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Spokesman: Missile Program No Issue for Negotiation

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi reiterated his country’s opposition to any kind of talks with foreign powers over its missile and defensive programs. “We have not changed our position and have several times repeated that our missile issues are a part of our defensive policies that are not in violation of the (UNSC) Resolution 2231 at all”, Qassemi told reporters in Tehran on Monday. “We don’t allow other governments to interfere” in our domain of affairs, he added. In relevant remarks in August, Qassemi blasted the US officials’ remarks against the country’s missile program, stressing that Washington is not entitled to speak about Iran’s internal affairs”. The issue with the missile is internal, defensive and related to deterrence which is in no violation of Resolution 2231 and is not related to them (the Americans)”, Qassemi said.

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Iran warns U.S. against imposing further sanctions

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Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said U.S. regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning came after the White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump would announce new U.S. responses to Iran’s missile tests, support for “terrorism” and cyber operations as part of his new Iran strategy.

 

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Zarif Vows Iran’s Harsh Reaction to US Designation of IRGC as Terrorist Group

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted the US for its hostile policies against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and warned of Tehran’s tough response if Washington labels the IRGC as a terrorist Group. “It will certainly be a very harsh reaction”, Zarif said in response to a question asked by reporters in Tehran on Sunday on how Iran would react if the US president designates the IRGC as a terrorist group in his new strategy. He declined to elaborate on the details of Iran’s response, and said, “God willing, you will come to see (Iran’s reaction)”. His remarks came few hours after IRGC top Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said imposition of new sanctions by Washington against Iran means a US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, and warned that the US should leave the region and stay 2,000km away from Iran if the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) comes into effect.

 

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Iranian foreign minister Says Has Prepared Appropriate Response to Trump’s Strategy

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Iran presses ahead with its policies irrespective of others’ political rhetoric, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, noting that Tehran has come up with a response apposite to a strategy the US president is expected to announce in the coming days. “Once Trump makes his comments (about Iran), which are almost clear (already), the Islamic Republic of Iran will give an appropriate response”, Zarif told reporters on Sunday, when asked about the US president’s plan to unveil his new strategy for Iran. Iran pursues its own policies in the region regardless of others’ rhetoric, he underlined. Describing Iran as the pillar of stability and fighting against terrorism and Takfirism in the region, Zarif said, “The fact is that our region has long been suffering from the United States of America’s wrong policies”.

 

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Turkey launches operation in Syria ‘for security’

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Turkey has announced the beginning of a new military operation into Idlib province in Syria as part of a deal with Russia and Iran, in an attempt to create de-escalation zones and also prevent Syrian Kurdish groups from building a “terror corridor” along the Syrian border toward the Mediterranean Sea. The Turkish Armed Forces on early Oct. 8 shelled positions in jihadist-controlled Idlib in support of the advance of Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters on the ground, a day after Ankara announced the start of an operation there. “The [operation] process, which began yesterday and started to be implemented today, is continuing together with the Free Syrian Army without any problems”, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Erdoğan underlined that the operation into Idlib, just like the Euphrates Shield Operation, is part of Ankara’s strategy to eliminate security threats at their source. “We are obliged to break this terror corridor from the east toward the Mediterranean. We cannot tolerate this. Otherwise we’ll suffer from another Kobane [incident]. We don’t want that and we won’t allow it”, Erdoğan said.

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Mogherini: we will secure compliance with the Iranian nuclear deal

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The high representative for EU, Federica Mogherini, sent her congratulations to the ICAN organization for the Nobel Prize received for its commitment in stopping nuclear proliferation, and confirmed support to the Iranian nuclear deal reached by ICAN last year. Mrs Mogherini also declared that the deal cannot be renegotiated, and this was a clear message to President Trump’s purposes.

 

 

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Iran Categorically Dismisses “Unfounded” US Human Trafficking Allegations

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The Iranian foreign ministry categorically dismissed as “unfounded and unreal” the recent US human trafficking allegations against Tehran. “We believe the US government is trying to distract world public opinion from the responsibilities it shoulders under the relevant international treaties and conventions through such acts. That’s for the same reason that we consider the US move in preparing fake reports and leveling accusations against the independent countries doomed”, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday. Iran as a signatory to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (the Palermo Convention) has so far undertaken extensive executive and legal measures in the field of fighting the evil phenomenon of human trafficking which have been verified by relevant international organizations and mentioned in UN Office on Countering Drugs and Crime, he said.

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Iran reiterates JCPOA not renegotiable

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Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said on Thursday that Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not renegotiable and the best way is to comply with its terms. Salehi who is currently in Rome at the official invitation of the Italian officials to attend the International Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Amaldi) and hold talks with the country’s officials told IRNA that it has been repeatedly said that JCPOA is not renegotiable. Some demand JCPOA’s technical aspects renegotiated but, the issue cannot be negotiated, he said, noting, “We have on several occasions said that JCPOA has been negotiated once, as Russian foreign minister and EU Foreign Policy Chief Mogherini and China have underlined that JCPOA cannot be renegotiated”. Salehi reiterated that the best way is to stick to JCPOA, as it is conducive to regional and international developments and strengthening non-proliferation system.

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani: “Our negotiations have ended on the nuclear deal”

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani dismissed Washington’s demand for renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers, warning the US that it is paving a wrong path. “Our negotiations have ended on the nuclear issue and the nuclear deal and the Americans are saying things for bargaining to create more possibilities for themselves but they are paving a wrong path”, Larijani told reporters in the Southern city of Shiraz on Wednesday. He underlined that if the other side shows disloyalty to the nuclear deal and harms Iran’s interests, his country will take appropriate decisions to adopt countermeasures. His remarks came after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that if the US and other states party to the 2015 nuclear deal defy their undertakings, Tehran will revive its halted or restrained nuclear activities with capabilities more advanced than the pre-agreement era. “If Europe and Japan and Russia and China decided to go along with the United States, then I think that will be the end of the deal”, Zarif said in an interview with The Guardian and the Financial Times newspapers conducted in New York and published late September.

 

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Generals Discuss Iran-Turkey Cooperation against Secession Bids

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Top generals from Iran and Turkey in a meeting in Tehran explored avenues for military cooperation in the war against terrorism and for thwarting the plots seeking disintegration of the regional countries, such as the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s secession bid. In a Tuesday meeting in Tehran, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and the General Staff of Turkey Hulusi Akar discussed a range of issues, with the focus on protection of the territorial integrity of the countries in the region. Highlighting Iran’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all regional nations, General Hatami said mutual cooperation among Tehran, Ankara and Baghdad would contribute to regional stability and security and counter the separatist moves. Following the defeat of Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, the US and Israel have come up with a new plot against the region, the Iranian minister warned, saying they are seeking the partition of the regional countries.

 

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