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Iran, Asian Parliamentary Assembly Sign Agreement on APA Headquarters in Tehran

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The agreement was signed after it was ratified by the Cabinet and the necessary permission was granted to the Foreign Ministry.

The Asian Parliamentary Assembly was born in 2006 at the 7th session of the Association of Asian Parliamentary for Peace (AAPP) hosted by the Iranian Parliament. In that session, it was decided that the AAPP be turned into the Asian Parliamentary Assembly.

The APA currently comprises 44 Asian Member Parliaments and 14 other parliaments as observers. The APA also includes 10 international and regional organisations as observers. Tehran has been designated as the host of the APA’s secretariat from the beginning, as approved by the Assembly.

The Asian Parliamentary Assembly, as a dynamic regional mechanism in the field of inter-parliamentary interactions, has a wide and diverse field of activity, and covers a significant range of important regional and international issues such as fight against corruption, justice in health, fight against drug trafficking, reinforcing the elements of cooperation and friendship among members, reducing poverty, protecting the environment, promoting cultural diversity, combating trafficking in cultural items, the rights of women, youth and the elderly, as well as situations such as the crimes of the usurping regime in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Asian Parliamentary Assembly adopts annual resolutions in order to ensure consistency and regular follow-up of its actions in these areas and other matters of concern to its members.

The idea of the establishment of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly was devised and pursued by Hossein Sheikholeslam, the late member of the seventh Iranian Parliament, and was finally realised. As the representative of the Iranian Parliament in the APA, he came up with and pursued the idea of an integrated Asian energy market and a friendship agreement among Asian countries within the framework of the APA.

‘Refusal to Pledge Allegiance to Taliban Leader Equal to Apostasy’

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The Taliban official made the remarks in a speech he made after the capture of Afghanistan’s Takhar province.

He said anyone who refuses to swear allegiance to Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada will be regarded as an apostate even if they say their prayers regularly.

The official asked all the audiences to convey his message to other people across the country so that every Afghan national would pledge allegiance to Sheikh Hibatullah.

Iran Summons Slovenian Envoy over PM Jansa’s Speech at MKO Gathering

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“After the presence of Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in the virtual meeting of MKO terrorist grouping, the Iranian foreign minister’s assistant and director general of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe department of the foreign ministry summoned Slovenia’s ambassador to Tehran Ms. Christina Radi and after conveying Iran’s strong protest against this move and the baseless accusations levelled against the Islamic Republic of Iran, gave her Iran’s official notice of protest against the government of Slovenia,” the ministry said in a statement.

“During the meeting, it was emphasised that Iran condemns the virtual presence of Slovenia’s premier in the gathering of a terrorist group, loathed among the great Iranian nation, as well as the official’s false and nonsensical remarks, which run counter to diplomatic norms and the atmosphere of bilateral relations.”

“This is besides the fact that supporting a terrorist grouping violates the UN charter, recognised international principles and human rights values and is, under no pretext, acceptable.” 

The ministry added that Tehran asked for an explanation by the Slovenian government on the issue. 

According to the ministry’s statement, the Slovenian ambassador confirmed that she will urgently convey Iran’s message of protest to her government.

All Iranian Citizens Connected to Internet: Minister

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“More than 98.5% of villagers as well as 100% of city dwellers in Iran have an Internet connection,” said Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi.

According to the data released by Iran’s Integrated Rural Information website (diiar.ir), the number of cities and villages with Internet coverage has considerably increased during the tenure of outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s administration.

Iran Bans Flights to 39 Countries Due to COVID-19

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The organisation announced that India, Botswana, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Iraq, Estonia, Ireland, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Slovakia, South Africa and Zambia are on the list of countries with a special condition due to the British variant of the COVID-19 virus.

The ICAO added that France, Pakistan, Albania, Andorra, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Ecuador, Hungary, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Malta, Moldavia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, occupied Palestine, Saint Lucia, Serbia, the Seychelles, Slovenia, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are among the countries with a high risk of the coronavirus infection.

“The ban on travel could be removed only after a negative PCR test report is presented with a validity of 96 hours at the country of origin, and another test is done again after entry into the country of destination for passengers over 8 years old in high-risk countries,” the ICAO said.

Western Politicians Sell Themselves Cheap for MKO Circus: Iran

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“Bought western politicians (incl #LyingCheatingStealing Pompeo) sell themselves cheap for a Europe-hosted circus arranged by a once Saddam-backed terrorist cult with Iranian blood on its hands,” Saeed Khatibzadeh tweeted.

