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Coronavirus Arrives in Iran: Two Men Die of COVID-19 in Qom

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IFP Editorial Staff
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According to a Health Ministry advisor, the samples taken from the two men who died of respiratory problems showed they had the new coronavirus.

Kiyanoush Jahanpour, the head of the Health Ministry’s public relations department, had earlier said “in the past two days, some suspected cases of the new coronavirus were found” in the central city of Qom.

He said apart from the two cases who died of COVID-19, there was an unspecified number of other suspected cases as well, all of whom have been quarantined.

“Subsequent tests are in progress and the results of these tests will be released to the public, once they are finalized,” he said.

“Medical teams have been deployed in Qom and the suspected people have been quarantined,” he added.

He did not say how many people were suspected of having the virus, which causes the illness recently named COVID-19.

The new virus emerged in China in December. Since then, more than 70,000 people have been infected globally, with more than 2,000 deaths being reported, mostly in China.

The virus comes from a large family of what are known as coronaviruses, some causing nothing worse than a cold. It causes cold- and flu-like symptoms, including cough and fever, and in more severe cases, shortness of breath. It can worsen to pneumonia, which can be fatal.

Iran President Unveils New Homegrown Cars

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran President Unveils New Homegrown Cars (7)

The new cars include Peugeot K132 and a turbo-automatic model of Dena Plus both developed by Iran Khodro Company, and two other models (a crossover and a sedan) produced by SAIPA.

What follows are photos of the new cars retrieved from the president‘s website:

 

Iran Offers Tax Exemptions for Non-Oil Exports

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking at the 93rd meeting of the Iranian administration’s council of dialogue and the private sectors, held in Tehran on Tuesday, Economy Minister Dejpasand said the policy adopted by the administration to increase tax incomes and reduce the share of petrodollars in the next year’s national budget would by no means mount pressure on the private sector businesses which are disciplined and have no outstanding debts.

Unveiling plans for a rise in the tax incomes with new regulations on tax payment, curbing tax avoidance, and introducing new tax exemption activities, the minister said, “Over the past one year, we tried to use tax as an economic policy-making instrument.”

He also explained that the export of non-oil products has been exempted from paying the tax, provided that the currency earned from the exports would return to the country to supply the necessary financial resources for the import of commodities into the country.

‘Oil-Free Economy to Increase Iran’s Export Capacities’
‘Oil-Free Economy to Increase Iran’s Export Capacities’

“We believe that repatriation of the hard currency earned from the exports to the country’s production and economy cycle could play a role in accelerating the country’s economic growth,” Dejpasand added.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the Economy Minister announced later that while the enemies of Iran have been doing their utmost to block the flow of financial resources into Iran, the value of imports during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year stands at around $39.7 billion, while Tehran has also generated around $38.8 billion in the exports in the same period.

Iran Sets World Record in Educating Foreign Students

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Sets World Record in Educating Foreign Students

In comments at a Tuesday meeting between the Iranian Minister of Education and the director generals of the staff departments of the Ministry, Head of the Centre for Coordination, Communication and Ministerial Sphere of the Ministry of Education Ali Baqerzadeh said the Islamic Republic has set a world record in educating foreigners by providing schooling for over 540,000 foreign students.

He also noted that the Education Ministry has laid down standards to ensure that all people eligible to receive schooling could have access to schools and get high-quality education.

Iran Implementing Plan to Promote Refugees’ Health
Iran Implementing Plan to Promote Refugees’ Health

While the countries in the world are trying to improve access to schools and facilitate education, the Islamic Republic has succeeded to raise the level of public education and provide elementary education for 98.18 percent of the population, Baqerzadeh added.

He also noted that South Korea’s parliament ratified a bill in January to provide free high school education in the Asian nation, while the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Constitution, adopted forty years ago, provides for free public education until end of the high school.

The official finally emphasized that the promotion of the education system requires utmost care about an even distribution of learning opportunities, warning that a focus on the policy of training elites would seriously harm the education system.

