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Qatari minister of roads due in Iran Sunday

FIFA World CUP

Mr. Saliti will stay on Kish Island on Sunday and Monday.

The trip comes after Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi instructed Iranian authorities to use the possibilities during the World Cup in Qatar.

The Qatari minister and his Iranian counterpart will sign agreements under which Qatar will launch regular shipping lines between the ports of the two countries and Qatari passenger planes will use Iran’s airspace more than before during the World Cup

Iran unveils radiation detection machines

National Day of Nuclear Technology

The machines include dosimeters for measuring the level of ambient radiation pollution as well as individual radiation detection gates.

They have been developed by the experts of Iran’s radiation defense base. The two new knowledge-based products significantly improve the speed of assessment when accidents are highly likely and enhance the success rate of rescue operations when it comes to controlling the level of radiation contamination.

The nuclear and radiation industries count as very vital infrastructure in any country, and an accident in these strategic facilities irreparably damage the environment and also causes massive economic and security losses.

Although chances of a crisis in the nuclear industry are very slim, an appropriate response system needs to be put in place in order to reduce the severity of a possible accident and consequences thereof.

Iran’s Radiation Defense Base, as a knowledge-based sphere, has made shining achievements in recent years in the country’s defense industry

Domestically built refinery begins exporting different products

Iran refinery

Afshar Fathollahi said the export shipment included 35,000 tons of light hydrocarbons.

He added that following the export of the first consignment, the second shipment will be ready for export next week that will also include light hydrocarbons and bitumen.

The first phase of the refinery was launched two months ago in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi.

Behin Palayesh Qeshm Refinery has been built completely by Iranian engineers.

Iran’s Qeshm Island located in the Persian Gulf is of high strategic significance.

Iran has made huge economic achievements while it’s been under very heavy US sanctions by relying on its own scientists and human workforce

Covid kills 49 more people in Iran

COVID in Iran

Health Ministry figures on Saturday showed the daily death toll stood at 49 while 1,757 new cases were logged as of Friday. The caseload included 304 hospitalizations.

The Friday death toll was 36. The total death toll is now 140,577.

Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign across Iran is continuing, though more slowly compared to several months ago.

In the past 24 hours, 54,205 doses of vaccine have been given to people countrywide. The total number of doses so far administered stands at 147,673,092.

Meanwhile, 26,494,155 people are triple-vaxxed. Authorities are urging citizens to get their third dose, known as the booster shot

Iran’s leader donates 1 billion tomans to needy prisoners

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Khamenei

Ayatollah Khamenei made the donation on the occasion of the 35th Flower Showering Festival that is held by Iran’s Headquarters of Diyeh (compensation for bodily harm).

The Flower Showering Festival is held each year during the holy month of Ramadan in the presence of a group of officials and charitable people in Tehran and other Iranian cities

Iran Navy cmdr.: Foreign presence in Persian Gulf unjustified

Shahram Irani

Admiral Shahram Irani noted that extra-regional countries can come to the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman for scientific exchange but the security of these bodies of water must be provided by Iran and neighboring countries.

He was speaking during a ceremony to welcome Iranian naval units returning from the maritime drills IONS (IMEX 2022) in India.

The commander of the Iranian Navy described the mission as good and said the maneuvers had a high quality in terms of training.

Admiral Irani also said Iran’s Navy had a strong presence in the drills and played their role there successfully.

He said Iran’s participation in the exercises was aimed at introducing the Islamic Republic’s capabilities to other nations.

The commander of Iran’s Navy then urged hostile foreign countries whose warships are visiting region to not contemplate providing security for the Persian Gulf because regional nations themselves are capable of protecting the region

IRGC seizes foreign ship smuggling fuel in Persian Gulf

IRGC Boat Persian Gulf

The director general of the Justice Department of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, said 11 crew members of this foreign ship were detained and they are in custody as part of an investigation into the case.

He added that the naval forces of the IRGC also confiscated an Iranian vessel sought to refuel the foreign ship. Three crew members of the Iranian vessel were also detained.

The director general of Hormozgan’s Justice Department noted that fighting smuggling, especially fuel smuggling, is a top priority for the province because it is vital to supporting Iran’s economic development.

President Raisi: Iran’s nuclear know-how irreversible

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

The ceremony happened at the exhibition of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

During his visit to the exhibition, President Raisi expressed pleasure at the progress made by Iranian youths and scientists in the nuclear field and described this development as a sign of self-reliance by Iranians.

The president noted that the accomplishments of Iranian nuclear scientists can serve as a role-model for other sectors in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the ceremony, Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari outlined the country’s nuclear achievements for President Raisi.

Two of those achievements concern the radio-therapy field, two other items concern plasma and four others are related to the industrial, laser, control systems and imaging fields.

