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Rouhani’s Chief of Staff in Ashgabat for High-Level Talks

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Vaezi arrived in Ashgabat on Wednesday at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation, and was welcomed by senior Turkmen officials and the Iranian ambassador to the central Asian country.

During his visit, Vaezi is accompanied by an entourage including officials from the Iranian ministries of Foreign Affairs, Oil, Economy, Roads and Urban Development, and Energy as well as the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the official website of the Iranian government, dolat.ir, reported.

Vaezi is going to meet with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, foreign minister and several other officials of the country on issues of mutual interest.

Iran, India, Afghanistan Agree to Boost Cooperation on Chabahar

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Iran, India to Sign Preferential Trade Agreement Pact

The Tuesday meeting was chaired by Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and attended by Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Iranian Deputy FM Abbas Araghchi.

According to a statement released after the meeting, the trilateral talks focused on consolidating economic cooperation, particularly in the Iranian port city of Chabahar port.

Chabahar, a port city in Sistan and Baluchestan province in the south-eastern coasts of Iran, is easily accessible from India’s western coast, and is known as a promising rival for Pakistan’s Gwadar.

The port provides India with an easier land-sea route to Afghanistan. In November, the country sent its first cargo of wheat to Afghanistan through Chabahar.

A rail link between Chabahar and Zahedan and thereon to Afghanistan is a crucial part of India’s ambitious extra-regional connectivity plans over which Tehran, New Delhi and Kabul have signed a basic agreement.

In return for importing equipment and facilitating unloading and loading operations, Iran has handed over the right to operate the Chabahar port to India for a limited time.

Before the Kabul talks between Tehran and New Delhi, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi paid an official visit to India to discuss the issue of Chabahar as well as India’s oil imports from Iran despite the US sanctions.

According to a report by the official website of the Iranian government, dolat.ir, Akhoundi held constructive talks with the Indian officials over those issues and a range of other topics, as a high-ranking US delegation was also visiting India to dissuade them from working with Tehran, particularly in the field of crude oil trade.

As a report by India’s Economic Times wrote, New Delhi’s talks with Akhoundi on the same day when Americans had arrived in the country were a clear indication of India’s resolve to boost its cooperation with Iran despite the US bans.

Tents Set Up across Iran to Mark Beginning of Muharram

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In accordance with a 400-year-old tradition, people in the town of Zarqan in Fars province set up tents on the threshold of Muharram to honour the upcoming anniversary of Ashura, the tenth day of the lunar month.

Ashura was the day when Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, and dozens of his faithful companions were martyred in an unequal battle with enemy troops in Karbala, modern day Iraq, in 680 AD.

What follows are IRNA’s photos of the tents set up in Zarqan:

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

The top story today was speculations regarding President Hassan Rouhani’s possible decision to attend or boycott a UN Security Council meeting due to be chaired by US President Donald Trump.

Also a top story was remarks by Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, regarding the recent attack on terrorists’ positions in the Iraqi Kurdistan.

 

The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:

 

Abrar:

1- UN Warns about Flock of Iranian Refugees to Europe

2- Iraqi PM: I Won’t Leave Basra before Public Services Provided Properly

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Analyst: No One Ready to Replace Economy Minister

2- Working Class Has to Spend 70% of Its Wages on Food

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Experts: Rouhani Shouldn’t Miss Chance of New York Visit

2- Scenario of Rouhani’s Presence at UN [Editorial]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Donya-ye Eqtesad:

1- Kerry Explains Why Iran Doesn’t Fight against US

2- Government’s Forex Policy Questioned by Economic Parliament

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Ebtekar:

1- Dilemma of Staying or Going

  • Speculations Regarding Rouhani’s Participation in This Year’s UNGA

2- White House Preparing for Second Trump-Kim Meeting

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Etemad:

1- Rouhani’s Critics Asking Him to Boycott UN General Assembly

2- Reformist Figure: Government’s Efforts to Increase People’s Hope Meaningless

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani: We’ll Overcome Current Situation Thanks to Our Brave Leader, Patient People

2- Iranian Diplomat in Beijing: US’ Aim Is to Harm Iranian Nation

3- Leaders of 50 Iraqi Tribes: We’ll Defend Iran Wholeheartedly

4- Iran’s Nuclear Chief to AP: We’ll Be in Much Higher Position If We Withdraw from JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Javan:

