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Iran Strongly Denounces Kabul Terrorist Blast

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Bahram Qassemi

In a Sunday statement, Qassemi extended Iran’s condolences to the Afghan nation, government as well as the families of the victims of the deadly attack.

He also expressed hope that terrorism in all its aspects and forms would be eradicated soon in the region and the whole world through joint resolve and attempts by all states at bilateral, regional and international levels.

At least 45 people were killed and over 60 others injured earlier Sunday in a blast targeting a voter registration centre in Kabul.

Police say the explosion occurred when a bomber detonated explosives in Dasht-e Barchi area. The ISIS terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Voter registration centres have been set up across Afghanistan in preparation for long-delayed parliamentary elections due to be held in October. The bombing is the fourth attack against the election process in less than a week.

Dasht-e Barchi is largely inhabited by members of the Shiite Hazara minority, which has been repeatedly targeted by ISIS terrorists.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

Almost all papers today covered the remarks made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in an address to a group of top executives and cabinet members.

Also a top story was the comments made by Army Chief-Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi in support of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Several papers also highlighted the remarks made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with the CBS News about Tehran’s reaction to Washington’s possible withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Zarif stressed that the Islamic Republic will immediately resume its nuclear program in a faster pace than before if Trump decides to pull out of the JCPOA.

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

 

19 Dey:

  • Cowards Must Leave Their Government Positions: Rouhani
  • I Can’t Tell Everything
  • Nuclear Chief: Those Violating Nuclear Deal to Be Surprised by Iran’s Reaction

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Abrar:

  • Rouhani: Recent Forex Decision Heavy Blow to US
  • Zarif: We’re Ready to Resume Our Nuclear Program at Faster Pace

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Afkar:

  • Iran Nuclear Chief: I Hope Other Side Would Come to Its Senses

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

  • North Korea Looking for Peace? Pyongyang Stops Missile Test Centre

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

  • Rouhani, from Lip Service to Action
  • President: Bodies Supervising Gov’t Not Allowed to Interfere in Executive Affairs
  • We’ll Make US Regret Violating Iran Nuclear Deal: Zarif

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Asrar:

  • Iran First VP: Solidarity to Solve All Problems in the Country

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Ebtekar:

  • North Korean Leader: I Don’t Want to Turn into Another Saddam, Gaddafi

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Etemad:

  • Rouhani’s First VP to Ahmadinejad: Don’t Threaten Establishment, Know Your Limits

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Ettela’at:

  • Rouhani: We’ll Overcome Problems If We Manage to Convince People
  • North Korea’s Missile, Nuclear Activities Stopped on Leader’s Order

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Iran:

  • Zarif in US: We’re Ready to Resume Nuclear Activities
  • Rouhani: Executives Who Are Afraid Must Leave Their Positions

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Javan:

  • Army Chief: We Won’t Let Anyone Disrupt IRGC’s Progress
  • Incorrect Judgements about IRGC Nothing New

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

  • Jahangiri Warns Ahmadinejad: You’ll Face People’s Outrage If You Threaten Establishment
  • Palestinian Researcher Assassinated in Malaysia by Mossad Agents

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Kayhan:

  • Late Admission of JCPOA’s Failure
  • Rouhani: It’s Been Four Years We’re Transferring US Dollars in Sacks!
  • Army Chief: I Attended IRGC Day Ceremony to Deal Heavy Blow to Enemies
  • Muslim Woman Denied French Citizenship over Refusing to Shake Hands with a Man!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Khorasan:

  • People Now Have Access to Treasury’s Payments to All State Bodies

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Rah-e Mardom:

  • Rouhani: Fight against Corruption Needs Planning

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Resalat:

  • Ayatollah Nouri Hamadani: Those Undermining IRGC Echoing Enemies’ Words

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Rooyesh-e Mellat:

  • Army Chief: We Produce All Equipment We Need Inside Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Sayeh:

  • Interior Minister: Morality Police Force’s Illegal Move to Be Dealt with Immediately

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Shahrvand:

  • Rouhani to Top Executives: Resolve People’s Problems

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Shargh:

  • Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani: First VP Jahangiri among Supporters of My Mayoralty

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

  • A Woman Plans to Replace Erdogan
  • Will Turkey’s Early Elections Be Winning Card for Ruling Party?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 22

 

Iran President Vows Not to Restrict Social Media

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Apparently referring to the controversial issue of blocking people’s access to the popular messenger Telegram, Rouhani stressed that people have the right to choose between the social networks they want to use.

In a Farsi post on his Instagram account on Sunday, the Iranian president also added that his government will protect the cyberspace and people’s access to communications.

This comes as within the past few weeks there were contradictory reports saying the popular messaging app Telegram is seemingly drawing its last breaths in Iran.

Telegram has more than 40 million users in Iran and is widely believed to have played a significant role in the victory of Rouhani in the 2017 presidential elections.

