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Iran declares its readiness to return to all its obligations under the nuclear agreement


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18-08-2019 03:00 PM
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated on Sunday during his visit to Kuwait the Iranian proposal to sign a non-aggression treaty with the Gulf states.

Zarif said talks with Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah were good.

He noted that after a brief stop in Tehran to brief the president on the talks in Kuwait, he will begin his Scandinavian tour.

Earlier, the official IRNA news agency quoted the Iranian foreign minister as saying during a meeting with Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Zarif described the Iranian-Kuwaiti relations as friendly and fraternal and called for developing and deepening them.

The Iranian diplomat pointed to the need for cooperation of the countries of the region in the light of current and upcoming developments.

The Iranian foreign minister arrived in Kuwait on Saturday and met with members of the Kuwaiti-Iranian Friendship Society.

For his part, the Crown Prince of Kuwait described the interests of the region as higher and more important than anything else, stressing his country's readiness to cooperate and dialogue for the benefit of the region and its security and stability.

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IRGC navy chief: Presence of US, UK in the region means insecurity

irgc The presence of America and Britain in the Gulf region brings insecurity, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards navy, Alireza Tangsiri, was reported as saying by the ILNA news agency.
The Arabian Gulf states “will not even have water to drink, if something happens to one of the nuclear warships in the [Arabian] Gulf,” Tangsiri warned.
He continued: “Iran has no water problem, but the other [Arabian] Gulf states only make this region’s water drinkable through desalination. Now, if something happens to the nuclear warships [in the Arabian Gulf], the people of these countries will die of thirst.”
“We have vast capacities, while our enemies have never even witnessed snow and do not even have forests.”
Iran, alongside the Arabian Gulf states, is capable of providing security in the Arabian Gulf region, said Tangsiri.
“Our message in the region is a message of peace and friendship,” he said.
“We have put on the uniform of martyrdom to protect our interests and resources,” said Tangsiri. 

Tangsiri said that Iran wants peace and stability in the Gulf but appeared to issue a veiled threat by saying that if a ship that uses nuclear fuel were to be targeted in the Gulf, the countries in the south of the region will not have drinking water because of contamination, Mehr news agency reported.
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1 minute ago, Pitcher said:

We have vast capacities, while our enemies have never even witnessed snow and do not even have forests.”

 

What the hell does this mean.  This guy talks like river full of spew.

Everything was fine in the Gulf area until these morons started attacking and hijacking ships.  

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3 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Our message in the region is a message of peace and friendship,” he said.

 

Talk is cheap, your actions in the region say you want war.  If they say they are going to start enriching their uranium it will be time to take them out.  To allow them to continue building a nuclear arsenal is not going to end well. They are bad actors with bad intentions for the entire ME.  

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President Barham Salih on Sunday discussed with the Iranian ambassador to Iraq Erj Mosjedi the situation in the region, while Saleh discussed with the US ambassador 
"The President of the Republic received at the Peace Palace, Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Mosjedi," Saleh's press office said in a statement received by Al-Akhbaria. 
According to the statement, the latest political developments on the regional arena were discussed, and both sides stressed the need to ease tensions in the region and enhance regional security and peace.
In addition, President Barham Salih, in Baghdad, will accept the US ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller. 
During the meeting, they discussed ways of enhancing relations between the two friendly countries and developing prospects of cooperation in all fields to serve the common interests. 
The meeting reviewed the latest political developments on the regional and international arenas, stressing the necessity of easing tensions, adopting constructive dialogue and enhancing joint security cooperation to end crises in the region, thus contributing to the consolidation of international peace and security. 
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FM: Iraqi gov't rejects Israeli forces' presence in Gulf

Iran, Russia to stage joint drills in Arabian Gulf amid  regional tension Iraq rejects the participation of Israeli forces in the planned US-led security alliance to protect shipping in the Arabian Gulf, Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim said Monday. 

Washington is drawing together a group of nations to jointly patrol the strategic Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s belligerent activities in the Arabian Gulf, including Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged ship last month. 

Reports emerged last week that Iran’s arch nemesis Israel was open to contributing forces to the alliance. 

