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Taliban denies US general’s claim over extremist groups

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Zabiullah Mujahid

Zabihullah Mujahid told IRNA what this US official and others say is at odds with reality and Afghanistan’s policy.

Mujahid said despite the US general’s claim, the Taliban is not weak. He noted that Afghanistan is now safe and a central government controls the entire territory of the country.

The Taliban who are the de facto government of Afghanistan took over the country from the previous government in 2021 and the group says currently, there are no terrorist groups operating in the country.

Afghanistan was under occupation by the US and its allies for 20 years and Washington’s chaotic withdrawal from the country amid the Taliban takeover has been repeatedly criticized by world countries and inside the US itself.

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Glazer condemns Israeli ‘dehumanization’ of Gazans

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IFP Media Wire
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Jonathan Glazer

Delivering an address after receiving the award on Sunday, Glazer said Gazans are the “victims” of “dehumanization” by the occupying regime.

Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory operation into the occupied territories.

Concomitantly with the war, the regime has been enforcing a near-total siege on Gaza, which has reduced the flow of foodstuffs, medicine, electricity, and water into the Palestinian territory into a trickle.

So far during the military onslaught, the regime has killed more than 31,000 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents.

“Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst,” Glazer added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he denounced the Israeli regime’s age-old weaponization of the historical tragedy to try to justify its ongoing campaign of deadly occupation and aggression against Palestinians.

“We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” he concluded.

Islamic Jihad warns Israel against al-Aqsa Mosque restrictions during Ramadan

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Al-Aqsa Mosque

“Israel is playing with fire through desecration of the sacred al-Aqsa Mosque compound by occupation forces and settler gangs, besides restrictions on access to the site. We and freedom-loving people will not stand idly by in the face of such aggression,” the Gaza-based group said in a statement late on Sunday.

The statement added that Palestinians are creating impressive scenes of steadfastness and determination in the face of Zionist terrorism on the advent of Ramadan and amid the silence of some Arab and Muslim governments.

“In spite of this unfortunate reality, the Palestinian resistance front is resolute to carry on with its struggle, which is entering its sixth month in a row and is armed with faith in God.”

“Congratulations to the entire Palestinian nation, especially the residents of the Gaza Strip, on the arrival of the month of Ramadan. Our resistance will continue, and we will carry out strikes and acts of retaliation throughout Gaza and the West Bank,” it added.

The Islamic Jihad finally reassured all walks of Palestinian society and freedom-loving people worldwide that resistance fighters are at the apex of their combat preparedness and will not allow the “Zionist enemy” to advance its sinister plots against the Palestinian cause and nation.

Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have restricted Palestinian Muslims’ access to the al-Aqsa Mosque, particularly on Fridays.

The Hamas resistance movement, in a statement on February 19, also denounced Israel’s plan to restrict Palestinians’ entry to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramadan, warning that the measure will explode the whole situation.

“An outburst of anger is waiting to go off in the face of the occupying regime in response to any restrictions on worship at the al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan,” Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the political bureau of Hamas, said on Sunday.

Iran to preside over Conference on Disarmament within days

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IFP Media Wire
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United Nations

The conference is the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, with its 2024 session dividing up into three successive parts, from January 22 to March 28, from May 13 to June 28, and from July 29 to September 13.

Iran will preside over the conference from March 18 to March 29, and from May 13 to May 24. India, Iraq, Ireland, and the Israeli regime will also preside over the conference.

According to a press release by the UN Office at Geneva, the agenda of this year’s conference contains the following items: cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament, prevention of nuclear war, a comprehensive program of disarmament, and transparency in armaments, among other issues.

The high-level segment of the conference was held from February 26 to March 1 when Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian made a speech criticizing double standard approaches by international organizations on disarmament.

He particularly criticized those approaches when they come to the Israeli regime which the top Iranian diplomat described as an imminent threat to not only people in Palestine and the West Asia region but also the whole world.

“The international community should take this threat seriously and make a decisive decision over the unprecedented threat which this occupying, apartheid and warlike regime is posing to global peace”, Amirabdollahian stated.

