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Iran Urges UN to Pursue Fate of Iranian Diplomats Abducted by Israel

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Iranian foreign ministry on Wednesday issued a statement to mark the 36th anniversary of the kidnapping of four Iranian diplomats by the Israeli regime. The full text of the statement follows:

Thirty-six years have passed since the kidnapping of four diplomats of the Islamic Republic of Iran, namely Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Ahmad Motevaselian, Taqi Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan, by the Zionist regime [of Israel], and we commemorate these loved ones on July 5, 2018 at a time when the Zionist regime is pressing ahead with its crimes and inhumane acts, which run counter to international regulations.

Evidence shows this act (abduction) was done by the elements of the usurper Zionist regime [of Israel] in July 1982, and given that the Lebanese territory was occupied by this regime at that time, there is enough evidence proving they were transferred to the occupied lands.

The Islamic Republic of Iran appreciates efforts by the Lebanese government over the past years in order to shed light on the realities pertaining to the abduction of the four Iranian diplomats, especially the letter sent by the Lebanese government to the UN secretary general on September 13, 2008 confirming the diplomats had been kidnapped on the Lebanese soil, and once again highlights the circumstances under which the Israeli regime occupied Lebanon at that time and underscores this regime’s role [in the incident] and its legal responsibility in that regard.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again highlights its proposal regarding the establishment of an international fact-finding committee in order to shed light on the dimensions of the issue, and expects the UN secretary general, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other human rights institutions to fulfill their legal and moral duties in order to establish the fate of the kidnapped diplomats of the Islamic Republic of Iran and secure their release.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also honours the memory of the four abducted diplomats and offers condolences to the family of these loved ones, and hopes it will soon see all captives and prisoners being held in Israeli jails, especially the four Iranian diplomats, freed from the regime’s prisons.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

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

Newspapers today widely covered the remarks made by President Hassan Rouhani during his visit to Switzerland, which were interpreted as a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz if the US tries to stop Iran’s oil exports.

Rouhani’s comments about Iran’s refusal to recognize the Israeli regime in reaction to a call by the Swiss president also received great coverage.

The latest developments in the Iranian market and economy as well as the ongoing pressure on the Rouhani administration to reshuffle his cabinet also remained top stories today.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Ali Larijani: Official-Rate US Dollar Allocated to Import of Basic Needs

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Abrar:

1- Rouhani: It’s Not Possible that Regional Countries Can Export Their Oil, but Iran Can’t

2- Zarif, Lavrov Hold Talks on Syria, Caspian Sea

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Afkar:

1- Differences Hidden behind the Curtain of Diplomacy

  • Putin, Trump to Meet in Finland

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- People Were Not the Ones Who Bought Gold Coins from Government

  • Don’t Insult People: Analyst

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Deciphering EU’s Economic Package

  • JCPOA to Remain in Place with Practical Support of EU, China, Russia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Asrar:

1- Rouhani Downplays US’ Threat to Cut Iran’s Oil Exports as “Overstatement”

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Bahar:

1- Will Rouhani Finally Reshuffle His Cabinet?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Ebtekar:

1- Trump Threatens to Withdraw from World Trade Organisation

  • Will US Violate another Global Commitment?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Etemad:

1- Swiss President: We’ll Continue Our Cooperation, Interaction with Iran despite Threats

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Ettela’at:

1- 11 People Martyred in Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Attack on Wedding Ceremony in Sa’ada

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Ghanoon:

1- Diplomacy Coupled with Anger: A Report on Rouhani’s Visit to Switzerland

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Iran:

1- Iranian People Break Record of Using Electricity on Monday: 56,000 MW

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Jame Jam:

1- Rouhani’s Oil Threat: Iran President Warns US about Its New Hostile Efforts

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Javan:

1- Rouhani Rejects Switzerland’s Call for Recognition of Israeli Regime

  • Iran Considers Zionist Regime as Illegitimate, Aggressor

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- EU to Unveil Package to Save Iran Nuclear Deal Friday

