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Designation of John Bolton Disgrace for US: Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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John Bolton meeting with Maryam Rajavi, the ringleader of MKO terrorist group

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said, “It is a disgrace for an ostensibly super power to have a national security advisor (John Bolton) who is in the pay of a terrorist group (the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization) that has killed 17 thousand innocent Iranian citizens.”

“Spending millions of dollars, the Americans use different tools such as military interference, economic sanctions, undermining [countries’] defense power, creating political and security crises, and triggering tensions; however, this has only strengthened Iran’s power and spiritual influence,” said the official.

Shamkhani touched upon different US administrations’ unchanging policy, i.e. pursuing the strategy of undermining and dealing a blow to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

“The current US president’s cult of personality and crazy interest in being in the centre of attentionhas caused his anti-Iran actions and decisions to be different from the complex behaviour of [his] predecessors and to be manifested [in a manner] proportionate to his childish temperament and behaviour [whereby he likes] to be seen [by others],” Shamkhani noted.

He referred to the enemy’s pre-planned moves to create insecurity along Iran’s borders and trigger instability inside the country, and highlighted the necessity of countering the soft war launched by the domineering powers to undermine Iran’s domestic unity.

“The enemy’s focusing on economic war and psychological warfare to create the impression that the [Iranian] establishment is inefficient has made it all the more necessary to maintain solidarity and promote cooperation between people and officials and mobilize national potentialities to help solve the key problems facing the country,” notedShamkhani.

He said the Islamic Republic of Iran will, in the Persian New Year, further enhance its power, initiatives and prudence to safeguard its national security and foil the Western-Hebrew-Arabic strategy aimed at destabilizing the Middle East region.

John Bolton has close links with the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) and is on its payroll. The MKO has conducted numerous acts of terror against Iran and has the blood of some seventeen thousand innocent Iranians on its hands.

Taj-Mir Village; A Centre of Iranian Dolls

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Nowadays, the art of doll-making in the world is used to introduce the rich culture of the countries. During the process of making dolls, lullabies, poems and memories of the nomadic village life are introduced as well.

Dolls in Taj-Mir, known as Dotuk, are not made just for playing, but they represent the culture of local community including their clothing, makeups, stories and other native customs. In this village, men, women and children are all struggling to live a halal life, but as a result of the recent drought, the only job available for men is to guard the environment while the women and children are making their local dolls in a new style.

Taj-Mir Village; A Centre of Iranian DollsThese dolls, which are made using leftover fabrics and sheep and goats’ wool, are environment-friendly. Therefore, if the dolls are thrown away after being purchased, they will be recycled in three months.

The dolls each have a story of their own, and Elias is a teenager, who was able to create stories for them using the tales and the old local stories of the region. This has made the dolls so much popular that they are sold like hot cakes.

Currently, more than 15 households (about 45 women from Taj-Mir village) are producing local dolls. Although the main makers of these dolls are women, other family members are also involved in the making process.

Encouraging creativity, building up self-esteem, and improving life expectancy, in addition to creating jobs are among the advantages of producing Taj-Mir dolls.

The  dolls of South Khorasan have been inscribed on the List of Iran’s National Heritage and are going to be registered on the List of UNESCO World Heritage as well.

Here are the photos of Taj-Mir dolls and locals retrieved from Mehr News Agency:

 

Iran President to Leave Tehran for Ashgabat, Baku Tuesday

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IFP Media Wire
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Heading a high-ranking delegation, Rouhani would leave Tehran for Ashgabat on Tuesday on the first leg of his tour at the invitation of his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for communications and information, Parviz Esmaeili, said on Sunday.

After the official ceremony to welcome the Iranian president, Rouhani and Berdimuhamedow would hold talks and then the two countries’s high-ranking delegations would meet, he added.

The official noted that Iran and Turkmenistan would also sign documents for cooperation in the presence of the two presidents while the Iranian and Turkmen tradesmen would also discuss possible avenues for boosting trade ties.

He added that the Iranian chief executive would pay a short visit to the ancient city of Merv on Wednesday.

Esmaeili further stated that the Iranian president would head for Baku Wednesday evening to hold talks with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.

In the presence of Rouhani and Aliyev, Tehran and Baku are scheduled to sign several cooperation documents after which the two presidents will attend a joint press conference, he added.

The Iranian official said an economic meeting would be held on Thursday to discuss the strengthening of cooperation among the two countries’ state-run sectors and economic agents.

Iran Ready to Help Yemen’s Warring Sides to Achieve Ceasefire

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“At the beginning of the fourth year of the devastating war on Yemen and the military aggression of the Saudi-led coalition against the county and the cruel blockade imposed on the Yemeni people, Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemns the military assault and calls for an immediate end to the attacks, bloodshed and siege,” read the statement released on Sunday.

Iran’s foreign policy apparatus sees the grave humanitarian situation in Yemen “very sad” and believes the war has brought nothing but instability and insecurity, tens of thousands of dead and injured, the destruction of health and civil infrastructure, over one million Yemenis catching cholera and an increase in terrorist and Takfiri activities, the statement added.