Baghdad is especially concerned about ongoing tensions between its allies in Washington and Tehran, fearing any escalation could drag Iraq into another war.

“Iraq will work to lower tensions in our region through calm negotiations,” Hakim later added. “The presence of Western forces in the region would raise tensions.”
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Iran thrusts Iraq into the line of fire

 
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For the first time since a 1981 airstrike destroyed Saddam Hussein’s clandestine nuclear capabilities, Iraqis find themselves under attack from Israel. Bases belonging to Iran-backed elements of Iraq’s paramilitary movement, Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, have been rocked by a succession of mysterious explosions, the latest at a weapons depot in Baghdad last week. As if there was any doubt, media and military sources in Tel Aviv concur that these blasts were indeed Israeli strikes.
Substantial arsenals of rockets — including Zelzal and Fateh-110 missiles with ranges of up to 700 kilometers — have been smuggled to Al-Hashd bases throughout Iraq. Al-Hashd militants even fired missiles at Saudi oil installations.
Did Tehran seriously believe that all-seeing, all-knowing Israel would not notice or act against these mushrooming missile stockpiles? Israelis claim that US President Donald Trump gave a tacit green light when he said: “We give Israel $4.5 billion a year. And they’re doing very well defending themselves.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had hurriedly visited Baghdad, apparently to show Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi images of rockets being amassed under his nose — warning that Israeli retaliation was imminent. Abdul-Mahdi rushed to Tehran on July 22, immediately after the initial Israeli strike, perhaps in a panicked attempt to forestall escalation.
Sanctions-wracked Tehran has been struggling to sustain its paramilitary posture in Syria. Even Hezbollah has seen its funding slashed. Russian President Vladimir Putin has furthermore made a show of keeping his promise to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of reining in the Iranian proxies. The strategic shift to Iraq was Tehran’s countermove. While Tel Aviv could rain hell down upon Iranian assets parked just north of Israel’s borders, comprehensive strikes against Iraq are logistically a different story; not least because Israeli F-35 warplanes cannot reach Iraq without refueling in mid-air (US military assets in Syria may have facilitated the recent strikes). Meanwhile, because Al-Hashd militants are on the Iraqi state payroll, cash-strapped Iran is in the enviable position of boasting a standing army that it doesn’t have to pay for.
Who runs Iraq? In response to US demands for Baghdad to commercially disentangle itself from Tehran, an Al-Hashd commander retorted: “Americans know that if any Iraqi government takes a step against Iran, it will be toppled in a few ‎weeks.” Yet parliamentarians were mystified at the Abdul-Mahdi government’s refusal to condemn missile strikes against Iraqi territory. As the Haaretz newspaper asked: “Is Iraq a new Israeli front in its war against the Iranian threat… Or is Iraq a hidden ally, which, even if it won’t participate in the war on Iran, also won’t interfere with foreign efforts — Israeli, American or Saudi — to fight Iran on its territory?”
Iraq’s ambassador to Washington controversially declared that “there are objective reasons that may call for normalizing relations with Israel.” Ongoing Iraqi-Israeli communications are a badly-kept secret; yet do these aspire to neutralize Iranian meddling? Or do these contacts enjoy Tehran’s blessing as a means of carving out zones of influence across the Arab world?

Parliamentarians were mystified at the Abdul-Mahdi government’s refusal to condemn missile strikes against Iraqi territory.

