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Legendary Iranian Photographer Abbas Attar Dies at 74

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IFP Editorial Staff
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His passing was announced by his employer Magnum photo agency, which did not give the cause of death.

Born in Iran in 1944, Abbas began his career as a photojournalist in the late 1960s, and was a member of the French news photo agencies SIPA and Gamma during the 1970s.

He joined the prestigious Magnum Photos cooperative in 1981 and became a full member in 1985.

Attar covered the Islamic Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1980, then spent 17 years travelling and photographing around the world in voluntary exile from his homeland.

As a result of the revolution, though, much of his subsequent work focused on the global rise of Islamism as well as other religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.

Legendary Iranian Photographer Abbas Attar Dies at 74Abbas covered conflicts and unrests in Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile and Cuba and documented South Africa under apartheid, Magnum said.

He also documented life in Mexico over several years, and pursued a lifelong interest in religion and its intersection with society.

He returned to the country in 1997.

Abbas published several books, including a personal interpretation of Iranian history titled Iran Diary 1971-2002; Return to Mexico: Journeys Beyond the Mask (1992), Allah O Akbar: A Journey Through Militant Islam (1994), and In Whose Name?: The Islamic World after 9/11 (2009).

He has also published Faces of Christianity: A Photographic Journey (2000) and Gods I’ve Seen (2016), a book about Hinduism.

At the time of his death he had been working on a project about Judaism.

Iranian, American Girls Play “Friendly” Football Match in Italy

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The Iranian U-17 team lost to the US, in the match that opened the Torneo delle Nazioni tournament.

Iran have been drawn with host Italy, the U.S. and Slovenia in Group A, according to a report by the Persian-language Khabar Online news website.

The Iranian girls will face Slovenia on Thursday and meet Italy on Saturday.

Group B consists of Japan, England, Norway and Russia.

The Torneo delle Nazioni has been held for boys for the past 15 years, but this is just the third time it has been held for women.

Iranian, American Girls Play “Friendly” Football Match in Italy

Trump’s Remarks on Arab States Humiliation of Muslim World: Iran Leader

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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described Trump’s recent “flagrant” comments on Arab countries as a humiliation of Islamic states, saying the humiliation is a sickness and nothing is worse than this.

“We [Muslims] have not referred to the holy Quran, and this is why we cannot find a treatment for this sickness,” stressed the Leader in an address to the participants of the 35th International Quran Competition in Tehran on Thursday.

“Today, we [Muslims] need the Quran because the best way for Muslim societies and Ummah is to act according to the holy Quran.”

Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei noted that Muslims must stand against the US bullying and the rest of world bullies.

“If they (Muslim nations) do not comply, if they do not pay attention to these things, they will be humiliated and corrupted. Unfortunately, this has happened at the moment.”

The Leader of Islamic Revolution further underlined that “Today, in our Muslim region, there exists a civil war, and the countries are under great pressures.”

“[Today] the foolish governments of some countries wage war against some others and commit crimes. The Yemeni people are in such a misery! Their wedding ceremony turns into a funeral. They are bombarded and people in the streets and mosques are killed. The same is happening in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria as well,” he noted.

“That is because we Muslims have forgotten the unity among believers. That is because we do not act according to the holy Quran. If we act according to the Quran, we will retain dignity. This is the only way to bring happiness to Muslims.”

Tel Aviv Pressurizing Italy into Voting for Iran Sanctions: Report

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Earlier this month, Yuval Rotem, the Director General of Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs, summoned Italy’s ambassador to Israel, Gianluigi Benedetti, to express his dissatisfaction with Italy’s move to prevent the imposition of further sanctions on Iran.

According to Israel’s Channel 10, the pressure comes as the consent of all 28 member states of the bloc is necessary to approve the new sanctions on Iran and Italy is the only country in the bloc opposing the new sanctions.

In the meeting, Rotem told the Italian ambassador that Israel expected Italy to re-consider its position.

During the meeting, the Italian ambassador clarified that his country was blocking sanctions against Iran because they believed the timing was not suitable, the report said.

Meanwhile, it was agreed that a delegation of the Foreign Ministry and representatives of the Israeli security apparatus make a visit to Rome to discuss Israel’s information on Iran’s activities in the region and the missile program with the aim of persuading the Italians to change their position.

The new sanctions have been introduced by Britain, France and Germany to stop Iran’s missile program as well activities in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. According to the English version of Jerusalem Post, the sanctions are aimed at showing Trump administration that the EU is serious in its activity against Iran and thus persuade Washington not to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.

A senior Israeli official told the paper that Italy’s opposition to imposing new sanctions on Iran stems from a series of business contracts signed by Italian companies in Iran.

This comes as the deadline of May 12 for the overhaul of the JCPOA set by Trump is approaching rapidly. Back in January, Trump gave Europeans 120 days to agree to changes made to the nuclear agreement and threatened that if his revisions were rejected, he would scrap the deal.

In response, Iranian officials have threatened that if the JCPOA was discarded, Iran would be able to restore its halted uranium enrichment process within a matter of days, and that Iran was indeed preparing for every potential scenario.

