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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Newspapers today continued covering the reactions to the US military attack on Syria and the possible confrontation between Moscow and Washington following the strike.

The report released by a committee tasked with probing into the deadly Plasco Building collapse also received great coverage.

The speculations and reviews about Iran’s May presidential election also remained a top story today.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Rouhani: Ballot Boxes Do Miracle

2- Nuclear Chief: JCPOA Was Divine Destiny

3- JCPOA Impossible If Iranian Negotiators Weren’t Allowed to Hold Talks with US: Salehi

4- Zarif: US Missile Attack Sets Dangerous Precedent

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - 19 dey

 

Abrar:

1- New Crime in Mosul: ISIS Once Again Uses Chemical Gases

2- Rouhani Calls for Formation of Int’l Fact-Finding Committee for Syria

3- ISIS Threatens to Attack Turkey on Referendum Day

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - abrar

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Ahmadinejad’s Alternative Candidate

  • Rumours say Baqaei is not Ahmadinejad’s main candidate. His economy minister Hosseini will probably run

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - aftab

 

Ettela’at:

1- President: You Can’t Get to Roof of Justice Using Ladder of Lie

2- Iran to Run out of Water in 50 Years

3- Zarif: Common Understanding among Religions Needed for Fight against Terror

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - eleaat

 

Ghanoon:

1- Official: Russians Won’t Get Engaged in Military Confrontation with US

2- 384 Drug-Addicted Babies Born Last Year

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - ghanoon

 

Iran:

1- IRIB’s Attacks on Presidential Candidates Always Backfire: Rouhani’s Aide

2- Tehran Mayor Was Obliged to Immunize Plasco Building: Investigation Team

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - iran

 

Javan:

1- A Review of Rouhani Government’s Poor Performance, Economic Statistics

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - javan

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Growing Trend of Worldwide Rallies, Reactions against US Invasion of Syria

2- Medvedev: US Very Close to Military Confrontation with Russia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - jomhori

 

Kayhan:

1- Daroogar Factory, Oldest Producer of Hygiene Products, Shut Down after Several Others

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - keyhan

 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- Rouhani: US Aggression on Syria Is Cruel

2- Protest Rallies in Front of White House against Syria Strike

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - zaman

 

Resalat:

1- President: What Permit Did Americans Use to Attack Syria?

2- Assad: US Attack on Syria Was Stupid, Irresponsible

3- Amir Abdollahian: US Syria Strike Encourages Terrorism

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - resalat

 

Sayeh:

1- Nuclear Chief: No Sunset for Iran’s Nuclear Energy Program

2- Merkel: US Missile Attack on Syria Is Understandable, Justifiable

3- Qualifications of Candidates to Be Reviewed Confidentially: Official

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 -sayeh

 

Shargh:

1- Raeesi’s Bid for Presidency to Serve Rouhani’s Interests: Advisor

2- 1,700-Page Report on Plasco Incident Pending Rouhani’s Opinion

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - shargh

 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Story of Alex Noori and His Unexpected Success in Bundesliga

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 9 - vaghaye

Dozens Injured in Moscow Train Crash

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IFP Editorial Staff
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An intercity service between the Russian capital and Brest in Belarus crashed into a local electric commuter train which had braked suddenly after a man crossed the lines.

The driver of the local train then lost control as his suburban train rolled backwards into the path of the intercity service which followed it on the same line, it was reported.

Four carriages were derailed according to initial accounts, Mirror reported.

Passengers from both trains – with 445 on board in total – suffered injuries.

At least 50 needed medical assistance with 16 from the mangled carriages rushed to local hospitals, including one child.

“50 people have applied for medical assistance after the railway accident,” reported news agency TASS.

Foreigners were among the injured, according to Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov.

“According to preliminary data, the injured include both Russian nationals and citizens of several countries,” he said.

President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the accident immediately after the collision, said Kremlin spokesman Dmirty Peskov.

“Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov and Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov briefed the head of state over the phone on steps taken to deal with the aftermath of the accident,” he said.

“Putin instructed to do take all necessary steps to remedy the situation.”

Rail services were blocked on the main westward line out of the city.

“Unfortunately, people have been affected by the accident,” said an Emergencies Ministry spokesman.

Blast in Egyptian Church Leaves 30 Dead, Dozens Injured

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IFP Editorial Staff
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egypt explotion

A bomb attack at a Coptic church in Tanta City, north of the capital Cairo, has killed at least 30 people, according to media reports.

