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الفيصل: المعتقلون المصريون سيعودون لبلادهم في توابيت Menlu Saudi : Orang-orang Mesir dalam penjara Saudi akan kembali ke Mesir dalam keranda نشرت تصريحات لوزير الخارجية السعودي سعود الفيصل قال فيها بان المعتقلين المصريين في سجون المملكة سيعودون الى بلادهم في "توابيت"، وذلك في اطار توتر العلاقات المصرية السعودية على خلفية اعتقال المحامي احمد الجيزاوي لدى دخوله المملكة.

ابنا: من جهته، نفى السفير السعودي في مصر احمد القطان تلك التصريحات، معتبرا انها امر غير مقبول ولا تصدر الا من شخصية مثل الرئيس الليبي السابق معمر القذافي والرئيس العراقي السابق صدام.

واعتبر القطان ان المصريين الذين تظاهروا ضد اعتقال الجيزاوي والصاق التهم به، مخطئون ويعتقدون انهم اصبحوا "محصنين" امام القانون بعد الثورة، على حد تعبيره.

واكد السفير انه لا توجد اي جهة رفعت دعوى قضائية ضد الجيزاوي وانه لايزال بريئا حتى تثبت ادانته.

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Protes penangkapan aktivis Mesir;  Rakyat Mesir anjur Demontrasi anti-Saudi

Agensi Berita Ahlul Bait (ABNA.co) - Ratusan rakyat Mesir menyertai demonstrasi anti-Saudi di hadapan kedutaan negara tersebut di Kaherah untuk menuntut pembebasan seorang aktivis Mesir yang bernama Ahmad Aljizawi atas tuduhan menghina Raja Saudi.

Penduduk Mesir di kota Suez juga turut berhimpun di hadapan konsulat Saudi sambil mengutuk penangkapan tersebut.

Jizawi dikatakan ditangkap olah polis Saudi ketika berada di negara tersebut dalam rangka mengerjakan manasik haji dan umrah.

Salah seorang aktivis Mesir berkata, "Saudi menangkap Jizawi atas alasan kononnya beliau telah menghina Raja Arab Saudi yang boleh dihukum penjara setahun dan 20 kali sebatan."

Sementara itu duta Saudi di Kaherah, Ahmad Abdul Aziz Qattan mendakwa Al-Jizawi ditangkap kerana membawa dadah.

Saudi finally closes embassy, recalls ambassador from Egypt in response to protests Saudi tutup kedutaan di Mesir dan memanggil Dutanya kembali dari Mesir Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Cairo and closed its diplomatic missions in Egypt following demonstrations outside its embassy over the detention of an Egyptian lawyer in Jeddah.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Cairo and closed its diplomatic missions in Egypt following demonstrations outside its embassy over the detention of an Egyptian lawyer in Jeddah.


According to a report by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi Embassy in Cairo and the consulates in the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Suez were closed on Saturday.


The measures were taken in response to demonstrations outside the Saudi diplomatic missions in Egypt following the announcement of the arrest of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Mohammed al-Gizawi at Jeddah International Airport on April 17.


Saudi authorities claimed Gizawi was carrying illegal drugs.


However, the Egyptian organization of Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said Gizawi was arrested after a Saudi court sentenced him in absentia to one year in prison and 20 lashes for criticizing the Saudi regime and for his activism in favor of Egyptian detainees in Saudi prisons.


The demonstrations in Egypt were “unjustified” and Saudi and Egyptian employees of the diplomatic missions have been threatened, a Saudi official said.


“Hostile slogans were shouted out and the immunity of the diplomatic representations was violated, contrary to all international regulations,” said the Saudi official, whose name was not mentioned in the news report.


On April 24, hundreds of Egyptians held a demonstration outside the Saudi Embassy in Cairo to demand the immediate release of Gizawi. Protesters also chanted slogans against the Saudi regime.


Gizawi’s supporters say he had travelled to Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage. 

