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Former Iran President Ahmadinejad registers for presidential elections

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Ahmadinejad has joined the pool of main contenders, including the principlist candidate Saeed Jalili, for the elections set to take place on June 28.

The former president’s fans gathered outside the interior ministry in downtown Tehran to express their support for his candidacy.

Ahmadinejad, who served two four-year terms from 2005 to 2013, was disqualified by Iran’s vetting body, the Guardian Council in 2017.

People will go to the polls later this month to choose a successor to the late President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash along with his eight companions.

 

Relatively Strong quake jolts Iran’s Semnan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Earthquake

The northern areas of the city of Shahroud was the epicenter of the quake at the depth of 7 kilometers to the surface, the University of Tehran’s Institute of Geophysics reported.

There are no reports of casualties are material damage.

Abu-Taleb Jalali, the governor of Shahroud, said several teams have been deployed to the region to assess the situation on the ground.

Yemen’s Houthis announce fresh military operations against US carrier, other vessels

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IFP Media Wire
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Yemen Houthi

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced the military operations in a video statement on Saturday.

He specified the American carrier in question as USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, saying the vessel was hit in the Red Sea “with number of ballistic missiles and drones”.

On Friday too, the Yemeni troops had announced targeting the same vessel “with a number of winged and ballistic missiles”.

Another operation, Saree added, struck “an American destroyer” in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles and drones.

The retaliation came after American and British warplanes and US warships targeted the western Yemeni provinces of Sana’a, al-Hudaydah, and Ta’izz, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 40 others.

The spokesman proceeded with announcing four other strikes against commercial ships that had violated a ban imposed by Sana’a on Israeli vessels or those that are bound for the ports of the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Yemeni forces have been enforcing the ban since last October, when the Israeli regime brought Gaza under the war that has so far killed more than 36,000 Gazans, most of them women and children.

Saree identified one of the ships that was struck in the pro-Palestinian operations as Maina, stating the vessel “was targeted with two military operations in the Arabian Sea and the Red sea”.

Two other vessels, Aloraiq and Abliani, were hit respectively in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, he noted.

All the six operations hit their targets “accurately and directly”, the spokesman continued.

He, meanwhile, vowed that the Armed Forces would keep up their pro-Palestinian strikes as long as the Israeli regime sustained the war and a siege that the regime has been simultaneously enforcing against Gaza.

Turkey urges maximum efforts to end Gaza war

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri spoke with Fidan and exchanged views on the latest developments in Palestine and the Zionist regime’s crimes in the Gaza Strip and Rafah.

On behalf of the Iranian government and people, Bagheri appreciated the sympathy and messages of condolences from top Turkish officials, especially the declaration of the national mourning in Turkey over the martyrdom of the Iranian president and foreign minister.

Bagheri also praised the participation of the Turkish vice president and foreign minister in a commemoration ceremony for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s martyred president and foreign minister.

Referring to an upcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the D-8 group of eight developing Islamic countries in Istanbul, the acting Iranian foreign minister also expressed hope that the two countries will hold talks on issues of mutual interest on the sidelines of the event.

Bagheri also touched on the latest developments in Palestine and the incessant crimes by the Zionist regime against women, children and innocent people in Gaza and Rafah.

He stressed, “The aggression on Rafah, sealing the crossing in the region, and preventing the movement of cars and trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza are another manifestation of the crimes by the brutal and bloodthirsty Zionist regime.”

“The cooperation and synergy between Islamic countries create an important and effective capacity in supporting the oppressed people of Gaza,” Bagheri noted, calling on Muslim states not to spare any opportunity or capacity to back the people in Palestine.

For his part, the Turkish foreign minister once again expressed his condolences for the martyrdom of the Iranian president and foreign minister and prayed to God for their forgiveness.

Fidan also stressed on the necessity for coordination between Muslim states and welcomed the proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as very valuable.

The Turkish foreign minister said the Zionist regime has imposed a blockade on Gaza in order to exterminate the Palestinian people and added all capacities should be implemented to stop the ongoing crimes and genocide by the Zionists against humanity.

He also added continuing talks between Tehran and Ankara on the issue and other important bilateral and regional issues is very important and productive.

Iran’s Zafar 2 satellite ready for launch this year

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Satellite

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reporoted, the remote-sensing satellite, built by Iran’s University of Science and Technology, is fitted with various capabilities.

Zafar 2, made as a measurement satellite, is the fourth achievement by the university’s researchers in the field of satellite technology since 2011.

This satellite has been designed for imaging the globe and monitoring natural resources.

Zafar 2 has the same capabilities of Zafar 1, but its camera has a higher resolution and has an accuracy of 16 meters.

The satellite is expected to be launched into the low-earth orbit (LEO) with the Simorgh satellite carrier, just like the Zafar 1 satellite.

Iran started its research activities in the field of aerospace in mid-90s and has taken giant strides ever since by building and launching various indigenous satellites.

Swedish chargés d’affaires summoned to Iran foreign ministry

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IFP Media Wire
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The Iranian Foreign Ministry

The Swedish diplomat was summoned by the Foreign Ministry’s assistant director-general for Western Europe on Saturday, and was notified of Tehran’s protest at the remarks that had been made “based on wrong information”, the ministry said in a statement.

“Propagation of [such] baseless claims points to some parties’ intention to afflict damage on the countries’ time-honored relations,” the Iranian official told the diplomat.

“Accordingly, the Swedish authorities are expected to be vigilant about suspicious developments more than before.”

For his part, the Swedish official said he would immediately notify relevant authorities about Tehran’s protest.

The developments came a day after some Western news agencies said Daniel Stenling, head of counter-espionage for the Swedish intelligence, had alleged that Iran was “recruiting members of Swedish gangs to target the Israeli regime’s interests” in the European country.

