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Iran interior minister appoints new political deputy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In an order, Vahidi urged Khorrmashahd to fulfill his tasks to the best of his ability.

He said the responsibilities of the deputy interior minister for political affairs, among others, include efficient interaction with political parties and organizations, creating solidarity among all ethnic groups of Iran and people from all walks of life, and also holding elections with a view to maximum voter turnout, the latter being a key task.

Vahidi wished Khorramshad good luck in his new capacity.

Khorramshahd is a full Professor of Law at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabaee University. He has previously served as Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Research.

Ex-Iran petrochemical company officials get long sentences

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A 20-year prison sentence has been handed down to each of the defendants in the case involving the disruption of the petrochemical market.

“Each of them were given a 20-year jail term as well as 74 lashes and were permanently deprived of any government services,” said Judiciary Spokesman Zabihollah Khodaian.

“Also, as for financial offences, they were sentenced to the restitution of the amounts they had acquired illegally,” he added.

He said the managing director of the Petrochemical Commercial Company, his deputy and several members of the board of directors and executives of the firm were found guilty of earning ill-gotten wealth by getting involved in activities leading to disruption, on a large scale, in the country’s economic system by manipulating the forex income from petrochemical exports amounting to well over €6.6 billion.

“The case has two parts; part of it had been sent to the court after an indictment was issued, and a verdict was issued accordingly; the other part is going through proceedings at the prosecutor’s office,” the spokesman explained.

According to the spokesman, the case also involves the then CEO of the Vala Sarmayeh Amin Company and another top executive, who were sentenced to 15 years in prison, 74 lashes and cash fines equal to the amount of money they acquired illegally.

They were also sentenced to five years of discretionary imprisonment and were permanently banned from receiving any government services.

They had been found guilty of complicity in seriously disrupting the country’s economic system by manipulating forex earnings from petrochemical exports.

Iran Covid deaths stands at 610, around 30K new cases

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran’s Ministry of Health announced on Sunday the deaths have happened over the past 24 hours.

Covid fatalities now stand at 110,674 .

Authorities also logged 25,870 new cases. That figure includes 3,430 hospitalizations. The total caseload in Iran has hit 5,129,407.

But good news is, 4,362,814 Covid patients recovered. Iranians have so far received 29,152,527 doses of Coronavirus vaccine.

Figures also show that 9,684,669 got fully vaccinated while 19,467,858 other got their first jab. The vaccination campaign in Iran was initially slow, drawing harsh criticism from citizens. But now it’s well on track.

In his first interview with IRIB as president, Ebrahim Raisi said officials are determined to inoculate all citizens in as short a time as possible.

Raisi also said Iran will receive 40 million doses of Covid vaccine by mid-September.
He added that the Islamic Republic needs another 60 million shots.

Polls show 20% regret voting for Biden

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IFP Media Wire
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A poll conducted by Zogby Analytics found 20 percent of Biden voters now regret their choice, 4 percent aren’t sure and 76 percent still have confidence in the commander-in-chief.

Nearly three in ten (29%) Republicans who voted Biden regretted it, while one-fifth (20%) of Democrats felt the same and 14% of Independents.

Men were far more likely to regret their vote than women – 27% of males regretted their vote for the Democratic ticket, where only 13% of females felt the same.

Young people and minorities were also far more likely to regret their vote. Hispanics regretted their vote the most, 33% of them, where 25% of African Americans felt the same, as did 16% of white people.

The survey was taken before the fall of Kabul and the most recent onslaught of criticism Biden has faced for his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

Most interestingly, urban voters regretted their vote more than suburban and rural ones. Twenty-eight percent of urban Biden voters regretted their vote while only 14% of suburban voters felt the same, as did 12% of rural voters.

Biden’s approval rating has dipped to 44%, while 51% disapprove, according to a ABC News/Washington Post survey.

A breakdown of the numbers shows just 36 percent of Independent voters approving of Biden, while only 8 percent of Republicans think he’s doing a good job.

His approval is still strong amongst fellow Democrats at 86 percent – though it’s a steep drop to just 56 percent approving of his job in Afghanistan.

The 44 percent figure is a six-point drop from Biden’s June approval numbers. His disapproval shot up by nine points since then.

Source: Daily Mail

Yemeni forces hit Saudi soil facilities, with 16 ballistic missiles, drones

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“As part of confronting the crimes of aggression against our country, our armed forces carried out the 7th Balanced Deterrence Operation,” Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e said in a televised statement on Sunday. 

“The operation targeted vital facilities and military bases of the Saudi enemy,” he added, stated that Yemeni troops targeted Saudi depth with more than 16 ballistic missiles and drones.

Sare’e indicated that the 7th Balanced Deterrence Operation targeted Saudi Aramco facilities in Ras Al-Tanura in the Dammam region, eastern Saudi Arabia, with eight Sammad-3 drones and a Zulfiqar ballistic missile.

The spokesman noted that the operation targeted Aramco facilities in Jeddah, Jizan and Najran with five Badr ballistic missiles and two Sammad-3 drones.

“The 7th Balanced Deterrence Operation successfully achieved its goals,” Sare’e stated, warning the Saudi enemy of the consequences of its continued aggression against “our dear country and our steadfast Mujahid people”.

