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New Tunisia government approved by president

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The development came on Monday, 11 weeks after Saied sacked the prime minister, suspended parliament and granted himself judicial powers in a July 25 power grab that opponents have termed a coup.

“The president of the Republic has issued a decree naming the head of government and its members,” the presidency said in a statement, shortly before state TV broadcast a swearing-in ceremony.

On Monday, Bouden named Samir Said, a banker, as economy and planning minister, and Taoufik Charfeddine as interior minister.

She kept Othman Jerandi as the foreign minister and Sihem Boughdiri as finance minister – both had been appointed earlier by Saied.

Fadil Aliriza, editor-in-chief of Meshkal, Tunisian news and analysis website, told Al Jazeera that many of the new members of the government are new to the political scene of Tunisia.

“We are just learning about many of these members, these are not members who’ve been part of political parties or large on the political scene before today,” he added.

“Many of them are coming from academia, about half of them are professors or lecturers at universities, about a third of them are women … some of them are technocrats, they have been working as civil servants within the ministries that they are now heading. Some are lawyers, some are judges,” he continued.

The appointment of a new government has been urgently requested by Tunisian political players and foreign donors for weeks and Saied has said he would after its appointment launch a dialogue about the future.

In her first public speech since her nomination, Bouden noted on Monday that “the fight against corruption will be the most important aim” of the new government.

She also promised to “raise living standards” of Tunisians and “restore their faith in the state”.

But Saied has significantly pared back the powers of her office and will technically head the administration himself.

In a speech following Monday’s ceremony, he reiterated that his moves were constitutional in light of “imminent peril” facing Tunisia.

Saied added he had acted to “save the Tunisian state from the clutches of those who lurk at home and abroad, and from those who see their office as booty or as a means to loot public funds”.

He also promised to “cleanse the judiciary”.

Saied, elected on an anti-system ticket in late 2019, has stated his action seeks to save Tunisia from “imminent peril” and a socioeconomic crisis aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although Saied’s measures in July enjoyed significant public support, civil society groups warned of a drift away from democracy.

At least 6,000 Tunisians rallied on Sunday against a presidential power grab.

Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings, with the resignation of the country’s longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.

China condemns ex-Australian PM visit to Taiwan

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Speaking at a routine press conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on Canberra to re-evaluate its relationship with Beijing in light of ex-PM Tony Abbott’s visit to Taipei.

“We advise individuals in Australia to abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice, respect basic facts, view China and China’s development objectively and rationally, and stop making irresponsible remarks,” Zhao stated, adding in a diplomatic term of art that the country was lodging “solemn representations” of its position on the matter.

The foreign ministry spokesman contended that Abbott had grossly interfered in Chinese internal affairs by visiting the island and accused him of using his political interests to instigate confrontation between Beijing and Canberra.

Zhao described Abbott’s comments to his Taiwanese counterparts as “ridiculous”, stating that the former PM was “completely confusing black and white while reversing right and wrong.”

Any attempt to promote the “China threat theory” as well as the slander of Chinese affairs is “very immoral, extremely irresponsible, and destined to be unpopular.”

Abbott, who visited Taiwan last week, called on nations to be ready for a conflict induced by Chinese aggression. He also suggested that any escalation over Taiwan could divide the world into two camps, “democracies versus dictators”.

The London-born ex-Australian PM who now occupies the role of Special Envoy for Indigenous Affairs said China is bringing the world closer to conflict by engaging in increasingly aggressive grey-zone activities.

Abbott stated that Australia’s polite request for an impartial inquiry into the origins of Covid-19 was the cause of the deteriorating relations between Canberra and Beijing.

“But things weren’t always this bad; and even now, need not go from bad to worse,” he noted.

‘US, Zionist Regime and neo-Ottoman current unable to damage Islamic Revolution’

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Referring to the latest anti-Iran provocations by the Azerbaijan republic, Mohammad-Kazem Anbarlouei wrote in Resalt Newspaper that the mistake of the United States, the Zionist regime, the Wahhabi terrorists and the “neo-Ottoman” current is that they think, by tampering with the borders, they can create chaos and damage the Islamic Revolution.

