*** IRAN DAILY
-- Afghans gather outside Iran Embassy to hail brotherly bonds
Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul denounced actions aimed at driving a wedge between the Iranian and Afghan nations, calling for unity between the two neighbors in the face of conspiracies to poison their friendly relations.
-- IRGC commander: Death of all US leaders would not avenge Gen. Soleimani’s assassination
The killing of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the US assassination of Iran’s top commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani two years ago, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday.
-- Oil prices keep rising with falling supplies in focus
Oil prices rose by more than 2% on Wednesday after Moscow said that peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, fuelling supply worries, while weak economic data from China and Japan kept a lid on gains.
*** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-- West Flooding Ukraine With Arms
President Biden’s administration is expected to approve an additional $750 million in military assistance to Ukraine that will include Howitzer artillery, U.S. media reports said Wednesday.
It’s not clear precisely when Biden plans to announce the new assistance. The new assistance comes as Ukrainian leaders are pleading for more military help in their war with Russia.
-- Under U.S. Spell, Europe Sleepwalking Into Abyss
The First World War marked the beginning of Europe’s political and military decline. After four centuries of Europe’s domination as a world power, the war opened the door to the American century and ended at least three European empires: Hapsburg, German, and Russian.
Europe completed its self-marginalization as a global actor in the Second World War. The destruction of Germany unleashed the global hegemony of the U.S., its bipolar competition with the Soviet Union, and the progressive liquidation of the last two European empires, British and French.
-- Most Friendly Advice for Permanent Solution to Saudi War on Yemen
It was the most friendly piece of advice ever offered by a fatherly figure for peace in the region, but the question is: Do the invaders of Yemen have the sense to heed it for their own good, or continue to be deceived by the ever-whispering devils to go for another military strike and violation of the ceasefire in the vain hope of scoring a point?
*** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Russia-Ukraine peace talks “to resume” as Biden seeks escalation
A source has told Russian media that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv are set to resume on Monday after the Russian president said the negotiations had effectively run into a “deadlock.”
-- Afghans condemn attack on Iranian missions
A large number of Afghan citizens participated in a gathering in Kabul on Wednesday to show their vigilance against the hypocrisy of the enemies of the Iranian and Afghan nations. The rally in the Afghan capital to condemn the attack on Iranian diplomatic facilities ended with the reading of a joint statement.
-- Imran Khan’s ouster represents tenuousness of Pakistan’s democratic institutions: researcher
A research associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) in New Delhi says that Imran Khan’s ousting showed the weakness of democratic institutions in face of military-backed figures. “Imran Khan’s shortened tenure and the crisis his ousting offers a sharp reminder of the tenuousness of its democratic institutions in face of the mightily powerful political force wielded by the military,” Mahima Duggal tells the Tehran Times.
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