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Bolton’s Plan to Exit Iran Nuclear Deal to Isolate US: FM Zarif

“I have read Bolton’s plan, which he apparently has failed to directly send to the White House; it would definitely (bring about) a major defeat for the United States, and will make America more isolated in the international arena,” Zarif said in remarks released on Wednesday.

“This is not the first time that Bolton is present in this field,” he said, adding that Bolton’s policy was followed by the US about 15 years ago, and the Americans are well aware of the result.

“If his policy had been successful, the US would not have needed to come to the negotiating table and reach an agreement with Iran 10 years (after pursuing the policy),” the Iranian top diplomat went on to say.

According to media reports, Bolton has proposed that the US administration “announce that it is abrogating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) due to significant Iranian violations, Iran’s unacceptable international conduct more broadly, and because the JCPOA threatens American national-security interests.”

Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, US, Britain, France, and Germany) on July 14, 2015, reached a conclusion over the text of the JCPOA.

The accord took effect in January 2016 and was supposed to terminate all nuclear-related sanctions against Iran all at once, but its implementation has been hampered mainly due to US policies.

Iran Reviewing Bill to Protect Women against Violence

Pooran Valavioun, the Iranian Judiciary’s advisor on women and family affairs, touched upon a bill on protecting women against violence, saying, “The issue is being studied at the Judiciary.”

“Numerous proposals have been submitted to the parliament by the Judiciary, but unfortunately they have been shelved, and in many cases, motions and bills are changing hands between different legal authorities.”

She then underlined the need to enforce law pertaining to women and family affairs, according to a Farsi report by ISNA.

“If even 20% of the [provisions of] the Constitution related to women and the family are implemented, many of the problems in this domain will be solved,” she noted.

“This is while a lot of problems exist in this area, and there are a lot of laws which are not enforced,” she noted.

Valavioun said policies should be made and the existing potential should be tapped to solve the problems in that domain.

The official then described the activity of the National Women and Family Commission as an important step, but at the same time complained why the commission had not held a single meeting during the first four-year tenure of Rouhani’s administration.

 

Iran Blasts Kirkuk’s ‘Unacceptable’ Support for Kurdistan Independence Referendum

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In a statement on Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum has been rejected by the Iraqi central government, the United Nations, and many regional and ultra-regional countries.

The decision made by the Council of Kirkuk Province to back and vote in such plebiscite is a dangerous and provocative move, he went on to say.

Qassemi further noted that Kirkuk’s support for the referendum will not only fail to help the recent talks held in Baghdad to settle the differences between the two sides, but will also influence Iraq’s national power and capacities in the path of stabilising the country’s victories over terrorism.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran warns against the wrong decision, which clearly violates Iraq’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he noted.

“We once again emphasise that the best option for the Iraqi nation is the commitment of all parties to the Constitution and the settlement of differences through dialogue and legal solutions,” Qassemi added.

“Any move that would create fresh crises in the region and the borders of Iraq’s neighbours is intolerable,” he stressed.

Councillors in Kirkuk voted to take part in next month’s Kurdish independence referendum in a session, however, that was boycotted by Turkmen and Arab members.

The central government in Baghdad is strongly opposed to Iraqi Kurdistan’s planned September 25 referendum, which is non-binding but could lead to independence.

Kirkuk, an ethnically-mixed oil-rich province, is not part of the Kurdistan region but has a large Kurdish population.

Iran’s Police Seize Pigeons Used for Carrying Drugs

The local police came across these drug carrying pigeons in a dealer’s house during one of their operations to cleanse the city’s suspicious neighborhoods from dealers and addicts.

According to a Farsi report by the Mehr News Agency, a local judiciary official said the drug dealer used to tie small drug packages to the legs of these trained pigeons so that they could transfer them to the desired places across the city.

Kermanshah’s anti-drug police have captured all these birds, he added.

Iran’s Police Seize Pigeons Used for Carrying Drugs

Iran, Russia Call for Closer Defence Ties

In their meeting held in Russia on Tuesday, they discussed “conditions and prospects of military and technical cooperation development as well as issues of security in the Middle East”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

“The sides noted that it was a very timely meeting, and agreed that activation of contacts between the military departments had a special meaning,” the statement read, adding, “According to them, the negotiations will promote further Russian-Iranian cooperation in wide range of issues.”