The Iranian diplomat called on the international community to stop the Israeli genocide and war crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza and hold the regime accountable over its atrocities. He also urged a complete elimination of the regime’s nuclear weapons and putting all of its nuclear facilities under safeguards and mechanisms of the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Iran says dispatched humanitarian aid to Gaza via Egypt

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IFP Media Wire
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Nasser Kanaani

Speaking to reporters at a weekly presser on Monday, Nasser Kanaani said the delivery of aid supplies for the Gaza Strip has been at the top of the agenda.

Highlighting Iran’s efforts and its extensive consultations with Egypt, he added the consignments of Iranian aid for Palestinians have been shipped to Egyptian ports after coordination between the Red Crescent societies of the two countries.

“It is not possible for Iran to send aid supplies to Palestine directly. The Egyptian government has also announced in its consultations (with Iran) that sadly the (Israeli) regime does not permit the transit of aid, but this has not prevented Iran from making efforts. Iran has made attempts and has sent aid through Egypt.”

Denouncing the Zionist regime for starving Palestinians and committing genocidal crimes in Gaza, Kanaani expressed hope that the international community would take serious action to deliver aid supplies into Gaza in the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.

A new report by humanitarian group Refugees International said the Israeli regime has generated “famine-like conditions” in the Gaza Strip “while obstructing and undermining the humanitarian response”.

The group’s research in Egypt, Jordan and the occupied territories revealed that Israel “consistently and groundlessly impeded aid operations within Gaza, blocked legitimate relief operations and resisted implementing measures that would genuinely enhance the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza”.

Refugees International also stressed that Israel was “demonstrably failing to comply” with legally binding provisional measures ordered on January 26 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to facilitate the flow of aid and lessen humanitarian suffering in Gaza.

Refugees International found that logistical issues within Egypt and Jordan are limiting the distribution of life-saving assistance to people in Gaza.

The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, mainly intended for commercial deliveries, lacks the capacity to process the substantial amount of aid the Strip requires. Egyptian authorities have also sought to deter a large-scale humanitarian response in the northern Sinai, a military zone.

More than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 72,500 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry also said the United States is the main party responsible for the start and continuation of Israel’s on the people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip.

“The American government stood by the Zionist regime in words and deeds,” Kanaani told reporters.

Since the beginning of Israel’s war in October, the US has been providing the regime with large-scale shipments of weapons, he added.

He noted that the US has been exerting pressure on the Palestinian people, slamming the “painful inaction” of the international community, particularly the United Nations, over the past five months about the Israeli regime’s brutal attacks against Gaza.

The Iranian spokesman further pointed to the “merely symbolic” move by the United States to airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza and said Washington vetoed three resolutions calling for an immediate end to the war in the besieged strip and, at the same time, is sending its weapons to Israel.

Kanaani emphasized that the US resorts to “ridiculous and bitter’” measures in an effort to rectify and justify its warmongering policy.

However, the people of the world are aware of the realities on the ground and will never change their minds, he stressed.

Aramco pays nearly $100bn in dividends as profits fall

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IFP Media Wire
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Aramco

The group, in which the Saudi government owns a 82% stake, said in its annual accounts that dividends to shareholders increased by 30% to $97.8bn in 2023.

Overall profits fell by just under 25% to $121.3bn, owing to a drop in oil prices and lower sales when compared with the previous 12 months.

Despite this fall, the profit figure was the second highest reported by Saudi Aramco after its record $161.1bn in 2022, the largest profit recorded by an oil or gas firm. The 2022 bumper results were largely driven by escalating oil prices as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, which affected global supply.

The price of Brent crude, the benchmark oil price, fell from as high as nearly $120 a barrel in the middle of 2022 to as low as $67 a barrel last year. It is trading at about $82, despite fears that tensions in the Middle East could push crude prices above $100 a barrel.

The dividend payout is likely to anger campaigners who have condemned the huge profits made by energy companies – and the bonuses handed to their executives – since the surge in commodity prices, against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis for households. On Friday, the £8m pay packet of the new boss of BP was labelled “sickening”.

Aramco’s huge payout is expected to be mirrored by some of the world’s other big oil firms. A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in January forecast that thefive other large oil companies – BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies – would pay dividends for 2023 that would exceed the $104bn paid out last year.

