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US Bases in Mideast to Become Insecure If IRGC Blacklisted: Commander

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IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Ja’afari said in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Wednesday that the US bases in the region would be insecure if Washington blacklisted the IRGC or imposed sanctions on Iran over its defense program.

“If the US seeks to pursue sanctions against [Iran’s] defense [program] and the IRGC, before that it should move its regional bases 1,000 kilometers away from Iran and it should know that it has to pay a high price for its miscalculation,” warned the top commander.

Underlining the significance of missile capabilities in promoting the country’s deterrence power, Ja’afari said that the IRGC was expanding the production of its missiles that could successfully hit targets with pinpoint precision, just as they did during a recent attack on the positions of Takfiri terrorists in Syria.

Last month, the IRGC fired six medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles at Daesh bases in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr, which killed more than 170 Takfiri terrorists, including a number of commanders and senior elements, and inflicted heavy damage on their equipment and systems.

The missile attack came after gunmen mounted almost simultaneous assaults on Iran’s Parliament and the Mausoleum of the late Founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini on June 7. The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the assaults, which killed 17 people and injured over 50 others.

“Iran’s missile power in air, sea and on land is rapidly increasing, and this is an inalienable principle for us,” the IRGC commander added, stressing that Iran’s missile might is not up for negotiations.

Ja’afari said that the enemy regards a new war as harmful to its interests as all military and warmongering acts of the enemies in the region have backfired so far.

On Tuesday, the United States slapped new economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program.

Iran has recently made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and hardware. The Islamic Republic says its military power poses no threat to other countries and is merely based on the doctrine of deterrence.

US officials have also said that President Donald Trump’s administration was considering a proposal that could lead to categorizing the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

Syria PM Calls for Promotion of Business Ties with Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a Wednesday meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari in Damascus, Syrian PM Khamis appreciated Iran’s economic and political support for Syria, and emphasized that business ties between the two countries have to be boosted.

The Syrian prime minister said the Arab country has invited Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri to visit Damascus.

“I hope we will soon host him [Jahangiri] in our country so that we could follow up and reach agreements on various areas of mutual economic cooperation,” he added.

The two sides also discussed current developments and cooperation between the two countries in various economic and political fields.

The Iranian diplomat, for his part, touched upon the strategic relations between the two countries and stressed the necessity of implementing the economic deals already sealed between the two sides.

Earlier in the day, Jaberi Ansari also held separate meetings with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and his deputy Faisal Mekdad.

Jaberi Ansari arrived in Damascus on Tuesday night on an official two-day visit.

Iran to Stand against US Violation of Nuclear Deal: President

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The Americans are looking for various excuses to introduce new anti-Iran sanctions that do not comply with the letter and spirit of the JCPOA with any logic and are in breach of the nuclear deal, President Rouhani said at a cabinet session on Wednesday.

He also took a swipe at the US government for its paradoxical policies, saying it has, on one hand, confirmed Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA and on the other hand imposed fresh sanctions on the country.

President Rouhani further made it clear that any new US sanctions under any pretext will receive “an appropriate response” from Iran, noting that Iran’s Parliament has also devised retaliatory measures.

“We would not overlook the US breaches and would stand against them, but at the same time, we are aware how to take advantage of the situation that has arisen,” he added.

The reaction came after the US State Department and the Department of Treasury announced on Tuesday that they were targeting 18 Iranian individuals, groups and networks over alleged non-nuclear behavior, such as support for ballistic missiles development.

The move came a day after Trump’s administration certified to the Congress that Iran is technically complying with the nuclear deal and can continue enjoying nuclear sanctions relief.

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

The 159-page 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.

Iranian Diplomat, Syrian FM Hold Talks in Damascus

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Jaberi Ansari and Syrian FM Muallem conferred on the latest developments in Syria as well as the future plans of Tehran and Damascus in different fields including the fight against terrorism in the Arab country.

Muallem praised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in establishing peace and stability in the country, and appreciated Tehran’s political support at the international level, particularly during the bilateral and multilateral peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The Iranian diplomat also held talks with his Syrian counterpart Mekdad. The two sides discussed the latest developments in Syria in a meeting of the Iran-Syria Joint Political Committee.

They talked about the most recent developments in Syria and the political and diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in the Arab country.

The Iranian and Syrian diplomats particularly discussed the issues raised during the Astana Process and Geneva Talks and the agreement on a ceasefire in southern Syria, and made the required arrangements.