On April 18, the Telegram channel of Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei announced it would have no further activity in the app. It said “in order to protect the national interests and to break the monopoly of the Telegram messenger,” the website Khamanei.ir has stopped its activity on this messaging application.

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Following that, a number of other Telegram channels attributed to top Iranian officials stopped their activities in a move that seemed to signal the imminent blocking of the messenger.

The fate of Telegram in Iran became a hot subject in political circles late last month, when the chairman of the Parliament’s National Security Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said a decision has been made “at the highest levels” to permanently ban Telegram by April 20.

However, shortly afterwards, President Rouhani said he opposes the filtering of Telegram.

4,000-Year-Old Skeletons of Mother, Infant on Show in Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The relic belongs to a mother who died while giving birth to her baby. The skeleton dates back to the 2nd millennium BCE. It was unearthed in archaeological excavations on a hill in the provincial town of Moghan in 1995. The grave containing the mother and baby has been fully moved to the Semnan museum.

The unique skeletons are the only intact ones kept in the Iranian museum. The place where the skeleton was dug out contains some salt and does not have much humidity, and that is why the relic has not been damaged even after 4,000 years, a Farsi report by ISNA said.

The mother, estimated to have been 17-20 years old, died while delivering her baby. The cause of the death was probably the small size of her pelvis, say experts. The baby was born leg-first, and as the mother’s pelvis was too small, she lost her life during the delivery. The bones of the baby’s arms and legs were found on the ground next to the mother’s skeleton.

Experts say the mother was buried “infant-style,” so that her head faced the East where the sun rises. This method of burying was common practice in the Mithraism rituals. So, it seems the woman was a follower of the Mithraism faith in which they worshiped the sun.

Moreover, the woman has a bracelet and a ring on her hand. In Mithraism, it was customary to bury women with their jewelry, and men with their tools of work as well as weapons of war.

The area where the body was found is known as the Hesar Hill of Damghan. Located three kilometres southeast of Damghan, It is one of the most important historical sites in Semnan province and in Iran. The civilisation found there dates back to the first to fourth millennia BCE.

What follows are Chamedan’s photos of the skeletons:

Rooster Undergoes World’s First Cataract Surgery

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The surgery was performed by Behnam Ghaffarzadeh, a surgeon and eye examiner, on a five-year-old cock.

“The operation was carried out on the animal’s left eye, and I also examined its other eye to see when the surgery on the next must be performed,” said Ghaffarzadeh in Farsi interview with Fars News Agency.

This specialist also mentioned he had already performed a similar surgery on a 9-year-old duckling in his office.

“Given the fact that pupils of birds are not like human, cats and dogs, this surgery is much more difficult and it is even possible that they lose their pupil. However, the operation was successfully completed without any problem.”

According to Shokoufeh Khalili, the rooster’s owner, it had lost its eyesight about one and a half years ago as a result of cataract.

She said that she did a lot of search, but no expert in Iran and even in the world had performed such a surgery, and all the surgeries were on dogs and cats.

“However, I learned about Dr Ghaffarzadeh’s surgery on a duckling through the Internet and took my pet to Tabriz to be cured,” said Khalili.

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye which leads to a decrease in vision. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes.

Iran Ready to Teach Russian as Foreign Language at Schools

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Iranian minister made the proposal at a meeting with Chairman of the Committee on Education of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Nikonov, saying that the Islamic Republic plans to “break up the monopoly of English as the second language” and develop students’ skills in other languages, particularly Russian.

Bat’haei’s suggestion drew a lot of criticism in social networks and many people including celebrities wrote on their pages that learning Russian language would not be that much useful for their children.

Following the reactions, the Iranian education minister in a series of tweets elaborated on his proposal saying that “on my trip to Russia to attend a conference on the use of ICT in education, I presented a report on our current programs and the role of social networks in our future plans.”

“When I visited a school in Russia, I noticed that, unfortunately, the Russian students are completely unfamiliar with the Persian culture and language. Chairman of the Russian Duma Education Committee said Russia is ready to teach Persian language, like Chinese at some schools as a second language.”

According to the minister, reciprocal action is a prerequisite for any international agreement, and thus Iran has offered to teach Russian as a foreign language in certain Iranian schools.

However, the expansion of Russian language education in Iran depends on teaching Persian language in Russia, he added.

“Getting to know the Iranian culture in Russian students’ textbooks is another issue that would be considered in our future MoU.”

“We are trying to diversify the teaching of foreign languages at schools, and according to the law, the conditions will be provided for teaching French, German, Russian and Spanish next to English.”

Earlier in January Iran banned the teaching of English in primary schools after the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the early learning of English opened the way to a Western “cultural invasion”.

The teaching of English usually starts in middle school in Iran, around the ages of 12 to 14, but some primary schools, below that age, also have English classes.

