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Iran, 25 Other Countries Urge Removal of US Sanctions amid Pandemic

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Iran and 25 other nations have called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and other Western countries to ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Iranian Diplomat, UN Envoy for Syria Hold Phone Talks

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Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister in special political affairs, has held phone talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen on the latest developments in the Arab country.
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Iran President’s Virtual Address to UNGA 2020 (Full Text)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has delivered a speech to the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations.
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US International Isolation Victory for Iran: Spokesman

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The spokesperson for the Iranian government says it is a victory for the Islamic Republic that the US has become increasingly isolated in the international community after its failure to win support for a resolution to reinstate the UN sanctions on Iran.
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Iran, UNICEF Sign Cooperation Deal

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The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Tehran have signed a cooperation agreement covering issues related to the youth and children, filmmaking and book reading.
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Iranian Diplomat, UN Envoy for Syria Hold Phone Talks

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Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister in special political affairs, has held phone talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen.
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Iran Denies UN’s Claim about Transferring Arms to Yemen

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has slammed a report by a UN Human Rights Council panel for ignoring the Islamic Republic’s contributory role in the political settlement of crisis in Yemen and accusing Iran of arming the parties to the conflict.
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US Push to Reinstate Sanctions on Iran Has No Legal Basis: Official

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A senior Iranian official says measures adopted by the US against Iran have no legal foundation and is doomed to failure.
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US Push to Use Mechanisms in Iran Nuclear Deal Ludicrous: Rouhani

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The Iranian president has dismissed as childish, ridiculous and baseless the US push to use the so-called snapback mechanism in the Iran nuclear deal to bring back international sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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US Not Entitled to Activate Snapback Mechanism: Iran

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Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi says the legal arguments by the majority of UN Security Council member states and its president clearly indicate that the US is not authorized to use snapback mechanism against Iran.
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US Trying to Reinstate Iran Sanctions, but to No Avail:‌ Official

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An Iranian official says the United States’ desperate attempt at the United Nations to bring back a UN arms embargo as well as sanctions on Iran is doomed to fail.
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Iran Asks Niger to Counter US Polices as UNSC President

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Iran's president has hailed Niger for its refusal to support a US-initiated resolution on the extension of the UN arms embargo on Tehran, urging the African country to act independently during its presidency of the UN Security Council and stand against the US government’s unilateralism.
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No Prospect for US Success in Reinstating Iran Sanctions: Vaezi

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A senior Iranian official says the United States has little chance of convincing the UN to agree to its demand that international sanctions on Iran be reinstated.
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Astana Process Guarantor States, UN Envoy Convene in Geneva

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Representatives from the three guarantor states of the Astana Peace Process –Iran, Russia and Turkey- and the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria held a meeting in Switzerland to discuss the situation in Syria.
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Iran Urges UN to Play More Active Role in Helping Yemeni People

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Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, and the UN's Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham have sat for talks on a range of issues.
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UN Praises Iran’s ‘Constructive’ Role in Yemen Peace Process

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A senior Iranian official has discussed Yemen developments with the UN representative for the Arab country.
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‘US Bid to Restore UN Sanctions on Iran Has Dire Legal Consequences’

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the UN Security Council president’s assertion that the US’ push to restore the UN sanctions on Iran is null and void indicates that the American attempt would have dire legal consequences.
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Iranian Diplomat, UN Envoy Discuss Syria Developments

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A senior Iranian diplomat and the UN’s point man on Syria have exchanged views on the latest developments in the Arab country.
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US Back-to-Back Defeats at UN Result of Iran’s Resistance: Rouhani

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The Iranian president says the United States' back-to-back defeats at the UN Security Council are a result of the Iranian nation's resistance.
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Iran Refutes Claim UN Sanction Reinstated upon US’ Request

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Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Saeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed the notion raised by some foreign media that a request from Washington has reinstated the UN sanctions against Tehran, saying the US will never achieve its illegitimate objective.
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US Has No Right to Activate Snapback Mechanism, Zarif Writes to UNSC

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has, in a letter to the chairman of the UN Security Council, blasted the US' attempt to return the UNSC sanctions on Iran, reiterating that the US has no right to reapply provisions of a deal it has already left.
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US Bid to Trigger Snapback Mechanism Lacks Legal Basis: Iran

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The US’ threat to activate a return of the UN sanctions against Tehran by triggering a mechanism in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal has no legal basis as Washington has already pulled out of the JCPOA, the Iranian president’s chief of staff has underlined.
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US Not Allowed to Use ‘Snapback’ Mechanism against Iran: Rouhani

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The Iranian president says the United States is not legally authorized to trigger the so-called “snapback” mechanism to reinstate UN sanctions against Iran.
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Iran Says Chance of Success Scant for Putin-Proposed Summit

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The spokesperson for the Iranian government says a seven-way online summit of the UN Security Council permanent members, Germany and Iran, proposed by the president of Russia, is unlikely to produce results as the US government lacks any sincere intention.
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Trump Must Await Back-to-Back Failures: Iran

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A senior Iranian official says the UN Security Council’s refusal to adopt a US-drafted proposal to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran was another sign of international opposition to Washington’s unilateralism.
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