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Iran should become hub for designing, building nuclear power plants: Official

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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami

Eslami said on Thursday that an ongoing global fuel crisis had made the use of nuclear energy more relevant.

“Today, the world is facing a fuel crisis, and almost all countries, European states in particular, have all turned to constructing nuclear plants. We lag behind by several years in that area,” he said.

Eslami said Iran had a 20-year plan related to the use of nuclear energy to produce electricity.

“What is of very high importance to us is to be able to increase the uses of nuclear technology in the country by the day.”

With the implementation of that plan, he said, Iran should become “a hub for designing and building nuclear plants.”

Eslami was speaking on the sidelines of an event to launch the production line of a domestically designed, portable gamma radiation device to be used in the agriculture sector.

Marandi rejects Al Arabiya report on content of US response to Iran proposals

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Mohammad Marandi

According to Iranian media, Mohammad Marandi dismissed Al Arabiya’s claims that the US had rejected what it claimed to be Iran’s “additional conditions” for a revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

“Iran has just started assessing [Washington’s] response and will then inform the coordinator of the negotiations” of its own views, Marandi was cited as saying.

Iran said Wednesday it had received a response from the US to an EU-drafted plan to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran was making a “detailed review” of the US response, which was received through EU coordinator Josep Borrell.

US officials also confirmed on Wednesday that the response to Iran’s comments on the EU-drafted plan had been sent, without providing further details.

However, in a report, the Persian-language service of Al Arabiya claimed that the US, in its response, had called for uranium enrichment of up to four percent by Tehran and for the lifting of all restrictions for inspections of Iran’s atomic facilities.

People in Iran’s Hamedan angry over water cut

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Water Crisis in Iran

The crowd of almost 200 people was carrying empty bottles of water to symbolically show the severity of the scourge they are grappling with.

Hamedan Governor Mohammad Ali Mohammadi sought to address the protesters’ concerns, saying the officials are working to tackle the problem.

The city of nearly 600,000 people has been going without water for the past few days under the scorching summer heat.

Officials in Hamedan have been distributing water in tankers and handing out bottled water as a makeshift solution.

Depletion in the Ekbatan Dam, recent flash floods in the region and the lack of water treatment plant in the province are among the main reasons blamed for the water scarcity in the western Iranian city.

The development comes days after Shahrekord, the capital city of Iran’s Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province, went through nine days with no piped water.

Iran, a historically arid or semi-arid land with meager water resources, has been hit hard with water scarcity in recent years.

Last year, many Iranian provinces, including Khuzestan, Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari, Isfahan, Lorestan, and Bushehr, suffered from water shortage.

Climate change, growing demand, and allocation to water-intensive industries and agricultural products, like steel factories, rice and watermelon, are among the main reasons cited for the ordeal in recent years.

Kayhan chief editor: Iran negotiators won’t let US get its way, laugh at us

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US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley

In a piece, Hossein Shariatmadari, the managing director of the Kayhan newspaper, cautioned Iranian negotiators to stay vigilant in the face of possible trickery by the opposite side of the talks on a revitalization of the Iran deal and to keep up their good performance, as the diplomatic process seems to near the finish line.

He described the nuclear deal — officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — as a “golden document for America and a catastrophic treaty that brought sheer losses for our country.”

“The talks that culminated in the conclusion of the JCPOA were meant to remove the sanctions; however, not only no sanctions were lifted, but hundreds of new ones were added to them,” he said.

He raised a set of questions on whether a new agreement would serve the country’s interests, as Tehran is studying Washington’s reaction to its comments on an EU-drafted proposal for getting the 2015 accord back on track.

“Our country’s nuclear team, whose power and intelligence have been exemplary in the course of the Vienna negotiations, will certainly continue pursuing Islamic Republic’s interests in the same way,” the veteran journalist said.

“In case America’s response fails to meet Iran’s views and legitimate demands, they (the negotiators) will not surrender to it and will undoubtedly not allow America to get its way and then laugh at us,” according to Shariatmadari.

Iran, Russia sign automotive deals worth €700mn

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran and Russia Flags

The agreements were signed on the third day of the Automobility Moscow 2022 on Wednesday to establish an auto parts production line and export spare parts.
Iran’s Mega Motor company, a subsidiary of Saipa, will start the partnership with a Russian automobile engine maker.

Iran’s ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali, who took part in the signing ceremony, said, “If these agreements are implemented, Iran will benefit over 700 million euros in the first step.”

In 2021, Iran’s exports to Russia were about one billion dollars, most of which were agricultural products and foodstuff, but with the new agreements, technological and industrial exports will also be added to the list, the Iranian envoy added.

Iran and Russia, both targeted by harsh US sanctions, say they are devising strategies to form a stronger alliance against Washington’s hostile policies.

Both countries are removing the dollar from their bilateral transactions, as the US uses the hard currency as a political tool for pressure and domination against other countries.

Famed Iranian poet Ebtehaj’s body back home

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Hooshang Ebtahaj

Officials from the Iranian ministry of culture and Ebtahaj’s relatives were at the Imam Khomeini International Airport to receive the late poet, who passed away on August 10 at the age of 94 in Cologne, but whose transfer back home for burial faced legal procedures hurdles.