2- Former US Diplomat Admits He Was Commissioned to Topple Nouri al-Maliki

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Kayhan:

1- Advocates of Reformism Tasked with Preventing Rouhani from Getting Back on Right Track

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Khorasan:

1- Gradual Decrease of Prices: A Report from Local Markets

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Rah-e Mardom:

1- Qassemi: MKO Terrorist Cult Trying to Harm Iran-EU Ties

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Resalat:

1- Javad Larijani: American Human Rights Stinks

2- Velayati: US Will Soon Withdraw from Eastern Euphrates

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Rooyesh-e Mellat:

1- Chief-Commander: IRGC Has Great Intelligence, Military Power

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Sayeh:

1- Rouhani: We’ll Remain Committed to Our International Commitments

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Shargh:

1- Bodies Receiving Greatest Budgets: A Review of Budget Paid by Treasury

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Environment Department Admits It’s Issued Hunting Licences for Americans

  • No More Licences to Be Issued for Americans

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 4

Iran Government Urged to Summon French Ambassador over MKO Gathering

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Second Vice-Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Motahari made the call on Tuesday on the floor of the Parliament in response to a protest by an MP against the French government’s decision to allow the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) to hold its annual anti-Iran gathering in Paris.

“Your protest is acceptable and we expect the Iranian Foreign Ministry to summon French ambassador as the least retaliatory move,” he told the MP, as reported by Fars News Agency.

He went on to say this is not the first time that the French government is allowing the MKO to hold its anti-Iran gathering in Paris.

“The Iranian government should adopt appropriate measures to prevent such gatherings from being held in the future,” he noted.

Back on Saturday, the terror group held its annual meeting in Paris with a number of American hawks such as Rudy Giuliani – Donald Trump’s personal lawyer – and other former US officials as well as former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in attendance.

Founded in the 1960s, the terror group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam kill thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed war imposed on Iran.

Iran Dismisses Accusation of Training Taliban Militants

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IFP Media Wire
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On Monday, The Times quoted unnamed Taliban and Afghan officials as saying that hundreds of Taliban militants are receiving advanced training from special forces at military academies in Iran.

However, the Iranian embassy in Kabul said in a statement on Wednesday that the goal of such “fake and undocumented” allegations is to wage “a psychological war” and damage friendly relations between the Iranian and Afghan governments.

Instead of leveling “baseless” accusations against Afghanistan’s neighbors, media outlet should work to find the root causes of the failure of the so-called anti-terrorism fight by certain governments in the Asian country.

“As the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly said, it has never extended its rifts with other countries to Afghanistan’s domestic affairs and seeks an increase in global efforts to reinforce the Afghan government and decrease its people’s suffering,” the statement added.

It also described terrorism and extremism as joint threats to all regional countries, underlining the need for mutual cooperation to counter such threats.

Like in the past, the statement said, Tehran helps strengthen peace and restore stability to Afghanistan.

The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan under the guise of the war on terror. Some 17 years on, Taliban has only boosted its campaign of violence across the country, targeting both civilians and security forces in bloody assaults.

More recently, the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has also taken advantage of the chaos and established a foothold in eastern and northern Afghanistan.

The militant outfit has stepped up its terror attacks in the war-torn state after losing its bases in Iraq and Syria despite the presence of thousands of foreign troops on Afghan soil.

Iran Says Future of Ties with Switzerland Bright, Promising

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“We had friendly and constructive talks with [Swiss President] Alain Berset in Bern. The two countries are resolved to have close and targeted cooperation in various fields of economy, business, science, technology, and tourism while respecting the international law,” he noted in a tweet on Tuesday night.

“The agreements reached [between Tehran and Bern] promise a bright future in bilateral ties,” he added.

Speaking at a joint press conference with his Swiss counterpart Berset on Tuesday, President Rouhani said Iran and Switzerland have decided to boost ties in financial, banking, trade, investment, tourism, scientific and cultural sectors, he added.

