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Iran’s VP Raps State Sponsorship of Terrorism in Region

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Emad Askarieh
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Elham Aminzadeh

Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Elham Aminzadeh strongly deplored certain countries for sponsoring terrorism in the Middle East, urging these states to cut their financial aid to terrorist groups.

Aminzadeh on Wednesday stressed that the violent terrorist groups in the region cannot survive without receiving aid from certain countries, and called for an end to the financial aid provided for these groups by the governments supporting them.

“The financial transactions carried out by certain governments for these groups should be stopped as soon as possible,” she said in an address to the International Conference on World without Violence in Imam Khomeini’s View in Tehran.

Some rich countries today are helping racist extremist groups stream from Europe, Africa, and elsewhere into the region, she added, reiterating that the aid should be cut immediately.

In similar remarks in December last year, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called for a halt to the financial supports certain countries have been giving to the terrorist groups in the Middle East region.

“The countries that supported the terrorists should immediately stop funding them and disown them,” President Rouhani said at the inaugural of an international conference on ‘World Against Violence and Extremism’ (WAVE), held in Tehran at the time.

On December 18, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to approve Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s WAVE proposal.

Wave Act asks the UN member states to unite against extremism, violence and sectarian conflicts in all their forms.

Saudi blockade of Yemen taking unacceptable toll on civilians: Iran official

By
Emad Askarieh
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yemeni

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the Saudi aerial and naval blockade of Yemen.

“It is unacceptable that wounded Yemenis, particularly children and women, are denied access to medical aid because of the continuation of the cruel naval and aerial blockade, and that it is not possible to move them out of Yemen for treatment,” Amir-Abdollahian said on Tuesday.

He made the remarks in a meeting with Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen Cedric Schweizer in Tehran.

The Iranian diplomat also emphasized that the Geneva-based ICRC plays a significant role in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the defenseless Yemenis, calling for the quick transfer of food and medical consignments to Yemen.

Amir-Abdollahian also voiced Iran’s readiness to put its humanitarian supplies at the disposal of ICRC.

Schweizer, for his part, briefed the Iranian deputy foreign minister on the ongoing ICRC efforts in Yemen, urging regional countries to send their humanitarian aid consignments to Yemen via ICRC bureaus in the southern Omani port city of Salalah as well as the African country of Djibouti.

On May 27, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that innocent Yemeni people are paying the “highest price” for the deadly Saudi aggression against the country.

WHO Director General Margaret Chan warned about the dire medical situation in Yemen due to the Saudi airstrikes and the ongoing conflict in the country, saying, “Almost 8.6 million people are in urgent need of medical help.”

According to the UN, nearly 2,000 people have been killed and 7,330 injured due to the conflict in Yemen over the past weeks.

Saudi Arabia launched military attacks against Yemen on March 26 – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, which currently controls the capital, Sana’a, and major provinces, and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

Syria front line of defense against Israel: Iranian official

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Emad Askarieh
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Shamkhani-Syria

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined that Syria is defending Muslim nations against the Zionist regime of Israel and terrorist and extremist groups.

“Syria is at the forefront of efforts to defend the Islamic territories against the Zionist regime and the unbridled wave of Takfiri terrorism,” Shamkhani said Tuesday in a meeting in Tehran with Syrian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Laham.

Undermining Syria would definitely lead to crises and uncontrollable situations in all neighboring and regional countries, he added.

Shamkhani went on to say that the US and its regional allies are openly training and equipping Takfiri terrorists and violating the United Nations Security Council resolutions.

He said these countries are mistaken if they think they can provide security for the Zionist regime by creating crises in the region.

The Syrian parliament speaker, for his part, appreciated Tehran’s supports for Damascus and said the assistance provided by certain countries for the extremist and terrorist groups in Syria has been “a dark record” for them because they have preferred to serve the interests of colonial powers instead of their own nations.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with Takfiri terrorists from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) currently controlling parts of it, mostly in the east.

The US and its regional allies have been supporting the militants operating inside Syria for more than four years.

Bisotun historical complex in Kermanshah

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Bisotun historical site, Kermanshah

Bisotun, a centuries-old historical site, is located in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.

Its multi-lingual inscriptions have been crucial to the decipherment of cuneiform script.

Almost a decade ago, the historical site made it onto the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The following images of the site have been released by Tasnim News Agency:

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

With the country preparing for a ceremony to mark the 26-year anniversary of the demise of Imam Khomeini, images of the founding father of the Islamic Republic dominated the front pages of Iranian dailies on Tuesday. Comments of the government spokesman about rallies for and against nuclear negotiations also appeared on the front covers of the newspapers.

