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ISIS Drone-Making Factory Discovered in Mosul  

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ISIS Drone-Making Factory Discovered in Mosul

The Iraqi army forces, who have liberated most of the neighbourhoods in Mosul from the ISIS terrorists, have discovered one of the terrorist group’s factories in the northern Iraqi city, in which they used to make drones.

They found the factory in the al-Shifa neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Old City while advancing on Mosul.

The ISIS terrorists widely used unmanned aerial vehicles to target and shoot Iraqi and Syrian forces.

Some of the drones are used for reconnaissance purposes, but most of them are retrofitted with explosives to be used for carrying out attacks.

Photos of the workshop shows that the terrorists used whatever they could salvage, from metal and plastic pipes to repurposed small engines – including those of motorbikes – to make their drones. The ISIS elements have also used the debris of the Iraqi forces’ crashed drones to make theirs.

A four-wheeled robotic machine was also found in the factory. The device had been built to carry explosives and be used for carrying out suicide attacks.

ISIS to Lash Those Confirming Al-Baghdadi’s Death

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ISIS Leader

The ISIS terrorist group has declared in a statement that those who make any remarks about the death of the terrorist group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, or confirm the news regarding the issue will be receive 50 lashes.

According to a local source in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, the ISIS released its brief statement in Tal Afar near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

The statement is the ISIS’ first reaction to recent reports on the death of al-Baghdadi, who has been most probably killed in the Russian airstrikes on the Syrian city of Raqqa, the terrorist group’s de-facto capital.

Iranian Speaker Congratulates Iraq on Mosul Liberation

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Iranian Speaker Congratulates Iraq on Mosul Liberation

In a message to President of Iraq Fuad Masum on Sunday, the Iranian parliament speaker hailed the liberation of the Iraqi city from the occupation of the Daesh terrorist group after three years and underscored the importance of establishing sustained peace and security in the Arab country and the region.

He added that the “decisive” victory was achieved thanks to God’s blessings, the guidance of the country’s Marja’s (religious leadership), sacrifices made by the Iraqi people and military forces, and the government’s constant efforts.

The Iranian official further described the recapture of the city as a major step toward the complete defeat of terrorists in the region.

Daesh militants made swift advances in northern and western Iraq over the summer of 2014, after capturing swaths of northern Syria.

In a message to President of Iraq Fuad Masum on Sunday, the Iranian parliament speaker hailed the liberation of the Iraqi city from the occupation of the Daesh terrorist group after three years and underscored the importance of establishing sustained peace and security in the Arab country and the region.

He added that the victory was achieved thanks to God’s blessings, the guidance of the country’s Marja’s (religious leadership), sacrifices made by Iraqi people and military forces, and the government’s constant support.

The Iranian official further described the recapture of the city as a major step toward the complete defeat of terrorists in the region.

Daesh militants made swift advances in northern and western Iraq over the summer of 2014, after capturing swaths of northern Syria.

However, a combination of concentrated attacks by the Iraqi military and the volunteer forces, who rushed to take arms after Ayatollah Sistani issued the fatwa calling for the fight against the militants, blunted the edge of Daesh offensive and forced the terrorist group to withdraw from much of the areas it had occupied.

Iraqi military forces on Thursday captured the Mosul mosque at the heart of the northern city, which Daesh had declared its de facto capital.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of the site of the symbolic al-Nuri Mosque in Old Mosul as “the declaration of the end of the statelet of Daesh.”

Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in coming days as remaining Daesh militants are bottled up in just a handful of neighborhoods of the Old City.

Daesh stronghold in Syria’s Raqqa is also close to falling.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

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Newspapers today covered the annual gathering of anti-Iran terrorist group MKO in Paris, which prompted Iranian officials to lodge a complaint against the French government.

The remarks made by Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri about the attacks on Rouhani’s government also received great coverage. He stressed that the attacks are aftershocks of the conservatives’ defeat in the recent elections.

The dust pollution in Iran’s southeastern and southwestern provinces was also a top story today. A conference on countering dust pollution is planned to be held by Iran and the United Nations in Tehran in coming days.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Recent Insults [to Rouhani] Should Be Condemned: Senior Cleric

2- First VP: Some Are Still Angry at Election Results

3- ICT Minister: Attacks against Rouhani Aftershocks of Elections

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Abrar:

1- First VP: Rouhani’s Gov’t Not to Deviate from Its Path

2- EU Updates List of Iran Sanctions

3- Qatar: Blockade Imposed by Arab States ‘Declaration of Bloody War’

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani’s Patience Bears Fruit

  • Conservative Figures Interested in Reformists’ Idea of National Dialogue

2- Interesting, Smart Politician: A Report on Macron’s Political Behaviour in Int’l Ties

3- What Role Will Moderate Cleric Nateq Noori Play in Rouhani’s Gov’t?

