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Iran rejects Reuters narration of nuclear talks

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Bagheri, who held a five-hour meeting with Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, called these talks serious and constructive.

“The lifting of oppressive sanctions against the Iranian people will be the main agenda of the talks,” he added.

He called the Reuters news about the resumption of talks with the P5+1 incorrect, stating Iran will continue talks with the P4+1, and the groundwork has not yet been laid for the Americans to be able to return to the JCPOA.

In response to US officials’ remarks that Iran should seek answers to its questions from the United States, not Europe, Bagheri said that the European Union is the coordinator of the JCPOA Joint Commission.

“We had such talks in previous periods [with EU], and now in the continuation of the same talks, he [Enrique Mora] plays the role of coordinator of the P4+1 and Iran, and these talks have been formed on that basis,” he continued, adding, “Our talks with the P4 + 1 will actually take place in November.”

Earlier, in a tweet on Wednesday, Bagheri wrote, “I had a serious and constructive talk with Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora in Brussels about the essential elements of successful negotiations.”

“We have agreed to restart nuclear talks in Vienna by the end of November,” he said, adding that the exact date will be announced next week.

Iran and the remaining signatories to the JCPOA known as the P4+1 have held six rounds of talks so far with no results. The Western powers made excessive demands during the talks and the talks were postponed at the end of the previous Iranian administration under Rouhani until the formation of the new government in Iran under President Ebrahim Raeisi.

The new Iranian administration has vowed that it will return to the Vienna talks if they are result-oriented and can yield tangible results for Iran in terms of the removal of the sanctions and abidance of the parties by the JCPOA provisions.

Iranian army unveils Friendship 5-3031 aircraft

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“Unfortunately, the aircraft was not in a good condition at the beginning, but through efforts and work, its condition improved and reached a good point,” he added.

General Qorbani then touched upon the capabilities of the Iranian military.

“Our Armed Forces are strong and the unrivalled power in the region,” he said.

The top commander underlined that Iran’s Armed Forces are standing on their own feet today.

“Our army is a revolutionary one and always stands by the people,” he said.

“We, the Armed Forces, become united against the enemy and at the same time stand by our dear people,” said the commander.

Russia warns of tension rise in Syria

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“Despite the general stabilization of the military political situation in Syria, risks of the escalation of tensions are still high, especially on the territories that are not controlled by the government – in Idlib, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, and in al-Tanf,” Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

Russia, in his words, is concerned over “the reports about ongoing illegal airstrikes by the Israeli air forces at Syria’s territory.”

“Internecine skirmishes go on” in the country’s northeastern areas, where Islamic State militants are operating, he continued.

“In this context, we would like to stress once again the importance of promoting the intra-Syrian dialogue geared to restore Syria’s unity, territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence,” Polyansky added.

Turkey deploys troops in Syria for attack on Kurds

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The main goal of the planned offensive is to ensure that two-thirds of Turkey’s 560-mile border with Syria is free from the presence of Kurdish forces, the officials told the news agency, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The move by Ankara could also help the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan build up domestic support and put pressure on the US and Russia to pacify Kurdish forces, officials added.

Officials also noted that Ankara intends to seize areas in the south of the city of Kobani in order to unite the territories under its control to the west and east of the Euphrates River. Another potential target of the Turkish authorities could be the Menagh airfield, over which the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and the Syrian Kurdish Self-Defense Forces, banned in Turkey, have established power.

On 13 October, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlud Cavusoglu claimed that Russia and the United States have failed to fulfill their obligations and did not clear Syria’s north from Kurdish militant units.

Later, on October 21, the Turkish President threatened that the country’s armed forces will use heavy weapons to solve the problem and “not leave the situation as it is.”

In 2016-2019, the Turkish army conducted three operations in northern Syria – “Euphrates Shield” against militants of the IS terrorist group, “Olive Branch” and “Peace Spring” against Kurdish formations.

Iran judiciary body condemns latest report by UN Human Rights Rapporteur

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“The High Council for Human Rights rejects and strongly condemns the report by Javid Rehman on the human rights situation in Iran for failing to take into account facts on the ground and being based on an unprofessional, unfair and politicized approach. Today, exploitation of human rights as a tool by western countries and the US is clear to the people of the world and people of the world consider such political behavior the real violation of human rights,” the council said. 

The council added that western countries, which funded the former Iraqi regime’s war on the Iranian people and armed it with chemical and other weapons, killing and injuring numerous Iranians, cannot lay any claim to be champions of human rights. 

The council said this is specially the case for Canada amid the revelations about murders of innocent indigenous children, who were buried in mass graves. 

The council also touched on the “illegal and inhuman” sanctions by the US, which “have jeopardized the health of children, women and men, who are in need of medicine and medical care”. It said the rapporteur’s failure to address such “blatant violations of human rights” by the US is a source of deep regret. 

It added that Rehman’s latest report is based on speculation and information fabricated by terrorist anti-Iranian groups, and shows the “lack of goodwill” and “insincerity” of the rapporteur   

“Unfortunately, he [the rapporteur] engages in leveling false accusations and presenting false information so his latest report is legally null and void,” the council stressed.

Four nations summon Lebanon envoys over Yemen war criticism

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Kordahi said during an interview aired on Monday that the Iran-backed Houthi rebels are “defending themselves … against an external aggression”, adding that “homes, villages, funerals and weddings were being bombed” by the coalition.

He also called the seven-year war in Yemen “futile” and stated it was “time for it to end”.

Tens of thousands of people – most of them civilians – have died and millions have been displaced, in what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that it handed the ambassador a memorandum protesting against Kordahi’s “offensive” remarks.

It also expressed its regret about the “insulting” statements, saying they were “clearly biased towards the terrorist Houthi militia that threatens the security and stability of the region”.

Shortly after, the United Arab Emirates – a member of the coalition – condemned Kordahi’s statements and said it had also called in the Lebanese ambassador.

Kordahi’s “disgraceful and biased” comments “offended the member countries of the coalition,” it said in a statement carried by the official WAM news agency.

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s secretary general earlier noted Kordahi’s comments reflected little understanding and was a superficial reading of events.

GCC member Kuwait also summoned Lebanon’s charge d’affaires in protest.

On Tuesday, the Lebanese government announced that Kordahi’s statements were “rejected and did not reflect the position of the government”, adding that the interview in question took place before Kordahi was appointed to the cabinet in September.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has been hoping to improve ties with Gulf Arab states which have been strained for years, because of the influence wielded in Beirut by the Iran-backed Shia group Hezbollah.

Lebanon, he added, was eager for the best relations with Arab states.

Kordahi, a well-known television presenter, told local reporters on Wednesday that the interview in question took place on August 5, before he became a minister and was his “personal opinion”.

“I did not wrong anyone. I did not attack anyone. Why should I apologise?” he noted, adding, “I stated my position with love as a human who feels Arab suffering.”

He said he was committed to government policy and would not resign.

“I am against Arab-Arab wars … accusing me of hostility to Saudi Arabia is rejected,” he continued.

When asked during the show about drone attacks, which the Houthis have launched repeatedly into Saudi Arabia along with missiles, he answered, “Yes, but see also the damage that is being done to them as a nation … they are being bombed by planes.”

Beirut has adopted a policy of staying out of regional conflicts even as Hezbollah has deployed fighters to Syria. The Saudi-led coalition has claimed Hezbollah also sent fighters to Yemen.

Rights groups have strongly criticised the coalition for civilian casualties in its aerial bombardment.

The Saudi-led coalition says it does not intentionally target civilians in Yemen, where air raids have killed civilians at hospitals, schools and markets during the war.

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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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.

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