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Tehran Stocks Make Stunning Comeback

EghtesadOnline: Tehran Stock Exchange jumped 4.4% with its main index, TEDPIX, soaring 15,800 points on Sunday as investors strive to make up for the deep losses last week triggered by fears over the escalation of political and military tensions .
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Publish Date:13/January/2020 | 24:41

Hormuz Peace Plan Expounded

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif explained the Hormuz Peace Endeavor, which had been proposed by President Hassan Rouhani to help defuse tensions in the region.
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Publish Date:16/December/2019 | 11:48

Tehran Hopes Japan Initiative Will Help Ease Tensions

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian government hopes President Hassan Rouhani's upcoming visit to Japan to discuss Tokyo's peace initiative for the Middle East will help defuse tensions in the volatile region, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said.
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Publish Date:15/December/2019 | 13:19

Beijing Seeking End of ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Tehran

EghtesadOnline: China has called on the United States to stop its “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran and its threats of deploying additional troops to the Middle East, stressing that Washington should find a diplomatic solution to reduce tensions in the region.
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Publish Date:08/December/2019 | 11:37

Pakistan FM: Riyadh Positive About Khan’s Initiative

EghtesadOnline: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that Saudi Arabia had positively responded to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative for defusing tensions in the Persian Gulf region by agreeing to give peace a chance.
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Publish Date:20/October/2019 | 13:13

Rouhani: Diplomacy Key to Resolving Regional Challenges

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday the settlement of the Yemen crisis would help ease tensions in the region, clearing the way for addressing other regional challenges through diplomacy.
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Publish Date:15/October/2019 | 11:48

France Sees 1-Month Window to Salvage JCPOA

EghtesadOnline: France's top diplomat judged on Wednesday that Iran and the United States have just over a month to start a dialogue on easing tensions in the Middle East, before another expected move by Tehran to ramp up its nuclear activities.
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Publish Date:05/October/2019 | 24:49

Rouhani, Macron Explore Ways to Deescalate Tensions

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday to discuss ways of reducing tensions in the Middle East.
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Publish Date:25/September/2019 | 11:28

Ball in US Court to Resolve Tensions Diplomatically

EghtesadOnline: Iran will never bow to foreign pressure, but is always open to diplomatic engagement with other countries, including the United States, if they treat it "respectfully" and "on an equal footing", a senior official said.
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Publish Date:22/September/2019 | 13:14

France to Continue Efforts to Defuse JCPOA Tensions

EghtesadOnline: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that Paris will continue efforts to ease the tensions arising from the 2015 nuclear agreement and ensure the implementation of the landmark deal, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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Publish Date:14/September/2019 | 11:27

French Efforts Unlikely to Overcome Iran-US Impasse

EghtesadOnline: Intensified French efforts to ease tensions between Iran and the United States are unlikely to result in de-escalation as disagreements between the old foes go beyond the nuclear issue, a political analyst says.
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Publish Date:31/August/2019 | 10:50

Japan Offers to Help Ease Persian Gulf Tensions

EghtesadOnline: Senior Iranian and Japanese officials met in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday to discuss Middle East security and latest developments in diplomatic efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal following the US exit.
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Publish Date:28/August/2019 | 10:29

Zarif in Doha for Talks

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif traveled to Doha on Monday to meet Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his counterpart amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
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Publish Date:13/August/2019 | 11:34

South Korea to Drop Japan From Fast-Track Trade Whitelist

EghtesadOnline: In an apparent tit-for-tat move, South Korea said Monday it will remove Japan from its "whitelist" of trusted trade partners, an act that risks further exacerbating tensions between the two US allies.
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Publish Date:13/August/2019 | 11:27

Baghdad's Interests Lie in Easing of Iran-West Tensions

EghtesadOnline: Baghdad would benefit greatly from de-escalation of tensions between Tehran and the West, and the Iraqi premier's recent visit to Iran was apparently aimed at achieving this goal, a political analyst said.
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Publish Date:29/July/2019 | 11:20

Japan Will Continue Importing Middle East Oil

EghtesadOnline: Japan will continue importing crude oil from the Middle East despite escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, but will also make efforts to diversify supply sources, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday.
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Publish Date:24/July/2019 | 10:18

Birol: IEA Concerned About Tensions in Hormuz Strait

EghtesadOnline: The International Energy Agency is "significantly" concerned about geopolitical tensions , including in the Strait of Hormuz, but oil markets are currently well supplied and unlikely to see "huge price increases for now," the head of the agency said Friday.
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Publish Date:20/July/2019 | 10:43