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Iran Stops Export of Free Natural Gas to Turkey

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a press conference in Tehran on Monday, Hamid Reza Araqi said from now on Iran will receive money in return for any gas exports to Turkey.

“We have already cleared our debts to Turkey under an International Court of Arbitration ruling by exporting 800 billion cubic metres of free gas to the country over the past months,” he was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by Fars News Agency.

Iran’s free gas export to Turkey turned into a hot topic of dispute in Iran a few months ago. Some called it a great loss inflicted on Iran’s national treasure. The critics blamed the incumbent government of President Hassan Rouhani for the loss. On the other hand, there were others saying Ankara had already paid for the gas it was receiving for free from Tehran.

Back in 1996, Iran signed a contract with Turkey to export up to 10 billion cubic metres of gas per year to the country over 25 years. But Turkey’s state oil and gas company, Botas, appealed in March 2012 to the International Court of Arbitration saying that Iran had overcharged Turkey for the gas it sold. As per the ruling, Iran had to pay $1.9 billion in compensation to Turkey. This amount had to be paid in instalments.

Iran, which started selling gas to Turkey in 2001, is the second largest gas supplier to the country after Russia, delivering 10 billion cubic metres annually.

Triplets Named “Jerusalem, Capital, Palestine” to Protest Trump’s Decision (+Video)

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The couple has named the triplets Quds (the Arabic name for the city of Jerusalem), Palestine and Easima (literally: capital in Arabic).

According to Nidal and Islam al-Siqaly from Khan Yunis, their symbolic act of protest demonstrated their affection towards their homeland and their opposition to Trump’s decision, with Nidal, the father saying, “What I did is not enough, I offer myself and my children, my wife and all of us for Jerusalem.”

All other family members also have symbolic names as Nidal pointed out. “I am Nidal [Struggle, in Arabic], my wife is Islam, my elder daughter is Dalal Mughrabi [a dead Palestine militant].”

Islam, the mother, echoed Nidal’s sentiment adding, “God willing, our Lord will give us a new daughter and will name her Eternal so that Jerusalem will remain the eternal capital of Palestine.”

The three babies were born at the end of last year just after Trump’s decision.

Iran to Buy Airliners with French, Italian Credit Lines

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IFP Editorial Staff
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IranAir

Iran Air CEO Farzaneh Sharafbafi says part of the credit lines provided by Italian and French companies will be allotted to the purchase of brand-new planes.

“We are also in talks with the Airbus Company to use its finance to buy some of these airplanes, and we will use the French and Italians’ credit lines to purchase several other Airbus and ATR aircraft,” she added, according to a Farsi report by IRNA.

She said Iran intends to use different sources of financing to buy new airplanes.

“The initial payment for the purchase of 11 brand-new Airbus and ATR planes came from the National Development Fund,” she said.

She underlined the need for more aircraft joining the Iranian air fleet.

“We are planning to bring at least 14 airplanes into the Iran Air fleet next year (beginning March 2018),” the top manager said.

She also noted that Iran’s national airline made every effort to keep flights running during the heavy snowfall last week.

“But heavy snow forced the cancellation of 40 to 50 domestic and international flights of Iran Air. Moreover, the more than 70 centimetres of snow dumped on the Imam [Khomeini International] Airport snarled traffic around the airport,” she noted.

Sharafbafi said despite the cancellations, the airline made the necessary planning and began running extra flights to prevent further losses to the passengers.

“All passengers will also be indemnified for any possible losses in accordance with the Bylaws on Passengers’ Rights,” she said.

Baghdad Hosts Security Meeting between Iran, Russia, Syria, Iraq

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IFP Media Wire
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During the Sunday meeting of the Intelligence Center of Iran, Russia, Iraq, and Syria chaired by Iraq’s Director of Military Intelligence Major General Saad Mezher Al-Alaq, the participants discussed activities of the four countries in the security and intelligence fields and counter-terrorism.

Speaking at the session, Major General Alaq expressed his gratitude to Iran for supporting the Iraqi nation in the fight against Daesh terrorists and said although Daesh was defeated in Iraq, vigilance should be exercised to counter their activities to insecure the Arab country under new names.

The Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjejdi, also praised the role of the intelligence center in the collapse of Daesh and thanked all members of the quadrilateral coalition, including Russians and Syrians.

On November 19, Daesh terrorists were flushed out of their last stronghold in Syria’s Al-Bukamal. The city’s liberation marked an end to the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate it had declared in 2014.