A court in Cologne finally issued the permission for repatriation of Ebtehaj’s body on Wednesday.

Ebtehaj was born in 1928 in the northern Iranian city of Rasht and died of kidney failure and complications related to old age.

He will be laid to rest at Mohtasham Garden in his hometown in Rasht.

Although the number of his poems is not astounding, his poetry is characterized by profusely emotional and meticulously chosen words.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi offered condolences on Ebtehaj’s demise, saying he opened a new and lasting page in the Persian ode and created many works with social and political themes that promoted freedom-seeking and anti-arrogance spirit.

Ebtehaj, who wrote under the pseudonym of Sayeh, is survived by two daughters, Yalda and Assia, and two sons Keyvan and Kaveh.

Iran sees 40 percent rise in tourism revenues

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Tourists in Iran

A report by the Iranian ministry of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts showed that tourism’s contribution to Iran’s GDP increased to 4.1 percent from 3.1 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21, 2022.

It has directly and indirectly created almost 1.8 million jobs, over 5 percent of employment in Iran.

Last year, the statistics released by the ministry of cultural heritage showed a 45 percent drop in Iran’s tourism and handicrafts industry due to the Covid-19 outbreak coupled with the harsh US-led sanctions after Washington’s withdrawal from a nuclear deal with Iran in 2018.

The Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ezzatollah Zarghami confirmed last week that the tourism sector is witnessing promising signs of recovery, saying the Islamic Republic has plans to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024.

Ecotourism is one of the areas Iran has been seeking to expand to flaunt the beauties of the rural, desert, and forest areas in the country to incoming visitors, the minister explained.

On 2nd day of drills, Iran drones hit mock enemy targets with high-accuracy arms

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian Drone

Vice Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi, the spokesman for the drills, said a variety of Iranian combat drones — including Kaman, Ababil and Mohajer — used high-accuracy arms to hit the designated targets in the general area of the drills in the “major operational” phase of the countrywide exercises.

The unmanned aerial vehicles were equipped with Gha’em and MK-82 bombs as well as Almas missiles and took aim at mock enemy positions such as command and control centers, fuel tankers, arms depots, radar and missile systems as well as gathering bases.

As planned, he said, the drones took off from different remote parts of the country and carried out their missions under the supervision of the tactical air direction center.

During the two-way drills, the commander added, the drones practice penetrating defensive and electronic warfare shields and gathering intelligence from the positions of intruders and unfriendly forces.

“Given the fact that the drills take place countrywide, the Army’s Zolfaghar tactical air direction center and a number of other secondary bases in different locations of the country are in charge of strategic and operational management of the maneuvers,” he added.

On the first day of the maneuvers, the drones practiced detecting the accurate coordinates of the radar systems stationed in the general area of the drills with a mission to confront the intruding aircraft and provide data to other drones.

US confirms soldiers injured in Syria attacks

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IFP Media Wire
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US Forces in Syria

“One US service member in Mission Support Site Conoco was treated for a minor injury and has been returned to duty. Two others are under evaluation for minor injuries,” CENTCOM announced on Wednesday.

CENTCOM claimed that “suspected Iran-backed militants” launched several rockets at two US facilities housing American troops in both Conoco and Green Village in northeast Syria on Wednesday evening.

US forces responded using attack helicopters and destroyed three vehicles and equipment used to launch several rockets, the statement read.

“The response was proportional and deliberate,” a Centom statement said, adding, “The United States does not seek conflict with Iran, but we will continue to take the measures necessary to protect and defend our people.”

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the US Army’s aggression on Wednesday against the people and infrastructure of Syria as a violation of the country’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

He denied any link between those groups and Tehran.

Nour News: Iran will not accept new obligations under JCPOA

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Bagheri Amirabdollahian

Nour News said it was the US that left the JCPOA and in the event of returning to the agreement, it’s Washington that’s retreating from its position.

The editorial also described the administration of US president Joe Biden as weak.

It said the US media campaign that aims to portray Iran as the weak side can to some extent explain the delay in the White House’s response to the EU’s proposed draft to revive the JCPOA.

Nour News’s editorial further said the Biden administration is hesitant about making necessary decisions and putting forth initiatives during the Vienna talks to advance the negotiations.

It further referred to the upcoming mid-term elections in the US, saying Biden’s Team is under tremendous pressure from Democratic critics and also from the Republicans while the traditional opponents of the sanctions removal talks, namely the Zionist regime, is using its full leverage in the US to prevent the JCPOA’s revival.

Nour News noted that mainstream Western media’s efforts in recent days to insinuate that Iran has retreated from its demands seems to be for domestic consumption and also to be aimed at relieving the huge pressure by the opponents of the JCPOA and the pro-Israeli lobby groups in the US.

The editorial said all he restrictions the Western media cite as signs of Iran’s retreat are part of Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA and are not out of the deal.

Nour News stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never relinquished its red lines nor will it accept any new obligations under the JCPOA.

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