“The meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere. The sides confirmed their interest in further development of multilateral cooperation,” the Russian defense ministry statement went on to say.

In a telephone conversation earlier this month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin called for the expansion of the ties between Tehran and Moscow in all fields.

In the conversation, President Rouhani said enhancement of strategic relations with the neighbors, particularly with Russia, constitutes a principled policy of Iran.

This Year’s Hajj Litmus Test for Bilateral Ties with Saudis: Iran

Speaking in a Tuesday live interview with Iran’s state TV, President Hassan Rouhani said the presence of Iranian pilgrims in this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia is a good way to test the kingdom’s conduct.

“If they (Saudis) behave within the framework of international and religious norms, I think better conditions will be created for us to settle the problems,” he noted.

Rouhani stressed that Iran favours friendly ties with all of its neighbours, attributing the tense relations with a few neighbours to the problems created by Saudi Arabia.

He then called on Saudi Arabia to stop interfering in Yemen and supporting the terrorist groups, saying in that case the tensions between Tehran and Riyadh could be resolved, Tasnim reported.

Iran-IAEA Ties Unaffected by US Pressure

Rouhani further referred to the recent visit of US President Donald Trump’s envoy Nikki Haley to Vienna to put the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under pressure, and said what shapes the relations between Iran and the IAEA is the regulations, not the US and its pressures.

It is unlikely that the IAEA would give in to the US pressure, he noted, saying all reports by the UN nuclear watchdog have verified Iran’s close cooperation with the agency and compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).

President Rouhani also highlighted the US inability to unite the international community against Iran, saying, “The US has now the worst conditions, conversely, Iran has the best situation.”

Riyadh Sets Condition for Normalization of Ties with Tel Aviv: Report

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is also the so-called peace envoy for the Middle East, has conveyed to Tel Aviv Saudi Arabia’s proposal on the resumption of peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

According to Moav Vardi, a political analyst with Israel’s Channel 10, the proposal conditions the normalization of Riyadh-Tel Aviv ties on the resumption of negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

“Riyadh officials told Kushner that they remain committed to the normalization of relations with Israel, and will allow commercial flights to resume between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and Israeli businessmen to receive Saudi visas,” said the analyst.

“Netanyahu didn’t accept the Saudis’ proposal, and didn’t promise to restart the peace talks,” Vardi added, according to a Farsi report by Al-Alam.

The political commentator said Netanyahu opposed a demand by Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s advisor on Israel affairs, that he offer his viewpoints on issues pertaining to the peace talks and the establishment of an unarmed Palestinian state.

The security delegation that travelled to Washington last week told the US government that Israel considers head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas as “irrelevant” to issue of peace negotiations as Palestinian officials themselves have differences over the peace talks, said Vardi.

“The US gets help from Saudi Arabia to resume peace negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel,” the Israeli analyst noted.

He said what has made the problem more complicated is that the Trump administration has no plans for the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict because the problems he is facing do not allow him to pressure Israel to resume peace talks.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30

The top story in most newspapers today was the second report by the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on the implementation of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. In this report, the lawmakers stressed that anti-Iran banking restrictions have not been fully removed despite what stipulated in the nuclear deal.

Meanwhile, another top story was Europe’s expression of its all-out support for the nuclear deal. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Ambassador to Tehran Nicholas Hopton were among those whose pro-JCPOA remarks were widely covered today.

The remarks made by President Hassan Rouhani in his Tuesday night’s live TV interview with the state TV also received great coverage.

The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:

Abrar:

1- Details of Hezbollah’s Deal with ISIS to Receive Body of Iranian Martyr

2- Qatar: We’re Ready to Hold Talks with Boycotting Countries

3- Hamas President in Gaza: Iran Is Our Biggest Supporter Today

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - abrar


 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani: You Can’t Guide People Using Force; You Should Encourage Them

2- Oil Minister: I Don’t Know Why Pakistan Not Serious in Gas Pipeline Project

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - aftab


 

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Gov’t Spokesman: Talks to Begin on Issue of Opposition Leaders’ House Arrest

2- Promises and Questions: Rouhani Talks to People in Live TV Interview

  • It’s Upon People to Choose Heaven or Hell
  • I’ll Keep My Promises

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - arman


 

