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Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on July 11

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Ettelaat-July11

♦ The world shouted for the liberation of Quds.

“Islamic prospects are bright. Through unity, resistance, jihad and self-sacrifice, Muslims, including the Palestinian nation, can achieve their long-term objectives,” said President Rouhani.

“The massive turnout of the Iranians for Quds Day rallies amounts to declaration of readiness to strive for the restoration of Palestinian rights,” said the judiciary chief.

The intelligence minister said that the diplomatic battlefield provides a test that is far more difficult to ace than the real war and that the Iranian negotiating team has the support of the Supreme Leader and the nation.

♦ The government has given the green-light to the early retirement of civil servants.

Those who retire early won’t be entitled to full termination of employment benefits.

♦ Some 100 Yemeni military personnel who supported Ansarullah [the Houthis] were killed in a Saudi airstrike.

An additional 250 were injured in the air raid.

Meanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal died at the age of 75.

♦ “Iran stands ready to expand its cooperation with emerging economies,” said President Rouhani in a speech at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Russia.

“Fortunately, thanks to wisdom and understanding nuclear talks are close to conclusion and Western powers have admitted that Iran’s scientific development is unstoppable,” the president added.

On the sidelines of the summit, the president met with his Russian, Chinese, Afghan, and Belorussian counterparts as well as the Indian prime minister.

♦ “Iran has fallen victim to its proximity to drug producers,” said the UNODC envoy in Iran.

He further said that Europe should appreciate Iran’s efforts to stop the transit of illicit drugs to the green continent.

♦ Nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 have been extended through Monday (July 13).

The Iranian foreign minister said that Iran has made its stance known and is waiting for the other side to make a decision.

He further said that unfortunately some parties to the talks have changed their stance and are putting forth excessive demands.

♦ Three narcotics traffickers killed in southeastern Iran

♦  German delegation to visit Tehran

Iranian negotiating team is the winner, with or without a deal

By
Emad Askarieh
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Ahmad Tavakoli

Ahmad Tavakoli, a Tehran MP, says that the Iranian nuclear team is the ultimate winner of the talks with or without a nuclear deal at the close of the nuclear negotiations with P5+1.

Tavakoli made the comment in an interview with Nasim Online News Agency and added that the nuclear team has been defending Iran’s nuclear rights for the past 18 months. The following is the translation of the principlist MP’s remarks released by his website, alef.ir on July 9:

 

Agreement and commitment

Under the Constitution, anything which causes the Iranian government to take on a commitment vis-à-vis a foreign country should be approved by parliament. What name such a commitment carries is not important; what matters is whether it requires Iran to meet a commitment or not. If there is no commitment, the legislative go-ahead is not necessary, but if there is a commitment, no matter what its name, it should win the blessing of parliament. The reason: if what they [government] agree to is binding, it should clear parliament.

[Article 77: International treaties, protocols, contracts, and agreements must be approved by the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Article 125: The President or his legal representative has the authority to sign treaties, protocols, contracts, and agreements concluded by the Iranian government with other governments, as well as agreements pertaining to international organizations, after obtaining the approval of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.]

A deal which remains unsigned makes no [legal] sense. What does it mean to agree on something, but fail to sign it? What’s an agreement without signature good for? Signature is an essential part of any agreement. An agreement which lacks signature is not obligatory with parties to the agreement likely to go back on it, citing the absence of their signature.

 

Nuclear team and the Supreme Leader

What is certain is that the Iranian nation and the Supreme Leader have put their trust in the country’s nuclear team. If something comes up which is not consistent with the Supreme Leader’s remarks, this team will take no measure unless they consult the Leader. I’m sure about it.

The Supreme Leader has repeatedly prayed for the nuclear negotiating team. Iran’s nuclear team, which is undertaking a heavy responsibility, deserves to receive the nation’s prayers. [Members of] the team are expected not to say anything but the truth, not to listen to anything but the truth and not to sign anything unless they make sure it is the truth. They are expected to come back home successfully and honorably.

 

Iran’s team and future of nuclear talks

I think the country’s negotiating team will be successful and honorable no matter what comes out of the talks, because for the past 18 months they have been defending the rights of the Iranian nation and have not given in. They will have no other option but not to sign an agreement if the US insists on its acquisitiveness. The Iranian team is the [ultimate] winner [with or without a nuclear deal].

