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Rouhani: Parliament’s Bill to Stop Nuclear Inspections ‘Detrimental to Diplomacy’

“The government does not agree with the bill passed by the Parliament yesterday, and considers it to be detrimental to diplomatic efforts,” Rouhani said in a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday.

He said enemies have spared no effort in the past decade to make the Iranian nation submit, especially in the past three years when they turned sanctions into an all-out economic war.

However, Rouhani added, “we believe the situation will be different next year once this war and maximum pressure is over.

He said the change of conditions is not just because of the failure of Donald Trump and his wrong Iran policies. “Any incoming US administration would have to bow to the Iranian nation because of the failure of the economic war and the maximum pressure policy.”

Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the generalities of a draft bill aimed at tackling sanctions imposed on the country and preventing international inspectors from accessing the country’s nuclear facilities.

The bill instructs the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to produce at least 120 kilogrammes of 20%-enriched uranium annually and stockpile it in the country and use it for peaceful purposes as needed.

Once the bill is signed into law, the government also has a duty to meet, fully and without delay, domestic industries’ need for uranium enriched up to a purity level of 20 percent and above for peaceful purposes.

Under the bill, the government would also be obliged to raise the country’s uranium enrichment and production to realize the enrichment capacity of 190 thousand separative work units (SWU).

The bill also requires the government to make use of advanced centrifuges, including IR6 and IR2M types.

Iran Urges Int’l Community to Counter Israeli Atrocities against Palestine

In a message to the UN General Assembly on the occasion of International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People, President Hassan Rouhani urged world countries to counter measures adopted by Tel Aviv, which violates human rights and provisions of numerous UN resolutions.

Rouhani’s message came as a ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York attended by representatives of UN member states. The participants condemned the Israeli regime’s illegal moves in occupied Palestinian territories and expressed their solidarity with Palestinians. 

“November 29 is a reminder of more than seven decades of occupation of Palestinian territories by the Israeli regime and endless sufferings of Palestinian people and unending tyranny and injustice that the oppressed Palestinian nation is subjected to,” read the president’s message.  

“This comes as every day we are seeing more and more aggressive and racist policies and organized crime by this regime, including the annexation plan and killing Palestinian people and the continuation of sanctions against the people of Gaza in breach of human rights amid the coronavirus pandemic and Palestinians being denied access to the minimum medical requirements and health assistance,” the message also read. 

The president also expressed regret over Israel’s expansionist policy by constructing more and more Jewish settlements on the West Bank and East al-Quds, ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and the cruel blockade of the Gaza Strip. 

He criticized the international community for failing to take “effective action” to end this tragedy and restore Palestinians’ rights. 

President Rouhani condemned Israeli atrocities against Palestinians and called on the international community, including Muslim states, to take prompt action to end Israeli brutalities.

EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Raps Criminal Assassination of Iranian Scientist

In a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday evening, Borrell reiterated that the fatal assassination attack on Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a criminal measure.

He also expounded on the European Union’s stances on the matter.

Strategic Action Bill Ends Iran’s One-Way Commitment to JCPOA: Top MP

In remarks after ratification of the strategic action for lifting of the sanctions and safeguarding national interests at the Parliament on Tuesday, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the new measure has ended a one-way road in implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

The plan, however, includes an article that allows for renegotiation over the parliamentary bill by giving the Westerners an opportunity to fulfill their JCPOA commitments, he added.

“Over the past couple of years, we fulfilled one-way commitments under the JCPOA, but the Western parties did not honor their commitments… Today, the Parliament put an end to the one-way road with these measures,” Qalibaf noted.

Not only did the Western states fail to meet their JCPOA commitments, but also harmed Iran’s nuclear industry with acts of sabotage at the Natanz nuclear site and even refused to condemn the recent assassination of eminent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the speaker deplored.

Expressing hope that the “decisive action” by the Parliament would lift the sanctions, Qalibaf assured the Western states that Iran will press on with the new plan as long as they refrain from honoring their commitments.

He finally noted that Article VII of the parliamentary bill allows for negotiation about a reversal of approaches in case the other JCPOA parties fulfill their undertakings.

Iran MPs Okay Bill to Tackle Sanctions, Ordering Bans on Nuclear Inspections

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1

Iranian Newspapers

Iranian Newspapers

Aftab-e Yazd Newspaper:

1- Trump’s Son-in-Law Makes Strange Visit to Saudi

2- East’s Negative Point in Shanghai Test

3- Will Putin Resign?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Arman-e Melli Newspaper:

1- Shamkhani’s Untold Stories about Fakhrizadeh Assassination

2- Former MP: Iran Shouldn’t Play in Israel’s Court

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Donya-ye Eqtesad Newspaper:

1- Left-Wing Economic Team in White House

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Ebtekar Newspaper:

1- Clues of a Crime

* Did They Kill Fakhrizadeh Using Remote Control?

