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COVID-19 Vaccine Production, Purchase from Abroad on Agenda: Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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President Rouhani chaired a meeting of the specialized committees of the Coronavirus Battle National Headquarters on Tuesday.

After hearing a report about the positive results of the extensive screening of people with COVID-19 rapid test kits, a rise in the domestic production of diagnostic test kits, and the development of a homegrown vaccine for the coronavirus, President Rouhani said the Coronavirus Battle National Headquarters has focused on two main priorities in dealing with the pandemic.

The first priority is to enforce the health protocols, carry out schemes for screening of people, and implement smart social distancing plans as the most reliable methods, the president noted, pointing to the positive results of the recent restrictions in curbing a new wave of coronavirus infections.

The second priority is to supply the COVID-19 vaccine, President Rouhani stated, adding, “Preparations and arrangements have been made for the production of vaccine with reliance on the capabilities of the domestic scientists and expert centers, as acquiring and purchasing it (vaccine) from abroad is also on the agenda.”

The president then lashed out at the US for obstructing the delivery of basic needs, including the coronavirus vaccine, to Iranian people.

The world will not forget the illegal, anti-human and shameful activities of the outgoing US administration, the president added.

“We will overcome this obstacle in the same way that we managed to tackle the economic war,” President Rouhani underlined, assuring the Iranian people that all administrative organizations are working to supply a reliable and certified vaccine.

Participants in the meeting agreed on a plan to immediately obtain a vaccine approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), distribute it by identifying priority populations, and double efforts to produce the vaccine inside the country.

In comments on Monday, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said Tehran has tried to purchase COVID-19 vaccine from other countries, but the US sanctions have prevented financial transactions for the sale.

Abdolnasser Hemmati said while the purchases of the coronavirus vaccine should be made officially through the WHO, Iran has faced obstacles in every single way that it has tried to make payments and transfer currency for the purchase of vaccine “because of the US government’s inhumane sanctions and the need for permission from OFAC”, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department.

Biden Knows What to Do to Win Iran’s Trust: Spokesman

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking in his weekly press briefing on Tuesday, Ali Rabiei said any talk of fresh negotiations is out of the question as long as the United States has not re-entered the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

He said Washington should begin to respect its commitments under the nuclear agreement.

“Until the US has not returned to the point where it stopped honouring its obligations, there is no way studying the possibility of fresh talks,” he said.

“[What Iran expects is] Returning to the conditions on May 18, 2018, the same day that the United States stopped fulfilling its commitments,” he said.

“We expect the US to, unconditionally and at the same speed that Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal, reverse all the destructive trends that it has gone through,” he added.

“In simple terms, that was the time when those sitting at the table left it and prevented global peace from taking hold in different areas, especially in our region,” Rabiei explained.

“The next US administration knows well what it should do to win Iran’s trust and what harmful actions it should avoid, actions that could harm diplomacy,” he noted.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers

Aftab-e Yazd Newspaper:

1- US Prevents Transfer of Forex for Iran’s Purchase of COVID-19 Vaccine

2- 2021 Elections in Iran and Two Different Perspectives [Editorial]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Arman-e Melli Newspaper:

1- Tehran’s Last Chance to Save Qatar for Itself

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Donya-ye Eqtesad Newspaper:

1- Flood Crisis in Nine Provinces

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Ebtekar Newspaper:

1- Khuzestan, the Endless Crisis

* Heavy Flooding, Snow and Blizzard Cause Accidents in Iran

2- Zarif to Syrian FM: Vigilance, Consultation between Iran, Syria More Necessary than Ever

3- Latest News from Purchasing COVID-19 Vaccine

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Etemad Newspaper:

1- Conservatives Line Up to Run for Presidency

* Zarghami Expresses Readiness; Mohsen Rezaei Called on to Run

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Ettela’at Newspaper:

1- Iran Not to Negotiate over Its National Security: Foreign Ministry

2- Syrian FM Meets Zarif, Velayati in Tehran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Iran Newspaper:

1- Iran Will Definitely Opt for Path of Negotiation: Spokesman on JCPOA Fate

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Javan Newspaper:

1- West Doesn’t Let Iran Buy COVID-19 Vaccine: CBI Chief

2- Europe to Rouhani: Don’t Implement What Parliament Passed!

3- Iran Ranks First Globally in Growth of Scientific Quality, Impact

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Kayhan Newspaper:

1- Iran to Avenge Fakhrizadeh’s Assassination Sooner than What Some Think

2- Iran Government Shouldn’t Implement Parliament’s Bill!