The full article is as follows:

Sun Tzu writes in his book Art of War, “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

The superpowers who did not tolerate the good life in Iran under the banner of the Islamic Revolution have made some mistakes over the past four decades. The mistakes not only did not harm Iran in the least but they also added to the clout and grandeur of the Islamic Revolution, established the power of the Iranian nation and expanded its sphere of influence in the region and the world. The enemy’s mistake was as focused such that they first sought “military playfulness”. They began with civil war and assassinations. Then they took it a step further and launched border attacks and occupied the Iranian territory and the aggression later escalated into war crimes. What was the outcome of the aggression and military invasion?

The enemy’s latest moves show that they do not intend to see what their mistakes were that led them to this point.

The enemy does not want to understand the fact that Iran has no territorial claims, even though 10-15 countries around it were part of Iran until 300-200 years ago. But some countries that did not exist until less than a century ago and were part of Iran are provoked by the East and the West to engage in “military playfulness”, even though they will fall apart with the slightest prodding. The enemy declines to accept why the Zionist regime, which brought the Arab armies to their knees in the 6-day war, cannot overcome the strong military will in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, though it be more powerful than 40 years ago, and it begs for ceasefire after 33 days or 22 days or 55 days of fighting.

“Proxy war” has its own rules and etiquette. If its rules are not followed, it is going to be like shooting oneself in the leg. What happened to the conspiracy of the United States and the West with the provocation of Saddam and the east of the country with Takfiri groups? In response to the “military playfulness” in the northwest of the country, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution gave the following words of advice to the warmongers and conspirators who are committing a strategic mistake, and sincerely forbade them from going downing this catastrophic path:

1-Providing security by relying on others is an illusion.

2-If someone digs a pit for his brothers, he will fall into the pit first.

3-Those who rely on others for their security will get slapped in the face.

4-The presence of foreign armies in the region brings destruction.

5-The solution to the incidents in the northwest is to prevent the intervention of foreign armies in those countries. It’s unclear why Azeri President Ilham Aliyev is engaged in saber-rattling [against Iran]. This is while his father Heydar Aliyev called for accession to Iran following the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

When Iran’s top military commander General Qassem Soleimani was martyred, only on Facebook, 80,000 young people from the Republic of Azerbaijan published messages of solidarity with the Iranian nation and wept in mourning for him. The Hosseinioun Brigade alongside Hezbollah, the Fatemoiun Division, the Zeinabioun Division, and other Iranian freemen stood up against the Daesh terror group and eradicated this evil tree which is rooted in the court of our time’s Muaviyeh and Yazid and threw them into the trash bin of history. The mistake of the United States, the Zionist regime, the Wahhabi terrorists and the “neo-Ottoman” current is that they think, by tampering with the borders, they can create chaos and damage the Islamic Revolution. The enemy is in a state of bewilderment in answer to the question of why Iran has no border claims and has based its strategy on the independence of countries and the preservation of the territorial integrity of its neighbors. The answer is clear: Iran enters from people’s hearts according to the military strategy of the Great Prophet of Islam before entering any geographical border. Our main territory and opponent is not the border of Islamic Revolution’s enemies, but the heart of our adversaries. The Islamic Revolution is a divine and human discourse. The logic of the Prophet of Islam and the Holy Quran is in line with the labyrinth of human minds. This logic does not fit into the geography of the earth and time and its capacity extends to eternity. The Islamic Revolution is a global revolution and its main audience is the Muslims of the world and then all of humanity.

This revolution proceeds with the logic of the victory of blood over the sword. I wish the United States and the Zionist regime and the three evil European countries understood the words of Martyr Qassem Soleimani well: “We are the nation of martyrdom; we are the nation of Imam Hussein; we are the man of this field. You know this war means the destruction of all your resources. You start this war, but we determine the end.” If the evil deeds of the Zionists continues on our borders, all the occupied territories, especially Tel Aviv and Haifa, will be under the fire of dour drones and precision missiles. This threat alone is enough for them to stop their military playfulness.

EU chief warns of the block decline in intl. affairs

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“First, we are witnessing a strengthened reaction to China’s rise and assertiveness, of which the AUKUS case is a good illustration. Second, we are seeing a multipolar dynamic where actors like Russia and others are seeking to increase their margin of action and sphere of influence, either regionally or globally,” Borrell said in a Sunday blog post.

He suggested that there are two ways Europe can react to the geostrategic developments: either to “bury our heads in the sand” and remain a regional actor, or find ways to become more proactive.

