Iranian Affairs

[Khafee]

No Measure against Iran to Go Unanswered: Zarif
June, 10, 2019
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back at the Israeli prime minister over his warmongering remarks against the Islamic Republic, saying any measure against Iran would be followed by “a decisive response”.

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Speaking to reporters at a joint press conference with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, in Tehran on Monday, Zarif pointed to claims against Iran’s nuclear program and said, “You should ask a regime possessing nuclear weapons about how (Benjamin) Netanyahu stands next to the Dimona (reactor), a nuclear weapons site, and says Iran should be destroyed.”

Zarif was referring to Netanyahu’s remarks back in August 2018, when he used a visit to Dimona, a secretive Israeli atomic reactor, to warn Tehran that Tel Aviv has the means to destroy the Islamic Republic, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to its assumed nuclear arsenal.
“Of course, no one can act against our people without receiving a decisive response,” the Iranian top diplomat said.

Iran has never waged a war against any country and will not do so in future, Zarif said, adding that if any country starts a war on Iran, however, it would definitely not be the one that ends it.

Zarif further pointed to his earlier meeting with Mass, saying he had “good talks” with the German top diplomat about ways to reduce regional tensions.

Maas arrived in Tehran on Sunday night. His visit is part of a concerted European effort to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers following the US withdrawal from the accord.

He is also scheduled to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Tensions between Washington and Tehran have been rising since US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and imposed unilateral economic sanctions against Iran, mainly targeting its energy dealings on the global market.

On the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran announced that it would suspend the implementation of some of its commitments under the deal, announcing that it would stop exporting excess uranium and heavy water, setting a 60-day deadline for the five remaining parties to the deal to take practical measures towards ensuring its interests in the face of the American sanctions.

No Measure against Iran to Go Unanswered: Zarif - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back at the Israeli prime minister over his warmongering remarks against the Islamic Republic, saying any measure against Iran would be followed by “a decisive response”.

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[Khafee]

Iran’s Rouhani Urges Europe to Resist US, Fulfil JCPOA Commitments

• June, 11, 2019

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Europe to resist the United States’ economic terrorism against the Iranian nation and live up to its obligations as per the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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“We expect Europe to stand up to and resist America’s economic terrorism against the Iranian nation and fulfill its obligations in accordance with the JCPOA,” Rouhani said in a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Tehran on Monday.

He added that following the US withdrawal from the deal, Iran could have done the same on the strength of Article 36 of the JCPOA, but rather decided to remain patient and give other signatories a chance.

Maas had earlier in the day met with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.

He arrived in Tehran on Sunday night. His visit is part of a concerted European effort to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers following the US withdrawal from the accord.

The US has ratcheted up pressure on Iran since last year after withdrawing from JCPOA.

Since then, the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to reduce Iran’s oil exports to “zero,” and has sent an aircraft carrier strike group, a bomber squad, an amphibious assault ship, and a Patriot missile battery to the Middle East to try to stack up pressure on Tehran.

Iranian officials, however, have dismissed such moves as psychological warfare, saying the country has its own ways of circumventing the American bans and selling crude oil.

On the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran announced that it would suspend the implementation of some of its commitments under the deal, announcing that it would stop exporting excess uranium and heavy water, setting a 60-day deadline for the five remaining parties to the deal to take practical measures towards ensuring its interests in the face of the American sanctions.

Iran’s Rouhani Urges Europe to Resist US, Fulfil JCPOA Commitments - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Europe to resist the United States’ economic terrorism against the Iranian nation and live up to its obligations as per the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

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[Khafee]

Iran’s Zarif Hails German Recognition of Need for Practical Measures to Save JCPOA
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister described talks with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, in Tehran on Monday as “frank” and hailed “Germany’s recognition” that in order to save the 2015 nuclear deal, there need to be practical measures to make sure that Iran benefits from the accord.

• June, 11, 2019

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“Frank talks with @HeikoMaas. Welcome German recognition that practical measures to ensure Iran’s economic dividends are essential to preserve #JCPOA,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said on his Twitter account later on Monday.

“We concurred that dialog among regional countries is crucial. But @realDonaldTrump's "economic war" is THE cause of all tensions,” he added.
Germany’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that addressing ways to save the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), following the unilateral withdrawal of the US from it in May last year, was the main goal of Maas’ visit to Iran.

