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Iran Denies Cooperation with Morocco’s Polisario Front

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In a Wednesday statement, Bahram Qassemi dismissed as untrue and false remarks attributed to Morocco’s foreign minister that Iranian diplomats have been cooperating with Polisario Front.

“As mentioned in recent days and during contacts by the officials of both countries, and as Iranian officials dismissed the claim as utterly groundless and untrue, we do deem it necessary to emphasise, loud and clear, once again that one of the most important and fundamental principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy regarding relations with other governments and countries is full respect for their right to sovereignty and security as well as non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs,” the spokesman said.

Qassemi’s reaction came in response to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita’s accusation that Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, are training and arming Polisario militants via the Iranian embassy in Algeria. Hezbollah has rejected any such involvement as well.

Morocco has severed diplomatic ties with Tehran over its alleged support for the Polisario Front.

The front is a Western Sahara independence movement. Morocco has claimed Western Sahara since Spain left in 1975. But Polisario fought a guerrilla war for independence for the Sahrawi people until a UN-backed ceasefire took hold in 1991.

Iran Denounces France Police Attack on IRIB Crew

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“From the very beginning of the incident, the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Paris has been seriously monitoring the health status of the IRIB team, and we hope that they will be recovered soon,” added Qassemi.

He also condemned the French police’s move that led to this unpleasant incident, adding that police should provide security for citizens and guarantee the professional activities of journalists and the press.

“We consider such incidents unacceptable, and expect the French authorities to cooperate with Iran’s embassy staff in dealing with the perpetrators of this incident and look into the status of the Iranian state radio and TV team.”

Two Iranian media crew covering anti-government protests in Paris were heavily injured by the Frrench police and taken to hospital on Tuesday.

Shahsavar Hosseini, the correspondent of the Iranian state radio and TV in the French capital, passed out after inhaling tear gas during demonstrations.

A cameraman of the Iranian TV crew was also wounded after being hit in the head by a rubber bullet and rushed to hospital. He is reportedly in a coma now.

The Iranian media crew were covering the demonstrations by anti-government protesters in Paris when the two were wounded as police clashed with protesters.

Jeddah Wrestling Charade: Bin Salman’s Fantasy of Defeating Iran

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The Persian-language Tasnim News Agency has, in an analytical piece, weighed in on the ludicrous shows that Saudi Arabia has recently staged against Iran. The highlights of the article follow.

Around five months ago, Saudi Arabia released an animation depicting war against Iran through the eyes of Riyadh. In that imaginary and “all-out” war, all of Iran’s infrastructure is destroyed in operations commanded by Mohammed bin Salman who enters Tehran shortly. The animation was held up to ridicule by many, even Saudi citizens.

Recently, Riyadh staged a “wrestling” scenario to once again display Bin Salman’s victory in another show.

According to Saudi sources, some $10 million was paid out of Saudi people’s pockets for a five-minute performance by the wrestlers picked by bin Salman. The two Iranian wrestlers were humiliated by their Saudi counterparts after raising the flag of the Islamic Republic.

In reaction to the phony wrestling match in Jeddah, a Saudi activist wrote on Twitter that while Saudi soldiers are fighting on the southern borders, bin Salman arranges parties and shows filled with debauchery.

The activist’s reaction was in response to the Jeddah wrestling event held by the Al Saud regime. More than 60,000 spectators, including women, watched the event held at Jeddah’s al-Jawhara stadium.

Surprising enough, a few wrestlers carrying the Iranian flag went into the ring, triggering a brouhaha in Saudi Arabia and drawing the attention of activists on social media networks.

That a few wrestlers were present at the event with the Iranian flag was another targeted scenario staged by the Al Saud regime against Iran under which the wrestlers were planned to lose to Saudi wrestlers.

Some users also lashed out at Saudi Arabia for using the Iranian flag at the event, describing the show as Saudi officials’ fantasy.

Book on Persian Gulf to Be Translated into 50 Languages

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Iran Says Persian Gulf Always ‘Persian’ Gulf, not ‘Washington’ Gulf

Javad Nowruzi said this is the first time in Iran’s history that a Persian book is translated into 50 languages.

“The pictorial book of Persian Gulf has been compiled following four years of in-depth research and studies,” he was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by the Persian-language Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

He said so far the book has been translated into Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Russian, German and French languages.

According to Nowruzi, the book only draws on foreign sources and does not use even a single Iranian source.

“The book also includes 10 documents by the United Nations in which issues of environment, soil sciences, sea sciences, and Persian Gulf species,” he noted.

He said there are 120 historical maps in the book which are unveiled for the first time.

The author also noted based on an agreement made by the Islamic Culture and Communications Organisation, the book is expected to be distributed among the national libraries of 90 countries and will be available in 185 parts of the world.

He said arrangements are being made to release the digital version of the book in the near future to provide further public access to it.

