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Daily: Afghanistan’s Taliban withholds Helmand river water share, Iran faces dual crisis of water shortage, illegal migration

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Water Crisis

In an editorial, published on Sunday, the daily highlights the dire consequences of both issues, questioning the Iranian government’s handling of the situation.

It noted Iran is currently facing severe water scarcity, with reservoirs in cities like Mashhad, near Afghanistan, holding only 13% of their capacity before recent rains.

The Taliban’s decision to divert water toward barren lands instead of honoring the 1973 Helmand River Water Treaty has worsened the crisis.

Meanwhile, Iran continues to host millions of Afghan migrants, many of whom enter the country illegally.

While emphasizing the need for respectful treatment of migrants in line with Iran’s religious and national values, the editorial called for a structured and calculated approach to migration.

It questioned the rationale behind Iran’s open-border policy in recent years, urging transparency and accountability.

The piece criticized the government for prioritizing the hosting of migrants over securing Iran’s legal water rights from Afghanistan.

Iran, China, Russia to stage joint naval exercise soon

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IFP Media Wire
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Iranian Navy

In the seventh joint exercise of the Maritime Security Belt 2025, naval groups from Russia and China, along with observers from Azerbaijan Republic, South Africa, Oman, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Qatar, Iraq, the UAE, and Sri Lanka, will participate alongside vessels from the Navy of the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps in the Northern Indian Ocean.

This exercise aims to enhance security and sustainable maritime interactions in the Northern Indian Ocean and to strengthen relations between the strategic navies of the Iranian Army, the People’s Republic of China, and the Russian Federation in designing and executing joint maritime operations.

Demonstrating the authority of the Iranian Army’s Navy in international arenas, enhancing the professional capabilities of the strategic Navy, and developing Iran’s maritime diplomacy are also among the objectives of this exercise.

1 killed, another injured in Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

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IFP Media Wire
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Lebanon War

Lebanon’s official National News Agency NNA quoted the Public Health Emergency Operations Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Health, as saying that “an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Khirbet Selm resulted in the martyrdom of one citizen and the injury of another.”

The Israeli army carried out a drone strike on a vehicle in Khirbet Selm in the city of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatieh governorate, the agency reported earlier, confirming injuries without specifying the number.

While the agency did not give more details of the attack or the target, the Israeli army admitted in a statement that it had carried out a drone strike in southern Lebanon, claiming to have targeted a Hezbollah operative.

As of yet, Hezbollah has not issued a statement in response to the Israeli claims.

A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Lebanon since Nov. 27, ending months of cross-border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah that escalated into a full-scale conflict in September.

But Lebanese authorities have reported nearly 1,100 Israeli violations of the ceasefire, including the deaths of at least 84 people and injuries to more than 280.​​​​​​​

Under the ceasefire deal, Israel was supposed to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon by Jan. 26, but the deadline was extended to Feb. 18 after Israel refused to comply. It still maintains a military presence at five border outposts.

Hundreds killed as Syria forces battle Assad loyalists

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IFP Media Wire
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Syria’s interim government has sent reinforcements to coastal cities in the country’s northwest where security forces have been engaged in heavy battles with fighters loyal to al-Assad.

The violence, which has reportedly killed hundreds of people, including many civilians, presents the most serious challenge yet to new government’s authority since it took power following al-Assad’s removal in December 2024.

Security forces on Saturday announced they had regained control of much of the areas in Tartous and Latakia governorates, where al-Assad loyalists carried out co-ordinated attacks at checkpoints, security convoys and military positions on Thursday.

Syria’s state news agency SANA quoted an unidentified security official as saying that after the attacks, numerous people went to the coastal areas seeking revenge for the assault on government security forces. The official said the actions “led to some individual violations and we are working on stop them”.

A curfew remains in effect in Latakia and other coastal areas that are predominantly home to al-Assad’s minority Alawite sect and make up his longtime base of support.

In his first public comments since the surge in violence, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday called on the fighters to lay down their weapons and surrender “before it is too late”.

Al-Sharaa, who commanded the opposition forces that removed al-Assad after nearly 14 years of war, said government forces would “pursue the remnants of the fallen regime” and bring them “to a fair court”.

On Friday night, Hasan Abdel-Ghani, spokesperson for the Syrian Ministry of Defence, told Al Jazeera that fighters loyal the previous day had attacked security forces in several places in Latakia and Tartous governorates, killing “a number of security forces” in what he described as well-planned operations.

The UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said he was “deeply alarmed” by the developments.

