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Iranian President, Japanese PM Meet Behind Closed Doors

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Following the private meeting, the high-ranking delegations of Iran and Japan will hold negotiations together.

Upon arrival in Tokyo, the Iranian president was officially welcomed by the Japanese prime minister.

Rouhani landed in Japan following a three-day trip to Malaysia, where he attended the Kuala Lumpur 2019 Summit and held separate meetings with a number of world leaders including Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed and King Abdullah of Pahang, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Understanding Worth of Local Number for Your SMB

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IFP Media Wire
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Just as having a business phone system is important, choosing the right phone number also holds high merit.  There are many types of business phone numbers available in the market. For example, toll-free number, international phone number, local phone number, and online phone number.

Each has its own benefits and aids in your business’s success in a different manner. Now, if you are an SMB, then which one will you choose from all the above-mentioned options? Well, if you really want to own a business phone system that can help you grow without consuming a huge chunk of your limited investments, we would suggest you pick a local phone number.

Wondering why are we advocating it? Read the reasons stated below and find out on your own. Before moving any further, let’s understand what exactly a local contact number is.

The most common type of business phone number, local number, contains the three-digit area code of a specific geographical location.  The callers of that specific region will not be liable to bear the calling cost when they dial this sort of number. Thus, it is an important business tool to build a direct connection with the customers and the community.

Why having a local presence is important?   

Whether you are a small business or a large enterprise, making a connection with the local community and local customers is more than important if you want to see your business thrive.   iPhone, one of the largest selling items, is the perfect example of why a business (even if you are a global leader) should never ignore its local presence.

Today, the iPhone has become a household name in almost every country in the world. Despite such high penetration, it never ignored to target the local customers. It offers support for multiple languages. Siri is not only well-versed in English, but it can effortlessly speak Spanish, French, German, and 16 others such commonly spoken languages.  Such is the importance of having a local presence and connection with the local customers.

For the same reasons, your SMB requires local VOIP Phone System. It can help you in the below-mentioned ways.

  • It reduces your operational cost

If you are an SMB that has grown enough to look for business opportunities in the global markets as well, then nothing is going to help you in your endeavor as much as a local number will do. With its help, you can operate a global business without facing the wrath of high investments.

Cloud telephony technology enabled phone systems help you get all the assistance ready-to-use. You need not spend on hardware & software installation, build a proper infrastructure, or be physically present in your operational area.  You can set-up a dedicated call center in any part of the world without moving an inch from your existing location. 

  • It lets you gain great market significance

Most of the SMBs are involved in producing daily consumable things and demands great market significance in their respective markets. An overwhelming customer chunk prefers local dealers or small shops over faceless big guns when it comes to purchasing daily consumable things as they offer affordable deals. For this purpose, SMBs need to have a great local presence.

A local number will have the area code of a particular location and can be operated from anywhere using cloud telephony. Because of this special feature, it will help you to firm your feet in your operative market and gain the trust of your local customers.  It will surely fetch a large chunk of local customers and pump up your sales.

  • It will help you rule over the hearts of the customers

The key component of any business success is the customer. With the changing face of customer behavior, businesses that are keeping customers at the pivot and gaining their trust are ruling in the business world. Having a local phone number is the ideal way to achieve this success goal.

By using it, you set your customers free from unnecessary hefty calling charges. Calling your local business number either can be free or exert minimal calling charges on your customers.

In conclusion

A local business number is that magic wand, which can fuel your SMB’s growth without exerting a high investment burden on your shoulders. You can gain customers’ trust and impeccable market significance with this simple tool. So, don’t wait anymore. Just grab it now.

Iran Condemns Pompeo’s Insulting Remarks, Propaganda Show

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a statement on Friday, Mousavi said Pompeo has come to the State Department from the leadership of an infernal, deceitful, pro-regime change, and torturer organization (CIA).

“Having brought his infernal thoughts to the civilized field of diplomacy (State Department), Pompeo is not on a par with any foreign minister in the world, and has no position in this field,” the Iranian spokesman said.

“Foreign ministers are usually harbingers of peace, reconciliation, dialogue, and respect, but Mr Pompeo is a mouthpiece of bullying, deceit, humiliation, and insult with a language of anger, aggressiveness, ignorance, and extremism,” he added.

