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Shamkhani talks on Iran’s red lines on ISIL

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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shamkhani

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has outlined the three red lines Iran has in dealing with the situation in neighboring Iraq where Takfiri militants have been committing crimes against humanity.

In a Saturday night interview with IRIB, Shamkhani reiterated Tehran’s red lines in regard to ISIL terrorists wreaking havoc in Iraq.

ISIL “threats against Baghdad”, or the Shia holy shrines, as well as any Takfiri advance on the Iranian borders are “considered the Islamic Republic’s three red lines”, said the former defense minister.

Iran’s support for Iraqis, including Shias, Sunnis, and Kurds, has proved successful in “weakening the terrorist groups”, Shamkhani said, adding that if Iran had not helped Iraq, “the situation of the country would have definitely changed.”

Referring to the Takfiri groups’ attempts to enter Iran via its western borders, Shamkhani said, “We have been able to push them back,” and that Iran is watching every terrorist activity of the groups, which are “now very vulnerable” in their fight against the Iraqi government.

Saudi war on Yemen 

Apart from a shaky five-day ceasefire, Saudi Arabia’s onslaught on Yemen has now been going on for two months, with this belief that the Ansarullah movement fighters must give up their weapons and return to their former location, he said.

“This is as the group has been ignored for years in Yemen,” he added.

Yemen has been under Saudi airstrikes since March 26. The military aggression, carried out without a UN mandate, is meant to restore power to the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a close ally of the Riyadh regime.

Iran nuclear program

Referring to a final nuclear agreement between Tehran and the six global powers, Shamkhani said Iran would not sacrifice the content of a possible deal in order to just meet a June-end deadline.

Shamkhani questioned the calls to inspect Iran’s military sites, saying they are just desperate attempts to justify the unlawful sanctions placed against Iran.

Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – are seeking to finalize a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear program. The two sides have set July 30 as the deadline for the final deal.

Additional Protocol implementation a sticking point in nuclear talks: Negotiator

By
Emad Askarieh
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Seyyed Abbas Araghchi

One of the points of contention in nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers is how the Additional Protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is to be carried out, a senior Iranian negotiator said on Saturday.

How the Additional Protocol is to be implemented is one of the sticking points which we are discussing,” Abbas Araghchi told IRIB in Geneva on Saturday, before a meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry.

He also expressed the hope that the high-profile meeting would help the parties settle the remaining issues.

“Today’s bilateral meeting in Geneva is a dialogue on substantial subjects and the issues that have remained unsolved,” he explained.

Araghchi once again made it clear that the notion of access to Iran’s military sites or interviews with the country’s nuclear scientists is totally off the table in the negotiations, but added that discussions still continue within the framework of the Additional Protocol’s processes.

Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) are in talks to hammer out a lasting accord that would end more than a decade of impasse over Tehran’s civilian nuclear program.

On April 2, the two sides reached a framework nuclear agreement in Lausanne, Switzerland, with both sides committed to push for a final deal until the end of June.

Don’t let information on Operation 2015 leak: Rouhani advisor

By
Emad Askarieh
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Hesameddin Ashena

Hesameddin Ashna, a cultural advisor to President Rouhani, has drawn comparison between Operation Karbala 4 [an operation during the Iran-Iraq war in 1986 which was a setback to the Iranian military because the enemy was in on its details even before it was staged] and nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 and appealed for contribution by all to help the talks produce the desired results.

The following is the translation of a report Khabaronline.ir released on what else Ashna wrote on his Facebook page.

For the sake of the innocent blood shed during Operation Karbala 4, don’t let information on the Operation June 2015 spill out. I know the comparison might strike some as surprising. But our divers are already in action, we need to camouflage them. The public does not know all the things that happened in the nuclear industry between 1989 and 2005 and nuclear talks between 2005 and 2013. In 2013, however, for the greater good, it was decided to moderate the course of the nuclear industry and the talks to protect the country against the plentitude of deceptions practiced by humans serving diabolic purposes.

