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Man behind Iran’s Worst Terrorist Attack Killed in 2015: Dutch Daily

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Man behind Iran’s Worst Terrorist Attack Killed in 2015: Dutch Daily
Ayatollah Beheshti (left), the Iranian Judiciary Chief who was killed in a 1981 bombing in Tehran by Mohammad-Reza Kolahi (right)

The Amsterdam-based newspaper Het Parool reported the news, citing a Dutch court investigating the case as the source.

The court held its first hearing on Friday, where two Amsterdam citizens suspected of killing the 56-year-old guy named Ali Motamed in his apartment in the Dutch city of Almere in December 2015 defended themselves.

The report said Ali Motamed was in fact a new identity for Mohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi, who is held responsible for the 1981 bombing of the headquarters of the Islamic Republic Party in Tehran.

The bombing killed 72 high-ranking politicians and party members, among them Chief Justice Ayatollah Mohammad Behesthi, who was seen as the number two figure after founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Kolahi, a member of the Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) who was a student at the time of the terror attack, came to the Netherlands as a political refugee in the 1980s.

He started a new life in the country as an electrician and married a Dutch woman who brought him a son.

Kolahi was sentenced to death in absentia and was an internationally wanted criminal.

Man behind Iran’s Worst Terrorist Attack Killed in 2015: Dutch Daily

May 2018, Rainiest Month in Iran in 10 Years

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Out of the 158.4-mm precipitation across Iran over the past eight months, 38.6mm was poured only during April 21 to May 21.

According to a report by Tasnim News Agency, a review of the precipitation since the beginning of the water year (September 2017 till May 21, 2018) in Iran reveals that there was a 158.4mm precipitation across the country over the past eight months.

The figure reveals that Iran experienced a 29.7-percent and 31.4-percent drop in precipitation compared with the similar period of time in the previous year and the average long term, respectively.

Before this year’s April 21, the rate of rainfall during the current water year stood higher compared with the same period in the previous year and the past five decades.

In another word, by April 20, 2018, Iran experienced a 43.1 percent drop in precipitation compared with the same period in the previous year and the average long term but May compensated for the shortage.

In late March, the national climatological research institute announced that much of Iran should expect higher than average temperatures as well as less precipitation this spring.

However, the rainfall, affecting almost the entire country over the past two months of the spring (March 21-May 21) has compensated part of the shortages. Nevertheless, many still believe that the summer will be drier than ever especially in southern cities.

List of US Demands Testifies to Iran’s Growing Clout: IRGC

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Speaking Monday night, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the lieutenant commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said Iran is now so powerful that the US secretary asks it to end its presence in the region.

“This means we cannot [push Iran out] and the country itself should end its presence,” he said, according to a report by IRNA.

“Enemies cannot do anything but to impose sanctions,” Salami said, adding that Iran is wealthy country that cannot be isolated.

Iran’s adversaries have spared no chance since the 1979 Islamic Revolution to curb Iran’s influence in the region.

In a follow up to the early March withdrawal of the US from the nuclear deal, Pompeo last week threatened to impose the “strongest sanctions in history” against Iran that would ultimately destroy Iran’s economy unless it capitulated to a series of 12 “basic requirements”.

The list asks Tehran to halt its missile development, stop what the US believes are Iran’s interventions in the affairs of Iraq, Syria and Yemen and cease support for groups which the US considers terrorist but Iran sees as legitimate resistance forces.

Ancient Iranians Used Stone Lions to Guard Their Graves

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Use of lion tombstones is a Bakhtiari tradition, a tribute built for the great tribesmen of the area.

According to local people, some of the graves date back to four hundred years ago.

Following are Tasnim’s photos of the graveyards:

Iran Leader Warns against Attempts to Inject Despair into Society

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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Khamenei on Monday said maybe these people [who inject despair] are not enemies, by what they do is exactly the same thing that enemies do.

Addressing a host of university students in Tehran, the Leader then touched upon the freedoms that Iranians enjoy.

He said the freedoms that Iranians have today in social, political and media arenas as well as in the cyberspace are a far cry from the climate of oppression that existed during the tyrannical rule of the former Pahlavi regime.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei underscored that Iran has made tangible and objective progress in the science and technology domain.

