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Training Plane Crash Kills Two in South-East of Tehran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“It was a two-seat training aircraft. As a result of the accident … two crew members were killed,” Ali Hemmati, deputy governor of the Garmsar in Semnan province, told Fars News Agency.

The incident occurred at 9 am, 300-500 metres from the local Aflak Airport of Eyvanakey.

Captain Majid Fathinejad, 51, and a female trainee named Hosseininejad were killed in the incident, according to a Red Crescent official.

Reza Ameri told ISNA that the plane was 150 metres above the ground when the incident happened and it crashed.

Both passengers were reportedly alive when the plane crashed, but they failed to get themselves out of the burning plane.

Ameri says when the rescue teams arrived at the scene, both of them were dead.

The plane was reportedly a private one.

Iran Says Will Pump Oil from East of Hormuz Strait by 2021

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IFP Media Wire
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A senior oil ministry official said on Wednesday that the 1,100-kilometer pipeline connecting Gorreh, in southwestern province of Bushehr, to Jask, a port in southern Hormozgan province, will be ready for use in March 2021 which marks the end of the next Iranian calendar year when officials hope to finish the project.

Touraj Dehqani, who serves as CEO of Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), said that the project would drastically transform oil delivery mechanisms in the Persian Gulf as it would save oil tankers a long journey to terminals located to the west of the region.

Dehqani said Iran had managed to reduce funding needed for the project through contracting domestic manufacturers for supply of the pipes.

“This project would cost around $2 billion of which between 500 to 600 million have been (earmarked for) contract to supply pipes,” he said, adding that the cost of pipes, that should be of the sour service type, could have doubled if Iran wanted to import them from traditional suppliers in Europe, China and South Korea.

The PEDEC chief said the pipeline would transfer around one million barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Gorreh to Jask, adding that a storage capacity of around 20 million bpd would be created in Jask to increase Iran’s potentials for exports.

The announcement comes amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf where the United States and allies are seeking to increase their military presence in the Strait of Hormuz in an alleged attempt to ensure security through the waterway.

Iran, which shares control over the Strait with neighboring Oman, has warned that it would remain the single dominant force in the waterway and would not allow foreigners to destabilize the area for their political purposes.

Iran has previously warned that it would shut down the Strait of Hormuz if its energy exports are threatened by external powers.

Creepy Legends about Underground Aqueduct in Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Creepy legends have grown about Qasabeh Qanat since a long time ago. In fact, the ancient people believed that it could not be constructed by humans and was made by super-human forces.

Most of what we know about this underground aqueduct are the stories that people of Gonabad have been narrating since the past.

Apart from mythical and historical stories about the qanat, archaeological investigations into the aqueduct led to the discovery of pottery collected from the main wells; proving that this strange aqueduct dates back to the Achaemenid dynasty.

French researcher Henri Goblot, in a book called “Qanats: A Water Acquisition Technique”, describes the underground aqueduct as an oddity. He considers this qanat to be a structure built using the techniques of engineering.

In his view, this qanat, which is the most original one in the world, is made by people who have had superhuman powers! Indeed, he confirms the creepy local legends!

He travelled to Iran in 1940 to do research and comment on modern irrigation methods. In his book, he attributes the culmination of creativity to the builders and engineers of Gonabad qanat.

This weird qanat is an ancient one dating back to 2,500 to 2,700 years ago.

It also has two underground corridors that are 33 km long as well as very deep wells, some of them 300 metres deep.

Gonabad qanat was first added to UNESCO’s list of tentative World Heritage Sites in 2007, then officially inscribed in 2016, collectively with several other qanats, as “The Persian Qanat“.

What’s a qanat?

A qanat or kariz is a gently sloping underground channel to transport water from an aquifer or water well to surface with a series of vertical access shafts. It acts as an underground aqueduct, supplying water for irrigation and drinking.

Qanats still create a reliable supply of water for human settlements and irrigation in hot, arid, and semi-arid climates. Of course, the value of this system is directly related to the quality, volume, and regularity of the water flow.