“Europeans are at risk of becoming more and more an object and not a player in international affairs, reacting to other people’s decisions, instead of driving and shaping events ourselves,” Borrell warned, adding that the EU “should avoid our usual tendency to have an abstract, and frankly divisive, debate on whether we should either strengthen Europe’s own security capacities or do so in NATO. We clearly need to do both.”

The EU foreign policy chief said that he plans to travel to Washington in the coming days to discuss these issues with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

“…as repeatedly stated over the last years and demonstrated by recent developments, including the Afghanistan withdrawal and AUKUS, our American friends expect us Europeans to carry a greater share of responsibility – for our own and the world’s security,” Borrell said, adding that he plans to cover this issue with Blinken.

According to Borrell, the EU’s new Strategic Compass plan, which will lay out Europe’s security and defense strategy until 2030, will be drafted before the end of this year.

Iran: Tankers carrying fuel to Lebanon escorted by naval forces

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“Today, powerful naval group ships escort vessels with strength, and the tankers of the Islamic Republic to Lebanon were protected by the navy in the heart of the seas,” Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said on Monday.

The 78th Navy Fleet of the Army’s Naval Force is currently stationed in the form of two destroyers in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, escorting oil tankers to the Suez Canal, he explained.

“Although they conducted war games in the Gulf of Aden to scare us…the Army’s naval destroyer is present in the Gulf of Aden every day,” the commander of the Army’s Naval Force added.

An unprecedented economic crisis has left Lebanon severely short of fuel and other basic necessities.

Iran has been shipping fuel to Lebanon through Syrian to help alleviate the situation.

Republican senators reject Trump as potential presidential candidate

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These GOP senators definitely don’t want to see Trump announce a bid before the 2022 midterm elections, fearing that could sink their hopes of winning back the Senate.

More broadly, they’re generally reluctant to see him on the ballot in 2024 at all because of his track record with independent and swing voters.

Several Republican senators, who requested anonymity to discuss Trump frankly, said they don’t want to see Trump return as the party’s standard bearer.

“I think we’re better off when he’s not part of any story,” stated a Republican senator, who noted his view is widely shared in the GOP conference.

“He’s a clinical narcissist. He threw away the election in the debate with [Joe] Biden and he threw away the Senate out of spite,” the lawmaker added, referring to Trump’s first against Biden, which many Republican senators viewed as a disaster, and his influence on Republican voter turnout in the Georgia special election.

One thing is crystal clear: Most GOP senators think Trump announcing a bid before the midterms would hurt them.

“The 2022 election ought to be about the Biden administration and its rolling disasters so anything that would detract from the public being focused on what Democratic governance is doing to this country would be ill-advised,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a Trump ally, when asked about the possibility Trump could announce his campaign in the next year.

Johnson, a top Democratic target next year, hasn’t decided whether to run for reelection, but expects Democrats to make the Wisconsin Senate race all about Trump.

“That’s what they always want to do. They want to distract and most of the mainstream media will be trying to do that as well. We need to focus — not only Republicans but the country needs to focus on what a disaster the Biden administration has been,” he added.

Republicans feel good about their midterm chances if the race is focused on President Biden’s agenda and record, given his softening job approval ratings.

Another Republican senator whose seat is up for reelection in 2022 said Trump’s reemergence as a candidate would be a gift to Democrats who want to make next year’s midterms about Trump, regardless of whether he announces a 2024 presidential campaign.

“The way my colleagues see it, he’s an asset in the primaries if he’s with you and then it creates challenges in the general election,” said the lawmaker, adding, “He’s different than any political person that I’ve ever known.”

Trump remains a big topic within the Senate GOP conference — and a bit of a mystery. The senator stated Senate Republicans discuss Trump from time to time among themselves and none of them have any idea of whether he’ll really run or not. 

Some GOP senators predict Trump will run because he craves attention and has a good chance of winning the party nomination in 2024. Others think he doesn’t want to risk losing again to Biden or may not be healthy enough to wage another grueling campaign.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) recently met with a group of senior Senate Republican staff and suggested that Trump would like to run but would only do so if he felt healthy enough for the rigors of the campaign trail and office. 

One Republican senator who certainly doesn’t want to see Trump win the nomination in 2024, say GOP colleagues and aides, is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who this week was attacked again by the former president over his debt-ceiling strategy.