Daesh militants made swift advances in northern and western Iraq over the summer of 2014, after capturing large areas of Syria.

But the timely support by Iran helped Syria and Iraq fight off Daesh. In addition, formation of military units by volunteers in Iraq, known as Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Units, blunted the edge of Daesh offensive and later made the terror group withdraw from much of the territories it had occupied.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 18

The top story in all papers today was the remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani about the country’s defence power, which is certainly non-negotiable according to him.

The municipality of Tehran and the reformist mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi are also still under fire for what conservatives describe as the poor management of the city during the recent snowy days.

Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi has also remained a target of criticisms over his ministry’s performance after the heavy snowfall.

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

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- A Report on Activities of Group that Tries to Make Quake-Hit Children Feel Better

  • Healing Quake-Hit Kids Using Painting, Music

2- Iranian People Shouldering Burden of National economyA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Iran Labour Minister Orders Subordinates to Avoid Hiring Relatives of Political Figures

2- Judiciary Spokesman speaks of “Girls of Revolution Street”, detainees, exoneration of Quran reciter, Babak Zanjani’s debtsA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Ebtekar:

1- Rouhani: No Need for Talks with Any Superpower over Defence Capabilities

2- Entire World Knows We’re Here, but They Don’t See Us!

  • A Report on People Living in Bandar Abbas Slums

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani: We Must Be So Strong that Enemies Wouldn’t Dare to Threaten Us

2- Tehran’s Air Pollution Once Again Shuts Down Schools

3- 1,000 Schools Built by Barakat Charity Foundation, Education Ministry

4- Iran’s Daily Oil Exports Up by 60,000 Barrels Compared with Last Year

5- Russia Starts Developing “Dooms Day Weapon” in Reaction to US

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Hamshahri:

1- Increasing Growth of Anger in City

2- Hyrcanian Forests in Danger of Being Removed from World List

3- Change in Model of Income TaxesA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Iran:

1- Oil Minister: Talks Underway with 20 Iranian, Foreign Firms to Implement New Oil, Gas Projects

2- Minister: Salaries of the Retired to Be Increased Step by Step

3- Armed Forces Must Work beyond Parties, Factions: RouhaniA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Javan:

1- Rouhani: We Won’t Negotiate with Any World Power over Defence Issues

  • We Must Frustrate Our Enemies

2- Danger of Missing Opportunities in Iraq’s Post-ISIS Market

3- Future Mayor of Tehran Warns Incumbent Mayor

  • Rumours of Najafi’s Resignation amid Growing Criticism of His Performance during Snow

4- Those with Wages below IRR 23 Million [$490] Exempted from Paying Income TaxA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Rouhani: We’ll Boost Defence Power as Long as Threats Exist

2- Zarif: US Moving Humankind Closer to Annihilation

3- Time to Prosecute Al Saud at Court of War Crimes

4- Jerusalem Post: Saudi Arabia, UAE’s Defeat in Yemen Imminent

5- Hundreds of Israeli Settlers Once Again Attack Aqsa MosqueA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Kayhan:

1- Iran’s Response to West’s Call for Ransom

  • Rouhani: We’ll Develop Whatever Weapon We Need; We Won’t Negotiate Our Defence

2- Oil Minister: No Doubt We’re Still under Banking Sanctions, but That’s Not Related to JCPOA!

3- Tehran Municipality Not Successful in Doing Its Duties: Tehran City Council Chair

4- Growing Rate of Dollar in Wake of Government’s Post-JCPOA Policies

5- Iraqi Kurdistan Agrees to Handing over Biggest Oilfield to Baghdad

  • Continued Aftershocks of Disintegration Referendum

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Khorasan:

1- Death of Research in Iran: Science, Health Ministers Warn about Lack of Research Budget

2- Prices of Water, Electricity, Gas Not to Increase

3- Deadly Day of Turkey in Afrin

  • 30 Terrorists Killed in Russian Jet Fighters’ Retaliatory Attack on Idlib

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Shargh:

1- Rouhani: Armed Forces Must Stand by Government

2- 150 Indictments Issued for Those behind Recent Riots

3- MPs to Begin Visiting Prisons in Other CitiesA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Judiciary Exerting Pressure on State Bodies to Identify, Fire Executives with Dual Nationality

2- Iran Roads Minister: Roads, Airports Closed by Snow Even in Europe, USA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 5

Man Shot Down after Trying to Enter Iran President’s Office with Machete

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Golrokh Askarieh
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The Iranian president's office in central Tehran

According to the deputy governor of Tehran province, the 35-year-old man ignored the warnings of security forces and tried to enter the presidential palace in Tehran.