“While the situation remains fluid and we are still determining the precise facts, there is clearly an immediate need for restraint from all parties, and full respect for the protection of civilians in accordance with international law,” Pedersen stated in a statement.

“All parties should refrain from actions that could further inflame tensions, escalate conflict, exacerbate the suffering of affected communities, destabilize Syria, and jeopardise a credible and inclusive political transition.”

The violence shakes al-Sharaa’s efforts to consolidate control amid ongoing Western sanctions and security challenges, including the presence of Israeli soldiers in the country’s southwest.

Iranian political analyst: US not trustworthy for negotiations

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Here is the full text of Mehdi Fazaeli’s op-ed:

“The Satan Himself, Unretouched!”

God the Almighty says in Verse 6 of Surah Fatir in the Holy Quran, “Verily Satan is an enemy to you; so treat him as an enemy”.

The Quran issues this warning because many a man fails to notice Satan’s enmity despite his undoubted hostility and even treats him as a friend!

If we look around carefully, we come to realize that this bitter reality is universal and that not only have some people failed to notice Satan’s enmity, but they have also taken him for a friend and taken refuge in his embrace!

Imam Khomeini, the deep-thinking scholar of our age, described the US as “The Grand Satan”. Thus, we can consider America as the epitome of this Quranic warning of our times. On this basis, the US is our main enemy. So we should treat him as an enemy. Nevertheless, some people have acted and are acting in contradiction to the Quran’s emphasis, which is regrettable.

The Grand Satan of our age, has successed in fooling or intimidating naive people in many parts of the world through adorning its ugly and disgusting face with attractive and beautiful slogans such as freedom, democracy, human rights, and the likes, and, of course, thanks to its economic, scientific and military power.

But at times, such as now, the deceptive mask has fallen off its ugly face and the world has found an opportunity to see the true face of the Satan unretouched, thus learning a lesson.

The US’s role in manufacturing the Coronavirus and contaminating the world with the wicked virus, which was revealed recently by Elon Musk, head of the US Department of Government Efficiency of the Trump administration; Trump’s empty encroachments on Canada, Panama and Greenland; Washington’s withdrawal from some international organizations and treaties such as the Paris Climate Pact and the World Health Organization; the US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague due to its issuance of an arrest warning for Netanyahu; the unprecedented move to sell some weapons to the Zionist regime, the unprecedented humiliation of the Ukrainian president; threatening to arrest students and academics in the US; cutting budges; and firings are all interesting examples that would help know the true and evil face of the US.

The moves exude no signs of freedom, human rights and democracy. Some people could credulously think that Trump is an exceptional figure and different from the reality of the US. One should ask these people, “What system swept Trump to the White House twice? Didn’t Biden approve some of key orders issued by Trump after taking office? Is trump facing any stiff resistance within the US ruling system? These signs and dozens of others prove that Trump is the United States of America itself. Only without a velvet cover and unretouched. We, along the rest of the world, must make the best of this opportunity to know the Grand Satan, which is our enemy and the enemy of all humanity, and to stand up against its greed. Otherwise, we risk further emboldening this insatiable beast and making it more ferocious, and it will throw its claws to every corner of the world, thus inflicting irreparable costs.

And this could be the very scorching fire of which God the Almighty warns elsewhere in Verse 6 of Surah Fatir!

European states welcome Arab League’s plan for reconstruction of Gaza

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

“We, the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom welcome the Arab initiative of a Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza,” the foreign ministers of the four countries said in a joint statement.

“The plan shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and promises – if implemented – swift and sustainable improvement of the catastrophic living conditions for the Palestinians living in Gaza,” it added.

“Recovery and reconstruction efforts must be based upon a solid political and security framework acceptable to both Israelis and Palestinians, which provides long term peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians alike,” it noted.

The statement also expressed explicit support for the central role of the Palestinian authority and the implementation of its “reform agenda.”

On Tuesday, an emergency Arab summit in Cairo adopted Egypt’s $53 billion reconstruction plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip without displacing Palestinians from their land.

The Arab proposal came after US President Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza and resettle Palestinians to develop it into what he called the “Riviera of the Middle East.”

The plan was rejected by the Arab world and many other nations, who say it amounts to ethnic cleansing.

Israel repeating Gaza scenario in West Bank: UN

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IFP Media Wire
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Israel’s current acts of aggression against the West Bank mirror those employed during the 15-month-plus war on Gaza that began in October 2023, the world body’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera in remarks that the Qatari television network published on Saturday.

The atrocities, she said, was aimed at controlling “the remaining Palestinian territories.”

