Iran Terms Haley’s Fabricated Show “Political Scandal”

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December 16, 2017

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the US has been providing Saudi Arabia with military information and equipment since the beginning of the Yemen war launched by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

“The US officials, even under previous administration, have been overtly announcing their support for the Saudi war on Yemen,” he was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by IRIB News Agency.

The Iranian official underlined Yemen crisis can be resolved only through a political solution.

“This means that the US and Saudi Arabia can no longer sell such worn-out shows to anyone in the world,” he said, adding today Ansarullah Movement and its allies in Yemen are working in the best possible condition to legally defend their country and stand against the military attacks of the occupying powers.

“By playing the blame game and working towards military solutions, the US, Saudi Arabia and the UAE cannot anymore impose their will on the Yemenis because the crisis in Yemen crisis cannot be resolved through such mechanisms.”

“The Islamic Republic of Iran declares in a loud voice that a political solution based on wisdom is the only key to overcome the Yemen and Bahrain crises,” he added.

He also expressed regret that the carnage in Yemen has been underway over the past three years with the US weapons and full support of the “illegal regime of Israel”.

“During our diplomatic talks in the UN, an official with the world body informed us that in Yemen, most Yemeni factions, even some tribal groups, have managed to achieve missile technologies,” he added.

Earlier, other Iranian officials had blamed the US envoy to the UN for his anti-Iran rhetoric.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to the move in a tweet that said, “When I was based at the UN, I saw this show and what it begat….”

Meanwhile, Iran’s envoy to the United Nations strongly rejected the anti-Iran allegations raised by the US ambassador to the UN, denouncing the US’ destructive, provocative and irresponsible role.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley showed a missile wreckage during her Thursday speech claiming that the missile is of Iranian origin. She presented that as “indisputable” evidence of Iran’s UN resolution-violating actions in the Middle East.

US military officials have previously said that Iran has supplied missiles to Houthi rebels, including a missile fired into Saudi Arabia that targeted Riyadh in November. But the UN secretary-general’s latest report said experts are still “examining all information and material available from missiles fired at Saudi Arabia, but have not yet confirmed them to be Iranian-made.”

The claims come as the US provides aerial refueling support to aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Ansarullah Movement in Yemen. The US military also provides Saudi Arabia with intelligence sharing in Yemen.

In an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen and reinstate a staunch ally Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Saudi rulers have been carrying out an aerial military campaign since 2015 which has to date claimed well above 13,000 lives.

Wi-Fi Balloons to Be Deployed across Iran for Emergency Situations

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Fatemeh Askarieh

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December 15, 2017

In a post on his Twitter account, Jahromi said the project is aimed at providing internet services at the shortest possible time for users in emergency situations.

Following a pilot project to deploy a local balloon in border areas with Iraq last month to offer services to the Iranian pilgrims heading to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq, the Crisis Management ddpartment of the ICT Ministry has removed its faults and now it is determined to deploy similar balloons in all provinces across the country for offering services in emergency situations, he said.

Iran deployed the balloon in its border with Iraq as part of an unprecedented project to provide free Wi-Fi internet service for the Arba’een pilgrims.

The balloon was located at a height of 500 metres. In this project, a radio transmitter was installed in the city of Mehran and the balloon was deployed in the border area.

The project was launched in cooperation with the Space Research Institute.

The Internet balloon had a 100 MB input bandwidth, which is considered to be responsive given that its users were passing by and were not resident in the area.

The project was supposed to become operational last year, but due to non-technical reasons it was implemented incompletely. In general, the use of balloons depends on weather conditions, and if the weather conditions are favourable, it could be operational.

Lunatic Trump Creates Problems for US, World: Iranian Cleric

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December 15, 2017

Addressing a huge group of worshippers on Friday in Tehran, Ayatollah Kazem Sediqi stated that the nature of the former presidents of the US was similar to Trump, but they were wearing masks while Trump is a villain without any mask.

He further noted that the former US presidents despite the approval of the Congress did not express such things because they took the interests of Washington into consideration first.

“However Trump, whose son-in-law is a Zionist, came into power with the help of America’s Zionists, and he does not know anything about (national) interest and politics,” ISNA quoted Ayatollah Sediqi as saying in a Farsi report.

This Iranian cleric also noted that “they (the Americans) wanted to marginalize the Palestinian issue, but Trump’s foolish statements provoked reactions in Muslim countries, and the Palestinian people rose to form the third Intifada.”

US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as the Israeli regime’s capital last Wednesday and announced plans to relocate the US Embassy there, a move which inflamed tensions in the region.

