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Yemen calls unilateral ceasefire in war

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Yemen calls unilateral ceasefire in war

Mahdi Mashat told Yemen’s Al-Masirah television channel that this truce will hold at all fronts.

He said if Saudi Arabia pulls all foreign forces from Yemeni’s soil and territorial waters, then Yemen is ready to call a permanent ceasefire.

Mashat noted that Yemen is ready to free all prisoners of war including the brother of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in exchange for the release of Yemeni prisoners.

The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council urged the UN envoy for Yemen to make necessary arrangements for the prisoner swap in one go or in several phases.

Mashat noted that Yemen wants peace and wants the enemies to end their efforts to prevent peace.

He also said depriving the Yemeni people of their basic rights through a blockade is at odds with peace and confidence-building.

He warned that the 8th year of the war will however be one of shock and great developments in terms of Yemen’s capability to fight back against aggression.

Saudi Arabia and its allies invaded Yemen with the aim of reinstating fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015.

Seven years on, that goal is still elusive. Huge numbers of Yemeni civilians have been killed in the war.

The Yemeni infrastructure is in ruins with the UN calling Yemen the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world.

Iranian FM: Tehran, P4+1 close to deal

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian

In a televised interview, Amir Abdollahian noted that in his visit to Tehran, EU Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora will hold talks over the latest discussions in Vienna between the two sides.

He also said any deal between Tehran and the P4+1 will not go beyond the 2015 nuclear deal, known as JCPOA.

The Iranian foreign minister added that the two parties made great progress in negotiations over sanctions removal in Vienna.

He said the US delegation pushed for direct talks with Iran in Vienna and said they sought to show Washington had good faith, but Iran rejected the offer and told the US team if they had good faith, they must remove the sanctions.

The top Iranian diplomat maintained that any sanctions removal guarantee from the other sides must be approved by the Iranian parliament.

He also accused the US side of making exorbitant demands, which hamper the Vienna talks.

Amir Abdollahian noted that Iran is receiving conflicting messages from the US and that Iran will not back down on its nuclear achievements unless it receives solid guarantees.

Amir Ambdollahin once again blamed the pause in the negotiations on the US.

He also spoke of the need for the US to remove Iranian state organizations including the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) from its terror blacklist. He said the US must view the IRGC as a defensive organization.

Amir Abdollahian underscored that the top commanders of the IRGC always urge the Foreign Ministry to not prioritize the issue of sanctions on the force and to do what serves the national interests of the country.

He described this as a sign of self-sacrificing by the IRGC but noted that the force is a key institution in Iran.

He said if the US officials are realistic, a deal is within reach.

The foreign minister added that Iran and the EU troika – Britain, France and Germany – drew up a draft deal that needs to be finalized.

Addressing the West, Amir Abdollahian said, “If you want your concerns to be dispelled, remove the oppressive sanctions.”

On ties with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian foreign minister said circumstances of talks between Tehran and Riyadh have changed following the recent mass execution in the kingdom.

“We welcome normalization with the Saudis but expect them to play a constructive role”, Amir Abdollahian noted.

He also spoke of the Yemen war. The top diplomat said during the talks with the Saudis, they placed some demands on Iran and sought at the negotiating table what they have failed to achieve at the battlefield.

Amir Abdollahian said Iran does not want the war to drag on because this does not benefit anyone

Tehran’s cultural centers give books to kids in exchange for Nowruz red fish

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Nowruz red fish Iran

Roya Fathi, director of Sarv Cultural House in Tehran has announced the seventh series of the Mahei Houze Gheseha (pond of stories fish) program.

She said in this program, children and teenagers may give their haft seen tablecloth’s red fish and get story books in return.

She said the fish will be released into urban ponds so that they will live longer.

Ms. Fathi noted that a lottery will also be drawn to give prizes to kids who take pictures by the pond and send them to the Mahei Houze Gheseha Instagram account.

Iranian schools, universities obliged to resume in person education after Nowruz

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Iranian school COVID

The National Taskforce for Fighting Covid-19 also ordered all organizations to resume their normal working hours like before the Covid pandemic.

The body made the decisions on Saturday at a session headed by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The president thanked all Iranians for their help with efforts to bring the disease under control across the country.

Raisi underlined that despite the downward trend in Coronavirus deaths and infections, all Iranians should continue observing health protocols and avoid thinking that things are back to normal in this regard.

The president also said the current 50% rise in Nowruz trips shows the sense of security and joy has returned to the country.

He however noted, “All of us should be sensitive to observing the health protocols to avert another resurgence of Covid.”

The Iranian president hailed the healthcare sector for their nationwide vaccination campaign, saying giving people 150 million doses of vaccine is a great endeavor, but people should be encouraged to get their third dose as well.

Ansarullah leader: US, UK architects of Saudi-led war on Yemen

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Abdul Malik al-Houthi

Houthi was speaking on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its allies.

He said the Saudi-led alliance has targeted the Yemeni people everywhere and has bombed Yemen’s infrastructure.

The Ansarullah leader also maintained that Saudi Arabia and its allies have plundered Yemen’s resources worth billions of dollars.

Houthi said the Yemeni people have been deprived of their wealth and oil resources.
He then slammed the US and Britain for their complicity in the war, saying the involvement of the US and the UK in the Saudi war is clearly visible.

He condemned the international and Arabic organizations for turning a blind eye to the crimes committed against the Yemeni people.

While describing the invasion of Yemen as illegitimate, Houthi said the US, the UK and the Zionist regime are architects of the aggression.