Traditionally qanats were built by a group of skilled labourers, with hand labour. According to most sources, the qanat technology was developed in ancient Iran by the Persian people sometime in the early 1st millennium BCE. Later it spread from Iran slowly westward and eastward.

Iran Warns of Crushing Response to Any Aggression

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Araqchi made the remarks in a Wednesday meeting with Chairman of the Defence, Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Information Commission of the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia, Abdul Kharis Almasyhari, and some of the commission’s members in Tehran.

In the meeting, the Iranian diplomat welcomed the expansion of relations with Indonesia in diverse fields, explicated Tehran’s defence policy, and underlined that its military capabilities are exclusively for deterrence, not against any other country.

“In its modern history, Iran has not started any war, and will not do it hereafter either, but would not have the slightest hesitation in defending itself, and will respond to any aggressor immediately and crushingly,” Araqchi stressed.

On Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and the US’ baseless allegations, the Iranian diplomat said, “According to the fatwa (religious edict) of the Supreme Leader, we deem any kind of non-peaceful use of nuclear energy haram (forbidden) and rejected, but we have locally developed this technology within the framework a peaceful program, with the capabilities of our own scientists.”

He also emphasized that Washington’s cruel sanctions against the Iranian nation are illegal and inhumane in nature, noting, however, that Iran is determined to turn them into an opportunity for transforming its economy.

For his part, chairman of the Indonesian parliamentary commission lauded Iran’s self-confidence and independence, stressed the need for the enhancement of parliamentary interaction between the two Muslim states, and voiced Indonesia’s readiness for cooperation with Iran in various fields, including in the fight against extremism and terrorism.

Hezbollah Decries US Sanction on Zarif

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a letter released on Wednesday, Nasrallah praised Foreign Minister Zarif for standing against the US by disclosing the truth, saying the US plots against Iran are doomed to failure, like those hatched against Lebanon in the 2006 war.

What follows in the text of the Lebanese leader’s letter to Zarif:

Dear brother, Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
May the peace, mercy and blessing of Allah be upon you;

When the American authorities announced the imposition of sanctions on you and added you to the list of the honorable people, I and my brothers decided to send you a message to express our solidarity and respect; but I preferred to postpone issuing the message until today, August 14, the day on which the Lebanese resistance could defeat the US and the so-called Israel with the full support and backing from the Islamic Republic of Iran during a 33-day war in July and August 2006.

The decisions and plots in that cruel war and grave invasion were made in America, and were under the authority of the powerless administration of George Bush the son, Condoleezza Rice, and John Bolton. The Israeli army, alleged by them to be the strongest army in the region, was merely an instrument for operation in that war.

Bolton, the then US envoy in the Security Council, had told one of the Arab officials in that war, “There is no room for diplomatic activity, because the war would not end unless with Hezbollah’s destruction or surrender.” But a few weeks later, Bolton told that Arab official, “We must finish the war right now.”

“Did you destroy Hezbollah?” the Arab official had asked him.

“No,” Bolton said.

“Did you force Hezbollah to surrender?”

“No.”

“So why are you ending the war?”

“Because if the war continues, ‘Israel’ will be gripped by a tremendous catastrophe,” Bolton had replied.

Mr. Minister, our dear friend;

Bolton, who threatens to overthrow the Islamic Republic’s establishment, has had no achievement or victory in his life. On these days back in 2006, the US retreated and was defeated in the face of popular resistance from a country with a small area and embroiled in internal disunity, let alone in the face of a great regional country, a united nation, a coherent establishment, and an august leadership.

Mr. Minister; you are a loud voice in all international venues, who discloses the truth, expresses what is rightful, and shouts it before the eyes of the world’s unruliest tyrants, namely the US and Trump and all individuals of the same type, and this is the biggest jihad.

They sought to besiege you, push you away, and intimidate you, but your presence and influence were strengthened and your position was elevated; and God willing, you will continue to remain an advocate of the oppressed and those resisting in the same way.

May God protect and help you.