That the Arabs and Israelis would oppose Iran comes as no surprise; but the pent-up sentiments of the new Saudi officials and their assumption of a US-like role in the region put Saddam and his supporters to shame. What the Saudis call the Persian Tide is a psychological answer to the progressive move of the Iranians to reclaim the region’s past glory, which this time around comes not through humiliation of neighbors, but through respect for and cooperation with them. That the president has said nuclear talks mark the beginning of the road – not the end of it – is indicative of the very same fact.

Iran does not want the Saudis and the Zionists to pitch their Iranophobia scenario any further. With sanctions in place, regional rivalry is like taking part in a sprint with your feet tied. We can rid ourselves of the trap of sanctions and create a new opportunity for our revolution. To be qualified for world games, we need to emerge victorious in regional competitions first.

Why should government endure the cruel taunts of opponents?

By
Emad Askarieh
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President Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani has said that his government is walking down the right path and consults experts before taking any step.

The President made the comment at a gathering of governors and governors-general from across the country on Saturday and added that his government is determined to fulfill the promises it has made despite the existing shortcomings.

Entekhab.ir covered the president’s remarks at the meeting. The following is the translation of part of the report:

[…]

President Rouhani said that to the government which has the responsibility to organize elections, people’s vote is of great significance and that governors-general should not be intimidated by pressures piled on them by different parties.

He said no political and factional mindset can be eliminated in the country, adding elections will be meaningless in the absence of competition. He also said judicial officials should verify the qualification of contenders, adding rumors – that government, IRGC, the Army, IRIB or a certain governor general confirms a certain candidate – have no place in the elections.

He went on to say that his government should make good on its promises, adding the Cabinet is walking down the right path. He said government’s measures come on the back of consultations with experts, not based on fortunetelling and prophetic dreams [a reference to the former government which was said to resort to dreams and clairvoyant powers to justify their erratic measures].

It is unforgiveable if certain individuals and groups try to kill public hope, the president said, urging the governors-general to base their conduct on measures to help economic stability and growth, restore market calm, and encourage people to invest [in different sectors].

That the economy and centrifuges should spin together is a public demand, he said, adding the Cabinet will satisfy such a demand based on popular vote, the establishment’s core principles and [the country’s] red lines of which the nuclear team is fully aware.

Rouhani then took a swipe at those who use an indecent language when talking about Mohammad Javad Zarif and called his foreign minister “the Commander of the Diplomatic Front” and said, “Where on earth has this foul and indecent language come from? Do not tell lies to people. Those lies will be exposed [someday]. We need to talk to people honestly.”

“It seems God has descended His blessings everywhere; everybody around us has turned into an expert in law and national security, and into an eloquent orator who discusses national issues. This is a good happening,” he sarcastically said.

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“How come certain people do not want to see people enjoy their lives when they see government is advancing nuclear talks with prudence and tactfulness? What is the secret behind the fact that there are some who are afraid of people’s smile? At issue is the nuclear case; it is not a question of this or that government branch or that of different parties. This is a nuclear case whose burden is on the shoulders of the establishment,” he further said.

The president went on to say, “The Supreme Leader offers a piece of advice since he has the stewardship of the country, but everybody starts advising the government ‘You are thirsty and should drink water’. Swear to God, we know we should drink water [in such a condition].”

Rouhani said his government has promised people to build an economy which – like the global economy – can experience reasonable fluctuations, adding, “We promised to help people be calm and relax. Like government, all institutes are accountable to people’s vote. That vote is not simply confined to executive organizations”.

He also said government has exploited all its potential to fulfill those promises, adding occasional failure comes with the territory. He stressed that his government’s attitudes are right.

“That people are not voracious to stock up on goods in their houses shows government is moving down the right path. That we did not have people stand in long humiliating lines shows that government has taken the right direction,” he emphasized.

