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Iranian, Russian Presidents Reiterate Support for Iraq’s Integrity

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a telephone conversation on Monday to discuss the latest developments pertaining to mutual relations and regional issues.

“[Improving] regional security and safeguarding Iraq’s territorial integrity and national unity are very important and vital for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Rouhani said, adding that coordination and cooperation among regional countries could play a prominent role in this regard.

Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region kicked off an independence referendum on Monday in the face of strong objections from the central government in Baghdad and urgent calls from the international community to scrap the vote.

Iranian, Russian Presidents Reiterate Support for Iraq's IntegrityThe voting stations are dotted across the three provinces of Erbil, Sulaimaniyah and Dohuk that form the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as well as in the disputed bordering zones such as the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.

Initial results are expected to be announced 24 hours after the vote. The non-binding vote on the secession of the semi-autonomous region has irked the central government.

The Iranian president held separate phone calls with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday to discuss the independence vote.

Iranian, Russian Presidents Reiterate Support for Iraq's Integrity

Elsewhere in his conversation with the Russian president, Rouhani welcomed the development of Tehran-Moscow relations in all fields.

He added that presidents of Iran, Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan would hold a meeting in Tehran in the near future to discuss issues of common interest.

“We attach significance to trilateral relations among Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan,” the Iranian chief executive pointed out.

Rouhani also stated that Iran and Russia had a common stance on the crisis in Syria, adding, “[Protecting] the territorial integrity [of countries] in the region and [preventing] any change to borders are very important to the Islamic Republic of Iran and we are completely ready to continue cooperation for [holding] the next round of [Syria peace] talks in Astana.”

Representatives from the Syrian government and foreign-sponsored armed opposition held the sixth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana in September in a bid to resolve the Syrian conflict.

The negotiations were supervised by Iran, Russia and Turkey as the mediators of the talks.

Iranian, Russian Presidents Reiterate Support for Iraq's Integrity

Russia and Iran are the main international backers of the Syrian government in its battle against foreign-backed terrorists.

At Damascus’ request, Iran has been providing military advisory support to the Syrian army in its counterterrorism operations.

Russia has been also carrying out an aerial campaign in Syria in coordination with Damascus since September 2015 to further boost the Syrian military’s anti-terror fight.

Russia backs Iraq’s territorial integrity: Putin

The Russian president, for his part, reiterated his country’s support for the central government in Baghdad and Iraq’s territorial integrity, IRNA reported.

Putin also indicated Moscow’s resolve to boost all-out relations with Iran, saying that the speedy implementation of development projects currently underway between the two countries would help promote ties.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

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As expected, the Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum held on Monday was one of the most important news covered by Iranian newspapers today. While the issue was covered by many newspapers on the front page, some papers preferred to release features on the consequences of Iraq’s ‘disintegration’ for the country and the Middle East, and some tried to offer solutions to be adopted by Iran on future of Kurdistan region. Some newspapers also highlighted the international opposition to the plebiscite in their headlines, and referred to the phone conversations between presidents of Iran, Turkey, and Russia on the need for maintaining Iraq’s territorial integrity and borders.

Reactions to Trump’s anti-Iran remarks and measures, and the reaction by the Iranian government to the US president also remained a top story today. The comments made by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani and articles in praise of President Hassan Rouhani’s UNGA speech were also covered in the front page of some newspapers today.

Domestic economy and its problems also received great coverage. Some papers offered suggestions for making economic reforms and others highlighted the problems of Iran’s private sector and workers in their Tuesday front pages.

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

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Iraqi Kurdistan Holds Independence Referendum

  • A Few Questions about Controversial Plebiscite

2- US Exports to Iran Halved

3- Larijani’s Candidacy in 2021 Election Not Unlikely

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Clash Possible between Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan

2- Rouhani, Putin Hold Phone Conversation

  • Keeping Borders Unchanged Important to Iran

3- Body of Iranian Martyr Beheaded by ISIS Arrives in Tehran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Bahar:

1- Zarif: Trump’s Empathy with Iranians More Hollow than Ever

2- Kurdish Dance in Autumn Weather

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Ebtekar:

1- Controversial Referendum Finally Held

2- Different Voices Heard from the Saudis: Iran Foreign Ministry

3- Far-Right’s Serious Message in Europe

  • Results of German Elections, Merkel Once Again Wins

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Etemad:

1- Gov’t, Parliament Trying to Resolve Workers’ Guild Problems

2- Inauspicious Referendum

3- Culture Minister: No Artists Will Be Banned from Working

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Ettela’at:

1- Putin: Russian Gov’t Supports Baghdad, Iraq’s Territorial Integrity

2- 100 Nusra Front Terrorists Killed in Russia’s Airstrikes against Idlib, Aleppo

3- Iranian Jet Fighters Display Power in Huge IRGC, Army Drills

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Ghanoon:

1- Economy of Iranian Papers Need Major Development

2- Barzani Region: Referendum in Iraq Held despite Central Government’s Opposition

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Hamdeli:

1- Europe’s Pro-Iran Economic Approach after Trump’s Harsh Remarks at UNGA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Iran:

1- Three Presidents Underline Iraq’s Territorial Integrity

2- Iraqi Kurds the Ones Hurt by Independence Referendum

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Javan:

1- Turkey, Iraq’s Military Line-up against Kurdistan’s Secessionism

2- Gov’t, Parliament Keeping Silent about Employment o MPs in Oil Industry

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Iraq’s Territorial Integrity, National Unity Should Not at All Be Spoiled

2- Sunnis in Iran Enjoying Religious, Social, Cultural Freedoms

3- Bahrain Gov’t Bans Clerics from Speaking against Israel

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Kayhan:

1- Foreigners Say They Only Finance Iranian Projects If Iran Buys Their Country’s Goods

2- Attack on Imam Hussein Mourning Ceremonies in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

3- Zionist Regime Arresting 120 Children per Month Only in West Bank

4- ISIS near Annihilation, Zionists Intriguing Barzani

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Khorasan:

1- Iraq’s Military Ready for Action against Secessionism

2- Mashhad to Host ‘Mohsen Hojaji’: People to Bid Farewell to Body of Iranian Martyr

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Tejarat:

1- Regional Countries Agree to Boycott Iraqi Kurdistan for Its Referendum

2- Merkel’s Close Victory in Germany

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 26

 

Iran May Hold Its FIFA World Cup Training Camp in Chechnya

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran May Hold Its FIFA World Cup Training Camp in Chechnya

The Chechnya official Magomed Matsuev says the Iranian national football team may choose to stay in the city of Grozny, the capital of Muslim Republic of Chechnya, before the 2018 World Cup.

According to a Farsi report by the Tasnim News Agency, citing a Russian sports website, he went on to say, “I had a meeting with the Iranian representatives and spoke with them. They have visited Grozny and reserved this complex. Of course, this is not the final decision. If the Iranian national football team chooses another camp, another team will come to the city of Grozny and the Akhmat-Arena.”

The 2018 World Cup will host 32 teams, including the Iranian national football team, at 12 stadiums in 11 cities of the Russian Federation from June 14 to July 15, 2018.

Iran Inks Deal to Boost Date Exports via Oman

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Inks Deal to Boost Date Exports via Oman

The Joint Iran-Oman Chamber of Commerce has signed an agreement with the National Iranian Date Association and chambers of commerce of eight date-growing Iranian provinces in a bid to boost the Islamic Republic’s date exports.

According to a Farsi report by the Iranian Agriculture News Agency (IANA), under the deal, the two sides have undertaken to lay the groundwork for expanding Iran’s date exports to world markets such as the United States, China and Latin American countries through Oman’s SOHAR Port and Free Zone.

Among the key objectives of the deal is to pave the way for Iranian date exporters to cooperate with Omani companies, use Oman’s infrastructure, loans and customs facilities as well as its SOHAR region together with the advantages of preferential customs agreements between Oman and other countries.

Speaking on the sidelines of the conclusion of the deal, Deputy Chairman of the Joint Iran-Oman Chamber of Commerce Pedram Soltani hailed the initiative, saying similar contracts can be signed among other relevant bodies.

Mohsen Rashid Farrokhi, the chairman of the chamber, also said Oman is a suitable replacement for the Persian Gulf littoral states as it is very close to Iran in terms of cultural bonds and cooperation-wise.

He said Iran currently exports 20 percent of its date crop, and has what it takes to increase it to 30%.

Over 1,000 Firms Attending IranPlast Int’l Exhibition

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Over 1,000 Firms Attending IranPlast Int’l Exhibition

The exhibition was inaugurated on Sunday in a ceremony attended by Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri and Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.

Over 1,000 Firms Attending IranPlast Int’l ExhibitionWith the main theme of “promoting the business environment of Iran’s petrochemical and plastic industries”, the exhibition has managed to attract 600 foreign and 534 Iranian companies, which shows a 39-percent growth compared with previous editions.

Companies from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, India, Serbia, Italy, South Korea, Austria, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Spain, Britain, Thailand, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Turkey, Taiwan, China, Japan and the UAE are participating in the exhibition.