No deal will be inked if the United States does not give up its acquisitive demands and continues its bullying tactics. The Iranian nuclear team, however, will emerge victorious even if no deal is signed because they have done everything by the book. They will be the winning side if a deal is inked; if so, they should be praised and their services should be appreciated.

Iran Asia trade soars amid West’s sanctions

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iran Map

Iran’s trade with Asia is climbing to new heights as the void left by the Europeans in the wake of sanctions is filled by new partners in the world’s largest continent.

According to new statistics released by the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI), about 94% of the country’s exports went to Asian nations in the two months to May 21.

Iran’s Asia exports rose nine percent to more than $5 billion in the 60-day period over corresponding period last year, the official figures showed.

Iran sent 11.92 million metric tons of goods to Asia, which constituted 94.2% of its total exports, TPOI said.

That compared with $242 million of Iranian exports to Europe which has seen traditional trade ties forged over centuries unravel in the wake of sanctions.

Europe accounted for about three percent of Iran’s exports during the period which declined four percent.

Iran’s exports to Africa and the Asia-Pacific region rose to $122 million and $3 million respectively in the period.

In the absence of viable ties with Europe, Iran has sought to forge closer relations with the bloc of emerging economies known as BRICS which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

BRICS is currently holding a summit in the Russian city of Ufa, with President Hassan Rouhani attending the event as a special guest.

The bloc accounts for approximately 40% of the world’s population and 20% of the world’s gross product.

BRICS’s ideals are also in sync with those cherished by Iran, which call for an “equitable, democratic and multi-polar world order” not dominated by the West or the US dollar.

Iran has been trying to ditch the dollar in its international transactions – a goal which was echoed by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

The Russian leader said his country was interested in using national currencies with other BRICS members after agreeing on such an arrangement with China.

China and India are two of the largest importers of Iranian oil and those exports have soared after the announcement of the Lausanne nuclear understanding.

For the Chinese, Iran represents a crucial part of a massive economic plan to revive the Silk Road. Iran is also a huge market which offers Asia enormous investment opportunities.

A deal will be inked if P5+1 acts in good faith, makes political decision

By
Emad Askarieh
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Takhte Ravanchi

A member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team says that the country is expected to clinch an honorable agreement with P5+1.

Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, who is also deputy foreign minister for Euro-American affairs, made the comment on Friday and added that Iran builds on popular support to settle its nuclear dispute [with the West] honorably, and trades its honor with nothing. The following is the translation of his remarks as reported by Mizan Online News Agency on July 10:

The Iranian negotiator said the other side has changed horses in midstream and has gone far beyond [what has been envisioned in] the Lausanne agreement. Thursday was not an unusual day. The Americans had to meet a deadline which was not important to Iran. Tehran had already said that it preferred to reach an agreement before the deadline, but that it saw nothing wrong in striking the agreement past the deadline.

Talks come with many ups and downs, he said, adding, “Sometimes during the talks we realize that the other side has changed its demands asking for more, but we stand up to its acquisitive demands”.

He went on to say that we hope the other side displays goodwill and makes a political decision, so that we can arrive at an agreement.

The deputy foreign minister said that there are some unwritten agreements in the talks which are mutual, adding that some changes are made to those agreements during the talks and some interpretations are made which change the course of the negotiations.

Nothing odd has come up and the talks are continuing, he said, adding we hope we can produce a deal as we stick to our principles.

Takht-e Ravanchi said that the talks have come to an end when it comes to some documents and appendixes, but there are still a few outstanding issues [which need to be settled before clinching a deal].

As for the extension of nuclear talks, he said that as far as Iran is concerned, there is no deadline. “We will continue the talks until we reach the intended result”.

Negotiating team not to bargain national dignity: Top negotiator

By
Emad Askarieh
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UN Security Council Weakened by US Support for Israel: Iran Envoy

The negotiating team will not bargain national dignity in nuclear talks with P5+1, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Euro-American Affairs Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters, he said that the negotiating team will continue talks, considering the red lines.

Takht-e Ravanchi said if necessary Iran would continue the talks beyond the deadline to reach an agreement.