In a meeting with Maas on Monday evening, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Europe to resist the United States’ economic terrorism against the Iranian nation
and live up to its obligations as per the nuclear deal.

“We expect Europe to stand up to and resist America’s economic terrorism against the Iranian nation and fulfill its obligations in accordance with the JCPOA” Rouhani told Germany’s top diplomat, adding that following the US withdrawal from the deal, Iran could have done the same on the strength of Article 36 of the JCPOA, but rather decided to remain patient and give other signatories a chance.

Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran.

US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the JCPOA in May 2018 and re-imposed harsh sanctions against the Islamic Republic in defiance of global criticism.
On the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran announced that it would suspend the implementation of some of its commitments under the deal, adding that it would stop exporting excess uranium and heavy water, setting a 60-day deadline for the five remaining parties to the deal to take practical measures towards ensuring its interests in the face of the American sanctions.

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[yavar]

No Measure against Iran to Go Unanswered: Zarif
No Measure against Iran to Go Unanswered: Zarif - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency

Hezbollah said to bypass US sanctions by entering drug trade into Europe
Hezbollah said to bypass US sanctions by entering drug trade into Europe


Iran deports 100,000 Afghan refugees due to sanctions
Iran deports 100,000 Afghan refugees due to sanctions


EU countries specifically France and Geremy England after 90 days period will face conceconcess and the effect will start kicking in after year time and European public will feel it


there will be consequences the days of runing round Loose has ended

 

[Persian Gulf]

EU countries specifically France and Germany England after 90 days period will face conceconcess and the effect will start kicking in after year time and European public will feel it

there will be conceconcess the days of runing round Loose has ended

I think you mean consequences dadash

This is good news, EU must decide if it wants to be independent or puppet of US. They have played games with Iran re: INSTEX etc for long enough. After they tried to stop Trump violating JCPOA and got humiliated now they try to tell Iran that we should negotiate again! These guys are hilarious

 

[Lieutenant]

I think you mean consequences dadash

This is good news, EU must decide if it wants to be independent or puppet of US. They have played games with Iran re: INSTEX etc for long enough. After they tried to stop Trump violating JCPOA and got humiliated now they try to tell Iran that we should negotiate again! These guys are hilarious

But the EU will get severely punished by Trump if they in any way defy US policy against Iran do not you think?

 

[Persian Gulf]

But the EU will get severely punished by Trump if they in any way defy US policy against Iran do not you think?

The problem is that they are currently pleasing nobody and angering everyone. They already have said they support JCPOA and will try to maintain it despite US opposition and violation, this has angered the US. But their steps in trying to maintain the JCPOA have been minimal and almost non-existent, angering Iran!

There is growing awareness among EU leaders (such as Heiko Maas, Bruno Le Maire, Moghereini etc) that they must build the architecture to circumvent illegal US extraterritorial sanctions. The EU has always regarded such sanctions as illegal dating back to the Helms-Burton and D'Amato Acts of 1996 that imposed extraterritorial sanctions against Cuba. Without doing this they cannot have an independent foreign policy.

The EU needs an independent foreign policy. The EU will be much more affected by a conflict in Iran than the US will, due to geographical location. Millions of refugees will flood into the EU. Iran also invests millions and loses dozens of soldiers fighting the drug trade from Afghanistan into the EU every year. The EU also doesn't share the same hostility to Iran that the US government has (no EU hostage crisis for example) and could benefit a lot from investment in Iran.

The EU and the US have broad economic parity (in terms of GDP), but it is because the USD dominates as the world's reserve currency that the US can weaponise this leverage in the form of coercive extraterritorial sanctions.

I think the EU has to make some difficult decisions now to build the architecture for an independent and strong European entity of the future (they are producing new documents with official goals and values every month - but this is the only way they can achieve these goals), such as by completing the INSTEX SPV (extending it gradually to oil trade then ALL trade and allowing third parties to use it too) and by completing vital eurozone reforms to promote the role of the Euro in international trade etc.

