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 Multilateralism can foil US hostility against independent states

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During the fourth Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Bolivia, in separate meetings with presidents of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Equatorial Guinea as well as foreign minister of Libya, Iran’s First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri emphasized the significance of “multilateral” and inclusive cooperation, underlining how it could be an effective mechanism in order to nullify the US hostile policies. Jahangiri also declared that Iran is ready to share experiences and knowledge in the fields of technology, nanotechnology, industry, science, and energy with the mentioned countries. For their parts, these countries demanded the development of relations with Iran in different fields of mutual interest. The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, thanked Iran for its support of his country’s hosting of the fifth GECF meeting in 2018 and also the Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro thanked the Islamic Republic of Iran for its efforts in establishing peace and stability in the region and its support to Venezuela, highlighting how the US policies against his country have failed in their results.

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Iran’s President: cooperation in eradicating the corruption of terrorism from Syria

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During the tripartite summit of Iran, Russia and Turkey held in Sochi on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that the progressive elimination of Daesh and the rest of the terrorist groups announce a new era of eradication of violence. The Russian, Iranian and Turkish leaders discussed the future of Syria and reaffirmed the importance of preserving sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of it, stressing how these three countries are committed to working closely to bring about peace and stability in Syria. In his speech, Rouhani highlighted how the three countries succeed through engagement and friendship and cooperation in eradicating the corruption of terrorism from Syria, “shattering the shadow of ISIS from the country and portraying a bright future for the region”, as he said. “In the present circumstances, our great mission is not only the fight against terrorism, but also a major effort to eradicate forms of discrimination, poverty and violence throughout the region. That is why regional communications and institutions need to be deepened and strengthened”, he added. President Rouhani also emphasized some points as fundamental solutions to the Syrian crisis: it is essential to continue helping the Syrians in fighting terrorism in their country because the war against it has not ended yet and the active and universal participation of the international community in the future of Syria is fundamental to achieve stability, eliminate humanistic sufferings and rebuild the country.

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Commander Highlights Iran’s Role in Regional, Global Equations

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TEHRAN – On Wednesday, during his speech at a cultural ceremony in Tehran, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami stressed the Islamic Republic’s growing strength and influence, underlining how regional and global issues cannot be resolved without Iran’s presence. General Salami discussed about the recent defeat of the Daesh terrorist group and downfall of its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria, stressing Iran’s role in the major achievement and highlighting that the US and Zionist regime and their regional allies created Daesh to divide Muslims and confine the extent of the Islamic Revolution’s influence. “However, what happened was the expansion of the Islamic Revolution’s influence”, as he said. The commander also emphasized that thanks to the grace of God the threats posed against Iran by the enemies have been turned into opportunities for the country. He stressed that today Iran’s presence is essential to resolve regional end global matters and showed how the country is becoming more powerful while enemies are getting weaker.

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 Iran ready for any US Congress scenario

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TEHRAN – On Tuesday, Kamalvandi, the Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), who also serves as the Deputy Head of the AEOI for International, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, declared at the Iran-EU’s Second High Level Seminar on International Nuclear Cooperation: Progress and Prospect that “US congress moves are meticulously monitored by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the AEOI devises the necessary predictions according to its responsibilities”. Kamalvandi stressed the need for the international community to protect the JCPOA, saying that Iran will keep honoring the deal as long as the other parties comply with the obligations in the text and spirit of the nuclear accord. Mr. Kamalvandi highlighted that since the first seminar was held in early 2017 in Brussels, “great results” have been achieved and “good cooperation” has been brokered in four or five areas among nuclear safety, IAEA safeguards, security issues, stable isotopes, nuclear medicine. He also held that the new policies would push US into isolation and articulated that “while the International Atomic Energy Organization has verified and attested Iran’s abidance by the nuclear deal 9 times so far, Iran’s perseverance in complying with the deal is hinged upon other sides’ compliance”, as Mr. Kamalvandi said. “The meeting of today which featured participants from EU, China, and Russia had a good implication that cooperation within the framework of JCPOA is on and the other signatory of the deal should act more wisely”, as Mr. Kamalvandi specified.

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 Yemeni vice president warns against Houthi backstabbing

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The Yemeni Vice President General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar has reaffirmed that the “Houthi party represents Iran’s claws in Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula and the region”. Ahmar also said that Yemenis cannot target Mekkah or Riyadh “the nation’s cradle”. The general made this statement during his visit with the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Ma’rib the Nahem front east of Sanaa. Meanwhile, the vice president noted that all areas bordering Sanaa were not a platform for the Houthis and will never be. At this point Ahmar called on the tribe members of these areas to actively participate in the “liberation battle”. Also, Ahmar directed a message to the children of Sanaa, the free members of the armed forces, the General People’s Congress (headed by ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh) and all political and social elements. In his message, Ahmar demanded these sides to “be warned and remain alert from the Houthi’s backstabbing” whom he said, “does not exclude any one and targets houses, camps, schools and places of worship”.