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As of 2011, any renewed Israel-Hezbollah war would have been fought along a narrow stretch of the Lebanon-Israel border. Hezbollah and its allies’ move into the Syrian Golan Heights widened the scope for conflict, encircling Israel to the northeast. The Iraq front now potentially drags in the entire region, particularly given Iran’s attacks against Gulf shipping and Israel’s mooted inclusion in a US-led protection force. Recent setbacks in Yemen are an additional factor that diminishes the pressure on Iranian-backed Houthis, who have become adept at firing showers of rockets toward civilian targets deep inside Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, Daesh is re-emerging. Just as Bashar Assad and Ali Khamenei acted as midwives for the birth of the Syrian branch of Daesh in 2012, when they released detained extremists en masse and enriched them with revenues from captured oil-fields, we should question whether Daesh’s current return to strength is a natural phenomenon. Its resurgence is occurring in areas of Iraq and eastern Syria under Al-Hashd control. Just as Daesh offered Assad the pretense of being a bulwark against extremism, the group’s continued existence removes pressure for Al-Hashd to disarm and demobilize.
Under Abdul-Mahdi’s recent decree, Al-Hashd had until the end of July to regularize its status as part of the armed forces. Yet militia commanders clamor that additional months are required. When Abdul-Mahdi ordered the withdrawal of the ill-reputed Al-Hashd 30th Brigade from Nineveh province, paramilitaries staged demonstrations to obstruct this withdrawal. Most experts see the decree as a dead letter that Al-Hashd will exploit as an opportunity to consolidate its status, while ignoring the decree’s objectives.
For the time being, the US has been doing a commendable job of piling pressure on the ayatollahs, including sanctions against numerous proxy entities. However, this is compelling Tehran to aggressively reinforce its bellicose regional posture. In this context, European attempts at appeasement are ill-advised. US National Security Adviser John Bolton has been making last-ditch attempts to block the release of an Iranian tanker detained by British authorities for allegedly smuggling oil to Syria. Such concessions simply convince the ayatollahs that dialing up the aggression is cost-free.
Iran has acted against Britain, Japan and other states as a cowardly means of flexing its muscles, while stopping short of attacks against US personnel that could trigger a devastating response. Trump and Bolton may similarly be using Israel as their attack dog, allowing them to claim that their hands are clean and they don’t desire war.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Hossein Salami boasts that Hezbollah alone possesses the firepower to “wipe the Zionist regime off the map.” Trump previously threatened that war with Iran would cause “obliteration like you’ve never seen before.” With such trigger-happy, unpredictable leaders on both sides, the decision-makers in Baghdad would be well advised to act decisively — both against Iranian rockets and against reckless, traitorous figures who have thrust Iraq into the line of fire.

  • Baria Alamuddin is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster in the Middle East and the UK. She is editor of the Media Services Syndicate and has interviewed numerous heads of state.

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Tehran is ready for the third step in reducing its commitments to the nuclear deal

Economy | 10:25 - 19/08/2019

 
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announced that the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday, Tehran 's readiness to implement the third step in reducing its commitments to the nuclear deal , which is still under study. 
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas al-Moussawi said negotiations with Europe on the nuclear deal had not reached a conclusion so far. 
Moussawi stressed that Iran does not want to escalate in the region, and welcomes dialogue and diplomatic moves to resolve the problems in the Gulf region.

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Tehran: Rouhani to visit neighboring countries soon
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi announced the Iranian government's program of conducting visits at the level of President Hassan Rouhani to neighboring countries in the near future "as part of the strategy of active diplomacy."
He noted Mousavi , in a press conference held on Monday morning, to the recent measures taken by France , which said that the Islamic Republic welcomes peaceful solutions and in this context , the French president had contacts with the spiritual, and the two sides exchanged visits of delegations from both countries. " 
Said Mousavi: likely Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Paris and be announced if confirmed, and Zarif is scheduled to visit China, Japan and other Asian countries, where he will hold talks on issues of common concern and bilateral relations.
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Britain is talking about a major challenge for Iraq in the confrontation between Washington and Tehran

