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Tel Aviv Pressurizing Italy into Voting for Iran Sanctions: Report

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IFP Editorial Staff
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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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IFP Media Wire
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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.

Iranian, American Universities Sign MoU on Earthquake Studies

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Two Quakes Hit Iran as Fight against COVID-19 Goes On

Keyvan Hosseini told a press conference on Tuesday that “the main contents of this memorandum of understanding are in the field of research on earthquake data, especially quakes occurring around the city of Mashhad.”

He added that the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida is one of the most advanced international science centres, and the signing of this memorandum can lead to joint valid research.

Meanwhile, Dr Ehsan Qaboul, the Director of Scientific and International Cooperation and Non-Iranian Students Affairs, also highlighted the University’s strategy of getting in touch with the best universities of the world with the aim of promoting its academic level.

Iranian, American Universities Sign MoU on Earthquake StudiesHe stressed that the signing of this agreement in the area of earthquake studies could pave the ground for other scientific collaborations with the University of South Florida, a report by the Persian-language Mehr News Agency said.

Iran is one of the most seismically active

 

countries in the world, being crossed by several major fault lines that cover at least 90% of the country. As a result, earthquakes in Iran occur often and are destructive.

The deadliest quake in Iran’s modern history happened in June 1990. It destroyed the northern cities of Rudbar, Manjil, and Lushan, along with hundreds of villages, killing an estimated 37,000 people.

Bam in the country’s southeastern province of Kerman witnessed a strong quake in December 2003 which killed 31,000 people.

“Saudi Arabia Driving Wedge between Iran, Tajikistan”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Persian-language Mehr News Agency has, in a recent report, argued that attempts by Iran’s regional rival, Saudi Arabia, to sabotage relations between Tehran and Dushanbe and cash in on their estrangement have contributed to straining relations between the two countries.

During a trip to Saudi Arabia in 2016, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received loans and financial aid from the Saudi government in what many believed were Riyadh’s attempts to pry a good ally away from Iran, the article said.

However, the article said the Tajik government must show vigilance towards the Saudis, as Riyadh’s assistance could have ulterior motives.

It said a pledge by Riyadh in 2017 to provide $35 million for construction of schools in Tajikistan is aimed at propagating an extremist mind-set among the youth in the Persian-speaking and predominantly Muslim state.

The Tajik government should fight a rearguard action against such efforts if it wants to prevent the country from turning into a breeding ground for advocates of a radical interpretation of Islam, it suggested.

The article said providing the Central Asian country with financial aid gives Saudi Arabia ample room for manoeuvre, setting up a situation ripe for the rise of extremism.

“Cold relations between Iran and Tajikistan, which share common cultural heritage, will create favourable conditions for Saudi Arabia and Takfiri groups that will definitely pose a great security challenge to Tajikistan,” the article said.

Takfiris are hardliners who accuse Muslims that do not follow their extreme interpretation of Islam of apostasy punishable by death.

 

Severed Ties between Tehran, Dushanbe

Iran was the first country to recognize Tajikistan’s independence in the early 1990s and acted as one of the mediators in talks to end its 1992-97 civil war.

But ties between the two nations have been strained since a leader of a banned Tajik Islamist party, Islamic Renaissance Party, attended a conference in Tehran in 2015, which angered the government in Dushanbe.

The Rahmon administration accused the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan of being behind a failed coup attempt in September 2015 and later banned the party, jailing some of its leaders and activists.

Last year, Tajikistan accused Iran of intervening in the 1990s Tajik civil war, sending assassins and saboteurs into the former Soviet republic, which worsened the situation in the country, the article said.

In a documentary broadcast by Tajikistan’s television in 2017, three Tajiks claimed that following training in Iran, they killed politicians and other prominent figures inside Tajikistan during the 1992-97 war and attacked a Russian military base there.

Tehran, however, denies the allegations.

The article said that the shuttering of several Iranian centres in the country at the request of Tajik authorities and their decision to slap travel and trade restrictions on citizens and goods from Iran in recent years contributed to the souring in relations.

Another irritant has been the fate of the assets of jailed Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani, whose international business empire once included assets in Tajikistan, the article added.

 

Zarif’s Tajikistan Trip Could Pave Way for Thaw in Ties

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in Dushanbe last week, where he held talks with President Rahmon in the Central Asian country.

In the meeting, held on the sidelines of the 23rd ECO Ministerial Meeting held on April 17, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral, regional and international issues, stressing the need to forge closer cooperation in different fields.

The meeting, described as “friendly”, was the second meeting between Zarif and Rahmon within the past few months.

Earlier in November 2017, the Iranian top diplomat had made a trip to the Central Asian country as the first of its kind in the past couple of years.

Mehr News Agency’s report further wrote that the trip could open a new chapter in bilateral ties if accompanied by concrete steps.

“Improvement of Iran-Tajikistan relations, which was pursued in the foreign minister’s recent trip, requires more fundamental and considerable measures so that the two countries that share a common language could get closer to each other,” read the article.

Iran Renews Call for Regional Talks on Mideast Security

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday lamented that violence is on the rise across the region and challenges to international security are getting more and more complicated.

Addressing the 9th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, he said a host of factors contribute to the unpleasant situation in the region, including a misguided belief among some leaders that war could help them advance their agenda and meddling by outside powers who see their interests in increased tensions in the region.

For instance, Shamkhani said, the US, as the biggest exporter of weaponry who sells most of its weapons to West Asia, has no motive to help end wars in the region.

“The fixed policy of the US in this region is to foment insecurity and instability, so it can sell weapons and expand military bases and make interventions in the region’s affairs,” the SNSC chief said, according to a report by the Persian-language Fars News Agency.

Shamkhani said it is up to regional countries to mobilise resources to help stop wars, as history shows no conflict has ever been settled through war.

Regional countries should also work to move past stalemates and find political solutions to conflicts in West Asia, particularly those in Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan, he said.

Iran is ready to join hands with regional countries to help settle disputes and unite the region to fight terrorism and restore stability to the region, Shamkhani said, adding that Iran’s role in the collapse of the so-called caliphate of ISIS proves Tehran is sincere in its desire to promote calm in the region.

Tehran in recent years has repeatedly called for establishment of a regional forum that enables cooperation among regional governments for curbing chaos in the region.

But its calls have mainly been ignored by powers hostile to Iran, including Saudi Arabia, which accuse Tehran of interfering in the affairs of regional countries and having aspirations to dominate the region.

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