The Western governments are not bound to their verbal promises and change them at the time of writing the context of the deal, he added.

Takht-e Ravanchi left Vienna for Tehran on Thursday night to attend mourning ceremony of his wife’s mother.

Iranians observe International Quds Day

By
Emad Askarieh
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Quds day

Iranians from all walks of life turned out in droves in the capital, Tehran, and in over 770 towns and cities across the country to show support for Palestinians in the face of Israel’s crimes and atrocities.

Hundreds of local and foreign journalists covered the rallies on International Quds Day.

Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani also joined the event.

Meanwhile, millions of people in other countries also marked the occasion by turning out en masse to vent their anger at the Israeli regime.

In a statement issued at the end of the nationwide demonstrations, the Iranian marchers referred to the liberation of al-Quds from the clutches of the Israeli regime as the top priority of the Muslim world, denouncing any scheme meant to distract the Muslims’ public opinion from the Palestinian cause.

They also demanded the return of all Palestinians to their homeland as well as a subsequent referendum for the Palestinian nation to freely decide its own future.

The protesters further slammed the international community’s deafening silence in the face of Israel’s attempts to Judaize the occupied Palestinian lands and destoy historical Palestinian identities, calling on regional and global organizations to take serious and practical measures to counter the regime’s plots.

They also censured the Takfiri violence fueled by ISIL terrorists in Iraq, Syria and Libya as well as the Al Saudi regime’s ongoing onslaught against Yemen as a plot hatched by the US, Israel and their raectionay allies in the region in an attempt to create division in the Islamic world.

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, named the last Friday of the lunar fasting month of Ramadan as International Quds Day. The event fell on July 10 this year.

Each year, millions of people around the world stage rallies on this day to voice their support for the Palestinian nation and repeat their call for an end to the Tel Aviv regime’s atrocities and its occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Zarif insists on continuing nuclear talks ‘as long as possible’

By
Emad Askarieh
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Zarif-Balcony-1

Speaking to the press from the balcony of his hotel in Vienna, Zarif reiterated that he was prepared to continue the ongoing negotiation process with six world powers — the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany.

Asked about his interpretation of his twitter message ‘Mark my words; you can’t change horses in the middle of a stream’, Zarif smiled and replied, I wanted you to guess, otherwise I would have said it in a more straightforward way.

I wanted to make this a little bit interesting, Iran’s top diplomat said.

Another reporter asked about the time the Iranian team will return home, Zarif said, “We will leave God willing.”

Asked whether he was optimistic of the accord, Zarif said, “Had we not been, we would not have been here.”

Talks on a comprehensive nuclear deal were scheduled to continue through the night and tomorrow as foreign ministers of the seven countries were trying to find ways to overcome lingering differences on a final agreement.

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbass Araqchi and Presidential Aide, Hossein Fereydoun were also at the Palais Coburg balcony along Zarif at the time of the press conference.

Iran president hopes for enhanced ties with China

By
Emad Askarieh
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Rouhani-China

Rouhani made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the joint summits of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Russian city of Ufa.

“Fortunately an accelerated momentum is taking shape in the relations between the two countries and I hope that the plan for the development of political cooperation between the two states … will go ahead at this pace,” he said.

Rouhani also expressed Tehran’s willingness to boost economic and banking cooperation with China.

He praised Beijing’s efforts for facilitating the progress of ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers for a comprehensive nuclear deal.

For his part, Xi said China favors a quick conclusion of the negotiations between Iran and six world powers – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany.

 

Strong ties with Belarus

Also on Thursday, the Iranian president met with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on the sidelines of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, on July 9, 2015.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on the sidelines of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, on July 9, 2015.

He stressed that the Islamic Republic welcomes the development of ties in all sectors with Minsk, saying, “We hope that with the expansion of interactions, cooperation between the two countries will grow in all fields.”

Eradication of Afghan poppy production

Rouhani further met with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Thursday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa on July 9, 2015.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa on July 9, 2015.

He emphasized the necessity of a ban on opium production by the Afghan government, saying that narcotic production in Afghanistan must be eradicated as soon as possible.

The Afghan president, for his part, called for Iran’s support for combating drug traffickers and terrorists in Afghanistan, saying his country is today “witnessing war and bloodletting” which need to be stopped.

