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Iran warns against Israel’s destructive presence in region

Khatibzadeh added that welcoming the prime minister of an illegitimate regime which has been the root cause and creator of insecurity, tension and warmongering for more than 70 years in the territory of Arab and Muslim countries will linger in the historical memory of the Palestinian people, regional nations and the freedom-seeking people of the world.

He strongly warned against any move that would strengthen the fake regime’s destructive and seditious presence in West Asia.

Khatibzadeh said such acts disrupt security in the region and run contrary to the interests of the Islamic ummah, regional people and Arab countries.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman reaffirmed the permanent cause of the liberation of Holy Quds as the first qibla of world Muslims.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that no move toward normalization with Israel will stifle the lofty cause of Palestine.

Israel’s prime minister met with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Monday as part of the first official visit to the UAE by a prime minister of the Zionist regime. The UAE became only the third Arab state to fully recognise Israel last year as part of the so-called Abraham Accords brokered by former US president Donald Trump.

Russia says Iran proposals at Vienna talks to be ‘properly considered’

“The negotiators managed to reconcile the new Iranian ideas and the need for continuity of Vienna Talks,” Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Twitter on Monday.

“The work will continue on the basis of the previous drafts. The Iranian proposals will be properly considered and either incorporated or rejected or modified. Normal practice,” the Russian envoy added.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik proposals put forward by Iran at the Vienna-hosted talks on the nuclear deal demonstrate Tehran’s utmost seriousness about restoring the 2015 landmark agreement.

He stated the chances of reaching an agreement on restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have increased.

“I think that now, the likelihood that we will come to an agreement has increased compared to what it was before the resumption of negotiations. I would rather say that there are reasons to expect some progress, not fast but at least clear, without any kickbacks and additional factors that can complicate [the situation]” Ryabkov said.

Besides, the proposals put forward by Iran at the Vienna-hosted talks on the JCPOA, according to Ryabkov, demonstrate Tehran’s utmost seriousness about restoring the nuclear deal.

“There are other proposals presented not only by Iran. Negotiations are for finding a common denominator. It is not hopeless. On the contrary, there is material for consideration. As for the Iranian proposals, I can only say one thing — they have demonstrated the utmost seriousness of their approach to the task,” Ryabkov added.

At the same time, the deputy foreign minister noted, that it is counterproductive to threaten Iran with sanctions against the background of the nuclear talks in Vienna – something the US does.

“This is their usual method — trying to drive someone to heaven with sticks. We constantly explain to the Americans the counterproductiveness of this approach,” Ryabkov stated.

Delegations in Vienna hold intensive meetings

Iran Talks Hotel Coburg

The European Union’s Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora said the parties are making an effort to hammer out an agreement.

After the discussions at the Coburg Hotel in the Austrian capital on Monday, the P4+1 diplomats held talks with the delegation of the United States.

Iran has refused to talk directly to U.S. negotiators because America unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018 and re-imposed harsh sanctions against Tehran.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said earlier on Monday that the chances of reaching an agreement are higher than before the resumption of negotiations, and it is better to say that there are reasons to expect progress.

Reports say the talks in Vienna have made progress and the involved parties are narrowing their differences.

Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri said on Sunday that as a result of the interaction and meetings held over the past few days at different levels, the differences between the parties on the scope of negotiable issues are narrowing.

Iran’s ‘A Hero’ nominated for Golden Globe

The beleaguered and scandal-plagued Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2022 Golden Globe Awards on Monday, with Netflix’s “Power of the Dog” and Focus Features’ “Belfast” landing a leading seven nominations. HBO’s “Succession”, a dynastic drama about a cutthroat media mogul and his family, topped all television shows with five nominations.

The other candidates at the foreign language category are ‘Compartment No. 6’ (Juho Kuosmanen, Finland), ‘Drive My Car’ (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan), ‘The Hand of God’ (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy), and ‘Parallel Mothers’ (Pedro Almodovar, Spain).

This is the fourth time the Iranian director is nominated for the foreign language film award at Golden Globe. His previous movies ‘A Separation’, ‘The Past’ and ‘The Salesman’ found their way into the final list in the category in 2012, 2014 and 2017, while ‘A Separation’ won the award.

Farhadi has received two Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film for ‘A Separation’ and ‘The Salesman’, making him one of the few directors worldwide who have won the category twice.

The Iranian filmmaker has also received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay for ‘The Salesman’. In 2021, he received the Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prix for ‘A Hero’.

Iran has chosen ‘A Hero as its entry for the 94th Academy Awards’ best international feature film category.

Russia wants illegal anti-Iran sanctions removed

In a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Monday, Lavrov called the constructiveness and diplomatic creativity of the parties, along with patience for further coordination, the key to the success of the ongoing negotiations in the Austrian capital, Vi.

He added that Moscow has always tried to bring the Americans in line with all the rules of the JCPOA and UN Security Council resolution 2231.

The Iranian minister of foreign affairs also called for the West to be as serious as possible, urging the involved parties to come up with initiatives in the negotiations.

Iran and the P4+1 countries namely Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are engaged in their seventh round of talks this year aimed at finding ways to remove anti-Iran sanctions and allow the United States to return to the agreement.

Top Iran commander: Foreign forces not needed in region

Bagheri was speaking on Monday in a meeting with Brigadier General Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Mantheri,

deputy for Operations and Planning of Oman’s Chief of Staff in Tehran.

Baqeri added that the US and European countries believe that they can prolong their presence in the region by pitting regional countries against each other and they aim to spread Iranophobia among regional nations.

