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China: Setting deadline for nuclear talks unconstructive

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“The negotiations on reviving compliance with the JCPOA have entered a crucial stage. China agrees that all parties should have a stronger sense of urgency, fully demonstrate goodwill and flexibility, and move toward reaching an agreement at an early date,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated at a regular news briefing on Tuesday.

“At the same time, we believe that it is not constructive to artificially set up a deadline for the negotiations. All parties should exercise necessary patience, properly resolve differences and create favorable conditions for negotiations,” he added.

Tehran and Moscow have also pushed back on the need to establish a fixed deadline for the nuclear negotiations to conclude.

Iranian officials have rejected western diplomats’ remarks about a deadline for reaching an agreement in Vienna talks, and stressed Tehran is only after a good agreement.

“As the culprit of the Iranian nuclear crisis, the US should overhaul its erroneous policy of ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran, and lift all illegal sanctions on Iran and third parties. On this basis, Iran should resume full compliance,” Zhao noted.

“China will continue to participate in negotiations constructively and work with all parties to bring the JCPOA back to the right track at an early date,” the spokesman stated.

On Tuesday, representatives from Iran and five world powers – known as P4+1 – have resumed the eighth round of talks in the Austrian capital.

The US Administration has recently announced it sees a path to an agreement in the Vienna talks over the nuclear deal, but Iran must make “tough political decisions now”. Iran has repeatedly rejected any deadline or precondition over the deal, stressing the US that unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA must first lift its sanctions against Tehran. Iran has also stated that a deal can be reached immediately if the US gives the necessary guarantees that it will remove the sanctions and honor its obligations.

President Raisi: Normalization with Israel will not bring security

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Raisi made those remarks in a meeting with the new Palestinian ambassador to Tehran in which Salam Zawawi presented her credentials to the president. The president said these governments must recognize with public protests by all the Palestinian people and groups that their treacherous act is deplorable.

He added defending Palestine is the number one priority of the Muslim world, describing Iran as the true defender of the Palestinian people and the liberation of the holy city of al-Quds.

The Iranian president added that some countries have slowed the movement of the Palestinian people by pinning their hopes on shaky pacts brokered by Western governments.

Raisi said the message the Palestinians send to the Zionist regime and its Western backers is one of resistance.

The president described the unity and solidarity of all Palestinian groups as the key to victory against the Zionist regime.

Zawawi also congratulated Raisi on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory in Iran, saying the event was in fact a great victory for the Arabic and Muslim Ummah.

Zawawi criticized some Arab governments for normalizing with Israel, saying they have betrayed the Palestinian people.

Iran Auto making: A green but controversial tax

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian media outlet Khorasan News has published an editorial which looks into the reactions and also the draconian rules for auto makers in other countries.

Under the plan in Iran, the taxes on cars are set from zero to 5 percent, which means the more fuel a car consumes, the higher the tax will be.

But the key point here is that this tax is first received by the automakers and then paid to the government.

That means the more polluting car an automaker produces, the more taxes the government collects without forcing the company to reduce fuel consumption and pollution.

Some media outlets claim due to VAT payment periods, automakers can deposit this amount and receive a profit from it within a year, meaning that the only person who does not benefit from this tax is the consumer.

This is while developed countries like Britain and the Netherlands have also set strict rules for carmakers to produce cars with low fuel consumption and low emissions, and violators face heavy fines.

They however receive green tax from car consumers as well based on consumption, pollution and car life. The head of the Transportation Commission of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce says, “It is the automakers that must reduce car pollution; why should people and consumers pay for it?”

Other critics argue that when carmakers produce automobiles with high fuel consumption and emissions, and there are no hybrid and electric cars, taxing is an injustice to the consumer.

Report: Iraq planning to replace Iran with Qatar for natural gas supplies

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The Iranian economic news and analysis website refers to a visit by Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi to Iraq on Monday. He sat down for talks with Iraq’s electricity minister Adel Karim to discuss transfer of gas from Doha to Baghdad.

Reports say Iraq is under mounting U.S. pressure to reduce its reliance on gas imports from Iran.

Tejarat news has quoted the former secretary general of Iran-Iraq joint chamber of commerce as saying that the main problem in the natural gas trade with Iraq is the country’s huge overdue payments to Iran which currently stand at several billion dollars leaving Iran with no other option but to put a cap on its exports to Iraq so that the Iraqi debt does not grow larger.

Mahdi Karamipour Moqadam also tells Tejarat News that transferring gas from Qatar to Iraq requires the construction of a pipeline which is time consuming but Baghdad has the right to diversify its energy sources.

“We must be realistic; Iraqis, like us, have the right to make decisions based on their national interests. Supplying energy from one source is not in the interest of any country, and we in Iran have such a policy to increase our bargaining power in transactions,” he explained.

Karamipour Moqadam said, however, that Iraq is unlikely to completely cut Iran off from its energy market despite the American pressure.

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UN $32mn in cash arrives in Afghanistan

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IFP Media Wire
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Da Afghanistan Bank’s statement said the money came to Afghanistan through Kabul International Airport and was delivered to Afghanistan’s International Bank.

The statement further added that the IEA welcomes humanitarian assistance in all forms that help the impoverished Afghan people.

The money in cash is part of humanitarian assistance that was pledged by the United Nations in order to prevent the collapse of Afghanistan’s economic system.

The UN has pledged to be providing Afghanistan with up to $32 million cash every week until March 2022 to address the lack of cash in Afghanistan.

