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Iran Rejects Concerns over Delayed Appointment of Envoys to India, China

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In comments on Sunday, Bahram Qassemi criticized “certain people in the country’s bureaucratic or legislative bodies” who are unfamiliar with the lengthy and complicated process of selection of ambassadors but repeatedly voice concern, either deliberately or unintentionally, about the absence of ambassador to a few foreign capitals.

The spokesperson then gave a detailed explanation of the process for selection, introduction, ratification and appointment of an ambassador to a foreign country, saying the country’s diplomatic missions carry out their tasks in the normal way even without an ambassador.

Qassemi’s comments came after member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Naqvi Hosseini urged the Foreign Ministry to immediately appoint ambassadors to Beijing and New Delhi, deploring the lengthy absence of envoys to the major partners of the country.

Iraq No Base for Anti-Iran Attacks: New Parliament Speaker

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“We won’t accept [dealing] damages to Iran from the Iraqi soil. We should protect the country and our neighbours,” Mohammed al-Halbousi said in his first TV appearance after being elected as the Iraqi parliament speaker on Saturday.

Also in a Monday phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani, Halbousi described the US sanctions on Iran as “unjust”.

“Iraqi lawmakers are totally against any pressure or economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic and reject the measures as injustice. We will remain behind the Iranian nation,” he said.

The Iraqi parliament speaker then referred to the current regional instability and insecurity and said Iraq is ready to contribute to efforts underway to restore peace and security to the region along with Iran.

Halbousi further expressed his gratitude to the Islamic Republic for its support for him and said the Iraqi nation and lawmakers have always been thankful to Iran for its unconditional support for Iraq in the past and present, particularly in the liberation of the country from the grip of the ISIS terrorist group.

He also officially invited his Iranian counterpart to visit Iraq.

 

Iran to Keep Standing by Iraq

Larijani in turn congratulated Halbousi on his election as Iraq’s new parliament speaker and expressed hope that the Arab country could move towards further stability.

“I hope with the efforts made by you and other Iraqi lawmakers, we could see the completion of Iraq’s political process by the election of the new prime minister and president,” he said.

This could lead the country towards political, economic and social stability, security and social welfare, Larijani added.

He then told his Iraqi counterpart that the role played by the Iraqi parliament speaker in restoring peace to Iraq is highly critical under the current situation.

The election of the Sunni lawmaker paved the way for the creation of a new government four months after the general election.

Halbousi is the former governor of Anbar province and was the nominee of the pro-Iran bloc inside parliament.

Under an unofficial agreement among Iraqi politicians dating back to 2003, the prime minister position is reserved for Shiites, the president is a Kurd, and the parliament speaker a Sunni.

His election triggers a 90-day process that will eventually lead to a new government.

Confectionery Exhibition Underway in Tehran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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This exhibition opened on Saturday September 15 and will run through September 18.

As the largest and only specialized sweets and chocolate exhibition in the Middle East, it is held in three main sectors including final products, raw materials and the machinery.

What follows are IRNA’s photos of the event:

Iran’s Embassy in Greece Attacked by Kurdish Militants’ Affiliates

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The attackers, about 10 people, have hurled bottles of paint at the embassy and left the scene on their motorcycles.

Police have not arrested anyone in connection with the incident, Greek Reporter news website said.

According to Tasnim News Agency, a spokesperson for the group said on his Facebook page the attack was carried out in response to what he called “Iran’s crackdown on Kurds”.

Earlier, the Iranian embassy in Paris also came under assault by supporters of a terrorist group calling itself the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

The attacks seem to be in retaliation for a missile attack by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) at the terrorist group’s headquarters in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on September 9.

The IRGC said the missile strikes were in response to recent terrorist activities along the Iranian border with Iraq and came after terrorist ringleaders ignored serious warnings by officials from the Iraqi Kurdistan region about the Islamic Republic’s determination to dismantle their bases and the need to end their activities against Iran.

Iran FM Censures Twitter for Blocking Iranians’ Accounts

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In a tweet on Sunday, Zarif took his complaint to the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, highlighting the network’s double standards.

