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Palestinians injured as Israel attacks pro-prisoner rallies

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Demonstrators take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Israeli forces attacked rallies held in the West Bank in support of Palestinian prisoners, who have come under Tel Aviv’s crackdown following a recent successful jailbreak by six of the inmates.

“One hundred Palestinians have been injured in clashes with the Israeli military in the districts of Beita and Huwara near the city of Nablus in the West Bank,” the organization stated on late Wednesday.

On Wednesday, all Palestinian movements and groups called for clashes with the Israeli military to support Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Israeli forces Wednesday overnight detained relatives of the Palestinian prisoners on the run after their brazen escape from a high-security jail, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). According to Palestinian media outlets, the Israeli forces raided the homes of the escaped prisoners and began to arrest their relatives. Clashes erupted between the Palestinian youth and Israeli troops after the invasion.

A former commander of the Palestinian resistance group Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade in Jenin and five members of the Islamic Jihad group managed to tunnel their way out through their cell’s drainage system to escape from the maximum-security jail in the predawn hours of Monday.

It was the biggest Palestinian escape from an Israeli jail since 1987, when six members of the Islamic Jihad broke out of a heavily-guarded jail in Gaza.

The escape, which marks a humiliating defeat for Israel, has prompted Tel Aviv to launch a massive manhunt in the occupied West Bank and to conduct air raids against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called the escape a “grave incident”, while Palestinians celebrated it on social media.

Palestinian resistance groups, including Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, also hailed the jailbreak as a “heroic act” and a “powerful blow to the occupation forces”.

Source: WAFA news agency

COVID-19 Deaths, Cases Falling in Most Iranian Provinces

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“The COVID-19 disease is following a completely downward trend in 21 provinces across the country,” said Deputy Health Minister Alireza Reisi.

“Eight provinces have passed the peak of the disease, and the growing trend of the diseases has halted in three provinces,” he added.

“In two weeks’ time, the number of hospitalized patients, which currently stands at around 3,700 per day, will drop below 3,000,” he explained.

The official said efforts should gather pace to further immunize the society by vaccinating citizens who have not received the coronavirus jab, so far.

“The next peak in the coronavirus disease in the country is projected to strike in November. But if people are vaccinated, we will not see a large number of deaths among patients any longer even if the number of infections increases,” he explained.

“The first objective of vaccination is to decrease the number of fatalities among patients, and the second goal is to implement the smart quarantine plan,” he said.

He added the number of inoculation centres in the country is to increase to avoid long queues at vaccination centres.

Iran registered nearly 27,000 new cases on September 9, 2021, bringing the total caseload in the country to well over 5.2 million.

As many as 538 patients lost their lives in the same day, taking the overall death toll from COVID-19 to more than 112,000.

Chinese navy ‘expels US warship from territorial waters’

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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced Wednesday it had expelled a US guided-missile destroyer that trespassed in China’s territorial waters near the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.

PLA Southern Theater Command Spokesperson Tian Junli said in a statement that the US military’s act had seriously undermined China’s sovereignty and security interests.

Calling Washington “a risk maker” to the security of the South China Sea and the “biggest destroyer” of the region’s safety and stability, Tian warned that the theater command will “remain on high alert”.

“We will resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security, as well as peace and stability in the region,” he added.

Source: CGTN

Iranian Daily Berates Foreign Interference in Afghanistan

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Kayhan wrote in an article that Iran is opposed to foreign interference in Afghanistan and supports the establishment of a national government based on the vote of all ethnic and religious groups.

Iran also wants the rights of all to be respected in Afghanistan, the newspaper added.

“In Iraq, too, the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted the same approach and left the occupiers in stalemate,” Kayhan added.

“And when terrorists launched a proxy war, Iran did not get involved directly; rather, Iran mostly had an advisory role aimed at mobilizing the general public to defend the country; Iran has done the same in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, too,” the daily explained.

