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Iran’s president calls for creation of Islamic coalition to root out Israeli terrorism

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Masoud Pezeshkian and Abdul Latif Rashid

The Iranian president made the remarks during a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Abdul Latif Rashid in the Arab country’s capital Baghdad on Wednesday.

Pezeshkian urged investment of endeavor towards elimination of borders among Muslim countries in a move comparable to the one that led to formation of the European Union.

“Unity among Muslim countries serves as the key and secret to rooting out Zionist terrorism” besides helping neutralize sanctions against the countries, Pezeshkian said.

He also pointed to the historic and time-honored nature of Iran-Iraq relations, hoping for further expansion of the standing financial and economic agreements between the countries and their cooperation on development of regional security and stability.

The president laid emphasis on the need for further attention towards additional enrichment of the countries’ bilateral and regional cooperation.

In the same context, he called for establishment of expert committees that could work on enhancement of the states’ political, economic, cultural, and social ties.

Pezeshkian is in Iraq on his first state visit since inauguration as the Islamic Republic’s chief executive in late July.

For his part, Rashid welcomed Pezeshkian to the Arab country and honored the memory of Iran’s former President Ebrahim Raisi and former foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who died in a helicopter crash in the northwestern part of the Islamic Republic in May.

He also welcomed conclusion of more agreements and cooperation documents between the countries, and stressed the need for investment of efforts towards de-dollarization in financial exchanges.

He condemned violation of the Islamic Republic’s territorial sovereignty during the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, former Political Bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend the inaugurating of President Pezeshkian, was martyred in the Iranian capital in late July during a targeted killing operation.

Rashid also denounced the Israeli regime’s ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank.

Pezeshkian also met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and is slated to partake in a joint meeting of the Iranian delegation accompanying him with ranking Iraqi officials.

Rights groups, ex-diplomats urge US court to review lawsuit accusing Biden of genocide

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Gaza War

In February, a US federal judge in Oakland, California, dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Biden administration of failing to prevent a genocide in Gaza, saying that the court did not have jurisdiction over the issue. The ruling was a legal blow to Palestinian plaintiffs’ who are either in Gaza or have family members there.

The amicus curiae briefs were filed on Monday and argue that the court should review its decision not to weigh in on whether the US president’s action violates the law when engaging in foreign policy.

“The Panel’s decision is one of profound importance, doing serious damage to Congress and the Judiciary, the rule of law, and the United States’ credibility in the world,” one brief filed by former US intelligence officers and diplomats said.

“US statutes prohibit committing or assisting genocide and mass atrocities, mankind’s worst crime”.

Another brief cited by Jewish Voice For Peace and If Not Now movements said the Biden administration was in violation of its own memorandum on arms transfer policy which prohibits weapons transfers to countries where they might risk fuelling genocide.

“The Israeli assault on Gaza employs the same tools of dehumanization, intentional starvation, and mass slaughter used in past genocides, and which we, as Jews, recognize,” the groups noted.

If the Ninth Circuit grants the petition for a rehearing, the case would be heard by the court’s entire eleven-judge panel, a legal session termed, en banc court.

“A case needs to meet at least one of two requirements for en banc review: it must involve a matter of ‘exceptional importance; or have resulted in inconsistency with other court rulings,” The Center For Constitutional Rights said in a statement.

“The plaintiffs’ petition, filed on their behalf by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Van Der Hout LLP, argues that their case fulfills both,” they announced.

The lawsuit was originally filed on 13 November by a group of Palestinians with help from the Center for Constitutional Rights and the law firm, Van Der Hout, LLP.

The filing accused the administration of failing to “prevent an unfolding genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s military assault on the besieged enclave. At the time of the filing, Israel had killed around 11,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

On Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has killed at least 41,020 Palestinians and wounded 94,925 others since 7 October when the war on Gaza broke out.

Video of Iranians sympathizing with 9/11 victims goes viral after 23 years

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IFP Editorial Staff
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9/11

The video dating back to September 11, 2001, has gone viral on the social media, showing dozens of demonstrators holding a candle light vigil after the deadly incident.

The ralliers were chanting slogans like “Death to terrorism,” “Our condolences, US”

The terror attacks, many aspects of whose circumstances have hitherto remained a mystery, claimed nearly 3,000 lives.

Iran urges formation of ‘BRICS-specific security mechanism’

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Ali Akbar Ahmadian

On Wednesday, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, speaking at the Fourth BRICS High-Level Security Officials Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, highlighted the vastness, population, and economic power of BRICS members.

