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Box: 11365/9631 Noon (Zohr) 13:02 Address: Martyr Shah Cheraghi Street, Ferdowsi Avenue, Evening(Maghreb) 20:33 Tehran – Islamic Republic of Iran Dawn(Fajr)“ Tomorrow” 04:08 Sunrise “Tomorrow” 05:51 In the Name of the Most High decade afterwards, the U.S. began Viewpoint planting its jackboot far more firm- ly in the region by invading Iraq in 2003, a wholesale war that turned A U.S. police officer is seen kneeling on the neck of handcuffed George Floyd who died after pleading he could not breathe. the country into a scene of rampant Another Brutal Racist TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran on taken by ambulance to hospital States for honoring the military per- violence. Wednesday strongly condemned po- where he died a short time later, po- sonnel who have died while serving Nevertheless, Washington has Murder in ‘Trumpland’ lice brutality in the U.S. amid fresh lice said. in the U.S. armed forces. never fallen short of finding excuses outcry over the killing of a hand- Nekima Levy-Armstrong, a promi- America’s history of armed incur- to militarily intervene in the region By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer cuffed black man who died after a nent local activist, said watching the sions is as old as the country, whose along with its allies white officer knelt on his neck for sev- footage that was shared on social very foundation is owed to the dead- The most recent bout of U.S.-led When the head of the state happens to be a self-confessed racist with a penchant for lies and operations in the Middle East came a sadistic attitude towards crimes his officials commit against people of colour and migrants, eral minutes. media made her “sick to her stom- ly invasion of North American ter- coupled with his bloody record of terrorism abroad, can anyone expect social justice and re- George Floyd died in Minneapolis ach” and she said it’s another exam- ritories. in 2014, when the United States and spect for humanitarian values in such a country? on Monday after being pinned down ple of police brutality toward African Across modern history, U.S. milita- its allies began a military campaign Certainly not, is the answer, and for the umpteenth time this was proven in Trumpland, when by a white officer despite yelling: “I American men, the Star Tribune re- rism has most notably been reflected in Iraq and Syria under the guise of last Monday night an Afro-American citizen acclaimed for his gentle behaviour towards all cannot breathe.” ported. in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), uprooting Daesh, which had risen while working as a security guard at a restaurant (currently closed due to the coronavirus pan- The killing reminded of Eric Gar- On Tuesday, protesters took to the which is bitterly brought to the fore amid the chaos resulting from Wash- demic), was brutally killed by white US police officers in Minneapolis for no apparent fault. ington’s own wars in the region. George Floyd who was sitting in his car was suddenly grabbed by the police on mere sus- ner, an unarmed New York man who streets where Floyd died, with some on the Memorial Day. Estimates of picion of forgery, handcuffed, thrown on the ground, and choked to death by a white officer died in 2014 after he was placed in a chanting and carrying banners that the fatalities resulting from the war Washington has, throughout its with sadistic pleasure in the most brutal way in front of several people shocked at the ongoing chokehold by police and pleaded for read “I can’t breathe.” go as high as 4.2 million people, in- history, also been lending immense daylight murder. his life saying he couldn’t breathe. A Police-involved shootings and kill- cluding 58,209 U.S. forces. political and military support to the As shown by a bystander’s video, the white police officer is seen kneeling on the 46-year-old grand jury later decided against in- ings of unarmed black men in the In what has become the longest war regional regimes that are responsi- black person’s neck and pressing the victim with force even though the latter is pleading that ble for killing and displacing tens he cannot breathe. dicting the officers involved, spark- hands of white police officers have in its history, the U.S. along with its ing protests around the country. led to mass protests across the coun- allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 of thousands of people in pursuit of Floyd, whose cries for help echoed public response but had no effect on the hard-hearted their political agendas. white police officers, finally stopped moving and was pronounced dead after being taken to “6 yrs after ‘I can’t breathe’ pleas of try in recent years and the formation as part of a so-called war on terror. hospital. Eric Garner, #GeorgeFloyd, another of the Black Lives Matter movement. The