Last year, the Foreign Ministry had similarly summoned Sweden’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran in protest at desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the European country, a development that had taken place amid the approval of Swedish authorities and in the name of “freedom of speech”.

Kuwait’s emir appoints Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Sabah as new crown prince

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IFP Media Wire
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Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah became the emir of Kuwait on 16 December, following the death of Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

The emir had one year following his accession to the thrown to choose the heir apparent. It was also required that the nominee chosen for crown prince be a senior member of the al-Sabah family.

The former emir appointment as crown prince in 2006 had broken a tradition of alternating the throne between the al-Jaber and al-Salim clans of the royal family.

The two clans are descendants of Jaber al-Sabah and Salim al-Sabah, two former emirs whose father, Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah, is considered the founder of modern Kuwait. The Kuwaiti constitution dictates that the country’s rulers must be descendants of Sheikh Mubarak.

Kuwait has the only elected parliament in the Persian Gulf, but the emir remains the head of state with power over virtually all affairs in the country.

Last month, the emir dissolved parliament for up to four years in a move that analysts fear could threaten the country’s unique semi-democratic political system.

At the time, the emir said that the Persian Gulf state’s National Assembly would be suspended, as well as several articles of the constitution, in order to review the “democratic process” potentially until 2028.

The move cames after years of political deadlocks and reshuffles.

Israeli captive families urge Netanyahu to accept Biden’s Gaza plan

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IFP Media Wire
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Israel Protest

In a weekly press conference held on Saturday, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said that it was calling for the “the citizens of Israel to take to the streets in order to ensure the completion of the deal”.

The forum believes that Netanyahu may be obstructing a deal, after Biden said in a news conference at the White House on Friday that Israel had put forward “a comprehensive new proposal” to end the war.

The three-phase plan described by Biden seeks to implement a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that involves the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza and the release of all Israelis held captive in the strip.

Hamas has indicated that it is open to the proposal, raising hopes of a halt to Israel’s eight-month war.

In a statement, the group announced it “reaffirms its readiness to positively engage and cooperate with any proposal based on the foundation of a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, the return of displaced people to their homes, and the completion of a genuine prisoner exchange deal, provided that the occupation announces its explicit commitment to this”.

And in a joint statement, the US, Qatar, and Egypt jointly called on Hamas and Israel to finalise an agreement.

But on Saturday, Netanyahu was adamant in declaring that for Israel’s war on Gaza to end, Hamas must be destroyed.

“Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel,” his office said in a statement.

It added those conditions must be met, “before a permanent ceasefire is put in place”.

“The notion that Israel will agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are fulfilled is a non-starter.”

The Hostage and Missing Families Forum stressed that Netanyahu was under pressure from within his own government.

“There is a minority that is blackmailing Netanyahu and threatening the deal, and we must support the deal and not leave the arena to extremists,” a spokesperson stated.

The armed group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, meanwhile, expressed “suspicion” of the plan announced by Biden saying the “cessation of aggression” must involve “complete withdrawal” of Israeli forces from Gaza.

Israeli attacks on Gaza since the start of the war have killed at least 36,379 people and wounded 82,407 others, with thousands more missing under the rubble and presumed dead. Israel launched its assault on the besieged territory after a Hamas-led attack in southern Israel killed about 1,200 people.

Netanyahu says no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas eliminated

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IFP Media Wire
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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s statement came a day after Biden said Israel had proposed a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for Hamas releasing Israeli captives.

“Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: The destruction of Hamas military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel,” Netanyahu stated.

“Israel will continue to insist these conditions are met before a permanent ceasefire is put in place. The notion that Israel will agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are fulfilled is a non-starter.”

Biden called on Israel and Hamas to accept a three-phase deal that includes the release of captives in Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave, a permanent ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

The proposal Biden outlined in great detail appeared nearly identical to the one Hamas agreed to and Israel rejected in early May. The main exception appeared to be no reference to the complete lifting of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas on Friday welcomed Biden’s proposal, saying the group viewed it “positively”.

Israel’s opposition leader on Saturday urged Netanyahu to back the proposal and expressed his party’s support for the deal.

“The government of Israel cannot ignore President Biden’s consequential speech. There is a deal on the table, and it should be made,” Yair Lapid wrote on X.

“I remind Netanyahu that he has a safety net from us for a hostage-release deal if [Israeli Security Minister Itamar] Ben Gvir and [Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich leave the government.”

Biden stated the first phase of the proposed deal would last for six weeks and would include a “full and complete ceasefire”, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from all densely populated areas of Gaza, and the release of a number of hostages, including women, the elderly and the wounded, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Palestinians would also be able to return to “all areas of Gaza” and 600 aid trucks would enter the enclave each day.

In the second phase, Biden said there would be an exchange for all remaining living hostages, including male soldiers, as Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza and the permanent ceasefire begins.

Biden added to move from phase one to phase two, several details needed to be worked out, but he promised that the ceasefire would continue to hold as negotiations progressed.

The third phase would include a major reconstruction plan for Gaza and the return of the “final remains” of captives to their families.

Persepolis crowned Persian Gulf Pro League champions in Iran, fans poor into streets

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Persepolis scored the only goal of the match in the 86th minute at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, arising controversy that the Red’s Georgian defender Giorgi Gvelesiani was in the offside.

Persepolis grabbed 68 points, only one more than their traditional rival Esteghlal, who finished runners-up despite their 2-0 victory over Paykan in a match held simultaneously.

Persepolis won the Persian Gulf Pro League title for the ninth time.

The Red’s fans packed the streets of the capital Tehran and many other cities following the match to celebrate their favorite team’s championship, the fourth consecutive time this season.

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