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Pakistan reaches ceasefire agreement with local Taliban

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IFP Media Wire
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Government spokesman Fawad Chaudhry stated the Taliban government in Afghanistan helped facilitate the ceasefire between the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the banned outfit.

“The government of Pakistan and banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban) have agreed on a complete ceasefire,” Chaudhry noted in a statement on Monday.

According to state broadcaster Pakistan Television (PTV), the minister added the focus of the talks was on “state sovereignty, national security, peace, social and economic stability in the areas concerned”.

In a statement, Pakistan Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Khurasani confirmed the ceasefire beginning November 9 would remain in place until December 9, during which both sides will form a committee to continue talks. He noted both sides will adhere to the ceasefire.

The peace talks between the government and the TTP began last month. Chaudry underscored the truce could be extended if talks continue to make progress.

The Pakistan Taliban is a separate organisation from Afghanistan’s Taliban, which seized power in August.

Authorities had earlier underlined that peace talks were taking place with TTP leaders in Afghanistan, where they have been hiding for the past several years. The Pakistan Taliban was formed by armed rebels in 2007 and since then, thousands of people have been killed in dozens of attacks claimed by the group in the past 14 years.

About a million people were displaced when Pakistan launched operations in the northwest in 2013 to clear out TTP fighters. They returned to their homes after 2017 after Pakistan claimed victory against the armed group.

Pakistan military offensives have driven the Pakistan Taliban from its stronghold in the tribal districts but it is estimated to control some 4,000-5,000 fighters, many based across the border in Afghanistan.

Both Pakistan and the former western-backed government in Kabul regularly accuse each other of providing shelter to Taliban groups and allowing them to conduct cross-border attacks.

Russia resumes flights with several countries, including Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Russia has stopped its regular flights to various countries since March 2020 when COVID-19 outbreak started.

Russia has resumed its flights to Iran, the Bahamas, Norway, Slovenia, Tunisia, Sweden, and Thailand.

Accordingly, three flights will be made between Tehran and Moscow every week and one flight between Sochi and Tehran.

Earlier, Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali hoped for opening Russian borders to Iranian businessmen, students, and people.

Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts for touristic affairs Ali Asghar Shalbafan had announced that the first group of Russian visitors will enter Iran following declaration of new regulations for trips by foreign tourists amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Iran: Pakistani measures helped curb drug trafficking via borders

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the comment during a visit to the provincial capital of Zahedan, where security forces have seized a large narcotics haul.

He said Iran’s intelligence and operational work at the border area and “appropriate measures” taken by Pakistan to set up border barriers and increase border patrols have helped reduce drug trafficking into Sistan and Balouchestan province.

“All these measures by the neighboring country [of Pakistan] have been in full coordination with the Iranian border guards and have ultimately led to enhanced security and turned this border to a hub of peace, friendship and lasting security and these ties will continue,” he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief of the Iranian Law Enforcement Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaei said during Bagheri’s visit that over 170 tons of industrial and other narcotics were seized and 130 drug lords were arrested in Sistan and Balouchestan over the past seven months. 

He said 4.6 tons of the drugs were seized over the past 72 hours.

Iranian air defense units intercept us drones during war game

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The United States’ MQ-9 and RQ4 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were already being fully monitored by Iran’s integrated air defense network when they were kilometers away.

They intended to gather intelligence by getting close to the area where the war game was being conducted.

However, the drones were intercepted and received serious warning when they flew into the IDIZ.

Afterwards, UAVs changed course and flew away from the Iranian borders.

The large-scale maneuvers codenamed Zolfaghar 1400 drew to a close on November 9 with a parade by vessels and submarines.

The parading units included different types of destroyers, frigates, warships and submarines accompanied by warplanes, reconnaissance aircraft and drones. 

Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi, the spokesman for the drills, said the military exercises featured a whole range of operations carried out in a vast area of over 1 million square kilometers. 

He said the maneuvers were aimed at boosting the Army’s combat capability to defend the country’s territorial integrity and reinforcing their presence in remote international waters and strategic areas. 

The joint drills involved forces from the four divisions of the Iranian Army, namely the Ground Force, the Naval Force, the Air Force and the Air Defense Force. 

Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Abdorrahim Mousavi also said among the key achievements of the military exercises was a qualitative and quantitative improvement in the use of drones and smart shells.

He added the evaluation of the performance of the systems along with tactics and methods used indicate the exercises were successful.

Two Syrian soldiers wounded in Israeli strikes

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IFP Media Wire
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Syria’s official news agency SANA reported on Monday that the air defenses had intercepted “hostile targets” over the countryside around the city of Homs after confirming that explosions were heard in Homs and the coastal city of Tartus. The port of Tartus is home to a Russian naval base.

Later on, the Syrian military confirmed the attack, saying in a statement that the airstrike was conducted by Israeli aircraft from north of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

The Syrian military announced most of incoming Israeli missiles were shot down, adding that two Syrian soldiers were injured and there was some material damage.

Moreover, the Lebanese media reported Israeli aircraft had been spotted over Lebanon shortly before the strikes were reported and that Syrian air defense system was activated to repel the aerial attacks.

