According To Iran News, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that there have been no direct talks between Iran and the US to exchange prisoners.

Referring to the recent Iran-US prisoner swap, Mousavi said, “The swap was implemented due to humanitarian reasons. The US has held a number of our citizens hostage claiming they have violated US sanctions.”

Noting that US sanctions are illegal and baseless, Mousavi maintained, “During this time with the help of the Swiss government, we have tried our best to utilize all our resources.”

“The Swiss government was responsible for the negotiations and there were no direct talks between Iran and the US,” he added.

“If the Swiss government continues to cooperate, we are ready to repatriate the rest of the Iranians who are in US custody,” he said, adding, “We do not care much about the internal affairs of the US. What is important for Iran is the actions of various US governments, which, unfortunately, have not been able to establish trust between the two countries.”

“US left the negotiating table and violated its obligations under UN Resolution 2231, and we do not think that there will be any change if trump wins the upcoming election or not,” Mousavi said.

Other Iranian authorities have also dismissed claims by the United States administration that a recent prisoner swap between Washington and Tehran was the outcome of successful negotiations between the two sides.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Friday that US President Donald Trump is trying to use the release of American national Michael White from Iranian custody as a political gimmick as he seeks to divert public attention from his numerous failures.

Officials in the US administration have claimed that it was Trump who got the release of White from Iran.

Shamkhani, however, dismissed those claims, saying the US president wants to cover up his failures in dealing with various crises, including the new coronavirus pandemic and the spread of anti-racism protests across the US.

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The measure of heads of three branches of the power for increasing the price of gasoline by 300 percent led to protests and discontent with different approaches regarding the issue, and of course rioters and thugs by destroying the public properties deprived the people from staging peaceful protests while their lives being affected by the hike in fuel price and rise in the prices of other commodities, and their voices were silenced in their throats.

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In such a condition, the Supreme Leader took the rein by endorsing the decision of the heads of three branches of the power for increasing the gasoline price and actually he guaranteed the life and survival of the government.

The Supreme Leader, two days after government decision to raise the gasoline price and during his class in a speech, accompanied with a logic and expertise analysis, endorsed the decision to raise the gasoline price and after this speech, majority of the people in the country stopped protesting and swallowed their protests and left the protest scenes.

The day after Supreme Leader’s speech, Majlis was to take measures in order to kill the decision of increasing the price of gasoline to 3000 tomans per liter.

But a message by the Supreme Leader to Majlis was like pouring water on the fire and Majlis like people calmed down.

A secret message was embedded in Leader’s speech which reminded us of a sentence from the Holy Quran which says “He (God) said I know what you do not know”.

Let’s have a look at the Supreme Leader’s message to Majlis as he says, “Following remarks made by some respected lawmakers about the decision of heads of three branches of the power, it is necessary to tell the lawmakers that any act in Majlis on this issue should be based on the Supreme National Security Council’s (SNSC) approval and they should not exceed it, and the critical condition in the country should be taken into consideration. I pray God for your success.”

Emphasizing the SNSC decision in this decision regardless of this point that Majlis is in charge of legislating the government’s financial activities points to some information that it has not to be revealed yet three weeks after it.

In other words, one can say that the country needed a decent policy and decision to save it from this critical condition. Of course the Supreme Leader’s prudence in gasoline issue cost the Iranian nation dear but if people draw conclusion that  they have put behind a big plot which was expected to have huge costs on the revolutionary country which has given thousands of martyrs, they will definitely praise the Supreme Leader’s decision and they see themselves as real example to “you do not know”.

At the time when the peace and calm was restored in the country and the plot was thwarted in the country, enemies raised hue and cry as they protested why Iran’s government had cut internet access in the country. This hue and cry was constantly echoed through mouths of hundreds of seditionists.

With a simple analysis one can say that security officials have accurately hit the target. Cutting the internet access had cut the communication channels for exchange of guiding messages of enemies to their insiders in the country, in another word, enemies’ plots were thwarted through wise and amazing measures of Iranian security officials. Well Done. The government decision to hike the price gave proper pretext to rioters but the main winner of this decision was the sacred Islamic establishment of Iran.