McConnell has steadfastly refused to acknowledge Trump’s attacks or mention him by name.

Many Senate Republicans blame Trump for the loss of their majority.

Democrats won upset victories in both of Georgia’s Senate races in January after Trump publicly questioned whether the state’s voting practices were rigged, which damped GOP voter enthusiasm ahead of the run-off election.

As a result, Senate Republicans weren’t thrilled to read last week’s story in The Washington Post that Trump wanted to announce his 2024 campaign and had to be talked out of it by his political advisers.

Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) laughed uncomfortably when asked about Trump raring to return to the political arena, more than three years before Election Day 2024.

“I’m shocked, aren’t you?” he quipped.

Thune is up for reelection in 2022 and Trump has called for South Dakota Gov. Kristie Noem to challenge him in a primary.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Trump’s closest ally in the Senate who golfed with the former president a few weeks ago, told The Hill he’s “champing at the bit to get in the race”.

But Graham acknowledged there could be a downside to announcing his presidential bid early.

“The sooner he gets in, the more they can attack him but also the more money he can raise,” he said.

“I’ve been pushing the idea that a Draft Trump movement would be well received,” added Graham, one of the few Republican senators publicly endorsing another Trump White House bid.

“I think he was a good president on the things I care about,” he said, adding, “He’s going to have to deal with the problems in 2020 but, yeah, I think he’d be the most viable candidate right now.”

Trump has other fans in the Senate GOP conference such as first-term Sens. Bill Haggerty (R-Tenn.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), but they appear to be in the minority among Republican senators.

A senior Senate GOP noted many Republican senators view Trump as a potential liability in 2022 and 2024.

“Everybody would prefer he wait until after the midterms. We lost Georgia because of him,” the aide said, adding, “Once we got into a run-off, Trump said your vote isn’t trusted and don’t vote so it’s no surprise that we lost.”

“If Trump decides that he needs to get back in now, then it’s all about Trump all the time,” the aide warned.

Nearly half of Republicans want Trump to run for office again in 2024, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday.

The survey showed that 67 percent of the Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said “they would like to see Trump continue to be a major political figure for many years to come” and 44 percent would like to see him run for president again.

Twenty-two percent of those respondents would prefer to support a different candidate who held views that aligned with the beliefs of the former president.

About a third of Republicans, or 32 percent, said they would not like for Trump to maintain his status as a major political figure, according to the survey.

The percentage of people who would like for Trump to remain in the major political spotlight has increased by 10 points since a survey taken in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. 

The Pew poll follows a recent survey of Iowa residents that showed 53 percent approve of Trump, an important group to consider as the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses could be an important factor in Trump’s possible 2024 campaign.

Iranian, Afghan artworks on display in Tehran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The event kicked off on Friday with over 300 artworks on display at Saba Art and Cultural Institute in the Iranian capital.

Mehr News Agency quoted officials at the event as saying that the artworks were paintings, statues and photos and also new works of arts.

This year’s exhibition was entitled “New View, New Expression” and it sought to offer a new meaning for art and pave the way for displaying, selling and supporting works of young and creative artists.

More than 3,000 artworks were received by the exhibition in the six months prior to the event and only 300 ones from 150 artists were chosen to contest.

The second visual arts event is however held on a non-competition basis and the jury selected two artists for each sector as winners of Sateen’s grant to the tune of 70 million rials.

The minor section of the exhibition is designated to Afghan artists.

It features 50 artworks from 25 Afghans residing in Iran in painting, designing, calligraphy, photography, etc.

The second Sateen expo will run until October22, 2021

Moscow says U.S. needs Ukraine for anti-Russian goals

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“The US needs nothing from Ukraine except opposition to Russia, total deterrence of our country and creation of what has been very appropriately called ‘anti-Russia’,” Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in the article titled “Why contacts with current Ukrainian administration are pointless,” posted on Monday in the Kommersant newspaper.

It means that such alliance is very fragile and will turn to ashes at a certain moment of time, the official added.

Russia will wait until responsible leaders appear in Ukraine, focusing on the buildup of based on equal rights and mutually beneficial relations and not on the total confrontation with Russia on the brink of war, he stated.