He also noted that his negotiations in the trip to Switzerland have made him confident that “the two countries are resolved to very well overcome the possible problems that trade ties of the two countries will face in the coming months.”

For his part, the Swiss president said he has held talks with his Iranian counterpart on the financial and economic issues, voicing Switzerland’s eagerness to host a scientific delegation from Iran for cooperation in the scientific and research affairs.

Before the press conference, officials from the two countries signed two statements on scientific and medical cooperation as well as an agreement on road transportation.

Heading a diplomatic and economic delegation, President Rouhani travelled to Switzerland for a tour that later took him to Austria.

The trip comes after the US administration announced plans to get as many countries as possible down to zero Iranian oil imports and launch a campaign of “maximum economic and diplomatic pressure” on Iran.

General Soleimani Praises Rouhani’s “Timely, Wise” Remarks

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a letter to Rouhani on Wednesday, General Soleimani said it was a source of pride and honour to read his comment that if Iran’s oil is not allowed to be exported through the Persian Gulf, then there will be no guarantee that other countries in the region would be able to export theirs.

General Soleimani also praised Rouhani’s “invaluable” statements on the Islamic Republic’s stance towards the Zionist regime.

“This is the Dr Rouhani that we knew and still know, and the one who should be. You made our dear Leader, the great nation of the Islamic Iran, and the world’s Muslims proud by making such valuable and strong statements,” he added.

“I kiss your hands for making such timely, wise, and correct remarks and express our preparedness to implement any policy that serves the Islamic Republic’s interests,” he concluded.

General Soleimani’s comments came after Rouhani appeared on Tuesday to threaten to disrupt oil shipments from neighbouring countries if Washington presses ahead with its goal of forcing all countries to stop buying Iranian oil.

“The Americans have claimed they want to completely stop Iran’s oil exports. They don’t understand the meaning of this statement, because it is nonsense that Iran’s oil is not [allowed to be] exported, while the region’s oil is exported,” the Iranian president’s official website quoted him as saying.

When asked at a news conference in Bern later on Tuesday whether those comments constituted a threat to interfere with the shipping of neighbouring countries, Rouhani said, “Assuming that Iran could become the only oil producer unable to export its oil is a wrong assumption … The United States will never be able to cut Iran’s oil revenues.”

In his Tuesday speech in Bern, Rouhani also reacted to his Swiss counterpart’s remarks on the recognition of the Zionist regime and underlined that Iran views the Israeli regime as illegitimate and condemns its aggressive policies in the region.

“US Angry at Switzerland, Austria’s Warm Reception of Iran President”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani officially welcomed by his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen at Hofburg Palace in Vienna on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 / Photo retrieved from the president

Rouhani made the comment in a meeting with Iranian expatriates in Austria during his trip to the European country.

“The US government’s objective is to isolate the Iranian nation, but it (Washington) will pay a heavy price for it, and this is the first time that only one or two small countries are supporting the US in its plots against the Iranian nation,” said the president.

He then underlined that the US has always tried to weaken Iran’s relations with other countries.

“The Zionists, the Americans and a handful of other countries have always sought to undermine Iran’s ties with other world countries, its neighbours and friendly nations, or to sever those relations altogether if possible,” he said.

“Their objective has been to blockade and isolate Iran and, let’s say, promote Iranophobia in the region and in the world,”

President Rouhani noted Iran has tried to foil this objective and introduce its real status as an influential country in the region and across the world.

He then touched upon Washington’s baseless claims that Iran has reneged on its commitments under the JCPOA.

“If Iran has committed any violations, it is the International Atomic Energy Agency that should announce them, and the agency has announced 11 times loud and clear that Iran has lived up to all of its obligations,” he said.

The president said all countries have objected to US President Donald Trump’s unilateral pullout from the JCPOA, and announced that it was an illegal move which was in contravention of all international agreements.

“Today, we are in a situation where international organizations, including the UN Security Council, the European Union and an overwhelming majority of world countries and nations are standing by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said President Rouhani.

