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Hegemonic powers wage proxy wars to achieve goals: Iran

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Emad Askarieh
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Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says the hegemonic powers wage proxy wars to maintain their interventionism and dominion.

“Waging proxy wars and giving covert and overt support to terrorism are among the means the hegemonic system uses to achieve its evil goals,” General Dehqan said in a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Baghdad on Tuesday.

He also dismissed the global hegemonic powers’ advocacy of human rights, freedom and welfare of nations as “empty and flimsy slogans,” saying the hegemonic system continues to interfere in the affairs of nations despite such claims.

Iran’s defense minister reaffirmed Tehran’s support for an independent and united Iraq and added that the two neighbors have overcome significant hurdles.

The Iraqi nation has established a broad-based and strong government and displayed its determination to improve stability and peace and counter the danger of Takfiri terror, noted General Dehqan.

The Iraqi foreign minister, for his part, said the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group, which operates in his country and Syria, poses a “very dangerous” threat to regional countries.

The danger that today threatens Iraq and Syria will challenge Turkey and Saudi Arabia as well as other regional countries, Jaafari said, stressing that all nations are “duty-bound” to combat ISIL terrorists.

Iran-Iraq ties

Meanwhile, in a meeting between General Dehqan and Iraq’s Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban, the two officials stressed the importance of bolstering cooperation to counter terrorism and improve stability and security.

The Islamic Republic of Iran regards Iraq’s security as its own and will spare no effort in helping Iraq establish stability, peace and security, the Iranian defense minister pointed out.

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Iran, Arabs, Israel; a geopolitical parody

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Camp David-Arabs

A summit between the US president and leaders of the Persian Gulf Arab nations at Camp David wrapped up its work on May 15 by stressing the need to counter what the participants called Iran’s threat and destabilizing efforts in the region. To the disbelief of Washington’s Arab allies, the summit failed to produce concrete, satisfactory results.

That was the opening of an opinion piece – by Meysam Behravesh – Sharq daily published on May 18 about the summit earlier this month between President Barack Obama and members states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and the upshot of the Camp David summit. The following is the translation of excerpts of the piece which was originally titled “Those discontented at Camp David”:

The expectations of the Arabs – to sign an official security pact with the United States – were not met at Camp David. Perhaps the knowledge about Washington’s reluctance to ink such a pact was one reason behind the decision by the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE not to attend the summit [at the presidential retreat in Maryland].

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The Obama administration refused to give the Arab countries present at the summit an MNNA status [Major non-NATO ally, which is a designation given by the United States government to close allies who have strategic working relationships with US Armed Forces, but are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)].

It is worth mentioning that Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait have been already declared major non-NATO allies by the US. Washington also declined to provide a nuclear umbrella [A protective status in which a nuclear state promises to use its arsenal to defend an ally without nuclear capabilities] for its Arab allies in the Middle East – similar to the US nuclear commitment to South Korea.

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[The fact remains that] the US administration simply does not want to challenge Israel’s military and arms supremacy by lending military support to the Arabs or offering them a special security and defense status.

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A case in point for such a mindset is the US unwillingness to sell its state-of-the-art, radar-evading F-35 fighters – which have been developed by Lockheed Martin [an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technology company with worldwide interests] – to the Arab nations in the Middle East. ​It is interesting to know that the US has already agreed to deliver the F-35 jets to Israel [so that Tel Aviv can maintain its military edge in the region].

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Conceivably the US commitment to help the Arab states in the Persian Gulf build a joint defense shield in the region – to counter [what the Arabs call] a possible missile attacks from Iran – was the only tangible result of the 2015 Camp David Summit. For sure, there would be challenges in the way of carrying out such a [transnational] project.

As Anthony Cordesman – an American defense and intelligence expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a national security analyst on a number of global conflicts – has put it, the main challenge to this joint project would be the conclusion of a comprehensive agreement among members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) over the rules and preparations which are needed to counter missile threats.

In light of the fact that the Arab nations are divided over certain security issues in the region, it would not be an easy task to have such an agreement inked.

In December 2014, Washington agreed to US companies selling defense equipment and arms to the PGCC – as an organization – like what Washington did in selling weapons to NATO and setting the stage for creating a joint air defense system.

Nonetheless, Israel is believed to be a bigger challenge. If the US seeks to help Israel maintain its military edge in the Middle East, the joint defense system should be designed and installed in a way that it can only intercept missile attacks from Iran and not those of Israel!

A look at the not-too-distant past shows that an undiplomatic [controversial] address in March 2015 by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint meeting of the US Congress against Iran – together with his move to treat a national question as a personal issue he has with President Barack Obama – eventually tilted the balance in favor of a nuclear deal with Iran.

This is the second time over the past several months that the stance of Israel – which is a key US ally in the Middle East – ironically and unwittingly serves Iran’s interests.