“Hello Jack. Twitter has shuttered accounts of real Iranians, including TV presenters & students, for supposedly being part of an ‘influence op’. How about looking at actual bots in Tirana used to prop up ‘regime change’ propaganda spewed out of DC?” Zarif said.

Last month, Google, Facebook and Twitter announced the blocking of pages and accounts they said were part of an alleged influence operation linked to Iran.

Twitter announced it had suspended 284 accounts for “coordinated manipulation,” shortly after Facebook announced it had removed 652 pages for the same reason.

Zarif’s tweet comes shortly after the Doha-based Al-Jazeera network aired a program exploring the extent of the operation to spread anti-Iran propaganda by MKO.

Members of the MKO are highly active on Twitter, using fake accounts to spread their anti-Iran propaganda on the network.

The group is hated by most Iranians inside and outside the country for its killing of thousands of Iranians in early years of the 1979 revolution and siding with Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

Iran, Russia Discuss Closer Nuclear Cooperation

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ali-Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Monday the AEOI is interested in mutual scientific collaboration as well as cooperation in the fields of research and development in the domain of peaceful nuclear energy and its peaceful applications on different fronts.

He made the remarks in the meeting with Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM.

Salehi also expressed gratitude over the growing peaceful nuclear cooperation between the two countries.

The two sides also reviewed the latest situation of new power stations currently under construction. They further discussed the production of stable isotopes used in industry and medicine. The two sides further reviewed grounds for the establishment of laboratories needed in that regard.

Likhachev, for his part, reiterated his country’s support for the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He also described as successful Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to Tehran, welcoming further deepening of mutual cooperation in different areas in the nuclear industry sector.

He said ROSATAM stands ready for bilateral cooperation with the AEOI to produce reactors with average power in order to generate electricity and desalinate water.

The IAEA meeting opened in Vienna on Monday and will run for four days. High on the agenda is the IAEA’s latest report on Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA.

Shah Hussein Gouyan; A Muharram Ritual in Iran’s Azarbaijan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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During the mourning ceremony, people shout the name of the Third Shiite Imam, Hussein Ibn Ali (AS), and praise him as the leader of all martyrs.

The ritual is held in most parts of Azarbaijan province and is widely popular in Tabriz.

The ceremony starts a few days before the month of Muharram and lasts until the 10th day of the same month, Ashura, when Imam Hussein was martyred some 14 centuries ago.

In the Turkish language, people call the ritual “Shakhsi” which is the short form of “Shah Hussein”.

What follows are photos of the religious ceremony retrieved from Mehr News Agency:

Iran Says May Hold Meeting with JCPOA FMs in New York

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Speaking in a regular presser on Monday, Bahram Qassemi said talks among JCPOA parties on ways of protecting the deal from US President Donald Trump are going forward “in the right direction” and quicker than previous months.

Qassemi said the EU has made new offers to convince Iran to remain in the accord.

“We set aside previous plans that either could not be implemented or could not be guaranteed. Alternative plans have been offered and we are formulating mechanisms to prepare the ground for economic cooperation between Iran and Europe,” he said.

The US walked out of the pact early May and is currently pushing the world to cut trade with Iran.

Iran has demanded Europe to offer binding assurances that its interests will be served if it keeps up honouring its JCOPA obligations.

Iran and the EU are currently in talks over the package drafted by the UK, Germany and France, which supports European investment in Iran and facilitates trade between the two sides.

Tehran Hosting Exhibit of Desert Photos by Italian Photographer

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The event, which is part of the “Inhabited Deserts” project, is a window to the vast central Iranian desert.

The Inhabited Deserts collection is being completed to be published in a book with the same name in 2019. He took the photos during his trips to different deserts around the world during which he saw for himself how the passage of time, history and people had affected those mysterious places.

Most people are indifferent toward deserts. Deserts are “remote and located somewhere else.” They are thousands of kilometers away and symbolize “emptiness.”

People get to know deserts from school books, and their understanding of deserts barely goes beyond the “dry, dead, mysterious, frightening, secretive, flat, hot, cold, beautiful, ugly and dangerous” frontier. There is nothing to see, but sand and rock. And although people travel to deserts, they never live there.

