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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi strongly criticized the UK, France, and Germany for seeking to trigger the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA, warning that their “illegal gambit” lacks legal basis and will ultimately backfire by further sidelining them from future diplomacy.

Iran’s UN ambassador criticized the European countries’ “illegal” activation of the JCPOA snapback mechanism as “unacceptable” and a derailment of the process.

EghtesadOnline: Penalty for employers hiring illegal foreign workers amid the coronavirus outbreak and closure of workshops has been set at 3.05 million rials ($19.6) per day, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare said.

EghtesadOnline: One anxiety in water management in Iran is the pattern of dwindling groundwater resources, and a key step taken in this regard is the unending fight against unauthorized water wells.

EghtesadOnline: The government will offer incentives to whistleblowers who name unauthorized cryptocurrency miners to the relevant authorities, managing director of Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said.

EghtesadOnline: The pattern of deficits in underground water resources in Fars Province is approaching appalling levels and is closer to the one billion cubic meters, says the managing director of the provincial water company.

EghtesadOnline: One major issue in water management in Iran is the exploitation of groundwater resources, and an important measure taken in this regard is the unending struggle against illegal water wells.

EghtesadOnline: The Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s ambassador to Iran after British forces seized an Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar, bordered by Spain and Morocco.