 

Afkar: “Our conditions [for a nuclear deal] are clear, final and non-negotiable,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to the Supreme Leader.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Aftab-e Yazd: “The Interior Ministry should crack down on illegal gatherings,” Government Spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said in a news conference.

Aftab-e Yazd: Will Parviz Fattah challenge [incumbent] Hassan Rouhani in 2017 elections?

The daily has gone behind the scenes of principlist preparations for the presidential elections which are almost two years away.

[Fattah served as energy minister under Ahmadinejad and is currently the head of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee.]

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Amin: Iran’s national volleyball team has suffered a second defeat against host USA in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World League.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

Asr-e Rasaneh: Iranian expatriates are to be offered insurance.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Ebtekar: “There are certain things about Imam [Khomeini] which remain unsaid; I won’t make them public for now,” said Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Ebtekar: There are uncertainties about a visit to Iran by the Gypsy Kings.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Ettela’at: The Ministry of Cooperatives has been tasked with excluding high-income individuals from the cash subsidies scheme.

Ettela’at: Thousands of Iraqi and Lebanese popular forces have arrived in Syria to take on IS terrorists.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Hambastegi: “We need to trust the understanding of the public,” said the grandson of the late Imam Khomeini.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Jomhouri Islami: An agreement has been struck with China on the return of oil sales cash to Iran.

Jomhouri Islami: The aircraft Mahan Air has recently purchased will take to the air as of Wednesday.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Mardomsalari: Scholars from 50 countries are in Tehran to attend ceremonies marking the 26th anniversary of the demise of Imam Khomeini.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Qods: The rise in gasoline prices has prompted parliament to summon the oil minister for explanation.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

 

Rah-e Mardom: “The government does not see diversity of parties and political leanings as being counter to national unity,” said Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on June 2

 

Will women be allowed to attend major sporting events?

By
Emad Askarieh
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With a little more than two weeks to go before Iran hosts the 2015 FIVB World League Finals, it is still unclear whether women will be allowed entry into the sporting arena. Shahindokht Molaverdi, vice president for women and family affairs, has recently announced that women’s presence in stadiums to watch volleyball matches has been given the final [official] approval. Nothing [confirmation or rejection] has yet come out of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, though.

[Observers say President Rouhani’s government has been put to the test with women who make up almost half of the country’s population eagerly waiting to see if the president makes good on one of his election promises: equal rights for women.]

Sharq daily on June 1 published an interview with Ms. Molaverdi on – among other things –whether or not Azadi Indoor Stadium will open its doors to women for the finals of the World League matches. The following is the translation of excerpts of the interview:

[…]

Which government body regulates the mechanisms needed for women’s presence in sporting arenas?  

The Supreme National Security Council is not involved. Representatives from the Interior Ministry, Law Enforcement Force and the Ministry of Sports and Youth have held a number of meetings working out the required mechanisms.

Please elaborate on the mechanisms.

They will be announced later. I hope those mechanisms can ease the existing concerns in this regard.

You mean the Ministry of Sports and Youth has yet to communicate them? 

I don’t know if they’ve been communicated or not. I’ll talk about it with Mr. Goodarzi, the sport minister, when the Cabinet meets.

[…]

Last year you held talks with the parliament speaker about greater representation of women in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. What has been done to give women a broader share of responsibilities in the chamber?

[…] In the meeting with the parliament speaker I suggested that in provinces which have more than five representatives at least one deputy should be female. This would see a remarkable rise in the number of female MPs. Presently the ideal representation would be 30 percent.

Later we realized that the Expediency Council is discussing the generalities of election policies in the country. We compiled and submitted to the Council a detailed contrastive analysis of female representation in Iran and in other regional countries, especially in Islamic states.

We also sent a letter to Ayatollah Hashemi, asking him to take into account measures to gradually increase the number of women deputies in the Islamic Consultative Assembly and in city and village councils when adopting the general policies of the elections. […]

Have you personally talked with Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani? Where does he stand on that?

I have sent him letters. It seems he holds a positive view on that and has raised the issue in one of [the Council’s] sessions. We are now lobbying for that.

What about Mr. Larijani?

He also agrees to that, implicitly though.

[…]

Would you tell us about punishment for violence against women?

Currently, the penal code envisions a series of punishments, but the objective here is to remove domestic violence from the [list of] general crimes and treat it as a specific intent crime. The latter calls for special treatment as well, especially the violence that is committed inside homes which are supposed to be a safe for people. The same thing applies to children too. […]

What about the acid attacks victims? Has any measure been taken to support them?

[…] Marziyeh Ebrahimi and Soheila Jorkesh, two acid attack victims in Isfahan and Tehran respectively, are undergoing treatment in the capital. The health minister is very sensitive about their treatment and closely follows it. […]

Foreigners can never impose will on Syria: President Rouhani

By
Emad Askarieh
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Rouhani-Syria

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said foreign countries will never be able to impose their will on the Syrian nation.