The book was unveiled on the National Day of Persian Gulf, which is a very important day for the Iranian people and is celebrated annually on 30 April. It has been marked every year since 2004, and is commemorated with various ceremonies in Iran, especially in the coastal cities of the Persian Gulf.

The Persian Gulf, located in Western Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran (Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula.

The body of water has long been known as the Persian Gulf according to various historical documents; however, certain Arab countries in the past few decades have tried to distort the history and call it using fake names.

Netanyahu’s Nuclear Evidence “Ridiculous, Fabricated”: Iran

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“What we saw from Netanyahu was a childish, ridiculous show we have seen in recent years,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said, speaking to state TV on Tuesday.

The deputy foreign minister was referring to a televised address by Netanyahu Monday, in which he presented what he claimed was evidence obtained from a warehouse in Tehran suburbs that Iran had continued gathering nuclear weapons knowledge after signing the 2015 agreement with major powers.

The remarks appeared to suggest Iran could be after building nuclear weapons after the confidence-building restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear work end several years later.

The show was reminiscent of a 2012 address by Netanyahu to the United Nations, in which he unfolded a chart with a cartoon-style drawing of a nuclear bomb, claiming Iran was on the verge of building a nuclear bomb.

“Why should Iran store such important documents in an abandoned industrial warehouse?” Araqchi asked.

The deputy foreign minister said such baseless documents are like evidence presented by western intelligence services to the International Atomic Energy Agency, claiming Iran has been after building nukes in 1990s and 2000s.

The agency investigated the evidence under a dossier called possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear activities.

Late 2015, the agency confirmed Iran’s assertion that its nuclear program was entirely peaceful, giving the green light for the nuclear deal to take effect in January 2016.

The pact settled a 12-year dispute between Iran and western powers accusing Tehran of covertly building nukes, an allegation that has always been rejected by Tehran.

 

Preparing the Ground For US Pullout

Araqchi, a top member of Iran’s negotiating team who concluded the deal with major powers, said the timing of Bibi’s show suggests it could be aimed at preparing the ground for the US pulling out of the deal.

The presentation came several days before a deadline for US President Donald Trump to decide whether to remain in the deal.

Trump has threatened he will refuse to extend the temporary waivers on US sanctions, which were suspended under the nuclear pact, unless what he calls “disastrous flaws” of the nuclear deal are fixed.

The refusal of the US to keep the sanctions frozen will mean the US is no longer bound by the pact.

“These measures show how much the US, the Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia are concerned and angry over the nuclear deal and the conditions it has created for Iran,” Araqchi said.

 

Boy Who Cries Wolf

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also reacted to the show, likening Netanyahu to a boy who cries wolf.

“The boy who can’t stop crying wolf is at it again. Undeterred by cartoon fiasco at UNGA. You can only fool some of the people so many times,” tweeted Zarif on Monday.

In a separate tweet, Zarif rejected accusations by the Trump and Netanyahu concerning Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

“Pres. Trump is jumping on a rehash of old allegations already dealt with by the IAEA to ‘nix’ the deal. How convenient. Coordinated timing of alleged intelligence revelations by the boy who cries wolf just days before May 12. But Trump’s impetuousness to celebrate blew the cover,” he tweeted.

Just minutes after Netanyahu’s speech, Trump renewed his strong criticism of the 2015 deal and gave a tacit approval to the Israeli prime minister’s rhetoric.

Saudi Arabia No Match for Iran, IRGC General Says

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General Rahim Safavi

In an address to a gathering of army cadets on Tuesday, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said military equipment are not the only factor determining the winner of a war, citing Iran-Iraq (1980-88) war as an example.

In the eight-year war, which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could not accomplish any of his missions, despite its Arab allies flooded money and weaponry to his army.

“If Saudi Arabia’s military power was great, they should have defeated Houthis in Yemen by now. This is while they have so far failed [to achieve objectives] in the three-year war in Yemen,” the Persian-language ISNA quoted him as saying.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are at odds over various conflicts in the region, notably Yemen, which has been under attack by Saudi Arabia for three years, as parts of what Saudis claim is protecting democracy in their southern neighbour.

Saudi Arabia, the world biggest importer of weapons, started a military campaign in Yemen early 2015, which claimed was aimed at restoring to power the resigned president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, but neither its expensive military machine seems capable of making success nor there are bright prospects for a political achievement.

Iranian Correspondent Wounded during Paris Protests

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Shahsavar Hosseini, the correspondent of the Iranian state radio and TV in the French capital, passed out after inhaling tear gas during demonstrations.

A cameraman of the Iranian TV crew was also wounded after being hit in the head by a rubber bullet and rushed to hospital. He is reportedly in a coma now.

This comes as French police are not allowing reporters to film the two wounded Iranian journalists currently under treatment in hospital.

The Iranian media crew were covering the demonstrations by anti-government protesters in Paris when the two were wounded as police clashed with protesters.

