‘Mosul Victory Sounded Daesh Death Knell’
Zarif to Visit New York Next Week
TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran’s chief armed forces
spokesman said Tuesday the liberation of Mosul from the
grip of Daesh terrorists sounded the death knell for the
divisive plots hatched by the U.S. and its regional allies.
“Regional nations will counter any act of aggression
and crush enemies of any size,” Deputy Chief of Staff
of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud
Jazayeri said. Commander of Quds Force Major General
Qassem Soleimani also hailed the recapture of Mosul as
a major victory in the battle against terrorism.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister
Muhammad Javad Zarif plans to attend a conversation
organized by the American think tank the Council on
Foreign Relations (CFR) in the New York City on July
17.
According to the think tank’s website, the senior Iranian
diplomat is going to discuss the “current developments
in the Middle East” in the upcoming meeting. Heading a
diplomatic delegation, Zarif will travel to the U.S. next
week for a series of UN-sponsored meetings.
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Islam Smashes Joint
Arab-Israelite Attack
By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz
“When they (Arab-Israelite hordes) came at you from above and below you,
and when the eyes rolled [with fear] and the hearts leapt to the throats, and you
entertained misgivings about Allah,
“It was there that the faithful were tested and jolted with a severe agitation.
“And when the hypocrites were saying, as well as those in whose hearts is
a sickness, ‘Allah and His Messenger did not promise us [anything] except
delusion.’” (Holy Qur’an 33:10-12)
The above ayahs of Surah al-Ahzab refer to the state of the hypocrites and
of those weak of faith amongst the Muslims in the year 5 AH when a mighty
10,000 strong joint army of Arabs and Israelites descended upon Medina with
the intention of killing Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and wiping out Islam.
It was obvious by the wordings of these ayahs that this was a divine tribulation,
yet those who feared battle and were reluctant to risk their life in exchange for
the eternal bliss of paradise in the defence of Islam, miserably failed. They not
just entertained doubts in the mission of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), but some
amongst them even conspired to hand him over to the enemies.
Infant Islam was facing its most grueling test. Archenemy Abu Sufyan was
confident that with the Israelites firmly on the side of the Arabs, the Jewish tribes
of Medina in secret contact with their co-religionists for breaking the pact with
the Prophet, and the Arab hypocrites amongst the Muslims serving as the 5th
column, it would only be a matter of time for complete victory.
Perhaps, modern analysts might draw similarities to the current situation of
the Muslim World, where reactionary Arab regimes which fund cannibalistic
terrorists and hypocrites, have openly ganged up with the illegal Zionist entity
under the auspices of the Great Satan (US), to try to wipe out the Islamic
Resistance and those with firm faith in Muhammadan Islam.
God Almighty is All-Wise, and He says in ayah 21 of Surah Ahzab:
“In the Messenger of Allah there is certainly for you a good exemplar,
for those who look forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remember Allah
greatly.”
Enshrining for posterity the faith of the steadfast during the crucial encounter,
He says in the next ayah:
“But when the faithful saw the (Arab-Israelite) confederates, they said, ‘This
is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Prophet
were true.’ And it only increased them in faith and submission.”
These and other ayahs of Surah Ahzab are permanent proofs of the universality
and immortality of Islam, and how gloriously it triumphed in Medina in 5 AH in
the decisive encounter with the Arab-Israelite hordes, and how it has continued to
thrive and enlighten the world throughout the past millennium and four centuries
despite the gravity of the plots of its satanic enemies in every age and place.
This means that for the true Muslims, firmly adhering to the path of the
Prophet, the present phase of Islamophobia by enemies of all hue and colour –
US, Zionists, Takfiris, Wahhabis, hypocrites, atheists, polytheists, etc. – is just
another divine test from which Islam, after due sacrifices, will emerge more
stronger, while this current lot of Lucifer’s hordes will vanish forever.
Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), on learning of the Arab-Israelite plot against
Islam, prepared the defences of Medina, whose natural fortifications were rocky
heights and thick palm groves, and on the suggestion of his Iranian companion,
Salman al-Farisi, dug a deep trench on the strip of the city that was vulnerable
to enemy attack.