 

Rouhani, Putin discuss military, nuclear power ties: Moscow

By
Emad Askarieh
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Putin-Rouhani

The two presidents discussed “military-technological cooperation, cooperation in the military field, in particular, an exchange in missions of naval ships, which are taking place intensively now and which will continue,” during a Thursday meeting in Ufa, according Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

The Russian official further said Putin also praised Tehran-Russia cooperation in the nuclear power sector and discussed with Rouhani the options for further enhancing bilateral relations in this domain.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the joint summits of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Russian city of Ufa.

During the talks, Rouhani praised Russia’s efforts to facilitate the progress of ongoing negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 states aimed at reaching a comprehensive nuclear deal, Russian media reported.

“I consider it my duty to thank Russia for the efforts it has made in resolving and negotiating the Iranian nuclear program, and for the personal efforts made by Mr. [Foreign Minister Sergei] Lavrov,” said the Iranian president.

Rouhani further highlighted Moscow’s “outstanding role” in both regional and international issues, according to the reports.

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa on July 9, 2015. (© AFP)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa on July 9, 2015. (© AFP)

 

According to the Iranian president’s website, Rouhani also pointed to rising terror threats in the Middle East, emphasizing the need for collective cooperation to deal with the challenges facing the region.

The Iranian chief executive renewed calls for a political solution to the deadly crisis in Syria, saying Tehran and Moscow, which have both stood by the Syrian nation, need to take more serious measure to uproot terrorism.

He also touched upon the chaotic situation in Yemen which has been exacerbated by the ongoing Saudi air raids, saying Iran and Russia should work to end the “tragedy” in Yemen and the massacre of civilians in the Arabian Peninsula state.

The Iranian president further described Iran-Russia ties “strategic,” calling for closer cooperation between the two nations in different domains, particularly the economic sphere.

Putin, in turn, described the Islamic Republic as his country’s “traditional reliable partner,” stressing that Tehran-Moscow relations “are developing and have been positive despite all the difficulties in the global economy and the well-known restrictions.”

“Overall, we can be content with the way our relations have developed. There are always issues that require our special attention, and I am glad of this opportunity to talk about it today,” added the Russian leader.

Putin stressed the necessity of broader interactions between Tehran and Moscow for the establishment of peace and security in Syria and the entire region.

The Russian president also expressed hope that the sensitive nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the six world powers would result in a comprehensive accord, according to Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

“Putin noted the positive dynamic in the development of the talks over the Iranian nuclear program,” Peskov added.

The talks between Rouhani and Putin come amid last-ditch diplomatic efforts by Iran and the P5+1 – Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany – in Vienna, Austria, to work out a final agreement on the Iranian nuclear case.

Rouhani arrived in Russia on Wednesday night for a two-day visit, which comes at the invitation of Putin. The Iranian president is slated to take part in the summit of BRICS group of emerging powers — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – as a special guest.

He is also scheduled to address the SCO summit as a keynote speaker on the second day of his trip. He will have an observer seat at the event.

Iran, India must counter terrorism in region: Rouhani

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iran India

In a Thursday meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rouhani said Iran and India play a very key role in fighting terrorism in the region.

During the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the joint summits of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Russian city of Ufa, President Rouhani underlined the need for closer cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi not only in “trade and economic areas” but also in “uprooting terrorism in the region.”

Pointing to the spread of extremism and violence in the region, Rouhani expressed regret over the ongoing security crises in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying that the presence of Takfiri terrorist groups, including the ISIL, has further aggravated the situation in the region.

The Iranian president also voiced the Islamic Republic’s readiness to cooperate with India in the fields of energy, investment, tourism and technology.

The Indian prime minister, for his part, highlighted Iran’s strategic role in fighting terrorism and establishing stability and security in the region.

He further pointed to Iran’s proposal, the World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE), which was adopted by the United Nations in the form of a resolution, saying New Delhi and Tehran should cooperate in fighting extremism.

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to approve the WAVE proposal, put forward by President Rouhani himself, on December 18, 2013. The initiative calls on all nations across the globe to denounce violence and extremism. The Iranian president made the proposal in his address to the UN Disarmament Conference in New York on September 25, 2013.

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