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Nusra Front Commander Slips into Coma after Russian Airstrike

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“Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry continued special operations to wipe out terrorists of the al-Nusra Front (Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham group outlawed in Russia) who attacked the Russian military police observation post on the border of the Idlib de-escalation zone on September 18.

The destruction of the al-Nusra Front command by Russia’s Aerospace Forces and, according to the available information, the fact that it’s leader, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, sank into a coma, caused confusion among terrorists throughout the Idlib province,” TASS quoted the ministry as saying.

The Sukhoi Su-34 bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces has wiped out 49 militants of the al-Nusra Front, including seven leaders of militant units of the terrorist organization’s “eastern sector”, Russian Defense Ministry said.

“The Russian military intelligence has received information about the emergency meeting of the Al-Nusra’s ‘eastern sector’ field commanders in the Idlib province to draw a plan for further action. After the confirmation of this information through various channels, the command of the Russian force grouping in Syria decided to conduct an airstrike. A precision strike carried out by a Su-34 bomber has eliminated 49 gunmen, including seven leaders of militant units of al-Nusra’s eastern sector,” the ministry said.

Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has liquidated al-Nusra Front’s largest underground arsenal in Syria where more than 1,000 tonnes of ammunition was stored, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

He noted that Russian reconnaissance has been long studying how militants transport munitions to their strongholds and opposition areas. “Having analyzed much information received through various channels, [they] determined the area where the arsenal was most probably located and its exact coordinates after supplemental ground reconnaissance,” the spokesman explained.

According to the ministry, “the munitions depot was destroyed by special air-delivered massive ordnance designed to destroy underground facilities.”

“The fire sparked by detonated munitions lasted a few hours up to their complete burning,” Konashenkov added.

Madrid to Host 7th Int’l Congress of Spanish Society of Iranian Studies

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Iran’s Cultural Attaché in Spain, in collaboration with Spanish Society of Iranian Studies and the University of Aotonoma, is going to host the event.

At this two-day congress, 20 articles will be presented in three panels: the Ancient Iran, Iran in the Islamic period and the contemporary Iran, Mehr reported in a Farsi article.

Scholars from different countries including Iran, Spain, Turkey, Georgia and Russia are expected to attend the cultural event.

EU Reiterates Its Strong Support for Doing Business with Iran

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Helga Schmid, the secretary-general of the EU’s foreign policy service, says “the EU fully supports the JCPOA and expects continued implementation by all parties.”

“At the European Union, we support economic cooperation between Iran and Europe — at the political level and at the policy level,” she added in a Wednesday address to the Europe-Iran Forum gathering in the Swiss financial capital of Zurich.

After the international nuclear accord in 2015, European and Iranian businesses have worked to expand previously prohibited trade and investment, but tens of billions of euros in deals are being slowed down because of political uncertainty and financial issues.

US President Donald Trump is threatening to decertify the pact ahead of a congressionally mandated October 15 deadline to report on Iran’s compliance. That would give Congress 60 days to snap back sanctions that were lifted as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the accord signed in 2015 by Iran and six world powers.

If Trump decertifies the deal, there is no guarantee that lawmakers would impose new sanctions or even take action. Defense Secretary James Mattis, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are all reportedly in favor of the US’s maintaining its commitment.

The deal had created expectations that trade between Iran and the European Union would flourish again after international nuclear sanctions cut the country off from financial markets, DW reported.

Even after the pact came into effect, however, EU bankers and firms continue to face steep hurdles when investing in Iran. For one, US-imposed restrictions make it complicated for EU companies to finance and clear transactions with the country.

Russian Tourists to Visit Iran’s Kish Island by Direct Flights

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Yaqub Qassemi, a tour organizer, said in a Farsi interview with the Mehr News Agency that from the second half of the current year, some tours will be organized for Russian tourists so that they can stay in Isfahan or Shiraz for two nights and then stay in Kish Island for a few more nights.

He also added this is the first time that direct flights to Moscow would be launched from Kish.

“The Russians can come to Iran during the cold season for skiing and recreational water sports, because the costs are lower and the island can replace Dubai for them,” he went on to say.

He stated that after launching direct flights, every week 155 passengers can travel to Iran. The flight will be launched in late November or early December.

Iranian Artists to Perform Islamic Passion Plays in Europe

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With the efforts of the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Berlin, a group of Iranian Ta’zieh performers have travelled to Germany and Poland to put the religious play on show for people there.

Speaking in a Farsi interview with IQNA, Iran’s cultural attaché in Germany, Seyyed Ali Moujani, said, “For the first time, Ta’zieh will be performed by a group of Iranian artists from the city of Qazvin.”