He made the remark in a meeting with the Syrian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Laham.

Expressing optimism about the ultimate victory of the Syrian nation and army in the fight against terrorists, he said that now after four years of resistance and struggle the enemies of Syria have come to realize that their dreams of gaining dominance over Damascus in just a few months were hollow ones.

Stressing that terrorists could never succeed in their plots against Syria, President Rouhani regretted that some regional countries were badly mistaken when they thought they could always use terrorists as a tool to secure their purposes.

However, the president added, they were not aware that these groups would eventually become a nightmare for them.

He further underlined that the Iranian people and government will stand by the Syrian nation to the end of the crisis.

The Syrian official said his nation and government would never forget the support of their Iranian brothers and friends.

He slammed the inefficiency of the United Nations in addressing world problems and criticized it for inability to implement the proposed plan by the Iranian President for creating a world free of violence and extremism.

He also expressed regret that some regional countries were supporting terrorist groups in Syria and said these countries were in fact implementing the plots hatched by the US and the West to serve the interests of the Zionist regime.

Al-Laham arrived in Tehran on Monday heading a parliamentary delegation. He has also met with Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani.

Intelligence forces foil plot to set up terrorist groups in Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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Abu Hafs

Iran’s security forces have thwarted a plot to foment insecurity in the country by a man who entered Iran with the aim of creating terrorist groups, Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alawi said on Monday.

“A person named ‘Abu Hafs’ entered Iran some time ago to create terrorist groups inside the country,” Alawi said, adding that the intelligence forces have been able to foil the plot.

He also noted that the security forces have arrested “different terrorist groups that have been sent by enemies for acts of sabotage and bombing in the country’s sensitive locations.”

The minister underscored that Iran’s intelligence and security system “has no void”, giving assurances that any person involved in terrorist activities anywhere in the country will be identified and arrested.

Last week, Alawi announced that security forces have identified and captured all teams with links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group inside the country.

“Their facilities and information were confiscated, members were arrested and despite the supports the (foreign) espionage services have provided for Daesh (ISIL), they have failed to foment insecurity in a single corner of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the minister added.

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Death penalty sought for Saudi officers molesting Iran teens: Official

By
Emad Askarieh
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Ghashghavi

A Saudi criminal court is seeking the death penalty for the two Saudi officers behind the sexual abuse of two teenage Iranian pilgrims at the Jeddah airport, a senior Iranian official said.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates Affairs Hassan Ghashghavi made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRIB on Monday.

“The two criminal police officers were tried at the seventh branch of Jeddah’s Criminal Court this morning,” he added.

According to Ghashghavi, the indictment by Jeddah’s attorney general was read out during the hearing, which was held in the presence of Naser Hamidi Zare, the Iranian consul general in Jeddah.

The two police officers “have been charged with malversation, breach of duty and committing a heinous criminal act,” he stated.

Ghashghavi said that “Jeddah’s attorney general, with reference to religion and law, called for the death penalty” for the two Saudi officers.

The hearing was adjourned to June 10 to hear the defenses of their lawyers, the Iranian official added.

Citing suspicion, Saudi officers reportedly took two Iranian teenagers, aged 14 and 15, away, while performing body search on passengers at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah in April. The teenagers were subjected to indecent acts by the Saudi officers, who had sounded off the alarm at the gate.

Following the incident, Iran summoned the Saudi chargé d’affaires and submitted a note of complaint to the Saudi government.

Iran foreign minister calls for collective efforts for regional security

By
Emad Askarieh
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Mohammad-Javad-Zarif1

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged cooperation between regional countries to establish peace and security in the Middle East.

If regional countries do not cooperate to establish security in the region, they will have to live in a volatile region, Zarif said in an exclusive interview with Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen satellite TV station in the Swiss city of Geneva on Monday.

The Iranian top diplomat stressed that the time when security could be bought has gone, and today cooperation is needed to establish security in the region.

Iran is ready to cooperate with other regional countries to resolve the issues of the Middle East, Zarif said, stressing that security and peace must be established in the countries in the region.

He also referred to the crisis in Syria, saying that certain regional countries are providing logistic, military and financial support for terrorist groups operating against the Syrian government.

The Iranian foreign minister further said that only a comprehensive political solution based on the Syrian people’s demands can end the crisis in the country.

Pointing to the conflict in Yemen, Zarif called for a cessation of the Saudi airstrikes against Yemen and the implementation of a truce in the impoverished Arab country.

He stressed that instability in Yemen and Saudi Arabia does not benefit Iran.

Zarif also said that Iran is holding consultations with some regional countries including Oman, Pakistan and Turkey to resolve the conflict in Yemen.

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