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« Reply #60 on: February 21, 2021, 01:01:13 pm »
One on One - Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iranians will head to the polls in June to elect a new leader, and the lead-up features a familiar face. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two presidential terms were marred by sanctions in response to his country’s nuclear program. We sit down with Iran’s former hardline president and ask him if he is hopeful a new page can be turned with an old foe.


Ahmadinejad is a preferred candidate for president according to polls. 

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« Reply #61 on: February 22, 2021, 05:55:41 am »
One on One - Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iranians will head to the polls in June to elect a new leader, and the lead-up features a familiar face. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two presidential terms were marred by sanctions in response to his country’s nuclear program. We sit down with Iran’s former hardline president and ask him if he is hopeful a new page can be turned with an old foe.

Ahmadinejad is a preferred candidate for president according to polls. 

The problem is Ahmadinejad had been the president for 3 4-year terms (in sum 12 years), which is the maximum limit of Iran's presidency. Also, the Supreme Leader Khamenei didn't want him to come back after Ahmadinejad fulfilled his term limit.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-ahmadinejad-idUSKBN17E23P

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« Reply #62 on: February 23, 2021, 10:16:58 pm »
Iran restricts international access to nuclear sites
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Iran has agreed to allow limited nuclear inspections for another three months. The agreement reached by head of the International Atomic Energy Agency at crisis talks in Tehran could give negotiators some breathing room as they struggle to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

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« Reply #63 on: March 30, 2021, 09:16:10 pm »
What is behind China and Iran's 'strategic' deal? | Inside Story
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It's been in the works since 2016, and dubbed a 'comprehensive strategic partnership'. The deal signed between China and Iran is expected to boost their long-standing economic and political alliance. The cooperation will cover a wide range of Chinese investments in Iran's most important sectors, including energy and infrastructure. It's the first long-term agreement of its type to be signed by Iran with a major world power.
And comes at a tough time for Iran's economy that's been devastated by U.S. sanctions. What do both countries stand to gain? And should people be worried, in the Middle East and beyond?


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HC Peng
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If you notice how many times the lady has brought up Xin Jiang, you will find out what the game plan is - drive a wedge between China and Muslim countries. Luckily, the muslim countries are smart and do not take the bait.
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Eugene Mwika
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Iran makes deal with US. US jumps out of the deal, China decides it will not get out of the deal. US points fingers at China for being aggressive
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Jeff Tsang
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So many companies and authorities in China was sanctioned and the daughter of Huawei’s CEO is even held as a hostage over Iran issues. It’s time for Chinese government to show its position.

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« Reply #64 on: April 03, 2021, 12:42:41 am »
U.S. and Iran to hold indirect talks in Vienna
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The U.S. and #Iran​ will open indirect talks next week in Vienna as part of the #EU​'s efforts to bring the U.S. back to the Iran nuclear deal. A U.S. delegation will be present for the first time, since former President Donald Trump pulled the country out of the agreement in 2018. #America​

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« Reply #65 on: April 06, 2021, 07:35:17 pm »
Diplomats gather in Vienna to revive Iran nuclear deal
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Top officials from all the signatories to the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal are in Vienna. The Americans are also there, but they and the Iranians are not planning to meet directly

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« Reply #66 on: April 08, 2021, 09:27:31 pm »
Iran says Vienna nuclear talks a 'new success'
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says talks in Vienna to try and rescue the troubled 2015 nuclear deal have opened a "new chapter" after discussions on how to end crippling sanctions

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« Reply #67 on: April 11, 2021, 01:19:07 pm »
AEOI chief: International community, IAEA must address ‘nuclear terrorism’ against Iran
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The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has slammed the act of sabotage against the country’s nuclear site in Natanz earlier in the day, noting that the international community, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), must deal with such “nuclear terrorism” that targets Iran’s facilities.
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran, while condemning this despicable act, underlines the need for the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to address this nuclear terrorism and reserves the right to take action against masterminds, perpetrators and conspirators of this [terrorist] act,” Salehi said.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/04/11/649249/AEOI-chief-Intl-community-IAEA-must-address-nuclear-terrorism-against-Iran

Iran's nuclear agency suspects ‘Israel role’ in both Natanz incident, senior scientist assassination
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The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the country’s nuclear agency, suspects Israeli involvement in both a July incident at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, and the recent assassination of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist near Tehran.
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“Their footprint is clearly visible in various incidents,” he noted.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/11/28/639558/Iran-Israel-Natanz-scientist-assassination

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« Reply #68 on: May 01, 2021, 05:58:41 pm »
The history behind the US-Iran conflict
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Why have Iran and the US been adversaries for decades and continue to be at odds to this day?
#QassemSoleimani​ #Iranianrevolution​ #nuclearweapon​

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« Reply #69 on: June 04, 2021, 09:02:37 pm »
Iran's Largest Warship Sinks In Blaze In Gulf Of Oman
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The largest warship in Iran's navy has sunk in the Gulf of Oman after it caught fire and burned for about a day. Iranian officials are investigating.


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I’m sure no one will waste this “tragedy”

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« Reply #70 on: June 08, 2021, 12:59:54 am »
Iran decries revocation of Tehran’s General Assembly voting rights
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Iran has condemned a UN decision to temporarily revoke Tehran’s voting rights in the General Assembly over its outstanding contributions to the world body.