Emtiaz:

1- Sale of Stationary with Obscene Images Prohibited: Official

2- Domestic Violence against Women, Children Very Widespread

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - emtiaz


 

Etemad:

1- Mogherini Repeats Her Warning to Trump: I Once Again Repeat JCPOA Is Int’l Deal

2- Analyst: Improvement of Ties with Tehran to Send Direct Signal to Riyadh

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - emtiaz


 

 

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani’s Economic Deputy: Gov’t Priority Is Economic Growth without Inflation

2- Flags of Syria, Lebanon’s Hezbollah Raised in Qalamoun after Defeat of Terrorists

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - etelaat


 

 

Iran:

1- Rouhani in Live Interview: Ending Unemployment First Priority of Cabinet

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - iran


 

Javan:

1- Creating Jobs for Young People, Ending Unemployment, People’s Top Demands: Rouhani

2- Import of Shoe Wax, Gardening Shovel, Chinese Pumice in Year of Production, Employment!

  • Import of Legitimate, Legal Goods Is Free: Official

3- Parliament’s Report on JCPOA: Almost No Banking Restriction Lifted!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 = javan


 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Europe’s Integrated Stance in Support for JCPOA

  • British Ambassador to Tehran: London Fully Committed to Nuclear Deal
  • French President: Paris Support Iran Deal, Because There’s No Alternative

2- Official: $7 Billion worth of Foreign Investment Attracted in Industry, Mine, Trade after JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - jomhori


 

Kayhan:

1- Parliament after 7-Month Delay: Sanctions Lifted Only on Paper

2- Former US Envoy to Syria: Victory of Assad, Iran Are Realities We Should Get Used to

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - kayhan


 

 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- Iran Parliament: US Has No Choice but to Fulfil Its Commitments

2- Inspecting Iran’s Military Sites against Spirit, Text of Nuclear Deal

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - zaman


 

Resalat:

1- Parliamentary Report on JCPOA Implementation: Banking Problems Still in Place

2- We Won’t Accept University Professors Making Anti-Revolution Remarks

3- Industry Minister: People’s Purchasing Power Decreased to 16 Years Ago

4- Nasrallah: Fight against Terror Continuation of Fight against Israel

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - resalat


 

Shargh:

1- Rouhani: Women to Have 30% Share in Government’s Managerial Posts

2- Amir-Abdollahian: We Can’t Say Imam Musa al-Sadr Is Dead

3- 22 Baluch Women Elected as Heads of Village Councils

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 30 - shargh

 

‘US Dream of Inspecting Iran’s Military Sites Never to Come True’

The Americans will not see their dream of visiting Iran’s military facilities under the pretext of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or any other excuse come true, Velayati told reporters in Tehran on Tuesday.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, as the axis of the anti-Israeli Resistance Front, will never allow foreigners to inspect its military sites, he added.

Last week, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said Washington wants inspection of Iranian military and non-military sites to determine its compliance with the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

Some senior US officials also said in late July that the Trump administration is pushing for inspections of Iranian military sites in a bid to test the strength of the JCPOA.

Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, US, Britain, France, and Germany) on July 14, 2015, reached a conclusion over the text of the JCPOA.

The accord took effect in January 2016 and was supposed to terminate all nuclear-related sanctions against Iran all at once, but its implementation has been hampered mainly due to US policies.

Iran, Chile Discuss Expansion of Reciprocal Ties

Iran, Chile Discuss Expansion of Reciprocal Ties

The Chilean senator, who is in Tehran heading a high-ranking delegation, conferred with Zarif on ways of boosting bilateral relations between Iran and Chile.
During the Tuesday meeting in Tehran, Girardi said his trip to the Iranian capital is aimed at cementing bilateral ties, particularly in the field of science and technology.
He said Iran and Chile are important countries in their respective geographical areas. He also described as inefficient the policies adopted by certain world powers vis-à-vis Iran.
The Iranian top diplomat, in turn, said a host of areas exist for mutual cooperation between Tehran and Santiago, and added the trip to Iran by a Chilean parliamentary delegation could be a good start.
Zarif also called for enhancement of reciprocal ties on different fronts, particularly culture, tourism, science and technology. He said free trade between Iran and Chile is an example of good relations between the two sides.