The Ugly Missile vs The Beautiful Missile

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Fatemeh Askarieh

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December 15, 2017

The Ugly Missile vs The Beautiful Missile

One of the Americans’ old tricks is to present fabricated documents to prove false accusations. Once, Colin Powell took to the UN the documents allegedly proving the existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, which were never found.

On Thursday night, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley showed parts of a missile which she claimed was made by Iran and that it was the same missile fired by Yemen at Saudi Arabia. Interestingly enough, Haley, in order to prove her claim, referred to a report which says American parts have also been found in the missile!

The reporters present at Haley’s news show should have asked her about the tens of millions of American weapons which have been the cause of the deaths of millions of men, women and children across the world. At least, reporters could have asked Haley this question: ”Under the supervision of which international institution has Washington transferred to the United States the missile parts from the location of its impact in Riyadh? And if the parts belong to an Iranian-made missile, can the US prove that they are not parts of the same missile that Iran fired at ISIS positions in Syria?”

Saudi Arabia has been attacking Yemen for three years now with American and British weaponry. UN figures suggest that at least 10,000 men, women and children have been killed in the Saudi aggression on Yemen. Still, the key backers of Saudi Arabia, namely Britain and the US, are not willing to stop selling weapons to Riyadh.

Last week, I asked British MP Andrew Mitchell why London did not stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia despite the fact that the UK has acknowledged that human crisis exists in Yemen. His answer was short: Because Saudi Arabia is rich and can buy a lot of weapons!

Earlier, Donald Trump had described as “beautiful” billions of dollars worth of arms the US had sold to Saudi Arabia. This comes as Haley, on Thursday, described as “ugly” and horrendous the missile fired by the Yemenis at Riyadh in response to the daily bombardment of their country by Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni missile attack did not have any casualties, either.

Shouldn’t we be afraid of the “beautiful” world that the US wants to build?

* Author: Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi

No Revision in Iran’s Stance on Caspian Sea Demarcation: Qassemi

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December 15, 2017

In response to a question on the outcome of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states held last week in Moscow, Qassemi rejected the reports on the final decision of the ministers on the demarcation of the Caspian Sea and said the issue of demarcation was not even put on the agenda of the meeting.

The spokesman said the issues still remain unresolved and added negotiations over the Caspian Sea demarcation are not set to be held within the convention talks.

“Given the deep disagreements between the member states over the demarcation issue, it seems there will be no deal in the near future. Meanwhile, discussing all the details during the convention talks is not possible at all,” he added.

Qassemi said issues related to the Caspian Sea’s demarcation will be addressed and finalized in separate accord and protocols.

“The convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea is a structural convention which (like other similar conventions) includes only main principles, outlines of each country’s basic rights and duties in various fields because it is not possible at all to include all the details in such conventions.”

He went on to say the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea includes some general principles like goals, definitions, grounds of cooperation, ways to establish sovereignty, sovereign rights and qualifications, environmental protection, maritime monopoly under flag of convenience of the littoral states, bans on the military presence of non-littoral states, sailing regulations, transportation, access to/from free waters, transit, equal treatment of and prevention from discrimination against registered ships, protection and optimal use of living resources of the sea, security and energy measures, sea research, cooperation mechanisms and so on.

Qassemi stressed that during th Moscow meeting no document was signed or endorsed but the participants agreed to adopt some legal measures following internal coordination and expert-level meetings between the five member states.

“They will finally try to finalize the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea to be signed in the next leaders’ summit, the date of which will be announced later,” he concluded.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took part in the Moscow meeting attended by delegations from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the draft convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, and ways to finalize the convention.

They also prepared the agenda, and assessed the documents to be signed at the Leaders’ Summit.

During the previous ministerial meeting held in the Kazakh capital of Astana in 2016, Iran stressed that the legal regime of Caspian Sea should be developed in a way that the interests of all littoral states are met.

Iran Blasts US for “Fabricated Show” on Yemeni Missile

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December 14, 2017

In a Thursday tweet, Aboutablebi said these are fabricated shows to say that the international peace and security is at stake.

Publishing the photos of Netanyahu’s bomb diagram at the United Nations in 2012 next to Nikki Haley’s Thursday standing before debris of a missile, the Iranian official said both of these moves were to influence diplomacy by provoking public opinion.“Both were shows at the UN; one against the nuclear deal and the other against UNSC Resolution 2231,” reads the tweet.

Calling both moves demagogic, Aboutalebi has ironically asserted that “as much as the first was successful, the second would also be successful.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also reacted to the move in a tweet that said, “When I was based at the UN, I saw this show and what it begat…”.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley showed a missile wreckage during her Thursday speech claiming that the missile is of Iranian origin taken from Saudi Arabia. She presented that as “indisputable” evidence of Iran’s UN resolution-violating actions in the Middle East.