For years, Israel had taken maximal advantage of Iran’ behavior to advance its strategic objectives. Now the tides have turned in Iran’s favor and this is – to a large extent – the direct result of the new [Iranian] government’s foreign policy which is based on wisdom and moderation.

The [Rouhani administration’s] foreign policy has seen the United States go as far as alienate its old allies in the region.

Taliban delegation in Iran for talks

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Emad Askarieh
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A political delegation of Afghanistan’s Taliban has paid a visit to Tehran to hold talks with Iranian security officials on regional issues, particularly the developments of the Muslim world.

The visiting team, comprised of members of Afghan Taliban’s political bureau in Qatar, arrived in Tehran on Monday.

Led by Tayyeb Aqa, head of the Taliban bureau in Qatar, the delegation met with Iranian security officials and discussed regional issues, particularly what is going on in the Islamic world as well as matters relating to the Afghan refugees.

Taliban had already dispatched political delegations to Iran two times, for meeting Iranian security officials and for attending an international conference on Islamic Awakening, a popular uprising that swept has regional and Islamic countries in recent years.

Afghanistan’s Taliban had announced earlier that it had established the political bureau in Qatar to stay in touch with the other countries.

Members of the Taliban’s Qatar bureau have also visited China, Australia, Germany and Japan in the past.

No details have been released on the talks.

Velayati, Nasrallah discuss issues of mutual interest

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Emad Askarieh
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The Iranian Supreme Leader’s Advisor for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati and Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah met in Beirut and discussed important international, regional and bilateral issues.

The meeting on Monday evening focused on issues related to the World of Islam, Lebanon and extremism.

Velayati called for further unity and cooperation between Muslim nations in the fight against extremism and Takfiri groups.

Certain states inside and outside the region are supporting Takfiri groups and extremists in order to divide the Islamic countries, said Velayati.

The enemies, he noted, will not be able to make their sinister dreams about the region come true.

Velayati arrived in the Lebanese capital on Monday morning.

He held separate meetings with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and leader of the Lebanese Free Patriotic Movement General Michel Aoun.

Velayati also attended a press briefing and answered the reporters’ questions about various international issues as well as strategic ties between Tehran and Beirut.

He also attended the closing ceremony of an international conference on Palestine and delivered a speech.

Democracy is all about communications

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Social humans produce communications which are the best and most valuable of their products. In establishing contact [with others] and disseminating information, humans are indebted to communications for their procedural evolution and transformation ever since their creation – from the time humans were engaged in a struggle with nature for survival on earth to date when they have turned into well-established citizens who are key players in global interactions.

Jahan-e Sanat daily on May 18 published an opinion piece by Kamalledin Hadiyan, a university lecturer, on the Information Age and the impact of communications on the social life of humans. The following is the translation of the piece:

The history of social development shows that the formation of different ages and periods is the fruit of a golden moment which paves the way for the dissemination of information and the subsequent use of such information on a massive scale.

The creation of textual or written information, the invention of the printing press [in the past] and broad access [at present] to digital equipment which help produce, keep and disseminate information have each been the origin of transition from a traditional community to a modern society. They have also been the reason behind the presence of humans in the capacity of global citizens in a modern society which is also known as information society.

Development and foundation-laying are inherent parts of communications. The advances made in communications have produced democracy which is one of the long-held dreams of humans. One can argue that choosing effective modern communications technologies can be a shortcut – a shorter, more cost-effective and accessible way – for developing nations to transition into rich, developed societies.

It seemed hard to believe [the effectiveness of such a shortcut] when Alvin Toffler [an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution and technological singularity] sounded alarm bells in his book The Third Wave about the effects of modern technologies and the experience of growing environmental and human changes. However, it [the shortcut] is viewed today as a certainty.

Tolerance and uncritical acceptance [of opposing views] is the result of using modern communications technologies. This process has helped citizens improve their lives, get engaged in international, social discourse and actively and knowingly participate [in social affairs], and it will gradually take the place of the dominant power discourse.

The [same] process will see the international life [of people or nations] – irrespective of their race, ethnicity, gender, etc. – become full of security and unity for everybody, everywhere. The pace and content of the change which takes place as a result of spreading communications is so high that ignoring the way changes – those which are in contrast with the nations’ independent national and social identity – are managed will cause serious harms to the fabric of national societies and will foil efforts which aim to materialize international social convergence.

Adoption of divergent stances on communications developments and failure to approve of moderate and logical attitudes toward creating fitting conditions for citizens – to have free and broad access to communications technologies – will widen the gap between the train of social communications developments [which is traveling forward at full blast] and nations.

The impacts of such attitudes can be seen in the absence of independent social identities – an effective way to counter alienation and estrangement from [the nations’] origin – and in the metamorphosis of the national and religious identity [of nations] into the culture of the invading country.

