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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
April 2, 2020, 4:18 pm
Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq despite virus pandemic
Tehran’s foreign minister Zarif reacts with fury to Trump warning of ‘heavy price’ if US troops targeted again
By AFP
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) receives his German counterpart Heiko Maas in the capital Tehran on June 10, 2019. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 31, 2020, 1:11 pm
Europe’s trade system with Iran finally makes first deal
Medical goods sent to Tehran using INSTEX, a complicated barter method aimed at enabling commerce with the Islamic Republic without falling afoul of US sanctions
By AP
Officials at a bilateral meeting as part of the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
February 24, 2020, 3:56 pm
Remaining Iran nuclear deal members to meet on pact
Vienna meeting comes as European parties try to persuade Tehran to come back in line with the deal after taking steps away in protest at US pulling out and reimposing sanctions
By Damon Wake
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) welcomes US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to his residence in Jerusalem on March 21, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool/AFP)
December 2, 2019, 4:55 pm
Netanyahu’s London trip to meet Pompeo said nixed after veto from UK officials
UK reportedly says not enough notice given for PM’s visit on NATO sidelines; Merkel, Macron said not eager to meet him amid criticism on Iran moves
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump, right, and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk along the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
December 2, 2019, 5:13 am
Trump and Netanyahu discuss ‘threat from Iran’ in second call in weeks
Short statement from White House says leaders also talk about ‘other critical bilateral and regional issues,’ but gives no details
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a YouTube video slamming European nations who joined the INSTEX barter mechanism meant to circumvent US sanctions on Iran, on December 1, 2019. (YouTube screen capture)
December 1, 2019, 7:15 pm
Netanyahu slams European ‘rush to appease Iran’ by sidestepping sanctions
As 6 nations join INSTEX barter system, PM calls move a betrayal of Middle Easterners ‘standing up to Iran and its henchmen’; says Europeans ‘should be ashamed of themselves’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Iranians walk past a bank in the capital Tehran on November 3, 2018. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 1, 2019, 6:04 am
Six European countries join Iran sanctions-busting mechanism
Belgium, Netherlands and others join INSTEX, which enables Iran to continue selling oil despite US restrictions; Israel says countries ‘could not have picked worse timing’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranians shop in a supermarket in north Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2015. Iran has removed the country's wealthiest citizens off a list of people receiving monthly handouts in a small step toward easing the burden on the budget and freeing up more government funds. (Photo credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)
October 26, 2019, 9:42 am
In move slammed by critics, US seeks data on humanitarian exports to Iran
Experts say measure looks like aimed at gathering intelligence and could increase burden for humanitarian trade, amid accounts of Iranians going without vital medicine
By Shaun Tandon
Former German diplomat Bernd Erbel is interviewed on the YouTube channel of Ken Jebsen in July 2019. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 8, 2019, 11:11 pm
Head of EU-Iran trade entity loses job after report on his Israel criticism
Germany confirms INSTEX won’t be headed by ex-diplomat Bernd Erbel, who gave pair of interviews to journalist who claimed ‘Holocaust industry’ inflates number of victims
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this April 9, 2018 file photo, released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani listens to explanations on new nuclear achievements at a ceremony to mark "National Nuclear Day," in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)
June 29, 2019, 7:47 pm
Iran says it will soon exceed enriched uranium limit under nuclear deal
Iranian official says talks in Vienna with remaining signatories to 2015 accord ‘could not satisfy Iran’s just demands’
By ToI Staff and AP
In this April 9, 2018 file photo, released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani listens to explanations on new nuclear achievements at a ceremony to mark 'National Nuclear Day,' in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)
June 28, 2019, 7:35 pm
Iran says progress made at nuclear meeting but ‘still not enough’
Deputy FM says he’ll report back to Tehran for decision, but country will continue to reduce commitments to uranium caps unless ‘expectations are met’
By KIYOKO METZLER and Philipp Jenne
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, from left, wait for the start of prior to a bilateral meeting as part of the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on July 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
June 28, 2019, 11:29 am
Iran, nuclear deal partners to meet as accord under threat
Regular quarterly session in Vienna comes with Tehran poised to exceed uranium enrichment caps in wake of US pullout and skyrocketing tensions
By AP
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, from left, wait for the start of prior to a bilateral meeting as part of the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on July 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
June 27, 2019, 8:45 pm
Europe powerless to keep Iran nuclear deal from unraveling
US economic clout is just too strong and European backers have no leverage to convince the Trump administration to change its policies, experts say
By Fabien Zamora
A currency exchange bureau worker, counts US dollars, in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 9, 2011. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 11, 2019, 8:51 am
US said to mull further Iran sanctions targeting trade with Europe
New measures would single out Iranian financial body set up to enable humanitarian trade bypassing American sanctions
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press conference at Villa Borsig in north Berlin on May 31, 2019. (Odd Andersen/AFP)
May 31, 2019, 2:38 pm
US won’t stand in way of European system to uphold some Iran trade
Mike Pompeo says Washington won’t oppose development of INSTEX, so long as it deals with goods not subject to sanctions
By David Rising
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