Egyptian intelligence chiefSenior- Hamas delegation discuss key issues   A senior Hamas delegation led by its supreme leader Khaled Mishaal has discussed three important topics with the Egyptian intelligence chief Murad Muwafi in Cairo on Saturday.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A senior Hamas delegation led by its supreme leader Khaled Mishaal has discussed three important topics with the Egyptian intelligence chief Murad Muwafi in Cairo on Saturday.


Political bureau member of Hamas and member of its delegation Sami Khater told the PIC that the first issue was that of the Palestinian prisoners who have gone on hunger strike in Israeli jails to protest harsh incarceration conditions.


He said that the issue was met with understanding on the part of the intelligence chief.


Khater said that the second issue was that of national reconciliation, since Egypt was patronizing that file, and affirmed his movement’s keenness on following up and completing that issue successfully.


The reconstruction of Gaza was the third discussed topic including importance of expediting its implementation, the Hamas leader said.


The PIC reporter in Cairo earlier said that the delegation led by Mishaal also included his deputy Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, and political bureau members Khater, Saleh Al-Arouri, and Khalil Al-Haya. The delegation arrived in Cairo on Friday night.

Egypt Cabinet shamefully extends apology to Saudi Arabia over embassy protests Cabinet's statement condemns hostile 'individual acts' against Kingdom's embassy, affirms strength of Egypt-Saudi ties.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Egypt's Cabinet released on Saturday a statement apologizing for the actions of certain protesters against the Saudi Arabian embassy in Cairo, stressing that such acts only represent aggrieved individuals. 

In the statement, the government further condemned any act against the Saudi embassy describing it as "irresponsible" and "spontaneous" moves that harm "deep-rooted" Egypt-Saudi relations.

The statement was released after Saudi Arabia decided on Saturday afternoon to withdraw its ambassador from Egypt and close its embassy and consulates in the country.

Egyptians have been protesting against the Kingdom at its embassy in the Giza district of Cairo, calling for the release of lawyer Ahmed El-Gizawi and denouncing the mistreatment of Egyptians in the oil rich country. El-Gizawi was detained for reportedly "defaming the king," after he filed a lawsuit in a South Cairo court against Saudi monarch King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud on behalf of Egyptians currently languishing in the Kingdom's prisons without charge.

Following reports that El-Gizawi had recieved a one year prison sentence and a punishment of 20 lashes, Kindgom officials denied these claims, stating that the Egyptian lawyer was arrested by Saudi authorities after being found in possession of more than 21,000 pills of anti-depressant drug Xanax, trade in which is proscribed in the Kingdom.

Egyptian cleric: Qatar, Saudi Arabia Israel’s servants A senior Egyptian cleric has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of meddling in the internal affairs of other Muslim nations, calling the two states ‘Israel’s servants’.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Sheikh Mohammad Alaedin Madhi said the two countries were implementing an Israeli-US plan in Syria.

"Firstly, is there a democracy in Qatar and Saudi Arabia? I don’t think so. They interfered in Libya. They killed a hundred times more people than Gaddafi [killed] in Libya. They have nothing to do with Islam," Madhi said in an exclusive interview with us in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

"Saudi Arabia buys arms and weapons from the US every year. Who do they use these weapons against? They use their weapons against the Houthi Muslims,” he said, referring to the north-based Shia minority in Yemen.

“They killed Muslims in Bahrain. They threaten Syria, which is a Muslim nation. Why don’t they fight against Israel? Qatar and Saudi Arabia are Israel’s servants."

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. The violence has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, including many security forces.

Damascus blames ‘outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups’ for the unrest, asserting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.

The cleric also praised the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah for standing against Israel.

"Today Lebanon’s Hezbollah is the only force challenging Israel. It’s natural that Israel seeks to destroy Hezbollah through destroying Syria and disintegrating the country. Israel wants to have a civil war in Syria to destroy Hezbollah," Madhi said.

He further criticized Saudi-owned television news channel, Al Arabiya, and the Qatar-owned broadcaster, Al Jazeera, for "serving Israeli interests."

Riyadh and Doha have already been accused of waging a civil war in Syria by supporting armed groups in the country.

