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Forest fires partly contained, but still raging in western Iran

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Wildfires Iranian forests

A top environment official says the fire definitely had a human cause, saying an investigation is underway to find out whether it was ‘deliberate or unintentional.

“Fires in four out of five spots engulfed by flames have been extinguished, and two more choppers have been sent to the Darevaran area, which is still burning,” said Reza Akbari, the commander of the State Watershed and Natural Resources Protection Unit.

He said blazes in Darevaran had been put out, but were reignited due to high winds and heat.

“We hope to be able to extinguish the fire by the end of today (Saturday, August 05).”

The forest fires in Marivan, in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, two weeks ago, had left several people injured.

IRGC unveils new strategic equipment

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Iran Navy

The military hardware comprising missile, drone and electronic warfare equipment were unveiled in a ceremony attended by IRGC Commander in chief Major General Hossein Salami and a host of other top military and state officials on Saturday.

The equipment include different types of reconnaissance, intelligence and combat drones, different types of logistical vehicles, as well as electronic defense and offense systems.

The equipment and systems have been developed on the back of efforts by scientists and experts at the Iranian Defense Ministry, specialized IRGC centers, domestic knowledge-based companies and the private sector.

Meanwhile in a speech during the delivery ceremony, general Salami said the presence of the enemies in the region was an opportunity for Iran to further develop its power to counter them.

He said Iran rose to power amid sanctions, adding the key part of Iran’s power is ‘invisible.’

The top Iranian general noted that the country has made plans to overcome the enemy.

Oil ship hit in suspected Black Sea drone strike

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“The crew is safe, there were no injuries,” a spokesperson for the Novorossiysk Marine Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) told TASS, shortly after 2 am local time.

“The engine room was damaged, though not severely,” the official added.

Two tugboats dispatched to help the ship have already arrived and rescue crews are trying to decide whether and where to tow the damaged tanker.

Officials never named the tanker involved. According to multiple Telegram channels, the vessel is the Russian-registered Sig oil carrier, damaged in what was said to be an attack by Ukrainian maritime drones about 45 kilometers south of the Kerch Bridge. Traffic on the bridge was stopped just before midnight, with local authorities saying there was a threat of a drone attack.

Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea, stated the “loud noises” heard by local residents had nothing to do with the bridge and that he could not confirm any reports of explosions, leading to speculation that the target may have been the tanker.

A radio message from the Sig, requesting assistance, said that their engine room flooded but the ship had stabilized and needed a tow to reach the shore. It did not specify what caused the damage.

Ukrainian sea drones attacked the Black Sea Fleet base at Novorossiysk early on Friday. Kiev also tried to sink civilian ships sailing towards the Bosphorus on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said, but their military escorts destroyed all attacking craft.

There has been no official confirmation of rumors that Ukraine once again tried to target the Crimean Bridge with maritime drones.

The bridge, connecting Kerch with Taman, has come under attack twice so far. In October 2022, a truck loaded with explosives detonated on one of the spans, killing three people and causing damage that took months to repair. Last month, a drone boat blew up under one of the segments, killing two civilians and orphaning a 14-year-old girl. The July attack damaged only one lane of the roadway, so the authorities were able to restore a partial flow of traffic within a day.

Earlier this week, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Aleksey Danilov, said the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was involved in both incidents.

UN warns 21mn in Afghanistan facing severe cuts in relief due to funding gaps

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Poverty in Afghanistan

With more than halfway through the year, the 3.2 billion U.S. dollar appeal to aid almost half the population across Afghanistan is less than 25 percent funded, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday.

“We face critical funding gaps amounting to 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, with many programs already ended or considerably scaled back due to insufficient resources and aid pipelines at risk of imminent rupture, including for food assistance,” OCHA announced.

The humanitarian office added it only has a short window of opportunity to procure and position vital assistance and supplies before the lean season and winter begin.

After 20 years of fighting between government forces and the Taliban ended two years ago, Afghanistan has been in a severe economic decline.

Neighboring countries blocking water inflows into Caspian Sea: Official

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Caspian Sea

“Water inflows, especially the one through the Volga River, into the Caspian Sea have been blocked by the neighboring countries,” said Ali Salajegheh, the head of the Department of the Environment.

“Moreover, rainfall has dropped in the entire catchment basin of the Caspian Sea,” he added.

“Water inflows into the Caspian Sea have decreased and water levels at the sea are falling,” he noted.

“Some figures and data suggest the sea has receded for nearly a meter in the past 4 to 5 years,” said the official, adding, “The Caspian Sea recedes for 20 centimeters a year on average.”

“We hope to be able to settle the issues of the water right and contamination within the framework of the Tehran Convention,” he noted.

“We hope the neighboring countries will reach agreement and the issue of water rights is resolved to restore the flow of water into the Caspian Sea,” he explained.

Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan Republic, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are the five littoral states of the Caspian Sea.

City Jail in west-central Iran relocated to outskirts

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Iran Prison

In early 2023, Judiciary Chief Gholamhussein Mohseni Eje’I had ordered the relocation of the Rajaee-Shahr Penitentiary in the north of the provincial capital, Karaj.

Accordingly, arrangements were made through the State Prisons Organization, and all inmates were evacuated from the facility and transferred to the Ghezel Hesar Penitentiary in the south of Karaj.

A policy of the Iranian Judiciary is to relocate prisons from urban areas to the suburbs and out-of-town areas. Several other penitentiaries in other cities across the country are being relocated as well.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait urge their citizens to leave Lebanon

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Saudi Arabia called on its citizens to quickly leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes, the Saudi embassy in Lebanon said in a statement posted late on Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The kingdom did not specify which areas in Lebanon that it was advising its citizens to avoid.