He emphasized that BRICS could pioneer a new security structure on the international stage, contributing to global peace and security in the future.Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates are member states of BRICS.

Ahmadian added that terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, the misuse of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, maritime insecurity, human trafficking, illegal biological activities, and cyber threats are common challenges within BRICS.

He suggested that these issues could be addressed through the establishment of a BRICS Security Commission.

The Iranian security chief also stressed the importance of expanding economic cooperation among BRICS members.

On Tuesday, Ahmadian led a delegation to St. Petersburg, where he met with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, on the sidelines of the meeting for discussions.

Israel proposes ‘safe passage’ for Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Gaza handover: Report

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Yahya Sinwar

Israel’s hostage envoy, Gal Hirsch, told the media outlet that an offer for Sinwar’s safe passage was presented a day and a half ago, but he would not characterize the response so far.

“I’m ready to provide safe passage to Sinwar, his family, whoever wants to join him,” Hirsch told Bloomberg.

“We want the hostages back. We want demilitarization, de-radicalization of course — a new system that will manage Gaza.”

The offer appears to mark a significant gesture from the Israeli government amid stalled efforts to secure a cease-fire and hostage release that has proved elusive over months of negotiations mediated by the US, Egypt and Qatar.

“The fierce urgency of now is real for every individual who is suffering as a consequence of this conflict. We feel that urgency, and we — and so we have a determination,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview Tuesday from London.

“Now, at the end of the day, people have to make decisions. Leaders have to make decisions. We can’t make those decisions for them,” he added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier raised the possibility of exile for Sinwar, “but I think the most important thing is that they surrender. If they lay down their arms, the war is over,” he said on the podcast “Call Me Back.”

Israeli military officials have identified Sinwar as a “dead man walking” for his apparent architecture of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, where Hamas gunmen raided southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people.

Israel’s subsequent war against Gaza has lasted more than 11 months, with an estimated 41,000 Palestinians killed.

Sinwar rose to be appointed the official head of Hamas after Israel carried out the killing of Hamas’s top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, while staying in a guesthouse in Tehran.

Hamas holds approximately 101 hostages it kidnapped from Israel, both alive and the corpses. About 100 hostages were released during a weeklong cease-fire at the end of November, and the Israeli military has freed a little more than a handful of people through military operations.

Canada halts arms sales to Israel, Gaza death toll surges 41k

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All of the export permits had been approved prior to a January ban on new sales of weapons that could be used in Gaza, as the besieged Palestinian territory faced a mounting humanitarian crisis.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly stated she had ordered a review of all Canadian weapons suppliers’ contracts with Israel and other countries.

“Following that, I suspended this summer around 30 existing permits of Canadian companies,” she added.

A key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, Canada drew the ire of Israeli leaders when it initially announced it would halt new arms shipments to Israel as of January 8.

Pro-Palestinian protests across Canada — at universities, political events and even the Toronto International Film Festival last week — have continued to put pressure on the government to go further.

“Our policy is clear: We will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza. Period,” Joly said.

“How they’re being sent and where they’re being sent is irrelevant,” she continued, alluding to ammunition that was meant to have been produced by a Canadian division of US defense contractor General Dynamics for the Israeli army.

Joly added that the government is in contact about this issue with General Dynamics.

The topic of arms deliveries to Israel has triggered legal proceedings in several countries around the world.

Israel has historically been a top receiver of Canadian arms exports, with Can$21 million worth of military material exported to Israel in 2022, according to government data, following Can$26 million in shipments in 2021.

That placed Israel among the top 10 recipients of Canadian arms exports.

Britain last week also announced it would suspend some arms exports to Israel, citing a “clear risk” that they could be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law.

Russia conducts biggest strategic naval drills in decades

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IFP Media Wire
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Russian Navy

The aim of the drills is to assess the combat readiness of the Russian Navy and the Air Force, as well as to check their interoperability, Putin said as he joined the opening of the exercise via video link. The maneuvers involve more than 400 battleships and submarines as well as auxiliary vessels, some 120 aircraft and over 90,000 personnel.

The exercise is set to include complex operations involving simulated launches of high-precision weapons, Putin said at a meeting that was attended by Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.

The drills would employ the experience the Russian troops had gained during the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the president added.

The Chinese military are also taking part in the Russian drills. Four vessels and 15 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army have joined the exercises, the head of the Russian Navy, Admiral Aleksandr Moiseev, stated.

