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'US political divisions'

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, says political divisions within the US ruling establishment prevent Washington from making political decisions needed to advance the JCPOA revival talks in Vienna. In a Twitter post, Shamkhani said the US government cannot make up for its domestic crises by violating the rights of the Iranian people. A few days ago, the US granted a series of sanctions waivers to Iran. But now, some Republican lawmakers are expressing outrage at Washington over that decision. In a classified testimony before Congress, the US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, Republican lawmakers have called for a public hearing. They said the Biden administration has not been transparent about the process of its conduct regarding the JCPOA. The US unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018, and now Tehran is calling for guarantees against any violations in the future.

'Israel normalization doomed to fail'

The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Resistance Movement says Iran’s foes cannot easily attack the country. In an interview with Iran’s Al-Alam TV, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said it is not in the US interest to attack Iran, as it cannot stop Tehran’s peaceful nuclear activities. Nasrallah said he believes Israel’s repeated threats in recent months to attack Iran’s nuclear sites are all empty words and the regime will not make the mistake of launching a war on Iran. Nasrallah said Tel Aviv knows if it strikes Iran, the response will be harsh, decisive and precise. He said some Arab states that normalized ties with Israel cannot help the regime militarily. Nasrallah also touched on recent diplomatic contacts between Israel and some Arab states. He said Israel’s plan to normalize ties with the Arab world is doomed to failure since people in the region oppose it.

Hajib ban protests

Schools in a southern Indian state will remain closed for three days, because of the controversy and the protests that a ban on wearing hijab has sparked there. The demonstrations in Karnataka state erupted after schools ordered Muslim students not to wear their Islamic headscarves and prohibited them from entering classrooms. The order has spread to other educational institutions. The state’ top court has begun hearing a petition that challenges the legality of the ban. The situation has gravely concerned Muslim minorities. They are expressing a growing fear of increasing persecution at the hands of the nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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