Lack of US dollars is currently the biggest problem in Afghanistan that has affected the lives of millions of people as the banking system is still restricted and prices of food items and fuel are nearly doubled compared with 6 months ago.

3 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli soldiers in WB

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Ministry of Health confirmed the death of the three Palestinians, who were identified as Ibrahim Nabulsi, Adham Mabrouk, and Mohammad Dakhil.

The health ministry announced in a press statement that “the three citizens were martyred as a result of the Israeli occupation’s direct shooting at them in the city of Nablus.”

Footage of the assassination showed a car riddled with bullet holes as a number of soldiers were standing next to it. The soldiers left the area after the attack.

The PA’s Foreign Ministry has also described it as a “field execution.”

Israel claimed the Palestinians were responsible for shooting attacks at army posts in the Nablus area.

Israel’s Minister for Military Affairs, Benny Gantz praised the Israeli military and other participating organizations over the criminal operation, which he described as “preventive” and “proactive.”

The Israeli regime occupied the West Bank in a heavily-Western-backed war in 1967. Ever since, it has been dotting the territory with hundreds of illegal settlements, besides imposing the strictest of restrictions on the Palestinians’ freedom there.

Source: Iranian diplomats in Vienna with clear agenda for talks

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Iranian diplomats in Vienna with clear agenda for talks

According to IRNA, the source says the Iranian negotiators will discuss sanctions removal, verification, guarantees and the nuclear issues with the P4+1 in complete coordination with the highest levels of the country’s establishment.

The Iranian team has returned to Vienna after a break to resume the negotiations with parties to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

The talks paused in late January to give the negotiators time for consultations in their capitals because the talks are said to have reached a stage where important political decisions must be made.

Iran and the P4+1 have held eight rounds of talks over the past year. Iran refuses to sit down directly with American diplomats, meaning negotiators from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia must shuttle between Iranian and American diplomats.

Meanwhile, America’s lead diplomat in Vienna Robert Malley is expected to brief the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the ongoing diplomacy.

Iran insists that America must remove all sanctions imposed on Tehran after former U.S. president Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned the deal in May 2018 in violation of American commitments. It also says Washington must provide guarantees that it will not leave the deal again.

Iranian FM to parl.: Tehran will push for effective guarantees in Vienna

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Seyyed Nezam Mousavi-A member of the Iranian parliament

Seyyed Nezam Mousavi says Amir Abdollahian made those comments in Tuesday’s closed session of parliament.

Mousavi added that the foreign minister also presented a report on the latest developments regarding of the talks and explained to the MPs the most important prongs emphasized by Iran’s Foreign Ministry in these negotiations.

According to the member of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board, Amir Abdollahian stated in the meeting that some of the negotiating parties initially refused to provide guarantees, but with the continuation of the Iranian delegation’s insistence, this resistance has diminished.

The foreign minister also said Iran wants legal, political and economic guarantees from the other sides and these guarantees must be such that they resolve the economic problems of Iran and Iranian companies.

He added that the Iranian team in Vienna has pushed for the removal of sanctions on individuals and Iranian companies.

During the meeting, the MPs underlined their support for the talks in line with Iran’s national interests.

Mousavi, member of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board, added that parliament believes that obligations of Iran and the P4+1 group must be equal and step-by-step and must also result in realizing the rights of the Iranian.

Fajr Intl. Music Festival to be held in Tehran

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IFP Media Wire
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The Fajr International Music Festival is regarded as Iran’s most prestigious musical event which was founded in 1986. The festival is affiliated with UNESCO and includes national and international competition sections.

The Italian Jazz artist Giovanni Guidi’s will perform in the festival on Monday, February 14, at 6:30 PM in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

In another performance in the International Section in the 37th Fajr International Music Festival, Mohammad Abu Zekri, a prominent Egyptian “Oud” player, will perform on Sunday, February 13, at the Niavaran Hall.

He is accompanied by percussionist Ersu Kazimov. The concert of these two artists will be held on Sunday, February 13, at 18:30 in Niavaran Hall.

Also, Nicolas van Poucke one of the most promising Dutch pianists, will perform on at Niavaran Hall at 19:30 on February 13th.

Famous Afghan music artists consisting of seven Afghans known as “Qavali Najmoddin” including Javad Tabesh, Asef Habibi, Abdul Qader Azizi, Abdul Khaleq Azizi, Gholam Sakhi Rasouli, Houshang Javid and Nematollah Hosseinzadeh will play in Arasbaran Cultural Center on Friday, February 11th, at 6:30 p.m.

Covid fatalities soaring in Iran; 114 deaths

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The latest fatalities push to 133,048 the total death toll since the Covid pandemic started two years ago. 

Over the past 24 hours, 38,757 new Coronavirus cases were also logged in Iran including 2,744 hospitalizations. 

The jump in Covid deaths and infections is blamed on the Omicron strain of the disease. The variant is highly contagious than others. Iranian medical authorities say it has some sub-variants as well and, as a result, Iran is facing an uphill task brining it under control. The rise in the number of Covid deaths and infections comes as Iran is vaccinating citizens at a high speed. 

The number of third shots of vaccine administered so far has crossed the 20 million mark in the country. 

The total number doses injected stands at 136,080,644. The vaccination of 5 to 9-year-old children started on Tuesday. 

Most cities across Iran are now marked red or orange, which respectively denote the highest level of danger from Covid. 

The number of blue cities is single digit now.

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