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Iran Maintains Persian Gulf Security

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic Republic maintains security of the Persian Gulf and the neighboring countries.
In a Saturday interview with Kuwait TV, Ahmadinejad stated that in addition to providing security, Iran supports the progress of regional nations.
The president also censured the policies of the United States and its allies, noting that they do not tolerate the progress of other nations.

Yielding to Bullying
He rejected the idea that other nations should ‘surrender’ to what the West wants for them.
“The Americans and the western governments never let other nations achieve success and development which run counter to their interests. Iran believes that promotion of justice and friendship will be to the benefit of all countries even the US and the western states,” Ahmadinejad said.
Referring to the US-led sanctions against Iran, Ahmadinejad reiterated that the move will in no way stop the Islamic Republic.
On October 15, the European Union foreign ministers agreed on a new round of sanctions against Iran, in spite of a UN warning against the humanitarian ramifications of the previous bans.
The illegal sanctions were imposed based on the unfounded allegation that Iran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran rejects the allegations and argues that as a committed signatory to

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Clashes erupted outside government offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut after thousands attended the funeral of security chief Wissam Al-Hassan who was killed in a car bomb on Friday.
Lebanese soldiers fired machine guns and rifles into the air and lobbed volleys of tear gas at hundreds of angry protests.
Protesters tried to storm the HQ, after a new call for Prime Minister Najib Mikat to resign. Police fired warning shots and tear gas.
Friday’s attack also killed one of Hassan’s bodyguards and a woman nearby.
Lebanon’s Shiite group Hezbollah - a close ally of the Syrian government - condemned the bombing.
Syrian Information Minister Omran Al-Zoubi called it a “cowardly, terrorist act”. He said such incidents were “unjustifiable wherever they occur”.
Hassan, 47, was close to the 14 March opposition and the Hariri family, part of the anti-Syrian opposition.
President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Mikati - who has faced calls for his resignation over the killing - greeted Hassan’s coffin at an earlier ceremony at the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces (ISF). Hassan headed up the intelligence branch of the ISF. The car bomb exploded close to its offices in the east Beirut neighborhood of Ashrafiya.

Iran in Group B of Women’s Asian Cup

Former champion and runner-up Thailand and India respectively who are gunning to make a comeback to a final of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup now know their opponents after a draw in Malaysia’s historic city Malacca for the qualifiers of the upcoming edition in 2014.
Among the 16 teams that were drawn, only Thailand and India have ever made it to the final match, and the Thais won the championship in 1983 after beating the South Asians. And that was the only time the Kingdom reached the final after finishing as the runner-up in 1981, 1977 and 1975, Afc.com wrote.
Host in 1979 India have made runner-up two times, in 1979 and 1983, and the later year was the pinnacle for the Indians that they are looking forward to achieving again this time around.
The Thais were drawn into Group B alongside South Asians Iran and Bangladesh as well as ASEAN hopeful the Philippines, while India has opponents from all corners of the continent--Myanmar from the ASEAN region, Taiwan from the East and Western Asians Palestine--as company in Group D.
Vietnam, who crashed out of the group stage in the last edition in 2010, were pooled in Group C with Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan from Central Asia and Bahrain, while Group A sees Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait locking horns to make the finals.

P5+1, Iran Talks In November

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday that Iran and P5+1 group would resume talks on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program in November.
“Based on the latest talks, the negotiations will take place in early or late November, of course the exact time and location is not clear,” Salehi said during a press conference with the Central African Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Gambi in Tehran, Fars News Agency reported. Salehi also denied a report in a US newspaper that Iran had plans for direct talks with the United States over its nuclear program.
The New York Times reported, citing Obama administration officials, that the United States and Iran had agreed in principle to one-on-one negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, though the White House quickly denied the report.
“We don’t have any discussions or negotiations with America,” Salehi said. “The (nuclear) talks are ongoing with the P5+1 group of nations. Other than that, we have no discussions with the United States.”
Several rounds of talks this year between Iran and world powers, dubbed the P5+1, have failed to yield a breakthrough.