Dozens were also wounded in the explosion, local media reports said.

Egyptian Church

“Military Confrontation between Iran, US Very Unlikely”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Majid-Takht-e-Ravanchi

In a Farsi interview with the Vaghaye Ettefaqieh daily newspaper, Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs, has talked about the ongoing tension between Tehran and Washington.

Excerpts from his remarks are as follows:

 

It is too early to judge Trump. Not only Iran, but the Europeans and East Asian countries have the same opinion as well, and the reasons for such an idea is quite clear. For one thing, Trump has no political background. He was more of a businessman, and has now become President. It remains to be seen what approach he will adopt in the political arena.

As for whether or not Trump is a threat to Iran, we don’t look at the issue that way. The reality is that we have seen numerous cases [of threats] over the past 38 years. Our people will not only refuse to back down, but will become more determined. Another point is that there have been few changes in policies adopted by either Democratic or Republican US administrations on Iran since the [1979 Islamic] Revolution [of Iran]. Of course, some US presidents might have focused on certain areas more than others.

Some bring up the issue of Obama, arguing that he had that sort of view toward Iran given the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 group on Tehran’s nuclear program). However, one shouldn’t forget that the toughest sanctions were imposed on Iran during the presidency of Obama.

All in all, one shouldn’t think that a president comes to power in the US whose approach is so much different from that of another, or that one approach is in our interest and the other is to our detriment. The difference between their approaches is minimal.

Zionists, anti-Iran lobbies and certain regional countries seek to cash in on the situation which has emerged after Trump’s coming to power in order to blow the tension between Iran and the US out of all proportion. Efforts are underway to achieve that end. Still, Iran and the United States are highly unlikely to get engaged in a military conflict. The key reason for that is that Americans are well aware of our military capabilities. Iran enjoys special potential in the military domain. They have witnessed [Iran’s potentialities during] the more than eight years of war [with Iraq] and the 30 years during which Iran was under sanctions. Given that, Americans have come to the conclusion that if they take any hasty and irrational action against Iran, it will have consequences for them. They don’t make decisions on impulse. To put it in a nutshell, our potentials and capabilities suggest that it is a far-fetched idea that Iran and the US will get involved in a military confrontation.

 

‘Swedish Dads’ Put on Display in Iranian Artists Forum

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IFP Editorial Staff
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‘Swedish Dads’ Put on Display in Iranian Artists Forum (7)

A photo expo by Swedish photographer Johan Bävman titled “Swedish Dads” was launched at the Zemestan Art Gallery at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Friday (April 7), in a ceremony attended by Swedish Ambassador to Iran Helena Sangeland and a number of guests from Sweden.

According to a Farsi report by Honar Online news website, the exposition has been organized by Sweden’s Culture Institution and the Swedish Embassy’s cultural section with the cooperation of the Iranian Artists Forum.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Sangeland said Sweden is among the countries which endeavours to promote its art and culture across the world by undertaking cultural activities.

Since 2003, she added, Sweden has kicked off its artistic and cultural activities in Iran.

“I am very happy that the exhibition has opened [almost] at the beginning of the Iranian New Year, which started on March 20. Next week, the chorus ensemble of one of the most prominent Swedish universities will perform a concert at Niavaran Cultural House in Tehran.”

Commenting on the theme of the exhibition and its title “Swedish Dads”, she said in 1974, the Swedish government raised the issue of fathers’ having parental leave after the birth of their children and implemented a system to this end [enabling parents to stay at home with their child for a total of 480 days].

“Since then, numerous activities have been carried out in this regard. Despite the government’s support for Swedish fathers, only 25 percent of them have so far opted to use the opportunity provided by the government. I am optimistic that the figure would soon rise.”

On the exhibition, Sangeland said Bävman, a Swedish photographer who has a bright future ahead of him, has held this expo in different parts of the world.

“I am happy that today, these 25 photos have been put on display in Iran as well, so that this visual experience of Swedish fathers can be shared with Iranians.”

She said the main focus of this photo essay [showcased in the exhibition] is on those fathers who have chosen to use their parental leave and spend the six-month stint with their child at home.

All the photos portray Swedish fathers at home, while taking care of their children, she added.

Speaking in the same ceremony, Asieh Mazinani, the art deputy of the Iranian Artists Forum, said “Swedish Dads” is among the exhibitions which has received considerable attention worldwide.