At the exhibition, the AEOI announced plans to generate 10k megawatts of nuclear electricity and the construction of a fully-domestically built 360k megawatt power plant.

Raisi once again rejected the Western claims that Iran is after nuclear weapons.

The president said nukes have no place in Iran’s defensive doctrine and “the enemies know this too well”.

He then referred to the numerous inspections by the International Atomic energy Agency at Iran’s nuclear facilities and the body’s confirmation of non-diversion in the country’s nuclear activities.

The Iranian president said the Islamic Republic will never allow the foes and ill-wishers to hamper the country’s nuclear activities and that this peaceful program will continue forcefully.

The president then spoke about the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. He said Tehran will not retreat an iota from its nuclear rights in those negotiations

Iran FM to UAE counterpart: Zionist regime threat to all regional nations

Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolahian

Amir Abdollahian, in a phone conversation with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaye Al Nahyan, said the presence of the Zionist regime in the region poses a threat to all regional nations.

Amir Abdollahian then underscored the need to make an effort to prevent those who cause crises, gain a foothold in the region.

The Iranian foreign minister referred to the commonalities of Iran and the UAE, saying, “We do not wish anything but good, security and progress for our neighbors, the region and the UAE.”

Amir Abdollahian also said good meetings and consultations have been held between the officials of the two countries, adding there are no limits to the all-out expansion of relations.

Amir Abdollahian then spoke of the Yemen crisis. He welcomed the establishment of a temporary truce in Yemen and expressed hope that the humanitarian siege of Yemen will be lifted and all Yemeni factions will engage in political dialog.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan also for his part expressed hope that the deep-rooted ties between his country and Iran will further expand in the new year.

The top UAE diplomat said the situation has improved regionally in recent weeks and that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad’s visit to the UAE and the ceasefire in Yemen have provided an opportunity for all sides to develop and progress and also avoid fueling tensions.

He also underlined that the UAE will not allow any party to use its soil for sabotage or provocative acts against the neighbors of the Arab country

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in refugee camp

Israeli Forces WB

The Palestine Health Ministry reported on Saturday that one Palestinian was martyred and 13 were wounded during clashes between local residents in Jenin and the armed forces of the occupying regime.

Slamming the latest Israeli aggressions in Jenin, spokesman for the prominent Gaza-based resistance group Hamas, Abdul-Latif al-Qanoun, insisted that the regime’s current aggressions won’t restore the lost credibility of the occupier’s military forces and leadership.

The Hamas official further added that Tel Aviv’s “military aggressions against out people in Jenin should generate a massive intifada (uprising) against the Zionist occupiers across the West Bank.”

He also vowed that “West Bank’s cities, refugee camps and streets will turn into flames that would burn the feet of the occupying aggressors.”

The Israeli military, meanwhile, told news outlets that its assault against the Palestinian refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin was ongoing.

The Palestinian health ministry further announced that five other Palestinians were wounded in Jenin by gunfire from the Israeli regime forces.

Saturday’s raid comes a day after the occupying regime announced the killing of the 28-year-old Palestinian, identified as Raad Hazem, blaming him for the shooting death of three Israeli occupiers on Thursday and wounding more than a dozen others at a popular Israeli nightlife district in Tel Aviv.

After the deadly Tel Aviv attack, hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he had given “full freedom” to the regime’s suppressive armed forces to contain a surge in violence since March 22.

“There are not and will not be limits for this war,” Bennett boasted on Friday, speaking hours after the Palestinian resistance fighter opened fire on a street of crowded Israeli bars and restaurants.

“We are granting full freedom of action to the army, the Shin Bet (the regime’s infamous domestic police agency) and all security forces in order to defeat the terror,” he added.

A total of 14 people have been killed in attacks across the Israeli-occupied territories since March 22. Over the same period, at least 10 Palestinians have been martyred, including the resistance fighters that carried out the attacks.

Palestinian Hamas and the Islamic Jihad resistance factions praised the Tel Aviv attack against the Israeli occupiers but did not claim responsibility for them.

Thursday’s attack came amid heightened tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Last year during Ramadan, clashes that flared between the Israeli regime forces and Palestinian worshipers visiting Al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied east Jerusalem led to 11 days of devastating conflict between the Israeli forces and Hamas fighters.

Jenin has been a flashpoint through the long-running clashes between the Israeli regime’s military and local Palestinians.

Earlier this month, the Israeli forces killed three Islamic Jihad fighters when they came under fire during an operation to arrest them in Jenin.

The raid, in which four Israeli soldiers were wounded, followed another deadly attack on March 29 in Bnei Brak, an Orthodox Jewish city near Tel Aviv.

In that attack, a Palestinian resistance fighter with an assault rifle killed two Israeli occupiers, two native Ukrainian residents and a police officer.