Meanwhile, commercial delegations from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ukraine, Oman, Georgia and Armenia as well as 230 tradesmen from Azerbaijan, Syria, Turkey, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Ghana, Kenya, Romania and Canada are present in the exhibition.

Among the main goals of the exhibition are promoting plastic industry, attracting foreign investments, expanding export of goods, facilitating plastic marketing, and exchanging new technologies.

The exhibition will be underway until September 27.

IranPlast is one of the largest and most important exhibitions in Iran in the fields of raw materials, machinery and moulds, auxiliaries and services for plastics, and rubber industries. It is also one of the most important ones in the Middle East and Asia.

The first five editions of IranPlast were organized annually, but from the 6th round, it became a biennial exhibition in order to enhance its quality, structure and organization.

Tehran, Jakarta Discuss Promotion of Reciprocal Ties

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Tehran, Jakarta Discuss Promotion of Reciprocal Ties

The seventh meeting of Iran-Indonesia joint political-consultative committee was held in Tehran on Monday.

Present at the event were deputy ministers from both countries who discussed a whole range of bilateral and international issues and highlighted the need to upgrade Tehran-Jakarta political and economic relations.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour delivered the opening speech at the meeting. He said Iran attaches great importance to promotion of cooperation with Southeast Asian countries, especially Indonesia as a friendly and Muslim nation, which enjoys a special status in the Muslim world. He said Iran is fully prepared to enhance its relations with Indonesia on all fronts.

During the meeting, Indonesia’s Director General for Asia-Pacific Affairs Desra Percaya, who was heading the Indonesian delegation, welcomed proposals put forward by the Iranian side, and said his country would like to take over a project to develop two oil fields in Iran. He also stressed the need to forge closer cooperation between the two sides.

It is noteworthy that the sixth meeting of the political-consultative committee of the two countries had been held in Jakarta last year.

 

Iran’s Deputy FM, Indonesian Diplomat Hold Talks

Later on Monday, Percaya also met Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi. During the meeting, the two sides highlighted the need to boost mutual economic and trade relations in addition to the good political ties the two countries maintain.

Sarmadi touched upon the common ground as well as the numerous areas of cooperation between the two sides and expressed satisfaction over the growing trend of Tehran-Jakarta ties over the past 3 years.

He said the volume of bilateral trade is not proportionate to the numerous potentialities that exist for cooperation between the two sides, and added the two countries should tap into all their potential in order to upgrade the level of mutual trade and commercial cooperation and expand reciprocal ties in all areas.

Sarmadi referred to the challenges which exist in the Muslim world, the Middle East and East Asia, and underscored the necessity of interaction and consultation between, and joint action by the two great Muslim countries in order to help establish peace and tranquillity in the above-mentioned regions.

Percaya, in turn, thanked Iran for its presence in the Indian Ocean Rim Association during the time when Indonesia held its presidency, and expressed gratitude to Iran for supporting Indonesia’s candidacy for membership in international circles, especially the country’s non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council.

 

Tehran, Jakarta Discuss Promotion of Reciprocal TiesIranian, Indonesian FMs Meet in New York

While the Indonesian delegation was in Tehran, the country’s Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi also met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Iranian Scientist Ranked among Worlds’ Top 100 Innovators

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mahmoud Mehrdad Shokrieh

Director of Composite Materials and Technology Centrr, Mahmoud Mehrdad Shokrieh, has been ranked among word’s top 100 innovators by the prestigious ISI Essential Science Indicators affiliated with Thompson-Reuters, a Farsi report by ANA said.

Mehrdadd Shokrieh is a faculty member at Iran’s University of Science and Technology in Mechanical Engineering. He has been teaching as a full professor in the university since 2016. Shokreieh was also chosen as the top Iranian researcher in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. Among his other honours, one can also refer to the title of the top Iranian Technology man he gained in 2015. Shokrieh was also announced as ‘prominent Iranian professor’ by the Mechanical Engineers’ Association back in 2014.

ISE-ESI releases regular lists of top innovators across the world in each scientific field every two months. It draws on the latest developments in the scientific achievements at the international level. Some scientists are ranked simultaneously as top innovators in more than one list. At least 22 lists are published each time.

To rank a scientist as top innovator, the institute draws on their studies and theses over the past ten years.

Iranian Kurdish MPs Condemn Iraqi Kurdistan’s Referendum

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Kurdistan-Iraq

Kurdish lawmakers at the Iranian parliament, in a statement, condemned the Monday referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Parts of the Farsi statement published by ICANA are as follows:

Abidance by all countries to their territorial integrity is one of the principal and generally-accepted international regulations, and it is natural that no country will allow its territorial integrity to be violated, and its territory to be seized by others or renamed.

