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IRGC’s second missile town unveiled

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Three months after the first missile town of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was revealed, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani Tuesday toured another underground missile facility of the Revolution Guards.

Different missiles, including the Emad ballistic missile which has a range of 1,700 kilometers, can be seen in the images released of the facility.

The IRGC has announced that it has set up big underground facilities in most cities which are safe from the enemy crosshairs and will be used if necessary.

 

 

Iran considers Afghanistan’s security its own: Leader

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reiterated Iran’s support for Afghanistan, saying the Islamic Republic regards peace and security in the neighboring country as its own.

In a Tuesday meeting with Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah in Tehran Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the ongoing problems facing the Afghan nation, and said unity among various ethnic groups in the South Asian country is the most important solution to the problems.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran regards the security, tranquility and progress of Afghanistan as its own security and progress,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.

The leader further touched upon the history of close relations between Tehran and Kabul and highlighted the numerous potential of the two Muslim countries to boost mutual cooperation in various fields, including science and economy.

“Promotion of the level of cooperation is in the interest of both sides and differences of opinion, like the issue of water across the border shared by the two countries, should be resolved with cordiality and cooperation,” the leader stated.

Abdullah, for his part, described insecurity and the existence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan as the country’s main problem and said Kabul is trying to resolve the problem with trust in God and through measures to boost unity among the Afghan people as well as cooperation with “the Iranian brothers and friends”.

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Cutting Iran ties can’t hide Saudi crime: President Rouhani

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Saudi Arabia will not be able to distract from its “great crime” of killing a religious leader by severing its ties with the Islamic Republic.

Referring to the execution Saturday by Saudi Arabia of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, President Rouhani said on Tuesday, “It is only natural that a crime against Islamic and human rights will be met with reaction from public opinion.”

“Of course, the Saudi government, in order to cover up its crime of beheading a religious leader has resorted to a strange measure and has severed its ties with the Islamic Republic, whereas, undoubtedly, such moves will never hide that great crime,” said the Iranian president, who was speaking at a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen in Tehran.

Saudi Arabia faced strong condemnation from Iran, as well as other countries, soon after the execution of Sheikh Nimr, who was a vocal critic of the Riyadh regime.

“Criticism should not be responded to with beheading,” President Rouhani said, adding, “We hope that European countries, which always react to issues of human rights, act on their human rights-related obligations in this case, too.”

Demonstrations were held in the Iranian capital and other Iranian cities to condemn the killing of Sheikh Nimr. Demonstrations were held, among other places, in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad by protesters censuring Saudi Arabia.

Amid the largely peaceful protests, a group of people scaled the walls of the consulate in Mashhad while incendiary devices were hurled at the embassy in Tehran. Some 50 people were detained over the violation of the diplomatic perimeters.

On Sunday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced his country was cutting diplomatic relations with Iran.

Recounting Copenhagen’s reaction to Saudi Arabia’s execution, Jensen told President Rouhani that Denmark was the first country to condemn the killing of Nimr.

Darougheh House in Mashhad

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Darougheh House, a historical house in Mashhad was built by Russian architects in the late years of Qajar era. The house, which was built for the police chief [Darougheh in Persian] of the northeastern city, has been registered as one of Iran’s national heritage sites. 

Tasnim News Agency has posted online the following images of the historical house in Mashhad:

 

Iran won’t be checkmated by the Saudis

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Golrokh Askarieh
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A country like Iran whose foreign policy is mostly based on calculations is unlikely to be checkmated by others.

An article on Asr-e Iran website on January 4 took a closer look at the impact of the execution by the Saudis of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on already weak relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The following is the translation of the final part of the piece; the headline has been chosen by IFP:

A look at the history of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past three decades shows that although at times it has been affected by problems such as sloganeering and ill-thought-out moves, it has mostly opted for logical approaches to ride out complicated regional crises. In line with such a policy, the country has not opted for costly adventurism; rather, it has chosen indirect tools over direct confrontation.

Iran’s foreign policy machine has always left the door open, although a crack, for dialogue with rivals and belligerent parties. The invasion of Kuwait by Saddam’s Iraq, US invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 and US invasion of Iraq in March 2003 can be used to uphold such argument.

