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“Iran’s exports to Iraq to reach over $9 billion by year’s end”

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Yahya Al Es’haq also said the important point in trade with Iraq is a significant increase in imports from this country, adding: “This year, imports from Iraq have reached about $2 billion, while last year the value of our imports from the country was about $140 million to $150 million.”

Al Es’haq noted that increasing imports from this country can help maintain stable trade relations between the two countries.

He also stressed that given the capacities of Iran and Iraq, the two countries can increase their trade relations to $20 billion annually.

The chairman of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce noted that to do so, the problem of exporting technical and engineering services to Iraq must be resolved.

He added, “Iraq has a lot of possibilities and given that its modernization and reconstruction is underway, it will be the largest country for us in terms of investment, development and trade for the next 15 years.”

Referring to the need to connect Shalamcheh in Iran to Basra in Iraq through railway, Al Es’haq said the launch of this railway line can also link Iran to Syria and Oman.

Iran storing fuel for future export as energy crisis looms over Europe: Official

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Jalil Salari, the CEO of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, made the announcement on Sunday, explaining that the firm has developed some additional export capacity but is currently focused on ensuring fuel storage, besides meeting domestic demand.

“Given the predictions of a hike in fuel prices, our interest is in and focus is on currently storing fuel and postponing exports to the future,” Salari said.

He said Iran had exported three shipments of diesel fuel to Asian countries last month.

Europe is facing a potential energy crisis amid war in Ukraine. Russia launched a military offensive against Ukraine on February 24 over concerns about NATO’s expansion toward Russian borders.

Europe, a major importer of Russian energy, has been scrambling to decrease its energy dependence on Russia over the offensive, which Western countries have described as unprovoked, and unless alternative suppliers are found, the continent risks plunging into a major energy crisis.

Gas prices have already hit record highs in the days since the Russian offensive began, disrupting energy markets.

Iranian MP: Iran to sign deal in Vienna only after resolution of differences

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Abolfazl Amouei said Iran will not sign the deal unless those differences are resolved.
The lawmaker added that Iran is demanding the US remove sanctions against the Islamic republic and enable international cooperation per Paragraph 29 of the deal.

Referring to the Russian foreign minister’s remarks about receiving a guarantee from the United States, he noted that is Russia’s demand from the US and has nothing to do with Iran.

Amouei noted that the US and Russia must resolve their differences with each other because it is about their bilateral relations that are currently affected by the Ukraine crisis.

He added that Iran has done its best to keep the Vienna talks away from the Ukraine crisis or developments in Eastern Europe.

“The fact is that today worries about the US adherence to its obligations are beyond Iran, and various countries are concerned about whether the Americans will stick by their commitments under this agreement if the nuclear deal, JCPOA, is revived, and in this regard, Iran wants to get a guarantee” Amouei noted.

He also said this is a logical demand and the Islamic Republic insists on obtaining guarantees for the sustainable implementation of the JCPOA

Houthis, UN ink deal to offload abandoned oil tanker off Yemen

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IFP Media Wire
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The decaying SAFER FSO tanker contains an estimated 1.1 million barrels of oil and has been moored and left without maintenance near the Yemeni port of Ras Isa in the Red Sea since 2015s.

The 45-year-old ship, long used as a floating oil storage platform, is threatening to break up or explode in what would be an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe.

It would normally transfer Yemeni oil into other tankers for shipment, but the Saudi-led war has put a stop to oil trade in the country, shuttering its pipelines and ports.

In a post on his Twitter account on Saturday, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee, announced a deal with the UN to avert oil spill.

“A memorandum of understanding has been signed with the United Nations for the Safer tanker,” he added.

A deal had earlier been reached for a technical UN team to inspect the vessel and conduct repairs, but final agreement on logistical arrangements did not materialize.

Previously, Ansarullah demanded safeguards from the UN to be able to sell oil extracted from the aging vessel. However, illegal sanctions have made it impossible.

Independent studies have warned that an oil spill could destroy ecosystems in the Red Sea, shut down Yemen’s lifeline Hudaydah port and expose millions of people to high levels of pollution.

