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Iran Selects ‘Breath’ as Official Submission to Academy Awards

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A committee of nine cinema professionals (including four directors, an actor, a composer, a producer, a film critic, and a cinema official) was assigned by Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation to choose the county’s submission to the Oscar race.

“The movie ‘Breath’ was selected by a majority vote,” committee spokesman Amir Esfandiari said on Tuesday, adding that the Committee hopes Abyar’s film would further introduce Iran’s capacities to a wider range of audiences.

The film was chosen from a shortlist of four, including “Subdued” (Rage Khab) by Hamid Nematollah, “Malaria” by Parviz Shahbazi, and “Vilaei-Ha” by Monir Qeidi.

“Breath”, produced in 2015, relates the story of a little Iranian girl named Bahar who lives a life spun from folklore and stories, always with her head in a book. But growing up in Yazd in the 1970s and ’80s, she is at the centre of a country in turmoil: the Shah is overthrown, Ayatollah Khomeini rises to power, and the first shots are fired in a bitter and protracted war with Iraq. Over the span of several years, Bahar finds daydreaming in her own fantasy world is the only way she can make sense of the pain and suffering warring humans inflict on one another.

Shabnam Moghaddami received the Crystal Simorgh of Best Supporting Actress in the 34th Fajr Film Festival for her appearance in the film.

The filmmaker Abyar also received the Best Director award at 2016 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Earlier Iranian submissions to the Academy Awards have brought the country four nominations and two Oscars. Both awards were given to Asghar Farhadi, the acclaimed filmmaker, for his films ‘A Separation’ (2011) and ‘The Salesman’ (2016).

The film ‘Children of Heaven’ by Majid Majidi was also nominated for an Academy Award in Best Foreign Language Film category in 1998, but lost the Oscar to Italy’s submission ‘Life is Beautiful’ by Roberto Benigni.

Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ was also nominated for an Oscar in Best Original Screenplay category.

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, or Oscars, handed out annually by the US-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.

The Academy Awards or The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry.

Iran’s Beauties in Photos: Colourful Mountains

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The colourful scenery is so beautiful that one might think they are looking at images from another planet.

Here are ISNA’s photos of the beautiful mountains:

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

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All newspapers today covered President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to New York, where he is going to attend and address the UN General Assembly.

Tuesday papers particularly highlighted his remarks in a meeting with Iranian expats and an exclusive interview with CNN.

The comments by Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), about the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers also received great coverage.

The Iraqi Kurdistan’s upcoming independence referendum and the worldwide reactions to the decision also remained a top story today.

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

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Babak Zanjani Fired from Court after Aggression

2- Afghan Gov’t to Arm Its Citizens

3- Small Number of People Accompanying Rouhani in New York Visit

  • Rational Diplomatic Visit Instead of Spending Huge Amounts of Money

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Women Should Be Top Priority, Not Just Mentioned in Conferences: Ex-VP

2- Rouhani: JCPOA Will Always Stay Alive

3- Babak Zanjani Fired from Court after War of Words with Lawyer

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Bahar:

1- Mission: Overcoming Remaining Challenges; Review of Rouhani’s Priorities

2- Nuclear Chief: JCPOA Should Remain in Right Track

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Ebtekar:

1- Rouhani: Nuclear Deal to Stay Alive in Political History of Region, World

2- Iran, Europe against Trump, Netanyahu

3- First VP: Foreign Ministry Activating Economic diplomacy

4- Reformist MPs Threaten Those MPs Who Broke Their Promises

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Etemad:

1- Amano, Salehi: Iran Nuclear Program, Most Transparent One in World

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani to CNN: Loss of Credit, Only Outcome of Withdrawing from JCPOA

2- President: Trump Unpredictable, but Iran Has Plans for Every Situation

3- Three Saudi Cities under Fire of Yemen’s Artillery

4- 65 Economic Priorities Communicated to 5 Ministers

5- Nuclear Chief: Iran Has Implemented All Nuclear Commitments

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Ghanoon:

1- Efforts for Survival of JCPOA in New York

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Hamdeli:

1- Iran Has Proved It Doesn’t Give Barzani Blank Cheque

2- End of Coalition between Reformists, Moderates?

