanctions against Iran: spokesperson
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 …
Read More »Five years after nukes deal, U.S. Iran policy at crossroads
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 …
Read More »Could U.S.-Iran ties get even tenser after spate of explosions?
Washington, US | XINHUA | Some U.S. media has reported that the United States and Israel are involved in a joint strategy to conduct clandestine strikes on Iran’s nukes sites and carry out hits on certain generals. It remains unclear if this assertion from a recent New York Times report …
Read More »EU states launch dispute process over Iran nuclear deal violations
Paris, France | AFP | Three EU countries on Tuesday said they were launching a dispute mechanism under the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran after accusing Tehran of repeated violations, but insisted they were committed to the agreement. The move by Britain, France and Germany comes as tensions soar between the West and Iran following …
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