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Iranian daily calls for closure of strategic Strait of Hormuz

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The daily’s managing director Hossein Shariatmadari referred to the United States’ forfeitures of fuel and weapons shipments allegedly from Iran to Yemen and Venezuela this week, writing that the United States is openly admitting to piracy, so it must, as in many other cases, receive an appropriate response.

The editorial notes that the Strait of Hormuz is the second busiest strait in the world, through which about 18 million barrels of oil, equivalent to 42% of the world’s tanker-transported crude oil, pass on a daily basis.

Shariatmadari adds that under the 1958 Geneva Convention and the 1982 Jamaica Convention, which deal with the legal system of international waterways and the right of passage of ships, the Islamic Republic has the right and can close the Strait of Hormuz to all oil tankers and even ships carrying commercial goods and weapons if its national interests are at stake.

The editorial adds that Iranian officials can rest assured that the entire Iranian nation will support a proper response to American looting and crimes.

Bodies of hundreds killed in Karabakh handed over to Baku, Yerevan

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IFP Media Wire
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“The peacekeepers returned more than 1,960 bodies to the local authorities in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Search operations are continued,” he said, adding that more than 100 soldiers on both sides were released from prison and returned to their home countries.

Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, 2020, with intense battles raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On November 9, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. As per the document, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides stopped at the positions that they had held and Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the engagement line in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor that connects Armenia with the enclave to exercise control of the ceasefire observance. In addition, a number of districts came under Baku’s control.

Billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets unlocked

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Safari added that the talks produced good results. He also said he met with European officials during a trip to the continent and one country is going to soon release a huge amount of Iranian funds.

Safari did not specify the country though.
Safari accompanied the Iranian negotiating team last week during the Vienna talks where he met several European officials including Austria’s deputy foreign minister.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Safari spoke of expansion of ties with Tajikistan, saying exports to the country has increased three-fold from 60 to 180 million dollars. He also said exports to Uzbekistan increased from 120 to 500 million dollars.

The new Iranian administration has said its foreign policy prioritizes neighboring countries. To this end, the administration of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has made numerous efforts since taking office to expand ties with neighbors including the Central Asian countries.

Iraq declares end to US-led combat mission

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IFP Editorial Staff
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US forces in Iraq
US forces in Iraq. (AFP)

According to the official, Baghdad would continue its cooperation with the US-led coalition in the fields of development capacity and training.
So far, there has been no confirmation from the US-led coalition officials on the pullout of their troops from Iraq.
Following the US assassination of Iran’s top commander and anti-terror icon General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi companion Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in January 2020, Iraq’s parliament approved a bill demanding Washington withdraw its forces from the Arab country.
Washington drew some of its allies into Iraq in 2014 under the pretext of fighting Daesh, a terrorist group that was invading the country. But the foreign troops stayed on, even after the terrorists were defeated four years ago.

Russia slams US-led military presence in Syria

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IFP Media Wire
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According to the top military official, this weakens the effectiveness of the fight against the terrorists and contributes to their strengthening across the war-torn Middle East nation.

“Illegal armed groups have not abandoned their plans of territorial expansion. The illegal military presence of the US and a number of other countries on Syrian soil contributes to this, and makes the fight against terrorists less effective,” Gerasimov pointed out.

According to him, the Russian Aerospace Forces jointly with Syrian government forces have been continuing raids to stamp out terrorists in addition to providing assistance for the return of refugees, along with restoring infrastructure and the country’s territorial integrity.

“Work with the Turkish side is in progress to implement existing agreements and uphold the cessation of hostilities in the Idlib de-escalation zone,” the top Russian military official noted.

Iranian parliament speaker meets Turkish peer in Istanbul

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Iranian parliament speaker said Iran and Turkey can have a positive impact at the regional and international levels through close cooperation, adding, “I saw the result of this cooperation in the meeting of metropolitan mayors when I was the mayor of Tehran, and now we are ready to define joint cooperation”. Qalibaf said Iran’s priority is to develop cooperation with neighboring and Islamic countries. He also expressed hope that in the near future, the strategic agreement between Iran and Turkey will be finalized and a roadmap for developing bilateral relations will be developed.
The Iranian parliament speaker said close bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Ankara will play an effective role in regional and international developments.
He also said the US enmity toward Iran and its recent pressures on Turkey show Washington understands the power f the two countries and their influence in the region.
Şentop also said it is necessary to strengthen the position of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation once again through coordinated actions and close cooperation on problems of Islamic countries.
The Turkish parliament speaker emphasized the formation of a committee for the rights of Muslims, saying the issue of Palestine has always been on Turkey’s agenda.
On bilateral ties, Şentop said “We are also determined to develop ties with Iran within the framework of parliamentary relations”.