Mousavi condemned Pompeo’s remarks, and stressed that Americans will get nowhere with such methods.

“So far the image they have presented to the people and elites of the US and the world has been nothing but that of an inefficient, delusive, chaotic, static, and bullying diplomacy and foreign policy,” he added.

In a Thursday speech in Washington, Pompeo claimed that “America hears you, America supports you, America stands with you” Iranian people.

“We do so for the sake of freedom, for the sake of human dignity, for the sake of respect,” he claimed.

“One day, the locks on the doors of the Iranian Embassy here in Washington could be cut off. One day, Iran Air could fly direct to Los Angeles, to Houston. … One day, our leaders could receive one another in good will and not as adversaries. What a moment that would be,” Pompeo further claimed.

The comments came as US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against two Iranian judges for what it called violation of the rights of Iranian citizens as well as their role in sentencing American citizens.

Pompeo also announced visa restrictions for the family members of Iranian officials.

He criticized the Obama administration for failing to offer support to protesters in 2009. “When the opportunity arose, America did not do that.”

Following the November unrest in Iran, the country’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador, whose country represents the US interests in Iran, to protest Washington’s interference in the Islamic Republic’s internal affairs.

At the time, Iran protested the US’ expression of support for a series of violent riots and protests over the rise in oil price that hit a number of Iranian cities.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the US’ intervention in Iran’s internal affairs, saying that the US government with such coercive economic actions can’t claim that it’s supporting the Iranian nation.

“The regime, that imposes coercive economic actions and bars delivery of food and drugs to the elderly and patients, can never claim that it’s supporting the Iranian nation. Mr. Pompeo should first answer for the announced terrorist actions and crimes against humanity and against the Iranian nation,” he said at the time.

Iran President Leaves Kuala Lumpur for Tokyo

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Rouhani left Malaysia early Friday after a three-day trip, which was made upon the invitation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed and with the aim of attending the Kuala Lumpur 2019 Summit.

During his stay in Kuala Lumpur, Rouhani participated in the KL Summit and delivered a speech before the world leaders and officials attending the event.

He also elaborated on the Islamic Republic’s regional and international policies and strategies at the Round Table Session of the Priority of Development and the Challenges held on Thursday.

Addressing top Muslim world leaders and officials participating in the session, the Iranian president presented plans for the development and progress of the Muslim world and ways to encounter the challenges ahead of Muslim people.

On the sidelines of the KL Summit, Rouhani also held separate meetings with Prime Minister Mahathir, Malaysian King Abdullah of Pahang, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on issues of mutual interest, regional and international affairs.

On the first day of his trip to Malaysia, President Rouhani held a friendly meeting with Iranian expatriates living in the country. In the meeting, representatives of university professors, students, and businesspeople raised their problems, and urged that the issues are resolved with the president’s help.

Top Regional Officials Discuss Common Challenges at Tehran Security Conference

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IFP Editorial Staff
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National security advisors and top security authorities from Iran, Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have wound up a day-long meeting focusing on the issue of Afghanistan.

In their final statement, the delegates underlined the need to work out mechanisms for regional cooperation in order to counter common security challenges.

“While being aware that common challenges with a transnational nature such as terrorism, narcotics, organized crime, migration, poverty, low level of education and economic weakness threaten the security of regional countries, the delegates stress that actions taken individually by countries have little effect when it comes to countering these challenges, and draw attention to the necessity of working out mechanisms for regional cooperation to tackle these problems,” read part of the statement.

The statement also highlights the need for collective cooperation to establish and reinforce safe transit routes and develop the necessary infrastructure. The participating countries also underlined the necessity of facilitating trade relations among them and continuing to implement plans to contribute to the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

The delegates emphasized that the Afghanistan issue has no military option.

“The only way wo establish peace and security in Afghanistan is to achieve an intra-Afghan negotiated settlement with the focus being on the ownership and control of Afghanistan,” read part of the statement.

They stressed that the continued presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan is one of the key contributors to the ongoing war and instability in the country, and underlined the need for immediate withdrawal of foreign forces from the country.

The statement further highlighted the importance of energy, reiterating that all member states of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are entitled to have free access to the energy market in the region.

IRGC Chief Rejects Idea of Interacting with Enemy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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General Hossein Salami

Major General Hossein Salami says interaction is the most difficult path, and resistance is the easiest way.