Dutch FM to Visit Iran for Talks

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Dutch FM to Visit Iran for Talks

According to a statement by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch foreign minister will meet with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues, according to the statement.

Relations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the European country’s expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in June 2018, and Tehran’s reciprocal measure in February 2019.

Following Iran’s expulsion of two Dutch diplomats, the Netherlands summoned its ambassador to Tehran to hold consultations, and summoned the Iranian ambassador, describing the act as “unacceptable” and “having negative consequences” for bilateral relations.

On January 8, 2019, the Netherlands’ foreign and interior ministers wrote a letter to the parliament accusing Iran of murdering Mohammad Reza Samadi Kolahi.

The Dutch foreign ministry had earlier in June expelled the two Iranian diplomats.

Kolahi was the agent behind the blast at the central building of the Islamic Republic of Iran Party on June 28, 1981. In that explosion, more than 70 senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran were killed.

Dutch court records show that Kolahi was killed by members of a criminal gang in 2015.

Claims of Iran’s involvement in the incident come as the Dutch prosecutor explicitly stated in the course of the trial that there was no evidence of Iran’s complicity in the murder.

Also in September 2019, Iran voiced concern about a report by Yahoo News of the Dutch intelligence agency’s possible role in a cyber-attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear site at a meeting with a senior Dutch diplomat in Tehran.

Yahoo News had reported that the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD had recruited an inside mole at the behest of the CIA and the Mossad to get their Stuxnet virus onto computer systems inside Iran’s Natanz nuclear site.

Iran Gives Prison Sentences to Environmental Activists

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Two Swedish Nationals Arrested in Iran on Drug Smuggling Charges

Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili said on Tuesday that an appeals court has upheld the verdicts.

Two of the activists, Morad Tahbaz and Niloufar Bayani, got 10 years each and were ordered to return the money they allegedly received from the US government for their services.

Esmaili said two other activists, Houman Jokar and Taher Qadirian, each got eight-year sentences for “collaborating with the hostile government of America.”

Another three of the activists, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashan-Doust and Amir-Hossein Khaleqi Hamidi, were sentenced to six years in prison each. The eighth activist, Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, got four years.

All the activists were arrested in early 2018, and have been detained since then.

Iranians Evacuated from China Out of Quarantine Safe and Sound

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IFP Media Wire
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Reports on Tuesday showed that Iranian health minister Saeid Namaki personally visited a hotel located in the vicinity of Tehran where the 57 students had been quarantined to ensure they all tested negative for coronavirus.

The students had been flown to Iran in early February from Wuhan, in the Chinese province of Hubei. The evacuation came after Chinese authorities reported growing cases of coronavirus in the region that had led to hundreds of deaths.

The toll from the virus, which is currently called COVID-19, has reached over 1,800 people including fatalities in other countries. Nearly 80,000 people, mostly in Hubei, are being treated for the highly-contagious disease.

A deputy Iranian health minister said that all 57 students quarantined in the hotel in Shahriar, a city to southwest of Tehran, had undergone intensive tests and care procedures during the days in the facility.

Authorities issued certificates for the students allowing them to prove that they are in good health and would pose no threat to others.

Authorities in Shahriar said they were grateful to the local people for tolerating the situation.

That came after reports showed some residents were angered by the decision to hold the students in the city, saying the disease could spread to people living around the hotel.

Students leaving the quarantine were also pleased by Iran’s quick response to the case, saying the government had shown a great deal of support for them both in China and inside Iran.

 

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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Iran Newspaper Headlines

Iran Newspapers

Dey 19 Newspaper:

  • Iranian Businessmen to Help Rebuild Syria: Larijani
  • Our Response to Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Shatters US’s Fabricated Awe: IRGC Cheif

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Abrar Newspaper:

  • We Have Big Database of Intelligence from Remains of ISIS: Iraq
  • US Negotiates with Europe to Leave Iraq: Trump’s Adviser
  • We Seek to Resolve Iran-US Differences through Dialogue: Lavrov

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

 

Aftab-e Yazd Newspaper:

  • How much is the Turnover of Parliamentary Elections?
  • “US Peace with Taliban Does not Necessarily Mean End of War in Afghanistan!”