The conflict between light and shade, black and white, and the harmony between gray shades, coupled with the simplicity of shapes and complexity of details make things more similar to the human situation in a place where there are no human beings.

Born in 1958, John R. Pepper received a Pentax camera from his father at the age of 12. He graduated in the History of Art from Princeton University in 1976 and joined a civil painting program. He received the fellowship of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975. He has spent the past thirty years doing photography and directing movies and stage performances (theatre).

The exhibit opened on September 14, 2018 and will run until October 1, 2018.

What follows are Honar Online’s photos of the event:

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

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

The top story in most newspapers today was remarks by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his interview with Der Spiegel, in which he said the Islamic Republic would increase its uranium enrichment if the EU fails to save the Iran nuclear deal.

Also a top story was Iran’s selection of Vahid Jalilvand’s drama ‘No Date No Signature’ as the country’s official submission to the Academy Awards. The selection has sparked controversy among conservatives, who believe the film portrays a negative image of Iran, and there were better choices available, including ‘In Damascus Time’ and ‘Abu Ghraib Strait’.

A failed attempt to attack the Iranian embassy in Paris conducted by elements affiliated with a Kurdish anti-Iran group also received great coverage.

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

 

Abrar:

1- John Kerry’s Spokesman: Pompeo Was Aware of Kerry-Zarif Meeting

2- IRGC General Rules Out Possibility of War against Iran

3- Sadr Movement: Iran’s Role in Iraq Not Destructive

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Zarif: Europe Must Make Its Decision

2- Afghanistan Supporting US’ Sanctions against Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Twitter War in US: Increased Tension between GOP, Democrats

2- Attacks on Two Iranian Embassies: CIA behind the Attacks

3- Iran May Increase Uranium Enrichment, Zarif Warns Europeans

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Ebtekar:

1- Failed Attempt to Attack Iranian Embassy in Paris

2- Trips, Politics, Breakfast: Three Conservative Figures Start Unofficial Campaigns!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Etemad:

1- President’s Shaky Seat: Trump’s Former Campaign Official to Work with Mueller

2- E3 Engaged in All-Out War against US over JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Ettela’at:

1- Zarif to Spiegel: Europe Must Make Decision about Submission or Resistance to US

2- AP: People Starving in Yemen

3- French Government Responsible for Protecting Iran’s Diplomatic Sites

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Iran:

1- Middle East’s Youngest Parliament Speaker Elected in Iraq

2- ‘No Date, No Signature’, Iran’s Official Submission to Oscars

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Javan:

1- Iran’s Submission to Academy Awards Signed by Trump!

  • Iran Chooses Darkest, Most Bitter Film about Iran as Its Submission to Oscars
  • ‘No Date No Signature’ Proves Trump’s Description of Iranian People

2- Zarif: We Won’t Waste Our Time Negotiating with US

  • Iran to Increase Uranium Enrichment If EU Remains Passive

3- French Police Hand in Gloves with Komala in Attack on Iran Embassy

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Zarif to Spiegel: US Dream of Cutting Iran’s Oil Exports to Zero Won’t Come True

2- Iran’s Envoy to OPEC: US Cannot Fully Stop Iran’s Oil Exports

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Kayhan:

1- TIME’s Shocking Report: True Face of US in These Three Women’s Story

2- Former US Congressman: Washington, Al-Qaeda Fighting against Syria Together

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Khorasan:

1- Ungrateful Koreans: South Korea Fully Complying with US Sanctions on Iran

2- Zarif Threatens Europe with Increasing Enrichment Level

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Sazandegi:

1- Top Cleric Defends Democracy

  • Ayatollah Sistani Opposed to Premiership of Former Officials
  • Neither Abadi nor Maliki

2- There Won’t Be a Drought, Don’t Worry!

  • Should People Be Worried about Their Basic Supplies?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Shargh:

1- Russians Refuse to Support Iran, Pursue Their Own Interests

2- Tehran Prosecutor: Official-Rate Currencies Stolen by Brokers

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

 

Sobh-e Now:

1- Solution to Devalue US Dollar: Iran to Break Record in Gold Production

2- ‘No Date No Signature’ Tries to Show Iran as Backward Country

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 16

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