The fact that the Saudis executed Sheikh Nimr and then cut their diplomatic ties with Tehran days ahead of an expected termination of sanctions – as a result of which the Islamic Republic will be set for an economic leap and a re-launch of development measures following years of recession and economic contraction – is too much of a coincidence.

Aware that the Rouhani administration is getting rid of troublesome foreign policy issues to shift its focus to local economic problems, the Saudi government seems to want to drag Iran into new adventurism. As it was already mentioned, if the new Saudi politicians take a closer look at Iran’s foreign policy over the past three decades, they will come across a delicate point: adventurism has no place in Iran’s foreign policy.

Even after the killing of hundreds of Iranian citizens at the hands of the Saudi forces during a bloody Hajj pilgrimage three decades ago, the Islamic Republic wound not opt for direct confrontation with the Saudis. The current bone of contention is the inhumane execution of a number of Saudi citizens, including an opponent cleric. Naturally, the Islamic Republic uses conventional channels to convey its proportionate protest at the conduct of the Saudis.

If the new Saudi officials have done this to provoke Iran and send tensions between the two countries soaring, they are miscalculating, because records show that the final output of Iran’s foreign policy is based on calculations and that Tehran is unlikely to react to such measures and be checkmated.

But if the Saudis seeks to ignite a wider sectarian conflict in the Middle East in a bid to open new fronts against Iran and thus put more pressure on Tehran, one needs to wait and see to what extent Iran will be able to exert influence over its allies not to walk into the trap of sectarian tension and war.

Diplomat: Severance of Iran Ties One More Saudi Mistake

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Head of Iranˈs negotiating team to the expert meeting, Hamid Baeedinejad
Head of Iranˈs negotiating team to the expert meeting, Hamid Baeedinejad

A ranking Iranian diplomat described Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut diplomatic ties with Iran as yet another error in a string of mistakes the Saudi officials have been making to cover up their “strategic weakness” in the region.

The international political think tanks and even the allies of Riyadh affirm that the Saudi rulers’ problem with Iran is Tehran’s increasing power, which is a result of the Islamic Republic’s prudent policies in the region, Hamid Baeedinejad, the director general for political and international affairs at Iran’s foreign ministry, said in his Instagram page.

Riyadh became increasingly frustrated when it failed to prevent a final nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that stabilized Iran’s might in the region, the diplomat added.

On Saturday, Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, among dozens of others. The execution ignited widespread international condemnation, from both political and religious figures.

In the early hours of Sunday, furious demonstrators in the Iranian cities of Tehran and Mashhad stormed Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic buildings in protest at the Al Saud’s execution of the popular cleric.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized the incident and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

Saudi Arabia, however, severed its diplomatic relations with Iran and gave the Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the kingdom.

Jahangiri: Afghanistan’s security highly important for Iran

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Golrokh Askarieh
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vice- president , eshagh jahangiri

First Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri renewed the Islamic Republic of Iran’s support for security and stability in Afghanistan.

“The security and stability of Afghanistan is highly important for the Islamic Republic of Iran and Afghanistan’s security is tantamount to our security,” Jahangiri said after his meeting with Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah in Tehran on Monday.

He underlined Iran’s sensitivity to the Afghan security, and said that the fight against extremism and terrorism plays an important role in this regards.

Afghanistan and Iran share many commonalities and the two countries have established cooperation in the field of regional issues, he added.

He said that the Iranian and Afghan officials have held good and positive meetings, and added that during these meetings the two sides presented positive and constructive points.

Iran is one of the most important donors to Afghanistan, which has kept its promises to help with the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.

Iran has built several roads, power transmission lines, border stations and many other infrastructure projects to better link the two nations.

Iran has also contributed more than $ 50m annually to the Afghan anti-narcotics efforts during the past five years.

Tehran has repeatedly called for a withdrawal of the US-led foreign troops from Afghanistan, stressing that establishment of peace and security in the war-ravaged country is possible only through cooperation among regional states.