He added that the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Germany, the Hafez Institute, Iran’s House in Berlin, the Iranian Embassy in Germany, and the Iranian Consulate in Hamburg will co-operate in this programme, and the Ta’zieh group would have performances in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt.

“The Ta’zieh band will be in Germany for 10 days and next to having performances for the Iranians, they are going to have performances for the audience on the sidelines the Frankfurt International Book Fair where the book ‘Maqtal Al-Hussein’ would be released.”

Moujani went on to say that having some performances in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is among the other programs of the Iranian band, and we are coordinating it with the Iranian embassy there.

He also noted that the performances in Germany will be conducted in Farsi, but in Poland it will simultaneously be translated into Polish.

Seifollah Shokri, a traditional and religious music expert and Ta’zieh researcher, who heads the group in Germany, said, “This is the fifth year that we will be performing abroad. Germany would be our first experience in Europe.”

He also emphasized that Ta’zieh is a Shiite-Iranian art, saying that Ta’zieh is the only play of the Muslim world which exclusively belongs to Shiites and Iranians, that is, if it is performed in other countries in a basic form, they are copying from Iran.

About the goals of these performances in Germany and Poland he said “one of our most important goals is to professionally introduce this art and its features to the scientific communities around the world, especially Europe, as one of the theatre cradles.”

“From a religious point of view, 130 of the greatest Shiite scholars in the past two hundred years have been issuing positive fatwas on this art because the ceremony makes the audience familiar with the Shiite school and Imam Hussein’s (AS) cause,” he concluded.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

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The top story in today’s newspapers was a meeting between the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which the former called for urgent action against the Iraqi Kurdistan’s secession.

Erdogan’s meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and the MoUs signed between the two countries also received great coverage.

Another top story was the reactions to allegations raised about the arrest of Iranian Judiciary Chief’s daughter on charge of espionage for Britain. Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said the rumours are not worth answering, and Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi totally rejected the allegations.

The upholding of a five-year prison term for a former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team was also highlighted in today’s papers. He has been convicted of espionage.

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

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Two Ministers Fall Victim to Parliament’s Dissatisfaction with Gov’t

  • Labour, Interior Ministers Receive Yellow Card from Parliament

2- Judiciary Chief’s Response to Rumours [about his daughter’s arrest]: Not Worth Answering

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Iran Leader: Zionist Regime Seeks to Create New Israel in Mideast

2- Ankara’s Strategic Turn: Iran-Turkey Unity in Saadabad

3- Rouhani: We Won’t Accept Change in Regional Borders

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Ebtekar:

1- First VP: “E-Government” to Be Fully Realized in 4 Years

2- Iran Leader: Kurdistan Referendum Treason against Middle East

3- Reforms in Saudi Style

4- Women MPs’ Efforts to Counter ‘Child Marriage’

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Ettela’at:

1- Putin Warns of Establishment of ISIS Bases in Regional States

2- 180 US Congressmen Urge Trump Not to Hesitate in Certifying Iran’s JCPOA Compliance

3- Iran, Turkey Sign 4 Documents of Cooperation

4- Reuters: UN Puts Saudi Arabia in List of Child-Killing Regimes

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Iran:

1- Europe’s Strong Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

2- Rouhani Condoles with Iraqi Nation, Gov’t over Talabani’s Death

  • I Hope Iraqis Would Follow Talabani’s Moderation

3- World’s Commitment to Iran Nuclear Deal Important: Putin

  • Russia to Continue Supporting JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Jahan-e San’at:

1- Iranian, Turkish Presidents: Secessionism Is Rejected

2- US Defence Secretary, Trump Divided over Iran Nuclear Deal

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Javan:

1- Scenario of Nuclear Deal’s Permanent Vegetative State

  • US Administration to Increase Pressures on Iran

2- Intelligence Minister Responds to Lies Raised against Judiciary Chief

  • Ayatollah Amoli Larijani’s Family Not Suspected of Espionage

2- Private Bank Chief Claims Iran Needs $200bn to Organize Its Banks

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Iran Signs Deal in Moscow on Caspian Sea’s Oil

2- Chomsky: US, Israel Cannot Tolerate Independent Iran

3- Iran Leader: Kurdish Referendum Was a Treason against Region

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Kayhan:

1- Myanmar’s Displaced People: Suu Kyi Lying, Suppression of Muslims Going on Strongly

2- New York Times: Congress Would Have Made a Fuss If a Muslim Had Killed 59 Americans