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

 

Ebtekar Newspaper:

  • We Ready to Talk to Our Arab Neighbors: Larijani
  • EU Gives Russia, China Confidence in Preserving JCPOA
  • Passionate Attendance of People; Reformist Wave at “Shiroudi” Stadium

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Etemad Newspaper:

  • Election Turnout; Right or Duty?
  • Increasing Sanctions Costs for US
  • Iran’s Maximum Use of Munich Conference
  • Reformism Does Not Reach Dead-end: Abdollah Ramazanzadeh

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Ettela’at Newspaper:

  • Resistance, Referendum; Solution to Palestinian Issue: Zarif
  • Assassination of General Soleimani Gross Violation of UN Charter: Lavrov

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Javan Newspaper:

  • Reformists’ Election Campaign after Undermining!
  • Ankara-Washington Push to Rescue Terrorists from Idlib

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Jomhouri Eslami:

  • Statue of General Soleimani Built on Lebanese Border with Palestine

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Kayhan Newspaper:

  • Mass Escape of Terrorists from Aleppo
  • Syrians Celebrate on Streets
  • US Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Makes Iraq closer to Iran: German FM

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Shahrvand Newspaper:

  • Iran’s Miankaleh in Quarantine: Head of Veterinary Organisation
  • 285 Dead Birds Discovered in Bandar Torkaman
  • Miankaleh; Migratory Birds Slaughterhouse

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Shargh Newspaper:

  • FM Zarif Returns with Another Prisoner / Iranian Prisoner Returns Home from Germany
    A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 18

Fajr Music Festival Underway in Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In addition to Tehran, several other provinces co-hosted this year’s performances of Fajr Music Festival, namely the provinces of Bushehr, Zanjan, Golestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Lorestan, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, East Azarbaijan, North Khorassan, and Fars.

The music festival got underway in five cities of the large province of Sistan and Baluchestan on February 9 and ran until February 14. In the other provinces, the event kicked off on February 13 and will go on until February 19.

This year’s festival includes performances from various bands playing traditional Persian music (Dastgah), Iranian folk music, classical music, orchestral music, and fusion music, as well as from children and teenagers’ musical groups and all-female bands.

The festival also includes various sections such as expert panels, the music and media award ceremony, and lyrics award.

Special programs have been arranged for this year’s festival in commemoration of victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran on January 8.

Moreover, the 35th Fajr Music Festival has been attended by eight foreign musical groups coming from Tunisia, Austria (2 groups), France, Italy, Belgium, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.

During a performance from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Symphonic Orchestra on the first day of the festival, a Russian musician has accompanied the orchestra at the Vahdat Hall of Tehran.

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

Iran Releases German National as Part of Swap Deal: Judiciary

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IFP Media Wire
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Iran Releases German National as Part of Swap Deal: Judiciary

Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, “Unfortunately, an Iranian national, who had been engaged in business activities, was detained in Germany and was about to be extradited to the United States to be prosecuted,” for allegedly violating the US sanctions on Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that an Iranian national identified as Ahmad Khalili had been released from detention in Germany and returned home along with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was in the country for the Munich Security Conference.

The Foreign Ministry explained that Khalili had been arrested in Germany at the request of the US on the pretext of violating Washington’s illegal sanctions and had been planned for extradition to the US.

Esmaili noted that Khalili had been released thanks to efforts made by the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Judiciary.

“We announced [to Germans] our willingness to hand over a German national, who had been handed a jail term of three years because of engaging in unauthorized photography in forbidden locations in exchange for the Iranian citizen,” he added.

The identity of the German national is not known.

Esmaili noted that Iran had insisted that Khalili should return home first, and the German national would be sent back to his country a day later.

Late last year, Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani returned home following his release from a US jail in a prisoner swap.

Soleimani had been invited by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to lead a research program there but was arrested on arrival and secretly imprisoned without trial by the FBI in October 2018. FBI reportedly arrested him on the charge that he had violated trade sanctions by trying to transfer biological material to Iran.

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