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- First VP to Those Angry at Election Results: Accept People’s Votes

2- Prosecutor General: Legal Cases Filed for Those Who Insult Rouhani

3- Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi: Referring to People’s Votes Only Way to Rule

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Ebtekar:

1- Mosul Liberation to Pave Way for Fight against Dust Pollution: Iran Official

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Ettela’at:

1- First VP: Forming Strong Gov’t Needs Peaceful Atmosphere, Dialogue

2- DM: Iran’s Response to Threats Will Be Crushing

3- Zarif: World Should Rise against Production, Use of Chemical Weapons

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Iran:

1- Living in Dust: Dust Pollution Sends 1,000 People of Sistan to Hospital

2- Rouhani’s Aide: Those Who Attack Him Seek to Influence Cabinet Formation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Javan:

1- IRGC Sacrifices Its Life for People: Commander

2- Ahvaz Suffering from Dust Pollution, Extreme Heat

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Iraqi PM: Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa Saved Iraq

2- Zarif: Those Who Claim Syria Uses Chemical Weapons Were Saddam’s Accomplice

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Kayhan:

1- Europe, US Competing with Each Other in Countering Iran

  • Zarif Was En Route to Tehran When EU Sanctions Arrived!

2- End of ISIS in Iraq: Top Story in Muslim World

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Resalat:

1- First VP: Current Economic Situation Not Suitable

2- Economy Minister: High Bank Interest Rates Prevent Production, Employment

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Rooyesh-e Mellat:

1- Zarif: MKO’s Presence in Paris Moot Point in Iran-France Ties

2- DM: We’ll Never Appease Enemy

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Shargh:

1- Conservative MPs Call for Ceasefire in Domestic Political Conflicts

2- Racial Insults in Iranian Stadiums under FIFA’s Scrutiny

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- ISIS Secrets: A Reporter’s Account of ISIS Hideout

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 2

 

Iran, Total to Finalize $4.8bn Gas Deal on Monday

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Iran, Total to Finalize $4.8bn Gas Deal on Monday

“The international contract for development of Phase 11 of South Pars in the framework of IPC (Iranian Petroleum Contract) will be signed on Monday, July 3, at 14:30, at a ceremony in Tehran attended by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and senior officials from France’s Total, China’s CNPC and Iran’s Petropars,” the unnamed official also told Reuters.

Total signed a preliminary agreement, worth $4.8 billion late last year, to develop Phase 11 of the mega gas project in collaboration with China National Petroleum Corp and state-owned Petropars Company of Iran.

The French firm was initially due to sign the contract in early 2017, but Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said in February that it would wait to see the decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration on sanctions against Iran, AFP reported.

Total will operate the project with a 50.1% interest alongside Petropars (19.9%) and the CNPC (30%). The French company is expected to produce around 50 million cubic meters of gas per day from Phase 11.

Asadollah Qarekhani, the rapporteur of Majlis Energy Commission, said last week that Total is to complete the Phase 11 project in three years and extract natural gas from the field for 20 years.

According to a statement on Total’s website, the Phase 11 project will be developed in two phases. The first phase, with an estimated total cost of around $2 billion equivalent, will consist of 30 wells and 2 well head platforms connected to existing onshore treatment facilities by two subsea pipelines.

At a later stage, a second investment phase, involving the construction of offshore compression facilities, will be launched once it’s required by the reservoir conditions.

Pouyanne said last month that the South Pars project is worth taking the risk at $1 billion in the first step “because it opens a huge market”.

South Pars is part of a giant gas reservoir that straddles the territorial waters of Iran and Qatar, where Total is also a major player in gas production as well as in oil and refining.

US Has Become Isolated in Int’l Community: Iran President

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US Has Become Isolated in Int'l Community: Iran President

“We should not allow the US hand to expand and become powerful,” he said on Sunday at a meeting convened by Iran’s Judiciary.

“Our foreign policy should be of such effect that would make powers condemn the US and reproach it should it choose to stand against us,” he added.

Rouhani said, “Being revolutionary means isolating the United States, and speaking to the world in such a language that it would comprehend and accept our discourse.”

The president said the US has become isolated in the international community because of its insistence to impose new sanctions against the Islamic Republic in breach of a nuclear accord.

He proceeded to cite examples of Washington’s isolation on the world stage in its opposition against Iran.

Rouhani recalled a Thursday plenary meeting of the United Nations Security Council held to address the implementation of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. The event saw the UN, the European Union, and many major world countries all speaking appreciatively of Iran’s commitment to the nuclear deal, while the United States alone cried foul.

 

US Has Become Isolated in Int'l Community: Iran President

 

 

Iran Slams France for Double Standard on Terrorism

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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qassemi referred to the MKO terrorist group’s recent Paris gathering and said holding such events is not unprecedented.

“Since 1981, the terrorist group has been trying to artificially boost the morale of its members through brouhaha, holding campaigns as well as gatherings like this one in Paris,” he said in a Farsi interview with ISNA.

Qassemi went on to say that the MKO leaders usually spend a hefty amount of money to invite some figures notorious for their extremist stances against Iran to deliver speeches during their meetings.

