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Russia says ball in US court for end of nuclear talks

Nuclear Negotiations in Vienna

“The Vienna Talks on JCPAOA remain on pause since March 10,” Russia’s envoy to the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

“According to mass media reports, Iran during the recent visit of the EU Coordinator to Tehran demonstrated certain degree of flexibility and now waits for a response from the US side,” he added.

“The ball is in Washington’s court,” the Moscow’s envoy stressed.

Iranian officials have also stressed the ball is in the US’s court and that Washington must make the necessary political decisions.

Iran insists that the nuclear talks must lead to the removal of all American sanctions that were imposed against Tehran following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the landmark agreement in May 2018. Tehran has also demanded credible guarantees that Washington will not abandon the deal again.

President Raisi says Iran is a reliable partner for Africa

Ebrahim Raisi

Raisi added that Tehran and Dakar enjoy good ties but this level of relations is not acceptable and must be enhanced.

The Senegalese president for his part extended his greetings to the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution.

He then spoke about the good cooperation between his country and Iranian companies.

The Senegalese president said he had visited Tehran two times and seen Iran’s advancements firsthand.

Iran’s successful participation in 3 international handicrafts events in Uzbekistan

Iran in international handicrafts events in Uzbekistan

According to the General Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Pouya Mahmoudian said on Saturday, May 28, 2022: “Holding three major international events in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, with a focus on handicrafts has had great achievements for Iran’s handicrafts, especially compared to regional countries, in a way that it has had a significant impact on boosting our regional and international credit in the field of handicrafts and has increased the willingness of tourists from other countries to travel to Iran.”

The international event was held in Bukhara (Britannica), Uzbekistan, from May 21st to 25th. The event was organized by the Artists Union of Uzbekistan in various sections, including exhibition, handicrafts competition, fashion show, cultural and educational events and a practical and scientific meeting to set out the vision for traditional gold and jewelry designing.

Receiving the International Authenticity Seal

Mahmoudian stated: “The first event included the judging section for the World Crafts Council’s Award of Excellence, in which 48 works were submitted from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Fortunately, 38 of the works were granted the Award of Excellence by the judges.”

Receiving the top prize in the jewelry festival of the international Handicrafts event in Uzbekistan

The festival was attended by 58 countries, some of which are members of the World Crafts Council, and booths were set up to introduce the works by the artists. Eight artists from the Islamic Republic of Iran participated in the competition.

Mahmoudian said: “58 countries competed in the second event, which included holding the International Jewelry Festival.

In this event, Ali Asghar Khaksari from Mashhad, the world-renowned city of cutting precious and semi-precious stones, won the top prize of the festival.”

Iran Received the top prize in the jewelry festival of the international event in Uzbekistan

Holding the 30th General Assembly of the World Crafts Council in Iran

Mahmoudian stated: “I took part online in the third event, which included the third meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Crafts Council in 2022.”

“It was ratified in the event that the 30th General Assembly of the World Crafts Council will be held in May 2023 in Shiraz, the internationally famed city of handicrafts.”

He added: “Holding the Fajr Festival of Handicrafts and Traditional Arts in 2022 with the participation of representatives of the member states of the World Crafts Council and selecting top works of the council at international level were among other decisions approved in the third event.”

“At the end of the meeting, it was also decided that the details of the programs approved by Iran will be sent to the World Crafts Council.”

Firefighters rescue 3 from drowning in Isfahan

Iranian Firefighters rescue 3 from drowning

A breath-taking video has been posted online showing the operation to rescue the three people.

Russia raps US for creating obstacles to saving JCPOA

Russia FM Sergei Lavrov

“Certain obstacles have been mounted here, mostly because of the US that has been bargaining for some additional clauses to be able to modify the initial idea and contents [of the JCPOA] approved by the UN Security Council,” Russia’s top diplomat stated following talks with his Bahraini counterpart Abdel Latif Bin Rashed Al Zayani.

Moscow proceeds from the idea that it would be just “to revive the JCPOA without any omissions or additions,” Lavrov concluded.

Iran insists that the nuclear talks must lead to the removal of all American sanctions that were imposed against Tehran following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the landmark agreement in May 2018. Tehran has also demanded credible guarantees that Washington will not abandon the deal again.

Iranian FM says he sent message to US vice president

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hosseni Amir Abdollahian

Hossein Amir Abdollahian added that he asked her why the US keeps saying it cannot guarantee the adherence of the next administration to a deal over Iran’s nuclear program.

Amir Abollahian noted that in Iran, the previous administration accepted the nuclear deal, JCPOA, but the current administration did not say it wouldn’t abide by the agreement.

According to Amir Abdollahian, the current Iranian administration however called for talks.

