The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and signatories have been trying to bring the US and Iran back into a 2015 nuclear deal. Photo: AP
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and signatories have been trying to bring the US and Iran back into a 2015 nuclear deal. Photo: AP
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‘China supports Iran’s reasonable demands,’ Xi tells Tehran amid nuclear deal uncertainty

  • Phone call between leaders Xi Jinping and Hassan Rowhani comes after UN nuclear watchdog fails to agree on nuclear site inspections
  • Rowhani thanks China for aid to fight pandemic as well as its ‘just stance’ on nuclear deal and regional issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’

Catherine Wong
Catherine Wong

Updated: 11:26pm, 25 May, 2021

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The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and signatories have been trying to bring the US and Iran back into a 2015 nuclear deal. Photo: AP
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and signatories have been trying to bring the US and Iran back into a 2015 nuclear deal. Photo: AP
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