It is surprising that some Arab countries in the south of the Persian Gulf have established relations with the Israeli regime, the senior Iranian commander said, adding that the Zionist regime’s enmity toward the Muslim world and regional nations is known to all and the establishment of such ties with Tel Aviv will definitely cause trouble for the region in the future.

The top Iranian commander expressed hope that Muslim nations will promote brotherly ties and will not allow foreign powers to take advantage of their differences. Baqeri however noted that Oman has always played a positive role in all regional developments, adding that there is good naval coordination between Iran and Oman and also regarding the issue of Yemen and other regional developments.

Sattari highlights role of knowledge-based firms in boosting exports

In a meeting with heads of Iranian missions in neighboring countries on Monday, Sattari said the Islamic Republic prioritizes export of products and services of knowledge-based and creative companies to neighboring countries.

“The export mechanism of this type of products is different from exporting other goods and has its own complexities, based on which, we defined the structures, support and export programs for the international supply and marketing of Iranian goods and services,” Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology explained.

“Accordingly, the export development and technology exchange corridor seek to increase the export capacity of companies by providing training, financial support, marketing, patent registration and the presence of knowledge-based companies in international events and exhibitions,” he said, adding that fortunately, with the proper infrastructure now in place, Iranian knowledge-based companies are gradually entering international markets.

Exports of knowledge-based products, excluding information technology and digital businesses, are expected to reach more than $ 700 million, he added.

He described Iranian innovation and technology houses in other countries as a base for introducing and marketing Iranian knowledge-based and creative products.

Sattari added houses of technology and innovation are important for introducing Iranian-made products, creating export markets and stimulating demand, while with events such as support programs, team-building, and encouragement, they seek to promote knowledge-based and creative Iran-made products.

Emphasizing that Iran should be recognized as an innovative and technologically advanced country by its neighbors, he said the houses of innovation and technology will be set up with the support of the office of the vice president for science and technology and by the private sector to introduce the innovative image of Iran.

Return of elites to Iran will eliminate mass migration

Impact of Covid pandemic on immigration

Initially, it was imagined that the Covid pandemic in the world would seriously disrupt and inhibit international migration and relocation, but various reports of illegal immigration from many countries disproved these speculations.

However, accurate statistics on the impact of Covid on international migration have not yet been published, but they mostly predict that the world will face huge waves of migration in the post-Covid era because, as in the pre-Covid era, the main drivers of migration, including poverty, hunger, unemployment, discrimination, violence and insecurity, etc., were strongly strengthened during the pandemic.

Therefore, international migration will release its explosive energy after Covid is gone.

 

Mass migration

The same speculations have led some experts to refer to the post-Covid era as the mass migration period. Mass migration generally means large-scale human migration, mainly in cases such as a military attack on a country by the people of that land, like what happened on August 15, 1947. On this day, the disintegration of British India led to the largest mass exodus and forced more than 18 million people to flee their homeland.

For years now, some foreign media outlets have been trying to insinuate that Iran is one of the countries where mass migration will take place for a variety of reasons, but this assumption has never been substantiated with tangible proof. The Iranian Immigration Observatory, as the most official institution in this field, has provided figures and evidence proving that not only has mass migration never occurred in Iran, but in recent years, Iran has witnessed a reverse flow as elites are returning to the country. This is a development that can accelerate the process of reverse migration given Iran’s achievements regarding the containment of the Covid pandemic in the country.

Iran displays products of knowledge-based firms

Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin and Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari visited the exhibition at the House of Innovation and Technology in Tehran on Monday.

Fatemi Amin referred to the establishment of a special office in his ministry to support the production and export of knowledge-based and creative products such as medical equipment, advanced materials and laboratory equipment.

“Our focus is on knowledge-based and creative products, and we especially emphasize on exporting the achievements of creative companies and cultural industries. The new structure of the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry will pay special attention to knowledge-based and creative Iran-made products,” Fatemi Amin stated during his visit.

The minister was explained about the role of Iran’s Houses of Innovation and Technology in Kenya, Russia, Iraq, China, Armenia and Syria which have been established with the support of the office of the vice president for science and technology with the aim of boosting the export of knowledge-based companies and in order to display the products of these firms internationally.

Knowledge-based and creative companies can present their products in exhibitions held by Houses of Innovation and Technology, and while enhancing their export capabilities, they can use the opportunity to sell and export their products by foreign agents and visitors.

Iranian company selected as top exporter of year

Sarv Oil and Gas Company is a pioneer company in the production of applied catalysts in the steel, petrochemical and refining industries of Iran.

Catalysts are known as strategic commodities and the activity of petrochemical, refining and steel companies are highly dependent on these high-tech products, so that firms with this cutting-edge technology are in less than 10 countries.

With the launching of Sarv Oil and Gas Company in Iran, the new catalyst industry has been institutionalized in the country for the past two decades.

Iranian-made catalysts were exported for the first time in the petrochemical and refining industry by the knowledge-based Sarv Oil and Gas Company, and one of the refineries of neighboring countries currently uses one of the most complex Iranian catalysts produced by Sarv Oil and Gas Company (low temperature shift catalyst). This is while, in the face of sanctions and in the presence of the largest and most powerful catalyst brands in the world, this knowledge-based company, by relying on the quality of its products, managed to overtake these large firms and open a new gateway to global markets for Iran and its new catalyst industry.

As the news indicates, the company will continue down the path next year and will make a foothold in new markets in other countries.

At present, Sarv Company provides production space for the employment of more than 500 top specialists and scientists in Iran. It also produces a range of products for manufacturing processes inside the country such as olefin and methanol.

The company has maintained this forward movement with the aim of completing the chain of consumer catalysts in Iran’s industries and competing with large companies in foreign markets.