“This situation, will make the United States’ confrontation with Iran very costly, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to thwart the Americans’ conspiracies as always because their position is illogical, illegal, unfair and against international commitments and US Security Council enactments,” he added.

“The Americans erroneously believe that if they put pressure on Iranian people, the Iranians will succumb to the language of force, threat and humiliation, but never ever in history has a power been able to make the great Iranian nation cave in to illogical words, and any encroachment upon the Iranian nation’s rights has been doomed to fail,” he noted.

He said even if all pressures are exerted on Iranian people, they will be able to run their country very well.

“Today is the day when the need for consultation, friendship, brotherhood and unity among all Iranians is felt more than ever,” he said.

The president underscored that ill-wishers both inside and outside the country will not be allowed to destroy Iran’s “linking bridges” with the rest of the world.

He also underlined that the Iranian diaspora is the most important link between the Iranian nation and other countries in the world.

“US Angry at Switzerland, Austria’s Warm Reception of Iran President”
President Hassan Rouhani addressing a group of Iranian expatriates in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 / Photo retrieved from the president’s official website

Coppersmiths’ Business Still Booming in Iran’s Yazd

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IFP Editorial Staff
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As coppersmiths had a booming business in the past, a market named after them opened in Yazd 600 years ago. The bazaar was a place where copperware was made, bought and sold.

The market has a dome-shaped ceiling with white plaster walls. Of course, the floor of the bazaar, which has been registered on the list of Iran’s National Monuments, has been covered with cobblestones in recent years through the good offices of the cultural heritage authority.

At the moment, all services related to coppersmiths’ business, including selling and repairing copperware, are offered in the bazaar, ISNA reported.

The use of copperware was more common in the past, so much so that it was customary in the past to include copperware in girls’ dowries when they got married and went to live with their husbands under one roof. Most of the cooking was done in copper dishes. Even copper trays were used to entertain guests.

In those days, water jars, bread baskets, sugar pots, bowls, etc. were all made of copper; however, as time went by and dishes made of fluoropolymer (Teflon), cast iron, etc. became all the rage, the use of copperware began to fade away.

Of course, it has been several years that people are turning to copperware again, which has revitalized coppersmiths’ business in Yazd.

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

Iran Eager to Establish Science, Technology Park in Syria

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“Considering the [difficult] conditions imposed on the Syrian people, we are ready to engage in any kind of cooperation that helps empower Syria’s scientific and research centres,” Mansour Gholami said in a recent meeting with this Syrian counterpart Atef al-Naddaf in Tehran.

“Establishing science and technology parks in Syria will help boost scientific productions of Syria and prepare the ground for their commercialization,” Gholami said, ISNA reported.

Pointing to the high quality of courses offered by the Syrian universities and their popularity in the region before the Syrian conflict broke out in 2011, Gholami expressed hope they will regain their status.

He said Iran’s research centres and universities can greatly help their Syrian counterparts.

“In terms of science production, we are the top country in the region. At the global level, studies by international monitors indicate Iran ranks 16th on average. In the fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology [products], Iran stands at the ninth and seventh places, respectively,” he said.

Gholami said Iran is currently home to over 43 science and technology parks, where knowledge-based companies work to exploit the result of scientific studies to develop technologies and commercialize them.

Pointing to the fact that over 4.3 million Iranians are studying at universities, Gholami said thousands of Iranian researchers are cooperating with ministries, organizations and industries to develop the country.

For a brief review of Iran’s achievements in various fields of science and technology, check the book “Science and Technology in Iran: A Brief Review”

“Taking into account Iran’s scientific might, the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to lend a helping hand to friends, neighbours and Muslims. I hope your trip will produce positive results and we can manage to initiate scientific projects between Iranian and Syrian universities,” he said.

 

Need for Closer Collaboration

For his part, Al-Naddaf pointed to strong bonds of friendship between Tehran and Damascus and Iran’s support for Syria in its hard times, saying the Syrian government eyes scientific cooperation with Tehran to empower its research centres.