EU’s Mora: New sense of JCPOA revival in Vienna

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“What I felt this morning was that all the delegations had a fresh sense of the need to work and reach an agreement on reviving the provisions of the JCPOA,” Mora made the remarks after a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in the Austrian capital on Thursday.
He said there are different views on the negotiation process, and the parties are currently working to bring these views closer together, adding that he considered overcoming the differences as the most important factor in the ongoing negotiations.
“I emphasize that there is an urgent need to reach an agreement, and the more time passes, the greater the need,” the European Union’s deputy foreign policy chief noted.
Earlier, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri said there is no obstacle to an agreement if necessary grounds are provided during the negotiations in the Austrian capital.
He added that at the JCPOA Joint Commission meeting on Thursday, Iran and members of the P4+1 group expressed their views on the future direction of their talks.
Negotiators of Iran and the P4+1 group namely Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are discussing ways to remove anti-Iran sanctions and a possible U.S. return to the 2015 deal.

Saudi crown prince on first visit to Qatar since end of blockade

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IFP Media Wire
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MbS was received on arrival by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, after which the two leaders held meetings on Wednesday night.

The visit came after Saudi Arabia took steps to end the diplomatic crisis that deeply divided the international community, frayed societal ties, and tore apart a longstanding alliance of Persian Gulf states.

In a tweet, Sheikh Tamim welcomed bin Salman and said that the brotherly relations and cooperation between Qatar and Saudi Arabia are “based on solid foundations of history and a common destiny”.

Referring to Prince Mohammed as his brother, Sheikh Tamim added they discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries, and affirmed the joint keenness of the two sides to support security and stability in the region.

Qatar is the third stop on a tour of Persian Gulf Arab states by MbS before a Gulf summit later this month.

The summit will be the first since Saudi Arabia – together with Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates – agreed to end their dispute with Qatar over its foreign policy, which led them to sever diplomatic ties with Doha in June 2017.

During the regional spat, Qatar rejected the quartet’s demands – which included that it shut down the Al Jazeera Media Network and expel a small contingency of Turkish troops from its territory.

In January, the four blockading countries agreed to end the row.

Since then, Riyadh and Cairo have appointed new ambassadors to Doha. Abu Dhabi and Manama have yet to follow suit. Qatar also re-established trade and travel links with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt, but not with Bahrain.

Qatar’s emir has travelled to Saudi Arabia and met bin Salman several times since the end of the dispute. Wednesday’s visit was the Saudi prince’s first official trip to Qatar since he was named crown prince in 2017.

The Saudi crown prince’s tour had already stopped in Oman and the UAE where he visited Expo 2020 in Dubai earlier on Wednesday before taking the short flight to Doha. He is still expected to travel to Bahrain and Kuwait later in the week.

Bin Salman’s tour coincides with talks between Iran and world powers aimed at salvaging the landmark nuclear agreement signed with world powers in 2015.

Then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the pact in 2018 and reimposed punishing sanctions. Tehran has denied seeking nuclear weapons, and has stressed its efforts are for energy purposes only.

While relations among the PGCC are underpinned by cultural, religious and tribal ties, they have widely different foreign policy stances on Iran.

Oman, Kuwait and Qatar have all maintained relations with Tehran, while Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have seen tensions spike.

Iran’s chief negotiator: no obstacle to deal

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran's deputy negotiator Ali Bagheri speaks during a news conference in Almaty April 5, 2013. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Bagheri was speaking at the end of the meeting of the Joint Commission of the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA in Vienna on Thursday.
He added that at Thursday’s meeting, parties to the talks, including Iran, expressed their views on the future course of the negotiations.
He said that the Iranian negotiating team emphasized in the meeting that it has already expressed its views on the path of the talks based on its own position and will continue seriously down the path and is firmly resolved for negotiations.
Asked whether the other parties provided a substantiated and logical response to Iran’s proposals at the meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA, Bagheri said this issue should be pursued at the meeting of the working groups.
He added the mere fact that the two sides are seriously determined to continue the talks shows that they want to find common ground.
Meanwhile, Russia’s representative to international organizations Mikhail Olyanov described the meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA as constructive.
The meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA was held on Thursday, and parties to the negotiations decided to discuss the texts proposed by Iran at different levels

Iran FM slams West’s failure to offer constructive proposals in Vienna

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“We have not received any constructive and forward-moving suggestions from the other side, which contradicts their announcement in which they said they will take part in the talks seriously,” the top Iranian diplomat said during a phone call with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell on Thursday.
He also blasted the West’s inaction as the Iran nuclear deal unraveled because of the re-imposition of unilateral American sanctions against Tehran.
“Over the past eight years, there were enough words but no deed; however, today is the time of taking action and we are trying to reach a serious and good deal,” he noted.
He also criticized the stances and statements by the three European countries of the P4+1 group saying they have adopted a negative political and media stance.
Amir Abdollahian reiterated that Iran’s proposed texts are completely in line with the 2015 nuclear deal and focus on unfinished discussions in June 2021 talks.
He called on the European negotiators to the Vienna talks to study Iran’s proposed texts carefully and without wrong presuppositions.
The Iranian Foreign Minister described the positions and viewpoints of China and Russia during the talks in the Austrian capital as realistic and constructive.
The EU foreign policy chief, for his part, expressed content with the resumption of the Vienna talks, noting that the United States and the three European countries have been reminded that the negotiations should be realistic.
Josep Borrell also called for some concerns over Iran’s nuclear program to be addressed.
Negotiators of Iran and the P4+1 group namely Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany have resumed talks in Vienna trying to find ways to remove anti-Iran sanctions and a possible U.S. return to the 2015 deal

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