Political | 01:24 - 19/08/2019

 
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Iraq is facing a major challenge in the current confrontation between Iran and the United States. 
The report points out that Iraq does not want to enter the conflict between two important allies, and does not want to be a proxy group between a neighbor and a strong ally. 
Cornish says the military and political leadership in Iraq met at the luxury presidential palace in Baghdad to discuss one issue: how to prevent Iran and its powerful ally from waging war against each other. 
The meeting, which took place on May 19, came at a time when tension between the United States and Iran over the nuclear project and Tehran's activities to spread influence in the Middle East peaked, and at a time when America sent military reinforcements to the Gulf after receiving information. About the possibility that US interests and allies could be threatened
According to the report, officials feared that Iraq, which shares a 1,400-kilometer border with Iran and has about 5,000 US troops along with a series of pro-Tehran Shiite militias, could become a battleground, noting that Iraq had suffered a long conflict with Iran and preceded the invasion. In 2003, he ousted President Saddam Hussein, and he just emerged from a 4-year-old war to get rid of ISIS. 
"Iraq is a success that emerges after four decades of conflict," writes Iraqi President Barham Salih. "We have no capacity, energy, resources or willingness to be once again the victim of a new proxy war." He called on Iraq's neighbors and allies not to undermine Iraq's hard-won success. "We say Iraq first, we don't want to lose our stability, we have suffered enough conflicts," he said.
Analysts fear the resurgence of the confrontation from Iraq could result from Iranian-backed militias, so strong that its leaders were among those attending the palace meeting, noting that their rise to power and influence was compared to the rise of Hezbollah, which has become the main force in Lebanon. 
The report noted that Washington took the threat from Iraq seriously, decided to close the consulate in Basra, and asked non-key employees of the Baghdad embassy to leave Iraq. 
The newspaper pointed to the role of Iranian-backed factions during the invasion and war, the US forces to return and cooperate with them under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization, which was formed in 2014 to confront the Islamic State, pointing out that these militias, numbering 100,000 members, became legal in 2016, and its leaders got On political influence in last year's elections, people voted by America were designated terrorists and entered parliament.
The report finds that while many praised the crowd's role in preventing ISIS fighters from reaching Baghdad, increasing their political and economic power since 2018 has turned them into a serious challenge for the Iraqi state, noting that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Shiite groups they support Iran "threatens the sovereignty of Iraq." 
Corniche reveals that a number of participants in the palace meeting preferred Tehran to Washington, and an official said that Iran was frustrated by the neutrality of Iraq, which was confirmed at that meeting, and hours after the Katyusha shell arrived on the Green Zone, which is the headquarters of the US embassy and government institutions. Pompeo linked the attacks to Iran, but no one has claimed responsibility for incompetent attacks that caused no casualties.
"It was a way to examine the limits of American patience," said Maria Fantapi of the International Crisis Group, adding that the party that did it knew Trump administration lines were victims. 
Pompeo canceled a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and hastily traveled to Baghdad to underline US concern about Shiite groups, the report said, noting that Washington did not specify the nature of the danger. 
Iraqi intelligence adviser Hisham al-Hashemi said the US intelligence "has a prejudice to prove," but a veteran Iraqi official spoke of "ugly threats" from Shiite militias against US facilities, including oil companies and diplomatic sites, and that leaders Iranian soldiers met with Iraqi militia leaders.
The fear of a rogue group pushing Iraq into a confrontation between Iran and the United States has been fueled by a missile that hit a Saudi oil facility in Yanbu, which the Houthis in Yemen have blamed, saying America is an Iraqi group. 
The report said that an Iraqi official said that the danger that America is talking about stems from Hezbollah battalions, which has 10,000 fighters, and classified by Washington as a terrorist group, but the Iraqi official questioned the US assessment, said: "According to our information the Iranians gave orders to this Groups not to beat. " 
Cornish recalls that the US ambassador to Iraq, Douglas Silliman, told Jan. 24 in Louvre that he feared a group not controlled by Iran would cause casualties among the Americans to make a name and expelled the Americans.
The Gulf region has seen tension this summer, especially after the Iranians shot down a US drone, and Washington responded by preparing for a retaliatory strike that Trump stopped 10 minutes ago, noting that Iraqi fears have not faded after the attack was foiled, especially as Trump said months ago during a visit. For US forces in Iraq, his country is using it to monitor Iranian actions. 
"The dilemma of Iraq is that the United States is an important ally, and Iran is an important ally," the report quoted Saleh as saying. "It represents an important trading area for Iran. There are social and religious relations. Every year millions of Iranian pilgrims pour into Iraq."
It is ironic that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has given Iran a chance to expand its regional influence. Iraqi exiles who have taken refuge in Iran, where their parties and leaders have been prepared, have been in power since 2003. Supported. 
The newspaper quotes hardliners in the US administration as saying that Iran's influence on the government and its proxy groups has turned Iraq into a satellite state, pointing out that Nuri al-Maliki, who ruled Iraq for eight years, rejects the allegations, and said he shook hands with the Americans, and made deals with them, and benefited At the same time from Iran.
The report finds that the latter's strong influence on Iraq means that if the administration decides to pressure the government there, the moderates will be inclined towards Iran. "The policy of blacklists, sanctions, siege and the threat of war will only increase," said Maliki, who was forced by Barack Obama's administration to step down in 2014. Enemies of America. " 
Cornish said that figures such as Hadi al-Amiri, who leads the Badr Organization, lived for years in Iran before returning to Iraq, accused of running death squads, and defending Iran altogether, raises fears, pointing out that he praised Iran's role in the campaign against ISIS, described a leader The Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guards Qassem Soleimani, "our friend, not our enemy."
However, some argue that replacing al-Amiri in uniform, adopting a nationalist rhetoric and the slogan "Iraq first," may make him the person the United States can talk to, weaken Iranian influence and the Sunni-Shiite sectarian rhetoric that has hindered national unity, Iraq is vulnerable to outside interference. 
The report notes that many interpreted the sanctions imposed on Iraqi leaders on the pretext of corruption as an American attempt to target figures associated with Iran, especially as these figures, such as Ameri, pushed for the departure of American advisors to the Iraqi army, pointing out that this did not prevent Ameri from meeting US officials, But he is still critical of what he sees as the administration's reckless stance on Iran, and says Iran's position is a thousand times wiser than America's.
The Iraqi Times concludes its report by noting that Iraq's leaders want to focus on its internal problems stemming from the rapid population growth and the country's need for educational institutions, yet Iraqi politicians feel that America and Iran are not seeking war, but they may make a mistake, says the Iraqi Foreign Minister Previous Hoshyar Zebari