 

[yavar]

i think memebers misunderstood.
what IRI Iran meant was, the reverse immigration to Afghanistan will harden the Afghan public will be able to come to Iran no problem, but they can NOT go back ,
what they mean is the Afghan refugee campes which are built in khorasan province in eastern border will be dismantold totally and the new camps i will open in western border in Azarbijan province,

so the Ghani gavorment has got nothing to worry about

Turkish official already face massive problem but it will be increased by 3 to four fold

in 2017
Turkey Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak 3 million new immigration wave from Iran "We worry that the Iranian state is ignoring their migration toward Turkey,"
3 million new migrants could come to Turkey from Iran, Deputy PM Kaynak says

+ the operation in Idlib syria will make new waves of refugees to Turkey so ............



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soon Tons i mean massive tons drugs will hit western Europe i mean the street + cheap

as I said before there will be consequences for EU the days of runing round Loose has ended

 

[Persian Gulf]

as I said before there will be consequences for EU the days of running round loose has ended

I think these are "nuclear" options so to speak, they should not be used easily. It will fully turn Europe (and Turkey) against us, but of course when Europe is 'for us' and still supports sanctions indirectly and does not keep its obligations then what is the difference...

We also have the option of a promised "strategic leap" to upset the Europeans if they continue to not perform their obligations under JPCOA/UNSCR 2231

 

[Persian Gulf]

Japan PM Shinzo Abe arrives in Iran in bid to ease tensions as mediator

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tehran on Wednesday as he tries to position himself as a mediator between Iran and the United States to help reduce heightened tensions between them. Abe, the first sitting Japanese prime minister to visit Iran since Takeo Fukuda in 1978, will hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani later in the day.

Abe's itinerary also includes a meeting with Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday. It will be the first time a Japanese prime minister has met with the supreme leader, who ultimately determines the country's policy direction.

"There are concerns over rising tensions in the Middle East. While the situation attracts the attention of the international community, for peace and stability in the region Japan wants to play a role as much as it can," Abe told reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport before departing for a two-day visit to Tehran. "To ease tensions, I'd like to have a frank exchange of views" by taking advantage of Tokyo's traditionally friendly ties with Tehran, Abe said.

Abe's symbolic visit comes as Washington has left the door open for dialogue despite its abrupt withdrawal last year from the nuclear accord and the reinstating of economic sanctions. Japan is not a member of the deal but has been a supporter.

The trip gives Abe a rare opportunity to raise his diplomatic profile ahead of a Group of 20 summit in Japan on June 28 and 29 before an election for the upper house this summer. The challenges for Abe appear to be manifold, including smoothing the way for potential dialogue between Iran and the United States, Japan's longtime security ally, by helping bridge the rift between them. But Abe would not simply be a mediator, Japanese officials say, as Tokyo's aim is to ensure stability in the Middle East, a critical factor for resource-scarce Japan. Iran had long been one of the major oil exporters until the United States ended its sanctions waivers granted to Iranian crude buyers.

Before making the trip official, Abe secured backing from U.S. President Donald Trump, who was on a state visit to Japan in late May, for his efforts to reach out to Iran. Abe also spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.

Tensions in the Middle East have risen in recent weeks, roughly a year after Trump's decision to leave the international nuclear accord that led to the lifting of economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for its curbing of nuclear activities. Iran said in May it was suspending some of its commitments under the deal. Tehran set a 60-day deadline to negotiate new terms, saying it would keep more enriched uranium than allowed under the agreement initially reached with the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. Washington has dispatched an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the Persian Gulf, and decided to send additional U.S. troops to the region.

Trump's more aggressive approach to Tehran has prompted a delicate balancing act by Japan, which marks the 90th anniversary of its diplomatic relations with Iran this year. Since returning to power in 2012, Abe has held seven meetings with Rouhani.

Abe urges Rouhani to avoid escalation of Iran-U.S. tensions

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departs Tokyo for a two-day visit to Tehran, saying he wants to have candid talks with the Iranian leadership to secure stability in the Middle East, in a high-stakes attempt to act as a mediator between Iran and the United States.

english.kyodonews.net

 

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Iran has no intention of making nuclear weapon, Abe says
Comments come after Japanese Prime Minister meets with Khamanei
Published: June 13, 2019
Reuters
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tehran, Iran June 13, 2019.