1- 20 Million Litres of Petrol Smuggled Every Day

2- Kerry: Trump’s Withdrawal from JCPOA Proved US Untrustworthy

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Kayhan:

1- Putin Shows Off His Power to West by Holding Russia’s Biggest-Ever Military Drill

2- Top General: Our Armed Forces Won’t Wait until Terrorists Bring Insecurity to Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Khorasan:

1- Top Authorities Working on Plan to Receive Tax from Gold Coin, Forex Deals

2- Religious Tourism Income 1.5 Times Bigger than Construction Budget

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Resalat:

1- Review of Various Aspects of Attack on Iran’s Consulate in Basra

  • How Inauspicious Triangle of Mideast Failed

2- Leaving behind Neoliberal Bodies Only Way to Cure Iran’s Economy

3- Every One Must Stand against US’ Bullying: Parliament Speaker

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Shargh:

1- Military Alliance of China, Russia: Biggest War Games of Cold War Enemies Held in Russia

2- Bolton’s Impudent Honesty [Editorial]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Tejarat:

1- Iran Nuclear Chief: Implementation of Nuclear Program Stronger than Before

2- Iran First VP: Conditions Difficult, but No Deadlock

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Malaysia’s Ex-PM Najib Razak Admits He Has Received Money from Saudi Arabia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

Iran’s New Consulate in Iraq’s Basra Opens after Attack on Previous One

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In a ceremony in Basra on Tuesday, Iran’s ambassador Iraj Masjedi inaugurated the new consulate’s building.

“I’m here to inaugurate the new premises of our Iranian consulate in Basra… because we don’t want lose a single day of services for the people of Basra,” AFP quoted Masjedi as saying.

The Iranian flag was also hoisted at the site of the new consulate in a ceremony attended by Iraqi officials and journalists.

On September 7, a mob of angry protestors stormed into the Iranian consulate in Basra, destroyed the diplomatic mission’s properties, took down the flag of Iran and torched the building.

The consulate’s building was not the first to be set on fire. The angry demonstrators had earlier set government buildings ablaze as well. The buildings included the headquarters of the local government, the ruling Dawa Party, the Supreme Islamic Council and the Badr Organization.

Suicide Attack on Afghan Demonstrators Kills 68, Wounds 165

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Medical staff have struggled to treat people wounded by the powerful blast in Nangarhar province on September 12, 2018 / Photo by AFP

Scores of demonstrators had blocked the highway between the provincial capital Jalalabad and a key border crossing with Pakistan, when the bomber struck.

The protesters had come from Achin district to demand the removal of a local police commander.

The attack was one of the worst in Afghanistan for months but security officials have warned that similar attacks are likely if crowds gather for campaign rallies ahead of parliamentary elections in October

“… the explosion happened and I found myself surrounded by blood and flesh,” Zar Khan, one of the injured, told AFP news agency.

The deadly suicide attack came hours after multiple bombings targeted schools in Jalalabad.

One blast went off at the entrance of Malika Omaira girls’ school in the morning, killing a 14-year-old boy and wounding four other people. It was followed by two explosions in Behsud district, also near two schools.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned the suicide attack, as well as the school bombings in Nangarhar.

In a statement he said that “attacks on civilian facilities, mosques, women, children, are all crimes against humanity”.

The Taliban denied any involvement in the attacks and no other group claimed responsibility for the violence.

Nangarhar has been a main stronghold of ISIS fighters since early 2015.

Iran, Turkey, Russia Discuss Formation of Syria Constitutional Committee

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In the Tuesday meeting, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Alexander Lavrentiev and Sedat Onal, the top negotiators of Iran, Russia and Turkey in the Syria peace process, and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura discussed the constitutional committee.

The participants discussed progress in the political process to settle the Syrian conflict, particularly the formation of the constitutional committee and stressed the following points:

  1. The political process must be intra-Syrian and the integrated national sovereignty of Syria must be protected.
  2. The composition of the committee must be acceptable to various sides and should be based on the facts on the ground in Syria.
  3. All issues and details regarding the constitutional committee will be agreed upon as a single package.
  4. Considering the sensitivity of issues and the consequences of the multi-year crisis in the country, making arrangements for formation of such a constitutional committee is time-consuming. But all sides stressed on the need for paying attention to both the speed and quality of the process.