According to reports, Qatar has created a mercenary force based in Turkey -- with Ankara's full knowledge -- to topple the Syrian government.

Grand Shi'a Cleric: "Living with Zionism is Impossible" The grand Islamic Jurisprudent, Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli condemned all the crimes perpetrated by Zionism and underlined living with such regime is literally impossible

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The grand Islamic Jurisprudent, Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli condemned all the crimes perpetrated by Zionism and underlined living with such regime is literally impossible.

“If among family members, one person be imperious, living gets hard, let alone to live next to a tribe with such feature,” said the senior cleric.

Speaking in Qom Seminary, among students, Abdollah Javadi Amoli underscored,” Muslims should keep their unity against all the schemes hatched by this regime.” 

The senior cleric underlined that the regime of Zionism is doomed to fail and well off powers cannot change the future of this regime.

In other part of his speech the Islamic scholar also spotlighted the role of Islamic scholars and said,” Seminary instructors with their breadth of their experience can guide and inform people.”

“Via resorting to the holy book of Quran and the lifestyle of Ahlalbayt, Islamic scholars should usher the youth out of detour,” Abdollah Javadi Amoli pointed out. 

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Iran  Rahbar: Tentara Republik Islam Iran Satu-Satunya Tentara Yang Merakyat Tentara Republik Islam Iran adalah satu-satunya angkatan bersenjata di dunia yang sepenuhnya melayani rakyat dan mengabdi untuk kepentingan nasional. Hal itu disampaikan Rahbar atau Pemimpin Besar Revolusi Islam Ayatollah al-Udzma Sayyid Ali Khamenei hari Ahad (22/4) pagi saat mengunjungi Markas Besar Angkatan Darat Tentara Republik Islam Iran dan meninjau dari dekat aktivitas dan keberhasilan yang dicapai korps ini.

Menurut Kantor Berita ABNA, Tentara Republik Islam Iran adalah satu-satunya angkatan bersenjata di dunia yang sepenuhnya melayani rakyat dan mengabdi untuk kepentingan nasional. Hal itu disampaikan Rahbar atau Pemimpin Besar Revolusi Islam Ayatollah al-Udzma Sayyid Ali Khamenei hari Ahad (22/4) pagi saat mengunjungi Markas Besar Angkatan Darat Tentara Republik Islam Iran dan meninjau dari dekat aktivitas dan keberhasilan yang dicapai korps ini.

Kunjungan itu diawali dengan membaca surah al-Fatihah di monumen syuhada Perang Pertahanan Suci dan doa untuk ketinggian derajat para syuhada. Selanjutnya Rahbar meninjau pameran pendidikan, penelitian, teknik dan persenjataan Angkatan Darat. Dalam kesempatan itu beliau juga berbicara dengan satuan Angkatan Darat yang bertugas di Sar-e Pol-e Zahab dan Tim Logistik Penerbangan Angkatan Darat di Zahedan lewat video conference.

Usai meninjau pameran, dalam pertemuan dengan para komandan, perwira tinggi dan personil operasional dan persenjataan Angkatan Darat Tentara Republik Islam Iran, Ayatollah al-Udzma Khamenei yang juga Panglima Tertinggi Seluruh Korps Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Islam Iran menyebut masalah keagamaan dan keimanan sebagai prioritas yang harus diperhatikan oleh seluruh korps Angkatan Bersenjata.

"Manajemen angkatan bersenjata harus selalu memerhatikan semangat keagamaan yang mendalam dan kokoh, dan jangan pernah melalaikannya," imbau beliau.

Seraya menekankan bahwa keimanan kepada Allah dan alam ghaib akan melahirkan semangat dan tekad yang kuat, beliau menambahkan, "Pengaruh dari semangat yang mengakar kuat pada insan-insan mukmin dan pemberani akan muncul di saat-saat genting dan menentukan. Hal yang serupa terjadi pada diri para pejuang Islam dan angkatan bersenjata dalam perang delapan tahun. Mereka resisten dan berhasil mengukir kemenangan dalam menghadapi tentara Baath Saddam yang bersenjata lengkap dan didukung oleh kekuatan-kekuatan besar dunia."