Efforts to prepare the ground for people’s free and unfettered access to the communications information and technologies, to guarantee the freedom [to access such information and technologies], to make communications technologies operational and to include them in all social aspects of citizens’ daily lives will greatly help them grow and enables them to enjoy even more capabilities.

In such a society, efforts to decrease conflicts and avoid confrontation go hand in hand with what is done to bring about peaceful coexistence and transformation in national-international societies. From this perspective, marking World Telecommunications Day and remembering and praising the matchless effects of communications amount to hailing human and civic rights at the information age.

In The Third Wave, Toffler describes three types of societies, based on the concept of “waves”—each wave pushes the older societies and cultures aside. First Wave is the society after agrarian revolution and replaced the first hunter-gatherer cultures. Second Wave is the society during the Industrial Revolution, and Third Wave is the post-industrial society.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
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Comments by the Supreme Leader that the enemies of Islam resort to issues such as religion and ethnicity to divide Muslims and those of Foreign Minister Zarif that Iran won’t allow unrestricted inspection of its sites dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday.

 

Abrar: “We won’t accept excessive demands in nuclear talks,” said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Abrar: “The result of Tractor Sazi-Naft match won’t change,” vowed the director of the Football Federation.

It came after controversy surrounding the result of another match allegedly stripped Tabriz-based Tractor Sazi Football Club of the championship title.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Aftab-e Yazd: “The enemy is resorting to issues such as religion and ethnicity to sow the seeds of discord among Muslims,” said the Supreme Leader.

Aftab-e Yazd: “Government has more than 2,000 unfinished development projects to deal with,” said the government spokesman.

Aftab-e Yazd: Mr. Minister! EB does exist in Iran.

[Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is an illness that causes the skin to be fragile.]

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Asr-e Iranian: Iran’s oil exports to rise to 2.5 million barrels a day.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Asr-e Rasaneh: Iran to build eight new refineries in a bid to offset the effects of cheap oil.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Asrar: “Failure in previous years to abide by law has plunged the country into deep trouble,” said First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri.

Asrar: Pressure and sanctions are unacceptable,” said President Rouhani.

Asrar: “We won’t accept unlimited inspections,” said Foreign Minister Zarif.

He added Iran’s plan to solve the Yemeni crisis is the most logical plan there is.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Ebtekar: “Iran will return to the pre-sanctions conditions in a year’s time,” said an economic advisor to the president.

Ebtekar: A suspect in the case of acid attacks in Isfahan has been apprehended.

Ebtekar: A day to answer questions for the minister!

Labor Minister Ali Rabiei will first appear in court following charges pressed against him by [Saeed] Mortazavi [a Tehran prosecutor who has been disbarred and is on trial again for massive corruption] and then will go to parliament to answer questions posed by MPs.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Emtiaz: Tehran’s governor has said that birth rate in the capital is down 6 percent.

Emtiaz: “There will be 200 subway stations in the capital within three years,” said Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as he inaugurated a new station downtown.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

Etemad: Three new steps to resuscitate the economy

That the handout of cash subsidies of some individuals will stop has been officially confirmed; interest rates are likely to be further slashed; privatization at Telecommunications Company will be redressed.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Ettela’at: “A police unit is to be formed to take on economic crimes,” said Police Chief Hossein Ashtari.

Ettela’at: The Supreme Leader and President Rouhani have congratulated the Iranian national taekwondo team following its victory in the World Taekwondo Championships in Russia.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Hemayat: Iran’s commitments are clear but conditions surrounding the termination of sanctions are vague; that is how the spokesman of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has described the wording of a possible final deal [between Iran and P5+1].

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Iran: The volume of Iran-Germany trade is on the verge of 12 billion euros.

Iran: “No decision has been made to introduce a Cabinet shakeup,” said the president’s chief of staff.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Kaenat: “Creating jobs for youth who live in towns near borders is on the agenda of the government,” said the minister of labor.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Kayhan: The remains of 270 Iranian war martyrs have returned home.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

 

Resalat: “Reliance on the West to ensure security interferes with the independence of nations,” said Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 19

 

Assad praises Iran’s pivotal role in defeating terrorists in Syria

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Emad Askarieh
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appreciated Iran for its key role and assistance to Damascus in fighting the terrorist groups and supporting the resistance front.

“The axis of resistance has been formed in the region and no one can break it and we will, no doubt, be the winning side, and the support extended by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and some other countries to the terrorists has, thus far, failed to annihilate the resistance, and God willing, we will witness growing victories and of course, these victories were not possible without the Islamic Republic of Iran’s support,” Assad said in a meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader’s top adviser for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati in Damascus on Tuesday.

