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Fate of UK Tanker Not Linked to Gibraltar’s Release of Iranian Tanker: Tehran

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Mousavi told a Monday press briefing that the British oil tanker must await a court ruling, and its possible release depends on the court’s decision.

He also expressed hope that the legal proceedings would be over as soon as possible.

Last month, Tehran impounded a British-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz for failing to stop after hitting an Iranian fishing boat in violation of international maritime rules.

The move came after the UK Royal Marine forces’ seizure of an Iranian oil tanker, Grace-1, in Gibraltar on the false pretext of violating the EU sanctions against Syria by trying to deliver oil to the Arab country.

There were speculations regarding a swap of tankers, but Iran categorically denied the rumours, arguing that the UK’s seizure of the Iranian tanker has been unlawful. Finally Gibraltar released the Iranian tanker on Thursday, but the UK tanker is still impounded in Iran.

Iran Warns US against Any Fresh Attempt to Seize Iranian Tanker

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Iran Says What IAEA Wants to Access “Not A Site”

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Mousavi said if the US makes any other request for the seizure of the Iranian tanker in international waters would be a threat to maritime safety.

He also announced that Iran has, through the Swiss embassy in Tehran which represents the US interests, warned the Americans against making such a big mistake.

The comments came after the Adrian Darya 1 supertanker finally left the Strait of Gibraltar, and moved towards its new destination in Greece.

Britain’s naval forces unlawfully seized the vessel, then known as Grace 1, and its cargo of 2.1 million barrels of oil in the Strait of Gibraltar on July 4 under the pretext that the supertanker had been suspected of carrying crude to Syria in violation of the European Union’s unilateral sanctions against the Arab country.

Tehran, however, rejected London’s claim that the tanker was heading to Syria and slammed the seizure as “piracy.”

On Thursday, Gibraltar’s government announced it was releasing Grace 1 supertanker despite pressure from the US for the vessel’s continued detainment.

The announcement came just before the US Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a warrant for the seizure of the Iran-operated ship.

Gibraltar’s government said on Sunday it has knocked back a request by Washington to detain the supertanker, arguing that ““the EU sanctions regime on Iran is fundamentally different to that of the US.”

Iran’s Navy Says Ready to Escort ‘Adrian Darya’ Tanker

Iran Says Geared Up for 3rd Reduction in Its Nuclear Commitments

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AEOI Chief Ali Akbar Salehi has briefed a committee of the Iranian Parliament on the latest measures that his organization has taken in preparation for the third step in halting certain commitments of Iran under the JCPOA.

In a Sunday interview with Tasnim, MP Hossein Naqavi Hosseini quoted Salehi as saying that an Iranian delegation monitoring the implementation of the JCPOA has convened two week ago to make decisions about the third step and has presented President Hassan Rouhani with a series of ideas.

Salehi says the AEOI has manufactured around twenty IR-6 centrifuge machines in a new and modern assembly line, the lawmaker noted.

The Iranian nuclear chief has also made it clear that Tehran could return to the pre-JCPOA conditions and has promised that Iranians will hear good news about the Arak nuclear site within the next few months, the MP added.

Iran has made good progress in developing nuclear propulsion systems, has increased the stockpile of enriched uranium from 300 to 370 kilograms, and has been working on the 6th, 7th and 8th generation of homegrown centrifuge machines, Naqavi Hosseini quoted Salehi as saying.

The EU’s failure of ensure Iran’s economic interests under the JCPOA has forced Tehran to stop honoring certain commitments, including an unlimited rise in the stockpile of enriched uranium.

Iran announced earlier this month that its stockpile of 4.5-percent enriched uranium has exceeded 370 kg.

Iran’s Navy Says Ready to Escort ‘Adrian Darya’ Tanker

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In comments at a conference in Tehran on Sunday, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said the Navy is prepared to dispatch a naval fleet to escort Adrian Darya-1, formerly known as Grace-1.

The Iranian supertanker has been released by the government of Gibraltar more than a month after it had been captured by the British Royal Navy on suspicion of attempting to breach global sanctions against Syria.

“Whenever the Islamic Republic of Iran intends, we would be ready to dispatch a naval fleet to escort the Adrian Darya,” the Navy chief stated.

Gibraltar on Sunday rejected a US request to continue holding the Iranian supertanker. The ship, containing more than 2 million gallons of Iranian light crude oil, was seized on July 4 in a British Royal Navy operation off the coast of Gibraltar.