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Under the headline: "Iraq is a hostage between Trump and Iran," the French weekly "Journal de Dimanche" published an investigation into the situation in Iraq in light of the refusal of Shiite militias to surrender their weapons and abandon their alliance with Tehran, in return for the US presence in Iraq and Trump's promise to punish Tehran.

The paper carries testimonies of Iraqi citizens who fear that their country could become a battleground between the United States and Iran in the event of an outbreak of the situation. The paper believes that the Iraqi concerns are justified by the geographical location and strategic position of their country, which is at the same time an ally and a subordinate to the archenemies Iran and the United States.

Le Journal de Dimanche continues to say that the deeper the dispute over the Iranian nuclear file, the greater the differentiation in Iraq. Worse still, the paper says, both countries have armed forces in Iraq that have multiplied the number and days of the war on the Islamic State (IS) in recent years.

On the one hand, there are at least 5,200 US troops. On the other hand, there are dozens of Iranian intelligence and military experts in Iraq, as well as Shiite armed militias whose intention is not to attack US interests in Iraq once they receive a green light from Tehran.

These data confirm that in the event of conflict between the United States and Iran, Iraq will turn into a confrontation arena. Iraqi MP Hakim al-Zamili says Iraq is a pawn of a strategic game.

Iraq already suffers from the economic consequences of the crisis. Iraqi businessman Bashir al-Wandi said the US sanctions had a major impact on the Iraqi market, as Iraqi businessmen could no longer openly deal with Iran to avoid being blacklisted and punished by Washington. Atta Mohammed, a merchant in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, says he is forced to pay cash to suppliers because of restrictions on money transfers.

At the government level, things seem more complicated: Iraq depends on 30% of electricity consumption on Iran, and Tehran demands Baghdad arrears and debts of up to 1.7 billion euros, and if you do not pay those debts or try to abandon Iran, Iraq will face a severe crisis in electricity Like those that happened last year in Basra in the south of the country.

To avoid this scenario, the Iraqi government announced that it would like to adopt a mechanism to circumvent US sanctions similar to what the Europeans did, which the Americans agreed to but only until October.