Ayatollah al-Udzma Khamenei menyebut semangat perjuangan pada tubuh angkatan bersenjata sebagai hal yang harus dipertahankan seraya menandaskan, "Tentunya, para perwira tinggi militer selain melengkapi diri dengan ilmu dan kepribadian yang kokoh juga harus memiliki keikhlasan dan ketidakterikatan dengan dunia."

Seraya menyebut Angkatan Darat Tentara sebagai bagian yang penting dan poros bagi korps ketentaraan, beliau menekankan keharusan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan korps ini dengan program, logistik dan pelatihan yang baik.

Di awal pertemuan itu, Komandan Satuan Operasional Angkatan Darat Tentara Republik Islam Iran, Mayor Jenderal Salehi menyampaikan laporan terkait aktivitas Angkatan Darat.

Laporan lainnya juga disampaikan Komandan Angkatan Darat Brigadir Jenderal Pourdastan. Dalam laporannya, Pourdastan menyatakan kesiapan selalu Angkatan Darat di seluruh penjuru negeri.

Sementara itu, dalam pertemuan dengan sejumlah komandan, perwira tinggi, taruna pilihan dan personil Angkatan Darat seraya menjelaskan kondisi tentara yang terus maju dalam tiga dekade ini, Pemimpin Besar Revolusi Islam mengatakan, "Hari ini, Tentara Republik Islam Iran telah menjadi salah satu badan yang paling merakyat di negara ini. Tentara yang Ilahi dan Islami ini benar-benar melayani kepentingan nasional."

Ayatollah al-Udzma Khamenei menyinggung klaim kekuatan-kekuatan hegemoni dunia tentang tentara yang membela kepentingan bangsa, seraya menegaskan, "Tidak seperti yang diklaim oleh kekuatan adidaya dunia, tentara-tentara itu justeru melayani ambisi politik dan membela kekuasaan thaghut, dan mereka tidak menganggap penting kepentingan nasional."

Beliau lebih lanjut mempertanyakan, "Apakah tentara Amerika Serikat (AS) sedang mengabdi untuk kepentingan rakyat AS ketika membantai rakyat Irak dan Afghanistan atau ketika melakukan berbagai kejahatan lainnya di negara-negara itu?"

Rahbar menambahkan, "Tentara Republik Islam Iran adalah satu-satunya korps ketentaraan di dunia yang benar-benar melayani rakyat dan mengabdi untuk kepentingan nasional. Keyakinan dan keimanan yang ada di badan ini dan para komandannya sama dengan apa yang dimiliki oleh rakyat."

Beliau menyatakan bahwa pembentukan korps ketentaraan ini yang terus berkembang terjadi setelah kemenangan revolusi Islam. "Gerakan yang penuh berkah di tubuh Tentara Republik Islam Iran ini harus terus diperkuat," ungkap beliau.

Menjelaskan posisi tentara dalam sistem pemerintahan Islam, Pemimpin Besar Revolusi Islam mengatakan, "Hari ini di dunia muncul satu arus yang menolak pembagian dunia atas dua kelompok; negara berkuasa dan negara yang dikuasai. Poros dari arus ini adalah Iran."

Beliau menjelaskan bahwa tekanan, intimidasi dan boikot yang diarahkan kepada Iran adalah karena pemerintahan Islam ini memainkan peran poros dalam arus menentang sistem hegemoni dunia. Ayatollah al-Udzma Khamenei menegaskan, "Setelah lebih dari tiga dekade, gerakan yang sangat signifikan ini merasuk secara mendalam di pikiran dan tubuh bangsa-bangsa Muslim dan menjelma menjadi kekuatan besar yang melahirkan transformasi di Mesir dan sejumlah negara lainnya."

Beliau menyatakan bahwa kubu imperialis dan sistem hegemoni dunia dicekam ketakutan menyaksikan arus gerakan yang terus membesar ini.

