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Iran FM: Removing all sanctions only way to revive JCPOA

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In his article published in Russia’s Kommersant newspaper, the Iranian foreign minister stressed that the United States and the three European signatories to the JCPOA must understand that the current window of negotiations will not remain open forever.

The Islamic Republic intends to keep up its active diplomatic efforts to lift the illegal U.S. sanctions, but at the same time has effective tools to neutralize the impact of these sanctions and protect the country’s sustainable economic development, Amir Abdollahian added.

The top diplomat stressed that Tehran is ready for fruitful negotiations to fully revive the JCPOA and is determined to achieve a positive outcome in Vienna.

“Despite the non-fulfillment of Western commitments under the nuclear deal, Iran is ready to demonstrate its goodwill in achieving the ultimate goal of lifting unilateral and illegal U.S. sanctions, and to pursue fruitful negotiations in Vienna,” he wrote.

The Iranian foreign minister said the current situation regarding the nuclear deal is due to Washington’s actions, which over the past four years has spared no effort to destroy the JCPOA, while Tehran has made every effort to keep the deal alive. 

He noted that UN Security Council Resolution 2231 has explicitly called on all parties to the nuclear deal to support the deal and to refrain from any action that could harm the agreement.

Iran and the P4+1 group – China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany- resumed their talks last week to find a way to remove sanctions against Tehran and allow the U.S. to return to the 2015 deal.

Iran security chief: U.S. seeks to create new regional crises

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“The United States is infuriated by the collapse of Daesh in Syria and Iraq, and the victory of the resistance front, which has increased the strategic power of this front, and (America) is seeking to create new crises,” Shamkhani told the Syrian top diplomat.

He said the plot to create a security crisis in Syria was jointly hatched by the U.S. and Israel, and warned of its dangerous consequences, which “could jeopardize the security of the entire region”.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council noted that foreign occupation in Syria will cause insecurity and the spread of violence, adding that aggression and occupation in history have resulted in nothing but retreat and humiliating defeat.

Shamkhani condemned Israel’s repeated attacks on Syria, saying they are in line with the regime’s brutal aggression against Palestine and Lebanon. He added that resistance and forceful fight are the only way to get rid of the “Zionist cancerous tumor” in the region.

Referring to the strategic relations between Iran and Syria in the political and security fields, Shamkhani emphasized that such close ties should be extended to other sectors, especially the economic field, and announced Iran’s full readiness in this regard.

Faisal Mekdad, for his part, thanked Tehran for its full support for the Syrian people and government.

“With the defeat of the united terrorism front and the establishment of relative stability in Syria, a new chapter in cooperation between the two countries has begun with the priority of economic relations,” the Syrian foreign minister stated.

He called the illegal U.S. military presence in Syria a violation of the principle of sovereignty and encroachment on the country’s territorial integrity, adding that the United States seeks to revive terrorist cells to prevent lasting stability in Syria.

Mekdad described the continuing Israeli atrocities in the region and the repeated military aggression against Syria as a clear example of state terrorism.

“Terrorism, military aggression and oppressive sanctions cannot undermine the Syrian people’s determination to resist coercion and excessive demands,” the Syrian foreign minister added.

Referring to the vast capacities for bilateral economic cooperation, Mekdad said Iranian quality goods are popular among the Syrian people, calling for increasing the presence of Iranian public and private companies in the Syrian market.

Iran marks national university student’s day in ceremony in Tehran

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This year’s ceremonies are being held under the motto of “forthright, transparent, university-student like”.

During the ceremonies at Tehran-based Sharif University of Technology, the minister of science, research and technology and minister of health were also accompanying President Raisi.

The president visited an exhibition on the achievements of the Center for Research and Knowledge-Based Companies of Sharif University of Technology. The exhibition is set up with the motto of “Propellant for Innovation, Expression of Self-Esteem”.

The president was briefed on the latest achievements of the professors and students of Sharif University of Technology in the fields of aerospace, car industry, telecommunications, water and energy, solar power plants, environment, agriculture, electronics, medicine and medical equipment.