“People do not criticize parliament and the Judiciary, saying let us lead our lives, but when it comes to blaming the president and his government, they never miss a beat,” he further said.

“It is our responsibility to make people happy and ease the burden weighing on their shoulders. In the nuclear case, how come government goes to great lengths [to settle the country’s dispute with the West] but it has to suffer the cruel taunts [of its opponents]? Why is it so?” the president asked.

Nomadic festival in Ardebil (PHOTOS)

By
Fatemeh Askarieh
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Nomadic festival00

The Iranian Students’ News Agency has released the following images of a nomadic festival in Jafarabad in the northwestern Iranian province of Ardebil.

 

 

Fleeing persecution, boat people face the unknown at sea

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Myanmar-cartoon

More than 4,000 migrants have landed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh since Thailand launched a crackdown on people-smuggling gangs this month. The United Nations says around 2,000 may still be adrift in boats on the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Myanmar’s Rohingya minority and immigrants from Bangladesh have set sail to flee persecution, but they have faced unchartered waters out at sea. The influx of the persecuted Rohingya migrants has turned into a cause for international concern. There have been calls for global efforts to help the vulnerable “boat people” stranded in the region’s seas, but to date they have been of no avail.

Sharq daily on May 24 published Displacement – a descriptive piece of writing by Iranian writer Nahid Tabatabai – featuring the hopes and pains of migrants who leave their home country behind in search of a better tomorrow. The following is the translation of the piece in its entirety:

The swings of an old, moribund boat; sleeping at the dark, malodorous, [dingy] stowage below deck; the stench of dead fish; the wet, slimy stowage floor; stillness among hundreds of bone-tired, hungry and helpless people; a missing remedy; a dashed hope; sheer hopelessness; vagrancy and then – looking into camera – the face of a naked, emaciated boy who takes his loosely clenched fist toward his mouth;

The image of a little girl who has lain down in the pale [rays of] sun peeking through an opening on the stowage floor, curling up her frail legs in a fetal position and tucking them under her stomach; the fearful eyes of a woman that have seen the man’s severed head and remained bewildered and scared; behind the look on her face, there is a mind which has forgotten the agony of loss; bewildered by this much helplessness, she sits by her children;

A man’s eyes moistened by sea water and tears, hollow on a haggard face; adrift on the blue sea jostling for a bottle of water; ironically thirsty while surrounded by water; fear of losing a bite-size morsel; a hungry mouth which does not let go of the lid of an empty packet of food; sniffing the smell of food with no leftovers left behind; the smell of food mixed with the stench of rotten fish; the two-month body odor of [unbathed] displaced and underfed people; the smell of lassitude and fatigue; the reek of grief and despair; the [malodorous] smell of death; the [putrid] smell of oppression; the [pungent] smell of the oppressed; the [deep] whiff of homelessness.

The vile odor of human-to-human cruelty; and forgetfulness of the countenance of father and the hand of mother; the [gentle] caress of the morning breeze, the smell of freshly baked bread, the fragrance wafting through the kitchen; the freshness of [the refreshing] water slipping gently on the tongue; the serenity of [deep] sleep on their [comfortable, cozy] bed; the tranquility of head resting on a [soft] down pillow; the view of a baby feeling full; sighing [deeply] in relief; taking home the fruits of labor; swinging as high as the treetop; the refreshing taste of sweet basil; the heavenly aroma of watermelon; the amber hue of grapes; the view of the youth going through the growing spurt; the warmth of loving [someone] and being loved [back]; and the delicate scent of love, affection and tolerance.

Forgetting the kindness of living simple, eating, sleeping and laughing; forgetting everything good as if they had never existed; forgetting the human right of humans.

Myanmar, 2,000 people, two months, wandering at sea; and the swing of a pendulum hanging between fear and death.

Local sports festival in Kermanshah (PHOTOS)

By
Fatemeh Askarieh
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Local sports festival

The Olympic Village in Kermanshah has played host to a festival of local sports.