  • Some Reformist MPs Say Aref’s Remarks His Personal Opinion

3- Photo of Cleric Working as Street Vendor Go Viral

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Iran:

1- Private Sector Has Priority in Allocation of Finance

2- Rouhani: We Need Iranians Living in All Parts of the World to Build Our Country

3- Red Status of Human Rights in Myanmar’s Green Hell

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Jahan-e San’at:

1- Judiciary Chief: Some Trying to Create New Sedition in Middle East

2- A Review of New Priorities Communicated by Rouhani to Ministers

  • Rouhani Forgetting His Campaign Promises

3- Rouhani: No One More ‘Iranian’ than Others

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Javan:

1- Unilaterally Maintaining Nuclear Deal: Expediency or Damage

2- Rouhani Says JCPOA Will Stay Alive Whether US Like It or Not

3- Birthday Party Held for Children of Iranian Fighters Killed in Fight against Terror

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Rouhani: Iran Will Never Initiate Violation of Int’l Agreement

2- Syrian Army, Resistance Forces Enter Eastern Deir ez-Zor

3- US Withdrawal from JCPOA to Cost Them Dearly: Iran President to CNN

4- Bahraini King Condemns Arab Countries’ Move to Boycott Israel!

5- Iraqi Federal Court Suspends Kurdistan Independence Referendum

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Kayhan:

1- Rouhani’s Visit to New York: Don’t Accept Promises, Give Ultimatum to ‘Big Satan’

2- Rabbis, Israeli Security Forces Clash with Each Other

3- Iraq’s Federal Court Says ‘Big No’ to Iraqi Kurdistan Referendum

4- Sanctions Still in Place, Preventing Arrival of Foreign Investors: Airports Company

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Kelid:

1- Gov’t to Provide New Facilities for Development of Handicrafts Industry: Chief

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 19

 

Iran a Stabilizing Force in Middle East: Diplomat

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Hamid Baeedinejad

Iran’s Ambassador to Britain Hamid Baeedinejad has, in an interview with Sobh-e-Sadeq, weighed in on a range of issues, including London’s role in Middle East developments, Iran’s influence in the region and the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The following are the highlights of the interview.

Question: Mr. Baeedinejad, given that you were one of Iran’s key nuclear negotiators, how do you see Britain’s stance on the Iran nuclear deal.

Baeedinejad: The UK’s official position is to support the agreement, and it remains committed to the JCPOA along with France and Germany within the framework of Europe’s stance. In the meantime, as there have been changes in the US government’s stance on the deal, the three European countries have held talks with Washington authorities behind closed door to talk the Americans out of opposing the JCPOA and make them understand the implementation of the deal is very significant for the promotion of peace, stability and security in the region and across the globe. They have announced time and again that they remain committed to the implementation of the JCPOA.

Question: As a diplomat and an authority in the foreign policy domain, to what extent do you believe that it is possible to pursue the objectives of Iran and the Islamic Revolution through foreign policy, political diplomacy and movement diplomacy?

Three factors, namely foreign policy and diplomacy, Iran’s defence diplomacy and power as well as defence capability, and the influence of Iran’s dialogue in the region are among the very important components of Iran’s power. Definitely, we are pursuing no other objective than boosting peace and stability in the region, and it is necessary that these three components work in tandem. Our foreign policy is based on the fact that neither are we eying a country nor do we want to occupy a country. The contemporary history also shows that we have never sought to threaten or invade a country. Rather, were threatened and targeted, especially after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. We just defended ourselves. It was others that posed a threat to us and did threaten us.

And today, you are seeing that we are having significant cooperation with Iraq, whose former leaders imposed a tough war on us. Today, without expecting anything in return, we are helping the Iraqi government and nation and supporting them against terrorism and extremism. ISIS terrorists were just 50 kilometres from Baghdad when Iran went into action at the request of the Iraqi government and stopped the terrorists, and today, Iran is pushing the terrorists back.

If Baghdad had been captured, today Iraq would have another situation, a tough one. So, Iran’s defence capability, foreign policy and power of dialogue manifested in regional resistance should work in tandem to help promote peace and stability in the region. Today, we are happy to see resistance forces are making every effort in the region.

Today, Hezbollah is one of the pillars of the resistance front, and Lebanese people, including Muslims and followers of other faiths, look at Hezbollah as an outstanding power which secures Lebanon’s sovereignty and independence. This was proven once again by the measures recently taken by Hezbollah in cooperation with the Lebanese army and other forces to counter ISIS terrorists and expel them from Lebanon. Hezbollah is a force which serves to secure Lebanon’s independence and national sovereignty. Hezbollah has turned into a reality which contributes to Lebanon’s political life. This reality has been welcome by the people in the region in addition to the Lebanese.

Therefore, these three components are very important and we are happy to see Iran, through the support of its military and political officials, has managed to greatly help regional countries counter terrorism and extremism. This success has been the result of coordination among the three above-mentioned components, and we hope this trend will continue. Today, all of us should work toward safeguarding national unity, move forward like before and help one another to stop extremism and terrorism.