Elsewhere in his speech, the Iranian Navy commander warned the destabilizing foreign forces to leave the region, saying, “The era of hit and run has ended, and the outsiders cannot infiltrate into the region.”

Deriding the US “dream” of creating a coalition for maritime security in the Persian Gulf, Rear Admiral Khanzadi said it is the US intention to foment insecurity in the region. “But with the presence of Iran’s Navy, the time has come for them (the foreign forces) to pack up their scrap iron and leave the region.”

The general said Iran has gained such great power that the “true pirates, namely the US and the UK” have stationed their aircraft carriers 300 miles away from the Islamic Republic’s waters.

According to the commander, Iran’s Navy has increased the number of its regional naval fleets from six to 13 this year.

While the enemies were trying to threaten Iran, the Navy brought the Fateh submarine and the Sahand destroyer into service and made the adversaries concerned about the capability to manufacture homegrown naval equipment, Rear Admiral Khanzadi added.

Iran Warns US against Any Fresh Attempt to Seize Iranian Tanker

Iran, China Oppose US Plans for Northeast Syria

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a Sunday meeting in Tehran, China’s special envoy for Syria Xie Xiaoyan and Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister in special political affairs, discussed various issues surrounding Syria.

Xiaoyan and Khaji talked about the latest political, on-the-ground, and international developments relating to Syria, with both emphasizing the need for Syria’s unity and territorial integrity and for the continued fight against terrorism as a global threat, given the recent measures taken by Americans in northeastern Syria.

The Iranian and Chinese diplomats also discussed the latest status of formation of Syria’s Constitutional Committee, the necessity for the return of the displaced persons to Syria, a prisoner swap working group, the reconstruction plans in the Arab country, and the developments in Idlib and northeast Syria.

They finally stressed the necessity for constant consultations between Tehran and Beijing.

Earlier this month, the US and Turkey agreed to establish a joint operations center in order to coordinate and manage the setting up of a safe zone in northern Syria.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed the US plan for the so-called safe zone as a provocative measure in contravention of the UN Charter.

Iran Slams US ‘Provocative’ Plan for Syria Safe Zone

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In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said, “The recent comments and agreements of the US officials on creating a safe zone in northeastern Syria are provocative and raise concerns.”
“Such kind of measures, like the other actions by the American officials, are destabilizing and will create insecurity, apart from being instances of interference in Syria’s internal affairs,” he added.
“The Americans’ behaviour in the northeast of Syria is a blatant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and contravenes the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter,” Mousavi noted.
“It is obvious that the security concerns in Syria’s northern border would be addressed under bilateral agreements with the neighbours and through good offices, and there is no need for meddling of foreign powers,” the spokesperson concluded.
Earlier this month, the US and Turkey agreed to establish a joint operations center in order to coordinate and manage the setting up of a safe zone in northern Syria.
Northeastern Syria is currently under the control of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), largely comprising of the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkey has been pressing to establish a 30-40 km deep zone within Syria, seeking the removal of the YPG from the area. But the US has tried to limit the safe zone to 10 km.

Gibraltar Rejects US Request to Seize Iranian Tanker

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“The Central Authority’s inability to seek the Orders requested is a result of the operation of European Union law and the differences in the sanctions regimes applicable to Iran in the EU and the US,” a Gibraltar government statement said Sunday.

“The EU sanctions regime against Iran – which is applicable in Gibraltar – is much narrower than that applicable in the US.”

The statement came after a federal court in Washington on Friday issued a warrant for the seizure of the tanker, the oil it carries and nearly $1 million.

British Royal Marines seized the Iranian oil tanker on July 4 off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory of Gibraltar on suspicion of violating EU sanctions by taking oil to Syria, which Tehran denies.

Gibraltar on Thursday released the tanker after a month, claiming that Iran has given written commitment it won’t deliver its oil to Syria. However, Iran says it has not given any promise, and that it is none of anyone’s business where it heads to.

The tanker’s release is expected to facilitate Tehran’s reciprocal release of a UK tanker it seized last month on charge of violating international maritime rules.

Iran renamed Grace-1 to Adrian Darya because Panama as the previous flag state of the ship had refused to continue to keep it registered after it was detained in Gibraltar for alleged breach of sanctions on Syria, said Iran’s ambassador to the UK.

“Renaming the tanker carrying Iranian oil created this wrong perception for some that the move was meant to circumvent the sanctions,” wrote Hamid Baeidinejad in a tweet.