Pemimpin Besar Revolusi Islam menandaskan, "Ketakutan itu dipicu oleh keberadaan para pemuda Iran yang bertekad kuat dan beriman serta rakyat yang bijak dan arif yang dibarengi dengan sentimen kebangsaan yang kuat. Semua itu membuat Iran sebagai poros dari gerakan ini semakin kuat."

Beliau menambahkan, "Tentara Republik Islam Iran adalah bagian penting dan vital dalam komunitas gerakan ini. Untuk itu, tentara harus selalu mempertahankan dan memperkuat kesiagaan dalam arti yang sesungguhnya."

Arab Saudi:  Arab Saudi-Israel Sepakat Jadikan Iran Musuh Bersama "Arab Saudi dan Israel dengan dukungan Amerika Serikat sepakat untuk lebih meningkatkan kerjasama dan menegaskan Iran adalah musuh bersama.".

Menurut Kantor Berita ABNA, surat kabar terbitan Israel 'Haartesh' menurunkan berita mengenai perjanjian peningkatan kerja sama antara Israel dengan Arab Saudi. Surat kabar berita tersebut menulis, "Arab Saudi dan Israel dengan dukungan Amerika Serikat sepakat untuk lebih meningkatkan kerjasama dan menegaskan Iran adalah musuh bersama.".

Media pers Israel tersebut menambahkan, kerjasama saling menguntungkan antara rezim Zionis Israel dengan keluarga Su'ud yang telah terjalin lama tersebut akan semakin ditingkatkan. Pertemuan antara Al Amir Salman, Menteri Pertahanan Arab Saudi dengan pejabat AS beberapa waktu sebelumnya adalah untuk memperbincangkan masalah tersebut dan Gedung Putih menyatakan dukungannya. 

Disebutkan pula, diantara poin kerjasama Israel dengan Arab Saudi adalah upaya untuk menekan Iran untuk tidak menggunakan tenaga nuklirnya, kedua Negara tersebut berjani menggunakan pengaruhnya di dunia internasional untuk lebih menekan Iran secara politik dan ekonomi. 

Lebih dari itu, Arab Saudi memanfaatkan isu perbedaan mazhab untuk lebih mengucilkan Iran di dunia Islam. Lewat dukungan fatwa kesesatan Syiah (mazhab mayoritas warga Iran) yang dilontarkan ulama-ulama Wahabi diharap Iran semakin tertekan dan kehilangan simpatik dari masyarakat muslim dunia. 

Iranian Official: Iran will respond firmly to any attack Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has highlighted Iran's defense capabilities, saying that the country would respond forcefully to any foreign attack.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "At the moment, Iran has the greatest defense capability in its history. Whoever wants to attack our country will meet with our very firm response," Mehmanparast told journalists in Warsaw on Friday.

He added that Iran's opponents are well aware of this fact and this has seriously diminished the possibility of war.

“Our adversary completely understands that should it attack our country, it will itself become the subject of a great tragedy. This is why the possibility of war is very, very weak," Mehmanparast noted.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman also criticized the West over the sanctions it has imposed on Iran over its nuclear energy program, describing them as “completely illegal and unjustified because our nation has not committed any crime."

He played down the effect of sanctions on the Iranian economy and pointed out that they have made Iran “increasingly self-sufficient in many economic sectors" and boosted its economy.

“If we were to make light of it, we could thank the US and European states for imposing sanctions because they have actually spurred economic growth," Mehmanparast noted, adding, “When growth in many Western countries is either negative or around zero, in Iran we have 6.2 percent growth in GDP.”

The US and EU imposed tough financial and oil sanctions on Iran in the beginning of 2012 in order to put pressure on Tehran over its nuclear energy program, which they allege may have covert military dimensions.

Washington and Tel Aviv have also repeatedly threatened Tehran with the "option" of a military strike.

Iran has repeatedly dismissed the accusations over its nuclear activities, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency it has the right to have a peaceful nuclear energy program.

Other Iranian officials have also promised a powerful response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East. 

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