Iran

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Sep

Defense Power, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Hossein Salami

Iran Keeps Boosting Defense Power

There is no interruption to the development of defense technologies in Iran whatsoever, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami underlined. In an address to the opening of a permanent exhibition of IRGC Aerospace Force achievements, Major General Salami said the IRGC will never stand idle when it comes to the enhancement of defense capabilities. “We won’t stop generating power, and will acquire the techniques and formulas for the promotion of science and technology to defend our country’s vital interests and values,” he underscored. He also hailed the products put on display at the IRGC’s…

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26

Sep

Iran, JCPOA, Mike Pompeo, SANCTIONS, U.S.

The Flawed U.S. Effort to Revive Iran Sanctions

BY: David J. Scheffer PEJOURNAL - The United States has announced the reimposition of international sanctions against Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). But the parties to the deal, including China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom, say the United States cannot unilaterally invoke “snapback” sanctions because it withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018. The Donald J. Trump administration says the move is essential to prevent Iran from developing nuclear arms, and an executive order issued on September 21 imposed new sanctions on over two dozen…

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22

Sep

Defense, Iran, Know-How, Missile, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Yemen

Iran Has Supplied Yemen with Defense Know-How

PEJOURNAL - A senior spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the Islamic Republic has provided Yemenis with the experience and know-how in the defense sector. Speaking at a televised program on Tuesday, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi dismissed the claims that Iran has supplied missiles to Yemen. “We provided them (Yemenis) with the experiences in technology in the defense sphere, as they have learned how to produce missiles, drones and weapons in Yemen by themselves,” he underlined.“We have shared our experience and knowledge with the people of Yemen,” the general added. Unlike what the enemy is…

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22

Sep

Fareed Zakaria, FM Zarif, Iran, JCPOA, Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Council on Foreign Relations

FM Zarif made the remarks while speaking in a webinar with Fareed Zakaria

PEJOURNAL – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif believes that the US fresh sanctions against Iran are nothing new. Zarif made the remarks while speaking in a webinar with Fareed Zakaria, CCN's host and member of Board of Directors of the US Council on Foreign Relations; and other staff based in New York on Monday. The full text of his comments on various international questions which he made in answer to Zakaria's questions, including Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), relations with the US, Iran's foreign policy and normalization of ties with Israel, is as follows: Execution of Navid Afkari…

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22

Sep

Caucasus, China, Iran, Kavkaz, Kavkaz-2020, military drills, Russia

Russia launches Kavkaz-2020 military drills, featuring forces from Iran, China

PEJOURNAL - Russia has launched the Kavkaz (or Caucasus) 2020 joint military drills with neighboring countries in its Southern Military District and in the Black and Caspian Seas. The joint military exercises, which started on September 21 and will run through September 26 involve about 80,000 personnel, including officers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Russian Guard, as well as up troops from Iran, Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar and Pakistan. In addition, more representatives from the armed forces of Iran, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Sri Lanka will participate as observers of the military drills. About 12,900 military personnel from the participating…

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15

Sep

Assad, Erdogan, Iran, Lavrov, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Lavrov Between Assad and Erdogan

BY: Stanislav Tarasov* Translated BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL -The so-called new approach to the Syrian settlement outside the brackets envisages the implementation of the aspirations of Moscow and Tehran to establish contacts between Ankara and Damascus which would confuse the cards for many regional and external players. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paid a visit to Damascus, where he was met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and held talks with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem. The day before, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov also arrived in the Syrian capital. Lavrov’s trip from the point of view of the Arab…

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14

Sep

Abraham Accord, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Bahrain, France, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Africa, Persian Gulf, Pooya Mirzaei, Qasem Soleimani, The UAE, the United States, West of Asia

Abraham Accord, beginning of a new order in Middle East

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The order of events in Middle East, North Africa and West of Asia from the beginning of the 2020, was so rapid that when we think about the geopolitical arrangement of the region in last year, it seems that we are looking deep in history. After the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani and his friend, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, military and security arrangement of all fronts in Middle East has changed into a new order. Riots in Iraq and Lebanon as the main regional allies of Iran, new government in Iraq, Beirut suspicious blast, death…

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29

Aug

Arab World, Barakeh, Iran, Israel, nuclear power plant, United Arab Emirates

The First Nuclear Power Plant in Arab World

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - The United Arab Emirates grew to be the first Arab Country to open a Nuclear Power Plant on Saturday, raising concerns about the long-term consequences of introducing more nuclear programs to the Middle East. Two other countries in the region — Israel and Iran — already have nuclear capabilities. Israel has an unacknowledged nuclear weapons arsenal and Iran has a controversial uranium enrichment program that it insists is fully for peaceable purposes. The U.A.E., a tiny kingdom that has grown to be a regional heavyweight and international enterprise center, said it constructed the plant to…

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26

Aug

Abraham Accord, Anwar Sadat, Arab-Israel, Camp David Accords, Hezbollah, Hezbullah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Menachem Begin, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Persian Gulf, The UAE, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Zionist regime

Deciphering the revelation of Arab-Israel relations

PEJOURNAL - Revealing UAE Political Relations with Israel, continues the path of compromise rulers who, after losing to Zionist regime, sought the liberation of Holy Quds only from hotel lobbies and international conferences, and achieved nothing but repeated concessions of retreat from, did not have the Palestinian cause. The Arab states formally went to war with the Israel four times in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, but were defeated in all but one case.The infamous Camp David Accords, signed jointly by Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter, marked the beginning of the regression of the Axis rulers, and Egypt…

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15

Aug

arms embargo, Iran, U.S., UNSC

UNSC defeated a U.S. resolution to extend arms embargo on Iran

PEJOURNAL - The U.N. Security Council on Friday resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, with the Trump administration getting support from only the Dominican Republic. The vote in the 15-member council was two in favor, two against and 11 abstentions, leaving it far short of the minimum nine “yes” votes required for adoption. Russia and China strongly opposed the resolution, but didn’t need to use their vetoes. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the defeat of the resolution ahead of a very brief virtual council meeting to reveal the vote. The…

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