As Imam Jafar Sadeq says, “Praise be to God, who made our enemies fools”, a hidden helping hand came to the rescue of the country and surprised the enemies of the Islamic Revolutionو and it put enemies in disarray and up in the air, as they failed to get any result from their plot.

From what Mir Hossein Mousavi said in insulting the pillars of the revolution, it was clear who were after success of enemies in creating such mayhem. From Syed Mohammsd Khatami’s breaking norms, one could realize that which part of enemy was burning as they opened their filthy mouths to express their inappropriate hatred against the leadership.

This is where one can hail the revolutionary, indefatigable wise Iranian nation who once again created another epic bigger than Dey 9 epic and gave a crushing response to enemies and we can say as long as this insight is awake in this nation, enemies will never taste success.

 By: Hamid Reza Naghashian

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He described the U.S. under President Donald Trump as “the most warmongering country in its history,” denouncing it for destabilizing the international security system through unilateralism and extra-territorial sanctions.

“If a wide range of countries decide to stand up to the illegal US blackmail and bullying, we can make the U.S. retreat and adopt a rational and responsible behavior in the international system,” he added.

Iran’s top security official also complained that the US has been using the monetary and banking system as well as international financial networks as a weapon for aggression against independent countries.

“No title other than economic terrorism suits this US behavior,” he said.

Washington has not only been pursuing the policy of toppling governments and destabilizing states, but has also been slapping secondary sanctions on all states based on its agenda of economic terror, the senior Iranian official added.

Shamkhani further called on independent countries to create “multilateral mechanisms” to break the US’s dominance on the global monetary system.

Referring to the U.S. blacklisting of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), he emphasized that the elite force is part of the Iranian Armed Forces and has a brilliant record in the fight against terrorism.

On the contrary, he added, the U.S. Army and intelligence agencies have been the biggest sponsor of terrorist groups in recent decades.

Additionally, Shamkhani said the U.S.’s withdrawal from a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal and Europe’s inaction paved the way for fading diplomacy and dialog as solutions to security challenges.

He said that most of the countries have supported Iran’s “wise” behavior when it gave diplomacy a chance and waited one year in patience before suspending some of its commitments the nuclear deal.

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However, he added, before speaking of any talks with Iran, the US administration should compensate for the violation of its obligations and damages it inflicted on the country.

The Americans believe that negotiations are part of their pressure campaign and not a possible solution to the problems, the top security official noted.

Shamkhani went on to say that the Americans use “all instruments of pressure and psychological warfare” before any talks.

The remarks came against the backdrop of increased tensions between Iran and the US with Washington imposing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

The US has ratcheted up pressure on Iran since last year after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Since then, the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to reduce Iran’s oil exports to “zero,” and has sent an aircraft carrier strike group, a bomber squad, an amphibious assault ship, and a Patriot missile battery to the Middle East to try to stack up pressure on Tehran.

Iranian officials, however, have dismissed such moves as psychological warfare, saying the country has its own ways of circumventing the American bans and selling crude oil.

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Pointing to the rising number of visits by officials of different countries to Iran recently, the spokesman said, “The bulk (of visiting delegations) are representing the US. Some (of the visits) are publicized, while a number of the trips remain confidential.”

Khosravi emphasized that the Islamic Republic, however, sticks to its principled policies and conveys to the visiting officials, without exception, the message of “might, logic, and resistance” of the Iranian nation.

“We have announced explicitly that the approach will remain the same as long as the (US) behaviors do not change, the country’s (Iran’s) rights are not fulfilled, and they (the Americans) do not abandon (hostile) rhetoric and adopt practical measures. There will be no negotiation at all,” he underlined.

In comments on Monday, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani categorically dismissed the idea of direct negotiations with the US under the current circumstances, and stressed the need for resistance against an ongoing economic war waged by Washington.

“Today’s circumstances are not suitable for negotiations at all, as our conditions today are those of resistance and fortitude,” he underlined, pointing to the US government’s push for direct talks with Tehran.

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During his visit to the exhibition, Mr. Shamkhani attended Iran News Pavilion and signed the guests book by writing some lines on the exhibition.

The secretary of the SNSC was welcomed by the visitors and photo journalists.

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