A referendum, as a democratic tool, will be meaningful only when held among all citizens of a country, and part of a country cannot hold a plebiscite locally.

In Iraq, recently a movement backed by Israel is seeking to hold an ethnic plebiscite on the independence of part of Iraq. The Iraqi parliament has rejected that vote, and the issue has been referred to judicial officials, and the parliament, as the highest decision-making body in the country, has condemned the referendum. However, Israel is trying to cash in on the sentiments of the Kurdish people in Iraq in a bid to gain a foothold in that region and pursue its evil objectives of sowing discord, downsizing countries and disrupt stability and security in the region.

The referendum jeopardizes the interests of Iraqi Kurds as well as the stability of the countries in the region. So, the stance of us, the Kurdish legislators at the Iranian parliament, is exactly the same as the one adopted by the Iranian government (opposition to the referendum).

An ethnic, religious and regional referendum runs counter to international regulations as well as the interests of Iraqi people, especially Kurds. It is against regional stability and security. It is an illegal and illogical move, and it is condemned.

We expect relevant international institutions and Iraqi authorities as well as regional countries not to allow the move to serve the interests of Israel and trigger instability and insecurity in the region.

The Kurdish elites are also expected to prudently raise Kurdish people’s awareness of this wicked scheme and not to allow Iraqi Kurds’ interests to be compromised by those of enemies.

Myanmar Sets Strange Conditions for Iranian Coach

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Reza Kordi

Myanmar’s Football Federation says Kordi has to meet three conditions if he wants to resign and nullify his contract with the federation.

“If the conditions are not met, we will file a complaint with FIFA against Kordi,” the federation announced.

The first condition says Kordi must rewrite his resignation letter saying his decision to resign has nothing to do with the massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.

According to the second condition, Kordi needs to do an interview saying that the massacre of Muslims in Myanmar is a tribal conflict and the government of Myanmar has no role in the massacre.

And the third condition goes on saying Kordi should renounce his demands mentioned in the contract.

“I only accept the third condition. They first asked me to return to Myanmar but I sent an email saying I want my contract nullified. Based on the latest talks we had together, they set their conditions but I refused to accept them. Now, they have threatened they will sue me at FIFA,” Kordi said.

He went on saying the Football Federation of Myanmar is outraged with the extensive media coverage of his resignation in protest against Muslims massacre. “Some sources say even during a cabinet meeting, my case has been raised and discussed,” he noted.

Iran, Armenia to Expand Ties in Film Industry

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The agreement was signed by the Head of Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation, Ali Reza Tabesh, and Head of Armenia’s National Cinema Center, Shushanik Mirzakhanian, for a renewable three-year term with the aim of exchanging technical facilities and launching joint cinema projects.

Based on the agreement signed in Yerevan, Iran and Armenia are set to expand their cultural cooperation particularly in the field of cinema within cultural and historical commonalities between the two countries, a Farsi report by Nasim Online said.

In addition to providing an appropriate ground for launching cinema projects, the agreement is also set to serve as a platform to establish long-time relations between Farabi Foundation and Armenia’s National Cinema Center in conducting research, holding festivals, exchanging technological facilities, distributing and screening Iranian and Armenian films, and training human resources.

During the meeting between Tabesh and Mirzakhanian, the two sides exchanged views on a number of issues.

Screening of movies in Iran and Armenia, exchanging screenplays for movie productions, developing plans for increasing joint productions, expanding bilateral cooperation in holding children’s film festivals, inviting special guests especially children and teenagers as jury members of children’s film festivals, establishing close cooperation in mainstream festivals and film markets of the two countries  through suggesting appropriate films to each other, and  introducing technical equipment companies were among the key topics discussed by the two sides.

They also conferred on offering post-production and laboratory services to Armenians working in Iran, distributing the two sides’ movies through home video, internet and in-flights, remaining committed to observe all legal rights of movies and other cultural goods from both sides and establishing technical cooperation in new cinematic equipment.

In a separate meeting, Tabesh and Mirzakhanian sat for talks to explore ways to promote ties between Iranian and Armenian cinema professionals. The two sides also agreed to set up a number of committees to follow up the issues.

Tabesh visited Yerevan at the invitation of the country’s National Cinema Center.

On Monday, he held talks with Armenia’s Culture Minister, Armen Amirian. The meeting was also attended by Iran’s ambassador to Armenia, Kamal Sajjadi.

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