“Of course, Afghanistan has key differences with Iraq and even Syria in terms of demographic, ethnic and religious makeup,” the paper said.

“Anyway, what is surprising and raises eyebrows is the question why some individuals whose signature motto has been ‘neither Gaza, nor Lebanon’ have suddenly come to call for Iran’s intervention in Afghanistan,” Kayhan wrote.

“Of course, it is important in its own right that these few but vociferous individuals are, by kicking up a fuss, trying to create the impression that they represent the public opinion,” the newspaper said.

This comes as Iran has condemned in the strongest terms the Taliban attacks against the Panjshir Valley, saying the Taliban must live up to their commitments, while expressing concern about the news emerging from the province.

The Taliban claimed on Monday that it had taken complete control of Panjshir, three weeks after taking over the country’s capital, Kabul. The Panjshir-based National Resistance Front disputed the claim.

Blinken: US ‘getting closer’ to abandon nuclear deal

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“I’m not going to put a date on it but we are getting closer to the point at which a strict return to compliance with the JCPOA does not reproduce the benefits that that agreement achieved,” Blinken told reporters in Germany in response to a question on the point at which it would no longer be possible to return to a deal.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a strongly-worded report Tuesday saying monitoring tasks in Iran have been “seriously undermined” after Tehran suspended some of the UN agency’s inspections of its nuclear activities.

After Ebrahim Raisi took over as new president of the country, Iran had also suggested that talks aimed at reviving the stalled Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) were unlikely to resume for two to three months.

Germany found the delay signalled by Tehran “far too long”, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated.

The German FM added he had telephoned his new counterpart in Tehran to get him to “return more swiftly to the negotiating table”.

Nevertheless, Maas noted Berlin still expects the new Iranian government to continue to support results from negotiations that had taken place so far.

Raisi became Iran’s president in early August, taking over from Hassan Rouhani, the principal architect on the Iranian side of the 2015 agreement.

The 2015 deal offered Iran an easing of western and UN sanctions in return for tight controls on its nuclear programme, monitored by the UN.

In retaliation for former US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal three years ago and his subsequent imposition of swingeing sanctions, Tehran in effect abandoned most of its commitments under the deal.

But Trump’s successor President Joe Biden wants to bring Washington back into the agreement.

Source: Agence France-Presse

Iran Urges Intl. Community to Make Israel Join NPT

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“At the regional level, unfortunately, the Israeli regime is in possession of different types of weapons of mass destruction and plays a destructive role in the Middle East,” said Majid Takht-Ravanchi in a ceremony marking International Day against Nuclear Tests where he welcomed efforts to enforce the NPT.

“We want the international community to make this regime joint the NPT unconditionally and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor its nuclear facilities,” he added.

Israel is widely believed to possess at least 80 nuclear warheads. This as Tel Aviv has not joined the NPT and does not allow international inspection of its nuclear sites. 

Majid Takht-Ravanchi said nuclear non-proliferation should top the agenda of the international system as it is only the non-proliferation and full destruction of nukes which can guarantee that such weapons will not be used.

He touched upon the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty as well as the importance of this day in commemorating the victims of atomic tests and the protection of the environment, decrying the US government’s role in that regard.

“Having conducted 1054 out of a total 2000 nuclear tests carried out since 1945, the United States has done the largest number of such tests so far compared to other countries,” he said.

Afghan Girl, Having Lost Parents to Violence, Finds Safety in Iran

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Having lost her parents in violence in her country, the little girl made it to the Iranian border where commandos of the Iranian Army stationed at no man’s land at Dogharoon border crossing picked her up and took her to safety.

The violence in Afghanistan has taken a huge material as well as human toll, making many children orphaned.

Thousands of Afghans have flocked to Iran-Afghanistan borders following the chaotic withdrawal of the US forces and the Taliban’s take-over of the country.

US Capitol Police bracing for violence ahead of pro-Trump rally

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Department Chief Tom Manger will provide a security briefing to top lawmakers on Monday about the rally, a source familiar with the meeting said. 

