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Over 85% of Iranian students receive 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine

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“So far, as many as 5,607,827 students ranging in age from 12 to 18 have received their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine in the country,” said Azam Goodarzi, the acting head of the Health Office of the Education Ministry.

“Based on the existing figures and statistics, 85% of school students across the country have received the first does of the coronavirus vaccine to gain immunity against the virus, though the frame of reference for immunity against the virus is that two weeks must pass from the date of the second dose injection,” she explained.

“Accordingly, school students have begun receiving their second coronavirus doses in the past days, and more than 24% of students have got their second COVID-19 jabs so far,” she said.

She noted the ministry has set up some 200 vaccination centers to inoculate students who have not been vaccinated yet.

This comes as schools opened partially to secondary school students across Iran on November 5, so that pupils would be able to attend classes in person.

FBI releases documents about investigating ties between Saudi govt. and 9/11

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The documents show that the FBI extensively probed the level of support given to three Saudi nationals — including from a Saudi Embassy official in Washington, D.C., — once they landed in the US, including “procuring living quarters and assistance with assimilating” in the country.

The investigation also looked into whether the Saudi Embassy employee used his position to help “oversee and direct the facilitation of the hijackers”, according to the recently released documents, which show the FBI sought to discern whether or not Saudi Arabian officials had advance knowledge of the attacks.

Previously, the 2004 9/11 Commission Report found little evidence that the Saudi government had been linked to the hijackers.

The FBI papers noted that that al Qaeda maintained strict separation between members playing different roles in its major attacks in a bid to maintain operational security.

“Specifically, in relation to the 9/11 attacks, the hijackers knew there was a martyrdom operation, but did not know about the nature of the operation until shortly before the attack for operational security reasons,” they stated.

The FBI concluded that it “has not identified additional groups or individuals responsible for the attack other than those currently charged”.

The documents detail the investigation into Omar al-Bayoumi, who was thought to be a Saudi student in California and was suspected of providing logistical support to two of the hijackers, Nawaf Al-Hazmi and Khalid Al-Mihdhar.

The FBI documents also detail how the investigators spent nine years reviewing financials, telecommunication records, travel histories and conducting interviews with known associates of the hijackers to determine whether there was advance knowledge that they were in the US to conduct a terror attack.

Andrew Maloney, a lead lawyer for the victims’ families, told CBS News that the FBI has “now released a substantial amount of very incriminating documents regarding the Saudi government’s role in helping al Qaeda and these two hijackers in particular”.

The Saudi embassy did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment but announced in September that the kingdom “welcomes” the release of the documents related to the 2001 attacks.

“Any allegation that Saudi Arabia is complicit in the September 11 attacks is categorically false,” the embassy said in a statement in September.

The documents released follow another published on Sept. 11, after President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Justice Department and related agencies to make some such files public.

Iran: Proposed atomic disarmament resolution a test for UN member states

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Majid Takht-Ravanchi wrote in a note on the proposed resolution on Friday that the number of atomic weapons in the world has dropped dramatically since the Cold War, but given their far greater explosive power, the new nuclear weapons pose a grave threat to human life and the planet that’s no less than the old arsenals.

Takht-Ravanchi noted that all nuclear weapons states, under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), have pledged to eliminate all their atomic arms.

However, he wrote that existing statistics and realities show that nuclear states lack the necessary political will to achieve nuclear disarmament, and are in fact moving in the opposite direction by increasing their nuclear weapons’ budget and modernizing and increasing the destructive power of their atomic arsenals.

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN said the main purpose of the Iranian proposed resolution is the implementation of the disarmament commitments of the nuclear states based on the NPT.

In late October, the UN General Assembly First Committee, with the support of a majority of member states, approved the Iranian-proposed resolution on pursuing the implementation of the agreements reached at the NPT Review Conferences in 1995, 2000 and 2010.

The resolution urges NPT signatories to intensify their efforts to fulfill their commitments based on previous agreements on the elimination of atomic arms under international supervision and in line with principles of transparency and irreversibility.

Russia: White Helmets planning chemical attack in Syria

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The “White Helmets” terrorist organization is preparing to stage provocations in Idleb province to accuse the Syria Arab Army of them, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed.

The Russian Coordination Center received information about the preparation of provocations by the so-called “White Helmets” terrorist organization in the de-escalation zone, with the aim of accusing the Syrian Arab Army of launching indiscriminate strikes on facilities and civilians in Idleb, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, according to the head of the center.

Kulit confirmed that the terrorist organization is selecting the participants in the fabricated filming in the towns of Kafr Karmin and Sarmada in Idleb province, and that it is planned to involve representatives of English-language media who arrived in the de-escalation zone in Idleb to cover the provocations.

The White Helmets group, which claims to be a humanitarian NGO, is known for its coordination with terror outfits in Syria to carry out staged chemical attacks in order to falsely incriminate Syrian government forces and fabricate pretexts for military strikes by a US-led military coalition present in Syria since 2014.

Azeri FM: Azerbaijan, Iran can work in many areas  

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Bayramov also said there are lots of projects for bilateral cooperation given that Iran and Azerbaijan have many commonalities. He added, “I’m confident, we can further deepen our past good ties based on neighborliness”.

Bayramov underlined the continuation of talks by the Foreign Ministries of the two sides, expressing satisfaction with the diplomatic meetings in recent weeks.

Bayramov said, “My respectable colleague (the Iranian foreign minister) and I believe that some differences can be resolved”.

The top Azeri diplomat said disputes are likely between all countries even if they are neighbors.