He also stressed Yemen’s legitimate right to carry out more qualitative military operations in defense of the country and its people until the aggression is stopped and the siege is lifted.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces are continuing in their jihadist battle until the liberation of all the lands of the republic and the achievement of freedom and independence,” Sare’e affirmed.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the US and its other regional allies, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015. The six years and half of war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure. Yemeni people are facing malnutrition, hunger, and famine, which have increased risks of disease and starvation.

With an all-out blockade on Yemen in place since the onset of the bloody war, the country is witnessing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN. The sea, land, and air siege from, among others, has led to the closure of the Sana’a International Airport, the largest and most important airport in Yemen, and closed the Hodeidah port, which acts as a lifeline for the country.

Yemeni Armed Forces have repeatedly warned the Saudi regime to stop its war, promising the regime larger and larger operations if it continues its aggression and siege on the country.

Yemen’s Air Force has stepped up the retaliatory attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent months.

Source: Al-Masirah

Former UK PM: West committing ‘moral outrage’ over covid vaccine

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Brown, who is a United Nations special envoy, called on US President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven leaders to urgently ship vaccines from warehouses in America and Europe to Africa.

Western countries are hoarding nearly 300 million shots while only 70 million people in Africa have so far been vaccinated, Brown said in an opinion piece published in The Sunday Mirror, citing research by data firm Airfinity.

By Christmas, the West is set to have one billion surplus doses even if every European and American adult has received a booster shot and all children over 12 are injected, he added.

“We are in a new ‘arms’ race – to get vaccines into people as quickly as possible – but this is an arms race where the West have a stranglehold on the vaccine supplies,” Brown stated.

The grip of rich countries on vaccine stocks was stopping Covax, the international facility for buying vaccines, from meeting its promise to send two billion vaccines to poorer countries this year, he added.

The stockpiling has also delayed dose-sharing by G7 countries with Africa and low-income countries, Brown said.

His remarks came as around half a million people in the UK are to be offered a third jab.

Last month, the Biden administration also announced a plan to offer booster shots to all Americans.

The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the rush by the wealthy countries to provide booster shots, comparing the move to providing “extra life jackets to people who already have life jackets, while we’re leaving other people to drown without a single life jacket”.

Biden, however, defended the plan by claiming that the US has donated more vaccine doses than the rest of the world combined.

Association Chief: Iran Power Outages Cost Steel Sector $6bn

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“The annual steel production capacity in the country is 40 million tons, 30 million tons of which is now operational and the 10 million tons in lost capacity, equal to 6 billion dollars, which is due to the power cuts,” Bahram Sobhani said.

The official added that the annual national steel production should increase to 55 million tons by 2025. But he said this will be hampered by inadequate electricity supply.  

“The steel production is profitable when more than 75 percent of its capacity is in use. Anything less than 75 percent will be loss-making. Currently,75 percent is in use, which makes the production break-even,” Sobhani said.

“We have been saying this for eight years that with power short in supply during summer, how we should catch up with an annual production of 55 million tons of steel.”

Sobhani also warned that cutting on power supply to the industry complicates such processes as heating the furnaces and this means a halt in steel plants’ operations, which cannot be easily resumed.  

Sobhani also proposed the establishment of an energy consortium with the participation of the steel sector. 

Severe drought and high demand during summer are blamed for the power outages across Iran.

Yemen Ansarullah says attacked Saudi Aramco with ballistic missile

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The spokesman added facilities in other locations including Jeddah, on the Red Sea coast, were also attacked. 

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense claimed it intercepted a ballistic missile and armed drones fired at its oil-rich Eastern Region by Yemen’s Houthi group on Saturday, and two children were injured by the resulting shrapnel.

Source: Reuters

US general warns of civil war in Afghanistan

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Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini Lahijani
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“My military estimate is… that the conditions are likely to develop of a civil war,” the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin on Saturday. 

Following its blitz takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban now controls most of the country except for last pockets of resistance in the Panjshir Valley. Heavy clashes continue in the strategic region, despite both sides insisting to have advantage and claiming to have inflicted heavy losses on their enemies.

Milley expressed doubt that the Taliban will be able to establish a sustainable government, and warned that power vacuum and chaos could lead to resurgence of Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) and “other myriad” of terrorist groups.

 In order to keep America ‘safe’, President Joe Biden’s administration previously vowed to continue “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism missions, but Milley admitted that with no troops on the ground and crippled intel gathering capabilities, the US “will have to reestablish some human intelligence networks”.

“And then as opportunities present themselves, we’ll have to continue to conduct strike operations if there’s a threat to the United States,” he noted.

One such opportunity presented itself last week, when a US drone targeted a vehicle in Kabul, which the US Central Command claimed posed an “imminent” threat to the evacuation efforts ongoing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport at the time. It followed a suicide bombing by a local offshoot of Daesh terror group, in which dozens of Afghans and 13 US soldiers were killed, just before the last American troops left the country.

Milley called the raid a “righteous strike” that eliminated “at least one” person who was a “facilitator” for Daesh terrorists. Local media and the Taliban, however, stated that 10 civilians were killed as a result – seven of them children.

High-ranking Iran MP resigns from parliament

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said during Sunday’s parliamentary session that Ghazizadeh Hashemi’s resignation will be on the chamber’s agenda this week. 

Earlier a member of the parliament’s presiding board said Ghazizadeh Hashemi is stepping down to take the top post in the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.

Ghazizadeh Hashemi has been nominated for the position by President Ebrahim Raisi. 

Ghazizadeh Hashemi ran for president in the June presidential election, but abandoned the race in favor of Raisi.

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