Saudi Arabia launched the devastating war against Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with a number of its allies and with arms and logistics support from the US and several Western states.

The objective was to return to power the former Riyadh-backed regime and crush the Ansarullah resistance movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of an effective government in Yemen.

The war has stopped well shy of all of its goals, despite killing tens of thousands of Yemenis and turning entire Yemen into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Yemeni forces have continued to grow stronger in the face of the Saudi-led invaders, advancing toward strategic areas held by Saudi-led mercenaries, including Ma’rib province, and conducting several rounds of counterstrikes against Saudi Arabia and the UAE in recent months.

Keyhan newspaper: Iran should not let US dodge obligation to lift all sanctions

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A staff removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at Austria International Centre in Vienna, Austria on July 14, 2015.‌ / Photo by Carlos Barria, Getty Images

Referring to the Vienna talks over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, Shariatmadari also said, “If, as it’s being heard here and there, the talks have been fruitful and the two sides have reached an agreement, what are the most important concessions Iran has extracted and given?”

Shariatmadari also referred to a comment by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian that Iran accepted negotiations if they genuinely end up getting the sanctions lifted and realizing Iran’s rights.

He asked, “Have the sanction packages placed on Iran under nuclear and non-nuclear pretexts been removed?”

The editor-in-chief o Keyhan Newspaper noted that in 2019, the United States listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “foreign terrorist organization (FTO)”.

According to Shariatmadari, the US has agreed to withdraw the IRGC from the FTO list, but it remains adamant about the so-called SDGT label, which means enduring legal repercussions for terrorist groups and their supporters!

“Some reports, which I hope are not true, indicate that the US is not willing to exclude the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or the Ministry of Defense, etc. from the sanctions! In this case, and if we accept this imposed formula, the US has the right to accuse Iran of violating the SDGT label under the pretext of the Islamic Republic’s inseparable link with the IRGC and to impose new sanctions!”, he said.

Shariatmadari added this means that Iran is back in square one after some many rounds of talks.

He noted that the removal of all sanctions must be included in the deal, adding that the lifting of nuclear sanctions and imposing them under other excuses is like beating the air

Iranian Parliament votes to eliminate subsidized exchange rate: Report

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Parliament

In a session debating the Iranian administration’s proposed budget plan for the next Iranian calendar year on Sunday, Iranian lawmakers voted 194 to 42 to eliminate the low exchange rate, IRNA reported.

An amended article in the budget plan stipulates that the Iranian administration will have to offer “electronic coupons” for those imported essential goods that would have been eligible for the subsidized exchange rate to ensure that the Iranian people will be able to purchase these goods at the same rate of mid-September 2021.

However, later on Sunday, Rahim Zare’, a spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s Budget Review Committee, denied reports that the Parliament had voted to eliminate the subsidized exchange rate.

He said the Iranian lawmakers had merely stipulated that the Iranian administration would have to offer electronic coupons for goods if it chooses to remove them from a list of imported commodities eligible for the subsidized exchange rate.

Zare’ said the Iranian administration had been given the discretion to eliminate or keep the subsidized exchange rate for the next Iranian calendar year.

Iran currently uses three different exchange rates, the subsidized rate, the market rate, and a rate controlled by the Central Bank known as the NIMA rate

Covid kills 201 people in 24 hours in Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The latest deaths push to 137,948 the total number of people killed by Covid since the pandemic began two years ago.

Meanwhile, 5,586 new cases were logged that include 1,014 hospitalizations.

The daily caseload has overall dropped compared to several days ago.

Nearly 24 million people in Iran are triple-vaxxed while the total number of Covid vaccine doses administered in the country stands at over 142.8 million.

Many of the new cases of Covid in Iran are Omicron, the latest strain of the virus that is highly contagious.

Experts deny a popular belief that Omicron is not as deadly as the previous variants of the virus, urging people to be wary of strain.

Omicron also differs from other variants of Covid in that it also infects children in large numbers.

Now most Iranian cities are marked red and orange, which respectively denote the highest level of risk from the disease. A few cities are blue, the color of normality in terms of danger from Covid.

Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli troops in Jerusalem

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IFP Media Wire
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Israeli police claimed that its officers opened fire at Kareem Jamal Qawasmi, 19, after he allegedly attempted to stab two of them with a knife.

According to witnesses, the young man was left bleeding helplessly on the ground until he died of his critical wounds in a few minutes.

Following the incident, the Israeli police locked down all the entrances to the old city and set up checkpoints at the roads leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the east side of the old city.

Leader calls for development of clean energies, protection of environment

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“Developing non-fossil energies such as the nuclear energy, which is being increasingly used across the world and countries in our region are also moving in that direction, as well [developing] wind and solar power, should be seriously pursued,” the leader said in a ceremony to mark the National Tree-Planting Day.

During the ceremony, Ayatollah Khamenei also planted two saplings to mark the National Tree-Planting Day and Week of Natural Resources.

“Destruction of forests and environment and vegetation is tantamount to destruction of national interests and razing part of forests for construction, except in emergency cases, definitely hurts the nation,” the leader stressed.

Ayatollah Khamenei also called for protection of water and soil as “two great assets and vital reserves of nations”, adding that officials should use experts’ opinion in this regard.

The leader then tasked the Department of Environment and the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad to prevent conversion
of farmlands.

he said such conversions hurt national interests, noting that farmlands should, rather, expand.

The leader then addressed the issue of poaching, noting that any illegal hunting is banned by the law and religious teachings.

Iran media: Tehran, IAEA agreement on safeguard issues by July

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Media Iran IAEA

Abrar:

1. Grossi: Without Iran and IAEA reaching an agreement, any possibility of JCPOA materializing is wrong

2. Eslami after meeting with Grossi: Alleged cases should be closed for good

Abrar Newspaper-6 March 2022

Afkar:

1. Eslami in joint presser with Grossi: Political lobbying should not affect IAEA decisions

Afkar Newspaper-6 March 2022

Aftab Yazd:

1. Moscow: First guarantees, then signing

. Unexpected remarks by Russian foreign minister to US in nuclear talks extra time

Aftabe Yazd Newspaper-6 March 2022

Arman Melli:

1. Details of Iran, IAEA agreement:

. Decision was made for Iran to give written response to IAEA questions on 3 sites

. IAEA confirmed Iran’s peaceful activities

Amane Melli Newspaper-6 March 2022

Ebtekar:

1: Resolving disagreements toward a final agreement?

. Grossi visit directly affect Vienna talks

Ebtekar Newspaper-6 March 2022

Donyaye Eghtesad:

1. Iran, IAEA roadmap for resolution of disagreements

Donyaye Eghtesad Newspaper-6 March 2022

Etemad:

1. Rafael Grossi in response to Etemad: IAEA will not bow down to foreign pressure

Etemad Newspaper-6 March 2022

Hamshahri:

1. Negotiations in Tehran, progress in Vienna

Hamshahri Newspaper-6 March 2022

Iran:

1. Iran initiative, end to IAEA allegations

Iran Newspaper-6 March 2022

Jame Jam:

1. End to nuclear file close at hand?

Jaame Jam Newspaper-6 March 2022

Javan:

1. Agreement with IAEA eliminated West’s pretexts

Javan Newspaper-6 March 2022

Jomhouri Eslami:

1. Revival of JCPOA in final station

. Safeguard agreements between Iran and IAEA

Jomhoori Eslami Newspaper-6 March 2022

Keyhan:

1. Revival of JCPOA without removal of sanctions means sheer damage

Keyhan Newspaper-6 March 2022

Khorasan:

1. Vienna waiting for safeguards opening

Khorasan Newspaper-6 March 2022

Siasate Rouz:

1. Tehran demand: IAEA ridding itself from political lobbying

Siasate Rooz Newspaper-6 March 2022

Setareh Sobh:

1. Impact of IAEA director general’s visit

. Reduction in Dollar exchange rate, rise in stock exchange index

Setare Sobh Newspaper-6 March 2022

Vatane Emrouz:

1. Three twists in the agreement

. China and Russia also seek written guarantee from US for security of economic ties with Iran

Vatane Emrooz Newspaper-6 March 2022

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