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Iran Rejects Arab League Statement, Urges End to Saudi Aggression on Yemen

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In comments on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed the latest Saudi-driven Arab League Foreign Ministers’ statement against the Islamic Republic of Iran. It came after Saudi Arabia convened an Arab League summit in Egypt to discuss alleged violations committed by Iran. FM Qassemi said the Arab League statement is “full of lies and distortions”. He added that the statement is the result of KSA political pressure on fellow Arab countries and the media propaganda financed by Saudi Arabia. He urged Saudi Arabia to immediately stop its “savage aggression” against Yemen, to reverse the policy of pressure on its Arab neighbors, including Lebanon and Qatar and to negotiate peace in that country and solutions to regional conflicts. Qassemi also stressed Iran’s efforts for regional peace, saying that such efforts have faced obstructive policies of Saudi Arabia that are based on fueling tensions. Finally, the spokesman highlighted that Saudi Arabia must stop following Israel’s policies and sponsoring terrorism. Since March 2015, more than 14.000 people have been killed and millions have been forced from their homes as a result of the Saudi Arabia military attacks against Yemen to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

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Velayati Decries French Interference in Iran Affairs

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After some French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments in an interview with the United Arab Emirates-based al-Ittihad newspaper in which he urged inflexibility with Iran regarding its missile program and influence in the Middle East, top Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati criticized and strongly rejected these remarks against Iran. Velayati warned that such acts of interference would discredit the French government in the eyes of Iranians and he stressed that Tehran will never ask for permission from anyone to enhance its missile program. “As an Iranian person familiar with the foreign policy issues and the French history, I recommend the president of that country (France) to try to follow General de Gaulle’s path during his term for foreign policy”, as he added. Even the senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in an interview with IRIB said that “It is not in the interests of Macron and the French government to interfere in issues pertaining to Iran’s missile program and strategic affairs, about which the Islamic Republic is very sensitive”. In denouncing Macron’s comments, Velayati also exhorted the French government not to fall under the influence of the wrong anti-Iran claims and to persuade its Persian Gulf allies to implement rational policies.

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Iranian President: outsiders harming the region

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During a cabinet session on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the presence of foreign powers hasn’t done any good for the region. By getting involved in the Middle East, foreign powers only upset the Middle East’s security by interfering in the region and seeking to market and sell their arms, preparing the ground for interference in the regional market, and playing with oil prices to pursue and maximize their own purposes. “Foreign presence in the region has only caused troubles”, as he said. President Rouhani criticized some regional countries for depending on foreign powers, such as Britain and the US, and for believing that big powers could establish and guaranteed security in the Middle East. Criticizing trans-regional powers for conducting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, he also condemned Saudi Arabia for committing crimes against the defenseless Muslim people of Yemen. In fact, since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its allies have launched a military campaign against Yemen to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh and because of several attacks more than 14.000 people have been killed and millions have been forced from their homes while the country is facing severe famine and a deadly cholera outbreak.

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Security Prevailing in Quake-Hit Areas in Western Iran: Commander

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After rumors circulated in some social media networks spreading that some of the relief aid dispatched to the region has been stolen, Brigadier General Manouchehr Amanollahi denied them and ensured that proper security prevails in the province of Kermanshah, in the Western of Iran. The Sunday earthquake whose epicenter was near Halabjah, Southeast of Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah, measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, killed at least 435 people, injured over 7800 and left massive damages in the Iranian border province, as the latest statistics announced. Kermanshah’s provincial officials also said about 12.000 houses both in urban and rural regions across the province have been totally razed to the ground in the disaster due to the strong earthquake. The province’s police chief called on people, especially those in the affected areas, to cooperate with the police and relief organizations in ensuring order and providing the necessary services. Iranian medical officials declared that several field hospitals have been set up in the province and a number of administrative buildings have been used to accommodate the people made homeless in the disaster, as the temperature drops sharply in the night. Meanwhile, Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi who has visited the quake-hit region, described the devastation as extensive. “Despite the lack of medical facilities in hospitals in the province, however, health and medical services provided to the victims have been acceptable”, as the minister added.

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Westerners’ human rights, political pretext

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On Tuesday in Tehran during a meeting with the members of Iran’s High Council of Human Rights, Iranian Judiciary Chief Sadegh Amoli Larijani, highlighted the different aspects of human rights issue in confronting with the West: the Western definition of human rights should not be taken as a divine word of no imperfection. He called thorough criticism of the Western edition of human rights and described the human rights case between Iran and the West a political case: “It seems that the US and Europe case against the Islamic Republic of Iran is not over observing the human rights considerations, because not far from Iran in the region we see what is happening in Bahrain where Bahraini citizens are fighting for suffrage while it is 40 years that we are holding elections in Iran”, as Amoli Larijani said. He continued underlighting how none of human rights propaganda against Iran is practiced against Saudi Arabia even though “in Saudi Arabia people have never heard of ballot boxes”, as he said. The senior official also declared: “All these show that the Westerners’ objective is political bid to pose pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran while sometimes they also add a flavor of legal and theoretic arguments to their cases”. Iran’s Judiciary Chief said that he is against the presence of UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, dismissing the base for establishing the mandate, and that the dialogue with rapporteur in abroad should be upon the condition of effectiveness.

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