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Raisi tells West to drop double standards, follow Christ’s teachings

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In a meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Tehran on Thursday, the Iranian president said “the double standards of the West are damaging the trust of the people, and we hope that in the run up to anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ, some Western countries will not only claim Christianity, but also follow Christian teachings.”

Raisi referred to the plight of Afghan refugees saying there are about 4 million Afghan refugees in Iran and they are welcomed, adding that Western countries made many promises to help Afghan refugees, but have failed them.

Raisi stressed that two decades of NATO and U.S. presence in Afghanistan resulted in murder, crime, bloodshed and helplessness of the Afghan people with more than 30,000 Afghan children disabled as a result of the American invasion.

Raisi also called cooperation between Iran and Hungary in the field of terrorism, narcotics and organized crime effective for the security of the region and the world.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran fights terrorism in action, but some only nominally fight terrorism,” the Iranian president said.

The Hungarian foreign minister said for his part that the West and NATO acted hypocritically on the issue of Afghanistan, and now “we are concerned about the huge influx of Afghan refugees”.

Peter Szijjarto also said Iran and Hungary recognize vaccines produced by the other side and from now on, fully vaccinated Hungarians and Iranians will be able to travel between the two countries.

Source: Iran-4+1 talks continue but slowly

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The source said the European troika eventually agreed to consider a third draft as a basis for continuing the negotiations.

This comes as the European sides initially rejected Iran’s drafts on sanctions removal and nuclear activities and insisted that only the texts from the previous six rounds of negotiations be the basis for continuing the negotiations.

The report adds that the new text will be prepared from the combination of the first one and Iran’s proposals in its recent drafts.

According to the source, the continuation of the negotiations shows the US, despite setting a deadline and putting pressure, wants the negotiations to continue.

It noted that both the Europeans and the US are interacting well, but they insinuate that the talks are not moving forward and Iran is to blame.

Iran’s Foreign Minister on Wednesday evening told the UN chief Antonio Guterres that the Islamic Republic is seeking a good deal and is continuing the talks to that end in good faith.

Hossein Amir Abdollahian however said the Islamic Republic will not give in to threats over its nuclear program.

Iran has said it will return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal only after all related sanctions are lifted.

“Iran will not provide excuse for continuation of sanctions”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The announcement was made by the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohamamd Eslami.

He said the Agency’s inspector would answer technical questions regarding the cameras in the presence of security and judicial officials so the case is complete.

Eslami said this is aimed at deriving a conclusion about factors involved in the terrorist attack on the nuclear site.

Eslami added that following these measures, the new cameras will be installed.

The director of the AEOI noted that the remaining issues will be discussed with the IAEA before the end of the year.

Eslami also said the goal is to end a campaign by ill-wishers including the Zionist regime who are constantly trying to make the IAEA worried about Iran’s nuclear activities with their psychological warfare and lies.

The head of the AEOI also referred to the attempts of Iran’s enemies to influence the talks in Vienna between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries by accusing the Islamic Republic of secret activities.

He said, “We will not play into the hands of the enemies who are trying to prevent the Iranian negotiating team from achieving its goal, which is the removal of anti-Iran sanctions”.

Iran, Oman hold joint naval drills

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IFP Editorial Staff
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According to an agreement in the joint military friendship committees of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman, the two neighbors’ ninth bilateral rescue exercises were held on Thursday morning, the Iranian Navy announced.

The drills involved the military vessels of the Navy of the Iranian Army, the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Oman’s naval vessels, supported by helicopters from both sides and Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles.

The chairmen of the Iranian and Omani joint military friendship committees oversaw the maneuvers.

Naval authorities say the different scenarios that were designed and carried out during the maneuvers showed progress compared to the previous joint drills.

Iran Covid: Number of vaccines administered crosses 112 million mark

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Hamid Reza Babaee
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Despite the downward trend in deaths and infections in Iran, authorities say the vaccination process will continue forcefully until the entire population is fully inoculated.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Health Ministry figures on Thursday show Covid killed 63 people in the country in the past 24 hours. The total Covid fatalities stand at 130,946. Since Wednesday 2,500 new Covid infections including 358 hospitalizations were logged.

The total caseload is 6,165,454. The majority of the cases, that is 5,990,897 people have recovered from Covid.

Iranian officials believe a range of factors helped maintain the downward trend in Covid deaths and infections in the country including a fast vaccination drive across the country, unrelenting efforts by the government such as vaccine production and imports and people’s help with the inoculation process.

Also, the vast majority of Iranians welcomed the vaccination campaign and anti-vaxxers are few in the country.

Now authorities have relaxed some curbs put in place to contain Covid. But they urge people to be cautious as the outbreak could surge again.

Meanwhile the number of Covid red zones in Iran is zero now while the vast majority of cities and towns countrywide are marked blue, meaning people in those areas face the lowest level of threat from the Coronavirus.

Shur River: A miracle in the heart of Iran desert

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IFP Editorial Staff
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When it comes to deserts, few people can imagine a river or even a pond in them.