The following are images of the festival released by the Islamic Republic News Agency:

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

Comments by the intelligence minister that his men have busted IS terrorist cells across the country dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Also in the news was the visit to the northern province of Golestan by the grandson of the late Imam Khomeini and his comments on the fight against corruption.

 

Afarinesh: Terrorists blow up a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia.

Afarinesh: Iran’s embassy in Paris has denied accusations by terrorist Mojahedin Khalgh Organization (MKO) [that Iran and North Korea have missile and nuclear cooperation].

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Aftab-e Yazd: An indictment has been issued against the oil minister under Ahmadinejad.

The prosecutor of the Supreme Audit Court said the indictment against the former minister – who now serves as an MP – centers on his unilateral decision to call off oil swaps which in turn cost the country millions of dollars in damages.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz: “Injustice is not here to stay. To make the fight against corruption effective, we need to bring the public on board,” said the grandson of the architect of the Islamic Republic.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

Asrar: The value of cash subsidies handed to the public over the past four years equaled nine years of the country’s development budget.

Asrar: Non-oil exports brought in some $50 billion in revenues in the 12 months to March 20, 2015.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Ebtekar: “IS cells have been busted in Iran,” said Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavai.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Emtiaz: The Health Ministry has denied reports that there has been an outbreak of cholera in Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Iran: At a ceremony attended by cultural and artistic greats, the services of Farhad Fakhreddini, a renowned composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra, were hailed.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Kayhan: In nationwide rallies Iranians said yes to agreement but not at any cost.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Payam-e Zaman: “Inspection of military sites and access to nuclear individuals are not on our agenda,” said Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

Resalat: “Access to military sites would amount to the green-light for military action against the country,” said Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Sedighi.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

 

Sharq: A former deputy director of the IAEA has said that he [and his men] had meetings with Iranian nuclear scientists.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 30

 

Defense Minister: ISIL too weak to threaten Iranian border

By
Emad Askarieh
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General Hossein Dehqan

Iran does not consider the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group to be even a threat, Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said, stressing that any hostile move by the notorious group against Iran will be nipped in the bud.

“Daesh terrorist group lacks the capability and capacity to pose any threat to the Iranian borders, and we do not deem it a threat,” Dehqan said on Iran’s southern island of Qeshm on Thursday, using an Arabic acronym for the ISIL, also known as the ISIS.

“Definitely, the power of Iran’s security, military and law enforcement forces stands at a level that they can foil any move by that group (ISIL) before it even starts,” he added.

The ISIL militants would have done something against Iran’s security if they had had the ability to do so, Dehqan noted, adding that Iran’s military power has curbed their activities.

He also noted that Iranian security forces monitor each and every move by the terrorist group.

ISIL is a militant group operating in Iraq and Syria which is believed to be supported by the West and some regional Arab countries. The terrorist group claims that Iraq and Syria are part of the territory it has called an independent state, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, occupied Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey.

ISIL militants made advances in northern and western Iraq in summer 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 top Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa calling for fight against the militants, have blunted the edge of ISIL offensive.

Amid tensions in Iraq, Iran is known as the first country to help the Arab country and has always voiced support for Iraq’s prosperity and territorial integrity.

Intelligence ministry foils counterrevolutionary attacks across Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iran's Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi
Iran's Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi

Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi said that his forces have foiled several terrorist attacks in different Iranian cities and arrested the terrorists.

A bombing plot in Mashhad, a poisoning plot in Tehran and a bombing plot in Qom are some of the conspiracies foiled by the Intelligence Ministry, he said.

‘There is no single day when Iranian intelligence forces do not discover and foil a conspiracy,’ he added.

The comments by the Iranian intelligence minister came as the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group is actively operating in Iraq and Syria. Daesh group is engaged in a campaign of terror and killing in the two Arab countries.

There are reports that the Daesh is also recruiting forces in Afghanistan, another Iranian neighbor.

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