“[We should] wait until responsible leaders appear in Ukraine, aiming at the buildup of based on equal rights and mutually beneficial relations with Russia, rather than at the total confrontation with Russia on the brink of fire and setup of stupid ‘Crimean platforms’ created for dumbing down the country population and inflating their muscles before elections,” Medvedev said.

“Russia knows how to wait. We are patient people,” he added.

Ukraine is under direct foreign administration now and fully depends on the West, from money ‘handouts’ to direct management by special services, Medvedev stressed.

“The country [Ukraine] is under direct foreign administration. Furthermore, the administration is much tougher than interaction between the USSR and individual socialist countries during the known period,” the official wrote.

The USSR provided “sufficient room in forming the domestic policy to its geopolitical allies, understanding that it may end in tragic developments otherwise,” such as in 1956 in Hungary or in 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Medvedev said. 

“The simple pragmatic logic,” he noted. “Dependence is total in Ukraine – from cash injections to their economy (handouts from the US and the EU) to direct control of Ukrainian special services (by their US patrons),” the official added.

Informed source rejects Iranian forces’ entry into Azeri territory

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The suspicious reports accused Iran of military aggression in the Zangilan region and the village of Soltanli.

The Iranian Energy Ministry source told Nour News that in 2016, despite the Armenian occupation of the Zangilan and Soltanli regions, and to consolidate the sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the occupied territories, Iran signed a joint dam construction agreement with Baku on the Aras River.

The source explained that based on the agreement, the responsibility of securing the dam on both sides of the border was transferred to Iran.

The agreement stipulated that after the end of the occupation, securing the dam in the Azeri sector would be handed over to Baku under a new agreement, the informed source noted.

During the 44-day war between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Azeri military forces, while advancing to liberate the occupied territories, demanded the withdrawal of the Iranian guard forces from the northern part, with no regard for the previous agreement and refusing to clarify the technical and security details. It was not logical or possible at all, he explained.

The informed source went on to say that the Iranian Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan later reached a deal and the security of the northern part of the dam was handed over to the Azeri forces in the presence of border guard commanders of the two countries.

Tensions have been running high on the border between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan in recent weeks.

Iran, which recently held military drills in the area, insists that its northwestern neighbor should not have allowed Israeli elements to come to the Caucasus.

Tehran says the security of regional borders is a red line that must not be crossed.

Renting a car in Dubai affordable, easy

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If you are planning to visit Dubai, you should first of all know that you are going to enter the world of strange and horrific cars.  Also, for many of us, the desire to drive and walk through the luxury streets of Dubai is like a dream. One of the fun things you can do while visiting Dubai is rent a car and see the city’s attractions in luxury cars like Ferrari and Bugatti. But you can enjoy your trip in this city at a lower cost by renting economy cars. As a pioneering car rental in Iran, Dubai and Istanbul, Saadat Rent is here to talk about everything you need to know about renting a car in Dubai. Stay with us.

Why rent a car in Dubai?

If you want to travel to Dubai, you do not need to worry about vehicles. You can rent luxury or economy cars in this city and enjoy driving there. You can book your car before starting your trip in different ways and get in the car upon arriving in Dubai. If you are worried about the price, we have got to tell you renting a car in Dubai is affordable. Actually, it’s both economical and has easy conditions. But one thing to keep in mind is you should read the driving rules in this city in advance. Dubai is a law-abiding and strict city, and it does not forgive the slightest offense.

Terms and conditions of car renting in Dubai

Most international and domestic companies have similar conditions for renting a car in Dubai. Companies like Saadatrent have tried to find the most reasonable terms for their customers from all over the world. This way they can easily and quickly rent a car and enjoy their stay in Dubai. To rent a car in the city, customers must provide the following documents and book a car:

-A copy of your passport

-A copy of your airplane ticket

-A copy of your driving license

The important thing to do before receiving the car is to check the car technically and make sure the body is healthy. And after making sure there is no problem, get the car renting form and contract.

Safety rules for driving in Dubai

-It’s mandatory to stop for pedestrians in Dubai.

-Drivers must respect the right of way.

-Heed speed limit while driving in Dubai.

-Using cell phones is prohibited under any circumstances.

-Eating and drinking while driving is prohibited and is subject to fines

-Penalties for drinking alcohol before and during driving are severe.

-Children under 10 are banned from sitting in the front seat.

-Fastening the seat belt is mandatory.

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