“Support for OIC Statement Not Indicative of Iran’s Recognition of Israel”

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December 14, 2017

Referring to the documents endorsed at the extraordinary summit of the OIC in Turkey’s Istanbul, Bahram Qassemi said Tehran expressed its support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, but its support for the final declaration of the summit in no way means Iran has recognised the fake occupying Zionist regime.

Iran has refrained from endorsing certain articles of the final statement which somehow implied recognition of Israel, he added.

“Iran’s refusal to recognise the Zionist regime was also formally announced in writing to the Secretariat of the Summit in Istanbul,” Qassemi told reporters on Thursday.

Key Threats against Iran Political, Economic, Cultural: IRGC Chief

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December 14, 2017

The IRGC commander says good progress has been made inside Iran in the defence and security arenas, but that more efforts are needed in other areas such as economic, social and political domains.

Addressing a gathering in Tehran on Thursday, the senior commander said Iran has tackled security and defence threats facing the country.

“Of course, these threats still exist, but we will overcome them easily the same way that we have tackled the toughest domestic threats and seditious moves. That is to say, the easiest threats we are facing today are security and defense threats,” he said, according to a Farsi report by Fars News Agency.

“The main threats against the country are soft threats in economic, political, cultural and social areas,” he said.

General Jafari further underlined the need to safeguard the Islamic Revolution.

He said the Islamic Revolution has two key dimensions: a domestic aspect and an international one.

The international dimension of the revolution is manifested in the Islamic resistance which is spreading throughout the region and across the world, said the top general.

He also pointed to the back-to-back wins of the resistance front, saying that the enemies of the Islamic Revolution in all Middle East countries have suffered defeats over the past two decades.

General Jafari expressed hope that Yemen will emerge victorious in the Saudi-led war against the country.

“The [resistance] front is marvelously securing back-to-back victories,” he noted.

He said all plots hatched by the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and certain regional countries have been thwarted.

The top general said “fighting hegemony” is the most important principle of the Islamic Revolution, adding regional nations are seeking to implement this principle as well.

Iran Dismisses Haley’s Baseless Accusations

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December 14, 2017

Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Gholam-Ali Khoshroo on Thursday rejected US envoy Nikki Haley’s “baseless” accusations about Iran’s supply of missiles to certain regional states.

The full text of Khoshroo’s statement reads as follows:

“Following a series of baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past 10 months, the US Ambassador to the UN once again today took the same line accusing the Iranian government of supplying the missile that hit Saudi Arabia on 4 November–an accusation that we categorically reject as unfounded and, at the same time, irresponsible, provocative and destructive. This purportedly evidence, put on public display today, is as much fabricated as the one presented on some other occasions earlier.

The US government has an agenda and is constantly at work to deceive the public into believing the cases they put together to advance it. As part of this agenda, the US President raised the same missile-attack accusation against Iran just hours after the missile launch even before Saudi Arabia did so. Likewise, the US ambassador to the UN last month called for international action against Iran over this missile launch.

While Iran has not supplied Yemen with missiles, these hyperboles are also to serve other US agendas in the Middle East, including covering up for its adventurist acts in the region and its unbridled support for the Israeli regime. It is not a coincidence that the US ambassador held her today’s press conference two days after her claim in her interview with CNN, claiming that the common fight against Iran is much more important for the American regional allies than the plights of the Palestinians and the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

These accusations seek also to cover up for the Saudi war crimes in Yemen, with the US complicity, and divert international and regional attention from the stalemate war of aggression against the Yemenis that has so far killed more than 10,000 civilians, displaced three million, crippled Yemen’s infrastructure and health system and pushed the country to the brink of largest famine the world has seen for decades, as the UN has warned.

While stressing the Yemenis’ right to self-defense, we reiterate that the crisis has no military solution. We take this opportunity to recall the peace plan that Iran formally presented to the UN Secretary-General in 2015 for peacefully settling the conflict and its readiness to contribute towards this goal.”

Tabriz in Photos: Forgotten Art of Building Sash Windows

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December 14, 2017

A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or sashes that form a frame to hold panes of coloured glass, which are often separated from other panels by glazing bars.

The city of Tabriz is famous for making such windows. Although any window with this style of glazing is technically a sash, the term is used almost exclusively to refer to windows where the glazed panels are opened by sliding vertically, or horizontally. Unfortunately, these windows, known in Iran as Orosi, are currently less used in the interior and exterior architecture of the buildings.

Here are IRNA’s photos of Orosi art in Tabriz:

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