It is interesting to know that in the wonderful and eternal world of Iran’s Lut Desert, there is a river that takes its name from the taste of its water; it is called “the Shur (Salty) river”.

This river has come a long way to reach the Lut Desert. The salty river is the lifeblood of the Lut Desert, which carries a lot of salt along its path and will have its highest salinity when it reaches the center of the desert.

This is where we find out more about why the river has been called the Salty River. It is one of the strangest natural attractions in Iran.

This river is located in the heart of the Iranian desert. The water is initially fresh, but when it flows away from the heights, its salinity gradually increases, and when it reaches the desert, it has the world’s saltiest water.

Iran FM: Hungary to issue entry visas based on Iranian covid jabs

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“An important development today was Hungary recognizing Iranian coronavirus vaccines as valid. To thank the Iranian scientists who successfully produced vaccines in several domestic companies, we signed a document in this regard based on which all Iranian jabs, if certificates are issued in Iran, can be acceptable in Hungary and be the basis for issuance of visas by Hungary,” Hossein Amir Abdollahian said in a joint presser with Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto.

The Iranian foreign minister added that the MOU will be effective starting from Friday and that consultations are underway with other countries so that they recognize the Iranian vaccines for issuance of visas for Iranian nationals.

“Exports of vaccines produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran to other countries will also materialize,” he said.

Amir Abdollahian also said Iran and Hungary held positive talks and reached “important agreements” during Szijjarto’s visit.

The two countries have signed documents including a cooperation agreement between the Islamic Culture and Communications Organization and Hungary’s foreign ministry as well as MOUs for diplomatic, customs and economic cooperation.

Amir Abdollahian said he and Szijjarto also discussed the situation in Afghanistan. The top Iranian diplomat said Hungary has sent several aid shipments to Afghanistan.

He said Szijjarto has also brought along a shipment of 4 million doses of covid vaccines, which are donated by Hungary and other countries to the four million Afghan refugees living in Iran. He thanked Hungary for its humanitarian gesture toward the Afghan refugees.

IAEA’s cameras to be installed at Iran sites after precise examinations

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AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi made the announcement in response to contradictory reports and some news stories published by media in order to illuminate the public opinion.

“Following the exchanges of views between the AEOI and the IAEA, especially based on the latest talks between Mohammad Eslami, the vice president and the AEOI chief, and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, it was decided that the IAEA offer the necessary cooperation in order to conduct the required technical, security and judicial examinations for IAEA cameras to be installed at Tessa nuclear facilities in the city of Karaj,” said Kamalvandi.

“This will be done in order to ease concerns and give assurances that saboteurs won’t take advantage of these cameras,” he explained.

He said the cameras installed are under security protection and cannot be uninstalled without the IAEA’s permission.

“So, the two sides agreed that Iran be provided with a camera for precise technical examinations during which the IAEA’s technical experts would answer technical questions by our security experts about these cameras,” he noted.

“Finally, the IAEA’s cameras will be re-installed after precise and necessary examinations,” he said.

The spokesman noted that the cameras will record and save images, which will remain under the joint seal of Iran and the IAEA, but which the IAEA will not have access to, whatsoever.

He said the information recorded by the cameras will be made available to the IAEA only when all US sanctions against Iran are lifted.

Iran’s Leader condoles with top cleric on mother’s demise

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“I hereby extend condolences to you and other survivors on the demise of your respected mother (May God bless her soul),” wrote Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message.

“May God Almighty bestow His blessings upon her as well as the late respected father of Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani,” the Leader added.

Iran aiming for doubling trade with neighboring countries

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“The president has been stressing the need for the current trade between our country and the neighboring countries to double in four years,” said Mahdi Safari.

“On the same basis, the foreign ministry held the five-day meeting of the ambassadors and envoys in the missions of the Islamic Republic of Iran with a focus on neighboring countries and economic diplomacy.”

Safari further explained that the policy centers on exports of engineering services and exchanges on electricity, natural gas, oil and even water with other countries.

He said neutralizing sanctions is the main objective of Iran’s cooperation with neighboring countries, especially in the area of trade.

“Independent from the negotiations [in Vienna on removal of the US bans], we want to offset the sanctions,” he said.

Safari added that the idea, floated in Ashgabat, of the agreement among Iran, the Azerbaijan Republic and Turkmenistan for natural gas swap can also be a basis for cooperation on water swap.

The deputy foreign minister also touched on Russia’s objection to the quality of agricultural products exported from Iran.

“A delegation will visit Moscow and we asked [the Russian side] to hold bilateral talks on different levels, even at the level of the foreign ministry, on the issue. The problem has been temporarily resolved and a delegation from Russia will also visit our farms,” he said.

Safari also said the number of Iranian trade attaches in different countries will increase from 8 to 35 in an attempt to promote economic diplomacy.

Safari also talked about the opportunities full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization bring to Iran.

“The Shanghai [Cooperation Organization] has great economic capacity, which we will work to combine with the potential offered by the Economic Cooperation Organization, otherwise known as ECO,” he said.

The official also said there have been openings on the issue of Iranian funds blocked in other countries due to the US sanctions, including in Iraq.

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