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World will face formidable future if JCPOA collapses: Salehi

World will face formidable future if JCPOA collapses: Salehi

Salehi, who is in Norway to attend Oslo meeting at the invitation of Norwegian officials, took part in the specialized panel on the Middle East held with Norwegian and Omani foreign ministers in attendance.Iran’s foreign policy regarding its peaceful nuclear activities, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s Fatwa on prohibiting nuclear weapons, …

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Iran, Russia agree to coordinate actions for saving JCPOA

Iran, Russia agree to coordinate actions for saving JCPOA

On June 22, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov had a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqhchi, the statement said.It added that the two sides focused on Russian-Iranian cooperation in the interests of preserving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian …

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Serbia has special programs for boosting cooperation with Iran

Serbia has special programs for boosting cooperation with Iran

In a meeting with Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari on Friday, he invited Iranian activists to invest in Serbia, saying that Belgrade will provide Iranian investors with maximum facilities. Shariatmadari, for his part, referred to a remarkable increase in the number of Iranian tourists visiting Serbia …

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OPEC inches closer to boosting oil output after Iran’s approval

OPEC inches closer to boosting oil output after Iran’s approval

Energy ministers have been laying the groundwork all week for Friday's biannual meeting in Vienna, Austria, where OPEC is expected to ease supply constraints that have been in place since January 2017, CNBC reported.OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and non-member Russia have urged major suppliers to ramp up production by about …

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Turkish FM urges Tehran-Ankara cooperation on PKK

Turkish FM urges Tehran-Ankara cooperation on PKK

In an interview with the Turkish TRT TV network, he added that the fact the PKK forces do not attack Iran at present does not mean that they will not do so in future and Iran itself knows it well.“Nobody can claim that they do not intend to split Iranian …

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Iran oil tanker rescues 13 Pakistani seamen

Iran oil tanker rescues 13 Pakistani seamen

According to NITC’s Public Relations Department, after the Pakistan’s command center for sea rescue operations called for help at 10:45 a.m. on June 20, commander and sailor on board the Iranian tanker immediately rushed to save lives of 13 Pakistan seamen in the vessel ‘Al-Naeimi’. Captain Mohammad Berenji, commander of …

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OPEC ministerial meet opens in Vienna

OPEC ministerial meet opens in Vienna

The session which opened after an hour-long delay will be one of the most challenging meetings of the oil cartel in recent years due to US President's statements and request from some OPEC member states to increase output.Before the start of the session, Zangeneh and Saudi Arabian Minister of Energy, …

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Iran FM: US administration an int’l rebel

Iran FM: US administration an int’l rebel

Zarif said in the article themed ‘US Foreign Policy in Crisis’ that US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has dealt a blow to the efforts to solve global issues through diplomacy.He also underlined that US President Donald Trump’s administration does no respect for international agreements, as …

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Zangeneh held talks with S. Arabian counterpart

Zangeneh held talks with S. Arabian counterpart

The meeting took place prior to OPEC meeting in Vienna on Friday.In response to US demand to increase oil production, Saudi Arabia and Russia have given green light to raise oil production to offset reduction in Iran and Venezuela oil output in view of the US sanctions.However, Iran, Iraq and …

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Japan conditions buying Iran oil on exemption from US sanctions

Japan conditions buying Iran oil on exemption from US sanctions

If payments to Iran cannot continue after a 180-day “wind-down period” ending on Nov. 4, it is possible that Japanese buyers of Iranian oil will have to make their last order for Iranian oil in August for September-loading cargoes, said Takashi Tsukioka, who is also chairman of Japan’s second-biggest refiner, …

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