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Rouhani to Join Putin, Erdogan in Ankara for Syria Talks

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“President Hassan Rouhani will travel to Ankara to attend and address the fifth round of trilateral talks between Iran, Russia, and Turkey, which is to be held on Monday, September 16,” said Parviz Esmaeili, the deputy chief of the president’s office.

The meeting will be held as part of consultations between the three guarantors of the Astana Process in order to settle the Syria crisis, Esmaeili added.

“In addition to negotiations within the framework of the trilateral summit, the three leaders will also hold talks on the continuation and expansion of tripartite collaborations in various economic fields, as well as regional communications,” he noted.

The Iranian president will also hold bilateral talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit, and confer with them the most important issues in bilateral relations, Esmaeili said.

Rouhani will be accompanied by a high-ranking political-economic delegation during the one-day visit.

Speaking after Friday prayers, Erdogan said at the trilateral summit with Russian and Iranian leaders, he would discuss recent developments in Idlib, Syria.

“We will continue to discuss developments in Idlib, including observation posts and the fight against terror organizations,” he said.

Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are expressly prohibited.

Under the deal, Turkey-backed militants in Idlib would remain in areas where they were already present, while Russia and Turkey would carry out joint patrols in the area to prevent a resumption of fighting.

Tehran Hosting Exhibition of Contemporary Ashura Paintings

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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The exhibition was kicked off on September 1, the first day of the lunar month of Muharram, at Imam Ali Museum of Religious Arts in Tehran.

What follows are Honar Online’s photos of the exhibition, which has put on display works by 27 prominent contemporary artists:

Canada Sells Two Iranian Buildings to Compensate ‘Terror Victims’

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IFP Media Wire
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The victims have received their share of the money earned through the sale of two Iranian-owned buildings in Ottawa and Toronto, according to a document filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in August.

The valuable Ottawa property, sold for $26.5 million, was used as the Iranian Cultural Center, and the Toronto building, sold for $1.85 million, served as the Center for Iranian Studies, the Global News reported.

In addition to the $28 million earned from the sale of the two properties, the victims were also awarded a share of some $2.6 million seized from Iran’s bank accounts. Documents also list a Toyota Camry and Mazda MPV.

The recipients include several American families who have filed claims in the Ontario and Nova Scotia courts, seeking a share of Iran’s assets seized by the Canadian government.

In particular, they include the family of Marla Bennett, a US citizen killed in a 2002 bombing that rocked the Hebrew University in Jerusalem al-Quds.

The attacks are mostly blamed on Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements Hamas and Hezbollah. The families claimed that the Iranian government supported the two organizations and was therefore responsible for their actions.

The complaints were first filed in the US but the claimants turned to Canada after finding out that the Iranian government had more properties and bank accounts there.

In July 2017, a Canadian court required the Islamic Republic to pay around $1.7 billion in damages to “American victims of terrorism.”

Iran has denied any role in the attacks which the courts have based their cases to appropriate the country’s frozen assets.

Tehran had argued that the victims had to prove Iran’s role in each attack instead of just repeating the US government’s baseless allegations.

The seizure and sale of Iranian assets in Canada come as the country has turned into a center of fraud and a safe haven for embezzlers who manage to escape justice in the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to Iran’s prosecutor general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.

Mahmoud Reza Khavari, a former Iranian banker, fled to Canada after a $2.6 billion financial fraud came to light in 2011. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison and the Interpol issued a warrant for him in December 2017.

Marjan Sheikholeslami, accused of embezzling public funds in Iran in two separate cases, has also fled to Canada. In 2010, amid the international sanctions on Iran, she founded various companies in Iran and Turkey to help Iran bypass the sanctions and sell its petrochemical products, but has reportedly refused to pay back the government’s money.

Bolton’s Removal to Give Iran, US Breathing Room for Diplomacy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Image by The Transnational

Nosratollah Tajik has, in an interview with the Entekhab news website, weighed in on the reasons behind and the repercussions of the dismissal of US National Security Advisor John Bolton.

He says Bolton’s dismissal can create some room in the diplomacy arena; however, it does little to make a meeting happen between Donald Trump and Hassan Rouhani.

“The supposition that Bolton’s dismissal is a positive signal to Iran for talks seems unrealistic and wrong,” he added.

According to Tajik, Bolton’s thoughts were focused on violence, bellicosity and extremism, and that he has always banged the drum for war.

“Therefore, his dismissal can be evaluated as fresh air for diplomacy,” he added.

He further noted the major reason for the removal of Bolton can be sought in the differences of opinion between him and Trump.

“As it is evident from Trump’s tweet, Bolton and Trump have had serious differences of opinion about global security issues such as North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, etc.,” said Tajik.