“Insatiable thirst for dollars & anti-Iran obsession is driving shameful western hypocrisy.”

The MKO is holding a three-day virtual meeting in Paris with the presence of western officials including former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, several US senators and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa.

Every year, the group holds gatherings in Paris with the presence of mainly former western officials, who are paid hefty sums of money to attend.

Iran considers the gatherings stunts to buy legitimacy for a terrorist organisation, which is responsible for assassination and bombing campaign against Iranians, including top government officials, since the country’s Islamic revolution of 1979. The group also fought along Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein in his 1980’s war against Iran.

The group was removed from the EU and US blacklists of terrorist organisations in 2009 and 2012 in what western media characterized as Brussels’ and Washington’s embrace of terrorists.

25 Percent of Iranian Gov’t Managere Are Women: VP

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Es’haq Jahangiri said women are holding almost a third of the managerial posts in the country.

“Today, 25% of managers as well as 30 percent of university lecturers and faculty members are women,” said Jahangiri at a national festival on women and science.

In a speech, the vice president touched upon the “challenges and megachallenges” facing the country.

“The most important solution to overcome these challenges and weather the crises ahead is domestic unity and solidarity,” he added.

He also referred to late world-famous Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani and her wealth of knowledge.

“Professor Mirzakhani worked in the domain of maths, but her birthday was designated as World Women and Maths Day due to her credit,” he noted.

He referred to problems such as drought and water shortage, the spread of the coronavirus and the United States’ cruel sanctions, calling for closer collaboration with the elite to tackle the existing difficulties.

“[Iranian] President elect [Ebrahim Raeisi] and the new Judiciary chief’s call for political factions to put forward their proposals and solutions to weather the crises facing the country is a nice move, but under the current circumstances, we need dialogue, growing rapport and intellectual assets in the country, so that we will be able to tap into all existing potential to address the issues facing people,” he said.

Iran to Receive 6 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine by July 23: Official

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The health ministry announced the imports will expedite the inoculation drive in the country.

“Vaccination will gain momentum across the nation as of today by supplying the first domestically-developed consignment and speeding up imports,” said Kianoush Jahanpour, the Director General of the Public Relations Office of the health ministry.

“Yesterday, as many as one million doses were imported and 500,000 today, not to mention the 440,000 doses scheduled to get into the country as promised,” he added.

“Shipments containing 2.9 million doses of vaccines will be imported this week and next week.

Other consignments including between 2 and 3 million doses will also be imported from different countries, including China, Norway and Japan as well as other official sources thanks to the cooperation of our colleagues at the diplomacy apparatus and the health ministry’s support,” he said.

Over Three Million Iranian Patients Recover from COVID-19: Ministry

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In a press briefing on Saturday, Sima-Sadat Lari said the virus has killed 151 patients since Friday noon, increasing the overall death toll to 85,694.

She said 3,355,786 patients have contracted the novel coronavirus so far, including 11,664 new cases identified in the past 24 hours.

Lari said 3,602 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.
The spokeswoman noted that 24,437,503 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.

She said 4,592,139 people have so far received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,134,662 have received the second dose.

Rouhani Warns about Spread of Indian Variant of COVID-19

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Rouhani said on Saturday the Indian variant did not stay in Iran’s southern and eastern provinces and is now spreading in central regions of the country.

Referring to the report of the Health Committee on the special conditions and the fact that the fifth wave of the disease is more dangerous than the previous waves, the President emphasised, “Necessary measures should be taken to increase monitoring by different agencies and institutions and also to inform people more about the consequences of the new outbreak of the disease and its spread.”

Implementation of vaccination operations and its acceleration in recent days due to more imports of foreign vaccines and also the gradual entry of domestically produced vaccines into the consumption cycle was another issue raised by the Health Committee in this meeting.

It was announced that with the promises of vaccine manufacturers fulfilled, the production would be facilitated, and with the efforts of agencies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Central Bank to provide foreign vaccines, vaccination of target groups will be realised by August according to the national document.

Referring to the plans and measures taken in the field of supply and production of vaccines, the President expressed hope that despite the existing problems and obstacles, vaccination operations would be carried out more quickly by increasing the import of foreign vaccines and strengthening the production of domestic vaccines.

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