In these meetings, Taherian presented a report on his talks with Pakistani officials, and conferred with Afghan authorities and figures on the achievement of peaceful solutions to the ongoing crisis and prevent the outbreak of a civil war in the country.
Taherian had travelled to Kabul on Wednesday at the head of a delegation with the escalation of unrest in the country.
After receiving the jab, Ayatollah Khamenei thanked all those who were involved in the development of the homegrown vaccine, which was produced as part of a project led by the Headquarters for the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order, also known as Setad.
Ayatollah Khamenei thanked all of the country’s health workers who have been fighting against the deadly virus for more than a year.
“I did not want to use non-Iranian vaccines, so I said I would wait for the Iranian vaccine,” the Leader said.
“Because we should respect this national honour. As long as there is a possibility of prevention and treatment inside the country, why shouldn’t we use it?”
“Of course, when needed, the use of foreign vaccines along with Iranian vaccines is not a problem, but we must respect the Iranian vaccine and thank all the young scientists who worked hard and actively in the production of this vaccine as well as other centres that are developing vaccines in the country,” he added.
The vaccine developed by Iranian scientists was recently granted the permissiom for emergency use.
In an article, the pan-Arab media said the return to the agreement is likely to take place before the tenure of outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s administration comes to an end.
According to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Washington wants to rejoin the JCPOA as it is concerned that Iran might develop the capability to produce A-bombs due to a lack of international monitoring which guarantees the implementation of the JCPOA.
This, added the media outlet, would lead to a war which the US will be dragged into one way or another.
“This is while the US should focus on China and its growing power,” added Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
The media outlet said the US is facing another challenge, as well.
“The revival of the nuclear deal could solve a US problem, i.e., preventing Washington from getting involved in a war with Tehran, but his issue does not mean the problems of Washington’s allies would be solved as well and would not be enough to establish security in the region,” Al-Araby Al-Jadeed wrote.
It said the revival of the JCPOA does not provide for Iran’s missile programs and regional policies.
“From the standpoint of Washington’s allies, Iran’s missile programs are more dangerous that its nuclear ones, and the reason is that atomic weapons are a deterrent one unlike missiles,” the media outlet explained.
So, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed further said, the administration of US President Joe Biden is seeking to give assurances to its allies that the revival of the JCPOA is just the first phase, and that there is going to be another phase where negotiations will get underway on Iran’s missile programs and its regional policies.
The bus, which was packed with local journalists, was reportedly on its way from Tehran to Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran to report on its revival process, when the accident took place.
Reyhaneh Yassini, a reporter working for the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), and Mahshad Karimi who worked for the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), were the two journalists killed in the incident.
The injured journalists were shifted to nearby hospitals in West Azerbaijan, with some reported to be in critical condition.
In a letter of condolences, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed deep regret over the incident, and called for a probe into the incident.
Iranian Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf also sent separate messages of condolences.
The police says the bus driver has told the journalists the car’s brakes were not working, and that they fasten their seat belts before falling down a valley.
Some of these works of art have been taken out of the museum’s storehouse and put on show for the first time.
The exhibit displays seven collections of Warhol’s works containing a total of 27 works of art.
It is the fourth exhibition of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art to have reopened since the coronavirus outbreak.
“The storehouse of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is the West’s largest modernistic treasure trove in the East,” said the curator of the exhibition.
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.
His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture.
Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).
The operation was carried out using a surgeon robot developed by the Iranian knowledge-based Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators company.
The surgery was done by Dr. Talebpour stationed at Imam Khomeini hospital while the robot and the patient, which was a dog, were both at Sina hospital during the operation.
Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology, was also present while the remote surgery was being performed.
Brigadier General Mehdi Rabbani added the Takfiri ISIS terrorist group was the handiwork of an approach adopted by domineering powers to serve their own interests and “commercialize security.”
“Many of the elements which contributed to the emergence of instability and extremist ideologies in recent years are now impeding the trend of establishing security and reconstructing crisis-hit countries, too,” said general Rabbani, the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Forces for operations in a speech at the Moscow International Security Conference.
“It is time for foreign forces, including the US, which have the blood of thousands of innocent people on their hands, … to leave the West Asia region, so that the regional countries can ensure lasting security on their own,” he said.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the top general said Iran favours “the best of relations” with world countries, and that “neighbouring countries take priority in our foreign policy.”
“Today, given the rapid developments in the world and given that traditional and new threats are intertwined, in is necessary that independent countries help boost stability in the world through cooperating with one another,” said the top general.
“In this regard, the Islamic Republic of Iran stands ready to work with other countries to solve problems and create stability and security in the region and in the world,” he added.
Speaking at the 9th International Security Conference held in Moscow, Sergey Shoigu noted that the settlement of the Afghanistan issue requires assistance and attention by neighbouring countries as well as international organizations.
The top general underlined the presence of American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan has failed to realize the desired objectives.
He voiced concern that the pullout of foreign troops, on the other hand, can raise the odds of a civil war in the country, too.
In his speech, Shoigu also underscored that prompt decisions and international cooperation are needed to resolve this situation.
He proposed the potentialities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) be used to settle the situation.
The SCO is made up of countries which have common borders with Afghanistan, including Iran and Pakistan.
In the Wednesday meetings, which were held ahead of Taherian’s trip to Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials, the ongoing developments of Afghanistan were discussed, and the two sides underlined the necessity of continuing the consultations in this regard.
Taherian will travel to Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon at the head of a political delegation upon the invitation of Mohammad Sadiq Khan, the Pakistani Prime Minister’s special envoy for Afghanistan affairs.
In a statement on Wednesday Khatibzadeh slammed as disgraceful Washington’s policy of double standards and said, “The current US administration has exactly followed the path of the previous administration, which will only lead to a double defeat for Washington.”
The Iranian spokesman said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran rejects the unlawful and bullying measure, and will pursue the issue through legal channels.”
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