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Iran marks Fight Against Arrogance Day

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran’s Acting Education Minister Alireza Kazemi attended a school in downtown Tehran to mark the occasion. 

The ceremony was aired live on Shad Channel, an educational online channel for Iranian students and teachers. 

Tomorrow, November 4, marks the Day of Student in Iran, and since the occasion falls on Thursday this year, authorities decided to hold the ceremony on Wednesday.  The occasion is observed each year and a rally is held outside the former US embassy in Tehran which is notoriously called the Den of Espionage in Iran. 

The Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps General Hossein Salami will address crowds participating in the rally. This year’s slogan for the Day of Fight Against Arrogance is “The Resistance and Perseverance of the Iranian People: Key to the Decline of the US’s Arrogance”.

Daesh claims responsibility for deadly attack on Kabul hospital

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IFP Media Wire
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At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded when Daesh gunmen attacked the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital after two heavy explosions at the site in central Kabul, officials said.

The explosions hit the entrance of the hospital and were followed by an assault by a group of Daesh gunmen, all of whom were killed within 15 minutes, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid stated.

He added Taliban special forces dropped by helicopter had prevented the attackers from entering the hospital itself, with all of them killed at the entrance or in the courtyard.

The attack is the latest among the growing attacks and killings since the Taliban retook power in the country in August, after the US and its allies pulled out their last troops from the country in a rushed way following after decades of war in Afghanistan.

In August, a bombing by Daesh gunmen at Kabul International Airport killed more than 150 civilians and 13 American soldiers. 

The Sardar Daud Khan hospital has been targeted before. Daesh gunmen mounted an attack on the hospital in 2017, killing more than 30 people.

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), along with Pakistan and some other countries, condemned the attack.

“Attacks targeting medical personnel and civilians seeking treatment are violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. Those responsible need to be held to account,” UNAMA announced in a tweet.

The Iran’s Foreign Ministry later also condemned the attack. Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said Tehran deplored any act of terror against ordinary people and offered sympathy to the families of the victims.

Syria: Israel targets Damascus neighborhood

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IFP Media Wire
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Syrian state TV reported early on Wednesday that Israel had launched an aerial attack with a number of missiles targeting an area in the Damascus’ countryside.

Citing an unknown military source, the Syrian state TV added that the attack resulted in “some material damage.”

Syria’s official news agency SANA also reported the development and said the Israeli aggression took place in the town of Zakia, in the western Damascus countryside, in the early hours of the day.

“At approximately 12:56 a.m. today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with a number of missiles from the direction of northern occupied Palestine, targeting a point in Damascus countryside in the Zakia area, which led to some material losses,” SANA quoted a military source as stating.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties and the state-run news agency gave no details on the sites targeted.

SANA reported Syrian air defenses responded to the missiles that had been launched from over northern Israel. The strike comes less than a week after Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles over the same area.

Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those for Hezbollah, which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against the foreign-backed terrorists.

The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on Syrian territories, which many view as knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s increasing success in confronting terrorism.

Israel has been a main supporter of terrorist groups that have opposed the government of President Bashar al-Assad since foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria ten years ago.

Senior Taliban commander killed in Daesh attack

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IFP Media Wire
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The Taliban spent 20 years waging an insurgency against the ousted US-backed government before seizing control of Kabul in August.

Now they face the struggle of bringing stability to Afghanistan, which has been hit in recent weeks by a series of bloody assaults claimed by rivals, Daesh.

Several people were killed and wounded in Tuesday’s attack on Kabul’s main military hospital, according to a health ministry official.

Hamdullah Mokhlis, a member of the hardline Haqqani network and an officer in the Badri Corps special forces, is the most senior figure to have been killed since the Taliban seized Kabul.

“When he got the information that Sardar Daud Khan Hospital was under attack, Maulvi Hamdullah (Mokhlis), the commander of the Kabul corps, immediately rushed to the scene,” the Taliban media official said.

“We tried to stop him but he laughed. Later we found out that he was martyred in the face-to-face fight at the hospital,” he added.

The attack began with a suicide bomber detonating his explosives near the facility’s entrance before gunmen broke into the hospital grounds.

As part of the response, Kabul’s new rulers deployed their special forces to the roof of the building in a helicopter captured from Afghanistan’s former US-backed government.

In a statement released on its Telegram channels, Daesh announced that “five Islamic State group fighters carried out simultaneous coordinated attacks” on the site.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has stated the attack was put down within 15 minutes thanks to the rapid intervention.

Daesh has claimed four mass casualty attacks since the Taliban takeover on August 15, including suicide bomb blasts targeting Shiite Muslim mosques.

Spokesman for the Taliban’s Political Office in Qatar, Ahmad Yasir, has also reported all Daesh militants that took part in the attack resulting in two blasts near Kabul’s hospital have been eliminated.

“The shootout in Kabul ended with the elimination of the militants,” he stated on Tuesday.

Iran’s first electric car hits streets

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Now Yuz, as Iran’s first electric car is named, has hit the streets. 

The homegrown car is equipped with an electric motor in the rear axle that is capable of producing 20 horsepower or 15kw. With each charge for about 3 and a half hours, which takes 30 minutes, it consumes as much electricity as an iron. 

This car can travel 100km with each charge. However, on urban trips in a city like Tehran, it can travel 60 km per day. That’s a two-seater four-wheeled engine and weighs 480kg and can withstand a weight of up to 250 kg. 

Yuz is 2.32 meters long, which is equal to the width of ordinary cars. It’s 1.19 meter wide and 1.46 meter high. Its small size allows the driver to park it in the least possible space. 

It has other advantages. The most obvious advantage is that Yuz, like other electric cars, results in a significant reduction in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Its small size and easy driving are other advantages of Yuz. 