 

New bans, defense restrictions sabotage JCPOA: Iran

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Golrokh Askarieh
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A senior Iranian official says any attempt to impose new sanctions on Tehran and restrict its defense and deterrence capabilities will undermine the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and P5+1.

In a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen in Tehran on Monday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s goodwill to precisely and swiftly implement its obligations under the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and said the execution of the deal requires that both sides fulfill their commitments.

He added that Iran will show a “strong reaction” to any measure aimed at imposing restrictions on its defense capabilities.

In a letter to Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan on December 31, President Hassan Rouhani ordered stepped-up production of missiles after reports that the US was preparing fresh sanctions on international companies and individuals in Iran.

The Wall Street Journal said later that the White House had delayed plans to impose new sanctions on Iran but added that the measures remained on the table.

The SNSC secretary further expressed hope that exchange of political and economic delegations between Iran and European countries would have positive outcomes on the expansion of all-out relations.

Shamkhani said the necessary ground has been prepared for Tehran and Copenhagen to improve cooperation in various economic and industrial sectors.

The Danish foreign minister, for his part, commended Iran’s effective measures to precisely fulfill its commitments under the JCPOA.

Jensen said his country is determined to boost relations with Iran in all fields and added that the two countries have numerous grounds for economic and technical cooperation.

On July 14, 2015, Iran and P5+1 finalized the text of the JCPOA on Tehran’s nuclear program in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

Under the agreement, Iran will accept restrictions on its nuclear program in return for the removal of sanctions imposed on Tehran by the US and the EU.

Saudi Arabia severing Iran ties wrong policy: Larijani

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says Saudi Arabia’s move to rupture relations with the Islamic Republic was a “wrong policy.”

In a meeting with Oman’s Ambassador to Tehran Saud bin Ahmad al-Barwani on Monday, Larijani added that even if a group of people make a move, it should not be regarded as an appropriate reason to cut relations.

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Sunday following demonstrations held in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad by angry protesters censuring the Al Saud family for the killing of the top Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Some people mounted the walls of the consulate in Mashhad while incendiary devices were hurled at the embassy in Tehran. Some 50 people were detained over the transgression.

Amid growing tensions between Tehran and Riyadh, the Saudi foreign minister on Monday said his country would end air traffic and trade links with the Islamic Republic.

Larijani further expressed concern over the ongoing developments in the region, saying, “Under the current circumstances, measures are unfortunately taken in the region which are detrimental to the Muslim Ummah and beneficial to the Zionists.”

He emphasized that terrorism is a major problem in the region and said the Saudi government does not realize that its military campaign against Yemen leads to spread of terrorism. Yemen has been under Saudi’s unrelenting bombardment since March 2015.

The top Iranian parliamentarian added that Saudi Arabia’s killing of a prominent Shia cleric had “no justification.”

Sheikh Nimr, a critic of the Riyadh regime, was shot by Saudi police and arrested in 2012 in Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, which was the scene of peaceful anti-regime demonstrations at the time.

He was charged with instigating unrest and undermining the kingdom’s security. He had rejected all the charges as baseless.

The Omani envoy, for his part, said Riyadh’s announcement of cutting ties with Tehran was unwise and incorrect.

Barwani said he thinks that Saudi Arabia’s move aims to exert pressure on Iran and undermine a nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and P5+1.

UN envoy: Iran doing best to arrest attackers of Saudi Embassy

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Ali Khoshrou

Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Gholam Ali Khoshroo in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underlined Iran’s efforts to arrest the attackers of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran.

‘The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates its commitment to compliance with the relevant international law and documents, especially the Vienna Convention of 1963 on Consular Relations and Vienna Convention of 1961 on Diplomatic Relations, and it will do its best to arrest all the perpetrators of the incident and prosecute them,’ Khoshroo said in his letter.

He also expressed regret that some protesters entered the Saudi Embassy building and caused some damage to it despite widespread efforts by the law enforcement forces to prevent them from doing so.

The Iranian ambassador, meantime, condemned Saudi Arabia’s provocative measure by executing prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.

He wrote that after the recent incidents, President Hassan Rouhani issued the necessary orders to the relevant bodies, including the Interior Ministry to expedite the follow-up of the issue and bring to justice the perpetrators of the crime.

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