When the joint Arab-Israelite army (in whose ranks was the veritable giant Amr
ibn Abduwad noted for his brute strength), arrived, it found its entry blocked by
the newly dug ditch. For some two weeks, the formidable force, confident of
its strength, maneuvered, shooting arrows at the Muslim defenders on the other
side.
On the 17th of Shawwal, Amr bin Abduwad, along with two other horsemen
found the narrowest point of the ditch and managed to spur their horses in a giant
leap to the other side. He then challenged the Muslims to combat, at which most
of the Sahaba (Salaf or exemplary progenitors for today’s Salafis, Wahhabis,
Takfiri terrorists) quaked with fear, while the hypocrites amongst them, devised
plans to seize the Prophet and hand him over to the enemy.
The Prophet of Peace appealed for calm and asked who will accept the infidel’s
challenge. He repeated these words and on all three occasions no one rose,
except his dear cousin, son-in-law and divinely-designated heir, Imam Ali ibn
Abi Taleb (AS).
Some of the Muslims (the 5th column), instead of responding to the Prophet’s
call, started to praise the strength and physical power of Amr bin Abduwad in
a bid to demoralize the ranks of the faithful – similar to what the self-styled
Muslims in the service of the US and the West do today by extolling the military
might of the illegal Zionist entity and the benefits for the Arabs to ally with the
Americans and Israelis against Islamic Iran.
The Prophet gave permission to the Imam to face the challenge of the ArabIsraelite warlord, saying “the embodiment of faith is all set to fight embodiment
of infidelity.”
The rest is history. Imam Ali (AS), after inviting Amr to Islam, and following
his refusal, telling him to leave in peace instead of risking his life, engaged in
combat.
With a flashing stroke his famous twin-bladed sword Dhu’l-Feqar, the Imam
dispatched Amr to the bowels of hell, but not before allowing him to renew the
life-and-death combat, because the cowardly representative of the Arab-Israelite
force, when hurled to the ground, had dared to spit at him.
At this the other two infidels fled, and as fear gripped the Arab-Israelite force,
God Almighty sent powerful gales to disrupt their camps. Soon the confederates
broke rank and fled.
No wonder, the Prophet hailed the Imam’s selfless feat which was solely for
the sake of God and without personal emotions involved, as “The stroke of Ali
on the Day of Khandaq is superior to the worship of the Thaqalayn (mankind
and jinn combined).”
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Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov in Tehran:
U.S. Deterring Trade With Iran Despite JCPOA
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, left, and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi meet in
Tehran for political consultations on July 11, 2017.
TEHRAN
(Dispatches)
--
President Hassan Rouhani said here
on Tuesday that sanctions imposed
on Iran over its nuclear program
affected the Iranian nation rather
than the government, contrary to
what its architects claimed.
“In spite of what the Western
world would claim, the sanctions
didn’t bite the government, they
bit the people. When sanctions
are imposed on our oil, and the
country’s revenues dwindle, all
government services are affected,”
Rouhani said.
The president, who was speaking
at a health conference, said the
“cruel” sanctions had even caused
U.S. Military Plane Crash
Kills 16 Officers
ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) -- A
Marine Corps refueling plane
crashed and burned in a soybean
field in the Mississippi Delta, killing
all 16 military members aboard in a
wreck that scattered debris for miles
and sent a pillar of black smoke rising
over the countryside.
It was the deadliest Marine crash
— in the U.S. or abroad — since
2005.
Fifteen Marines and a Navy
corpsman were on board the KC130 tanker when it corkscrewed into
the ground Monday afternoon about
85 miles (135 kilometers) north of
Jackson, the state capital, military
officials said. A witness said some
trouble in the procurement of
medical equipment, medication,
and pharmaceutical raw material.
He referred to his administration’s
efforts to engage more deeply
in negotiations with a group of
world powers over the bans and
said, “The first thing that had to
be resolved was the issue of the
sanctions.”
He said Iranian diplomacy,
supported by the people, proved
how it can succeed against the
machinations of big world powers.