“Some think if we engage with the enemy and submit to it, we will achieve a result more easily.

However, the easiest way is to resist because the path of resistance is one where we are blessed divine power,” said General Salami, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

“Moreover, while interacting with the enemy, we would lose part of our power and have to rely on others,” he said.

The top general added the enemy seeks to make us face different issues in order to achieve its objectives.

He also said the sanctions imposed on Iran are aimed at making the nation unable to solve its problems, “and if we cannot solve our problems, we will have to lean toward the enemy.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, General Salami said scientific power brings the country defence power.

He further said that Iran is on the path to development and “our enemies are on the decline.”

“The enemy still thinks power and wealth are the only national assets of a country, but countries which have possessed [only] these powers have collapsed,” he said.

Iran, Turkey Coordinate Efforts on Syria Peace, Closer Ties

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting on the sidelines of the KL Summit 2019 in Malaysia on Thursday.

In the meeting, both presidents hailed the Malaysian prime minister’s initiative to bring the heads of a number of Muslim states together at a summit in Kuala Lumpur for addressing the Islamic world’s problems, and stressed the need for closer cooperation and solidarity among the Islamic nations.

The Iranian and Turkish presidents also talked about the regional issues, particularly the course of developments in Syria, and called for cooperation between Tehran and Ankara within the framework of the Astana Process.

In the gathering, President Rouhani expressed concern about the lingering presence of American forces in Syria and the US attempts to take control of Syria’s oil resources, and called for closer cooperation among Iran, Turkey and the Syrian government.

The Iranian president also stressed the need for cooperation with the Damascus government to facilitate the withdrawal of terrorist groups from Idlib and restore calm in the Arab country.

Elsewhere in the meeting, Rouhani and Erdogan conducted a review of the latest status of relations between Iran and Turkey, and urged efforts to enhance the bilateral ties in various fields, including the energy industry, transportation, trade and banking sector.

It was also decided that the special envoys of the two presidents would pursue the agreements reached at the meeting and carry out the agreements made at Iran-Turkey Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation.

The two presidents also decided to hold the next session of Supreme Council of Iran-Turkey Economic Coordination in Tehran in spring, to be chaired by the presidents and attended by the cabinet members of the two neighbours.

The KL Summit 2019 kicked off in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, attended by hundreds of Muslims leaders, politicians, and thinkers.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

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Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini Lahijani
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Newspaper Headlines

Abrar:

1- Erdogan’s Advisor: Libya Part of Turkey’s Responsibilities

2- Japan Foreign Ministry’s Statement on Abe-Rouhani Meeting

3- Shamkhani: Iran to Further Cut Its Nuclear Commitments If EU Fails

4- UK Foreign Secretary: Iran’s Measures Endangering JCPOA

5- US to Decrease Level of Its Diplomatic Presence in Iraq

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Arman-e Melli:

1- Americans Will Have to Return from Sanctions: Rouhani to Mahathir

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Ebtekar:

1- Treading on Lose-Lose Path: Rouhani on US Sanctions

2- 95% of Those Running for Parliamentary Votes in Tehran Qualified by Interior Ministry

3- Poland May Be Fired from EU

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Hamshahri:

1- Diplomacy from Tehran to East Asia

* Iranian, Malaysian, Qatari, Turkish Leaders Attend Meeting Snubbed by Saudi, Allies

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Javan:

1- Tehran Security Conference Dismissed Allegations of Iran Isolation

2- Shamkhani: Presence of Seven Influential States in Tehran Shows Regional States Standing against US Maximum Pressure

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Merkel: We’re Opposed to US Sanctions on Iran

2- 17 Members of US Congress Protest US’ Economic War on Iranian Citizens

3- Thousands in Various US States Rally in Support for Trump Impeachment

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Kayhan:

1- Number of Candidates for Replacing Abdul-Mahdi Increased amid Complicated Situation in Iraq

2- Shamkhani: We Can’t Be Both Sanctioned and Stripped of Channels to Bypass Bans by Accepting CFT

3- Rouhani: Sanctions Cannot Continue

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Mardom Salari:

1- Concerns Raised at Tehran Security Conference about Transfer of ISIS by US

2- Trump Outraged by Impeachment: President’s Opponents in Streets

3- Muslims Must Feel Responsible towards Each Other: Rouhani to Mahat

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Iran Condemns UNGA’s Human Rights Resolution

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Vows Appropriate Response to US Interception of Mahan Air Flight

In a statement on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi condemned the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran, which was adopted in the 74th session of the UN General Assembly with the support of Canada and certain Western states.