Representatives from 15 other nations were also invited to the drills as observers, according to Putin.

Moscow plans to “pay special attention to strengthening military cooperation with friendly nations”, the Russian president said. Such cooperation gains “particular importance against the background of the growing geopolitical tensions”, he added.

Washington is “trying to maintain its global military and political dominance at any cost”, Putin warned. The US is using Ukraine in a bid to inflict a strategic defeat upon Moscow, but America and its “satellites” have also built up a military presence in Europe, the Arctic and the Pacific under the pretext of “containing” Russia and China, he continued.

According to the president, Washington and its allies openly speak about their plans to deploy short and medium-range missiles to the islands in the Western Pacific and to some nations located in the region.

“The US seeks to get a sizable military advantage through its aggressive actions and thus break the existing security architecture and the balance of power,” the Russian leader warned, adding that such actions “provoke the arms race”.

“Russia must be ready for any potential scenario,” the president said, adding that the armed forces should provide reliable security to both Russia’s sovereignty and its national interests.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published several videos of the Ocean-2024 drills. The clips feature ‘Oniks’ and ‘Uran’ cruise missiles being launched from mobile coastal ‘Bastion’ and ‘Bal’ missile systems. Oniks supersonic missiles are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 800 kilometers and can travel at almost three times the speed of sound.

Iran’s President Pezeshkian pays homage to resistance commanders in Baghdad

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Partner of activist killed by Israel in West Bank pushes back on Biden calling it ‘an accident’

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Palestinians march to honour Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi who was shot dead by Israeli forces, in Nablus, in the Israeli- occupied West Bank, September 8, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

Hamid Ali, the partner of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, said in a statement that they had not heard from Biden or his White House in the days since the incident.

“An activist and volunteer, Ayşenur was peacefully standing for justice as an international observer and witness to Palestinian suffering,” Ali added in a statement.

“She was fatally shot in the head by a bullet that came from an Israeli sniper positioned 200 meters away. This was no accident, and her killers must be held accountable.”

Biden told reporters as he departed the White House on Tuesday that he was finding out more details, but “apparently it was an accident, ricocheted off the ground and got hit by accident. I’m working that out now”.

Israel said earlier Tuesday it was launching an investigation into the killing of Eygi, a 26-year-old from Seattle who was participating in a demonstration in the West Bank when she was shot and killed.

The Associated Press reported that the doctors who treated Eygi, who also had Turkish citizenship, said she was shot in the head.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the shooting in remarks to reporters during a trip to London.

“We’ve seen reports of excessive force by Israeli security forces against Palestinians. And now we have the second American citizen killed at the hands of Israeli security forces,” Blinken said.

“It’s not acceptable. It has to change. And we’ll be making that clear to the senior-most members of the Israeli government,” he added.

Biden has faced intense criticism from some Democrats over his handling of Israel’s war with Hamas, which has left tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza dead.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an independent investigation into the Israeli killing of the Turkish-American activist in the occupied West Bank.

Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said Aysenur didn’t pose an imminent threat to Israeli soldiers when she was shot in the head on Friday.

“I think we all share the feelings of anger, outrage and sadness over the killing of this young woman, who was peacefully advocating for the rights of Palestinians and peacefully pushing against settler violence and illegal settlements in the West Bank,” Shamdasani stated.

The killing is “extremely tragic but it is not an isolated incident”, she added.

“Her case is emblematic of the systematic use of lethal force in the West Bank against peaceful protesters and other Palestinians as well,” Shamdasani continued, adding, “The international community must continue to put pressure on Israel to investigate and ensure that such actions never happen again.”

Legendary Iranian theater director Pari Saberi passes away

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Saberi was born to a cultured family in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman and was sent to Paris at the age of 12 to continue her education. She graduated from the Vaugirard Cinematography College in France.

She has staged many plays based on Persian classical literature, including Rostam and Sohrab. Some of her plays like the Flying Shams and the Legend of Siavash have been seen by tens of thousands in Iran and abroad.

The maestro was a close friend and companion of prominent Iranian modernist poet Forough Farrokhzad and has made a movie about her.

Saberi has also written and translated numerous books to serve as a bridge between the Persian and Western litterateur.

She was one of the most decorated directors in Iran who received numerous prestigious awards, including the UNICEF’s Avicenna (Ibn Sina) prize in 2003, and the French Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2004.

The avid artist showed a strong passion for mysticism, poetry, Iranian sagas, music, dance and theater during her fruitful career and has been a source of inspiration for many enthusiasts.

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