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Iran Culture Ministry website hacked

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Hack Hacker

The official website of the ministry and its affiliated sites were apparently taken down briefly during the hacking attack on Monday, and images of the leaders of anti-Iran terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) were displayed on them.

Officials of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance have been unavailable for comment and no explanation has been provided by the authorities in this regard.

Back in January, a number of Iranian television channels were briefly hacked in a similar way.

Iranian president condemns West’s silence on mass execution in Saudi Arabia

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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi

Raisi said the silence and inaction of the self-styled defenders of human rights with regard to the execution of innocents in Saudi Arabia is a sign of hypocrisy on the part of Western governments.

The Iranian president said this shows these self-proclaimed protectors of democracy only use the concept of human rights to achieve their political goals against independent countries.

Raisi urged international organizations and the free press to break their silence over the killings in Saudi Arabia.

READ MORE: Iran says Saudi mass executions against basic principles of human rights

The kingdom on Saturday executed 81 people, mostly for political reasons. Those executed include teens and young people. Convicts are executed in Saudi Arabia with one stroke of the sword.

While some rights groups condemn this as mediaeval, Western governments and the mainstream media impose a blackout on Riyadh’s dire rights record in this regard. Saudi Arabia is the West’s main oil supplier.

Iran receives 2.2mn doses of Astrazeneca shots donated by Germany

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Astrazeneca COVID Vaccine

Customs Administration Spokesman Ruhollah Latifi said the latest batch took the total number of Astrazeneca shots received by Iran to over 18 million.

He said Iran has imported 158 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine since January last year.

“With the majority of people vaccinated, and domestic production in good shape, commercial imports of the vaccine have now stopped and the vaccines that have been imported in recent months are mostly donations,” Latifi explained.

Iran has used imported vaccine types and domestically manufactured shots in its national inoculation campaign which has considerably helped contain the outbreak.

The intensified vaccination drive has seen a total of over 145 million doses of vaccine administered in the Islamic Republic. Well over 56 million people in Iran have so far been fully vaccinated while more than 25,200,000 have received their booster jabs.

Tehran museum director removed after performer dives into artistic work

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Arts

The performance dubbed “Silk Road Cat” involved acrobatics over the famous pond of the Museum of Contemporary Arts.

As a result of the performance, the artist doing the acrobatics hit the oil inside the pond, causing the oil to splash around. Following the incident, the director of the performance stopped short of an apology and simply published videos of the performance in cyberspace.

The museum also said on its Instagram account that hitting the oil was not part of the performance at all and that this happened only by accident.

Further inquiry showed the incident only caused some oil to splash around and that the work of art dubbed “Substance and Thought” created by a Japanese artist, was not damaged.

But critics called for the resignation of the director of the museum, which prompted the deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance to replace Ehsan Aghaei with Ebadreza Eslami Koulaei.

Meanwhile, Reza Dabirinejad, a cultural researcher, criticized the decision to do the performance over the artistic work, saying such moves leads to a loss of public trust in the museum’s mission to protect its precious cultural artifacts.

Iran Russia ambassador: New alliance developing against US

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Kazem Jalali

He said it is necessary that Iranians get to know the New Russia, adding a weakness in Iran is that many people have little knowledge about Russia and the country’s capacities.

He said that’s also the case in Russia and that many Russians have no knowledge about Iran.

The Iranian ambassador to Moscow added that Russia has been trying to reassert its global role for the past two decades and it has stood up to American unilateralism.

Today, Jalali noted, a synergy is brewing worldwide against Western unilateralism and this means the world is finding common ground over the issue.

He said Iran and Russia must stand together in the Caucasus, Afghanistan and West Asia as neither of the two countries thinks of NATO’s eastward expansion as being in its national interest.

Covid-19 claims 114 more lives in Iran as Nowruz draws close

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IFP Editorial Staff
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COVID in Iran

The Health Ministry said on Monday that the total number of fatalities from the disease had surpassed 139,000.

It also registered more than 3,800 new cases of the disease. Iran has moved past the peak of its sixth Covid-19 wave which was triggered by a highly transmissible variant known as Omicron.

The relatively lower deaths in recent months has been largely attributed to an intensified vaccination campaign which has seen a total of over 145 million doses of vaccine administered in the Islamic Republic. Well over 56 million people in Iran have so far been fully vaccinated while more than 25,200,000 have received their booster jabs.

Iranian health officials say people who have received at least two doses of Covid-19 vaccine are allowed to take trips during the upcoming holidays. They have urged the people to observe health protocols to prevent another surge in Covid-19 cases.