3- Economic Downturn, Contraband Have Shut Down Many of Factories

4- Member of Iran’s Nuclear Negotiating Team Condemned to 5 Years in Prison

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Khorasan:

1- Iran Leader Calls for Serious, Rapid Measure against Creation of New Israel

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Shargh:

1- Turkish President: More Serious Measures to Be Taken against Iraqi Kurdistan

2- Russia Once Again Takes Helm of GECF

3- Gov’t to Offer 20-Year Mortgages

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

 

Tejarat:

1- Parliament Speaker: Securing Iran’s Interests Main Condition for JCPOA Survival

2- Saudi King Received by Putin: King Salman Trying to Correct His Foreign Policy

3- Strategic Alliance: Iran, Turkey to Increase Value of Bilateral Trade to $30bn

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 5

 

UN Puts Saudi-Led Coalition in Blacklist for Killing Yemeni Kids

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UN Puts Saudi-Led Coalition in Blacklist for Killing Yemeni Kids

For the first time this year, the UN list is divided into two parts.

One lists parties that recruit, use, kill, maim, rape, sexually abuse or abduct children in armed conflict or attack schools and hospitals and have taken no action to improve the protection of children. The other lists parties “that have put in place measures … to improve the protection of children.”

The Saudi-led coalition is on the list that has taken measures.

The list was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Last year the coalition was put on the blacklist but removed by then-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon under pressure from Saudi Arabia.

‘IMF, Int’l Banks Not Deterred by Trump’s Pressure from Working with Iran’

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Massoud Karbasian

“Despite Trump’s call, we are witnessing a promotion in relations between the Iranian banks and their European and Asian counterparts,” said Iranian Economy Minister Massoud Karbasian as quoted in a report by the official website of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce.

“Before addressing Trump’s statement one should raise the question that “is Trump really viewing himself as the owner of the International Monetary Fund?”

“Does the US really think that it is still the chief of the world? Our answer and that of the world is clearly No,” he noted.

The Iranian minister went on saying all international institutes work based on a clear mechanism and “the decision making process in such institutes is led by a group instead of an individual and that’s why Trump’s statement is taken as a joke.”

“Iran’s rights in the IMF cannot be denied at the mere request of Trump because IMF has its own mechanism,” he added.

According to Karbasian, the performance of European and Asian banks reveal that they are not coerced by Trump’s statement.

Trump has ordered US executive directors at the IMF and other multilateral development banks to vote against extending loans and funds to Iran.

The move comes amid the US attempts to undermine a nuclear deal Iran and world powers, including the US, signed in 2015.

Saudi Woman Killed in Car Crash While Learning to Drive

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Saudi Woman Killed in Car Crash While Learning to Drive

The woman’s husband was teaching her how to drive when she crashed the car into a concrete block, reported Al Marsad.

The impact of the crash killed the woman. Her husband was injured and taken to hospital for treatment.

The accident is the second one involving a female driver and resulting in death after Saudi’s decision to allow women to drive.

The decision was announced last week, but the royal order stipulated the formation of a ministerial committee to issue recommendations within one month.

The necessary arrangements to facilitate the move will be implemented and women will be able to drive 10 days after Eid Al Fitr next year.

‘Riyadh Giving Freedoms to Soften Up People for Austerity Measures’

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Azadeh Babainejad, in an article published in the Persian-language Shargh daily on Tuesday, has argued that the recent breaking of social taboos are in fact a way to impose economic austerity on the people of Saudi Arabia.

Here are excerpts of this opinion piece:

When the young Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke of his plan for economic developments in light of non-dependence on oil revenue and the need for social reforms called 2030 vision, few people in the country could predict that one day he will be able to break the domestic social taboos, especially those related to women’s rights. But this is just one side of the story, because well-informed politicians believe it is possible that in the path to implement the so-called 2030 plan, which contains rigid policies on energy use, public resentment would be provoked against him.

According to Karen Elliott House who is a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, the Riyadh government is trying to distract its citizens from the negative outcomes of the country’s 2030 vision, by putting top on the agenda a series of welfare and recreational issues which have previously been banned, including music festivals, wrestling events and cheerful and comic programs that the government is responsible to organize.

In a country where a high number of people, especially the youths, are unemployed and 90% of workforce are foreigners, a lot of training and preparation is needed for making citizens ready to adapt to these changes.

Therefore, the government is trying to convince the Saudi people that the process of privatization and economic change is not just for the benefit of the rich and does not make them wealthier, but it is to improve the living conditions of all the Saudis.

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