The leader of Ansarullah said the Saudis and the Emiratis carry out the war and other members of the alliance receive money for their complicity in the aggression.

The war on Yemen began in March 2015. The Saudis and their allies attacked Yemen in order to reinstate friendly ruler Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi who was toppled amid a popular uprising over 7 years ago, but to no avail.

Iraqi parliament fails to elect president, session postponed

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Iraq Parliament

The legislature was supposed to vote on a new president for the country at 11am. With the strongest candidates being the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) Reber Ahmed, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) Barham Salih – who currently serves the post.

Hours after its originally scheduled timing, the Iraqi parliament decided to postpone the presidential election to Wednesday, after the Save the Homeland Alliance – consisting of the KDP, the Sadrist Movement, and the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance – failed to secure the 220 MPs needed to meet the legal quorum.

The session was attended by 202 MPs, according to the legislature’s media office, which falls short of the two-thirds minimum needed to carry out the session.

The Coordination Framework had previously announced that they would boycott the session, as they oppose the Save the Homeland Alliance’s attempt to form a national majority government, persisting in forming a consensus government.

The Coordination Framework was joined by MPs from the PUK, the al-Azm Alliance, the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), the Kurdistan Justice Party (KJP), and a number of independent MPs in boycotting the session.

The State of Law Coalition, a main component of the Coordination Framework, reported through their media outlets that they had presented 126 signatures to the presidency of the parliament from MPs that had decided to boycott the meeting.

After failing to elect a president, the parliament decided to vote on parliamentary committees and an emergency food support package.

The Iraqi parliament has postponed its regular session to be held on Monday, and the presidential election to be carried out on Wednesday.

Iran Covid: Fatalities decrease; blue cities increase

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IFP Editorial Staff
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COVID in Iran

According to the Health Ministry, there are now 50 blue cities while the number of red ones have decreased from 29 to 24.

Red zones are areas where people face the highest level of threat from the Coronavirus.

Over 300 cities are however yellow. This color shows the third level of Covid danger and comes after orange.

Meanwhile, the Iranian Health Ministry figures on Saturday showed 54 people died of the disease in the past 24 hours.

The total death toll from Covid is inching toward the 140,000 mark.

Also, the Saturday caseload was 1,382 including 256 hospitalizations.

The Coronavirus has so far had four mutations since it popped up in Wuhan, China in 2019. Omicron is the last variant of the virus.

The pandemic in Iran has been in retreat in recent weeks.

Officials say they have detected no hike in the number of Covid fatalities in 19 provinces.

Given that the public ban on Nowruz travels has been lifted, there are concerns over the recurrence of the Coronavirus.

Iran says reserves right to exploit joint gas field with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

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Arash gas field

Saeed Khatibzadeh said the Arash/al-Durra is a joint gas field between Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, parts of which are located in areas between Iran and Kuwait whose water boundaries have yet to be defined.

Khatibzadeh added: Based on international regulations and procedures any attempt to exploit and develop this field would be subject to coordination and cooperation among the three states. So the recent move by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia within a cooperation document is illegal and goes against the ongoing procedures and the previously-held talks, having no impact on the legal status of the field and the Islamic Republic of Iran does not approve of it.

Khatibzadeh added: As repeatedly declared, the Islamic Republic of Iran stands ready to enter into talks with neighborly counties of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over the exploitation of the joint gas field, and to continue bilateral talks with Kuwait within the framework of the previous negotiations over the demarcation of the Continental Shelf.

Khatibzadeh also voiced the Islamic Republic’s readiness for trilateral talks aimed at defining a joint point among the three countries.

Top EU diplomat says nuclear deal with Iran very close

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IFP Media Wire
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European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell

The nuclear talks had been close to an agreement until Russia made last minute demands of the United States, insisting that sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine should not affect its trade with Iran.

Borrell made the comments when addressing the Doha Forum international conference on Saturday.

Enrique Mora, the EU coordinator for the nuclear talks, stated on Friday he will travel to Tehran on Saturday to meet Iran’s chief negotiator.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian noted this week that a nuclear deal can be reached in the short term if the United States is pragmatic.

But US officials have been more cautious in their assessment of efforts to revive the accord.

US says significant progress made on nuclear deal

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Sullivan Biden

The United States is still pursuing talks on Iran’s nuclear program but will work with allies to increase pressure on Tehran if diplomacy fails, Sullivan said on Friday.

Substantial progress has been made in resolving a number of issues necessary for Washington to come back to the deal “on a compliance-for-compliance basis,” Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Poland with President Joe Biden.

“There still are issues left. There still is work to be done,” he added.

“We are still seeking a diplomatic outcome here that puts Iran’s nuclear program back in a box. Of course, if diplomacy doesn’t succeed, then we will work very closely with our international partners to increase the pressure on Iran,” he continued.

Later, the European Union coordinator for the Iran nuclear talks stated he will travel to Tehran on Saturday to meet Iran’s chief negotiator.

“Closing remaining gaps to Iran nuclear talks, must conclude this negotiation. Much is at stake,” Enrique Mora wrote on Twitter.

Iran has blamed the US for the protraction of the talks, urging Washington to make the necessary “political decisions” to finalize a deal.

On Thursday, Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian stressed that the vital issue of sanctions relief for Tehran was not yet fully resolved.

“If the United States is pragmatic, a nuclear deal can be reached in the short term,” he noted during a news conference in Beirut.

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