Aramco said its base dividend for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $20.3bn, up 4% on the previous year while its performance-related dividend would be $43.1bn, an increase of 9%.

The company’s capital expenditure for 2023 was $49.7bn, up from $38.8bn in 2022. It also expects this investment to reach between $48bn and $58bn this year, and grow further by the middle of the decade, with some of this investment going into non-oil projects.

Amin H Nasser, Aramco president and chief executive, stated: “Our capital expenditures increased in line with guidance as we seek to create and capture additional value from our operations, positioning the company for a future in which we believe oil and gas will be a key part of the global energy mix for many decades to come, alongside new energy solutions.”

Armaco has said it will commit to delivering 12m barrels a day (bpd) after the Saudi government in January ordered it to scrap its plan to increase production to 13m bpd.

Iran ex-president Rouhani demands explanations from Guardian Council for disqualification

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Hassan Rohani

The former president announced on his website on Sunday that he has written a fourth letter to the council, seeking to elicit ‘documented’ reasons for turning him down for the polls.

The website also added Rouhani is disgruntled that the council has not answered Rouhani’s previous letters.

The council’s spokesperson Tahan Nazif has previously said, “Our priority is to check the eligibility of those who have filed complaints. We have not yet looked into the cases of those who have not filed complaints,” implying Rouhani’s case will be reviewed, without specifying a date.

After he was banned from running, Rouhani issued a statement, saying the “ruling minority” made the people disillusioned with the elections.

Iranians went to the polls on March 1 to choose the new members for the 290-seat parliament and 88-member Assembly of Experts that elects the Leader and oversees his performance.

Hunger everywhere in Gaza Strip: UN refugee agency

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

“Hunger is everywhere in Gaza,” UNRWA announced in a statement.

The UN agency said humanitarian conditions are tragic in the Palestinian strip as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is set to start on Monday.

“The situation in the north is tragic, where aid via land is denied despite repeated calls,” it noted, adding, “Ramadan is approaching. The death toll continues to rise.

“Humanitarian access across the Gaza Strip and an immediate cease-fire are imperative to save lives,” UNRWA stressed.

Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack led by Hamas in which some 1,200 people were killed.

More than 31,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed in Gaza, and over 72,600 others injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.

Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza, leaving its population, particularly residents in the north, on the verge of starvation.

The Israeli war has pushed 85% of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid a crippling blockade of most food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

Iranian court fines Tondar terrorist group nearly $2.5bn over 2008 bombing

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Jamshid Sharmahd

The Iranian court issued the verdict on Monday after a lawsuit was filed by 116 people against the Tondar terrorist group and the US that masterminded and orchestrated several terrorist attacks against Iran, including a 2008 bombing of a religious congregation center in Shiraz, which killed 14 people and wounded hundreds.

Upon his arrest in August 2020, the group’s ringleader Jamshid Sharmahd admitted to providing explosives for the bombing attack in the mosque in Shiraz.

The outfit was also behind the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi with a bomb planted in his car in January 2010.

Iranian officials and the families of the victim have condemned the US for supporting the terrorist group. Global police agency Interpol has ignored several calls by Iran to dismantle the terrorist group.

More than 4.5M people remain displaced in Yemen: UN

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IFP Media Wire
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Yemen

“I urge the international community to continue to give generously to the people of Yemen, to support them to rebuild their lives with dignity,” Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy Division at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a statement on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia launched the bloody war against Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with a number of its allies and with arms and logistics support from the US and several Western states to reinstall Mansour Hadi, who resigned from the presidency in late 2014 and later fled to Riyadh amid a political conflict with the Houthi movement.

The war objective was also to crush the movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of an effective government in Yemen.

However, it has stopped well shy of all of its goals, despite killing tens of thousands of Yemenis and turning the entire country into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

UN estimates that in 2024, over 18 million people – over half the population – will need humanitarian assistance and protection services in Yemen.

According to UN figures, 17.6 million people will be severely food insecure and an estimated 2.7 million women and five million children under five will need treatment for acute malnutrition.

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