Ayatollah Khamenei underlined the necessity of making efforts to realize the ideals of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran.

He said there are several strata of society, including academics, seminarians, artists and scientists, who are instrumental in attaining the ideals.

“The youth, as the driving force behind the general move in the country, can play an important role in realizing the ideals,” said Ayatollah Khamenei.

The Leader said among the hurdles to moving towards ideals are “a lack of proper understanding of the environment” and “mistaking the friend’s front for that of the foe.”

He said a lack of willpower, laziness and impatience will also impede the move toward the realization of ideals.

Iran Condemns New York Court Rulings on 9/11 Attacks

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In reaction to the latest anti-Iran court ruling issued by a federal judge in New York, Qassemi said Iran rejects such cross-border and illegal verdicts.

The foreign ministry spokesman said such verdicts are issued while there is no solid evidence on Iran’s role in the 9/11 attack and in defiance of even the US’ official reports admitting that the organizers and culprits of the terrorist catastrophe were from the US regional allies.

According to the spokesman, such rulings mock not only the international legal system but also the American people, particularly the survivors and victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Qassemi went on to say that Iran has lodged its strong protest against the US administration through official channels (the country’s Interests Section).

“Issuing such illegal rulings stands in stark violation of the international commitments, law and accepted procedures which call for judicial immunity of the governments,” he said.

Iran reserves the right to follow up on the issue, adopt measures to strongly challenge the ruling and compensate for the possible damages, he added.

The US federal judge in New York ordered Iran last month to pay $6 billion to the alleged families of 9/11 attacks even though a state investigation has found no link between Tehran and those who carried out the bombings.

The ruling, issued by Manhattan federal judge George Daniels, was also hollow because Iran has never responded to the lawsuit and is unlikely to ever pay. The lawsuit claims that Iran provided technical assistance, training and planning to the al-Qaeda operatives that conducted the attacks.

However, the official investigation on the attacks, known as the 9/11 Commission Report, said that Iran did not play a direct role.

Nevertheless, Daniels insisted that the country was liable to more than 1,000 “parents, spouses, siblings and children” involved in the lawsuit.

The lawsuit is not linked to a case filed against Saudi Arabia, which families of 9/11 victims say provided direct support for the attackers.

Fifteen of the nineteen Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudi citizens.

Iran to Dedicate Special Places to Public Protests

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Bahram Sarmast, the Director General of the Interior Ministry’s Political Department, said the plan is aimed at providing protesters with special places to have their voices heard.

This plan not only ensures the protesters’ security, but also prevents public properties from being vandalized or other citizens’ business from being hampered, he added.

He said the plan allocates Tehran’s parks, stadiums and public squares to public protests, a report by ISNA said.

Sarmast said although the government has approved the plan, it has not yet implemented it.

Since its approval by Tehran’s City Council in January, the plan has sparked mixed reactions in the Iranian society.

The proponents of the plan underlined the necessity of implementing the Article 27 of Iran’s Constitution which says public gatherings and demonstrations are allowed as long as the participants do not carry arms and do not violate the fundamental principles of Islam.

On the other side, the opponents of the plan maintained that the plan is politically motivated and the city council should not get involved in security issues.

Back in January, a number of peaceful protests over economic problems broke out in several Iranian cities, but the gatherings turned violent when groups of participants, some of them armed, vandalized public properties and launched attacks on police stations and government buildings. At least 21 people including security forces lost their lives during the riots.

Following the violent protests, Iranian officials unanimously recognized the people’s right to express their protest over economic woes but stressed the protests need to be voiced within law.

“Drop in Lira’s Value Due to Turkish Economy’s Dependence on Foreign Assets”

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Mohsen Rezaee, the secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, made the comment on his Instagram page.

“The Turkish currency has considerably dropped in value. This is while Turkey is neither under sanctions, nor being threatened, and it is even a NATO member,” he wrote on Monday.

“The sudden decrease in the value of the Turkish Lira showed that making economy dependent on foreign assets could wrest control of a country’s economy from its statesmen and pose risks,” he noted.

He underlined it is not only Iran that needs to strengthen its economy.

Rather, as he added, all countries in the Middle East region need to adopt policies to make their economies stronger.

