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Iranian junior Greco-Roman wrestling team crowned at world champions in Jordan

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The World Junior Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, which began on August 19 in the capital of Jordan, concluded on Thursday night.

The Iranian national Greco-Roman wrestling team also secured the top position in the previous world championships.

In the Jordan competition, Armin Shamsipour in the 48 kg category, Amir Mahdi Saeedinava in the 65 kg category, and Danial Izadi  in the 92 kg category won gold medals.

Other Iranian wrestlers, Abolfazl Karami in the 51 kg category, Emadreza Mohsennajad in the 80 kg category, and Ali Asghar Dadbakhsh in the 110 kg category, won bronze medals, allowing Iran to defend its world championship title with a total of 140 points.

Following Iran, the Greco-Roman wrestling teams from Uzbekistan with 113 points and the Republic of Azerbaijan with 105 points secured the second and third places, respectively.

Iranian parliament approves all ministerial picks of President Pezeshkian

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The approvals came after four days of intense deliberations and hearings. Pezeshkian submitted the list of his proposed ministers to parliament for a vote of confidence on August 11.

Among the ministerial nominees who got parliament’s approval is Abbas Aragchi, who will serve as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s new foreign minister.

Here’s a list of all the 19 ministerial nominees of the president:

• Minister of Intelligence: Seyed Esmaeil Khatib

• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Abbas Araghchi

• Minister of Education: Alireza Kazemi

• Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare: Ahmad Meidari

• Minister of Justice: Amin Hossein Rahimi

• Minister of Defense: Aziz Nasirzadeh

• Minister of Roads: Ms. Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd

• Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade: Mohammad Atabak

• Minister of Culture: Seyed Abbas Saleh Shariati

• Minister of Agriculture: Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh

• Minister of Sports and Youth: Ahmad Donyamali

• Minister of Communications: Sattar Hashemi

• Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance: Abdolnaser Hemmati

• Minister of Science: Hossein Simayi Sarraf

• Minister of Oil: Mohsen Paknejad

• Minister of Health and Medical Education: Mohammadreza Zafarghandi

• Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts: Mohammadreza Salehi Amiri

• Minister of Interior: Eskandar Momeni

• Minister of Energy: Abbas Aliabadi

Iran extends condolences over deaths of 28 Pakistani pilgrims in bus accident in Yazd

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mohammad Reza Aref stressed on the provision of all necessary services and medical treatment for the 23 others injured in the tragic incident which happened near Taft, 500 kilometers southeast of the capital, Tehran.

A preliminary police investigation cited a defective braking system as the cause of the incident.

Medical teams and facilities were deployed to the accident site immediately after the incident and the families of the victims have been provided with temporary accommodation, according to Yazd’s Provincial Governor Mehran Fatemi.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has also been instructed to repatriate the bodies of the deceased and provide aid to the wounded.

Iran is a transit route for pilgrims from the eastern neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, to participate in the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen in Iraq.

Every year, over 20 million pilgrims, mainly Shia Muslims, attend the event, which marks the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali, and his companions in 680 AD on the plains of Karbala.

Iran UN mission: Israel to receive surprise, unpredicted response over Haniyeh assassination

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The mission explained that Iran’s response will punish the aggressor for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and breaching Iran’s national sovereignty, and will also strengthen Iran’s deterrence power so the Israeli regime would not dare to repeat the aggression in the future.

The Iranian mission also said Iran would seek to avoid any negative impact on the Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

It said, “Maybe when their eyes are on the sky and the radar screen, they are surprised from the ground, and maybe a combination of the two.”

Haniyeh, who had been invited to Iran as an official guest in the inauguration ceremony of President Massoud Pezeshkian, was assassinated on July 31 in his residence in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

The spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Tuesday that the Zionist regime must taste the bitterness of waiting for the response of Iran and the axis of resistance over the martyrdom of Haniyeh.

Iran shuts down German-affiliated “illegal centers” in Tehran

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These centers were said to have engaged in multiple illegal activities and widespread financial misconduct, operating in violation of Iranian laws.

Reports indicate that other German-affiliated institutions within the country are also under investigation for similar violations, with further actions anticipated as the investigations proceed.