“The aggressors have achieved no goal but destroying Yemen and causing humanitarian catastrophes,” it said.

The foreign ministry lamented that the coalition is using hunger as leverage to place pressure on the Yemeni people, in a totally inhumane move that is against international humanitarian law.

“According to confessions of international bodies, the continuation of the air, sea and land blockade of Yemen has created the worst humanitarian situation in the country and put over 20 million on the verge of famine and starvation.”

Pointing to the appointment of a new United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, the Iranian foreign ministry said Iran believes UN representatives could help pave the way to settlement of the terrible crisis by adopting an unbiased approach.

“The Islamic Republic is fully ready to help the warring sides to achieve ceasefire and start Yemeni-Yemeni talks to find a political solution to the conflict,” it said.

The Iranian foreign ministry said the US and some European countries ought to stop supporting the aggressors and providing them with weapons and fighter jets and take serious measures to bring an end to the war and constant war crimes in the country.

Pointing to Iran’s four-point peace plan for Yemen, the ministry said it believes the conflict has only political solutions and it would have no military victor.

“Hence, the Islamic Republic of Iran asks the global community to increase international pressure to end the attacks and blockade of Yemen,” it added.

 

Iran Condemns UNHCR Extension of Special Rapporteur’s Mandate

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a Sunday statement, Qassemi noted that the resolution was approved by the votes of members of a political bloc and some regional countries that are top violators of human rights.

He described the resolution as a condemned and unacceptable one which was not supported by a significant number of Human Rights Council members.

“In our view, the one-year extension of the mission of special rapporteur on Iran’s human rights situationwas unprofessional and unnecessary,” he said.

“Such a rapporteur will have big problemsregardingauthenticity and legitimacy,” he said.

The spokesman said Iran supports theUniversal Periodic Review mechanism as the fairest method for addressing human rights issues, as it covers all countries, has a non-discriminatoryand non-selective approach, respects the principle of equality and does not allowpolitically-motivated moves.

The resolution was adopted on Friday, in the closing meeting of the 37th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in the UN headquarters in Geneva.

Some 21 members of the Council voted in favour of the resolution, while 7 others voted against, with 19 abstentions.

In the UNHRC meeting,UN members discussed the latest report of the late UN special rapporteur for human rights in Iran Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani lawyer who took the post in September 2016.

She had frequently delivered reports to UN bodies censuring the Iranian government for what she called widespread rights violations before she died of cardiac arrest early February.

The Council has not yet appointed a successor to Jahangir.

Iran has refused to allow the UN special rapporteurs to visit the country, arguing the use of country-specific mechanisms to address human rights issues is unacceptable.

Besides, Iran says the situation of human rights in Iran by no means is a special situation to warrant a special mandate.

Tehran says the appointment of a UN special rapporteur on Iran results from the heavy influence of western governments in the UN and part of its pressure campaign against Iran since the Islamic Revolution toppled the rule of US-backed dictator Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

“Iran Must Develop Ties with Russia, China to Counter US Hardliners”

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IFP Media Wire
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“The use of hardline elements against the Islamic Republic of Iran shows that the Americans seek to exert more pressure on Iran,” Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi told ISNA on Saturday.

He added that the harsher US stance vis-à-vis the Islamic Republic is mainly aimed at appeasing the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia to solve Washington’s economic issues, saying, “Therefore, it was predictable that we would witness toughened US policies in this regard.”

The US president announced on Thursday that he is replacing his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, with John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the UN and a military intervention hawk.

Trump announced the replacement, making Bolton his third national security adviser since coming to office and continuing a shake-up that creates one of the most hawkish national security teams of any White House in recent history.

Bolton, an outspoken advocate of military action who served in the administration of former US president George W. Bush, has called for action against Iran and North Korea.

Elsewhere in his comments, the Iranian lawmaker said Tehran must continue its active presence in the Middle East and turn to Eastern countries to thwart US policies.

“We must strengthen our relations with important countries like China and Russia, which have also been subjected to US sanctions and face serious challenges from that country,” Boroujerdi added.

“China and Russia are two important and influential members of the [UN] Security Council and the expansion of relations will help neutralize and reduce the impact of US pressure,” he said.

He emphasized that Trump was working to reassure the Zionists and Saudi Arabia.

Boroujerdi also said the US president has always sought to destroy the landmark nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran signed with the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.

However, he failed to achieve his goal due to the opposition of European countries and former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, he added.

Trump is a stern critic of the nuclear deal which lifted nuclear-related sanctions put in place against Iran in exchange for curbs on Tehran’s nuclear program.

He has repeatedly described the JCPOA, which was negotiated under his predecessor, Barack Obama, as “the worst and most one-sided transaction Washington has ever entered into,” a characterization he often used during his presidential campaign, and threatened to tear it up.