“The main goal of enemies in starting the war against Syria was to push us back and prevent our culture and science from developing and that’s why we witnessed the destruction of schools, universities and cultural and historical centres in Syria,” he said.

“I hope these meetings and bilateral agreements will help strengthen scientific and technological relations between the two countries,” he said.

Naddaf invited Gholami to visit Syrian universities and education centres and discuss signing memorandums of understanding between universities of the two countries.

Iran Eager to Establish Science, Technology Park in Syria

“All Plots by Iran’s Enemies Aimed at Bringing Regime Change”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says all the enemies’ policies are aimed at toppling the Iranian government.

“The centrepiece of all these machinations, including any scenario orchestrated by the enemy and whatever policy adopted by them and put into practice, was to overthrow the [Islamic] System and bring back the rule of domineering powers into the fate of the Iranian nation and into the history of Iran,” said General Salami, as reported by Tasnim.

He said Iranians are people who grew up in tough battlefields and secured their dignity, power and grandeur while grappling with hardships.

He also reiterated that hegemonic powers bear animosity towards the Iranian nation.

The top general said the enemies wouldn’t have thought that Iran would be so glorious, great and invincible on the world stage 40 years after the triumph of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

“Every single conspiracy engineered by them has helped boost and promote one dimension of our power,” he said.

“Today, we have an invaluable experience, and that is, we have grown up amid tough struggles. No nation becomes mature, tough and invincible on its own. When the war was imposed on Iran [by the former Iraqi regime in the 1980s], it resulted in the massive defence power that our nation has today,” he said.

“All major enemies are working in tandem and have vowed to deprive the Islamic Establishment of this overarching power,” the top general noted.

By trusting in God, he said, Iran kept the enemies’ dreams from coming true.

“When they besieged us, the beacons of science and knowledge began to glow in the country, and we managed to move neck and neck with modern countries in certain domains of cutting-edge technologies, so much so that the enemy put on its agenda the policy of putting the brakes on Iran’s scientific progress, even by assassinating [Iranian] scientists in the streets,” said the IRGC commander.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he underlined that the war between good and evil is full of wonders.

“This unequal battle has been a wonderful story full of great lessons for all humanity and history and all nations,” he said.

“Everybody would supply [former Iraqi dictator] Saddam [Hussein] with missiles to target Tehran, would give him aircraft that could disrupt the flow of our oil and energy. Iraq had weapons from all modern countries, but the Revolution, nation and the late Imam Khomeini, as the great leader of this nation, worked in tandem and managed to shatter that concentration [of arms],” said the senior commander.

“When our great leader held the flag in his hands, the battlefield changed. Instead of allowing the enemy to approach us, he approached the enemy. We moved towards our enemies; horizons opened up and fronts opened. The Hezbollah youth grew up in Lebanon, the army and Muslim youth in Syria, volunteer forces in Iraq inspired by the Revolution, Ansarullah in Yemen, the youth in Bahrain, […] and our enemies could only watch,” he said.

 

Emergence of Takfiris and ISIS

The top general also touched upon the emergence of Takfiris in Muslim territories.

“The enemies’ power had been exhausted and they were not able to use their forces. So, they formed Takfiri groups, but the followers of Islam and the Quran entered the scene and purged them from the territory. This showed the emergence of a new power called Islam and in the name of a great revolution, and today the enemy feels that it has lost parts of the territories that it dominated and feels it cannot take them back,” he said.

 

Sanctions and Using Economy as a Tool

General Salami further referred to the enemies’ new plots, saying, “Today, the enemy has pushed the war to other dimensions. The enemy feels today that it should make every effort, so it has gone into action by launching a major economic onslaught; but there is one reality: We have faced lots of threats and we are no strangers to threats.”

He further said the enemy wants to create the impression that members of some trade unions in Iran who have staged protests over livelihood issues and concerns over economy are against the Establishment, but that is not true.

He stressed that Iran’s plan is to defeat the enemy, and will do so.

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