This development follows closely on the heels of a diplomatic clash in July when the German government shut down the Islamic Center of Hamburg and its affiliated organizations across Germany.

The closures were justified by Berlin as a necessary measure to counter what they claimed was the propagation of extremism.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser had stated that the center was “pursuing radical Islamist objectives.”

The move included a police raid on the center’s iconic ‘Blue Mosque.’

In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the German Ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel, to lodge a formal protest.

During a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani criticized the German police’s actions, labeling the closure of Islamic centers as politically motivated and driven by Islamophobia.
He warned that Germany must be prepared to face the consequences of these decisions, which Tehran views as serving the interests of the Zionist regime.

Israel attack on Gaza school kills several displaced Palestinians

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IFP Media Wire
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Warplanes struck the Mustafa Hafez school, in central Gaza, on Tuesday morning. Most school buildings in the besieged strip are now being used to house those displaced by Israel’s war on Gaza.

Two children were amongst those killed in the attack after a bomb hit the second floor of the school, civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP.

Around 700 displaced Palestinians were sheltering at Mustafa Hafez school, which is one of the main evacuation centres in western Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported.

Basal said 15 people were wounded by the Israeli strike.

The Israeli military claimed “Hamas terrorists used the command and control centre to plan and execute attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel”.

It added it carried out a “precise strike on terrorists who were operating” inside the school. It provided no evidence of the claim.

Israeli authorities have frequently attributed its attacks on schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructures by stating that it was targeting Hamas fighters. It has provided little evidence to back up any of the claims.

Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces struck the facility with no prior warning. Victims of the attack were taken to Al-Ahli hospital for treatment, the report added.

Earlier this month, an Israeli attack on Al-Tabin school in Gaza City whilst displaced people performed dawn prayers killed at least 100 Palestinian civilians, including women and children.

The Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday that at least 34 people were killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 40,173 killed since 7 October.

Additionally, 92,857 have been wounded since the start of the war.

Biden’s remarks on Gaza ceasefire ‘green light’ for Israel to continue war: Hamas

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The “misleading claims… do not reflect the true position of the movement, which is keen to reach a ceasefire” agreement, the Palestinian group said in a statement.

It called Biden’s remarks – which were made on Tuesday as the US president prepared to leave Chicago after a keynote address to the Democratic National Convention – an “American green light for the Zionist extremist government to commit more crimes against defenceless civilians”.

The statement came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Egypt Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire.

Hamas stated Biden’s remarks reflect a clear “American bias” towards Israel and Washington’s complicity in the “war of extermination against defenceless civilians in the Gaza Strip”.

The group added it is committed to a ceasefire framework outlined by Biden on May 31 which he said had been proposed by Israel.

It described the latest US modifications to that plan as “a coup against” the previous framework, accusing Washington of “acquiescing” to conditions set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Netanyahu was always the one obstructing an agreement and setting new conditions and demands,” Hamas said, calling on “the US administration to reverse its policy of blind bias towards the Zionist war criminals.”

It urged the “mediators to assume their responsibilities” and oblige Israel to accept the original proposal.

Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar concluded on Friday by presenting “a proposal that narrows the gaps” between Israel and Hamas that is consistent with the principles set out by Biden on May 31.

Biden stated in May that Israel presented a three-phase deal that would end hostilities in Gaza and secure the release of hostages held in the coastal enclave. The plan includes a cease-fire, a hostage-prisoner exchange, and the reconstruction of Gaza.

But Hamas said on Sunday that Netanyahu set new conditions in the Gaza cease-fire and hostage swap proposal that was floated during the Doha talks.

“The new proposal meets Netanyahu’s conditions and aligns with them, particularly his refusal of a permanent cease-fire, a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and his insistence on continuing the occupation of the Netzarim Junction (which separates the north and south of the Gaza Strip), the Rafah crossing, and the Philadelphi Corridor (in the south),” Hamas announced in a statement.

“He also set new conditions in the hostage swap file and retracted from other terms, which obstructs the completion of the deal,” it added.