The source added US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to the briefing.

“We have a robust security posture planned for September 18th,” the US Capitol Police statement said, adding, “All available staff will be working.”

The law enforcement officials are bracing for potential clashes and unrest during the rally after seeing a noticeable uptick in violent rhetoric around the event on social media and discussion boards, according to an internal Capitol Police memo.

The “Justice for J6” rally, planned for the area around the US Capitol, is intended to protest the treatment of the more than 600 people arrested for participating in the January 6 siege of the building. Mobs of supporters of Trump stormed the building while Congress was meeting to certify President Joe Biden’s November election win.

The demonstration is being organized by Look Ahead America, a nonprofit led by Matt Braynard, who worked on Trump’s presidential campaign.

The January 6 attack was the worst violence at the Capitol since the British invasion during the War of 1812.

Four people died on the day of the violence, one shot to death by police and the other three of natural causes. A Capitol Police officer who had been attacked by protesters died the following day. Four police officers who took part in the defense of the Capitol later took their own lives.

Source: CNN and Reuters

Fugitive Ghani swears he did not steal Afghan funds

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IFP Media Wire
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In a lengthy statement issued from the ousted leader’s Twitter account on Wednesday, Ghani began by saying that he “owes the Afghan people an explanation for leaving Kabul abruptly on August 15” after the Taliban closed in on the capital. 

The former president remarked that he left on the advice of palace security.

“Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life,” Ghani insisted, but insisted that the move had been the “only way to keep guns silent” and save the capital “and her six million citizens”.

Ghani then blasted “baseless allegations” that he had fled the country with “millions of dollars belonging to the Afghan people”, slamming them as “completely and categorically false”. 

The ex-leader added that “corruption is a plague”, and that battling it was a focal element of his presidency as he had inherited “a monster that could not easily or quickly be defeated”. 

Ghani stated he would also welcome an official investigation by the UN or other international body to prove his innocence.

The deposed leader finished by apologizing to his countrymen for how his time in power had ended, noting, “It is with deep and profound regret that my own chapter ended in similar tragedy to my predecessors – without ensuring stability and prosperity.”

Ghani’s comments come after the Taliban announced the formation of a new government on Tuesday, with several of its ministers featuring on the UN Security Council sanction list. Four former Guantanamo inmates have also been appointed as high-ranking acting ministers.

The United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry announced on August 18 that Ghani and his family had been granted entry into the country “on humanitarian grounds” after the leader retreated. Initial reports stated that he had gone to nearby Tajikistan, but was denied permission to land, prompting him to go to Oman, and then onto the UAE.

Ghani fled Afghanistan on August 15 after Taliban militants seized control of Kabul, and resigned from his post. The Russian Embassy in Kabul claimed that the ousted leader made a swift exit with so much cash that some of it had to be abandoned at the airport.

Source: RT

Envoy: Iran nuclear program no longer bound by limitations

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Kazem Gharibabadi attributed this decision to the failure of the other sides to the Iran nuclear deal to abide by their obligations under the 2015 agreement.

Gharibabadi told IRIB that Iran reduced its obligations under the nuclear deal in response to the US withdrawal and the European troika’s failure to stick by their part of the deal.

The Iranian representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, added that Iran’s nuclear activities including enrichment of uranium to 20 or 60 percent or the production of enriched uranium metal have nothing to do with Iran’s safeguard commitments.

Gharibabadi said Iran is the most transparent country in terms of its nuclear activities, adding that there are no ambiguities surrounding Iran’s nuclear commitments to the IAEA.

According to Gharibabadi, Iran has agreed to the highest number of inspections by the agency and all its nuclear activities are in keeping with the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, NPT, and the Safeguards Agreement.

He maintained that no one has the right to demand Iran live up to obligations under a deal they themselves have violated in terms of their commitments to remove anti-Iran sanctions.

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