The embassy stressed “the importance of adhering to the Saudi travel ban to Lebanon,” the statement added.

Kuwait also issued an advisory early on Saturday calling on Kuwaitis in Lebanon to stay vigilant and avoid “areas of security disturbances” but stopped short of asking them to leave the country, according to a statement by the Kuwaiti Foreign ministry posted on X.

At least 13 people were killed in fighting that broke out between Palestinian armed groups in Ain el-Hilweh camp on July 29, security sources in the camp say.

Ain el-Hilweh is the largest of 12 Palestinian camps in Lebanon, hosting around 80,000 of up to 250,000 Palestinian refugees countrywide, according to the United Nations’ agency for refugees from Palestine.

Israeli settlers kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank

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Israeli Forces

The youth shot dead on Friday was identified by the Palestinian Health Ministry as 19-year-old Gesa Jamal Metan.

According to Palestinian media, Israeli settlers accompanied by regime forces raided Burqa village.

Residents of Burqa stated armed settlers opened fire on Palestinian properties and set several cars on fire.

“The youth of the village went out to confront them using stones. Settlers opened fire, they killed one person and wounded others,” said one witness who asked not to be named.

On Friday, another Palestinian was shot dead during an Israeli raid on a refugee camp east of Tulkarm.

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced 18-year-old Mahmoud Abu Sa’an was shot in the head and killed.

Abu Sa’an was shot in the head at point-blank range at dawn as Israeli forces clashed with residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp, located to the east of the town of Tulkarm.

According to local media reports, the Israeli military stormed the camp, heavily firing live ammunition, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades at the camp’s residents.

The Palestinian teenager was transferred to a hospital in Tulkarm, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Amjad Zeidan, who said he witnessed the incident from about 200 meters away said that he did not see the youth killed by Israeli troops carrying weapons or explosives, Reuters reported.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the killing as a “field execution” and called on the International Criminal Court to “break its silence and promptly complete its investigation into the crimes of the occupation.”

The Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad have condemned the killing of Abu Sa’an.

In a press statement, Hamas offered its condolences to the family of Abu Sa’an and praised the resistance fighters for their unrelenting struggle against Israel.

Israeli troops carry out attacks against Palestinians across the occupied territories almost on a daily basis.

Over the past months, Israel has ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and cities throughout the occupied territories. As a result of these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have lost their lives and many others have been arrested.

More than 200 Palestinians have been killed this year in the occupied Palestinian territories and the besieged Gaza Strip. The majority of these fatalities have been recorded in the West Bank.

Russian opposition figure sentenced to further 19 years in prison

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Alexei Navalny

The opposition figure was found guilty on multiple extremism-related charges, including creating an extremist group, calling for extremist actions, financing such activities and luring minors into them, as well as rehabilitating Nazi ideology.

The charges saw Navalny given a combined sentence of 19 years. The former Moscow protest leader has been incarcerated since 2021, serving a separate prison term after being convicted of fraud.

Navalny, who is 47, ended up in custody after making a high profile return from Germany, where he was recovering from an alleged poisoning. He was found in violation of terms of his suspended sentence over defrauding the Russian subsidiary of French cosmetics manufacturer Yves Rocher out of millions of rubles. At first suspended, the sentence was activated and he was sent to a penal colony for two years and eight months.

In early 2022, Navalny received a further nine years behind bars, after being found guilty of contempt of court and fraud. The charges were related to the activities of HIS Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), with the opposition figure accused of spending the donations raised by the non-profit for “personal needs” as well as to bankroll “extremist activities.”

US considers deploying forces to commercial vessels in Persian Gulf

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The US is considering the move against the backdrop of stalled talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Washington has already boosted its military presence in the Persian Gulf by sending F-35 fighter jets and a marine expeditionary force to the region.

The additional 2,500 marines could provide the bulk of manpower for future deployments to commercial vessels.

The Associated Press cited five unnamed US officials who stressed that no final decision has been made. The US also needs to consult with its Persian Gulf Arab allies and companies that own vessels in the region about deployments.

Iran has repeatedly condemned the US for “warmongering” and escalating tensions with its regular military deployments in the region.

In recent months, Iranian naval forces have impounded several ships off the country’s southern coast for their breaches of shipping safety law, with the US claiming that the moves are “illegal” and “endanger” shipping safety.

Tehran dismisses the claims as baseless, stressing the vessel seizures are in fact meant to consolidate the maritime law.

Iran says the US is the primary source of insecurity in West Asia and Washington remains responsible for the instability in the region as long as its wrong and crisis-making policies are not rectified. Tehran has repeatedly stressed that the responsibility to ensure the Persian Gulf security and stability lies with the regional states without a need for foreign naval forces.

In mid-July, Iran urged the United States to refrain from any “provocative” moves in the region, especially close to the country’s borders, stressing that Tehran reserves the right to take “deterrent measures” under international law.

Speaking during a weekly press conference, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the US government’s role regarding the issue of regional security has never been peaceful and constructive.

“Iran monitors with sensitivity and accuracy any illegal and unconstructive act that affects the security of the region, and it will … pay special attention to any provocative and illegal moves, especially near its borders,” he added.

Kanaani also warned that the Islamic Republic will use its “inalienable rights” in response to the US moves.

Iran “reserves the right to take due deterrent measures under international law, rules and regulations given the capability of its Armed Forces in protecting the security of borders, as well as that of navigation and aviation in the Persian Gulf region,” he stressed.

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