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Vienna Talks Unlikely to Wrap up This Week: Iran

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Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said the delegations need more time to sum up their talks.

“Personally, I don’t think we will be able to reach a final conclusion this week,” said Araqchi.

“I believe we need to sum up our discussions at least one more time and take the results to our capitals,” he explained.

“I cannot predict how many days this round of negotiations will take,” said Araqchi.

He noted delegates to the talks have decided to speed up the negotiations and further discuss their differences in the upcoming negotiations to find solutions.

He reiterated that the US should take the first step and lift its sanctions on Iran before Tehran delivers on its obligations.

He said Iran seeks to reach a favourable agreement.

“We are trying to clinch a good and desirable deal for Iran. So, we neither hurry nor waste time in this path,” he underlined.

“Of course, the sooner we reach such an agreement, the better,” he said.

“What is important is that the agreement should contain all the principles that Iran desires,” he added.

He said Iran will not agree to a deal before its main demands are met.

“The US must take the first step, and then Iran will return to its commitments after verifying [the removal of US sanctions,” he told the IRIB news agency.

Larijani Urges Guardian Council to Explain Why He’s Disqualified

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In a statement on Saturday, Larijani said the Guardian Council is expected to publicly declare all its reasons for disqualifying him now that it is proved the accusations against him and his family have been false.

“At least adhere to the general policy approved by the Supreme Leader regarding the Guardian Council’s accountability,” he added.

The Guardian Council’s decision to not qualify Larijani, a prominent moderate politician and a close advisor to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has been widely criticised, even by the conservatives.

The Leader, in a recent speech, suggested the accusations levelled against Larijani were false, and the relevant bodies are expected to “compensate”.

However, in reaction to the Leader’s remarks, the Guardian Council just announced it had not disqualified any of the candidates, including Larijani, based on those reports.

Biden Admin Still Pursuing ‘Maximum Pressure’ Policy against Iran: Envoy

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UN Security Council Weakened by US Support for Israel: Iran Envoy

Majid Takht Ravanchi added the United States’ “real political will” to return to the JCPOA becomes clear after Iran verifies that the sanctions have actually been lifted.

“The UN Security Nations Security Council maintained a deadly silence in the early days of 2020 when the United States killed anti-terrorist regional heroes, namely general Soleimani, in a terrorist move upon direct orders by the US president, and several days later when the US president threatened to attack 52 locations, including Iran’s key cultural centres,” said Takht Ravanchi in a speech at the UN General Assembly.

“Of course, in the same year, when the US presented a draft resolution on the imposition of an arms embargo on Iran, 13 UN Security Council members resoundingly rejected it,” he said.

“Afterwards, when the US tried to activate the ‘trigger mechanism’ against Iran, the very same 13 members rejected this US effort and announced the US, by withdrawing from the JCPOA, had lost all right to use the trigger mechanism, and that Washington’s claim in that regard was illegitimate and lacked any legal, political or practical effect,” he added.

He underlined US sanctions have even prevented Iran from using its own financial resources abroad to import medicines.

Tehran Police Commanders Won’t Be Vaccinated Before Officers Are: Cmdr

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According to Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi, no police commander is allowed to receive the jab before the end of the inoculation of their subordinates.

“In Tehran’s police, almost 2,000 officers including police station officers, traffic police officers, and other operational staff, have been vaccinated so far,” he noted.

He also urged the Health Ministry to provide the police with more vaccines considering the fact that the Law Enforcement is busier than ever these days ahead of the elections

Iran Denounces US Sanctions as ‘Crime against Humanity’

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“Economic terrorism, especially in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, amounts to a crime against humanity,” tweeted Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi.

“Trump is gone, but his illegal and criminal sanctions are still in effect,” said Araqchi, who is also Iran’s top negotiator in the Vienna talks.

“There is no need to shed crocodile tears when the United States’ efforts to impose suffering and hardship on 82 million Iranians continue,” he added.

Araqchi’s comments came in response to comments by US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley.

Iran’s Voting Right Restored after Paying Contribution Arrears to UN

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 “The Iranian government’s UN contribution and membership fee for more than $16 million has been paid by the CBI,” announced the bank’s Public Relations Office.

The amount was appropriated from Iran’s seized assets in South Korea.

This comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had earlier slammed the United Nations’ decision to strip Tehran of its right to vote in the 193-member UN General Assembly due to arrears, saying the move showed the UN had ignored the fact that Washington’s sanctions prevented Iran from paying even for food.

“In ‘black is white’ world, UN deprived Iran of its voting rights in the UNGA as we’re in arrears,” Zarif had tweeted days ago.

His comments came one a day after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres wrote a letter to General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir, saying Iran would need to pay at least 16.251 million dollars to have its voting rights restored.

“Not considered: US Economic Terrorism prevents Iran paying for FOOD, let alone UN dues,” the Iranian top diplomat had underlined.

Also in a previous letter, Zarif had conveyed Iran’s “strong dismay” over Guterres’ announcement, saying the decision was “fundamentally flawed, entirely unacceptable and completely unjustified” because of the US’ illegal sanctions on Iran.

Canada Once Again Bars Iranian Expatriates from Voting in Iran Elections

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According to the spokesman for Iran’s election headquarters, the Canadian government has violated the international norms by not allowing the Iranian government to open polling stations in the country for Iranian expatriates living in Canada.

Therefore the official added, a US border town has been chosen for the Iranians living in Canada who would like to vote in the June 18 elections.

Earlier in 2017, the Canadian government had refused to facilitate a way for the tens of thousands of Iranian nationals residing in Canada to participate in the votes.

Iran’s Sahand Destroyer Enters Atlantic Ocean for First Time

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The Iranian Army says the homegrown destroyer entered the Atlantic without berthing at any port along the route.

Iran’s Beauties in Photos: ‘Fantastic’ Aquarium of Anzali Port

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Built in an area of 10,000 square metres, the site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Anzali.

It includes the biggest aquarium tunnel, which is 40 metres long.

200 different species of aquatic creatures are kept and displayed at this aquarium.

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Iran Not Expected to Abide by JCPOA While Under Sanctions: Envoy

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Kazem Gharibabadi said Iran had every right to scale down its obligations under the nuclear accord.

“Whatever we have done, so far, to reduce our commitments has been in accordance with our rights under the JCPOA, and cannot be regarded as a violation of, or non-compliance with the JCPOA,” he said.

“The reason is that other countries, including the United States, the EU and the three European countries failed to deliver on their commitments under the JCPOA with regards to the lifting of sanctions,” he explained.

“These countries should not expect Iran to remain committed to its obligations while it is under the most intense and brutal unilateral sanctions by the US,” the Iranian envoy added.

“I said it clearly today that the countries which asked Iran to stop its remedial measures, should know that this is not an appropriate and proper expectation,” he said.

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