invasion — which is still under- The latest act of racist murder by the US police immediately drew comparisons to the case black man, dies after a cruel, inhu- Separately, Iran’s Foreign Ministry way — toppled the Taliban regime of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died in 2014 in New York after he was placed in a mane arrest. It seems that U.S. #Po- lashed out at the U.S. government but the Afghan group’s militancy re- chokehold by police and pleaded for his life, saying he could not breathe. Official Monday’s murder in Minneapolis is neither the first instance of police brutality in the US liceBrutality against blacks knows for the belligerent policies that have mains resilient to this day. The chaos and neither will be the last such crime in a country where over the past four years at least 2.5 no boundaries. And as always, the re- killed 100,000 American soldiers has also led to the rise of Daesh, the million hate-motivated crimes have taken place. sponse to calls for justice, is employ- and led to massive destruction and world’s most notorious terror outfit, Blasts ‘Inhuman According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, which interviews tens of thousands ing even more force,” Iran’s Foreign atrocities. in the Asian state. of Americans annually, targeting of non-white ethnicities is on the rise, with black people Ministry said in a Twitter message. “Regretful that 100k American According to the latest figures, Sanctions’ on being the main victims followed by Latinos and immigrants, most of whom do not report the Video shared online from a by- soldiers killed in battles waged be- over 2,400 U.S. military deaths have discrimination against them for fear of further brutal behaviour by the police and the white supremacists. stander showed a white officer kneel- cause of U.S. leaders’ instrumental been recorded in the war, while over Syria ing on Floyd’s neck during his arrest. rationality & insatiable greed,” the 20,000 American service members The survey notes that of late, ever since Donald Trump’s taking over of the presidency, the TEHRAN (Dispatches) – A cultural and political divisiveness in the US sharply increased, emboldening more people to Police have said the man, believed ministry said in a post on its Twitter have been wounded. senior Iranian diplomat on express intolerance toward minorities, while most of the targets often keep silent. to be in his 40s, was ordered to step account on Tuesday. More than 100,000 Afghans have It is worth recalling that some two years ago, during an official meeting Trump had openly from his car but after he got out, he “U.S. war machines have just led to also been killed or wounded since Wednesday denounced the “ille- insulted the black-skinned people and their countries of origin as “shitholes”. physically resisted officers. killing, destruction, atrocities,” it said, 2009, when the UN Assistance Mis- gal and inhuman sanctions” that So obscene were his words that several countries as well as the UN took strong objections to have been unilaterally imposed his vile and vulgar language. “Officers were able to get the sus- adding that the time has come to stand sion in Afghanistan began docu- pect into handcuffs and noted he ap- against the “U.S. violence and war- menting casualties. on Syria, calling for efforts to Although without the least doubt the shameless Trump is a racist/terrorist thug, racism has help the Syrian people amid the been an integral part of US history and is enshrined as state policy, both in domestic affairs peared to be suffering medical dis- mongering as remembering millions Washington’s first major incursion coronavirus outbreak. and in international relations to the extent that genocide has always been practiced by Wash- tress,” police spokesman John Elder of lost lives” on the Memorial Day. in the Middle East came in the form Ali-Asghar Khaji made the ington beginning with the extermination of most native Amerindian ‘redskin’ tribes who dared has said. Memorial Day, marked on May of the Persian Gulf War in the early remarks as he discussed the lat- to oppose the white man’s encroachment upon their homelands. After being choked, the man was 25, is a federal holiday in the United 1990s in favor of Saudi Arabia. A Even the White House, the apex of political power in the US, was built entirely by black est developments in Syria with labour at the turn of the 19th century so that the white men could continue to commit with UN chief’s special envoy for comfort the most horrible crimes against humanity. Border Commanders Deny Syria Geir Pedersen. George Floyd, a former athlete who was paid glowing tributes by coloured American sports- The two stressed the need for men, some of whom knew him personally, is no more, but his memory will remain, and with it the campaign against injustice in the Zionist-controlled