University students also offered their viewpoints and proposals to the president, who reiterated the government’s support for technological activities.

During the ceremony, President Raisi emphasized the importance of preserving and attracting academic elites, describing university top students and technologists as the country’s assets.

He said Sharif University of Technology should spearhead efforts to preserve the elites, adding that this university is an important center for attracting top students in Iran.

Pointing out that today change is necessary in all areas, Raisi said “Changing the current situation to the desired status should be based on science and innovation.”

“With science and technology, we can create change in different fields of industry and agriculture and stop selling raw materials, and this is possible, just as we have made significant progress in the industries that were subject to the most restrictions and sanctions,” the Iranian president added.

The president noted that Iran is facing problems including drought and universities can undoubtedly play an important role in resolving these problems.

Raisi also stressed that government bodies and companies do not have the right to use foreign products when domestically manufactured quality goods are available to them.

In this meeting, a number of professors of Sharif University of Technology expressed their views on the government’s support for research and academic activities and the relationship between the government and universities.

The National University Student’s Day is marked every year in Iran on November 7 to commemorate three students, who were killed by forces of the previous Pahlavi regime during protests against an official visit by then US Vice President Richard Nixon.

The visit took place in 1972, nearly 18 years after the US intervened in Iran to reinstate the Pahlavi regime in the hugely controversial coup of 1953.

Deadly bus collision in Iran leaves 9 dead, 16 injured

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A passenger bus and a tractor trailer were involved in the crash that happened early on Tuesday, 10 kilometers away from the central city of Kashan, on the highway that links it to the city of Qom.

The Deputy for Relief and Rescue at the Red Crescent Society of Isfahan Province, Dariush Karimi, said the injured have been taken to hospitals in the nearby cities.

The Red Crescent Society’s top official in Kashan, Mansour Mir Aboutalabi, also said the bus and the tractor trailer collided head-on after the truck entered the oncoming lanes in the highway. He said the cause of the truck’s diversion was drowsiness of the driver.

The bus was heading to Tehran from the city of Dehdasht in the western province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.

China: US, as initiator of “crisis” should remove anti-Iran sanctions

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“As the one who started the Iranian nuclear crisis, the US should lift all illegal unilateral sanctions against Iran, China and other third parties, and Iran should resume fulfilling its nuclear commitments on this basis,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said in his regular presser.

“Although there was no breakthrough in the negotiations in [Vienna], all parties showed a serious attitude and agreed to return to the JCPOA exactly as it is. On the basis of the text reached in the previous six rounds of negotiations, the parties held comprehensive and in-depth discussions on the lifting of sanctions and issues in the nuclear field, and the Iranian side proposed written amendments to the text in these two areas. These interactions help all parties to better understand the position of the new Iranian government,” he added.

The spokesman also called on all sides to adhere to the political direction of dialogue and negotiation, warning that “finger-pointing and pressuring will lead nowhere”.

During the talks that began on November 29, the Iranian side presented two draft proposals on the removal of the bans and its nuclear activities.

The US and the three European signatories to the nuclear deal almost immediately dismissed Iran’s proposals as unacceptable and excessive.

However, Tehran has stressed that its proposals strictly fall within the framework of the nuclear deal and the previously agreed texts with the P4+1. Tehran says the talks will resume shortly after the European representatives consult with their capitals and are ready to return to the negotiating table.

Ghalibaf: Iran ready to help end insecurity in Syria

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Ghalibaf was speaking during a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad in Tehran on Monday. He said today the most important issue is the economy of Iran and Syria, adding private sectors of the two countries must be supported so they will boost economic ties between the two countries.
He added that the reason for the importance of economic development is that the enemies of the Resistance Front are waging an economic war because they failed to achieve their goals in the battlefield. “Therefore”, he said, “we must try to succeed in the economic and political fields”.
Meqdad also extended Syrian President Bashar al-Asad’s greetings to Ghalibaf.
He said great achievements have been made thanks to sacrifices by the Syrian army and martyrs such as General Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis, Hezbollah fighters and others.
He added that despite all victories, Syria’s war on terrorists is not over yet.
The Syrian foreign minister also said the US military presence in Syria is dangerous and must end.
Meqdad condemned the US sanctions on Tehran and Damascus, saying Washington aims to gain through sanctions what it failed to achieve on the ground in Syria. The Syrian foreign minister thanked Iran for standing by the Syrian people.