On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on an official visit to the US, said Sunday that there is no other option but to preserve the deal. Meanwhile, UN High representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu urged on Monday all parties to the nuclear deal not to abandon it.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Monday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart that Moscow and Beijing try to block any US attempt to sabotage the nuclear deal.

Staffer Wounded in Attack on Iran Interests Section in US; Assailant Arrested

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Shouting slogans against the Islamic Republic, the armed assailant entered the office of Iran in the Pakistani embassy on Wednesday, injuring an employee who was later taken to the hospital.

The incident has closed the office, which only provides consular services for the Iranian nationals residing in the US and Canada and is not engaged in any political or diplomatic activities.

The US police have not still provided information on the attacker’s identity or motives.

The US Secret Service said in a statement that agents responded to reports of shots fired. The agents determined that no shots had been fired, but they arrested a man in possession of a weapon. He was charged with assault.

Sponsors of Terror Seeking to Transfer Terrorists to Afghanistan: Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani made the comment in a Thursday meeting with Mohammad Hanif Atmar, a national security advisor to the Afghan president.

The two top officials met on the sidelines of the ninth meeting of senior authorities of the five continents in Russia, said a report by the Persian-language Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

During their talks, the two sides discussed the latest political and security developments in the region as well as the trend of mutual cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan on economic, political and security fronts.

The Iranian official expressed regret over the recent acts of terror in Afghanistan which killed a large number of innocent people.

He stressed the need to expedite the activities of the five committees dealing with joint cooperation to achieve practical results that would ensure stability and security in the region.

“Joint intelligence and security cooperation between Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Russia can, through concentrating and exchanging the potentialities of the five countries, set the stage to halt destabilising schemes launched by certain Western countries and their regional allies,” he said.

Atmar, in turn, described as very significant, noteworthy and realistic the speech delivered by Shamkhani at the 9th Russia Security Conference. He further said cordial and growing relations between Tehran and Kabul are not against any country and are not swayed by the political approaches of other states.

He touched upon the apprehension, by Afghan intelligence services, of a large number of foreign nationals who were members of the ISIS terrorist group and who had recently entered Afghanistan illegally.

He said such moves are signs of a dangerous plan to use Afghanistan’s geography to once again organise terror groups, adding Kabul should tackle this trend with more sensitivity than ever.

Iranian Airlines Sign Deal to Buy 40 Russian Planes

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Iran Aseman Airlines and Iran Air Tours signed the MoUs on the sidelines of Eurasia Airshow 2018 in Turkey’s Anatolia to purchase 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100 planes each.

“Following in-depth studies, Iran Air Tours Airline sealed an MoU with Sukhoi to purchase 20 SSJ100. The deliveries of the planes would start next year, and each plane would add 100 seats to the company’s passenger capacity,” Marziyeh Jafarzadeh, the Director of the Iran Air Tours’ Public Relations Department was quoted as saying in a report by the Persian-language Fars News Agency.

She went on to say that the one-billion-dollar deal was signed during the Eurasia Airshow 2018 in Turkey in a ceremony attended by Russia’ Deputy Minister for Industry, the CEO of Sukhoi Company as well as the Director General and the owner of Iran Air Tours.

Negotiations to seal the deal began last year after Sukhoi started technical talks to obtain the required authorizations from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Earlier, Hossein Alaei, the Head of the Iran Aseman Airlines announced that the company was engaged in negotiation with Sukhoi as well as several other leading global plane makers to renovate its fleet.

According to Alaei, Sukhoi conducted trial flights of its Superjet 100 in Tehran in December 2016 at the invitation of Aseman Airlines.

Iran’s flag carrier airline Iran Air has already signed a number of deals with global aviation giants such as Boeing and Airbus to purchase over 100 new planes. The airline has received several planes from Airbus, but deliveries by Boeing have yet to start.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

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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 all newspapers today was the talks between US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over a new deal on Iran, and Tehran’s harsh reactions to the idea.

Several papers also covered the remarks made by Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, on the need for seminaries to take philosophy more seriously.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to the city of Tabriz in north-western Iran, his surprise visit to the bazaar of shoemakers, and his participation in a ceremony to inaugurate the Tabriz 2018 tourism event also received great coverage. Tabriz 2018 is an event to mark the designation of Tabriz as the tourism capital of Muslim world in 2018.

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

 

Abrar:

  • Zarif: We’ll Retaliate US Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal
  • Macron after Talks with Trump: We Can Achieve New Deal on Iran
  • Shiite Movements’ Close Competition in Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Afkar:

  • Philosophy Must Be Promoted in Seminaries of Qom, Tehran: Iran Leader
  • Iran DM: We’ll Implement Our Plan If US Leaves JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

  • Tehran, Moscow against Messaging App
  • Iran-Russia Cooperation to Block Telegram?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

  • Rouhani: JCPOA Can Be Preserved by Actions, Not Words

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Amin:

  • Rouhani Officially Inaugurates Tabriz 2018 Tourism Event

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Arman-e Melli:

  • Politician: Rouhani’s Executives Not Loyal to His Gov’t

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

 

