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UN Security Council rejects US bid to snapback Iran sanctions

A new report says 13 countries of the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have expressed their opposition to the US push to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at reinstating UN sanctions against Iran, leaving Washington one again isolated on the issue like never before.

UN Security Council rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid "confrontation" over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

‘CENTCOM lying; US warplanes harassed Iran airliner in Lebanon airspace’

American F-15 warplanes involved in the harassment of an Iranian passenger plane approaching the Beirut airport were not ‘on a routine air mission,’ a report says, dismissing a claim otherwise made by a US military official.

EU vows full work to preserve Iran nuclear deal

The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy has once again stressed the importance of preserving a 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, pledging to work with other relevant parties to that effect.

FM Zarif says sponsors of anti-Iran IAEA resolution accessories to Trump, Netanyahu

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the European countries that sponsored a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against the Islamic Republic serve the interests of the United States and the Israeli regime.

Iran ‘categorically’ deplores IAEA resolution

Iran has deplored the latest resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saying the Islamic Republic would take “appropriate action” where the sponsors of the move would stand responsible for any "repercussions."

President Rouhani says Iranians defeated America’s knee-to-neck policy through unity

Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani said the US has long been bullying the world’s oppressed nations with the aim of destroying them, saying the knee-to-neck restraint “is not simply a technique used by a single police officer in one US city. Rather, it is basically is a key policy of America.”