“By spending money, the terrorist group always brings some spear-carriers together in its annual meetings,” he noted.

The spokesperson stressed that the gathering has nothing to do with the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to France.

“The MKO usually holds its annual meeting during these days of year as a propaganda show [to attract attentions]. Our complaint is that why France government permits the terrorist group to hold such events,” he noted.

He added that Iran has lodged an official complaint to France over allowing MKO to hold meeting in Paris.

The Iranian spokesman added there is no doubt that France has made a serious mistake by allowing the terrorist group to hold its annual meeting in the French capital.

“Terrorists are terrorists anywhere and France should drop its double standards when it comes to terrorists,” he stressed.

Earlier, the Iranian Foreign Minister also denounced the Paris event and said the presence and activities of the terrorist group in France were regarded as a moot point in relations between Tehran and Paris.

On Saturday, the MKO terror group held a meeting in Paris, which was attended by some of the former US, European and Saudi officials, including former Saudi spy chief Prince Turki al-Faisal, who also delivered a speech.

The gathering was even broadcast live by the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news channel. The notorious group has carried out numerous terror attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials over the past three decades.

The US and the EU recently removed the MKO from their terror lists, despite the group being responsible for killing nearly 17,000 Iranians since the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

 

Iran Hates MKO

Iran Slams France for Double Standard on Terrorism

While the MKO terrorist group (also known as MEK) was holding its event in Paris, thousands of tweets with the hashtags #IranHatesMEK and #No2MEK were posted by Iranian users all around the world, showing the entire nation’s hatred towards the notorious cult.

The number of tweets were so many that the hashtags became world trends for a while on Saturday night.

IRGC, Iranian People Belong Together: Commander

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mohammad-Ali Jafari

Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari has expressed dismay over efforts made to trigger “minor media arguments” about the IRGC.

“As long as close bonds exist between people and the IRGC led by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, such attempts will only lead to failure for those making them. We will sacrifice our lives for Iranian people, so it wouldn’t be very difficult for us to tolerate rebukes,” he said, according to a Farsi report by Fars News.

He said the IRGC seeks to establish people-oriented security coupled with a “preventive approach.”

The top commander underscored that the IRGC considers solving people’s economic and social problems as important in ensuring security as weapons and military equipment.

He said the IRGC has set in motion plans to boost cultural and social activities with the cooperation of people and by using proper media mechanisms, promoting training programmes and focusing on removing top-priority threats.

He said the IRGC and people belong to one another and there is no line separating them.

He said measures aimed at ensuring security should be geared to striking at the root causes of security threats, and that people should be enlightened on the logic and mechanisms behind security measures.

He stressed the importance of “prevention and coordination” in making plans and conducting operations based on intelligence assessments.

He said the military’s intelligence and operational skills have improved considerably, and that unity between security forces and people has resulted in the establishment of security as expected by the public and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Telegram Not Asked to Reveal Iranian Users’ Info: CEO

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Telegram Not Asked to Reveal Iranian Users’ Info: CEOPavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging service, referred to Iran, and said Telegram has around 40 million users in Iran where social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are filtered.

“The Iranian government has never asked us to provide it with even one bite of users’ private information,” he noted.

In remarks posted on his Facebook, Durov also referred to the differences between Telegram and the Russian government, saying they have not yet been settled.

He said the principles of Telegram are all the same across the world, and that the company will not breach those principles.

Telegram officials and Moscow have been at odds for quite some time now over users’ private information. In return for allowing Telegram to be officially registered in Russia, the Kremlin has called on the messaging service company to provide it with users’ private information when required.

He said the company will not trample its principles underfoot simply to secure the market in different countries.

Durov has agreed to Telegram being officially registered in Russia, but has underlined that he will not compromise users’ privacy, whatsoever.

US Sanctions Not to Impede Iran’s Progress: DM

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General Hossein Dehqan

Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has touched upon Washington’s fresh sanctions on Iran.

“The US, under any circumstances, seeks to impose restrictions and exert pressure on Iran, and the US sanctions against Iran are nothing new because we have been facing this situation since the victory of the Islamic Revolution [in 1979],” said the defence minister.

He said Iran’s defence achievements are the result of efforts made by local experts during the time the country was under sanctions.

He stressed that it is not possible to put the brakes on a nation’s progress and prevent the realization of its ideals.

“The US seeks to slap restrictions on Iran,” but to no avail, he said.

The defence minister added the Iranian nation is not worried about Washington’s sanctions because the Islamic establishment is so deep-rooted and strong that US moves will not have a serious impact on Tehran’s activities.

He also noted that Iran needn’t pay attention or give in to Washington’s demands, adding Tehran’s missile and defence activities are “crystal clear.”

He also highlighted Iran’s missile capability as well as the country’s missile attack on the positions of ISIS inside Syria.

“The enemies of the Islamic establishment [of Iran] saw that Iran would never succumb to the enemy and would give a crushing response to their threats,” the top general said.

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