Tehran maintains it has paid its dues to the world body regularly and that the economic sanctions have made payments increasingly difficult for the country.
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This decision is fundamentally flawed, entirely unacceptable, and completely unjustified, as Iran's inability to fulfill its financial obligation toward the United Nations is indirectly caused by unlawful unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States to punish those who comply with the Security Council Resolution.
— Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister
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The UN should totally understand Iran's position, it's been sanctioned by the worst international sanctions ever imposed on a nation, arguably, in the modern era, and yet the United Nations has obviously, religiously, decided to ignore the realities and the circumstances of The Islamic Republic of Iran.

Of course it goes deeper than this, the United Nations relies on the US of A for its funds, the majority of the funds that keep the United Nations going come from America, and of course they're based primarily in the US as well.

It's a misnomer to imagine that the UN is independent. — Seyyed Mohsin Abbas, Journalist and Political Commentator
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/06/07/658440/Taking-away-Iran-s-voting-privilege-violates-the-UN-Charter



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« Reply #71 on: July 29, 2021, 06:14:14 pm »
Press TV And Al-Alam Relaunch On Iranian Domains After US Closures
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A press release from the United States Justice Department(link is external) has said the US seized the websites of 36 Iranian and Iraqi television channels, including Press TV and the Arabic-language Al-Alam, for operating “services, including website and domain services” in the US without a license from the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Licenses were needed, the Justice Department said, because the websites owned by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union or Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shia group, were violating US sanctions after OFAC had designated IRTVU in October 2020 “for being owned or controlled by the [Iranian] Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.”

A US government notice slapped on the homepages of the closed domains said they were seized as part of law enforcement by the ‘Bureau of Industry and Security’. Both Press TV and Al-Alam were back online within hours, using Iranian domain addresses.
https://iranintl.com/en/world/press-tv-and-al-alam-relaunch-iranian-domains-after-us-closures

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« Reply #72 on: July 29, 2021, 06:18:20 pm »
‘Do Not Trust The West,’ Khamenei Tells Next Iran Government
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In what appeared as a rough roadmap for Iran’s next administration, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said during a speech addressing President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members on Wednesday that Iranian officials should not trust the West.

He advised “others” to use the Rouhani administration’s experience. “In this administration, it became clear that trusting the West is not helpful. They don’t help and they strike a blow wherever they can. When they didn’t, it was because they couldn’t,” Khamenei said.

Khamenei then more clearly advised the next administration that takes office on August 5 to distrust the United States. He said: “Administrations should utterly avoid tying their plans for negotiations with the West, for they’ll certainly fail. This administration too, wherever it relied on negotiations with the West and the US, they were unsuccessful, and when they relied on domestic potential, they succeeded.”

It was not clear what Khamenei was referring to by saying that the Rouhani administration succeeded. There are multiple serious crisis confronting Iran after eight years of Rouhani's presidency. The only glimmer of relative success was in 2016, when international sanctions were lifted after Iran agreed to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Referring to the latest rounds of indirect talks between Iranian and US delegations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Khamenei said: “In the recent nuclear talks, the Americans staunchly insisted on their obstinate stance. When making promises and on paper, they say they’ll lift sanctions, but in practice, they didn’t and won’t. Then they say new articles should be added to the deal that already exists.”

Khamenei was probably referring to the US demands that negotiation over Iran’s missiles and regional role should follow a nuclear agreement. Iran has also demanded that any future US withdrawal from the JCPOA should be based on a UN vote.
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“They always say they will lift the sanctions but they never did it. Furthermore, they set new conditions and wish to include a sentence in this agreement that facilitates further negotiations. Otherwise, they say there will not be an agreement,” Khamenei complained.
https://iranintl.com/en/world/%E2%80%98do-not-trust-west%E2%80%99-khamenei-tells-next-iran-government

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« Reply #73 on: December 27, 2021, 10:09:19 pm »
Drought dries up Iran's wheat supply
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Just five years ago, Iran had become self-sufficient in wheat production.  But the region's worst drought in 50 years, along with sanctions, have now forced the country to import record volumes of the grain from abroad. Reza Hatami reports from Tehran.
#Iran #Wheat #Drought

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« Reply #74 on: January 05, 2022, 07:23:43 pm »
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Iran has called on the United Nations Security Council to hold the United States and Israel responsible for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, two years after his death.

The Iranian Quds Force (IRGC) Commander was targeted in Iraq’s capital Baghdad and killed by missiles fired from a US drone while on a diplomatic mission on January 3, 2020.

Iranian Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council while Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif spoke to Guterres by phone calling for the condemnation.

The US Department of Defense (DoD), and then-US President Donald Trump justified the assassination of the top Iranian general as the right to self-defence and within the framework of international law.

But Agnes Callamard, the special UN rapporteur for extrajudicial killing, wrote in a July 2020 report that Soleimani’s assassination was “unlawful”, “arbitrary” and in violation of the UN charter.

According to Callamard, the United States action lacked legal justification as there was no evidence suggesting that the commander and his convoy presented an ongoing or imminent threat to American forces and personnel.

Soleimani remains popular among many Iranians, who consider him a hero who was fighting Iran's enemies abroad. Photo: Nazanin Tabatabaee / Reuters

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