The CEO of its manufacturer, the science-based company “Parax Motors”, says the French model of this engine will be sold without batteries for 7,000 to 8,500 Euros, depending on its options. But efforts, he added, are being made to sell Yuz at a lower price in Iran.

Authorities seize ancient relics in central Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The head of Mayami’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts said the relics date back to the Islamic period. Mohamamd Sadegh Razavian said the items include column base, jar, vase and pottery. 

He added that the car had been left near a village outside Mayami.  

Razavian thanked people for their tipoff, saying as per Articles 558 to 569 of the Islamic Penal Code, approved in 1996, any theft, smuggling of antiques and changing the application of historical and cultural monuments are considered as a crime and are punishable by imprisonment for at least one month to ten years or cash fine. 

He added that according to Article 

Iran’s athlete wins gold at U23 Wrestling World Championships

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IFP Editorial Staff
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He secured the only gold among Iran’s five medals on the first day of the finals in Belgrade, Serbia.

 

Mirzazadeh who contracted the coronavirus last month missed the World Championships in Oslo.

 

Also on Tuesday, Iranian wrestelers Pouya Dadmarz and Amin Kaviyaninejad took two silver medals at the 55kg and 72kg categories.

 

Alireza Nejati and Naser Alizadeh won bronze medals in the 63kg and 87kg.

 

Covid cases soaring in some Iranian cities

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Red is the highest level of risk from Covid. 

Mask also says 112 cities are orange, 221 yellow, and 86 blue, which are respectively the signs of decreasing risk, with blue showing a return to normal. Iranian authorities have repeatedly warned citizens against relaxing health protocols as the situation is fragile with regard to the Covid pandemic. 

They also say laxity in the health protocols such as attending roofed public places including restaurants, halls and public vehicles, and lack of proper air conditioning in classrooms could shoot up the number of Covid cases and red cities. 

On Tuesday, Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said authorities must be vigilant against a sixth wave of the pandemic. 

Vahidi added Covid-related restrictions will remain in place until things return to normal.  

The disease has killed over 126 thousand people in Iran since the onset of the pandemic.

Iran envoy holds discussions with acting Afghan information minister

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IFP Editorial Staff
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During the meeting in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, the two sides discussed ways to bolster cultural and media ties between Iran and Afghanistan.

Aminian and Khairkhwaha also discussed ways to develop tourism and cooperation to preserve museums, monuments and libraries in Afghanistan.

The Iranian government has stressed that it prioritizes cooperation with neighboring countries including Afghanistan in different fields.

 

China Iran oil purchase “skyrockets”

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IFP Media Wire
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China imported nearly 800,000 barrels of Iranian crude per day on average during the last three months, almost double the amount it was buying from Iran during the same period last year when the Donald Trump administration was pressuring Tehran with a crippling sanctions campaign. The increase comes amid an effort by China and Iran to boost diplomatic ties and force the Biden administration into removing sanctions on Tehran.

Iran has also been building out a large “ghost armada” of ships that transfer oil to China, Syria, and Russia, among others, and evade sanctions by turning off their onboard transponders, essentially making these ships invisible. The number of these ships known to be in operation has increased in recent months, according to research conducted by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), an advocacy group that tracks Iran’s monthly oil exports and shipping industry.

China’s importation of Iranian oil has drastically increased since January 2021, according to experts tracking the numbers, and has coincided with the Biden administration’s efforts to revive nuclear negotiations with Tehran. The United States has promised to waive sanctions on Iran that were imposed by the Trump administration, including those on its oil trade, if Iran agrees to return to the deal.

Experts say the Biden administration is already tacitly allowing these sales to increase by not enforcing sanctions still in place—giving the Iranian government a critical financial lifeline as its economy teeters on the brink of collapse.

The increase in oil exports to China “has to do with a lack of enforcement on sanctions,” UANI chief of staff Claire Jungman told the Washington Free Beacon.

“I do believe there is just a lack of enforcement and a lack of interest from the Biden administration to enforce these sanctions,” Jungman added.

A State Department official, speaking only on background, told the Free Beacon that China remains “an important trading partner for Iran” and that the United States is working alongside Beijing as part of efforts to return to the nuclear deal, also known as the JCPOA.

“The United States continues to engage with all JCPOA participants, including China. This is part of our diplomatic effort to return to full, mutual compliance with the JCPOA,” the official stated, noting, “That is our objective, the objective of China and the other remaining participants, and it is Iran’s stated policy.”

China, the official added, “is an important trading partner for Iran, so of course our discussions with China on how best to get back into the JCPOA include discussions of sanctions enforcement.”

Iranian and Chinese diplomats on Monday held a phone conversation in which they discussed efforts to relieve US sanctions on Iran.

“Iran and China, as trustworthy partners, share a common stance on the illegality of US unilateral sanctions and the importance of the rule of law in international relations,” Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, was quoted as saying in the country’s state-controlled press.

China imported 868,475 barrels per day of Iranian crude oil in August, 739,215 barrels per day in September, and 586,933 barrels per day in October—though that number is expected to increase by at least 100,000 as more data become available.

During the same period in 2020, when the Trump administration was running its “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, China and other nations were only able to import a fraction of those numbers.

Iran exported 286,161 barrels per day to China in August 2020, 640,327 barrels per day in September 2020, and 420,491 barrels per day in October 2020.

The other leading importers of Iranian crude oil include Russia, Venezuela, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.

Jungman also noted that Iran’s “ghost armada” is increasing, adding, “Our research shows that

he increase in the number of vessels in the ghost armada coincides with the change in administration.”

In November 2020, at the height of the Trump administration’s sanctions campaign, UANI found 70 foreign vessels that it suspected of engaging in oil transfers for Iran. Just about a year later, the number has grown to 149.

 

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