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Bam Citadel: 17 Years after Devastating Earthquake

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The 2003 earthquake caused the collapse of various sections of the Governor’s Quarters and the upper parts of the defence walls. Notwithstanding, much of the lost fabric was from modern restorations.

The materials found at the older levels are well preserved and have now been revealed. The traditional culture for architecture and the city plan have also been preserved, including the continuity in workmanship and know-how for earthen architecture construction.

Following the earthquake, a team of experts coordinated by the UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office and Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization prepared a Comprehensive Management Plan, 2008-2017, which covers the World Heritage property and was developed through a process involving the local authorities of the County, the five Districts and the municipalities of Bam and Baravat.

The new urban master plan for the reconstruction of the City of Bam, prepared in 2004, respects the original street pattern.

What follows are new photos of the citadel, 17 years after the tragic earthquake which killed thousands of people:

Asian Anti-Drugs Body Lauds Iran’s Fight against Narcotics

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Asian Anti-Drugs Body Lauds Iran’s Fight against Narcotics

In a meeting with Iranian Consul General in Kazakhstan Mohsen Faghani in Almati, CARICC Director Rustam Miralizoda further underlined the need to promote bilateral and regional cooperation in the war on drugs.

He noted more than 950 tonnes of narcotics were seized by Iranian police last year, and that fighting the global scourge of narco-trafficking requires collective cooperation and efforts by the international community.

Miralizoda then touched upon the history of the establishment of the CARICC.
“This institution was set up in 2007 by Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and the Azerbaijan Republic, with its Secretariat located in Almati,” said the CARICC director.

He said several other countries also have observer seats at the centre.

The CARICC chief said member states coordinate their efforts in the fight against narcotics in the region, facilitate cooperation among them to prevent the transit of illicit drugs through those countries, devise mechanism for collaboration among officials of member states, contribute to and run joint international efforts in that regard, and exchange and analyze relevant intelligence and information on fighting narcotics.

He further congratulated Iran on having joined the centre, and said Iran’s membership will considerably boost the CARICC’s potentialities and capabilities.

The Iranian official, in turn, underlined the need for cooperation among regional and international institution in the war on drugs, saying the cooperation of institutions such the CARICC and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with Iran, which is at the forefront of the campaign against narcotics, will contribute to tackling this problem.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

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Iranian Newspapers

Iranian Newspapers


Aftab-e Yazd Newspaper:

1- Pakistan-Russia LNG Pipeline: Fact or Bloomberg Fabrication?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Arman-e Melli Newspaper:

1- Rouhani: We’ll Both Produce, Purchase Vaccine

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Ebtekar Newspaper:

1- Ankara-Tel Aviv: A Dangerous Normalization

2- Vaccine Won’t Be Distributed among Officials, Their Families beyond Regulations: First VP

3- Tension in Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr’s Request from Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Etemad Newspaper:

1- White Death: Efforts to Rescue 7 Missing Climbers to Resume Sunday

2- Novel Missions of Judiciary

3- A Corruption beyond Nepotism: Why Is Ivanka’s Political Career Worrying?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Ettela’at Newspaper:

1- Negligence to Spread Mutated Coronavirus Strain in Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Iran Newspaper:

1- Creation of a Super Bank in Iran

2- Rouhani: We Won’t Allow Unreliable Vaccines to Be Tested in Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Javan Newspaper:

1- Rouhani: We Should Beware of British Coronavirus

2- Al-Kadhimi Playing in US Court

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Kayhan Newspaper:

1- Judiciary’s Big Step to Deliver Justice, Make People Satisfied

2- Several Israeli Troops Wounded after Zionist Regime’s Military Vehicle Destroyed in Lebanese Border

3- Western Countries Hoarding Coronavirus Vaccine, Threatening Billions of Lives

4- 11 Mountain Climbers Rescued, Eight Die

5- Hadi al-Amiri: Iraq Indebted to Gen. Soleimani’s Sacrifice

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Khorasan Newspaper:

1- Dark Rubble of Snow!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Mardom Salari Newspaper:

1- Foreign Policy: Minimum Gains of Maximum Pressure against Iran

2- Abdul Mahdi’s Account of Saudi Letter for Iran

3- Iranian Meat Consumed in Arab Countries

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Shahrvand Newspaper:

1- Death in White Hell

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Shargh Newspaper:

1- Rouhani, Jahangiri Give Assurance: We Have Problems, but We’ll Buy Vaccine

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

Medical Staff, the Elderly to Receive First COVID-19 Vaccine Shots in Iran

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Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in a televised interview that the ministry of health, which is technically charged with handling health issues, takes different issue into consideration when providing the COVID-19 vaccine.

“The health ministry has precisely categorized people, and the first batch to receive the vaccine numbers 1.8 million,” he added.

“They include the elderly with underlying diseases,” the minister said.

“The second group [to receive the vaccine] are medical personnel and teams who have the most number of contacts with patients,” the minister highlighted.

The minister said Iran will continue to buy foreign vaccines until one is developed in the country.

“We have been trying to provide a low-risk vaccine,” he added.

He also noted that Iran first did not have the kits required to diagnose the disease, but later produced them domestically.

Iran, Iraq Delineate Roadmap for Five-Year Cooperation: Minister

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In a virtual meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Adel Al-Rikabi, the Iranian minister also expressed hope that with the setting up of a joint committee, the two countries will be able to settle issues of mutual interest.