Iran Ready to Launch 3 Satellites into Orbit: Minister

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IFP Media Wire
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Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi

Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Monday, Azari Jahromi praised Iran’s progress in the space industry and said the country always needs to develop the strategic industry to use its capacities in other sectors, including agriculture, meteorology, and transportation.

He further said that currently, there are three satellites ready to be launched in the country.

“We have had some talks with the Ministry of Defense (on the launch of the satellites),” the minister said, adding that the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will launch them when the Defense Ministry announces its preparedness.

In recent years, Iran has made great headway in the space technology thanks to the efforts made by its local scientists.

Iran successfully launched into orbit its first indigenous data-processing satellite, Omid (Hope), back on February 2, 2009.

As part of a comprehensive plan to develop its space program, Iran also successfully launched its second satellite, dubbed Rassad (Observation), into the earth’s orbit in June 2011. Rassad’s mission was to take images of the earth and transmit them along with telemetry information to ground stations.

The country’s third domestically-built Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (Harbinger of Science and Industry) satellite was sent into orbit in February 2012.

Iranian Researchers Develop Keyboard for Mentally Challenged

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian Researchers Develop Keyboard for Mentally Challenged

The keyboard developed by Iranian researchers for the intellectually challenged has been patented at the Intellectual Property Centre of the Iranian Organisation for Registration of Deeds and Landed Property.

Morteza Farazi is the leading researcher with the project, who has developed the keyboard in cooperation with Mohammad E’tamad.

“The keyboard for the mentally disabled is a high-quality and economically viable teaching aid which, along with relevant software, can be used for its target community, i.e. intellectually challenged individuals,” said Farazi, according to a Farsi report by IRNA.

“Intellectually challenged individuals comprise around 55% of the disabled children’s population in the country.”

He said the mentally disabled need to use computers and applications like other members of society, and added, “The invention of the keyboard for the intellectually challenged amounts to an overhaul in their education and the way these people communicate with the world around them through the computer,” said the researcher.

He further noted that keyboards are the most important tools to feed information into the computer, and added conventional keyboards have keys which are too small and great concentration is required to work with them, making them unsuitable for the mentally challenged.

However, Farazi added, the keyboard for the intellectually disabled is completely different form ordinary keyboards as it has big coloured keys and is made of durable material, making it ideal for people with mental disability.

 

Iraqi Kurdistan’s Separation Unlikely to Happen: Analyst

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Iran’s former ambassador to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Sabah Zanganeh, in an interview with the Borna News Agency, has explained why the Iraqi Kurds are trying to gain independence from Iraq.

“Kurdistan region achieved security, peace and political and economic growth earlier than the other areas of Iraq. Hence, it has played a greater role in writing of the constitution and other cooperative laws, and with the support received from the western countries, they won an outstanding position in Iraq.”

Zanganeh said after the fall of Saddam Hussein and the formation of the Iraqi government, the Kurds have had an agreement with the leaders of the Iraqi parties. These agreements caused some problems in terms of oil exports, which would have to be done through the central government under the law and its revenue had to be paid to the state treasury. Accordingly, 10% of the Iraqi budget should have been given to Kurdistan region.

Zanganeh went on to say that after the Kurds negotiated with the central government of Iraq, Kurdistan’s share of Iraqi oil set to rise. Therefore, Kurdistan’s share of Iraq’s oil rose to 12 percent and then to 17 percent, which was the source of many questions and problems in other Iraqi provinces. The reason for this was to ignore the population proportion.

“When the oil price dropped, the central government did not have the ability to supply that 10 percent. Disappointments and protests grew when Kirkuk’s and Kurdistan’s oil were exported and its revenues were not deposited into the treasury.”

“On the other hand, with the arrival of ISIS in northern Iraq, Mosul and a part of Kirkuk province got into trouble and asked for help from the central government. The central government could not provide this help, and Iran offered the assistance and prevented the fall of Erbil. After this, Erbil gathered its troops and the Peshmerga forces entered parts of Mosul, Nineveh and Kirkuk, and considered those areas as captured ones, and this made the central government more sensitive.”

“Now, Erbil seeks to consider the status quo as a legal and natural situation that is not accepted by the central government and these two provinces,” he added.

Zanganeh, however, says “I think this separation will not happen, and the main goal is to mend the ties between Erbil and Baghdad. If the independence would happen, then we will be witness to unrest, and a series of disagreements and conflicts.”

Iran President Holds Talks with UN Chief, French President

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During the talks with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Rouhani called on the global body to do its best to implement the World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) resolution.

“Iran has engaged in valuable operations against terrorism in the region. Political solutions must be sought for regional problems,” he added.