Beirut Attack
Asked about the Friday terrorist bomb blast in Beirut, Salehi said he contacted his Lebanese counterpart after the blast and extended condolences to the families of the victims.
Describing the Zionist regime as the biggest enemy of the region, he said the drone that infiltrated the occupied territories frightened the regime and exposed its weaknesses.
“In order to divert the region’s attention from its weakness and powerlessness, the regime committed such a big crime and martyred a large number of Lebanese citizens.”
He said it was a big sedition to further complicate regional conditions, stressing that the vigilance of Lebanese people and factions will not allow that.
The minister noted that the enemies seek to foment discord in Lebanon and reignite civil war and conflicts among political factions but will fail given the vigilance of Lebanese factions and government.

Syria Initiative
Asked about Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi’s appeal for a truce in Syria during the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha and Iran’s possible plans for talks in the region about the proposal, Salehi said Mr. Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Turkish PM in Baku discussed the crisis in Syria and it was decided that the two countries issue a joint statement on halting clashes and violence in Syria during Eid Al-Adha.
He added that President Ahmadinejad also in Kuwait openly announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran invites conflicting sides in Syria to respond to the benevolent call for peace.
Salehi said while the Syrian government has announced readiness (to adopt the truce), the majority of the rebels have yet to announce their readiness, which clearly shows who really seeks an end to violence and bloodshed and who doesn’t.
He underlined Iran’s readiness to set the stage for negotiations between the Syrian government and its opponents, saying that contacts have been made with some of the opposition groups.
The minister was further asked about the arrest of 14 Iranian nationals in waters off Saudi Arabia. He said the foreign ministry’s deputy for consular affairs recently visited Saudi Arabia and discussed the issue with the country’s officials.

No Logic in Unilateral Iran Sanctions

Two Russian experts have dismissed US-led unilateral sanctions, including the recent EU ban against Iran on its nuclear energy program as illogical and baseless.
“It was an unprecedentedly tough round of sanctions against Iran. It’s impossible to see any logic in it,” Rajab Safarov, director of the Center for Modern Iranian Research told Press TV on the latest EU sanctions. The United States and the European Union have imposed unilateral illegal sanctions on Iran over its nuclear activities.
In the latest development, EU foreign ministers agreed to impose a new round of sanctions against Iran on October 15 despite a UN warning about the humanitarian ramifications of the previously imposed bans. The illegal US-engineered sanctions were imposed based on unfounded allegation that Iran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
“Just because Iran has uranium it doesn’t mean it (uranium) is going to be used for military purposes. The claims that the West makes that Iran may build a nuclear warhead within six to 12 months are groundless,” Vladimir Evseev, another Middle East expert, said. Iran rejects the allegations about its nuclear energy program, arguing that as a member of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a signatory to Non-Proliferation Treaty, it is entitled to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted toward military purposes.

13 Dead in Damascus Bomb Blast

A taxi rigged with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the UN envoy to the nation’s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.
Syria’s SANA state news agency said 29 people were also wounded in the blast in the Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria’s Christian minority.
Once largely immune to the violence that has swept over Syria since the unrest began in March 2011, Damascus has become a frequent target of bombings in recent months. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Sunday’s blast, but extremist groups fighting alongside the rebels have claimed to be behind bomb attacks against security targets in the capital.
Two Syrian officials speaking from the scene said the taxi blew up 50 meters (yards) from Bab Touma’s main police station. The officials insisted on anonymity because they were not allowed to brief the media.
An Associated Press reporter at the site of the blast said blood stained the street and sidewalks, shards of glass littered the pavement from shattered shop windows and the charred hulks of at least four cars littered the street.
Vegetable vendor Mohammad Hanbali, 27, said several people wounded in the blast were lying on the street when he rushed to help.
“It’s a cowardly act, carried out by terrorists,” said Hanbali, who was hit by a piece of shrapnel in the left leg.
SANA put the death toll at 13, while the anti-government Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 10 people were killed in the blast.
In another part of capital, UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met with Assad as part of his push for a cease-fire between rebels and government forces for the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which begins Oct. 26.
Syrian authorities blame the anti-government uprising that began in March last year on a foreign conspiracy and accuse Saudi Arabia and Qatar, along with the US, other Western countries and Turkey, of funding, training and arming the rebels, whom they describe as “terrorists.”
For months, Turkey served as headquarters for the leaders of the ragtag Free Syrian Army before the rebel group shifted its command to Syria. Turkey also hosts many meetings of the Syrian National Council opposition group.
Relations between Turkey and Syria, once close, have been deteriorating since the crisis began last year and Ankara became one of President Bashar Assad’s harshest critics.

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