For months, the US, Qatar and Egypt have been trying to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to ensure a prisoner exchange and cease-fire and allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. But mediation efforts have been stalled due to Netanyahu’s refusal to meet Hamas’s demands to stop the war.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

The conflict has resulted in nearly 40,200 Palestinian deaths, mostly women and children, and almost 92,800 injuries, according to local health authorities.

The ongoing blockade of Gaza has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, leaving much of the region in ruins.

Resigned UK official: Israel perpetrating war crimes in plain sight

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“What we can see is appalling acts of violence perpetrated on civilians, on civilian property,” Mark Smith, formerly the lead author of the central assessment governing the legality of UK arms sales in the Foreign Office’s Middle East and North Africa directorate, said in an interview with BBC Radio 4.

“It’s actually quite clear, even from what you can see in open source… that the state of Israel is perpetrating war crimes in plain sight,” he said.

“Anybody who has a basic understanding of these things can see that there are war crimes being committed not once, not twice, not a few times, but quite flagrantly and openly and regularly.”

When asked if he had raised the issue internally, Smith responded that he done so “at pretty much every level”, including with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

“That’s my duty and that would be quite normal for public servants, we’re are very used to upholding the law,” he added.

“We would normally raise things internally that we might have a question over, particularly if we have subject matter specialism, as I do.”

But he said he received an “unsatisfactory” response, prompting his resignation.

In his leaked resignation letter, which was first reported by Hind Hassan on X on Friday evening and then confirmed by Middle East Eye, Smith said that after raising his concerns in the department, including through a whistleblowing investigation, he received nothing more than “thank you we have noted your concern”.

In his letter, Smith said this disregard “is deeply troubling. It is my duty as a public servant to raise this,” and called for other officials “to join the many colleagues who have also raised concerns over this issue”.

Smith is the first known British official to resign over Israel’s war on Gaza.

But since 7 October, disquiet has been growing among civil servants over the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel.

In May, a former civil servant working on international aid policy reported in Declassified UK that up to 300 Foreign Office staff had formally raised concerns about Britain’s complicity in Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

In July, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents British civil servants, requested a meeting with the Cabinet Office over the war in Gaza and its implication for government employees.

On his first day in office, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he had requested a comprehensive review of Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law.

In July, sources told MEE that the UK was expected to introduce restrictions on arms sales to Israel, but subsequent reports in the Times and Guardian suggested the decision was delayed due to legal difficulties in defining UK-made weapons that are used by Israel in its war on Gaza, and those that are used for defence.

Bodies of six hostages held in Gaza recovered: Israel

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The military said in a statement that its forces recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza.

It identified the hostages as Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and Haim Perry, without saying when or how they died, the Associated Press reports.

Five of the hostages were over 50 years old when they were captured, and three had family members who were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the recovery effort and stated “our hearts ache for the terrible loss.”

“The State of Israel will continue to make every effort to return all of our hostages — both alive and dead,” he added in a statement.

The war began when Hamas-led fighters stormed across the border on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people, and abducting 250 to Gaza. More than 100 were released in a November ceasefire. About 110 are believed to be in Gaza, though Israeli authorities believe around a third are dead.

Gaza’s health ministry announced more than 40,100 Palestinians had been killed in the war. Thousands more are believed to be buried under the rubble and tens of thousands more have been injured.

The vast majority of Gaza’s population has been displaced, often multiple times, and about 85% of the territory has been put under evacuation orders by the Israeli military, according to the UN.

Mediators have spent months pursuing a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from the blockaded strip and the release of Palestinians prisoners from Israeli jails.

Iran dismisses claims on interfering in US presidential elections as ‘baseless’

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Iranian mission said in a statement, “Such allegations are unsubstantiated and devoid of any standing. As we have previously announced, the Islamic Republic of Iran harbors neither the intention nor the motive to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.”

“Should the U.S. government genuinely believe in the validity of its claims, it should furnish us with the pertinent evidence—if any—to which we will respond accordingly,” it added.

The FBI and several US intelligence agencies had jointly claimed that that Iran was involved in hacking of the campaigns of Democratic and Republican candidates for the 2024 US presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

The Iranian mission’s reaction in New York came a week after it rejected a similar report that some documents exist on Iran’s role in hacking the Trump campaign.

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