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Tehran says will respond to US violation of Iran sovereignty

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Iran Protests

“A befitting response will be given in due time and place to the overt and covert measures taken by Western countries — especially the US and some European states — in order to create and fuel riots in the country, which are mainly under the surveillance of the country’s relevant authorities,” Nournews wrote in an article on Saturday.

It listed a number of measures taken by adversaries to deal a blow to Iran’s establishment, including actively giving directions to rioters via media outlets, attempts to activate Internet services beyond government control, foreign embassy staffers’ activities inconsistent with diplomatic norms, cyberattacks, among “other measures that will be announced in due time.”

In particular, it referred to the American government’s green light for expansion of Internet services to Iranians, while keeping tough economic sanctions on the country.

Aside from the technical complexities in fulfilling such a project, “this level of US interference in Iranian affairs is nothing negligible and will be given the necessary response for sure,” the report said.

Nournews said it obtained information about certain activities in some European countries for using trade to exert pressure on Iran, which the report said “was still being reviewed.”

It seems that the Westerners have failed to learn a lesson from past experiences and are once again miscalculating the situation in Iran and attempting to disrupt the Islamic Republic’s peace and security by relying on “biased and untrue advice,” the report added.

Iran’s IRGC targets terrorists in northern Iraq with artillery fire over role in riots

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Iran Missile

Tasnim News Agency reported on Saturday that the strongholds of the terrorists in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region came under heavy artillery fire from the Iranian side of the border.

In a statement, the IRGC said the raid came after “the terrorist and counter-revolutionary grouplets tied to the global hegemony that are nesting in Iraq’s northern region” infiltrated the Islamic Republic’s frontiers and attacked a number of Iranian border bases.

The IRGC’s “decisive response,” it said, inflicted heavy losses on the terrorists and forced the intruders to flee.

The elite Iranian military force decided to take action as its numerous warnings for officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan fell on deaf ears and they failed to end anti-Iran terror activities in the region, the statement said.

The operations, it added, “will continue in the direction of ensuring stable border security and punishing the aggressor criminal terrorists and making regional authorities shoulder their responsibility for international regulations and their legal duties.”

Reports say members of the Komola terror group sneaked armed elements and huge caches of arms into Iran with the aim of propping up the rioters and thugs, who hijacked a wave of protests in Iran over the recent death of a young woman in police custody with the aim of dealing blows to the country’s establishment.

Iranian state media say 35 people, including security forces, have been killed in the violence, which has seen thugs set fire to the Holy Qur’an, among other sacrilegious acts, and inflict damage on public property in different cities.

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 214

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Russia Ukraine War

Kremlin’s mention of possible use of nuclear weapons ‘absolutely unacceptable’: Ukraine

The Kremlin’s statements on the possible use of nuclear weapons are “absolutely unacceptable” and Kyiv will not give into it, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have mentioned nuclear weapons as an option in extremis.

“Putin’s and Lavrov’s irresponsible statements on the possible use of nuclear weapons are absolutely unacceptable,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.

“Ukraine won’t give in. We call on all nuclear powers to speak out now and make it clear to Russia that such rhetorics put the world at risk and will not be tolerated,” he added.

Ukraine claims Odessa again attacked by Iranian drones

Ukraine has claimed the southern port city of Odessa is attacked by Iranian-made drones overnight, two days after a Russian attack with such a weapon killed two civilians.

“Odessa was attacked again by enemy kamikaze drones,” said the Ukrainian army’s Operational Command South.

“The enemy hit the administrative building in the city centre three times,” it noted, adding, “One drone was shot down by (Ukrainian) air defence forces. No casualties (were) recorded.”

“These were Iranian drones,” a Ukrainian South Command spokeswoman, Natalya Gumenyuk, stated.

Ukraine tried to attack Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with ‘kamikaze drones’: Russia

Russia’s defence ministry has said that Ukrainian forces have continued attacks around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the south of the country, including launching eight “kamikaze drones” at the facility.

Russian forces shot down all of drones outside the territory of the nuclear power plant, the defence ministry added, and radiation levels remain normal.

Any annexed territory will have Russia’s ‘full protection’: FM

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the four Ukraine regions where votes are under way in “referendums” will be under Moscow’s “full protection” if they are annexed by Russia.

At a news conference following his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Lavrov was asked if Russia would have grounds for using nuclear weapons to defend annexed regions of Ukraine. He stated Russian territory – including territory “further enshrined” in Russia’s constitution in the future – “is under the full protection of the state”.

“All of the laws, doctrines, concepts and strategies of the Russian Federation apply to all of its territory,” Reuters reported him as saying while also referring specifically to Russia’s doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons.

Lavrov’s comments came after he sought in his UN speech to portray opposition to Russia’s war in Ukraine as limited to the United States and countries under its sway.