Tokyo: Iran has no intention of making or using nuclear weapons, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Thursday by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

“Supreme Leader Khamenei made a comment that the country will not and should not make, hold or use nuclear weapons, and that it has no such intentions,” Abe told reporters in Tehran following his meeting with Khamenei.

Abe’s comment was broadcast on Japanese public broadcaster NHK.

Iran has no intention of making nuclear weapon, Abe says

Comments come after Japanese Prime Minister meets with Khamanei

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[yavar]

U.S Trump visit to Japan And Joint Press Conference with the Prime Minister of Japan : No regime change, current Iranian leaders, Prime Minister of Japan next visit to Iran

 

[Persian Gulf]

Mr. Shinzō Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, met with Ayatollah Khamenei-- the Leader of the Islamic Revolution-- this morning June 13, 2019.

Pointing out the Japanese Prime Minister's remarks regarding the United States’ request to negotiate with Iran about the nuclear issue, Ayatollah Khamenei held: "The Islamic Republic of Iran negotiated for 5, 6 years with the United States and the Europeans—the P 5+1—which led to an agreement. But the United States disregarded and breached this definite agreement. So, what common sense would once again allow negotiations with a state that has thrown away everything that was agreed upon?"

The Leader of the Revolution quoted the Japanese Prime Minister again regarding the US determination to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons and added: "We oppose nuclear weapons, and we have issued a religious fatwa (verdicts) prohibiting building nuclear weapons. But rest assured that if we wanted to build nuclear weapons, the U.S. would not be able to do anything about it, and the United States’ prohibition would not be an obstacle."

Insisting that stockpiling nuclear weapons is unreasonable, Ayatollah Khamenei remarked: "The United States has no competency, by any means, to speak out about what country should or shouldn't have nuclear weapons. Because the United States possesses arsenals of thousands of nuclear warheads."

I don't consider Trump worth sending a message to, we won't negotiate with U.S.

Mr. Shinzō Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, met with Ayatollah Khamenei-- the Leader of the Islamic Revolution-- this morning June 13, 2019.

english.khamenei.ir

 

[Persian Gulf]

Iran Rescues Oil Tankers’ Crew, Transfers Them to Jask Island

Iranian Search and Rescue vessel NAJI has managed to rescue 44 crew members of two oil tankers which had been targeted in the Sea of Oman, transferring them to the Iranian Island of Jask.

The two oil tankers, the Front Altair carrying the flag of Marshal Islands and the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous, caught fire for unknown reasons on Thursday morning some 40 kilometres south of Iran’s Jask Island.

Shortly after the incident, the Iranian rescue vessel NAJI approached them and managed to rescue the crew members and transfer them to Jask.
An informed source at the Iranian Armed Forces said after receiving call for emergency help from crew members of incident-hit vessels in Sea of Oman, several boats and choppers of Iranian Navy were dispatched to the scene along with rescue forces, and transferred some of the crew to Jask Port.

Iran Rescues Oil Tankers' Crew, Transfers Them To Jask Island - Iran Front Page

Iranian Search and Rescue vessel NAJI has managed to rescue 44 crew members of two oil tankers which had been targeted in the Sea of Oman, transferring them to the Iranian Island of Jask.

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Video of rescued crew in Iran Jask Island:

 

[Persian Gulf]

The crew of the Japanese ship are disputing that they ship was damaged because of a mine, saying instead that a 'flying object' attacked them:

'Flying objects' damaged Japanese tanker during attack in Gulf of Oman

Two “flying objects” damaged a Japanese tanker owned by Kokuka Sangyo Co in an attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the company president said on Friday.

“The crew told us something came flying at the ship, and they found a hole,” Katada said. “Then some crew witnessed the second shot.”

Katada said there was no possibility that the ship, carrying 25,000 tons of methanol, was hit by a torpedo.

'Flying objects' damaged Japanese tanker during attack in Gulf of Oman

Two "flying objects" damaged a Japanese tanker owned by Kokuka Sangyo Co in an attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the company president said on Friday.

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I think it's total rubbish, why would Iran attack a Japanese ship whilst Shinzo Abe is in Iran, the first visit by a Japanese PM to Iran since 1978?