Bilateral ties and mutual cooperation between Tehran and Damascus were also touched upon during the meeting.

The meetings between the Iranian and Syrian officials were held as part of the international efforts to restore peace to Syria including the latest round of Astana talks, the agreement on a ceasefire in southern Syria, and the Geneva Talks.

Jaberi Ansari, who is also the chief Iranian negotiator at the Astana Process, arrived in the Syrian capital on Tuesday night in a visit aimed at following up on the latest international negotiations on the war-torn Arab state.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Newspapers today widely covered the remarks made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, and the US anti-Iran measures. He made the comments in several interviews and meetings in New York.

The US administration’s certification of Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, and the same time its move to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, was also a top story today.

First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri’s criticism of those who try to make a fuss to prevent the government from signing deals with foreign firms also received great coverage.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Zarif: Withdrawing from JCPOA, an Option on Iran’s Table

2- Iran Has Complied with Its Commitments: US Secretary of State

3- Ahmadinejad Had Permitted Oil Sale for Paying Wages

4- 8,000 Rohingya Muslim Kids Suffering from Hunger

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - abrar

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Reformists Haven’t Demanded Any Share from Rouhani’s Cabinet: VP

2- Rouhani Is Smart, He Won’t Deviate from Path of Stability: Spokesman

3- Zarif Is Concerned: Iranian FM’s Different Tone in US

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - aftab

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Zarif: We Have Option of Withdrawing from JCPOA

2- Populism May Come Back If Economic Priorities Ignored: Analyst

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - aftab

 

 

Asrar:

1- Some Trying to Fabricate Superficial Crises: First VP

2- Oil Minister: We’re Being Attacked Today Because Our Economy Is Politicized

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - asrar

 

 

Emtiaz:

1- Mental Disorders in Women 6% More than Men: Over 12m Suffering

2- VP for Women Affairs: Morality Police Not Effective on Hijab

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - emtiaz

 

 

Etemad:

1- Zarif to CFR: Don’t Deceive Yourself, Regime Change Won’t Work in Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - etemad

 

 

Ettela’at:

1- First VP: We Won’t Let Them Prevent Foreign Investment through Their Brouhaha

2- Zarif to National Interest: Tehran Reserves Right to Withdraw from Nuclear Deal

3- Iran to Unveil Its Biggest Solar Power Plant Next Week in Kerman

4- General Soleimani: Leader, Nation’s Ideology Key to Our Success

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - etelaat

 

Iran:

1- First VP: Some Fabricating Crises to Hinder Iran’s Development

2- Gov’t to Consider People’s Demands in Choosing Cabinet Members: Spokesman

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - iran

 

Javan:

1- Zarif Puts ‘Withdrawal from JCPOA’ on Table

2- US Imposes New Sanctions on Iran While Certifying Iran’s Compliance with JCPOA

3- Income from Ten Ships of Oil Spent on Purchasing Airplane, Hotel

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - javan

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Zarif: US Should Be Realistic, Regime Change Not to Work in Iran

2- Total Deal Unprecedented Contract Achieved Thanks to JCPOA

3- US Administration to Remain Committed to JCPOA for 3 More Months

4- Several Industrial, Construction, Tourism Projects Unveiled in Kish Island

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - jomhori

 

Kayhan:

1- Trump Certifies Iran’s Commitment to JCPOA, Increases Sanctions!

2- Aerospace Commander Provides Details of IRGC’s Missile Attack on ISIS

3- US Removes Syria’s Al-Qaeda from List of Terrorists

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - khorasan

 

Khorasan:

1- Zarif on US ‘Regime Change’ Rhetoric: Don’t Kid Yourself!

2- All Nationals Equal before Law: Spokesman Quotes Rouhani as Saying on Brother’s Arrest

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - khorasan

 

 

Resalat:

1- Speaker: Iran Parliament to Stand against US Moves

2- General Soleimani: ISIS Executed over 2,000 Young Iraqis with Hands Ties

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - resalat

 

Shahrvand:

1- Based on Leader’s Order, Iran Should Attract $200bn worth of Investment: First VP

2- Iran Parliament Approves Bill to Counter Plagiarism

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - shahrvand

 

Shargh:

1- Zarif in New York: Iran Not after War with Saudi Arabia

2- No One Can Make a Fuss to Prevent Signing Deals: First VP

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 19 - shargh

Iran Urges Saudi Arabia Not to Politicize Sports

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IFP Media Wire
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“We share a lot of common interests with Saudi Arabia in the region strategically,” Soltanifar said on Wednesday.