Iranian envoy says missile strike not against Iraq but Zionist spies

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Iran Missile Attack Iraq

Iraj Masjedi said Iran respects Iraq’s sovereignty as well as its people and government. The Iranian diplomat then drew a parallel between this attack and the 2020 missile launch against the Ain al-Assad base that hosted the US troops.

Masjedi said the attack on Ain al-Assad happened after the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top commander and the Iraqi government did not object to that strike.

He suggested that the Israeli base in the Kurdistan region is no different as it is threatening Iran’s national security.

Masjedi noted that Iran will not compromise with anyone over its national security and it has made this clear time and time in the past. He urged Iraqi and Kurdistan officials to rid the region of the Zionist elements.

Masjedi reiterated that the Sunday missile strike was not directed against the US nor was it targeting Iraq.

He criticized people who say Iran hit the US consulate, adding it is not that Iran likes the US but this operation had nothing to do with the Americans nor their embassy or consulate.

The IRGC fired nearly a dozen missiles at the Israeli base early on Sunday. Iran says the attack left a number of Zionists dead.

Russia says Iran nuclear talks proceeding normally

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IFP Media Wire
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Russia Foreign Ministry

“A break was announced in talks on restoring the JCPOA on March 11. The delegations returned to their respective capitals for consultations. Work continues on certain aspects of a future agreement on restoring the nuclear deal, its text is being corrected with regard to issues remaining between the United States and Iran. Some of the participants in the talks will also need to take political decisions on approving the final text of the agreement. The talks are proceeding normally, with no artificial delays to speak of,” the statement reads.

According to the foreign ministry, Russia believes that the path to effectively and fully resuming the implementation of the JCPOA lies through “restoring a balance between the nuclear and economic aspects of the deal, as well as between the relevant interests of all the parties.”

On Friday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stated a pause in the Vienna negotiations, aimed at saving the Iran nuclear deal, is needed due to “external factors”.

A senior State Department official has stated the US won’t negotiate exemptions to Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. The source told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday Washington instead would try to strike an alternative agreement that excludes Moscow if the Kremlin doesn’t back off from last-minute demands.

Iran has announced all parties are determined to return to the talks in Vienna on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, but it is not clear when that happens. Tehran has stressed it keeps making efforts to reach a good, robust and lasting deal in the Vienna talks.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman stated Monday Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay a visit to Moscow on Tuesday to discuss regional developments and issues concerning the Vienna negotiations.

Saeed Khatibzadeh addressed the issue of excessive demands during the Vienna talks, saying the current “short pause” in the process is meant for the delegations to return to their capitals, which was based on a request by the coordinator of the JCPOA joint commission.

“We are not currently at the point of agreement, because certain key issues remain open, on which decisions should be made in Washington. As soon as those decisions are made, we will be at the point to return to Vienna and get a final agreement. Currently we are waiting to hear the United States’ response,” he added.

“We should not forget what has happened in Vienna means the verifiable return of the US to the JCPOA, and its obligations under the international agreement with commitment,” he stated.

Khatibzadeh noted that the subject of the negotiations has been the United States’ obligations.

Shamkhani: Iranian delegation to remain in Vienna until deal reached

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Ali Bagheri Kani

He added that all pillars of the Iran’s Islamic establishment, in spite of all external and internal hype, are working hard to preserve and advance the country’s national interests.

The Vienna talks are said to have hit a snag and word is that this is the reason for the current pause in the negotiations.

READ MORE: Spokesman: Iran FM to visit Moscow to discuss Vienna process

Some media reports pin the blame on Russia, saying Moscow is demanding that following a deal, its ties with Iran be not affected by Ukraine-related sanctions on the Kremlin.

But Iranian officials mostly deny this, saying it’s the US that’s at fault because Washington is not ready to remove all sanctions on Tehran.

Nowruz traditions: Goldfish, guests at Haft Seen tables

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Along with the Haft Seen – arrangement of seven traditional items, whose names begin with the Persian alphabet letter representing the sound “S” – putting a goldfish in a jar, which is an item of the Haft Seen table, much loved by the younger members of families, has cultural roots.

Since thousands of years ago, goldfish have been an ornament of small ponds in the houses and public pools on the streets, and are also guests at Haft Seen tables of many Iranians. So far, it was thought that goldfish were first farmed in East Asia in such countries as China and Japan.

READ MORE: Tajrish bustling in run up to Nowruz

However, historical artifacts, discovered along the vast boundaries of the Greater Iran and kept in major museums across the world, show that different species of goldfish were known to residents of the Iranian plateau for thousands of years, and contrary to what is often thought, the fish were most probably taken from Iran and Mesopotamia to China.

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