The Israeli regime occupied the West Bank and Gaza during a heavily-Western-backed war in 1967.

It withdrew from Gaza in 2005 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas rose to power in the coastal sliver following a landslide electoral victory.

Tel Aviv, however, then began taking the territory under interminable deadly attacks.

The assault has witnessed the regime subjecting Gaza to several wholesale wars, the last of which being the genocide that has claimed the lives of at least 48,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Hundreds of the fatalities have been caused since the implementation of a ceasefire agreement between the regime and Hamas in January during the former’s daily violations of the deal.

Tel Aviv also significantly ramped up its onslaught across the West Bank following its launch of the war on Gaza. The attacks comes despite the absence of any direct attacks on the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories from the West Bank.

Albanese condemned the regime’s actions in the West Bank as “shameful and illegal.”

She emphasized that the events of October 7, 2023 did not justify the regime’s ongoing violations throughout either Gaza or the West Bank.

The UN official was referring to a historic operation that Hamas and its fellow Gaza-based resistance groups launched against the occupied territories, after which Tel Aviv launched the war. The operation saw resistance fighters infiltrate into strategic Israeli bases, and taking 240 Zionists’ captive.

Albanese also denounced the regime’s repeated threats of resuming the war against Gaza.

The UN official reiterated that the regime had no legal claim to the either the West Bank, including the eastern part of the holy city of al-Quds that falls within the territory, or Gaza.

She, therefore, urged withdrawal of Israeli forces from either territory and dismantling of the hundreds-strong sprawling illegal settlements that Tel Aviv has been setting up across the West Bank since 1967.

At the very least, she said, Tel Aviv had to uphold its legal obligations as an occupying regime.

Albanese also criticized Israeli restrictions during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which prevent Palestinians under 55 years of age from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque, Muslims’ third holiest site that is situated in al-Quds.

Iran wins runner-up position in Asian Women’s Kabaddi Championship

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The two powerful teams of Iran and India faced each other in the match, and at the end, the Indian team defeated Iran 32-25, securing the championship. Nepal and Bangladesh jointly ranked third.

On this occasion, the Iranian Ministry of Sports and Youth issued a statement, congratulating the Iranian team on their achievement.

The statement said this success is the result of the efforts, determination, and zeal of Iranian female athletes who, by shining in the competitions, once again demonstrated the capabilities of Iranian women in the exciting field.

The sixth edition of the Asian Women’s Kabaddi Championship was hosted by Tehran Province and it happened in Pardis City from March 6 to 8.

Former Iran top diplomt, nuclear chief: War between Washington, Tehran to have unknown consequences

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Emad Askarieh
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Aliakbar Salehi told told Entekhab news outlet such a war will have unknown dangerous consequences.

The former Iranian foreign minister however said chances of a conflict between Iran and the US are very slim.

Salehi also said the Persian Gulf Arab countries do not want such a military confrontation, although they would like Iran to be contained in their political assessments.

In other comments Salehi added that should a war begin, China will put an end to the Taiwan issue quickly.

His comments follows remarks by the Qatari foreign minister who has warned against attacking the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.

The US and the Zionist regime have openly threatened multiple times to attack Iran over its nuclear program. Iran has warned against such an aggression, saying it will be met with a devastating response.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran will not give in to demands of bullies

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ayatollah Khamenei was speaking during a meeting with former and current Iranian government officials including top military brass on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.

The leader reiterated that Iran will certainly not accept the demands of those bullying governments, in a  reference to the recent comments of US
President Donald Trump in which he called for negotiations with Iran over the Tehran’s nuclear program.

Meantime, Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the European troika, the UK, France and Germany, for their claim that Iran has failed to abide by its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as JCPOA.
“Have you lived up (to your commitments under the JCPOA)?”, the leader asked, addressing the three European countries. Ayatollah Khamenei said the European sides actually failed in abiding by their obligations from day one.

He added that the trio even promised to make compensation one way or another after the US withdrawal from the agreement, but they did not make good on their pledge.

“Ungratefulness has its limits”, the leader said.

In other comments, Ayatollah Khamenei rejected Western claims that free flow of information exists in the West.

He said the West double standards have disgraced the Western civilization and disproved such claims.

The leader cited as an example, Western social media platforms on which people are banned from denying the crimes of Nazi Germany against Jews, objecting to crimes in Palestine and Lebanon, and even mentioning the names of martyred commander of Iran’s Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani, late leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and late leader of Hamas Esmail Haniyeh.

The leader said the Western civilization has shown its true colors.

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