Attributing the political disputes in the region to acts of provocation by the Israeli regime, he expressed the hope that Saudi authorities would “come to their senses and avoid politicizing sporting interactions.”

Diplomatic relations between Tehran and Riyadh soured following the January 2016 execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, an outspoken critic of the Saudi monarchy. Riyadh cut ties with Tehran afterwards, responding to attacks by angry protesters on its embassy in the Iranian capital.

Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen as well as the death of hundreds of Iranian Hajj pilgrims in a deadly crush in Saudi Arabia’s Mina in September 2015 had prepared the ground for the deterioration of tensions between Tehran and Riyadh.

The tensions have even spilled out onto the football field. Following the severance of diplomatic ties, Saudi officials asked for the football games between Iranian and Saudi teams to be held at a neutral venue.

Iran Rejects US Accusations of Breaching JCPOA Spirit

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Bahram Qassemi

In a statement on Wednesday, Qassemi blasted the recent remarks by US State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert who accused Iran of violating the spirit of the nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers.

“The US spokesperson is accusing Iran of breaching the JCPOA at a time when the US administration has, over the past two years, always acted against its obligations under the deal through its tension-provoking policies, actions, and decisions,” said Qassemi.

The violation comes as the obligations stipulated in the nuclear deal stress the need for ‘successful’ implementation of the JCPOA based on ‘goodwill’, he went on to say.

“The US has tried, directly or indirectly, to keep Iran from reaping the benefits of the JCPOA. Iran has, time and again, brought up the issue and referred to such US behaviour at the Joint JCPOA Commission,” the spokesman said.

He also dismissed as “unfounded” the US accusations that Iran seeks to destabilize the region.

“Iran is the oldest and most ancient country in the region, and the thousands-year-old history of this region is associated with the name of Iran.”

“Due to this association and sense of cultural, historical and geographical belonging, we have always considered regional peace, stability and security as our own, and we believe the development and welfare of Muslim nations is only possible through the establishment of tranquility and security without the interference of transregional powers,” he went on to say.

He said Iran is more concerned about regional security and stability than the US, which, according to Qassemi, seeks to meddle and trigger insecurity in the Middle East and affect regional equations to serve its own interests and strategic objectives.

He said all of Iran’s military programs are deterrent and defensive in nature, and pose no threat to any country.

The spokesman noted that US officials consider Iran’s “independent” and “illuminating” policies as a threat to their own interventionist, profit-oriented and humiliating policies.

Iran believes the real threat to security and stability in the Middle East is Washington’s interference in regional countries’ internal affairs, which is aimed at provoking insecurity and instability “with specific objectives.”

Qassemi’s remarks came after Nauert claimed that Iran’s “malign activities are serving to undercut whatever positive contributions to regional and international peace and security were intended to emerge” from the nuclear deal. She also accused the Islamic Republic of violating the ‘spirit’ of the nuclear deal.

US Preventing Iran from Reaping Benefits of JCPOA: Zarif

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Iran is still not certain whether the Donald Trump administration wants to scrap the Iran nuclear deal. But he said critics of the deal, reached in 2015 after years of intensive negotiations, are wrong to think that a better agreement is available.

“We still do not know what they want to do,” Zarif said in an address to a small group of American journalists at the Central Park residence of Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations.

“They have been talking about scrapping the deal. … But they seem to have come to the realization that scrapping the deal is not something that would be globally welcome. … [So] they now try to make it impossible for Iran to get the benefits from the deal,” he noted.

He made the remarks a day after the Trump administration grudgingly certified that Iran was complying with the nuclear deal while slapping sanctions on 18 Iranian entities for non-nuclear concerns, according to a report by Al-Monitor’s Laura Rozen.

Zarif also mentioned reports that Trump had urged fellow Group of 20 leaders in Hamburg, Germany, this month not to invest in Iran; Zarif said that would be a violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

“It’s become a rather tired routine,” Zarif said. “Each time they want to certify [Iranian compliance] they make sure to do something negative. It is obviously a sign of bad faith.”

Zarif said that the Trump administration was hardly the only party to be dissatisfied with the nuclear deal, but that there was not a better deal to be had.