He also named victory against terrorism, certain regional powers, divisive thoughts and extremist groups as instances of those cases where Iran and Syria have earned shared victory.

Velayati, for his part, appreciated Assad and his nation’s resistance against terrorist groups and enemies’ plots, and said Syria is now in a better situation and has grown more powerful compared with 4 years ago, when crisis started in the country.

He referred to the illusions that certain states pursue through training and sending terrorist groups to Syria, and said, “No doubt these actions will backfire on these countries, and their ominous illusions and dreams for controlling the region, creating strife and even disintegrating certain countries will never come true.”

Velayati stressed that Iran will remain beside the resistance front and the Syrian government and nation.

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Iran, Iraq defense ministers vow to broaden defense cooperation

By
Emad Askarieh
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General Hossein Dehghan

Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan conferred on Monday with his Iraqi counterpart Khaled al-Obeidi on expansion of defense cooperation between the two countries.

Iran’s defense minister is currently on a visit to Iraq at the official invitation extended by his Iraqi counterpart.

On the first round of talks, Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan expressed satisfaction over the visit to Iraq and said that relations are very deeply rooted.

Referring to successful visit of Iraqi president to Tehran and his meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader and president, he said “We are here to show our firm determination to implement the agreements and help broaden mutual cooperation, remove challenges and the security crisis.”

Tehran is determined to broaden relations and cooperation with the Iraqi government in various defensive and security fields, said the Iranian defense minister.

Iran fully backs the Iraqi government and nation and spares no efforts to support them in their campaign against terrorism, he said.

He expressed hope that during the current visit to Iraq he and his hosts will be able to take concrete action to help eradicate Zionist-Takfiri and criminal terrorists.

He denounced Daesh terrorists as the root-cause of regional insecurities.

Muslims must fully counter Zionist enemy: Iran official

By
Emad Askarieh
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Aliakbar Velayati

A senior adviser to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says Muslim nations should put up an all-out fight against the Zionist enemy and prevent any discord.

Addressing the closing ceremony of an international conference in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Monday, Ali Akbar Velayati said enemies of Muslim nations are hatching plots to push the issue of Palestine and violated rights of Palestinians into oblivion.

Not only the Palestinians, but all Muslims are duty-bound to make every effort to liberate the holy al-Aqsa Mosque and protect its sanctity, he added.

The Iranian official emphasized that all Muslims should fully tap into their potential and draw up a strategic and overarching plan in a bid to liberate the mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

He pointed to an international plot that led to the occupation of the Palestinian land by the Zionists and said, “It is very obvious that the restoration of peace and stability to this strategic region will not be possible but through putting an end to the occupation and the liberation of all occupied Palestinian territories.”

Velayati emphasized that the return of the Palestinian refugees to their homeland is an “unchangeable” demand by all Palestinians.

All international treaties have recognized the legal rights of Palestinians to liberate their land and return to their homes, he pointed out.

He called on Palestinian groups to remain vigilant to defend the “Islamic and humanitarian” right of the Palestinian people and refrain from getting involved in minor differences.

“The Muslim world expects different Palestinian groups to solve their differences and create unity to realize the Palestinian people’s cause,” Velayati said.

He pointed to the Israeli regime’s anti-human measures to deprive the Palestinian people of their rights and continue the blockade of the Gaza Strip, expressing regret that Muslims have so far failed to fulfill their responsibility in that regard.

Velayati called on Muslim nations to reinforce their unity more than ever before.

Israel has tried to change the demographic makeup of al-Quds over the past decades by constructing illegal settlements, destroying historical sites and expelling the local Palestinian population.

Over half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem al-Quds in 1967.

Much of the international community regards the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were occupied by Israel in 1967, and they are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.

Iran summons Bahrain envoy over FM improper remarks

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iran has summoned the Bahraini charge d’affaires in Tehran and handed him a strong note of protest against the recent inappropriate comments by the foreign minister of the Persian Gulf kingdom.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Bahraini envoy, in the absence of the Bahraini ambassador to Tehran, on Monday to urge the kingdom’s officials to rectify their conduct and comments.

The Iranian ministry recommended the Bahraini government focus on the root causes of the ongoing problems in Manama in a bid to settle them.

Iran also emphasized that playing a blame game and leveling accusations against other countries would not help solve the Bahraini woes.

The move came a day after Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian Chargé d’affaires to Manama Mohammad Reza Babaei to protest against what it alleged was Iran’s meddling in the affairs of the country.

Addressing senior Iranian officials and ambassadors of Muslim countries in Tehran on Saturday on the occasion of Eid al-Mab’ath, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed support for the “oppressed” nations of Yemen, Bahrain, and Palestine.

“We support the oppressed as much as we can and to the extent that our abilities and our facilities allow, it is our duty,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

On his Twitter account, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa alleged that the comments constituted interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom.

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