Shariatmadari said Tehran-Baghdad cooperation in the field of cooperatives can help boost mutual economic collaboration as well.

He underlined creating jobs and entrepreneurship, labour, social welfare, rehabilitation and the exchange of workforce are among other fields where the two sides can work together closely.

The Iranian minister noted enemies have failed to drive a wedge between the two countries.

He underlined Iran always stood by Iraq when Iraqi people were fighting terrorists.

Shariatmadari expressed hope the further promotion of cooperation between the two sides will contribute to the establishment of peace and tranquility in the region.

The Iranian minister also praised the move to issue visas to nationals of both countries free of charge as of May 2019, saying it could boost activities in the tourism sector.

“Nearly 6 million Iranian and Iraqis can visit the two countries annually, which amounts to great potential for the enhancement of mutual economic and cultural relations.

The Iraqi official, in turn, stressed the importance of boosting mutual cooperation on different fronts.

Iran Not to Delay Efforts to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine: Official

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Es’haq Jahagiri added no one, including the country’s officials, will gain access to a COVID-19 vaccine outside the regulations of the health ministry.

“No state official or their families will receive vaccines outside the protocols of the health ministry,” he added.

“All Iranian people are equally exposed to coronavirus; so, all individuals will gain access to the vaccine based on the priority that the Ministry of Health and Medical Education will announce transparently,” Jahangiri said.

The vice president underscored that people’s health is among the top priorities for the government.

“The government is making every attempt to procure, as soon as possible, the vaccine needed to tackle the coronavirus which has gripped all countries,” he noted.

Iran Reports Lowest Number of New COVID-19 Cases in Two Months

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In a press briefing on Saturday, Sima-Sadat Lari said the virus has also killed 134 patients since Friday noon, increasing the overall death toll to 54,574.

She said so far 942,548 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.

Lari went on to say that 5,273 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.

The spokeswoman noted that 7,354,931 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.

She said currently 108 cities are in the “orange zone” and 340 cities in the “yellow zone” in terms of coronavirus outbreak.

11 Killed after Avalanche Hits Northern Tehran

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Mahdi Valipour, the head of the Rescue and Relief Organization of the IRCS, said the dead bodies were discovered at the heights of Kolakchal, Darabad, and Ahar in northern Tehran.

He said at least 14 people were rescued from dire conditions, and 100 skiing athletes stranded in Tochal heights were taken down.

Head of the country’s Mountain Climbing Federation said two climbers are buried under 15 metres of snow, and efforts are under way to recover their bodies.

Hamid Mosaedian, a mountain climbing federation official, said some of the dead bodies have yet to be taken down, but the other ones will be delivered to their families once their identities are determined.

11 Killed after Avalanche Hits Northern Tehran
Some of the people who were rescued after an avalanche hit northern heights of Tehran

Rouhani Says Iran Can’t Trust American ‘Robbers’

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In comments on Saturday, President Rouhani said Tehran has been making efforts to buy the vaccines through COVAX, a global initiative aimed at working with vaccine manufacturers to provide countries worldwide equitable access to safe and effective vaccines.

“We provided the money needed to buy vaccines, but they said first we needed the approval of OFAC (The Office of Foreign Assets Control – a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the US Treasury Department) to make the payment. Then we tried to transfer the money through another country. Again, they said the money must first be transferred to an American bank,” said the president.

“How can we trust you (the US) when you are infamous for theft,” he said, referring to previous cases of US seizure of Iranian assets.

“The Americans hampered our efforts not only with regards to the purchase of vaccines. We can see traces of the United States’ wickedness with regards to anything we want to buy,” he said.

He then criticized media campaigns regarding Iran’s efforts to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Anti-Iran media outlets, which happen to be so cheeky, capitalize on an issue every day and use it as a pretext [to launch a campaign against Iran],” he noted.

“This time, they are using the issue of the coronavirus vaccine as an excuse and are taking advantage of the issue of purchasing foreign vaccines, the transfer of money and the production of a vaccine inside Iran,” the president.

“Since the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, one of the key issues in question was to provide a vaccine for the disease. All efforts in the country focused on a two-pronged approach: making attempts to develop a vaccine domestically while trying to buy safe foreign vaccines,” he noted.

He said all media campaigns regarding the issue of the coronavirus vaccine in Iran were false.

Ayatollah Khamenei Congratulates Christians, Muslims on Christmas

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This file photo shows Iran's Leader Ayatollah Khamenei meeting an Iranian Armenian family in December 2015

“I congratulate all Christians and Muslims of the world, particularly our Christian compatriots, on the birth anniversary of Prophet Jesus Christ, the Messiah (PBUH),” read a Friday message posted by the official Twitter account of Iran’s Leader.

Earlier, President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had also felicitated the birthday anniversary of Jesus Christ and the New Year.

Christianity in Iran dates back to the early years of the faith, pre-dating Islam. It has always been a minority religion relative to the majority state religions (Zoroastrianism before the Islamic conquest, Sunni Islam in the Middle Ages and Shiite Islam in modern times), though it had a much larger representation in the past than it does today.

Christians of Iran have played a significant part in the history of Christian mission. Currently there are at least 600 churches and 500,000–1,000,000 Christians in Iran.

The Islamic Republic guarantees the recognized Christian minorities a number of rights including representation in the parliament, special family law, production and sale of non-halal foods, among others.

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