Under the nuclear agreement,
which took effect in January
2016, Iran put certain limits on its
nuclear program in exchange for
the removal of sanctions.
U.S. President Donald Trump has
described the nuclear accord with
Iran as a “disaster” and vowed to
unilaterally scrap it. While he has
bodies were found more than a mile
away.
The Marines gave no immediate
details on the cause of the crash.
The FBI joined the investigation,
but Marine Corps Maj. Andrew
Aranda told reporters no foul play
was suspected.
The KC-130 is used to refuel
aircraft in flight.
The flight originated from the
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry
Point, North Carolina, and was
taking people and equipment
to Naval Air Field El Centro,
CAIRO (Dispatches) -- The so-called
California, when it went down,
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
officials said.
which is sympathetic to foreign-backed
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London-Based Monitor:
Daesh Leader Dead
militants told Reuters on Tuesday that
Italy’s FS Clinches $1.3bn Iran Railway Deal
TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran’s state
rail company and its Italian counterpart
signed a final agreement worth 1.2 billion
euros ($1.37 billion) on Tuesday to build
a high-speed railway between the cities
of Qom and Arak, the Fars news agency
reported.
The agreement was signed in a
ceremony in Tehran attended by Saeed
Muhammadzadeh, head of the Islamic
Republic of Iran Railways, and Renato
Mazzoncini, CEO of Italy’s state rail
company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).
A framework of “cooperation
not carried out that threat yet, his
administration is conducting a
“review” to see whether the accord
is in America’s “national interest.”
On Tuesday, a senior Iranian
official said a new meeting of
the Joint Commission monitoring
the implementation of the 2015
nuclear deal between Iran and
six other countries will be held in
Vienna on July 21.
Abbas Araqchi, who is the head
of the Iranian task force to monitor
the implementation of the deal,
made the remarks prior to his
talks with visiting Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.
Araqchi said Ryabkov was in
Tehran for political consultations,
adding that they would discuss
in advance issues that were to
be raised at the upcoming Joint
Commission meeting.
Among those issues, he said, were
failures on the part of the United
States to meet its commitments
under the nuclear deal as well as
the new U.S. administration’s
moves directed against the accord.
Ryabkov
criticized
U.S.
record in its compliance with
the requirements of the nuclear
agreement.
“We agree basically with
Iranian point that the U.S. not
only underperforms during the
whole period of JCPOA (Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action)
implementation, but we believe
and we see signs of U.S. acting
in contradiction and contravening
the requirements of the JCPOA,”
Ryabkov told Tasnim news
agency.
“That is an action or lack of
action that constitutes what I
would describe an noncompliance
with the requirements of the
JCPOA,” he said.
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agreement” was signed in April 2016,
when former Italian Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi visited Tehran seeking a
strong foothold in a nation hungry for
infrastructure investment.
Tehran has announced plans to invest
$25 billion over the next 10 years in
the modernization and expansion of its
railway network.
“One percent of oil and gas sales has
been dedicated to rail development
in Iran’s sixth development plan,”
Muhammadzadeh was quoted as saying
by Fars.
Iran is seeking to expand its rail network
to 25,000 km (15,500 miles) from 10,000
km currently, with 7,500 km already
under construction.
NIGC Sees Steep Rise in Gas Exports
Iran will see a steep rise in its natural
gas output and exports after last year’s
easing of Western sanctions, its deputy
oil minister said on Tuesday, adding that
recent deals with global firms show they
believe sanctions will not come back.
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it had “confirmed information” that
Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has
been killed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said
in June that it might have killed
Baghdadi when one of its airstrikes
hit a gathering of Daesh commanders
on the outskirts of the Syrian city of
Raqqah, but Washington said it could
not corroborate the death.
“(We have) confirmed information
from leaders, including one of the
first rank, in Daesh in the eastern
countryside of Dayr al-Zawr,” the
director of the British-based war
monitoring group Rami Abdulrahman
told Reuters.
Baghdadi’s death had been announced
many times before but the Observatory
has allegedly a track record of credible
reporting on terrorists in Syria.
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