The man, who attacked the security guards with his machete, was finally stopped by the guards who shot and injured him.

He has been transferred to the hospital, and his identity and motivation is being investigated, the deputy governor said.

Number of Flights over Iran’s Sky Tripled: Commander

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili says flights passing through Iran’s airspace feel safe and secure because of the presence of Iran’s strong air force.

This comes despite the tight sanctions imposed on Iran’s aviation industry over the past years, he added.

The commander admitted that most flights were cancelled in the wake of the recent heavy snow in Tehran and a number of other provinces.

“It is right that most flights were cancelled in the wake of the recent snow which covered most parts of Iran but a brief review of the conditions of the flights in countries equipped with the highest technologies reveals that they are also challenging with lots of problems during snowy days,” a Farsi report by Fars News Agency quoted him as saying.

The general praised Iran Air and a number of other Iranian airlines saying these airlines kept alive Iran’s airspace by offering good services to their domestic and foreign passengers.

Back in August 2017, Esmaili had noted that at least 1,400 planes cross Iran’s skies every day in what he described as a proof of the country’s airspace security for regional and transregional airliners.

“Today, Iran has been chosen [by airliners] as the safest air corridor in the Middle East,” he noted at the time.

Official figures show around 450 planes crossed Iran’s skies every day in 2014. However, the insurgency that ISIS militants waged in Iraq as well as the conflict in Ukraine pushed the number up to as high as 900 planes per day the next year, marking an increase of 100 percent.

The diplomatic crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia and its allies also forced the tiny Persian Gulf state to use Iran’s airspace for its international flights, and this in turn led to a 20-percent increase in the number of flights crossing the Iranian skies.

Baquer Namazi Not Released from Jail: Iran Judiciary

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IFP Media Wire
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“The individual has not been released,” Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said in a weekly press conference on Sunday.

“Like many other prisoners, he has gone on leave,” he added.

Namazi had applied to leave the prison only for three days, Ejei further said, adding that it was later extended over his health condition.

His remarks came after a US State Department official said recently that the 81-year-old dual national was temporarily released from prison over health concerns after the US and Iran conducted backchannel discussions about releasing American prisoners.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert took to Twitter, saying, “We welcome the release of Baquer Namazi given his deteriorating health, but we note that his release is only temporary. We call for the immediate and full release of the Namazi family, including his son Siamek, as well as other Americans unjustly held by the Iranian government”.

Namazi was imprisoned in February 2016, after traveling to Tehran to secure the release of his son Siamak, an American-Iranian businessman, who was detained in October 2015. They were both charged with espionage and collaborating with a foreign government and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Austria to Allocate €200m for Iran’s First Nuclear Hospital

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Austrian banks have allocated €200 million for the procurement of the equipment required for a nuclear hospital in Tehran.

“One of the most important phases in the construction of the hospital is the provision of equipment on which negotiations have been held with an Austrian company,” said AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi as quoted by the Persian-language Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

He said a considerable amount of time has been spent on the conclusion of the contract.

“The Austrian side has undertaken to provide the funding. One bank will provide the financing, and another will guarantee the funds granted. The process has been fruitful with the help of the Central Bank and Investment Organization,” the spokesman noted.

He said the €200 million provided by Austrian banks will be repaid from the revenues of the hospital once it becomes operational.

The contract on the construction of Iran’s first nuclear hospital was signed in 2015 in a ceremony attended by the AEOI chief and health minister.

Security Forces Seize 2.9-Tonne Drug Haul in SE Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Following a sensitive round-the-clock operation, the intelligence forces managed to seize a 2,869-kilogram haul of illicit drugs in the province.

The illicit drugs loaded onto two Toyota pickup trucks were smuggled into Sistan and Baluchestan province, a Farsi report by Fars News Agency said.

This is largest haul of illicit drugs seized by Iranian intelligence forces over the past years.

With its 900-kilometre common border with Afghanistan, Iran has always been used by the smugglers as the main conduit for transferring Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe.

Iran has been fighting drug-trafficking over the past three decades paying a heavy economic and human price.

Nearly 4,000 Iranian police forces have lost their lives during the fight in the past four decades.  Meanwhile, Iran has spent over $700 million on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries.

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