Regional Issues
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Amir-Abdollahian:
Netanyahu to burn in fire of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Iranian parliamentary official said Thu. that the US embassy relocation to Jerusalem al-Quds is playing with a fire that Trump will be too weak to bear and which will burn Israeli PM in it.
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Iran's Parl.:
US move quashed hopes for two-state solution
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament in a Thu. statement said the US recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital has quashed any hopes of some Arab countries for negotiations and a two-state solution.
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Velayati:
Al-Quds forever belongs to Palestinians
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati censured Trump’s decision to relocate US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, saying the holy city as Muslims’ first qibla will forever belong to the Palestinians.
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Iran rejects PGCC summit’s final statement
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Iranian foreign ministry has dismissed the recent PGCC statement, saying it shows the council is avoiding its responsibility regarding Palestine.
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VP Jahangiri:
US embassy relocation ‘weak move to restore morale’
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s Vice-President Jahangiri said Wed. the US relocation of its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds is a “weak measure to restore their allies’ morale.”
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Pres. Rouhani:
Terrorism killed chances for development in region
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Iran’s President Rouhani said the US and Israeli’s plot to blight the region with the plague of terrorism had destroyed many opportunities for development, and called on Muslim states to compensate for this ‘treachery’.
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Iran to Macron:
Talks on reducing defense might ‘out of question’
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Reacting to French president’s recent remarks on Iran’s missile program, FM Spokesman Ghasemi reaffirmed the country’s vehement opposition to any negotiation on its defense and missile issues.
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Larijani urges West to feel responsible towards drug trafficking
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned the West to take responsibility in the fight against cultivation and distribution of narcotics.
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FM Zarif:
World today moving toward post-West era
TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif said the world today is entering a post-West era in which international developments no longer take place in or by the Western countries.
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Velayati:
Leader’s letters to Western youth aimed at defining Islam
TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – On the anniversary of Ayatollah Khamenei’s second letter to the Western youth, his senior Aide Velayati stressed that the purpose of the letters was to define the true sense of Islam for the youth of Europe and North America.
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ISIL key bases in region collapsed: Pres. Rouhani
ZABOL, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Iran’s President Rouhani said Sat. that the ISIL key bases in the Middle East have collapsed, voicing hope for the total eradication of terrorism in the region.
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Zarif appreciates EU’s solid stances towards JCPOA
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Europe and Mogherini have taken good and firm stances on the JCPOA as evidenced by increasing banking and financial ties.
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Iran to US:
Iran’s effective fight against terrorism 'undeniable'
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – FM spokesman Ghasemi reacted to recent remarks by US Vice-President Mike Pence, saying no country can deny Iran’s constructive role in combating terrorism in region and the world.
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VP Jahangiri en-route to Sochi for SCO summit
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s delegation led by Vice-President Jahangiri has departed for Russia’s Sochi to take part in the 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
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Iran Red Crescent, IRFC stress joint coop. on regional ills
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – VP Jahangiri on Wed. called for expansion of cooperation between Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC) on addressing various issues in the region.
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Zarif to set off for Italy, Azerbaijan Thu.
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Zarif will depart for Italy Thu. followed by a visit to Azerbaijan on Fri. to take part in Med Dialogues conference in Rome and Heart of Asia summit in Baku.
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IRGC comdr. recounts US, CIA adventure of creating ISIL
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Deputy Commander in Chief of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Salami exposed some reports and evidence on the perpetrators of ISIL.
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IRGC Cmdr. Jafari:
ISIL caliphate over, terror threats still prevail
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – IRGC Commander Maj. Gen. Jafari said ISIL’s aspiration for achieving statehood has come to an end, but the threat of terrorist activities in the region is far from over.
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Iran’s Leader:
We will help wherever needed to confront US, Israel
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that Iran would provide help to confront the US and Israeli regime wherever there is a need for Iran’s presence.
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Larijani:
Afghanistan needs popular forces to combat terrorism
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Larijani while voicing concerns over the future of Afghanistan said the country needs to utilize motivated popular forces alongside the army in order to effectively fight terrorism.
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Larijani:
Closer Iran-Russia security coop. needed against new terror threats
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that terrorism has not been fully uprooted yet, calling for closer security cooperation between Iran and Russia to ward off the new wave of terrorist threats.
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Pres. Rouhani urges closer trade ties with Turkey
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – President Rouhani called for deepening economic relations with Turkey and the acceleration of full implementation of agreements between the two sides.
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Pres. Rouhani:
Iran-Russia coop. bolsters sustainable stability in region
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – President Rouhani deemed “positive” and “growing” Iran-Russia’s cooperation on settling crises and promoting peace and sustainable stability in the Middle East.
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Larijani stresses political solution to Yemeni crisis
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani has emphasized the need to resolve the Yemeni crises through diplomatic means.
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Some regional countries have 'ISIL-manufacturing factories': SNSC chief
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani argued that if ISIL had achieved its goals, a major disaster would have occurred, adding some of the countries in the region has an ISIL-manufacturing factories.
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Hariri returns home weeks after resignation
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Saad Hariri has finally returned to Beirut, more than two weeks after announcing his surprise resignation as Lebanon's prime minister from Saudi Arabia.
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Rouhani felicitates Leader, Gen. Soleimani on victory against ISIL
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – President Rouhani extended his felicitations to Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei and Cmdr. of IRGC Quds Force Maj. Gen. Ghasem Soleimani on ultimate victory against ISIL terrorists in Syria.
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Larijani:
APA to address regional security, economic convergence
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Larijani who is en-route to Turkey to attend the 10th meeting of Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) said the meeting will mainly address security issues and economic growth of member states.
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Iran voices support for any Afghan-led peace process
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – UN envoy Gholamali Khoshroo in his address at UN General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan stressed Iran’s support for any Afghan-led peace process and censured US’ destabilizing presence in that country.
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Velayati warns of new plots by ISIL sponsors
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Iran’s Leader top Aide Ali Akbar Velayati said the defeat of ISIL will provoke the terrorists’ founders and sponsors to hatch new destabilizing plots in the Middle East.