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TEHRAN, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israel is highly likely to have been behind an attack in the Mediterranean this week that damaged an Iranian container ship, an Iranian investigator said.

Israeli officials did not comment on Friday when asked if Israel was involved in the incident on Wednesday.

The container ship Shahr e Kord was hit by an explosive object which caused a small fire, but no one on board was hurt, Iran reported on Friday. Two maritime security sources said initial indications were that the ship had been intentionally targeted by an unknown source.

14 Mar 2021; MEMO: Israel is highly likely to have been behind an attack in the Mediterranean this week that damaged an Iranian container ship, an Iranian investigator was quoted as saying on Saturday by Iran's media, reports Reuters.

Israeli officials did not comment on Friday when asked if Israel was involved in the incident on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state-run shipping company said, adding it would take legal action to identify the perpetrators of what it called terrorism and naval piracy.

The ship, Shahr e Kord, was slightly damaged in Wednesday’s incident by an explosive object which caused a small fire, but no one on board was hurt, the spokesman, Ali Ghiasian, said, according to state media.

11 Mar 2021; MEMO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said that conditions are right for all parties to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that the United States should take the first step, Al Jazeera reported.

TEHRAN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday urged the United States to remove sanctions against Iran, official IRNA news agency reported.

"If we are seeking diplomacy (to settle the disputes), the clear path is to lift sanctions ... there is no other option," Rouhani was quoted as saying.

The Iranian president made the remarks in a telephone conversation with the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, Mar 10 (NNN-IRNA) – Irish Foreign Minister, Simon Coveney, called on “engagement with all the key players” in the 2015 nuclear agreement, to build trust, in order to revive the deal, according to an interview published yesterday.

“What is required now is engagement with all of the key players, who are responsible for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in the first place P5+1 structure,” Coveney said, in the interview.

08 Mar 2021; MEMO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has met with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, and President Hassan Rouhani as part of an official visit to Tehran to discuss the stalled nuclear deal between Iran and EU members of the UN Security Council.

08 Mar 2021; MEMO: Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami yesterday warned that Tehran would raze Haifa and Tel Aviv to the ground if Israel committed any aggression against the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 is needed to maintain and revive the 2015 international nuclear agreement, the official news agency IRNA reported.

"Iran is committed to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and is the only party that has paid a price for it, but this situation can not continue in this way," Rouhani said during a meeting in the capital Tehran with visiting Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney.

TEHRAN, Mar 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, denounced yesterday, the U.S. continued sanctions against Iran, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Even amid COVID-19, the U.S. continues to exert Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ on Iranians. Isn’t it time to try something that may actually work?” Zarif wrote on social media.

The Iranian diplomat posted the image of a 6-year-old Iranian girl, who was affected by the U.S. sanctions, as well as, a complaint made by her.