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US says still possible to implement understanding on JCPOA full compliance

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State Department spokesperson Ned Price announced in a statement the US believes it is still possible to “quickly reach and implement an understanding on return to mutual full compliance” with the JCPOA as only a small number of outstanding issues remain to be settled from the last round of talks in June.

“We are prepared to return to Vienna, and we believe that it remains possible to quickly reach and implement an understanding on return to mutual full compliance,” he continued.

“As we have also been clear, this window will not remain open forever as Iran continues to take provocative nuclear steps, so we hope that they come to Vienna to negotiate quickly and in good faith,” the spokesperson added.

Price has noted the US would discuss Iran with its European allies on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Rome this weekend.

White House Spokeswoman Jen Psaki has also reiterated that the US is committed to a “diplomatic path forward.”

“Our framing continues to be compliance for compliance,” Psaki said, adding, “And we’ll leave it up to the Europeans and our negotiators to determine what the next step would be.”

ON Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said he and coordinator of the nuclear deal’s joint commission Enrique Mora have agreed to the resumption of the Vienna talks before the end of November.

Bagheir made the announcement in a tweet following his talks with Mora in Brussels.

He stated he held serious and constructive negotiations with Mora over the vital components of the nuclear talks.

Bagheri added that the two sides agreed to resume negotiations before the end of November, noting the exact date of the talks will be announced next week.

The Vienna talks stalled before a new administration took office in Iran several months ago. The current Iranian government has repeatedly stressed it’s ready for talks but insists any dialogue must bear tangible results that would serve the interests of the Iranian people.

The Iran nuclear deal plunged into disarray after former US president Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in 2018.

Following his withdrawal, Trump reinstated harsh sanctions on Iran. In response, the Islamic Republic rolled back its obligations under the deal.

The US under President Joe Biden has announced multiple times it intends to return to the JCPOA.

It has called on Iran to return to full compliance with the deal. But Iran says the US must first show good-will by removing the anti-Tehran sanctions. Iran has also criticized the European troika for their inaction to resist the US’s unilateral sanctions on Iran.

Israel OKs construction of thousands of settler units in West Bank

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Israel has advanced plans for building more than 3,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a military spokesman said, a day after the US forcefully criticised such construction.

Israel Civil Administration’s high planning committee gave the final green light to 1,800 West Bank settler homes and initial approval for another 1,344.

The locations of the homes — some proposed, others already built — that were approved on Wednesday were spread across the occupied West Bank, from the suburbs of Jerusalem to new neighbourhoods of settlements deep inside the territory.

“The behaviour of the Israeli government under Naftali Bennett is no less extreme than what it had been under Benjamin Netanyahu,” Bassam al Salhe, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, stated.

“The US administration has words, and no deeds, to change the policy that had been put in place by Trump,” Salhe added.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Israeli settlement plans in a phone call with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz after Israel advanced plans for the settlement expansion, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.

Blinken also voiced concerns over the settlement plan.

The approvals come after the United States criticised Israel on Tuesday for its policy of building settlements, with Washington saying it “strongly” opposed new construction on the occupied West Bank.

Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and the occupied East Jerusalem has been a policy of every Israeli government since 1967, when it occupied these areas in the Six-Day War. It later annexed East Jerusalem.

Israel’s Housing Ministry had separately on Sunday published tenders to build 1,355 new homes in the occupied West Bank.

About 650,000 settlers live in 164 settlements and 116 outposts across the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, which are considered illegal under international law.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six-Day War of 1967 and exercises full administrative control across much of the territory, where more than two million Palestinians live.

Israeli colonisation of the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem has continued under every Israeli government since 1967.

Iran Calls on UNSC to Make Israel End Occupation of Syria’s Golan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“The UN Security Council should discharge its responsibility and make Israel end its occupation of Golan Heights and immediately stop its aggression against Syria,” said Majid Takht-Ravanchi at a UN Security Council meeting on Syria developments.

“The Israeli regime’s aggression and destabilizing moves amount to flagrant violation of international law and threatens regional and international peace and security,” he said.

“The assassination of Syrian citizen Madhat Saleh on October 16, 2021 inside Syria by Israeli snipers from Golan Heights was among Israel’s latest adventuristic moves,” the top diplomat added.