In the meeting, the representatives of the three guarantors of the peace process in Syria agreed to create a working group comprising their experts to prepare the ground for consultations with the UN to facilitate the creation of the constitutional committee. They also agreed to start the third round of consultations late October.

Tehran Hosts Fresh Round of Iran-Belarus Consular Talks

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IFP Media Wire
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In the meeting held in Tehran on Monday, the Iranian and Belarusian delegations hailed the progress in visa facilitation, judicial cooperation, the transfer and extradition of convicts, the fight against illicit drugs and organized crimes.

They also stressed the need to completely implement previous agreements reached between Tehran and Minsk.

During the session, the two sides also discussed cooperation in establishing more facilities for legal, easy and safe travel for citizens of the two countries.

Back in June, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China.

“Belarus has always been a friendly country for Iran and Tehran is ready to strengthen economic and business relations (with the country), especially in scientific and modern technology fields,” Rouhani said at the meeting on June 9.

Iran wants closer ties with Belarus, he said, adding that cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Eurasia would enhance the Tehran-Minsk relations.

Lukashenko, for his part, said his country is resolved to develop relations with Iran in all political and economic areas, adding that Tehran is a key regional partner for Minsk.

He further described as “wise” Iran’s stance on a unilateral move by the US to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and said taking unilateral actions and violating international obligations undermine international law.

In a unilateral move on May 8, US President Donald Trump announced his country’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).

Following the controversial decision, Rouhani said Iran weighs plans to remain in the agreement with the other five parties, provided that they ensure full benefits for Iran.

Potash Complex: Dreamy Residence in Heart of Iran Deserts

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The complex has been established with the main goal of producing 50,000 tonnes of potassium chloride as fertilizer, 300,000 tonnes of sodium chloride for petrochemical, food and pharmaceutical uses and 30,000 tonnes of magnesium hydroxide.

A large mine close to the complex is among the main tourist attractions for Iranian and foreign visitors. Just during the current Iranian New Year holidays, the complex attracted about 2,000 tourists to the region.

The complex is capable of contributing to mining and health tourism. It can also attract the interested visitors in the Dasht-e Kavir. It includes the Village of Salt, Potash Park and Kamal-Abad Farm.

Potash Complex: Dreamy Residence in Heart of Iran DesertsJoy of Drinking Coffee by Salt Ponds

The complex, according to the organizers, seeks to promote mining tourism in the region. It is home to a salt cascade, which is 30 metres in height, and includes a handicrafts exhibition, an Ab Anbar (water reservoir), a number of recreational residential units and motels. Meanwhile, there are some farms, Nakhlestans (gardens of palm trees), a restaurant and a cafeteria, an observatory as well as a complex of pools, a track motorsports and an off-road track.

Kamal-Abad Farm with an area of 190 square metres includes 25 traditional homes as well as a number of farms and date gardens.

The complex is located 30 km away from Khur Biabanak, which has a population of about 20,000.

What follows are photos of the complex retrieved from various sources:

World Must Force US to Act Like Normal State: Iran FM

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Iran Blasts Europe’s ‘Disastrous’ Subservience to US

“The US threatens to impose sanctions on the ICC & even prosecute its judges in American courts. Where is the outrage?” Zarif said in a Tuesday tweet.

“The boorishness of this rogue US regime seems to know no bounds,” he added.

“When will the international community say enough is enough & force US to act like a normal state?” Zarif asked.

His comments came after White House National Security Adviser John Bolton threatened sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) judges who plan to probe alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan, saying it constitutes an assault on US sovereignty.

Bolton on Monday branded the ICC in The Hague “outright dangerous” in an attempt to pressure the  court which is planning to investigate the alleged US war crimes.

“The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court,” Bolton told members of the conservative Federalist Society gathered at a Washington, DC, hotel.

He argued the court poses a threat to US sovereignty.

“In theory, the ICC holds perpetrators of the most egregious atrocities accountable for their crimes, provides justice to the victims, and deters future abuses,” Bolton said.

“In practice, however, the court has been ineffective, unaccountable, and indeed, outright dangerous,” he said.

The chief prosecutor of the ICC has called for a formal investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan following the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.

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