He also said that in Munich, senior US officials were willing to hold direct talks with him in hopes of resolving the current differences and pressing ahead with the Vienna talks.

Amir Abdollahian however said Iran needs to see a change in behavior on the part of the US.

The Iranian foreign minister said some critics ask the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi why it seeks to return to the JCPOA, and that the administration’s response is “adherence to commitments is on our agenda”.

Iranian expert: Highly likely IAEA board to issue anti-Iran resolution

IAEA

In the report the IAEA secretary general said Iran has failed to give technically credible responses to the agency as to the discovery of nuclear traces outside Tehran.

Hassen Beheshtipour, told Khabaronline news outlet, the report is by any metric negative and that the IAEA expected Iran to respond to its questions in the past three months.

Beheshtipour added that Iran’s responses failed to convince the agency.

He also said the effect of the IAEA report will be seen in the meeting of the Board of Governors which will happen in the next few days.

Beheshtipour noted that the current anti-Iran atmosphere will increase the likelihood of the approval of a resolution against Iran at the board.

He said the IAEA statutes stipulate that all 35 members of the board must vote yes for a resolution to be approved, but since 2006-2007 when the body issued a resolution against Iran and sent the country’s case to the UN Security Council, the motion was approved by a majority vote, not a full one.

Beheshtipour said the approval of a new resolution will mark the beginning of efforts to open a new file against Iran. Beheshtipour further said all the pages of such a file will constitute documentation against the Islamic Republic and that our description of such resolutions as oppressive or unacceptable will have no effect on them whatsoever.

He however stressed that the resolutions will have no economic impact because the economic situation in Iran could not be worse than what it is now.

The political expert noted that in any case, Iran must try to not let history repeat itself.

Funeral held for two wildlife rangers in Iran’s Shiraz

Funeral for wildlife rangers in Iran

Mohamamd Farahmand and Reza Bahrampour were killed in a clash with illegal hunters.

The funeral happened on Tuesday morning in Shah Cheragh Shrine of Shriaz.

Covid kills 5 people in Iran a day after daily death toll hits record low

The tally also shows that 232 people have tested positive for the Coronavirus from Monday to Tuesday.

The daily death toll on Monday was 2, which is the lowest since the start of the pandemic in Iran over two years ago.

A downward trend in Covid deaths and infections has held for the past three weeks. Authorities attribute this to a nationwide vaccination campaign and also people’s observance of health protocols.

The number of Covid vaccine doses administered so far is inching toward the 150 million mark.

On Monday, the head of Iran’s scientific committee for Covid said that in the first three months after getting two shots of vaccine, people are 70 percent immune to the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus and its sub-strains and after six months, the immunity decreases to 50-60 percent.

He also said that’s why authorities are underlining the need for people to get their booster shots.

Iran says IAEA report unfair and not reflecting realities

Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh

Saeed Khatibzadeh says the report is identical to the one IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi hastily delivered to the European Parliament, before the third round of negotiations with Iran.

He said the same haste is also seen in the latest report, which he dismissed as “unfair”.

Khatibzadeh also said Tehran fears that pressure by the Israeli regime and others push the report toward politicization, warning that everyone has witnessed acts of interference and espionage by the regime, and its disruptions, whenever a breakthrough was near at hand in the Vienna talks between Tehran and world powers.

The spokesman also dismissed comments by some US officials, which he said are made in response to the domestic issues of the country.

He said what matters for Iran is the message conveyed through the normal channels between Tehran and Washington, stressing that the US has so far failed to offer the responses expected by Iran.

He said an agreement on revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action can be finalized if the US ends it hesitation and makes a political decision in response to the initiatives tabled by Iran and Europe.

Khatibzadeh further stressed that the focus of the current negotiations between US and Iran is the latter’s economic benefits from a deal, the relevant guarantees, and removal of all elements of the US maximum pressure campaign against Iran.

He noted that Iran does not reduce the outstanding issues to the removal of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps from the US blacklist of terror organizations.

The spokesman also talked about the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage, saying agreements with Saudi Arabia on the subject have been realized.

He added that the timing for the 6th round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia is not yet decided and agreements on other areas are pending more discussions.

Khatibzadeh also touched on the detention of Greek oil tankers by Iran in the Persian Gulf, saying Athens should use legal channels rather than clamor to get its ships released.

He said Iran also went for the diplomatic channels even after its tanker was confiscated illegally by Greece.

The spokesman said Iran’s foreign minister held a phone call with his Greek counterpart, but Athens showed that it attaches greater significance to the “orders from a third party”.

He said Athens should pay attention to the fact that neither the US, nor a third party cares about Iran-Greece ties, which he said have been “respectful”, so far, and should remain so.

The spokesman also talked about the Ukraine crisis, saying Tehran is ready to host talks between Russia and Ukraine.