“We condemn this criminal act as well as all cases of violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by the Israeli regime, and stress Syria’s intrinsic right to defend itself at the right time and in the right place of its own choosing,” he added.

“We also condemn the terrorist attack in Damascus on October 20 which took the lives of 14 people and wounded several others. Such acts of terror once again show that fight against all terrorist groups should continue relentlessly,” Takht-Ravanchi said.

He further underlined the need to redouble efforts to allay the sufferings of Syrian people by sending in humanitarian aid and supporting the country’s reconstruction.

He further appreciated attempts by UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Otto Pedersen with regards to the holding of the sixth meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.

Russia: Seventh round of nuclear talks to resume next month

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IFP Media Wire
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In a tweet on Wednesday, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s ambassador at the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, wrote, “BREAKING NEWS! The #ViennaTalks on restoration of the #JCPOA will resume by end of November.”

Earlier, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani had said he and coordinator of the nuclear deal’s joint commission Enrique Mora have agreed to the resumption of the Vienna talks before the end of November.

Bagheir made the announcement in a tweet following his talks with Mora in Brussels on Wednesday.

He stated he held serious and constructive negotiations with Mora over the vital components of the nuclear talks.

Bagheri added that the two sides agreed to resume negotiations before the end of November, saying the exact date of the talks will be announced next week.

The Vienna talks stalled before a new administration took office in Iran several months ago. The current Iranian government has repeatedly stressed it’s ready for talks but insists any dialogue must bear tangible results that would serve the interests of the Iranian people.

The Iran nuclear deal plunged into disarray after former US president Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in 2018.

Following his withdrawal, Trump reinstated harsh sanctions on Iran. In response, the Islamic Republic rolled back its obligations under the deal.

The US under President Joe Biden has said multiple times it intends to return to the JCPOA.

It has called on Iran to return to full compliance with the deal. But Iran says the US must first show good-will by removing the anti-Tehran sanctions. Iran has also criticized the European troika for their inaction to resist the US’s unilateral sanctions on Iran.

‘Terrorists increasing activities near Tajikistan-Afghanistan border’

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IFP Media Wire
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“At the same time, there are increased activities of terrorist groups in the northern Afghan provinces, especially in those areas that border on our country,” the Tajik foreign minister noted.

“Involving citizens from the region’s countries in terrorist groups from Afghanistan urges us to take joint efforts in order to eliminate possible threats and dangers,” Muhriddin went on to say.

The top diplomat emphasized that Tajikistan was not going to recognize the interim government in Kabul, which “seized power by force regardless of the opinion of the country’s people, including other ethnic groups.”

“Tajiks should be included in the new Cabinet since they make up 46% of [Afghanistan’s] total population,” the foreign minister insisted.

Muhriddin also expressed concern over the indifference of the global community to the Afghan issue, noting that it could result in “a new long-lasting civil war.”

“Tajikistan calls on the global community to make every effort to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan, to stabilize the challenging political situation in the country through negotiations,” the top diplomat added. 

The first meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries took place online on September 8. During the current talks in Tehran, the parties plan to focus their efforts on helping to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan, which will include all ethnic groups. Apart from Iran and Russia, some representatives of China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are taking part in the event.

Iran Slams Leaks of Nuclear Info by IAEA

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IFP Editorial Staff
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AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the IAEA should only publish a report on a member country’s nuclear program when there is a major change in its activities. Kamalvandi, however, said the Agency keeps reporting fine details on all aspects of Iran’s nuclear activities, which is “ill-boding”.

“We have sent our objections against this time and again … last time, in January 2021, we sent a full briefing notice on the issue asking why the Agency keeps publishing all the technical details on Iran’s activities,” he said.

“The information is mainly valuable in commercial terms, and should not be shared with others … unfortunately the IAEA has failed to do this and has shared valuable information, which was at its disposal, with others, in full details.”

He noted that the move by the Agency is a violation of its own regulations on “the necessity of keeping countries’ information confidential”.

Kamalvandi added that the repetition of the leaks from the Agency shows this is a trend, backed by certain countries of influence, as part of their “psychological warfare” against Iran.

Kamalvandi added that Iran will officially protest the leaks of its information from the Agency.

