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Al-Monitor – Iran announced Aug. 5 that it will give Europe one month to rescue it from economically devastating US sanctions before Tehran pulls back further from its commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The United States unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal in May 2018, saying Iran was not complying. French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to trigger initiatives …

Radiofarda – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said that if he and his foreign minister had not directly talked with the U.S. Secretary of State and President Barack Obama, the 2015 nuclear agreement would not have been possible. In a speech he delivered in the Iranian foreign ministry on Tuesday Rouhani said that in September 2013 in the last moments …

Radiofarda – The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has once again urged Iranians to have more babies amid economic and social crisis. Calling on government officials to render support to families to increase the population of the country, Khamenei reiterated that increasing the number of children should become “a cultural norm” in Iranian society. The 80-year-old …

Radiofarda – The international football association FIFA has set a deadline for Iran to allow women to enter sports arenas and watch men’s soccer games without hindrance. Iran should resolve the issue before October 10 when as the top-ranked soccer team in Asia it will host its first home World Cup qualifier against Cambodia. Nevertheless, according to the state-run Iran …

Al-Arabia – US sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are “insane” and “a sign of defeat,” the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force (IRGC-QF), Qassem Soleimani, said on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. US sanctions on Zarif “proved” that the Foreign Minister has had a “profound” effect on public opinion and on …