Hassan Nasrallah

August 14, 2019

Iran Raps Saudi-Emirati Plot to Disintegrate Yemen

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a statement released on Wednesday, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi touched on the recent developments in south of Yemen, saying, “The coalition of Saudi and Emirati invaders, accompanied by their mercenaries, who have been unable to destroy the willpower of people with various advanced weapons, massacre, and widespread destruction over the past five years and who find themselves defeated by the spirit of diligence and fortitude of people across Yemen, are now seeking disintegration of Yemen under a suspicious plot.”

He also reaffirmed Tehran’s backing for the territorial integrity of Yemen, and added, “The Islamic Republic of Iran always supports a ‘united Yemen’ and deems preserving its integrity a common responsibility of all Yemeni people.”

The Iranian diplomat finally expressed the hope that a cessation of aggression against Yemen by the Saudi-Emirati coalition would enable different Yemeni parties and groups to overcome the problems by accomplishing the Yemeni-Yemeni talks and form an inclusive government across the country.

Estimates show that the Saudi-led war has claimed the lives of over 60,000 Yemenis since January 2016.

The years-long military aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The United Nations has warned that more than 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger.

Iranian Inmates Making Wood, Leather Handicrafts in Prison

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IFP Editorial Staff
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They are also trained in different fields and develop skills to be able to make ends meet after their sentence ends.

What follows are Mizan News Agency’s photos of the workshops in Isfahan prison:

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

19 Dey:
1- Pompeo Warns US Allies: End of Iran Arms Sanctions Imminent

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Abrar:
1- US Delegation in Turkey to Create Buffer Zone in Syria
2- Iran Nuclear Chief: In Arak, We’ve Passed Designing Stage

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Rumours of Releasing Iranian Oil Tanker as Bolton Arrives in UK
2- Iran Leader Urges Yemenis to Stand against Saudi-Emirati Plot to Disintegrate Yemen

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Ebtekar:
1- Contradictions of a Maritime Conflict
2- Iran Nuclear Chief: I Prefer Not to Talk about Details of Third Nuclear Step

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Etemad:
1- Iran Environment Chief Urges Journalists Not to Write Much about Jailed Environmentalists
* We’ve Been Told It’s Better for Them
2- Grace-1 Supertanker on Verge of Release

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Ettela’at:
1- Zarif: US Has No Right to Draw Red Line for Iran’s Defensive Measures
2- Iranian Oil Tanker Seized in Gibraltar to Be Released Soon

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Javan:
1- Power Show-Off in Strait of Hormuz, Release in Gibraltar
2- Europeans Just Buying Time through Negotiation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Iran Nuclear Chief: We’ll Ask Leader’s Opinion about Third Phase of Reducing Our Commitments
2- Sheikh Zakzaky in New Delhi for Treatment

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

 

 

Kayhan:
1- Leader: Innocent People of Yemen Will Definitely Emerge Victorious
2- 2,000 Saudi Coalition Forces Join Yemeni Revolutionaries
3- ‘Safe Zone’ Code for New US-Turkey Sedition in Syria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 14

Things of Attraction at Cortland: The Crown City

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Darshah Shah
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Things of Attraction at Cortland: The Crown City

Traveling includes tourism, tradition and culture, research travel and meeting new people and knowing their language. Travelazzi is for the people who love exploring new places. It has a collection of events in the form of media and also helps the new travelers. A travel blogger is a person who writes about his experience and memories of different places he visits. Travelazzi travel blog is a website that looks like a crowded field which is increasing day by day. It is the best way to remember your trip.

Cortland is the crown city of New York because it is on the plain that is formed by overlapping of seven valleys. It is situated very high from the sea-level therefore it crowns the states. It is a historical landmark and has many stories related to it.