Tehran Hosts Exhibition of Qajar Era Artworks

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The exhibition named “Selection of Islamic-Iranian Art in Qajar Era” is open to the public.

Malek National Library and Museum Institution (MNLMI) is the first private museum of Iran and one of the six large libraries holding exquisite manuscripts. The MNLMI collection is a rich trove of the best manuscripts and Iranian historical artworks.

The Institution is located in the historical precinct of “Bagh-e Melli” (National Garden) that is considered the cultural-historical centre of Tehran. The MNLM visitors include a large number of university students and researchers, as well as tourists who enjoy its library and museum facilities.

Qajar art refers to the art, architecture, and art-forms of the Qajar dynasty of the late Persian Empire, which lasted from 1781 to 1925 in Iran.

The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was the fortunate side-effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Muhammad Khan and his descendants. With his ascension, the bloody turmoil that had been the 18th century in Persia came to a close, and made it possible for the peacetime arts to again flourish.

Most notably, Qajar art is recognizable for its distinctive style of portraiture. While the depiction of inanimate objects and still lives is seen to be very realistic in Qajar painting, the depiction of human beings is decidedly idealised. This is especially evident in the portrayal of Qajar royalty, where the subjects of the paintings are very formulaically placed and situated to achieve a desired effect.

What follows are photos of the ongoing exhibition retrieved from Tasnim News Agency:

Dozens Killed, Wounded in Latest Suicide Blast in Kabul

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“It happened at the entrance gate of the centre. It was a suicide attack,” Dawood Amin, police chief of Kabul, told AFP.

The Afghan Health Ministry puts the death toll at 52, but the number is expected to rise. Many civilians including three babies less than 6 years old are among the victims.

The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.

The attack was the latest deadly blast in the past few months. Earlier last month, a car packed with explosives blew up outside a sports stadium in Afghanistan’s restive south, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens more, officials said, capping a bloody week in the war-torn country.

The suicide attack happened in Lashkar Gah, the capital of opium poppy-rich Helmand province, as spectators were leaving a wrestling match at the stadium, provincial governor spokesperson Omar Zwak told AFP.

Helmand is largely controlled by the Taliban, which is under growing pressure to take up Ghani’s offer of peace talks to end the 16-year war.

Iran, Zanzibar Call for Expansion of Ties

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a meeting held in Zanzibar, Iranian MP Ardeshir Nourian told Haroun Suleiman that the Islamic Revolution of Iran pays special attention to the African continent, emphasising that the collaboration between Muslims can protect the rights of the oppressed Palestinians.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has had a special focus on Africa after the Islamic Revolution, and on this basis, Zanzibar and Tanzania in East Africa are of particular importance,” noted Nourian, a Farsi report by ICANA said.

He further mentioned that the common history of the two sides does not allow certain attempts to disrupt mutual ties.

Nourian also touched upon the important and historical role of Zanzibar in combating racial discrimination in the African continent.

For his part, Haroun Suleiman said that there are plenty of fields for cooperation that should be used to expand relations.

“We welcome the transfer of Iran’s technical and scientific expertise in various fields, and we are ready to send a delegation to Tehran to closely familiarize with Iran’s experience in dealing with constitutional and budgetary issues.”

Suleiman also stressed that the activities of the two parliamentary friendship groups have an important role in developing collaborations.

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania in East Africa. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands.

“Qatar May Use Iran’s Kish Island for 2022 FIFA World Cup”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Kish Island

In a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku on Thursday, Soltanifar said Qatar’s hosting of the football world cup is good news for the region and Iran hopes Qatar will be a good host.

“Iran is ready to provide Qatar with any kind of assistance to help the country better organise the tournament, which is watched by billions of people,” he said, speaking on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation.

The minister said Iran’s Kish Island is home to dozens of large hotels and sports facilities, which could be used by Qatar for setting up camps for World Cup competitors, according to a Farsi report by IRNA.

Soltanifar also said he is pleased to see Tehran and Doha significantly improving their relations, as it could provide the two nations with great benefits.

Al Ali said the Qatari government shares views with Iran on cultural and regional issues, and is eager to develop bonds of friendship with Tehran.

“The Qatari government has a comprehensive plan to expand bilateral ties with Iran in 2018,” the Qatari minister said.

Relations between Iran and Qatar has been getting warmer in recent months, after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain imposed a blockade on the peninsular nation last June.

The bloc has made several conditions for lifting its land, air and sea blockade against Qatar, notably asking Doha to end support for groups such as Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, which they regard as terrorist, and restrict ties with Tehran.

Qatar has denied the allegations and rejected the Saudi-led demands as an attempt to impose guardianship on the kingdom.

In the wake of tensions erupted between Qatar the Saudi-led bloc, many Qatari tourists have decided to spend their weekends in the Iranian island of Kish.

“Qatar May Use Iran’s Kish Island for 2022 FIFA World Cup”

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