“If the trend continues, we will be forced to review our interaction with the Agency,” he also warned.

Tehran mayor revokes son-in-law’s appointment order

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a statement, Zakani said making urban management smart had a highly important place in the plan he presented to the Islamic City Council of Tehran.

He added that accessing sensitive data required entrusting the responsibility to an expert with whom he would be on the same page regarding everything.

Zakani said in order to observe transparency, he issued an official order to appoint Heydari to the position but this caused grievances among people.

Zakani also said, “I want to work for the people and want the city to be run by the people, and with due respect to the opinion of these guardians of the Islamic Revolution, I hereby revoke the order issued to Mr. Heydari”.

A video ricocheted around social media fast on Wednesday showing a picture of the order issued by the mayor of Tehran. The video also showed Zakani’s televised remarks during his presidential campaign earlier this year in which he promised to fight nepotism and push for meritocracy if elected as president.

Daesh kills Iraqi police forces, 13 tribal Shias

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IFP Editorial Staff
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They were killed in Daesh attacks against 3 police checkpoints in Salaheddin. Media reports said the police called in airstrikes following the Daesh attack.

Also on Tuesday, Daesh terrorists carried out an attack on a village in Iraq’s Diyala province, killing 13 Shia Muslim people from a single tribe.

Four of the victims were reportedly beheaded by the terrorists. Seven others were wounded.

The two attacks come as informed sources and media outlets affiliated with the axis of resistance warned several months ago about Daesh’s movements in Iraq’s Diyala and Salaheddin provinces.

They said the Daesh terrorists were being mobilized in the region on board US choppers with the aim of posing a threat to Iran’s western borders.

Uzbekistan seeks using Chabahar capacities

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IFP Media Wire
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Abdulaziz Kamilov raised the issue in a Wednesday meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Tehran.

Kamilov also called for a three-way meeting between Iran, Uzbekistan and India to strengthen trilateral transit cooperation.

The two foreign ministers held talks in Tehran over the latest developments in Afghanistan, economic cooperation between Tehran and Tashkent in transit and energy sectors and also Iran’s interactions with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Kamilov highlighted the significance of establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan and underlined the need for talks between Iran and Uzbekistan over the matter.

Kamilov added that his country is ready to expand cooperation with Iran in various fields such as energy. He also called for speeding up a meeting of the Iran-Uzbekistan joint economic cooperation commission.

Strengthening Iran’s interactions with the SCO and holding its 2022 summit meeting in Uzbekistan, as the rotating president of the organization, were among other topics discussed by the two top diplomats.

The Iranian foreign minister also congratulated Shukat Mirziyoyev on his re-election as President of Uzbekistan, expressing hope that the process of Iran’s full membership in the SCO during Uzbekistan’s presidency will be completed.

Amir Abdollahian stressed the importance of strengthening and advancing cooperation between the two countries in various fields and increasing the volume of bilateral trade. He added that Iran is ready to expand cooperation with Uzbekistan in technical and engineering services, new technologies, energy exchanges, agriculture, fisheries and tourism.

Tehran Afghanistan forum ends, urging Taliban to ensure security

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“[We call for] continued and realistic support for resolution of disputes through talks and negotiations among relevant parties to achieve national reconciliation, a lasting political solution and formation of an inclusive government,” foreign ministers of neighboring countries, Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan plus Russia, said in a joint statement.

They expressed their support for the national sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of Afghanistan and rejected any foreign interference in its affairs.

The ministers called on the Taliban to ensure “the territory of Afghanistan would create no threat for the neighboring countries”. They also underlined the significance of the Taliban protecting the legitimate rights of foreign nationals and institutions as well as all ethnic and religious groups and women in Afghanistan.

“[We] strongly condemn terrorist attacks in any form and manner against ethnic and religious groups, especially the recent terrorist attacks against mosques,” the ministers stressed in their statement.

The participants also voiced deep concern about the political and economic situation in Afghanistan and called for international humanitarian assistance to the country, especially by the US and other western countries, as “those bearing the main responsible” for the current situation in the country.

It was an echo of the comments by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in his video message to the meeting. He said Afghanistan is facing a “mounting humanitarian crisis” that needs urgent action.

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