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Iran acted in good faith but US put Islamabad MoU into crisis

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that Iran has acted in good faith but the United States has plunged Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) into serious crisis.
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