Bayramov said however close relations between Tehran and Baku showed that differences can be solved through dialog.

He noted that Azerbaijan’s foreign policy priority is to expand ties with neighbors most notably the Islamic Republic of Iran.

He added, “ given the good history of relations and numerous potentials for cooperation, we will witness further expansion of the ties between Iran and Azerbaijan in the near future”.

Iran: Number of red cities jump to 33

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The Mask application which ranks cities in terms of risk from the Coronavirus shows that 95 cities are orange, 220 yellow and 100 blue, with the latter showing the situation is back to normal Coronavirus-wise in an area. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry announced on Friday, 132 people died in Iran from Covid in the past 24 hours. The total death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 127,053.

From Thursday, 8,633 new infections including 1,163 hospitalizations were logged. The deaths, infections and hospitalizations however show a downward trend compared with two months ago when Iran was in the grip of Covid’s 5th wave.

The speedy vaccination campaign in Iran is credited for the decreasing number of Covid deaths cases. However, the latest rise in the number of cities marked red has run the alarm for both people and authorities in Iran. Officials have time and again warned in recent days that relaxing Covid-related health protocols on the part of citizens could lead to a 6th wave of the outbreak.

They also say restrictions like nighttime driving ban will remain in place to minimize chances of a resurgence of the virus.

Foreign tourists back in Iran amid Covid downward trend

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Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts for touristic affairs Ali Asghar Shalbafan wrote on his Instagram account on Friday that the National Headquarters for Corona Disease Management voted for issuing visas for tourists; then, the first group of foreign tourists arrived in Iran from Russia.

The deputy minister described the conveyance of new regulations for hosting foreign tourists to 31 provinces in Iran as a move in line with showing proper hospitality, writing that all governmental and private sectors are tasked with mobilizing their capabilities to provide foreign tourists with appropriate hospitality.

Russian tourists – the first foreign tourists from the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran – are scheduled to visit Iranian tourist attractions while observing all health protocols.

According to chtn.ir, the Russian tourists and tour guides have been allowed to travel to Iran following an agreement between Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts and the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation (Rostourism); so, they arrived in Tehran Thursday night.

The two countries had reached the consensus to develop tourism cooperation and hold tours, but the spread of COVID-19 pandemic stopped the plan.
The Russian tourists are going to stay in Iran for a week and visit Kerman, Shiraz and Isfahan as well as Lut Star eco camp.

Ezzatollah Zarghami, Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, played a key role in lifting visa ban for foreign tourists.

Iranian MP: Negative signs coming from Saudi Arabia

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Tehran Still Ready to Mend Ties with Riyadh Despite ‘Foolish’ Moves

Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini said Iran wants to strengthen ties with neighboring countries but the signals coming out of Saudi Arabia are not positive. The spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee added that the Saudis initially showed they were interested in rebuilding ties.

He added that those signals have faded and not only are they not positive but they are even negative. Relations have been strained between Iran and Saudi Arabia over a host of issues.

Saudis claim Iran meddles in the internal affairs of regional countries. Iran also says Saudi Arabia helped create terrorist groups which wreaked havoc in Syria and Iraq. Tehran also wants Riyadh to end its war on Yemen.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have held several rounds of negotiations to resolve their differences. But it seems there has been no tangible breakthrough. Earlier this week, Saudi’s foreign minister said the talks with Iran have been cordial but have not made progress.

“Iran has 25 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium

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Behrouz Kamalvandi added that only nuclear-armed countries can reach that point in uranium enrichment.

He said the AEOI was ordered to produce 120 kilograms of enriched uranium of 20% purity but it has exceeded the 210 kilogram mark.

He said Iran’s advancements in the nuclear and nano-technology fields create deterrence for the nation. Kamaldanvi said it’s unfortunate that people only speak about the energy aspect of the nuclear program of Iran.

He said the Islamic Republic has made much progress in non-energy areas and produced many medical items and pieces of equipment including infant kits which are capable of diagnosing over a hundred diseases in infants.

According to the AEOI’s spokesman, Iran has also made achievements in production of laser for medical and military purposes.

He described Iran’s nuclear accomplishments as miraculous.

Kamalvandi also spoke of the anniversary of the US embassy takeover by the Iranian students 42 years ago. He said the embassy siege ended the US domination in Iran. He made those remarks at a ceremony to inaugurate an exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear advancements which features many homegrown products and equipment.

US invites Iran to ‘serious’ nuclear talks

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US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks on the situation in Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2021. - The US is pressing the Taliban to let Afghans flee through the US-controlled airport after violations of their promises, Sherman said Wednesday. "We have seen reports that the Taliban, contrary to their public statements and their commitments to our government, are blocking Afghans who wish to leave the country from reaching the airport," Sherman told reporters. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In an interview with the Al-Jazeera news channel, Sherman claimed, “we support the restart of the Vienna Talks and invite Iran to negotiate seriously.”

So far, six rounds of negotiations have been conducted in Vienna between the United States and other parties to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The sides say tangible progress has been made in the talks, but some differences remain.

One area of disagreement in the negotiations is the US insistence on maintaining some of the sanctions the Donald Trump administration imposed on Iran after leaving the agreement. In addition, the Joe Biden administration has stated that it cannot guarantee that the next US administration will not withdraw from the JCPOA again.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasized that given that the United States is the side that violated the agreement, it is Washington that must return to the deal with the lifting of sanctions and that the implementation of US commitments must be verified. Tehran, of course, has emphasized that it is not insistent or in a hurry to return the United States to the deal.

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