The Group of Seven industrialised economies have said they will not recognise the results of the “referendum” votes.

Zelensky tells Russians Putin knowingly ‘sending citizens to their death’

President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an appeal to Russians, saying their president was knowingly “sending citizens to their death”.

Zelensky called on Moscow’s forces to surrender, adding, “You will be treated in a civilised manner … no one will know the circumstances of your surrender.”

It came just hours after Russia passed a law toughening punishments for voluntary surrender and desertion.

Russia says it had ‘no choice’ but to take military action in Ukraine

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated at the United Nations General Assembly that Moscow had “no choice” but to take military action in Ukraine.

At the heart of his address was a claim that the US and its allies are aggressively undermining the international system that the UN represents – not, as the West maintains, the other way around.

“The future of the world is being decided today,” Lavrov said, adding, “the question is whether or not it is going to be the kind of order with one hegemon at the head of it.”

Lavrov has bitterly criticised Western nations for their “grotesque” fear of Russia, telling the United Nations that such states were seeking to “destroy” his country.

“The official Russophobia in the West is unprecedented, now the scope is grotesque,” Lavrov said, adding, “They are not shying away from declaring the intent to inflict not only military defeat on our country but also to destroy and fracture Russia.”

Lavrov has noted at the annual gathering at the United Nations that Washington is trying to “turn the entire world into its own backyard” through sanctions.

“It’s pure, unadulterated dictatorship, or an attempt to impose it,” the foreign minister continued.

The US has imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow following the February invasion of Ukraine.

China FM calls on Russia, Ukraine not to let war ‘spill over’

China at the United Nations has urged Russia and Ukraine not to let the effects of their war “spill over” and called for a diplomatic resolution.

“We call on all parties concerned to keep the crisis from spilling over and to protect the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an address at the United Nations General Assembly.

At least 747 protesters arrested in Russia

At least 747 people have been arrested in fresh protests in Russia against the partial mobilisation ordered by President Vladimir Putin.

The human rights portal ovd.info reported arrests in a total of 32 cities across the country. These are only the men and women known by name – there could be considerably more people in custody, it announced.

At least 380 arrests were reported from Moscow and 125 in St Petersburg.

At least 2,000 people in total have been detained across Russia for protesting against military mobilisation.

Duma may consider annexation of occupied parts on Thursday

The Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, may debate bills incorporating Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia on September 29, the TASS news agency has reported, citing an unnamed source.

Voting is due to finish on Tuesday.

Six more grain ships leave Ukraine under Istanbul deal: Turkey

Six more ships have left Ukrainian ports under the historic Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish defence ministry has announced.

A ministry statement did not disclose the ships’ points of departure or destinations.

Turkey, the United Nations, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in Istanbul on July 22 to resume grain exports from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports after they were paused when the Russia-Ukraine war began in February.

Russia toughens penalty for voluntary surrender, refusal to fight

President Vladimir Putin has signed amendments toughening punishment for voluntary surrender and refusal to fight by up to 10 years in prison, just days after ordering a partial mobilisation.

A separate law, also signed on Saturday, facilitates access to Russian citizenship for foreigners who enlist in the Russian army, following the mobilisation designed to increase the ranks of his army fighting a military operation in Ukraine.

Over 1,200 rioters identified in Iran, some arrested: Security source

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Protests

“With the prudence of security forces and the cooperation of people and even [the cooperation] of protesters dismayed at the recent incidents, over 1,200 of those behind the recent riots have been identified and some of them have been arrested,” the source told Tasnim News Agency.

“The case of some fellow countrymen having objections is different from rioting, attacking military centers, vandalizing public property and inciting riots,” the source explained.

The same source urged  people especially the youth, to remain vigilant against notorious opportunistic elements, who seek to cash in on protests and turn them into riots.

“Rioters will be firmly dealt with,” said the informed source.

Iranian actor Amin Tarokh dies of heart failure aged 69

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Amin Tarokh

Tarokh has starred in numerous movies and television series. He also taught acting.

After finishing high school in Shiraz, the capital city of Fars Province, Tarokh started his education at Tehran University.

He graduated from the university with a degree in cultural management. Tarokh started acting in 1973.

He made his cinematic debut by starring in the movie “Death of Yazdgerd III” directed by Bahram Beizaee, the renowned Iranian director.

The other remarkable roles he acted included that of Avicenna in the series “Abu Ali Sina”.
Tarokh has also won several awards in various festivals.

Tarokh was 69.

Funeral in Mashahd for two people killed by rioters

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Funeral in Mashahd for two people killed by rioters

Large numbers of people participated in the ceremony and chanted against the rioters and acts of violence.

Mohammad Rasoul Doust Mohammadi was stabbed to death by the rioters during their attack on a religious place in Mashhad on Wednesday.