“The photos of this collection have been posted and viewed on social media for many times.”

Born in Sweden in 1982, Bävman is a prominent Swedish photographers who has won numerous international awards such as World Press Photo and UNICEF Photo of the Year.

Earlier, commenting on his photos in an interview, he said, “By using the portraits of fathers who are in ordinary daily positions and situations with their children or are carrying out daily activities with them and through having conversations with them, I somehow intended to draw greater attention to those fathers who prefer to stay at home and improve their relationship with their children instead of going to work.”

Also, on his website “www.johanbavman.se“, he writes: “With this project, I want to find out why these men have chosen to stay at home so much longer than the majority of Swedish dads. What has it done for them, how have their relationships with their partner and their child changed, and what expectations did they have before taking parental leave?

“There are two aims to this project. The first is to describe the background to Sweden’s unique parental allowance. The second is to inspire other fathers – in Sweden, and further afield – to consider the positive benefits of such a system.”

Iran Unveils New Achievements on National Nuclear Day

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IFP Media Wire
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It is the 11th year Iran is celebrating a national day to mark its achievements in the nuclear industry.

President Rouhani and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi made speeches at the ceremony.

This year, the AEOI celebrated five new achievements by the country’s scientists.

During the ceremony, President Rouhani unveiled three projects via video conference calls, including the first phase of an industrial radiation center using Rhodotron accelerator in the city of Qazvin, a center in the province of Alborz for production of nuclear medicine using PET (positron emission tomography) method focusing on the production of radio medicine with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), and Iran’s first factory for upgrading uranium ore in Yazd.

Two other homegrown products were also unveiled at the ceremony, including a condensate pump used in Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, and a stone centrifuge device.

In recent years, Iranian scientists have made remarkable progress in the field of peaceful nuclear technology despite the sanctions imposed by the West.

Golestan Palace’s Clock Finally Fixed after 90 Years

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IFP Media Wire
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Golestan Palace's Clock Finally Fixed after 90 Years

Shamsolemareh, literally meaning ‘edifice of sun’ is the tallest building in Golestan Palace and fuses Persian and European architecture into a five-story structure with two imposing  towers and a small clock tower in the middle.

For 90 years, people walking down Nasser Khosrow Street in downtown Tehran read 6:10 when they cared to look up at the clock, Mehr News Agency reported.

The famous clock was gifted by the British Queen Victoria (1819-1901) to Nasser al Din Shah (1831-1896) of the Qajar Dynasty more than a century ago. But it ticked a bit too noisily annoying the people who, at the time, used Golestan Palace as residence and court. Eventually complaints piled up and the authorities tried to reduce the unfriendly noise only causing damage to the clock.

Thus, the damaged clock was left unattended for almost nine decades until in 2010, master clocksmith Mohammad Saatchi Hamedani, 81, was asked to come over and take care of it. He complied. But barely 10 months later the clock again stopped working, because the sate-owned Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) had no specific budget to be allocated to its maintenance.

However, according to the head of Golestan Palace Masoud Nosrati, the clock is now back to life. The ICHHTO has signed a contract for one year with Master Saatchi to keep an eye on the device.

“We’re going to renew the date of our agreement (with Saatchi) each year,” Nosrati said. “But the clock is now digitally driven, and there is no way of returning to the mechanical motor it once had.”

Clocks were among the special interests of Nasser al Din Shah. By collecting his clocks and watches, “we can showcase a valuable treasure for the public.”

The clock in Shamsolemareh is now working again, this time with no annoying noise.

Golestan Palace is the only remnant of Tehran’s historical citadel, a collection of erstwhile royal buildings that were once enclosed within large thatched walls. The citadel was built during the time of Shah Tahmasb I of the Safavid Dynasty (1501-1722). It was rebuilt in the time of Karim Khan (1705-1779) of the Zand Dynasty and was later turned into a residence and court for the Qajar rulers (1785-1925).

Jordanian King’s View of Mideast Developments ‘Shallow’: Iran

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IFP Media Wire
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“The king of Jordan seems to have made a strategic and fundamental mistake in defining terrorism, and the interpretations is his remarks simply show the shallowness of his view on the regional developments,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday.

His comments came after Jordanian King Abdullah highlighted the need for countering Iran and ISIS terrorist group in a recent interview with The Washington Post.

