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EU should allow Iran to trade to preserve nuclear deal, foreign minister says

Doing business with Russia and China is not enough, Javad Zarif said

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

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UNITED NATIONS, July 18. /TASS/. European countries should implement their commitments on ensuring the freedom of trade for Iran to preserve the nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told TASS.

"We expect them to implement their obligations to normalize economic relations between Iran and other countries," Zarif said adding that "we need to sell our oil."

"We are doing business with Russia and China, but that’s not enough. The Europeans - both E3 and the entire EU - are part of it [the deal] and they have to implement their commitments," he added.

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Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky noted that there was no urgency in such meeting, because information was received and verified every day

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"We hear inarticulate speculations about the possibility of negotiations, but no specifics follow," Dmitry Peskov said

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Israel hears threats from everywhere after Beirut strike, will respond to any attack — PM

Benjamin Netanyahu highly praised the Israeli service members for eliminating Fuad Shukr, a key commander of Hezbollah’s militant group, in the Lebanese capital and warned that other adversaries of his country may face a similar plight

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Croatia informed EC about readiness to supply oil to Hungary, Slovakia

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Anatoly Viktorov noted that Russia and many other states, primarily in the Middle East, were unanimous that "no country or political force in the region is interested in escalating the conflict and turning it into a regional war or a broader one"

US sends 12 warships to Middle East amid tensions in region — newspaper

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Hamas chief assassinated with US approval, says Iran’s envoy to UN

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US official calls for preparing for world without constraints on nuclear weapons

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Ukraine loses first-line fortifications near Slavyansk, Kramatorsk — Russian officer

Apty Alaudinov stressed that Russian forces "can go a number of different ways in maneuvering to block the enemy"

Top Russian senator says no way new territories going back to Ukraine

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According to Iran’s permanent representative to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani, Tehran "has repeatedly made it clear that it has consistently taken an impartial stance since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, and this principled position remains unchanged"

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The distance to the enemy equaled almost 1.5 km

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Russia’s Strategic Missile Force annually receives advanced missile systems — top brass

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Russian troops practice receiving munitions in tactical nuclear weapon drills — top brass

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Major General Tomer Bar mentioned the Israeli airstrike on Beirut that killed senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr

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Moscow hopes Kiev took into account statements made by Vatican’s Cardinal Parolin

Statements made by Parolin, Maria Zakharova continued, "generally go in line with the Vatican's assumed policy of mediation"

Biden feels sense of urgency to settle Ukraine issue before term ends — ex-British envoy

"There are pressures in the United States as well in the direction of fast-moving toward talks," Tony Brenton maintained

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Russia's top senator announces progress on BRICS digital payment system

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Russia, US exchange 26 prisoners at Ankara airport — Turkey’s NTV channel

It was noted that two planes arrived from Russia for the swap

Iranian envoy accuses US of providing Israel with intelligence for killing Hamas leader

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Russia is open to the diplomatic way of settling, Dmitry Peskov said

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Andrey Belousov held talks with his Indonesian counterpart, President-elect Prabowo Subianto

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Sergey Ryabkov stressed that the "wreckage and burned fuselages" of F-16 jets will eventually be displayed at the NATO trophy equipment exhibition on Poklonnaya Hill

Issue of Ukraine’s territories should be resolved by its people, says Zelensky

President claimed that question of territorial integrity cannot be resolved by one person

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