Turkey is trying desperately to halt a collapse in its currency that could trigger an economic crisis just as the country prepares to vote in an election.

Turkish inflation reached 10.85 percent and the economy has been plagued by fears of overheating despite impressive growth.

Iran, India Resolved to Expand Ties despite US Sanctions

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In a post on his Twitter account on Monday, Zarif said he held constructive talks with Indian officials on energy, banking, transportation and commerce, building on the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to India back in February

The Iranian foreign minister said Iran and India are resolved to expand their ties in all fields, adding the two sides have agreed to establish special committees to explore ways to expand their mutual relations in the wake of US sanctions.

Zarif also said he held “excellent substantive concluding meeting” with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.

According to a statement released by India’s External Affairs Ministry, during the meeting, Iranian and Indian foreign ministers discussed bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest.

“The two sides positively assessed the implementation of decisions taken during the visit of President Rouhani to India. These included bilateral cooperation in the areas of connectivity, energy, trade and promotion of people to people contacts,” the statement read.

The Indian Ministry also called on all signatories of the JCPOA to engage constructively for peaceful resolution of the issues that have arisen with respect to the agreement.

Earlier, in response to a question on India’s stance towards the US decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal, India’s external affairs minister told a press conference that India only abides by sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country, including the ones announced by the US against Iran.

Meanwhile, the Iranian foreign ministry released a statement on the meeting. Based on the Iranian side’s statement, Swaraj has referred to the significance of the Iran nuclear deal and underlined India’s strong support for preserving the nuclear deal during the Monday talks.
For his part, the Iranian Foreign Minister thanked India’s principled stance in support of the JCPOA and briefed his Indian counterpart on efforts underway to preserve the deal.

He also praised Iran and India’s mutual ties and said bilateral political and economic relations between Tehran and New Delhi have always been at a good level.

Zarif also said the leadership of the two sides have made good agreements on further enhancing mutual economic relations.

During the talks, the two sides also exchanged views on further expansion of ties in banking, energy, trade, insurance, shipping, use of national currencies, Chabahar projects and Chabahar-Zahedan railway.

The Iranian and Indian top diplomats also discussed regional and international issues in a later banquet.

Zarif arrived in India early on Monday heading a politico-economic delegation to hold talks with Indian officials on US pullout from JCPOA and ways to expand energy and transport cooperation.

Iran is India’s third largest oil supplier and there were apprehensions about possible impact of the US decision on India’s oil imports.

Iran Dismisses Reports on Indirect Talks with Israel in Jordan

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Bahram Qassemi

In a Monday interview with IRNA, Qassemi referred to certain reports by the Zionist and Saudi media outlets on indirect talks between the Islamic Republic and the Zionist regime in Jordan and called them totally baseless and false.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran does not at all recognize the fabricated, terrorist and occupying regime of Israel [to sit for talks with it],” he said.

Motivations behind such misleading reports are completely clear, Qassemi said, adding that such absurd and biased reports are released to deflect the world’s public opinion from the recent crimes of the Zionist regime against the Palestinians.

The release of such reports by websites affiliated with the Arab-Hebrew axis is not surprising in the wake of certain Arab states’ betrayal of the Palestinian cause and their efforts to break the ten-year resistance and resilience of the Palestinians against Israel’s aggressions, he added.

Earlier, the Israeli daily Jerusalem Post quoted the Saudi-owned website Elaph claiming Iran and Israel engaged over the weekend in indirect negotiations in Jordan regarding fighting in southwestern Syria.

Elaph reported that the Iranians pledged not to participate in expected battles in southwestern Syria between President Bashar Assad’s forces and militant groups. Meanwhile, according to the report, Israel has made it clear that it will not intervene in the battles in the tri-border area, as long as Hezbollah and the Iranian-backed fighters are not involved.

The unconfirmed report added the negotiations were conducted last weekend between Iran’s ambassador to Jordan, who was in one hotel room in Amman with Iranian security personnel, while in the next room there were senior Israeli security officials, including the deputy head of the Mossad.

The report said a Jordanian mediator carried messages between the sides.

Elaph sources claimed that “the talks with the Israelis were related to fighting in Syria and the nearing campaign in southern Syria, particularly in Dera’a and Quneitra.”

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