The latest airstrike comes less than a week after Israel launched a similar attack with a number of missiles targeting a site in the town of Zakia on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Citing an unknown military source, the Syrian state TV reported early on Wednesday that the attack resulted in “material damage”. The same area had been targeted by Israeli missiles in a rare daytime aggression in less than a week earlier.

Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, particularly those held by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, which has been a significant helping hand to the Syrian army in its fight against 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 over the past ten years.

Iran, Iraq’s Kurdistan discuss closer trade ties

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The announcement came in a meeting in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah between Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari and Head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Bafel Talabani along with several members of the union’s leadership council.

In the meeting where Iranian Consul General in Sulaymaniyah Mehdi Shooshtari was also present, the two sides discussed the enhancement of bilateral ties, especially economic and trade cooperation between Iran and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.

High on the agenda of the talks were ways of removing the existing problems and obstacles to the promotion of mutual relations, support for Iranian companies’ participation in the implementation of strategic projects and launching joint ventures in the Kurdistan Region as well as in the Sulaymaniyah area.

Shooshtari also sat down with governors and a number of trade authorities of Sulaymaniyah and Halabja on Sunday.

In the meeting, the Iraqi side enumerated some of the problems and hurdles to mutual relations and called for further promotion of economic and trade ties with Iran.

The Iranian official, in turn, touched upon the numerous potentialities for, and areas of cooperation between the two sides.

He said a rise in mutual trade relations is not unlikely.

He also referred to the great potential of Iranian firms as well as the high quality of their products, saying Iranian companies are prepared to make joint investments in Kurdistan.

Armenia condemns “violation of ceasefire” at borders with Azerbaijan Republic

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The ministry said the Azerbaijan Republic’s forces opened fire on civilians doing construction work near the Stepanakert-Shushi road, which is under the control of Russian peacekeepers. 

The ministry said the incident took place on November 8 and left one civilian dead and three others injured.

“We strongly condemn the gross violation of the ceasefire regime by the Azerbaijani armed forces, which was established by the Statement of November 9, 2020. It is noteworthy that the incident took place on the eve of the first anniversary of the signing of the Trilateral Statement and on the day of the visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to Shushi, wherein another statement full of Armenophobic rhetoric and threats of use of force was delivered,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry stressed that the attack was the second by the Azerbaijan Republic’s armed forces within a month that caused human casualties. 

Armenia has repeatedly accused the Azerbaijan Republic of violating the ceasefire, brokered by Russia, at border areas, which Baku denies.

Baku had earlier issued a statement to mark the anniversary of the “victory in Karabakh conflict”. In the statement, it called for normalization of ties with Yerevan and implementation of the trilateral ceasefire.

Ayatollah Sistani bans purchasing from firms supporting Israel

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran's President Lauds Ayatollah Sistani’s Vital Role after Controversy

The top Shia authority, who lives in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf, said if it’s proven that a company effectively supports Israel, it’s not permissible to do business with them. 

Israel is widely seen by the vast majority of people in Muslim countries as a pariah, an occupying regime and an outlier in the Middle East. Despite that, governments of some Muslim countries, especially in the Arab world, have diplomatic relations with Israel. Others have secret dealings with the regime.

Iranian, German FMs discuss JCPOA

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The German Foreign Ministry announced on its Twitter account that the call was made by the German foreign minister and that the issue of resumption of the Vienna talks at the end of November was at the center of the talks between the two sides.

The twitter message did not refer to the European countries’ failure to fulfill their obligations and stopped short of mentioning which parties should take action to implement this agreement and lift the oppressive sanctions.

It stated that Germany’s goal is for the negotiations to be concluded quickly so that the JCPOA can be fully implemented again soon.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action emerged on 14 July 2015 after 13 years of intense negotiations.

A week later, it was endorsed by UN Security Council resolution 2231.

But after former U.S. president Donald Trump entered the White House in January 2017 and after a few preliminary steps, he unilaterally and illegally withdrew the United States from this agreement on 8 May 2018. U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran were reinstated in two stages.

The unbalanced implementation of the JCPOA on the one hand and the pressures resulting from the application and intensification of U.S. unilateral sanctions on the other hand led the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran to decide to suspend Iran’s nuclear commitments step by step, giving 60 days to diplomacy.

Iran has repeatedly stated that if the other remaining JCPOA parties begin to implement their obligations in accordance with the agreement, steps to reduce Iran’s JCPOA commitments will be reversed.

“Iran will not spare any effort to promote national interests”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ali Bagheri made the comment in a tweet on Monday. Bagheri added that he’s going to meet with several of his European counterparts as part of efforts to discuss a range of issues.

The Iranian deputy foreign minister also said the upcoming Vienna talks as well as bilateral and regional issues are on the agenda of talks.

Spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry announced on Monday Bagheri will visit the capitals of a few European countries, including Britain and France, to talk about issues of mutual interest as well as Iran’s nuclear issue.

Bagheri has held several rounds of talks with western officials as the date on which the Vienna talks are to take place draws closer.

Iran says the sole goal of the talks is to get the US’s unilateral sanctions lifted and that the negotiations must produce tangible results to that end.

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