Moslem Javidmehr, a war disabled veteran, was killed in the city on Ghouchan near Mashhad.

The riots broke out after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman, in morality police headquarters in Tehran over a week ago.

Saudi Arabia says seeking friendly ties with Iran, difficulties remain

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IFP Media Wire
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

“We certainly have the intent to build a positive relationship with our neighbors in Iran,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told English-language France 24 television news network in an interview on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

He, however, added that there were still differences with Tehran that currently precluded him meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian.

Iraq has hosted five rounds of talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran at the level of intelligence and security heads since last April.

Back in July, Amirabdollahian appreciated the “constructive” role of Iraq in advancing regional dialogue and said there has been “progress” in the last five rounds of talks with Saudi Arabia.

He stated he had told Iraqi mediators that Tehran is ready for a new political and security phase with Riyadh, expressing hope that the measure would “eventually lead to the return of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran relations to normal.”

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran in January 2016 after Iranian protesters, enraged by the Saudi execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, stormed its embassy in Tehran.

The kingdom then pursued a confrontational foreign policy toward the Islamic Republic, especially during the administration of former US president Donald Trump, with whom the Saudi rulers shared close ties.

Saudi Arabia appears to have recently changed course, showing willingness through diplomatic channels and third parties to mend fences with Tehran and resume bilateral relations.

The two neighbors remain deeply divided over a set of regional issues, mainly the destructive Saudi war on Yemen.

Elsewhere in the interview, the Saudi foreign minister noted that Riyadh had concerns about a possible revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), especially over the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections.

The top Saudi diplomat added that any agreement on the resurrection of Iran deal was better than no deal.

US revokes Afghanistan’s ‘major non-NATO ally’ status

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White House

Over a year after the Taliban overthrew the democratically elected government in Kabul, the United States has rescinded the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally.

The United States named Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally in July 2012, which paved the way for the two sides to maintain economic and defence ties. It also helped Kabul with defence and security-related aid and equipment.

“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k) (the “Act”), I hereby terminate the designation of Afghanistan as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States for the purposes of the Act and the Arms Export Control Act,” Biden said in a presidential order.

In July, Biden notified the US Congress of his intent to rescind the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally.

The Taliban launched an offensive against the democratically elected Afghan government last year after the Biden administration announced the end of its military presence in Afghanistan.

On August 15, 2021, the Taliban swept into Kabul without encountering any resistance and gained full control over the Afghan capital. Later in September, the Taliban declared a complete victory in Afghanistan and formed an interim government, which hasn’t yet been officially recognized by any country.

Since its ascent to power in Kabul, the group imposed policies severely restricting basic rights–particularly those of women and girls.

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Taliban dismissed all women from leadership posts in the civil service and prohibited girls in most provinces from attending secondary school. Taliban decrees prohibit women from travelling unless accompanied by a male relative and require women’s faces to be covered in public–including women TV newscasters.

Iran’s Interior Ministry: Violent riots will only result in fear among public

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Protests

The statement released on Saturday reads, “Pursuing demands, even if it they are legitimate, when done with violent means, destruction and fear-mongering, is against rationality and law and cannot be justified in the light of motive and purpose.”

Angry protesters took to the streets in many cities after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who lost her life in a hospital in Tehran on September 16 after her detention by police over her “improper attire.”

At least 35 people have died and dozens more have been arrested in the violent riots and acts of vandalism.

Official reports say she died of a heart attack and a thorough investigation into her death is underway.

The interior ministry added the rioters will be dealt with for the protection of the citizens’ rights.

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry had also warned rioters in a statement, noting that participation in such gatherings is illegal and can result in judicial prosecution.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Army also expressed sympathy with the deceased woman’s family, condemning the violence.

EU’s chief says proposals to revive nuclear deal still on table

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The European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell

Proposals put forward already for the revival of the 2015 agreement with Iran, aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will remain on the table until the talks are resumed, Al Jazeera quoted the top diplomat as saying in an interview on Friday evening.

Earlier, Borrell had noted that negotiations are in “stalemate.”

On Thursday, President Ebrahim Raisi stated the US’s claim of seeking to return to the nuclear deal is incompatible with the move to impose even more sanctions on the Islamic Republic at a time when negotiations are still underway to revive the agreement.

In a meeting with senior media managers in New York, Raisi underlined the latest round of talks began only after the US said it was willing to return to its commitments under the nuclear deal, JCPOA.

“We experienced America’s exit from the deal once and thus announced that they should provide assuring and trust-building guarantees to prevent a repeat of that experience,” he added.

“If the Americans are telling the truth and are honest, they should fulfill their commitments. Not only they failed to remove the Iran sanctions, but they even imposed new ones in the middle of talks. Mere words and claims about goodwill are unacceptable and it should be proved in practice,” the president underscored.

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