The Arab leader has also accused Iran of posing “potential threat to the region”, and has called for efforts to guarantee Israel’s security.

In reaction, Qassemi said the king had better review the figures about the Jordanian nationals who has joined ISIS terrorists before making comments on Iran, which has been at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and extremism for ensuring the region’s security.

The spokesman also described King Abdullah’s support for the Tel Aviv regime’s security as an indicator of how complicated and tough the situation in the Middle East is.

The Jordanian king had better spend some time reading logic, as well as the Middle East’s history and geography in order to contribute to the regional security, stability and unity, the Iranian spokesman added.

Iran, Russia Condemn US ‘Pre-Planned’ Syria Strike

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Iran, Russia Condemn US 'Pre-Planned' Syria Strike

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri and his Russian counterpart, Valery Vasilevich Gerasimov, held a phone call on Saturday after US warships in the eastern Mediterranean launched a barrage of 59 Tomahawk missiles against Shayrat Airfield in Syria’s Homs Province early on Friday.

Baqeri and Gerasimov expressed their countries’ resolve to fight Takfiri terrorism and vowed to step up anti-terror operations in cooperation with the Syrian government until the complete defeat of terrorists and their allies.

 

Iran, Russia to Boost Fight against Terrorism: Shamkhani

Also on Saturday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani warned about the destabilizing impacts of the US aggressive and illegal moves in the Middle East, saying Iran and Russia would continue to strongly fight terrorism in the region.

“The path of firmly countering terrorism will continue through further strategic cooperation among Iran, Syria, Russia and the resistance front,” Shamkhani said in a phone conversation with Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Nikolai Patrushev.

 

He called for the formation of an independent international fact-finding committee to clarify various aspects of a gas attack in the Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun in Idlib Province which killed at least 86 people.

The SNSC secretary said Syria’s chemical weapons had been dismantled over the recent years under the supervision of the United Nations.

The chemical attack in Idlib has been definitely carried out by a “third party and with the purpose of creating a pretext to carry out a military attack on Syria,” Shamkhani said.

 

Anti-Damascus militants and Western countries rushed to blame Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the tragedy in Idlib, without providing any evidence to support their accusations.

Syria has categorically denied carrying out the gas attack, with Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem stressing that the Idlib airstrike had targeted a depot, where terrorists stored chemical weapons.

The senior Russian security official, for his part, condemned the US strikes against Syria as a blatant breach of international regulations and said the move would further help terrorists operating in the region.

Following Washington’s unprecedented offensive, a Russian Foreign Ministry statement said that Moscow was suspending the 2015 air safety agreement with Washington aimed at avoiding mid-air collisions during their military missions in the Syrian airspace.

Hours later, a US-led coalition spokesman confirmed that Russia had notified the alliance of its intent to halt the deal.

Russia has secured its Syrian bases in Hmeimim and Tartus with S-300 and S-400 missile defense systems.

Syria’s S-200 air defense systems have been restored with Russia’s help, TASS reported, adding that those complexes were also deployed to provide protection for the Russian military in eastern Syria.

Syria Chemical Incident Caused by Third Party: Iranian Official

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shamkhani and Russian

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani discussed the recent US military strike on Syria’s al-Shayrat airbase with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev.

The two sides conferred on the issue during a telephone conversation on Saturday, according to a Farsi report by ISNA.

During the phone call, Shamkhani underlined the need for the establishment of an independent international committee to investigate the suspicious chemical incident in Idlib.

Syria’s chemical weapons had been destroyed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in previous years, Shamkhani noted.

Therefore, he added, the Tuesday chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun was definitely launched by a third party in an attempt to create a pretext for a military attack on Syria.

He further blasted the US missile attack on the Syrian airbase on Friday, and stressed that the ‘aggressive and illegal’ move will only strengthen the terrorists and disrupt the ongoing fight against terrorism pursued by the governments of Russia, Syria, and Iran under the UN supervision.

Patrushev, for his part, strongly denounced the US military attack on Syria and described it as a blatant violation of international laws.

“The US move was a clear invasion of an independent country, and despite what the US government claims, served the interests of terrorists,” he noted.

The Russian official pointed to the US history of raising false allegations about Weapons of Mass Destruction [the claims about Iraq’s possession of WMDs], and said the recent political fuss on Syria is just aimed at disrupting the process of resolving the Syrian crisis and increasing pressures on the legitimate government of Bashar al-Assad.

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