US, where the police officers instead Drowning Afghan Immigrants providing humanitarian assis- of admitting their latest crime against humanity, targeted peaceful protestors in Minneapolis tance to the Syrian people amid with tear gas and brutal use of batons. KABUL (Dispatches) -- An Iranian delegation visit- place on the Afghan soil. the coronavirus outbreak and ing Kabul has held talks with senior Afghan officials on On Wednesday, Press TV cited Iran’s border guard helping displaced Syrians and a recent incident at the common border that resulted in commanders in Taibad dismissing “fake news” that refugees return to their homes. the deaths of Afghan migrants trying to cross into Iran Iranian soldiers had tortured and thrown Afghans into Khaji touched on the “ille- Over a Dozen Takfiri Terrorists illegally. the Harirud River in western Herat province. gal and inhuman” sanctions The Iranian delegation, chaired by Deputy Foreign They said the river is far from the Iranian border on Syria, saying they should Captured in Khuzestan Minister for Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand, held guard posts and those who try to enter the country il- be lifted. He also stressed the TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran cellphones were also confiscat- a meeting with caretaker of the Foreign Ministry of legally, are always treated in a humane way under in- need for restoring stability and has arrested 14 people affili- ed from the suspects who were Afghanistan Hanif Atmar, Fars news agency reported ternational human rights law. security to Syria and fighting ated to Takfiri separatist groups handed down to judiciary offi- Wednesday. “The Iranian commanders said their border guards terrorism to the last. in Mahshahr, Khuzestan police cials, Abbaszadeh said. The Iranian diplomat assured the Kabul government had nothing to do with the drowning of Afghan na- Since the outbreak of war chief Brigadier General Heydar In September 2018, four gun- that Tehran is committed to working in cooperation tionals along the border. They also made it absolutely and foreign militancy in Syria Abbaszadeh said Wednesday. men attacked a military parade with Afghans to bring all facts about the incident to clear that there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest in 2011, Iran has stood by the The suspects had opened fire in the southern Iranian city of light. that some Afghan nationals drowned here in recent Syrian government and sup- at police posts and Basij offices, Ahvaz, martyring at least 25 Baharvand “also emphasized that the tragic incident days. They said videos shared on social media that ported its people against for- hoisted the flag of the Al-Ah- people, including a four-year- would by no means affect the close and brotherly ties show bodies on the river bank are not from this par- eign-backed terrorist groups. wazia terrorist group across the old boy, and wounding 69 oth- between the two governments and nations,” the report ticular border,” Press TV reported. Syria is emerging from years city and carried banners in sup- ers. said. The Iranian commanders also said no confrontation of war after its army liberated port of the group, sending video Gunmen opened fire on peo- The official also held talks with Chairman of Af- at all took place between their forces and Afghan na- most of the country from the clips of their activities abroad. ple from behind a viewing stand ghanistan’s National Supreme Council of Reconcili- tionals at the alleged site, dismissing all allegations of clutches of terrorist groups. Eight of the terrorists were during a parade held to mark ation Abdullah Abdullah who called for an investiga- transferring the individuals to a camp or subjecting The presence of foreign troops captured during four rounds Iran’s eight-year defense against tion and honest handling of the case. them to inhumane treatment as absolutely untrue. on some chunks of land in the of police operations which in- the invasion of the country by Some reports have claimed that about 50 Afghan mi- Because of its long border with Afghanistan, Iran has north and northwest is the only volved shootouts, while six oth- former Iraqi dictator Saddam grants illegally crossing into Iran had been beaten by to deal with problems such as smugglers, drug deal- remaining challenge for the ers were arrested as they sought Hussein in the 1980s. Al-Ah- Iranian border guards and thrown into a border river. ers and terrorists mixing with illegal migrants. The Arab country to retain its full to raise terrorist flags. wazia claimed responsibility for Iran’s border police have said their guards have noth- country spends billions of dollars on Afghan migrants sovereignty and return to nor- Five motorcycles and 12 the terrorist attack. ing to the incident, making it clear that it had taken every year in various sectors. malcy.