The US president delivered a 120-day ultimatum to America’s European allies on January 12 that they must agree to “fix the terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal” or he would refuse to extend US sanctions relief on Iran and would pull out of the deal.

On March 13, Trump fired Tillerson after a series of public rifts over issues including Iran, Russia and North Korea, replacing his top diplomat with CIA Director and former congressman Mike Pompeo, who has a tough stance on the Islamic Republic.

Tillerson’s departure had been widely anticipated for months. Tillerson’s exit makes his time in office the shortest of any secretary of state in nearly 120 years.

Ancient Art of Woodcarving in Northern Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Laktarashi means the art of carving wooden vessels and containers engraved by shapes and pattern from the region’s mythologies and history.

This form of art has been passed from one generation to another in northern provinces of Mazandaran, Golestan and Gilan, which enjoy thick jungles with abundant wood.

Laktarashi entails both laborious hand work and creativity. Golestan woodcarving artists have included their rich cultural history in their artworks, resulting in artworks that are both practical and artistic.

Laktarashi artists are creative people who turn a raw log of wood into objects only by using simple tools. They have a good knowledge of trees’ species in the region and know what wood is suitable for each vessel.

However, according to an official at Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, this practice is now considered as one of the endangered trades, due to the arrival of new technologies and the emigration of young people from the rural areas.

Ebrahim Karimi said, “In the past, Laktarashi was very common amongst the rural population in north of Iran, but now it is becoming an endangered form of art, with many forgetting about it altogether”.

Pointing to the hay days of the trade, he said, “In the past, the products were made according to the needs of the market”.

In March 2018, Laktarashi was registered in the list of Iranian intangible heritage.

Animals Escape Zoo in Iran, but “Citizens Not in Danger”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The director of the Environment Department of West Azarbaijan Province said all the wild animals that escaped following a strong storm are under control and “no danger is threatening the citizens of Urmia (the provincial capital).”

Parviz Arasteh confirmed that some of the animals broke out of the zoo after strong winds swept across Urmia.

“Minutes ago, an assessment team of the Environment Department of the province was dispatched to the area to look into and follow up on the incident,” said the official.

He said assessments indicate that two Armenian rams, four wolves, a vulture and a wild cat have got out of the zoo, but “no wild animal has escaped the zoo and species such as lions and bears are under control inside the zoo.”

“Rangers are looking for the animals which have escaped from the zoo. The zoo is adjacent to the Urmia National Park around 40 kilometres from the city,” said the official.

As soon as the wolves are sighted, the official said, they will be anaesthesised and caught alive.

A storm, with a speed reaching 80 km/h in some areas, ripped across Urmia, leaving at least one dead and over a dozen injured. It also destroyed the walls of the zoo, brought down trees and knocked down billboards.

Sepahsalar Mosque; A Mixture of Persian, Ottoman Architecture

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Sepahsalar Mosque in Tehran

Sepahsalar Mosque accompanied by a seminary with the same name is located at the south-eastern part of Baharestan Square; next to the Parliament compound.

The mosque is a combination of sophisticated Persian architecture and that of Istanbul’s legendary mosques.

According to a Farsi report by Hamshahri news website, the mosque was built in the Qajar era, during the rule of Nasereddin Shah (1831-1896); by the order of the then-chancellor Mirza Hassan Khan Sepahsalar (1828–1881) who had spent years in Istanbul as Iran’s ambassador.

The mosque was designed by engineer Mahdi Khan Motamen-ul-Doleh Sheghaghi and constructed by Haj Hassan Qomi in the 19th century.

In general, the mosque’s design is inspired by Isfahan Jameh Mosque, Isfahan Chaharbagh School and Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul.

The building is 61 metres in length and 61 metres in width. It includes two floors with 60 rooms for its seminary students to live in.

The complex, made largely of bricks, has eight minarets, a two-storey building, a roofed hall for worshipers to pray (Shabestan), a gateway, a large dome and a huge library.

Its majestic dome has been modelled after Turkish mosques. The minarets are what make this building so unique. Its prayer hall dome, 37m in height, is supported by 44 columns.

Tiles with full-blown floral motifs in typically flamboyant Qajar style decorate the building’s courtyard. A tile’s inscription band gives details of the original endowment. The mosque’s library hosts more than 4,200 handwritten and about 10 thousand lithographic books.

What follows are photos of Sepahsalar Mosque retrieved from its official website:

Iran’s Northern Forests Burning in Fire (+Video)

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mehdi Valipour, the provincial head of Iran’s Red Crescent Society, said that firemen and environmental forces are working to extinguish the fire before it could spread and create more havoc.

Valipour said the forest fire could threaten rural areas near Lahijan, Siahkal, Langroud, Masal and Shaft cities.

“Considering the strong warm wind in the area, the fire could spread to other regions,” he told Mehr News Agency in a Farsi interview on Saturday night, expressing hope it could be put out by Sunday morning.

Gilan Province is the scene of sporadic forest fires, mainly caused byhuman negligence.

The province is currently hosting thousands of Iranians taking New Year holidays.

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