2- Judiciary Chief: Sanction and Assassination Two Sides of Same Coin

3- Interior Minister: Total Number of COVID-19 Infections Only 3% of Iran Population

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Etemad Newspaper:

1- It’s Not a Sea, It’s Ahvaz

* Street Flooding, Permanent Grief of Khuzestan

2- Terror and Security Infiltration in Broad Daylight

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Ettela’at Newspaper:

1- Shamkhani: Fakhrizadeh Achievements to Stun the World

2- Jahangiri: Stigma of Iran’s Medicine Sanctions to Remain with Its Sponsors Forever

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Hamshahri Newspaper:

1- The Day When the World Changed

* One Year Since First Case of Coronavirus Identified in China

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Iran Newspaper:

1- New Details of Assassination of Iranian Scientist

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Javan Newspaper:

1- Days of Tel Aviv’s Fear from Iran’s Revenge

2- Trump Administration’s Maximum Pressure Against Iran Failed

3- What Should Iran Expect If It Doesn’t Take Revenge?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Kayhan Newspaper:

1- Military Commanders Say Day of Revenge Not Too Far

2- US Health Officials Warn: Wait for Several Coronavirus Waves

3- From Denying Fakhrizadeh’s Nuclear Identity to False Claim of His Membership in JCPOA Team!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Mardom Salari Newspaper:

1- Israel’s Responsibility in Fakhrizadeh Assassination

2- People’s Houses Filled with Water in Khuzestan

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Shahrvand Newspaper:

1- Shamkhani: Electronic Equipment Used in Killing Fakhrizadeh

2- Snow, Blizzard, Flood, and Coronavirus

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1


 

Shargh Newspaper:

1- Shamkhani: Operation and Its Whereabouts Had Been Anticipated

2- Health Minister: Virus May Once Again Surge in Winter

3- Israel Seeking to Change Court [Editorial]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 1

Iran Not to Give IAEA Any Access beyond NPT: Spokesman

Iran Sees ‘Positive Outlook’ for Ties with IAEA after Latest Report

“Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA is within the framework of NPT and our commitments,” Khatibzadeh said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

“We haven’t given them any further access and won’t do so,” he underlined.

“Our interaction with the IAEA so far has been a technical and respectful one despite certain differences,” he noted. 

He said Iran has always cautioned the IAEA about certain irresponsible behaviours. 

“We hope the IAEA’s new approach would remain a technical and professional one. Until then, we’ll continue our relation with the IAEA based on the same framework,” he added.

Iran Reports 382 New Deaths Caused by COVID-19

In a press briefing on Tuesday, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima-Sadat Lari reported 13,881 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total number of cases to 975,951.

So far, she added, 677,963 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.

Lari said 5,840 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.

The spokeswoman noted that 6,168,637 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.

She said the high-risk “red” zones include Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Yazd, Ardabil, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, Hamadan, West Azarbaijan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Alborz, Lorestan, Markazi, Ilam, South Khorasan, Kermanshah, North Khorasan, Semnan, Gilan, Zanjan, Qazvin, Kurdistan, and Kerman provinces.

The “orange” and “yellow” zones also include Golestan, Hormozgan, Fars, and Sistan-and-Baluchestan provinces, she added.

Iran Slams Saudi for Its Failure to Condemn Fakhrizadeh Assassination

Speaking in a press briefing on Tuesday, Saeed Khatibzadeh said all other Persian Gulf littoral states have reacted to the act of terror.

“Unfortunately, only one country (Saudi Arabia) has not adopted any positions [on the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh]. The other six of the seven Persian Gulf Arab states have adopted a serious stance,” he explained.

“They either issued statements in condemnation of the assassination, or had phone contacts with Mr. Zarif,” he said.

“That country (Saudi Arabia) should reconsider its policies,” Khatibzadeh said.

He then touched upon a recent trip by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“We saw [US Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo made a hasty and urgent trip to the region.

It is clear why this bankrupt secretary of state of the Trump administration is so anxious and doing things so hurriedly. This anxiety and rush is aimed at fending off a major historic defeat, or probably the biggest historic defeat that the US regime could have ever suffered,” he said.

“They compromised all their credit and reputation and used everything available to them to pressure the Iranian nation. They failed to achieve any of their objectives,” said the spokesman.

He then expressed hope those acting against Iran would rethink their policies.

“We would like to think that they are correcting the approach they have adopted.

Otherwise, if any trace is found of anyone [’s involvement in the assassination], as Iranian officials have rightly said, those ordering and perpetrating the terrorist act will be punished,” he said.

Follow the latest on the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh through this link.

Blow of Sanctions on Iran Neutralized: President

In an address to a Tuesday session of the Administration’s Economic Coordination Headquarters, President Rouhani said the enemy has failed to achieve its main purpose in imposing the sanctions and economic war against Iran, namely the economic collapse of the Islamic Republic.

In spite of the harmful effects of sanctions on Iran’s economy and the livelihood of people, “we can assert strongly that the impacts of sanctions have been neutralized,” the president added.

The success in tackling the sanctions has been gained with resistance and prudent policies, President Rouhani stressed, saying the enemy’s objective to disrupt the Iranian society’s calm, psychological security and economic stability has also ended in failure.

“Those who have failed to meet the objective of halting Iran’s economy during two years and a half of implementation of the anti-Iranian policy of maximum pressure are now angry about the clam and the improving course in Iran’s economy, and are seeking to send negative waves to (Iran’s) economy in these few weeks,” the president added, pointing to the termination of the US administration’s term.

“People are confident that the economic resistance has born fruit and those who have imposed sanctions will have to reverse their approach. That’s why the predictions of future have become positive, as the economic behavior in various markets attest to it,” President Rouhani stated.

On the efforts to finalize the next year’s national budget bill, the president said the budget bill prepared by the administration would pave the way for the country’s progress and development of infrastructures.

The main strategy in preparing the next year’s budget is to maintain and strengthen the process of development and support the vulnerable groups, the president explained, hoping that removal of the obstacles would accelerate the country’s development pace in the next Iranian year, which begins in March 2021.

President Rouhani finally noted that oil revenues have been excluded from the next year’s budget, highlighting the administration’s detailed planning and accurate calculations coupled with the experience of countering severe economic sanctions.