Iran
Wednesday 27 January 2021
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Press TV
Iranian state TV channel
“Pompeo’s allegations come although all the US’ previous such accusations, including those made by former president George W. Bush’s administration — during which al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks against the US took place — have been discredited.”
Read more...Key al-Qaida leaders, supporters and several members of Osama bin Laden’s family took refuge in Iran, and some stayed there for years. -
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Saeed Khatibzadeh
Spokesman, Iran's Foreign Ministry
Iran's Foreign Ministry “rejected the false news of the presence of al-Qaida members in Iran and refused certain media reports claiming that one official of the terrorist group was assassinated in Iran.”
Read more...Sources since mid-October have reported the likely assassination of al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, in Tehran, where he was living under an alias. -
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Majid Takht Ravanchi
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
“Recently, in flagrant violation of the Court’s Order, the U.S. has intensified its pressures on the Iranian people in the midst of the pandemic outbreak…”
Read more...The U.N.’s highest court said in 2018 the U.S. should exclude food and medicine from sanctions on Iran, but it didn’t rule against all sanctions. -
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Mohammad Zareian
Iran's representative to the United Nations
“The report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (A/75/213) has been drafted solely based upon unverified, biased and tendentious sources and is nothing short of politically motivated.”
Read more...The U.N. report on human rights violations contains evidence from the Iranian government, rights groups, media, victims, their families and lawyers. -
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Yousef Tabatabai-Nejad
Ayatollah of Isfahan, Iran
“The misunderstanding of this example and the incorrect mentality of some media outlets caused them to divert public opinion from the main issues and problems of the country by fragmenting the mentioned speech, lying and inducing self-made material.”
Read more...The Iranian media correctly quoted the de-facto governor of the city of Isfahan as calling for violence against women who wear hijab “improperly.” -
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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Iran’s supreme leader
“The cardinal and unforgivable sin of a French magazine in insulting the holy face of the Prophet once again revealed the hatred and hostility of the political and cultural institutions of the Western world against Islam and the Muslim community.”
Read more...The French magazine has aimed its cartoon satire at other faiths as well, and past Western leaders have scolded it for going too far. -
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Hakim Hussein Kheirandish
Practitioner of Iranian traditional Islamic medicine
“Eating salt frequently protects from corona infection better than wearing a mask.”
Read more...Several research trials are studying the effect of salt and salt-based solutions against COVID-19. So far, none suggests eating salt instead of wearing a mask. -
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Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni
Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters
"Based on reliable information, planes operated by the NATO and the United States transport these illicit drugs in our neighboring country.”
Read more...NATO has been actively engaged in counter-drug trafficking operations in Afghanistan. The Iranians provided no evidence or identifiable sources for their claims, nor did the Russians -- the original source of the claim. -
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Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Aerospace Force brigadier general, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps
"During the Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet) war games in south Iran, IRGC successfully launched underground ballistic missiles for the first time in the world."
Read more...A first? Underground launch “silos” have been around since WWII, invented by Nazi Germany. Silos have been used worldwide since. Some say they’re outdated. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“For centuries, Syria has been a country where various ethnic and religious groups peacefully coexisted and safely coexisted ... This cannot but cause respect. We are convinced that such historical traditions should be fully preserved and continued.”
Read more...The Assad regime in Syria has relied heavily on religious sectarianism since seizing power in a 1970 coup d’etat. Ethnic minorities also have been systematically disenfranchised. -
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Press TV
Iranian state TV channel
“A senior Iranian judge says INTERPOL Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and political officials of the United States, including President Donald Trump, on charges of planning and implementing a terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital that assassinated Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani and his companions.”
Read more...INTERPOL has denied receiving the request and stated that it does not consider requests for red notices that it believes are “political.” -
![Majid Takht Ravanchi]()
Majid Takht Ravanchi
Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations
"‘Iranian origin’ of arms is a fallacy. UN Secretariat lacks capacity, expertise & knowledge to conduct investigations."
Read more...A United Nations report found that missiles used to attack oil facilities last year were similar to Iran’s. Analysts say the U.N. investigators do, in fact, have the necessary expertise.