He said that based on maritime regulations, a ship bears the flag of the country where it is registered and therefore, it should have a name chosen by that country.

“Naturally, with the registration of the ship in Iran, a new Iranian name was picked for it,” said the envoy, reiterating that the tanker is free from any sanctions and its oil cargo belongs to the National Iranian Oil Company.

Seven Arab States Plus Iran Can Ensure Security of Persian Gulf: IRGC

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Iran's IRGC Says Following Americans in Persian Gulf 'Like A Falcon'

“The seven countries to the south of the Persian Gulf plus Iran are fully capable of establishing security,” the top general said on Sunday, stressing that foreign military presence would be a cause for insecurity.

“Today, we can establish security in the Persian Gulf. Iran is the flag-bearer [among the countries] of establishing security,” he stressed.

He also noted that deep waterways in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman and between Iranian islands are safe and that the Islamic Republic has always worked to establish security there.

“If the region was set on fire, the foreigners would merely seek to convince regional countries that they need weapons,” he said.

“In fact, the United States and the United Kingdom want to insinuate that the region is insecure.”

The IRGC general said the Persian Gulf is an “enclosed” gulf, and that US aircraft carriers and submarines operating on nuclear fuel would cause serious trouble if “they encountered some problem.”

“[If that happened,] the very countries south of the Persian Gulf and our Muslim neighbours — which have [so many] water desalination machines — will have no water to drink,” he said.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

19 Dey:

1- Larijani: US People Ruled by Leaders Similar to Don Quixote

2- Zarif: We’re Not Allowed to Make Choices on Behalf of People

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Abrar:

1- Iran Top General: We’re on Verge of Self-Sufficiency in Plane Engine Production

2- Abdul-Mahdi’s Aide: Iraq Played a Role in Release of Grace-1

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Ebtekar:

1- Future of Guerrilla War in Yemen

*  Iran’s Foreign Ministry Hosts Ansarullah’s Talks with 4 EU States

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Etemad:

1- Iran Mediator of Yemen Crisis

* Ansarullah Chief: We Haven’t Taken a Single Order from Iran So Far

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Ettela’at:

1- Iran, Ansarullah, Four EU Ambassadors Meet in Tehran

2- Ansarullah Launches Massive Attack on Saudi Refinery with 10 Drones

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Javan:

1- Yemeni Dagger in Riyadh’s Oil Heart

* Ansarullah Drones Hit Aramco Facilities in Heart of Saudi Arabia

2- American Warships Craves Being Hunted by Iran!

* US Court Issues Warrant for Seizure of Iran’s Tanker

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Ways to End Yemen War Discussed in Tehran between Ansarullah, E4

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Kayhan:

1- US Threatens Iranian Oil Tanker: Washington Desires Being Slapped by Iran!

2- 10 Ansarullah Drones Attack Biggest Oil Reserve Facility in Saudi Arabia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

 

Shargh:

1- Judiciary Official: It’d Be Better for Fugitives If They Return to Iran

2- Intelligence Minister Must Answer MPs’ Question about Nuclear Case

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 18

Iran, Kuwait Eye Enhanced Ties in Defiance of US Pressures

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In the Sunday meeting, the Kuwaiti crown prince extended Zarif a warm and friendly welcome, and said the Kuwaiti Emir was very interested in meeting the Iranian top diplomat, but the meeting could not take place over the latter’s illness.

The Kuwaiti official said regional interests are above and more important than anything, adding, “We are always prepared for cooperation and dialogue, and consider it to be in the interest of the region and its security and stability.”

Zarif, in turn, wished health and speedy recovery for the Kuwaiti Emir, and described him as one of the prudent leaders of the region.

He described as friendly and brotherly the relations between Iran and Kuwait, and called for deepening and development of reciprocal ties.

He also highlighted the necessity for cooperation among regional countries given the ongoing developments, and said, “We and you will remain in this region, and the outsiders will leave.”

The Iranian top diplomat arrived in Kuwait on Saturday for a one-day visit.

Last night, he held talks with members of Kuwait-Iran Friendship Association, where they conferred on a broad range of issues, such as the friendly and age-old relations between Iran and Kuwait.

They also exchanged views on regional issues including the Palestinians’ conditions, the necessity for cooperation in the Persian Gulf, the current situation in the region, and the US’ economic terrorism against people of Iran.

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