Iran DM Warns Israel over Its ‘Dangerous Behaviours’

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Iran’s DM Vows Firm Response to Enemy’s Moves

In an address to an official ceremony in Tehran, the general urged the Zionist regime to stop hatching plots against Iran and showing dangerous behaviours because Iran’s response will be surprising and crushing.

“The propaganda show by the Zionist regime’s prime minister is the continuation of a scenario by the regime to conduct a blame game and cover its unjustified crimes against the oppressed nation of Palestine,” he was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by Fars News Agency.

He described the Islamic Republic as the main supporter of the cause of the oppressed Palestinians and added the timing of the show by Benjamin Netanyahu proves that in addition to the general goals of the Zionist regime in pursuing hostility towards the Iranian nation, it also pursues other specific goals which include pressing ahead with Trump’s hostile scenario towards the Iranian nation.”

The Iranian defence minister once again called the Zionist regime’s claims about Iran baseless and absurd and added the levelling of such accusations is not acceptable even for people and public opinion of the world.

“They (claims) reveal the inability and confusion of the Zionist regime caused by its regional defeats as well as its desperation in the face of the Palestinians’ brave resistance.”

He went on to say that the Zionist regime’s officials have finally realized that despite their apparent success in pressing ahead with their occupation projects, they have failed to win even a regional war since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

“Their declining trend in achieving their illegitimate goals will keep going on in the future,” he underlined.

He also noted that Tel Aviv has a considerable distance from wisdom.

The Israeli prime minister delivered a televised address on Monday accusing Iran of violating the Iran nuclear deal. He claimed that he had new ‘proof’ that Iran had developed a nuke plan, which could be activated at any time.

Following Netanyahu’s show, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repeated the same accusations and said ‘the documents show that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program for years.’

In response, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the U-turn in his American counterpart’s position on Iran’s nuclear activities, highlighting Pompeo’s previous remarks in which he affirmed that Tehran had never tried to develop nuclear weapons.

Meanwhile, the UN’s nuclear watchdog reiterated it had ‘no credible indications of activities in Iran relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device after 2009’, citing its assessments from 2015.

A spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement that its board of governors had ‘declared that its consideration of this issue was closed’ after it was presented with a report in December 2015.

Judiciary Not Allowed to Block Telegram without Security Council’s Approval: Gov’t

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Elaborating on the government’s general policies on the cyberspace, the statement said the government has always sought to provide Iranian citizens with easy, cheap and safe access to information and communications equipment.

“Enjoying easy, cheap and safe access to information and communications equipment is the prime example of civil rights of Iranian citizens,” said the Persian-language statement released by the Secretariat of Information Council.

It also said that the government feels duty-bound to protect the Iranian citizens’ rights and stand against any illegitimate restrictions on social media.

Calling for transparency of all political, economic, cultural and social affairs in the country, the government said the citizens are fully entitled to monitor all affairs and added the private lives of all citizens and netizens should be fully protected.

The statement said Iran’s president as the official elected by Iranians is constitutionally responsible to protect citizens’ rights.

According to the statement, Iran’s president maintains that recognising national threats and making policies and adopting appropriate measures to tackle the challenges is within the jurisdiction of the Supreme National Security Council, adding, all other organizations should follow the policies set by the council in this regard.

“The Iranian president also believes that the needs and demands of tens of millions of the citizens should not be decided on judicial bases,” it read.

The statement expressed regret that disagreement among the decision-making bodies involved in the cyberspace have led to restrictions on social media in Iran.

It warned against making any decision against the public interests and said any policy on cyberspace should be made on logical reasoning, built on global experiences and assessing technical feasibility and social capacities.

The statement was issued following a decision by the Iranian judiciary to issue a total ban on Telegram Messaging app.

Earlier, Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi criticised the decision, saying it was no solution to concerns regarding the messenger in the country.

Telegram was eventually filtered on Monday night, capping months of speculations regarding the fate of the encrypted messaging app that has been accused of allowing elements hostile to the Islamic Republic to fuel violence in Iran.

Azerbaijan Newts Spotted in NW Iran for First Time

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The discovery was announced by Majid Kharrazian, the director general of the Iranian Department of Environment’s Office for Wildlife and Marine Life of Domestic Waters.

“An expert from the office’s Reptiles and Amphibians Group in cooperation with experts of the Department of the Environment of West Azarbaijan province and personnel of the Environment Office of the town of Oshnavieh managed to record the presence of 12 Azerbaijan newts in Oshnavieh border area.”

The Azerbaijan newt is a rare species, the Persian-language Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted the official as saying.

“The Azerbaijan newt’s population distribution is recorded only in Iran’s West Azarbaijan province,” he said, adding the recent observation was the first time the species was seen in Iran in living memory.

The Azerbaijan newt (Neurergus crocatus), also known as the yellow-spotted newt and the Lake Urmia newt, is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The animal is registered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s list of vulnerable species.

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