Firefighters put out fire in Tehran gas pipeline

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A spokesman for Tehran province’s Gas Company said it took one hour to extinguish the fire. He said the incident left no casualties.

The fire has left three thousand households without gas in the cold area.

The spokesman added that efforts are underway to repair the gas pipeline and the gas will be restored in a few hours.

The fire broke out when municipality workers broke a high pressure gas pipeline during drilling work.

Number of vaccine doses nearing 108 million mark in Iran

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The total fatalities from Covid since the start of the pandemic stand at 130,277. Since Sunday, there have been 3,356 new cases including 559 hospitalizations.

Since the start of the pandemic, 6,137,821 people have contracted Covid in Iran. The majority of them, that is, 5,930,502 people have recovered from the disease.

Meanwhile, the nationwide vaccination campaign is continuing in Iran with the number of total doses administered so far being 107,940,633 doses.

2 cities in Iran are marked red, which means the risk of Covid is very high there while 9 cities are orange, 153 yellow and 284 blue. Blue cities face the lowest level of risk from Covid. The downward trend in deaths and hospitalizations in Iran has been attributed to the high rate of vaccination in the country.

Iran’s president invited to visit the UAE

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Raisi also said in his meeting with visiting Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan that good ties with neighbors is a top foreign policy priority for his administration.

Raisi added that there must be no obstacles to relations between the two Muslim countries.

The Iranian president also said that the Tehran-Abu Dhabi ties must not be affected by other countries. He noted that foreign enemies seek to cause fear among neighbors but this plot will be foiled by mutual understanding and prudence.

The president said the Zionist regime is pursuing its heinous schemes and it will sow sedition wherever it gains a foothold.

He urged regional countries to be vigilant against the Israeli regime’s moves.

The Emirati official also said his visit to Iran will be a turning point in bilateral ties. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan said his country is ready to develop cooperation with Iran.

He extended the UAE leader’s invitation to Raisi to visit the Persian Gulf country and expressed hope that Raisi’s visit to the UAE will open a new chapter in ties between the two sides.

Amir Abdollahian: Iran will not hesitate to defend its territory, security

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“We, of course, understand the situation in Afghanistan, and that the forces of the interim government still do not have the necessary control over the borders with their neighbors. But I would like to make it clear here that the Islamic Republic of Iran is serious in preserving its national security and territorial integrity,” Amir Abdollahian said in a joint press conference after talks with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Tehran on Monday.

“An incident occurred at one of our border points in the last few days, and our armed forces responded strongly to that uncoordinated move. And, of course, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, based on our diplomatic duty, in an official note to the Afghan Embassy in Tehran and through the Iranian Embassy in Kabul, we formally protested against this limited border violation, and our armed forces strongly and swiftly confronted the culprits,” Amir Abdollahian stated with a reference to the recent clashes between Iranian border guards and Taliban members in the border area of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province and Nimroz Province of Afghanistan.

On the latest talks between Iran and the P4+1 group in Vienna, Amir Abdollahian said the Islamic Republic is after a good agreement through solid and logical negotiations.

“We attended the first round of new talks in Vienna in good faith, with seriousness and plan,” the top Iranian diplomat stated, adding that the three European countries did not have any significant initiatives to offer, and instead of looking for a solution, they seemed to be assessing the Iranian delegation.”

Amir Abdollahian also said during the press conference with his Syrian counterpart that “the Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the presence of foreign forces in Syria who have entered Syria without coordination with the government…., and does not consider this presence in favor of peace and security in the region.”

The Iranian foreign minister also welcomed the decision by some Arab and Western governments to mend ties with Damascus.

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