3- Dubai Turns into Haven for Israel’s Drug Smugglers, Criminals

4- Some Trying to Embellish US’ Inhumane Move to Sanction Iran: Top Banker

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Khorasan Newspaper:

1- US’ Coronavirus Crime against Iran

2- Victims of Long-Anticipated Floods!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Mardom Salari Newspaper:

1- Europe’s Reaction to Development of Iran’s Nuclear Activities

2- Former MP: Cessation of Implementing Additional Protocol Not to Secure Iran’s National Interests

3- Please Don’t Monopolize COVID-19 Vaccine!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Shahrvand Newspaper:

1- 1,000 Billion Tomans Allocated to Purchase of COVID-19 Vaccine

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

 

Shargh Newspaper:

1- All the Details of Parliament’s Nuclear Bill

2- US Sanctions Prevent Iran from Buying COVID-19 Vaccine

3- Middle East Worried about Iran’s Reaction

4- What Western Analysts Think about Killing of Iranian Scientist

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 8

Assassins of Fakhrizadeh Should Be Awaiting Iran’s Response: IRGC Chief

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran to Hit Anyone Involved in Gen. Soleimani’s Assassination: IRGC Chief

Major General Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said the country will not leave the act of terror unanswered.

“Our enemies should be awaiting our reactions and responses in the manner that we determine,” he said.

“The Iranian nation should know this and should have no worries,” he added on Tuesday.

The top general said the Iranian nation will continue the path of martyr Fakhrizadeh with more determination.

Nuclear and defence scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on Nov. 27, 2020 in a terrorist attack in a town east of the capital Tehran.

Iran Rejects Idea of Involving Other Countries in Nuclear Talks

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Says US Change of Tack to Benefit Region, World

“From our point of view, negotiations on the JCPOA have basically ended,” Ali Rabiei told reporters on Tuesday.

Rabiei touched upon Japan’s offer to be present in talks over the nuclear agreement, saying no new talks are on the agenda in that regard.

“We embrace Japan, as an important country and a friend of ours, playing a more active role in our continent. But the JCPOA is not an issue which can be re-negotiated; so, no new negotiator can be taken on board in this regard,” he said.

“From our standpoint, talks on the JCPOA have come to an end, and no new talks are scheduled to take place on that. Accordingly, there is no need to restructure the talks, either,” said the spokesman.

He then urged all signatories to the JCPOA to make good on their commitments under the deal.
“The only remaining issue today is for all sides to return to the commitments under the nuclear deal as agreed, and this is not a complicated issue,” he said.

“First, all signatories should begin to respect all the obligations that they reneged on. Iran has remained committed to its obligations and has maintained its commitments for months,” he said.
“Moreover, Iran has acted under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The other parties should make good on their commitments. We don’t favour any new negotiations that would, once again, bring us to the point where we are now,” said Rabiei.

He then urged all regional countries to work towards promoting peace, security and stability in the region.

IAEA Informed of Iran’s New Centrifuge Installations: Spokesman

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking in a weekly press conference on Tuesday, Rabiei said Tehran’s decision to install 500 new centrifuges for uranium enrichment in Natanz has not been made recently.

“This has been anticipated long ago and in line with the balanced reduction of commitments because of the US’ withdrawal from the JCPOA. We have not made a new decision about the issue,” he added.

The new centrifuges installed in Natanz site are IR-2M machines, each with an enrichment capacity of five to six Separative Work Units (SWUs), the spokesman explained.

The enrichment capacity of the newly-installed centrifuges are around six times higher than the previous generation, namely the IR-1 machines, he added.

“What Iran has done have been within the framework of the five steps to reduce the JCPOA commitments. It has been reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency and has been officially announced. Installation of this generation (of centrifuges) has been under the supervision of the agency (IAEA). The agency (IAEA) is currently monitoring them,” the spokesperson noted.

He also emphasized that Tehran’s measures “are definitely within the framework of the JCPOA, as the rights stipulated in it (JCPOA) are exercisable for the two sides.”

As already announced several times, all of Iran’s measures are reversible, Rabiei concluded, adding, “Whenever the US returns to its commitments or the Europeans can cover the commitments from which the US has withdrawn, we will rapidly return to the conditions we have agreed upon in the JCPOA.”

Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Rouhollah Zam

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ruhollah Zam Sentenced to Death for 'Corruption on Earth'

Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili said Rouhollah Zam had received the death penalty from the Public and Revolution Court.

Amad News was notorious for disseminating incriminating content against the Islamic establishment, insulting the sanctity of Iranian Muslims and publishing fake news in order to drive a wedge between the Iranian people and government.

Zam faced charges of having “committed offenses against the country’s internal and external security” and “espionage for the French intelligence service,” alongside “corruption on earth” as well as insult to “the sanctity of Islam” according to an indictment released in February.

He was arrested in October 2019 by the Intelligence Organization of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC).

The meticulous intelligence operation involved outmaneuvering the intelligence services of certain Western countries, especially France, which offered Zam guidance and protection for his operation.

“Intelligence forces had been keeping a watchful eye on Rouhollah Zam’s movements for a long time and he stepped into the intelligence trap set by IRGC some two years ago.

Ultimately, we were able to arrest him through cooperation with other intelligence services,” Second Brigadier General Mohammad Tavallaei, a high-ranking IRGC official, said at the time.

Sri Lanka Condemns Assassination of Iranian Scientist

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday, Gunawardena offered the Sri Lankan government’s condolences to the Iranian government and people for the loss of Fakhrizadeh.

The top Sri Lankan diplomat also condemned the terrorist assassination that led to the martyrdom of the Iranian scientist.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka had already issued a statement in condemnation of the assassination.

Foreign Minister Gunawardena had also sent a letter to his Iranian counterpart to condemn the assassination.

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

US Seeking to Expand ISIS Terror Cells in Region: Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNCS) Vice Admiral Ali Shamkhani said Washington is also trying to loot Syria’s oil and ensure the security of the Israeli rgime.

“The United States’ evil presence in the region must be ended,” said Shamkhani in a meeting with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.

The Iranian official said the secret to the survival of the Israeli regime is violation of humans’ rights and terror.

“The international community and international circles should firmly stand up to the actions of this ruthless and anti-human regime,” he noted.

“Undoubtedly, the world will be safer without the Israeli regime,” he said.
Shamkhani further lashed out at regional countries which have normalized their relations with Tel Aviv.

“Statesmen who are humiliatingly normalizing their relations with the fabricated Israeli regime and helping he US implement its schemes in the region will have a destiny no better than those of [Muammar] Gaddafi and Omar al-Bashir,” said Shamkhani.

The top Iranian official lauded the Syrian people and government’s resistance against Israeli aggression and terrorism.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will never leave the Syrian nation and government alone in the fight against aggression and terrorism,” he said.

The top Syrian diplomat, in turn, appreciated Tehran’s all-out support for his country against terrorism and Israeli threats, highlighting the need to further boost Tehran-Damascus relations on all fronts, especially in the economic area.

Tehran Rejects Calls by Saudis to Be Included in Iran-West Talks

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Saeed Khatibzadeh urged regional countries to know their limits and act accordingly.

“Tehran’s message to these countries is that Iran is the anchor of stability in the region.

Iran is a historical country in the region, and like an elder brother, has tried to condone others’ mistakes, but they should know what their status is and to what extent they can talk,” said the spokesman in a Monday press conference.

“Some countries put all their credibility on the line to achieve their objective during the tenure of the outgoing US president. They spent their own people’s money to buy security for a few days. Obviously, they are worried today,” Khatibzadeh added.

Khatibzadeh’s comments came after Saudi Arabia and Bahrain called for Persian Gulf States to be consulted on any potential negotiations with Iran.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan had demanded that the kingdom be “fully consulted” on “what goes on regarding negotiations with Iran.”

In his Monday remarks, Khatibzadeh recommend that “Saudi Arabia and its rulers note the problems they have created every day for their own people as well as for the people of the Muslim world and the Arab world can be resolved only if they correct the approach they have adopted, and that they will gain nothing by playing blame games.”

“Riyadh is to blame for many of the problems that the Arab world is facing today. Riyadh is responsible for war, bloodshed and famine in Yemen. Riyadh is responsible for certain actions in places from the Horn of Africa to Southeast Asia.”

He further said that unfortunately, some Takfiris schools are being run with money provided by Saudi Arabia and some other countries.

“The sooner they stop moving on this wrong path, the better it will be for the region and for themselves as well as for the dear people of Saudi Arabia.”

The spokeman said, “Saudi people deserve to have better policies rather than seeing their rulers setting their eyes on the bloody hands of some transregional players such as Israel and the United States.”

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