The French weekly goes on to monitor the manifestations of the indirect confrontation between the United States and Iran on the soil of Iraq, stressing that the country has become the scene of many incidents. In May, rocket-propelled grenades attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. In June, a military gathering was attacked north of Baghdad, and facilities belonging to the US company Exxon Mobil in southern Iraq were attacked.

The Americans have directly accused Iran and its Shiite militias of masterminding the attacks, a charge Tehran denies, accusing Washington and its Israeli ally of targeting its military bases, notably Ameri, and sabotaging ammunition depots, strikes that came as the United States continues to build new bases and recruit more troops. To Iraq, according to Asaad Shaker Ghazali, the Iraqi MP for the Sadeghoun bloc whose military arm is described as "Asaib Ahl al-Haq" by Iran.

The Iraqi government is trying to calmly address the situation despite its skepticism.In July, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree requiring all 110,000 militias and fighters to surrender weapons, evacuate military headquarters and abandon military and economic activities. In its first reaction to the resolution, the PMU spokesman, Muhannad Najem al-Kaabi, said they would respect the decision like all other government decisions. But a month and a half later, the resolution was not complied with, but commanders of military alliances asked for more time, while some reject the resolution as US dictates to weaken Iraq.

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In the midst of successive crises besieging Iraq due to the enlarged role of Iran and its affiliated militias and the repercussions of targeting Israel 's heavy "ammunition" stored in it, Tehran installed on the Iraqi border long-range missile defense systems «Power 373», which is the local version of the advanced Russian S300, in addition to "Khordad III", which shot down the US aircraft flying over the Strait of Hormuz.

A source in the «Revolutionary Guards», «newspaper»: We transferred to the Iraqi border ready systems for immediate delivery, as the Popular Mobilization asked us to provide him with early warning radar systems and air defenses of type Khordad III, after the recent Israeli aircraft strikes, from US bases He added, however, that we offered the Iraqi side to sell the radar systems on condition that his trusted men of army officers operate them there.

He explained that the purpose of this offer is to respect the sovereignty of Iraq, after the insistence of the Iranian government and the General Staff that the Revolutionary Guards respect the decision of the Baghdad government to integrate the Popular Mobilization with the army.

According to the source, the systems that Iran has installed on the border can monitor the targets within 400 km, stressing that the guards asked for permission about a week ago to hit targets on Iraqi territory from inside Iran, but so far has not received orders from the General Command.

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If the orders are not issued or the Iraqi government accepts the purchase of the Iranian air defense system, the only way to defend Iran's allies in the region would be to equip them with air defense systems directly to counter attack aircraft from Iraqi territory, he said.

He said that «because of the recent attacks on the weapons stores belonging to the Popular Mobilization, he transferred most of his weapons from the known places to another», pointing out that «the Revolutionary Guards opened its weapons stores in Kurdistan and Khuzestan and re-supplied the equipment that was destroyed, immediately, so as not to face shortages "In the weapons, if there is a battle, he is forced to enter any confrontation."

The source acknowledged that «Iraqi airspace is now under the full supervision of US forces, and can not fly in these airspace without permission, and therefore the Revolutionary Guards are sure that the raids on weapons stores in Iraq coordinated with it, and therefore warned the Popular Mobilization of Americans that he will respond to Their bases and soldiers deployed in Iraq, if attacked any site again ».

With the second day of Eid al-Adha, huge explosions took place like Baghdad did not witness in years. The panic has not ended, forcing many families to flee their homes north of the city.

 

* Al-Jarida correspondent in the Iranian capital

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Headed by Saudi Arabia, an urgent message from Iran to the Gulf states

Political | 03:46 - 19/08/2019

 
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Iran has received good signals from neighboring countries in the interest of the region and its people, government spokesman Ali Rubaie said on Monday. 
The news agency quoted Iranian "IRNA" for a spring as saying, " The neighboring countries are showing greater importance to the security of the region and friendly relations with Iran," pointing out that "Iran 's relations with Saudi Arabia and the UAE is different than it is with the United States", ". 
He pointed out that "Negotiating with Washington must be under equal conditions, and after the end of economic terrorism against Iran," 
the Iranian official reiterated that "Iran considers itself responsible for ensuring the security of the waters of the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman."
"Iran is ready to sign bilateral security, economic and customs agreements with all the Gulf countries," he said, adding that the agreements between the countries of the region would benefit their people and reduce costs.