“Two key and determining players in the US foreign policy are the White House (advisors and Department of Homeland Security staff) and State Department, but it seemed that the State Department had been sidelined from ongoing developments, and the White House circle had assumed the major role,” said the analyst.

“The trend of equations in recent developments shows that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has got closer to Trump. Pompeo listens to Trump more and tries not to irritate him. As a result, we witness the balance tipped in favour of Pompeo,” says Tajik, a former Iranian ambassador to Jordan.

“The reality is that with the dismissal of Bolton, the State Department will assume a [more active] role in determining the United States’ national security strategy and diplomacy,” he added.

“Still, the dismissal of the US national security advisor can be evaluated mostly within the context of having different tastes, so we cannot speak of a change in the United States’ general foreign policy toward international issues,” said the analyst.

“Bolton was the ideological representative of members of a current who are influential and have a role in the US foreign policy apparatus at this juncture,” the expert noted.

“The US foreign policy is determined by institutions, not people; so it is unlikely that a general strategy is set for the US foreign policy,” he said.

Iran, China to Enhance Military Relations: Top General

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IFP Editorial Staff
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General Baqeri, who is in China on a three-day visit, told reporters that Tehran and Beijing will form a joint technical and industrial commission, which is to hold its meeting in the Chinese capital in the near future.

Education and training, further exchange of professors and university students, and the participation of a Chinese fleet in the joint trilateral naval drills by Iran, China and Russia in the Sea of Oman will be discussed in the meeting of the commission, he added.

According to Baqeri, Iran will shared with Chinese university students the valuable experiences that its military forces have had in naval battles in defending the country in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman or in the fight against terrorists in Syria and Iraq.

He also pointed to his visit to China’s National Defence University in Beijing, and said that the strategies and stances of the Islamic Republic of Iran on security of different regions and strategic defence topics were elaborated for students of the university and it was agreed that the two sides cooperate on sharing experiences and exchanging university students and professors.

During the three-day trip to China, General Baqeri also visited a naval base and headquarters of maintaining the security of the South Sea.

“The goal of the visit is to develop military cooperation, and peace and stability in the region,” he added.

Iran’s Non-Oil Exports Rise by 136%

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A senior industry official says some $12.697 billion worth of non-oil commodities were exported through the customs of the southern Hormozgan province in the five months to August 2019, showing a 136% growth year on year.

“The goods mainly included iron ore, polythene and tar oil as well as mineral and chemical fertilizers, which were exported to China, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, India, Oman and Ghana,” said Khalil Qassemi, the head of the Industry, Mines and Trade Organization of Hormozgan province.

Enemy Pressure Making Iran Stronger: IRGC Commander

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Major General Hossein Salami said the pressure exerted by the enemy will only reinforce Iran’s Islamic revolution, boost the morale and motivation of Iranian people to reconstruct their country, and expedite national progress.

He said the enemy pressure will also make the country safer, more independent and more self-sufficient.

“We are a nation that will never submit to enemy demands under any circumstances because we have willpower, we are powerful and we have a great leader,” said General Salami, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

“Islam has given us power, dignity, strength, brilliance, security, progress and freedom. We will always remain under the banner of Islam and will continue to move on this path,” he added.

The top general noted that Iran is engaged in an economic war with the enemies, and noted the IRGC will make every effort to protect people against hardships.

He said the IRGC has emerged from within the people.

“The IRGC is from people, with people, and for people in problems and hardships,” he said.

General Salami underlined that the IRGC serves the people without expecting anything in return and is a strong bulwark to defend the people.

He made the remarks during a ceremony to deliver hundreds of newly-built homes to the flood-hit people of Golestan province in northern Iran.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 12

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

Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Ali Babacan’s Emergence Price of Erdogan’s Crackdown!
2- Bloomberg: Bolton’s Opposition to Easing Iran Bans Reason for His Removal
3- Macron, Rouhani Agree to Continue Consultations

Iran Aftabe Yazd Daily

Besharat-e Now:
1- Oil Market’s Reaction to Dismissal of Trump’s Anti-Iran Advisor
2- Refusing to Adopt FATF Standards Is Self-Sanctioning

Iran Besharateno Daily

Etemad:
1- Big Loser: Why Bolton Was Fired from White House
2- P5+1 Talks Only If Sanctions Removed: Rouhani in Phone Call with Macron

Iran Etemad Daily

Ettela’at:
1- Talks with US under Sanctions Meaningless: Rouhani to Macron
2- Bolton’s Dismissal Hailed in US, Other Parts of the World
3- Merkel: We’ll Work with Iran on De-Escalation of Tension in Region

