Wikileaks Publishes 60,000 Leaked Diplomatic Cables from S. Arabia
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Arabia Tehran’s nuclear program. clear program Foreign Minister Speaking at the St. Petersburg Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to WikiLeaksWikiL published more than 60,000 torship that has not only celebrated its International Economic Forum on hold talks with EU foreign policy diplomaticdiplom cables from Saudi Arabia and 100th beheading this year, but which has Friday, Putin also warned Western chief Federica Mogherini and his saidsaid ono its website it would release half a also become a menace to its neighbors countries against making “unfulfilla- European counterparts in the 5+1 millionmillion more in the coming weeks. and itself,” said Assange in the press re- ble” demands during nuclear nego- group in Luxemburg on Monday. TheThe organization, which began re- lease. tiations with Iran. Zarif is scheduled to sit down leasingleasin U.S. diplomatic cables in 2010, WikiLeaks announced that internal It is of great importance to clinch with his French, German and said itit had obtained email communica- reports from Saudi government organ- a comprehensive nuclear deal be- British counterparts, Laurent tionstions between Saudi Arabia’s foreign izations and communications between fore the scheduled deadline of June Fabius, Frank-Walter Steinmeier ministryminist and other countries as well as Saudi embassies across the globe will 30 “in order to defuse the situa- and Philip Hammond, to discuss confidentialconfid reports from other Saudi be included in the documents. The press tion,” he added. the text of a possible compre- ministries.minist release states the Saudi Cables “pro- He also anticipated that it would hensive deal on Tehran’s nucle- FridayFrid marks the third anniversary of vide key insights into the Kingdom’s take almost six months to implement ar program. WikileaksWikile founder Julian Assange seek- operations and how it has managed its a possible nuclear accord between Iranian Deputy Foreign Min- inging rrefugee in Ecuador’s embassy in Lon- alliances and consolidated its position Tehran and the six world powers. isters, Abbas Araqchi and Majid dondon toto avoid extradition to Sweden over as a regional Middle East superpower, “I think the signing should take Takht-e-Ravanchi, who have been allegedallege sex crimes. including through bribing and co-opting place in the near future… the process in Vienna for nuclear negotiations A pressp release on WikiLeaks assert- key individuals and institutions.” of implementing these agreements since Wednesday, will join Zarif in eded thattha the 61,205 documents and cables The group did not attribute the doc- will begin afterwards. It will require the talks with Europeans in Lux- leakedleaked on Friday would be the first publica- uments to a source directly. The press about six months,” the Sputnik news emburg. tiontion oof many for “The Saudi Cables.” The release did note that the Saudi Foreign agency quoted him as saying. Araqchi and Takht-e-Ravanchi group,group led by Julian Assange, says it will Ministry acknowledged a computer net- The Russian president further held talks on Thursday with EU releasereleas over half a million documents in work breach in May, and a group called stressed that the only counterpro- deputy foreign policy chief Helga batchesbatch over the upcoming weeks. the Yemeni Cyber Army afterward began ductive issue that jeopardizes Iran’s Schmid, who represents the 5+1 “The“Th Saudi Cables lift the lid on a (an) releasing “sample” classified material to prospective nuclear deal is a deliber- countries in Vienna. increasinglyincrea erratic and secretive dicta- various websites. (Source: Time) ate effort on the part of Washington Contd. on P. 2 to undermine any such agreement. Contd. on P. 2 Professor says Additional Protocol NEWS doesn’t allow inspections ‘anywhere’ NEWS Ashgabat to low it to the letter. American officials are Envoy says Tehran INTERVIEW either ignorant of the NPT and the addition- host 2nd “Iran y doesn’t give Taliban B Javad Heirannia al protocols as well as the Lausanne frame- Project” expo TEHRAN — Prof. William O. Beeman from work, or they are purposely ignoring all of weapons or funding the State University of Minnesota says the them. Iran’s ambassador to Kabul, TEHRAN — The Additional Protocol to the NPT does not al- Don’t you think that the 5+1 group is Mohammad Reza Bahrami, Economic Desk second special- low any inspections “anywhere” or “unre- seeking to impose new things on Iran under ized exhibition on oil, gas and pet- stricted” interviews with scientists. the pretext of the Additional Protocol? says his country won’t help rochemicals, water and electricity, Iran has ruled out inspection of its mili- A: The additional NPT protocol that exists terrorists or extremists construction industry, as well as tary sites or interview with nuclear experts should be adequate. I have no knowledge technical and engineering services, under a potential comprehensive nuclear inspections. They are an attempt to humiliate that the P5+1 are trying to impose anything KABUL — Iran’s dubbed “Iran Project”, will be held agreement with the great powers. The com- Iran and Iran should not accept them. Moreo- further than is specified in the Additional Pro- Political Desk ambassador to in Turkmenistan’s city of Ashgabat prehensive deal entails implementation of ver, they are totally outside the agreed upon tocol to the NPT which Iran voluntarily imple- Afghanistan said his country is not on August 19-21. the Additional Protocol by Iran. framework finalized in Lausanne. mented during the Bush administration, but providing weapons and cash to the The exhibition is aimed to prepare Beeman who has written more than 100 The additional protocols do not allow any stopped adhering to it when the Bush admin- Taliban to bolster the militant group the ground for the barter of Turkmen research articles about the culture, history, inspections anywhere nor do they allow un- istration refused to talk with Iran. as a counterweight to Daesh (the gas with Iranian goods and services. politics and sociology of Iran, says “the Unit- restricted interviews with scientists. They How do you see the future of the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State The first edition of the exhibition ed States is completely incorrect to make are very clearly specified and require prior talks? Can both sides reach a consensual in Iraq and the Levant). was held in August 2014 with the par- demand for inspection of Iran’s military permission. Iran should ratify the additional agreement? Mohammad Reza Bahrami was ticipation of 125 Iranian companies. sites and interview with nuclear experts of protocol, and then insist that the IAEA fol- A: I am optimistic. Even if the U.S. does responding to a Wall Street Journal re- Turkmenistan was the 7th leading this country.” not ratify the agreement in the U.S. Con- port claiming that Taliban commanders importer of Iranian non-oil goods in The additional protocols “are very clear- gress (a totally new procedure that has received financial and military back- the previous Iranian calendar year, ly specified and require prior permission,” “Demands for inspection of never been implemented before) the other ing from Iran. “We haven’t supported which ended on March 20, 2015, Beeman tells the Tehran Times. military sites and interview P5+1 nations are likely to adhere to the new Taliban and we will not support any according to the Iran Customs Ad- Following is the text of the interview: agreement. terrorism and extremism groups,” the ministration. Iran exported $973.65 Aren’t demands by some members of with nuclear experts exceed In addition to the non-proliferation, ambassador said in an interview. million of non-oil goods to Turkmen- the 5+1 group for inspection of Iranian mili- the protocols of the NPT and no “nuclear disarmament” is one of the pur- Tehran nearly went to war istan and imported $113.72 million of tary sites and interview with nuclear scien- nation on earth would submit poses of the NPT but nuclear armed states against the then-Taliban regime in non-oil goods from the country. tists beyond the Additional Protocol to the are only focusing on non-proliferation and Kabul after the Iranian consulate in In March, the two countries NPT? to these inspections. Moreover, shrugging off disarmament, why? the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e signed 17 cooperation documents in A: Yes, in my opinion the United States they are totally outside the A: Because it is inconvenient for them to im- Sharif was overrun in 1998. economic, cultural, political, legal, is completely incorrect to make these de- plement Article 6 of the NPT. They don’t want In a report in 2014, Pentagon claimed scientific, and technological fields.