Cortland’s nearby attractions:
  • Visit the Homeville museum: People who visit here are eager to know about the collections and the stories behind it. It is a crowded place and the busiest days of museum are Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. 2 to 3 hours is enough for this place.
  • A trip to Yaman Park: The look of the park is imperial. If you are a peace loving person and want to relax then this is the best place for you. There is a small pond and a swimming beach so if you want you can take a dip. It can be a fun place for the whole family as there are grills, a boat ramp, a skateboard etc.
  • Musical park: This place is the music spot of the country. It is the Hall of fame of New York. Foods and drinks are also available here at affordable prices. It is the place for the lovers of music.
  • Repertory theatre: Many people do love theater and appreciate the dedication of the artists. Cortland’s Repertory theatre is the perfect place of entertainment for individuals, couples or the whole family.
  • Global heart healing centre: It is the best place for heart, mental and physical health. Different services available here are massage, Counseling, Heart related and Chiropractic care.
  • A bite at Pita Gourmet: The décor of this restaurant is elegant. It provides lunch and dinner only. Different cuisine is available at this restaurant like Greek, Lebanese, Middle Eastern etc. It has been awarded an elegance certificate in the past.
  • Hike to Heiberg Memorial Forest: It is situated at Truxton hills and is owned by State University for experimentation and outdoor classes. If you are going to do loop trail then be careful because there are unmarked trails, unplowed roads and a fire lane of 20 miles.
  • Miniature golf course: It is a place for fun as you can play the game whether you have the ability or not. The staff is very friendly and this course is available at an affordable price. This area is rarely crowded so you can enjoy the game without being disturbed.

‘Iran Rescue Bit’ Raises Crypto-Aid for Flood-Hit People

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IFP Media Wire
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The campaign is hoped to provide an alternative route after US sanctions prevented the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) from obtaining any foreign financial aid to assist victims of the flooding that started in early March and carried through April.

A statement released by the local cryptocurrency community on Tuesday said it had decided to launch the campaign because the international bank accounts of the IRCS have been blocked due to the US sanctions.

“The choking US economic sanctions, put in place in several tranches after President Donald Trump in May 2018 unilaterally withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, have cut off the flow of international aid to Iranian flood victims,” the statement said.

“This is while humanitarian causes are deemed non-sanctionable under international law.”

At least 76 people were killed after the heaviest rains recorded in the country in 70 years more than two-thirds of the country in 28 provinces. Surging rivers burst their banks, sending an avalanche of floodwaters into villages and towns which drove hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

The flooding caused an estimated $2.5 billion in damage to roads, bridges, homes and farmland, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has said. It affected 4,400 villages, damaged 14,000 kilometers of roads and destroyed more than 700 bridges.

While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at the time that Washington was ready to help via the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the IRCS said no foreign cash help had been given to the society.

According to the statement of Iran’s local cryptocurrency society, “the volume of financial and non-financial international aid to Iran’s flood victims has been insignificant compared to responses witnessed to natural catastrophes in other countries”.

That means Iran has had to rely on its own resources to cope with the disaster, and so it does. Since its onset, the tribulation has triggered a deluge of humanitarian aid flowing in from every corner of the vast country.

However, the volume of damage is so high that people living in affected areas still face a number of small and major challenges months after the floods first hit.

Members of Iran’s local cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem are convinced that they can still bring international donors on board.

“The unique decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies means they cannot be controlled or supervised by any central authority,” they said in their statement.

“This will allow people from all over the world to donate to Iranian flood victims anonymously and quickly in spite of sanctions and other challenges.”

Making their case at a news conference held at the prestigious Sharif University in Tehran, they launched IranRescueBit on Tuesday.

“To help Iranian flood victims through our campaign, participants will first need to visit our website at this address: www.iranrescuebit.com,” the statement said.

“Participants who decide to send financial aid will be able to choose their preferred international cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin at the moment) and send any chosen amount to a digital wallet address verified by the campaign,” it added.

According to the campaign, donors can remain completely anonymous, opting not disclose their identity or even nationality, while no government or non-government entity will be able to identify them.

At specified intervals, attracted funds will be exchanged into Iran’s national currency, the rial, using credible local online exchanges. They will then be transferred to the local bank account of the IRCS transparently.

Participants can view the total donated amount live on the website at any given time, the campaign said.

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