Iran Etelaat newspaper

Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Al-Rai: Europe Seeks to Hold Talks between Iran, US in Kuwait
2- Reactions to Bolton’s Dismissal; Anti-Iran Background of His Successor
3- Indian-Occupied Kashmir: The Unheard Screams
4- Netanyahu Runs Away for Fear of Palestinian Rockets

Jomhouri Eslami daily

Kayhan:
1- John Bolton Is Past Its Expiry Date, Thrown into Trash Bin by Trump
* Reactions to Dismissal of US National Security Advisor
2- Washington Examiner: Trump’s Maximum Pressure Policy Collapsing
3- Axis of Resistance Progressing While Enemy Falling Down
* West Asia Map 180 Degrees Opposite of What US Wanted

Kayhan daily

Mardom Salari:
1- Government OK with Women’s Presence at Stadiums: Spokesman
2- Iran to Continue Reducing Commitments If Europe Fails to Fulfil Obligations
3- Mideast Breathes a Sigh of Relief after Removal of Trump’s Most Hawkish Friend
4- Scotland Court Rules against Suspension of UK Parliament

Mardom Salari daily

Iran Dismisses Arab Quartet Committee’s ‘Hackneyed’ Claims

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A file photo of a 2018 meeting of the Arab Quarter Committee, which wrapped up with an anti-Iran statement

In a Thursday statement, Mousavi dismissed the “worn-out and rejected” accusations contained in the final declaration of the 12th meeting of the Arab Quartet Committee in Cairo against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

He said futile attempts by some Arab countries in making baseless allegations amount to insistence on pursuing the same past political mistakes.

“The rehash of groundless accusations against [Iran’s] eternal ownership of its three islands in the Persian Gulf and the blame game by some Arab countries whose regional policies have failed are, in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s view, the reason behind their failure to understand the realities of the region and the world,” the spokesman added.

“It is regrettable that some [countries], instead of relying on the power of Persian Gulf states, make divergent, unfounded and undocumented allegations about the security of the region and welcome foreigners with their desperation,” Mousavi noted.

He said insistence on useless past mistakes at a time when the region needs wisdom and realism is tantamount to moving on the wrong path, which will only increase problems in the region.

In a meeting in Cairo, the Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee issued a statement, accusing Iran of supporting attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah against Saudi targets, and interfering in the internal affairs of Arab countries.

The statement also contested Iran’s ownership of the three Persian Gulf islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa.

The meeting was attended by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secretary general of the Arab League.

 

How Iran Can Benefit from Bolton’s Dismissal

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Foad Izadi has, in an interview with the Entekhab daily, weighed in on the reasons behind the dismissal of Bolton, and its possible benefits for Iran.

The expert says Bolton’s dismissal can be good news for Iranians.

“The reality is that within the US government, there was no one more hardline than him in opposition to Iran, and now, the inefficiency of Bolton’s anti-Iran policies may prompt the person replacing him to move toward reforming his policies,” said the analyst.

Elsewhere in his interview, Izadi expressed his opinion about how much of a positive signal Bolton’s dismissal can be for US-Iran talks.

“So far, there has been no official more hardline than Bolton with regards to Iran,” he said.

“Based on a report by New Yorker, the concern of this American politician over the past 20 years has been to topple the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Izadi noted.

“There is no official in the United States who has more animosity toward Iran than Bolton does. Now, the same person who claimed Iran will not survive to see its 40th anniversary, didn’t [remain in office enough to] see his second anniversary of becoming the White House national security advisor,” he added.

“The issue of having a meeting with [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani is another issue, and it somehow seems incorrect to link it to the dismissal of the US national security advisor,” he said.

The analyst further noted that the major reason behind Bolton’s removal is the inefficiency of the consultations he gave to US President Donald Trump. Moreover, the most important case handled by Bolton was that of Iran.

“Bolton had said the Islamic Republic of Iran would not [survive to] see its 40th anniversary, and had evaluated the US withdrawal from the JCPOA as a reason to make Tehran retreat and give concessions,” said Izadi.

“Bolton had predicted that either Iran’s political system would be toppled, or the country would agree to give major concessions,” added the analyst.

“He even called for military action in dealing with Iran and evaluated such a move as being very easy; however, the ongoing developments, especially Iran’s downing of a US drone, showed all options that he had in mind, even military action, were wrong,” the expert said.

According to Izadi, Bolton’s policies vis-à-vis Venezuela also failed. Bolton believed US pressure would lead to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and bring Western-backed Juan Guaido to power, but his predictions failed to come true.

All these developments, said the analyst, led Trump to arrive at the conclusion that Bolton was not efficient enough as a national security advisor, which is an important position in the US.

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