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Iran has enacted new restrictions but experts say a full lockdown is needed to control COVID-19 infections.
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Iran says European concern is unwarranted since nations involved are not fully committed to the nuclear deal.
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Tehran rejects a UN resolution on human rights as invalid due to the human rights records of its sponsors.
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Tehran’s UN ambassador says rival Saudi Arabia is looking for an excuse to build nuclear weapons and blaming Iran.
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Iran criticises Saudi monarch urging global action against Tehran, calling for unity among Muslim nations.
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A Hamburg-based record label aims to help Iranian artists hampered by US sanctions and the pandemic.
Tehran says Washington and Israel are trying to advance their ‘information war’ against Iran.
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President says US President Donald Trump befell a fate it wished to exact on Iran’s governing establishment.
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Tehran warns regional rivals against counting on US amid report that Trump administration is planning fresh sanctions.
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Democratic nominee’s win boosts hopes of revitalising Iran nuclear deal – but undoing Trump years will not be easy.