Lockdowns: Saving lives, but ruining livelihoods in Africa
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Iran's Khamenei stands by Guards after unrest over downed plane
In his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told worshippers chanting 'Death to America' that the elite Guards could take their fight beyond Iran’s borders after the US killing of a top Iranian commander.
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Europeans trigger dispute mechanism in Iran nuclear deal
The European powers said they had taken the step to avoid a crisis over nuclear proliferation being added to an escalating confrontation in the Middle East.
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What is left of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal?
The Iran nuclear deal is agreed on 14 July 2015, in Vienna between Tehran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) plus Germany.
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Iran president makes case for talks as G7 gambit slammed
President Hassan Rouhani's remarks came as his government faced criticism over the visit of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the French seaside resort of Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
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US turning Gulf region into 'tinderbox' - Iran's Zarif
Iraq, which maintains good relations with both Washington and Tehran, cautioned on Monday that the deployment of Western forces was fueling regional tension.
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Iran to further reduce commitments to nuclear deal - foreign minister
Iran has repeatedly said it will reduce its commitment to the nuclear accord in stages and may even withdraw from the pact altogether unless the remaining signatories find ways to shield its economy from US sanctions.
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Iran says meeting with parties to nuclear deal 'constructive'
Parties to the agreement met Iranian officials for talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included confrontations at sea and Tehran’s breaches of the nuclear accord.
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Iran ready to talk if US lifts sanctions, Pompeo skeptical
Confrontations between Washington and Tehran have escalated, culminating in an aborted plan for US air strikes on Iran last month after Tehran downed a US drone. Trump called off the retaliatory US air strike at the last minute.
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Trump threatens to 'substantially' increase sanctions on Iran
Washington used the session of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors to accuse Iran of extortion after it inched past the deal’s limit on enrichment levels over the past week, while still offering to hold talks with Tehran.
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China blames US 'bullying' for Iran nuclear crisis
'The facts show that unilateral bullying has already become a worsening tumour,' said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a press briefing in Beijing.
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Iran set to exceed nuclear deal uranium enrichment cap
The Islamic republic also threatened to abandon more commitments unless a solution is found with the remaining parties to the landmark 2015 agreement after Washington unilaterally pulled out.
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Iran reduces commitment to 2015 nuclear deal
Senior Iranian officials said Tehran would keep reducing its commitments every 60 days, unless signatories of the pact moved to protect it from US sanctions.
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Iran to boost uranium enrichment level, breaching nuclear pact - Rouhani
Iran announced it has stockpiled more low-enriched uranium than is permitted under the accord, a move that prompted Donald Trump to warn Iran was 'playing with fire'.
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Trump says Iran 'playing with fire' after nuclear deal limit breached
The latest tensions coincide with a buildup of US forces in the Gulf and a series of incidents including Iran's shooting down of a US drone it claimed had entered its airspace.
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Ball in Europe's court on nuclear deal's future - Iranian state TV
Iran stopped complying on 8 May with some commitments in the nuclear deal after the United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions.
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Iran's supreme leader says there will be no war with U.S.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also reiterated that the Islamic Republic would not negotiate with the United States on another nuclear deal.
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Trump unveils Iran mining sanctions, hopes 'someday' for talks
The announcement came hours after Iran said it was suspending some limits set by a multinational nuclear deal - on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's pullout from the accord.
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Iran rolls back part of nuclear pact, France issues warning
France’s defence minister said she wanted to keep the nuclear deal alive but warned Iran it could face more sanctions if it did not honour its part of the deal.