Rouhani also highlighted the importance of supporting Iraq’s constitution and territorial integrity while stressing the dangers of the upcoming referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

The UN Chief, for his part, stressed the importance of the correct implementation of the JCPOA, a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

Underlining Iran’s commitment to the nuclear deal, Guterres noted that the UN wishes for closer cooperation with Tehran towards diplomatically solving regional countries issues.

iran and france presidentAlso in a separate meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Rouhani said that the Trump administration’s behaviour toward the JCPOA was “worrisome” for the international community.

“The JCPOA conveyed this message that complicated international issues could be resolved through dialogue and in a win-win framework, and any damage to it could transmit this dangerous message to the world that diplomacy cannot settle problems,” the Iranian president said, according to Press TV.

Macron, for his part, called for the full implementation of the JCPOA, adding that any renegotiation of the agreement would be “meaningless.”

He also noted that Paris was committed to and supported the nuclear accord.

Iran’s president held a meeting with his Austrian counterpartSeparately on Monday, Iran’s president held a meeting with his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Van der Bellen.

Rouhani stressed that the full implementation of the JCPOA benefited the European Union and the region, underlining the need for the bloc to increase its efforts to sustain the deal.

The Austrian president, for his part, urged the reinforcement of Tehran-Vienna cooperation in all fields.

The EU coordinated the negotiations that led to the JCPOA. The body has been assertive in its support for the JCPOA.

Rouhani also sat down with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in New York.

Rouhani also sat down with Swedish Prime Minister

Iran Nuclear Deal Must Be Preserved: Britain’s Johnson

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking in a Monday meeting in New York with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Johnson said that London strenuously supports the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, stressing that the agreement must be preserved and implemented.

Elsewhere in the meeting, the two sides underlined the expansion of bilateral ties, and discussed various aspects of bilateral relations, including banking and consular issues.

Iran Nuclear Deal Must Be Preserved: Britain’s JohnsonRegional issues, including those of Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Afghanistan, were the other topics that the two foreign ministers focused on.

They also emphasized that the violence should be stopped in these areas and talks must be held to end the tensions and disagreements.

Iran President Warns Trump against Scrapping Nuclear Deal

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Iran President Warns Trump against Scrapping Nuclear Deal

Speaking in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, the Iranian president said “exiting such an agreement would carry a high cost for the United States of America.”

“I do not believe Americans would be willing to pay such a high cost for something that will be useless for them,” Rouhani said in the Monday interview.

Rouhani said such an action by the Trump administration “will yield no results for the United States but at the same time it will generally decrease and cut away and chip away at international trust placed in the Unites States of America.”

Rouhani said Iran was ready to respond to the possibility of Trump walking away from the agreement.

“Given that Mr. Trump’s actions and reactions and policies are somewhat unpredictable, we have thought long and hard about our reactions,” he said.

He said any riposte from Iran would come “quite swiftly” and “probably within a week,” adding that “if the US wants to increase the tensions it will see the reaction from Iran.”

Rouhani further warned of the diplomatic precedent that would be set by pulling out of the Iran agreement, especially with regard to North Korea.

“I think what the Iranian experience shows is a good experience that can be replicated elsewhere and executed elsewhere,” he said.

“But keep in mind please that if the United States wishes to withdraw from the JCPOA, why would the North Koreans waste their time in order to sit around the table of dialogue with the United States, because they would think perhaps after years of talks and a potential agreement the next US administration could step over or pull out of the agreement.”

 

Syria and Myanmar

On the war in Syria, Rouhani stopped short of declaring an outright victory for the Syrian government, which Iran has supported on the ground, but described Tehran’s intervention as a success.

“Our actions were successful and today we are witnessing the final stages of the defeat of ISIS,” he said, before calling for eventual elections in Syria.

“The future of Syria will be determined by talks and ultimately the opposition must reach an agreement with the government,” he added.

Rouhani also noted that the ballot box should ultimately determine what happens.

CNN also asked Rouhani about Iran’s position regarding the current crisis in Myanmar, where the government has been accused by the UN of ethnically cleansing Rohingya Muslims. The Myanmar government has denied this, claiming security forces are carrying out counter attacks against “brutal acts of terrorism.”

Rouhani said that Myanmar should be condemned and that aid should be forwarded to Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled in recent weeks.

He also said he shared concerns that ISIS and al-Qaeda fighters in Syria and Iraq could move across to Bangladesh and Myanmar to exploit the Rohingya crisis.

 

Human Rights

Asked about a number of prisoners with dual nationalities kept in Iranian jails, Rouhani said he had his own views on the subject of detained foreigners and dual citizens, but that he was obliged to follow the Iranian Constitution which had enshrined the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.

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