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Abadi: Abdul Mahdi's government is committed to US sanctions

Political | 12:16 - 20/08/2019

 
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The former prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, on Tuesday, that the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi is committed to US sanctions and follow the same commitment announced by his previous government. 
Abadi said in an interview with Al-Monitor, "I was not a mediator in this sense, each state has its policies. Perhaps things at the stage of Barack Obama easier in terms of the relationship between the two countries, considering that Obama was keen on the nuclear agreement, and Iran's view of America "You cannot mediate unless there is a willingness on the part of both sides to negotiate. It is difficult to convey and tolerate messages. Their differences are not part of them, as are their agreements." This came in response to whether it facilitated any direct cooperation between the United States and Iran? Are they cooperating today in Iraq?
Responding to a question about his opinion on the Iraqi government's position towards US sanctions on Iran Is Abdul-Mahdi committed to it, saying: "Abdul-Mahdi is committed to US sanctions and follows the same commitment announced by my government, and deal with Iran and according to it, and Iraq did not violate these sanctions."

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US Blocks Billions of Dollars from Reaching Iran: Envoy

 

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ERBIL - US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook revealed on Tuesday that Washington has been able to block billions of dollars from reaching Tehran and its proxies.

The US has blamed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps for a number of attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in the past few months.

Hook further pointed out that during his first two years in the office, Iran's budget has went down by a great percentage over its alleged support to the IRGC and its foreign wing, the Quds Force.

"We are telling Iran that it is not acceptable to provide lethal assistance on a regular basis to terrorist organizations," Hook said, as cited by The Baghdad Post.

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Yo Snap - Those Mullah Fatwa’s Just Got ‘Blocked’ Again ! :o 

 

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America blocks about 2.7 million barrels per day of Iranian oil from the market


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The United States has removed about 2.7 million barrels per day of Iranian oil from world markets, according to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said that this comes as a result of Washington's decision to re-impose sanctions on all purchases of Iranian crude

Pompeo added that the US government is confident that it can continue this strategy

The foreign minister also said his country would take every measure consistent with its sanctions to prevent the Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar from delivering oil to Syria

 

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Discovery of an Iranian project through Iraq: an oil pipeline to the Syrian Banias

Discovery of an Iranian project through Iraq: an oil pipeline to the Syrian Banias

 

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2019-08-21 | 04:28

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An Iranian source said Wednesday that an Iranian project to build an oil pipeline to the Syrian port of Banias through Iraq has been unanswered.

The source said that "Tehran revived the idea of establishing a project to export oil through a pipeline that passes through Iraqi territory to the Syrian port of Banias on the Mediterranean ," noting that "this step is to circumvent US sanctions and avoid the Strait of Hormuz, which escalates fears of closure in the event of military confrontations between the States United and its allies on the one hand and Iran on the other. "

 

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the important straits in the world, through which more than 20 million barrels per day of raw materials and oil derivatives, most of which go to the markets of Asia and Europe.

 

He added that " Iran had previously put the project on Iraq officially in the past years, but stopped in 2014 after the invasion of the Islamic State of large areas of northern and western Iraq ," noting that "the Iranian oil project to the port of Banias includes the first two lines to build a full pipeline length of 1000 kilometers about half passes to Iraq , and to take advantage of the second tube KirkukBanias Iraqi stalled work since 1982 after Baghdad cut its relationship with Damascus because of siding with Iran in the war , which lasted for eight years. "

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that if Iran's oil exports stopped and international waterways would not be as secure as before.

This came during Rouhani's meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khamenei's official website reported.

"The world powers know that if oil stops completely and Iran's oil exports drop to zero, the international waterways will not be as safe as they were before," Rowhani said.

"Therefore, unilateral pressure on Iran will not be in the interest of these forces, nor will it guarantee its security in the region and the world."

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