The Iranian spokesman said the document is based upon selective approaches, is partial, confrontational, and meant to serve political objectives.

Mousavi also noted that an obvious reason for illegitimacy of the resolution is that it has been endorsed by the front of Zionism and the reactionary regional regimes, who ignore all kinds of human rights norms, sponsor terrorism and extremism, and violate the basic human rights.

“The political and instrumental use of human rights and the employment of double standards in this area are in contravention of the sustainable promotion of human rights,” the spokesman added.

“Despite this fact, the attitude of supporters of the resolution is adoption of ‘double standards’ on the status of human rights in the countries and referral of the issue to the international circles, particularly to the United Nations. Accordingly, we deplore the fact that the UN mechanisms have been subject to such abuses,” he added.

Mousavi also noted that the destructive approach that supporters of the resolution have adopted against the Islamic Republic of Iran contains multiple errors and flaws, such as the instrumental and political employment of human rights, ignoring the values, the creeds, and the distinguishing cultural features of various societies, ignoring the facts under the influence of an anti-Iran media propaganda, and the disregard for and silence on the widespread violation of the Iranian nation’s human rights as a result of the cruel and illegal sanctions.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is a democratic religious administration that has taken steps to promote and advance human rights at the national, regional and international levels within the framework of the religious and moral commitments and in conformity with its Constitution, normal regulations and the international treaties, and also feels practically obligated to observe them,” the spokesperson underlined.

Talks with Iran as Valuable as Nobel Prize for Trump: Ex-Envoy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Talks with Iran as Valuable as Nobel Prize for Trump: Ex-Envoy

In an interview with Khabar Online, Iran’s former ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan Mohsen Pakaein expounded on the main purposes of President Hassan Rouhani’s tour of East Asia.

He said the Iranian president’s visit to Malaysia for the KL Summit 2019 would provide a perfect opportunity for the bilateral meetings and multilateral negotiations to resolve the Islamic world’s woes and de-escalate the regional tensions.

On the Iranian president’s plan to visit Japan after Malaysia, Pakaein said Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo had already received a “negative response” from Iran when he conveyed a message from the US during his trip to Tehran a couple of months ago.

Deploring Washington’s policy of sanctions and pressures against Iran, the former ambassador said even a prisoner swap between Iran and the US would not be regarded as a “positive pulse” given the White House’s hostile plots against the Islamic Republic.

“As a result, the Japanese will not receive a positive response about the US talks during Mr. Rouhani’s visit,” he noted.

Asked about the US administration’s desperate need for a political achievement ahead of the next US presidential election and Washington’s possible attempts to use Japan as a mediator to move closer to Iran, Pakaein said, “Trump has had no achievement in the diplomatic sphere, and has even ruined Barack Obama’s achievements, as it has turned into Donald Trump’s Achilles’ heel and has been taken advantage of by the Democrats.”

“Trump has had a failed policy towards North Korea, West Asia, and countries like Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. We clearly saw his blatant mistake of pulling the United States out of the JCPOA, which was yet another achievement of the Obama administration,” he added.

“What he (Trump) is pursuing for now is persuading Iran to hold talks despite a broad range of sanctions,” the former ambassador noted.

“The US administration’s talks with Iran is so important for Trump that a European official has recently told an Iranian official that for Trump, dialogue with the Iranian authorities is as significant as winning the Nobel prize,” Pakaein stated.

Highlighting Trump’s failure to celebrate any foreign policy achievement in his tenure, the ex-envoy said the US leader seeks to hold talks with Iran without making any concessions.

“Iran has made it clear several times that it would never accede to (US’ call for) talks under the sanctions,” Pakaein underscored, adding, “On the other hand, Japan has behaved in such a way that obeys the US sanctions, and it’s unlikely that some progress will be made in this regard and on the economic subjects during Mr. Rouhani’s trip to that country (Japan).”

“However, it does not mean that the presidential visit was not necessary at this juncture, because the country (Iran) requires such diplomatic movements, while other issues such as the Middle East and regional security could be among the other major topics,” the Iranian diplomat concluded.

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