The “JCPOA is not a deal that anyone loves,” Zarif said. “It was the only deal possible.”

“Believe me, I had to go through hell every other day in Iran, if not every day,” Zarif said, referring to the criticisms by the opponents of Rouhani’s government that the deal did not give Iran sufficient economic benefits.

Pointing to his deputies and fellow nuclear deal negotiators in the room, deputy foreign ministers Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Zarif added that “and my colleagues Araqchi and Ravanchi go through hell every hour.”

“We could not get a better deal, Zarif reiterated. “The US could not get a better deal. I assure [you], the US could not get a better deal.”

The JCPOA “was negotiated and drafted based on mutual distrust,” Zarif said. “It is not an agreement based on trust. … [You] will see mistrust in every sentence and paragraph of deal. And it is mutual.”

“That is why there are mechanisms to deal with minor violations, major violations, and major breaches, [and] significant noncompliance,” Zarif said. “We have avenues for dealing with them.”

“If we have a case of significant non-compliance … then Iran has the option to walk out,” Zarif said. “I don’t think we are there yet.”

Zarif said he has had no communications yet with his new US counterpart, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

“No, I have not asked [for a meeting], and I don’t think I will,” Zarif said. He said he and Tillerson’s predecessor, John Kerry, did not often formally request meetings. “If we were in the same place at the same time, and the possibility arose, we would meet,” Zarif said of Kerry.

The United States and Iran are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Joint Commission meeting on implementing the JCPOA in Vienna on Friday, diplomats said. US Undersecretary of State Tom Shannon will lead the US delegation to the Vienna meeting, and Araghchi and Takht-Ravanchi will both attend on the Iranian side.

Trump’s Travel Ban against Int’l Freedom Principles: WTO

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) Taleb Rifai has, in a Farsi interview with IRNA, weighed in on US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States for the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries.

He said the stance adopted by the World Tourism Organization after the introduction of the ban in late January, 2017, was that slapping a travel ban on an individual because of his or her nationality runs counter to international freedom principles on travelling and travelling facilitation promoted by the international tourism community.

Moreover, he said, the travel ban is an obstacle to reaping the huge benefits of the tourism industry in order to boost economic growth and create jobs for countries, including the US itself.

He was asked what objectives the US follows by imposing the travel ban under the pretext of fighting terrorism and why it applies to countries such as Iran, whose citizens have not been involved in any terrorist attack in any country, namely the US. In response, he said global challenges require global solutions, and that today’s security challenges should result in the creation of new walls.

Unlike what is believed, isolationism and blind discriminatory actions will not only not increase security, but further fuel tensions and threats.

He then offered his assessment of the negative reaction of the US people, companies and tourism sector to the travel ban.

Rifai said the negative consequences of the decision will most of all affect the US and American companies. He said a country which imposes travel bans using such a hostile approach will definitely face reaction from travellers and decrease demands for visits to America.

He was also asked if he thinks the travel ban will have a negative impact on the US nomination to host the 2024 Olympic games. In response, the top official said such a ban is completely against principles which promote such games, adding the travel ban will have an adverse effect on the US image as well as its efforts to host the games.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rifai said talks are underway with Iran to establish in the country a regional centre to train tourist guides for the Silk Road, but stopped short of giving a specific date for that.

New Sanctions to Further Poison Iran-US Ties: FM Zarif

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The new sanctions introduced by the US administration are poisoning the already strained relations between the two countries, Zarif said in an interview with the CBS News.

“It [new US sanctions] violates the spirit of the [nuclear] deal. We will look at it and see whether it violates the letter of the deal, and we will act accordingly,” he noted.

Zarif pointed to the US president’s remarks about how bad the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers is, and said, “It isn’t [a bad deal]. Well, no deal is completely acceptable to everybody.”

“This is a multilateral deal, approved by the Security Council, and it’s not a bilateral deal to be withdrawn from or to be renegotiated,” he said, rejecting the idea of renegotiating the JCPOA.

While the White House accuses Iran of supporting terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Zarif disputed the claim and placed blame on US allies like Saudi Arabia.

“These are the countries that are producing terrorists for you. And the United States is going after Iran. I don’t know why,” Zarif said.

“What the United States has done against the Iranian people over the past several months has been really repugnant,” he noted.

“I certainly think it is up to the US government to stop sending all these hostile signals,” he said.

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