Ebtekar:

  • Mysterious Player of the Middle East
  • What Is Jordan Doing in Regional Developments?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Etemad:

  • Bazaar of Shoemakers
  • Rouhani Makes Surprise Visit to Bazaar of Tariz

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Ettela’at:

  • Shamkhani: Any Europe-US Agreement to Revise Iran Nuclear Deal Invalid
  • Trump: Persian Gulf Arabs Not to Survive without Us Even for One Week
  • 12 American Scientists to Attend Tehran Continental Congress of Dermatology despite US Bans

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Iran:

  • Rouhani: Shoes of Tabriz Must Be Turned into Global Brand

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Javan:

  • Trump to Sheikhdoms: You’ll Collapse in One Week If You Don’t Pay Us
  • Rouhani: We’re Ready to Protect Saudi Arabia If US Leaves Middle East
  • Macron Made the Offer, Trump Showed Flexibility
  • Europe, US after Other Deals with Iran Similar to JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

  • Rouhani: US Now in Position of Defendant
  • Not a Single Word to Be Added to or Deleted from JCPOA
  • Egyptian Researcher: Slaughter of Yemeni Muslims Intolerable

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Kayhan:

  • Coup de Grace Delivered to Wishful Thinkers
  • Macron: Iran Deal Can Be Preserved If Tehran Abandons Its Missiles
  • Yemeni Revolutionaries: We’ll Take War Deep into Saudi Territory
  • Saudi People Must Stay Away from State Buildings
  • Nouri al-Maliki: Iran a Friend and Saudi Arabia a Foe of Iraq

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Khorasan:

  • Iran’s Harsh Reaction to Europe’s New Game
  • Russia, China Also Reject US-Europe Preliminary Agreement

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Resalat:

  • Iran Leader Urges Seminaries to Deal with Philosophy More Seriously

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Rooydad-e Emrooz:

  • Rouhani Calls for Constructive Engagement with World through Tourism

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Rooyesh-e Mellat:

  • Putin: Certain Countries Turned into Terrorists’ Puppet by Bypassing UNSC
  • Larijani’s Top Aide: There’ll Be No Regional JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Shargh:

  • Iran’s Response to Possible Talks on New Deal: First Implement What You Already Signed
  • Rouhani to Trump: You’re Just a Real-Estate Mogul

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

  • 12 Million People Have Installed Domestic Messenger Apps
  • Europe Bends on Its Knees
  • French President Accepts Trump’s Conditions for Staying in Iran Deal

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 26

Iranian Handicrafts on Display at Italian Fair

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The exhibition opened on April 21 and will run through May 1.

According to a report by the Persian-language Miras-e-Arya news agency, 32 distinguished Iranian artisans along with representatives of the Touring & Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran (on behalf of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization) have participated in the event.

Iranian craftspeople and artisans from provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, South Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, Kermanshah, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Zanjan, and Golestan as well as Qeshm Island are showcasing their native crafts at the exhibit in an area of 120 square metres.

Woodcarving, needlework, leatherwork, glassware productions along with traditional jewelries, miniatures, ceramics, potteries, precious stones, etc. are among the Iranian offerings.

Over 800 companies and tens of artists from 50 countries are in attendance and will hold meetings to improve artworks industry.

Kurdish music performances are among other programs performed at the pavilion of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Launched in 1996, the Italian fair seeks to draw attention to craftsmanship and its enormous production capacity and quality.

Foreign Interference Hindering Peace Process in Syria: Zarif

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The second EU conference on Syria was held in Brussels, bringing together delegates from 80 countries. The event held Wednesday was jointly chaired by the EU and the UN, featuring a speech by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

In his speech, the top Iranian diplomat said handling the humanitarian situation in Syria is a priority.

“If humanitarian assistance is in line with humanitarian principles, unconditional and not politically motivated, it could improve the living conditions of the displaced and refugees, and facilitate efforts to work out peaceful solutions to the conflict,” Zarif noted.

The foreign minister also reiterated the need for the establishment of a ceasefire in Syria.

“The establishment of peace in Syria should remain our top priority. Iran, in cooperation with Russia and Turkey, as the guarantor states of the trend of the Astana talks, is working towards expanding tension-free areas.”

“This process was formed based on the understanding that the Syria crisis can be settled only through political means and within the framework of a real, overarching political trend led by Syrian people while fully respecting the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Syria,” he added.

He also referred to recent claims that Syria used chemical weapons in the country and touched upon the consequences of unilateral interventionist moves by certain countries.

“Largely affected by gas attacks in the 1980s, Iran condemns such strikes by any person and under any circumstances. We have always stressed the necessity of conducting impartial field research. At the same time, we denounce illegal unilateral military action. Foreign interference has only delayed the achievement of peace and will further aggravate the situation,” Zarif noted.

The foreign minister also said that Iran has been offering humanitarian assistance to Syrians.

“In recent years, Iran has been actively offering humanitarian aid to Syrian people, including those displaced on the Syrian soil as well as those under siege. We have already begun working with Syria to reconstruct the country, and we are also ready to interact with others in that regard,” he said.

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