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Iran acting FM: US unilateralist approach in talks proven a failure 

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Ali Bagheri, who was in New York to attend UN Security Council meetings on Palestine, told reporters on Thursday, “The United States’ approach, whether on Iran nuclear talks, on Palestine or the Zionists’ invasion of Gaza showed that they not only cannot be a part of the solution, but they themselves are the main obstacle.”

The Iranian diplomat also painted a dire picture of the situation in the region, saying, “Unfortunately, in the current situation in the region, the Zionists’ crimes and genocide continue, and at some points in time, the crimes manifest themselves more strongly.”

He also noted that the Israeli regime’s threats against Lebanon can have serious spillover effects on the region.

Bagheri explained that Iran reiterated its stance on the months-long Israeli aggression on Gaza during the UNSC meeting, stressing on the necessity to pile up pressure on the Israeli regime to immediately and unconditionally end the genocide and crimes in Gaza.

The acting foreign minister censured the US for escalating tensions in Gaza and concluded it cannot play the role of a neutral mediator as “The Americans are the main factor in strengthening and even encouraging the Zionists to commit more crimes in Gaza by sending deadly weapons and advanced military equipment.”

Sepahan fined $82,000 by AFC

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Additionally, Sepahan was fined $71,000 for throwing 12 objects (including five water bottles and seven rolls of tissue) onto the field or its surroundings, throwing 26 flammable objects, and for incidents of fan altercations.

In the third section of the ruling, Sepahan was penalized $10,000 for failing to fulfill their safety obligations and implement precautionary safety measures.

The total fines amount to $82,000, which must be paid within 30 days of the ruling.

Sepahan faced Al Hilal on February 15, 2024, at Naghshe Jahan Stadium, suffering a 3-1 defeat. Sepahan’s sole goal was scored by Ramin Rezaeian, while Al Hilal’s goals were scored by Mitrovic, Malcom, and Al Hamdan.

Four female Iranian footballers to play in UEFA Champions League 

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Mina Nafee, Hajar Dabaghi, Fatemeh Adeli and Shaghayegh Rozbahan are the four players who will play for the Armenian team in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League.

The Armebian football club has published a message on its Instagram account confirming the four Iranian footballers have joined the club.

Four Persian leopards spotted in Iran’s Naeen 

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The leopards were spotted in the Abbasabad Wildlife Sanctuary near Naeen, central Iran.

The Environmental Protection office released the picture of the family of a rare species of the Persian leopard by using cameras equipped with motion sensors in the sanctuary.

The population of Persian leopard is fast declining due to several factors including housing developments, livestock farming, hunting and trapping.

According to estimates, about 500 to 800 Persian leopards are scattered across Iran.

Official: Persian yellow deer community fit as fiddle 

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The head of the Central and Northern Alborz Protected Area Mehdi Kiaheirati told Iran’s IRNA news agency that the tourists and nature lovers have been asked not to enter the habitat of the species without coordinating with environmental protection officials.

The Persian fallow deer, or yellow deer, along with red deer, is an endangered species placed under the EN category of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List.

Until half a century ago, yellow deer were considered extinct in the world forever, when four of them were spotted in Dez and Karkheh regions in southern Iran and they were scattered in different regions of the country to increase the chances of reproduction, Kiaheirati explained.

Iran has established several sanctuaries, including in northern provinces, to protect the endangered species.

Nowshahr city, located in the west of Mazandaran, has 220,000 hectares of the Central Alborz Protected Area. It hosts a variety of species, including red deer, roe deer, wild goat, goat, brown bear, leopard, pheasant, sea partridge and ordinary partridge.

Top diplomat: Iran not after new nuclear deal

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Bagheri, who is in New York to take part in UN Security Council meetings, told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Wednesday, “We are still a member of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The US has not yet managed to return to the JCPOA, so the goal we are pursuing is to revive the 2015 agreement. We are not looking for a new deal.”

The Iranian interim foreign minister also dismissed allegations that Iran was involved in a botched assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump in revenge for his role in the 2020 assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani.

He said Iran will spare no legal efforts to put the murderers of General Soleimani on trial.

Bagheri said, “We have used and will use our domestic legal and judicial frameworks and international legal and judicial mechanisms to bring the commanders, perpetrators and managers of General Soleimani’s assassination to justice. This is our right.”

“The Americans have openly announced that they assassinated the senior Iranian military commander. Naturally, we should deal with this assassination and those who are accused in this field should be tried by a competent court and punished according to the court’s verdict,” he stressed.

Efforts underway to extinguish huge fire on Iran-Iraq border

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Firefighter

Farhad Gholinejad, Deputy for Human Environment of Khuzestan Environment Department in southern Iran, said the smoke from this fire came to the capital city of Ahvaz and affected the south and northeast of the city for a few hours, but due to a wind, it was pushed out of the city.

Gholinejad added that the fire was the first on the Iranian side of the border this year, but since the beginning of summer, the Iraqi side has seen many fires.

“We have written a lot of letters via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Iraq to help them contain the fire, but there is a problem regarding coordination to do so”, he added.

Referring to the latest situation of the fire at the Safira waste disposal site in Ahvaz, Gholinejad said in the last week, the Safira waste disposal site also caught fire and the smoke from this blaze affected the nearby village of Safira.

He added that until a day or two ago, 80% of the fire was contained, and on Wednesday, authorities looked into the latest efforts to put it out at the site.

Iranian president-elect and Saudi crown prince hold phone conversation

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Pezeshkian and MbS

During the conversation, bin Salman congratulated Pezeshkian on his election as Iran’s new president and wished him success.

The Saudi crown prince further wished prosperity for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The two sides also hailed the progress of bilateral relations with the Saudi crown prince calling for the expansion of relations in favor of the interests of the two nations.

Iran vice president optimistic about AI organization objectives

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Rouhollah Dehghani Firouz Abadi

Speaking to reports after a weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi said, “The artificial intelligence organization started its work last week after 12 months of following up on the order by the martyred president (Ebrahim Raisi).”

He said the organization’s statutes and over 18,000 supporting documents have been approved by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, set up by the Founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini to ensure that cultural issues in the country will remain Islamic without being tainted by the Western influence.

Dehghani said a budget of 3.5 trillion Tomans (over 83 million dollars) has been allocated to the organization, one trillion Tomans (23 million dollars) of which comes from vice presidential office’s projects and the remaining amount is funded by the National Development Fund.

He explained that the organization is not supposed to be a large state-run affiliate, but rather “an agile organization tasked with creating data line farms in the country, designing and implementing large-scale software patterns, and gathering ready-to-use data in the field of artificial intelligence for government agencies.”

The Iranian vice president further noted that the organization is assigned to create an operator as a basis for fulfillment of the three tasks, adding development of artificial intelligence economy and its applications are carried out by people.

Atomic chief: Iran establishes three more irradiation centers

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Mohammad Eslami

In an almost weekly press briefing after a cabinet meeting, Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, “We invite the private sector and the sectors that work in the field of food to participate in this project so we can increase our productivity.”

Irradiation sites, among other things, are established to remove traces of toxins from agricultural products in order to prevent rotting and increase their lifespan.

Eslami also said that a video footage that has surfaced on the internet on an activated air defense site, firing a salvo of missiles, is not in the vicinity of Iran’s nuclear sites.

Earlier reports by the Israeli media claimed that a loud explosion was heard near Iran’s Natanz nuclear site on Wednesday. However, informed sources said the battery of missiles were fired in a military drill near Qom-Kashan highway.

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