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Georgian PM to Visit Iran in Coming Days: FM Zarif

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Giorgi Kvirikashvili - Zarif

Speaking in a meeting with his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Janelidze, in Tbilisi on Tuesday, Zarif announced that Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili will visit Tehran later this week.

During his meeting with Janelidze, Zarif underlined the Islamic Republic’s resolve to boost bilateral relations in various areas.

“In today’s meeting, [we] explored different fields of cooperation, including transit, industry and education as well as cooperation in international organizations and regional issues,” he said.

Zarif also touched on a multi-national transit project, called the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which connects the Persian Gulf to both the Black Sea.

If it becomes operational, the corridor will bring regional countries closer to each other and reduce the costs of transferring goods, he added.

The INSTC is a 7,200-kilometer multi-mode network of ship and route for moving freight between India, Russia, Iran, Europe, and Central Asia, Press TV reported.

Janelidze, for his part, expressed his country’s readiness to develop closer relations with Iran, which he said are already at a good level.

He also emphasized the need for making preparations with the neighboring countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia to implement the transit corridor with the participation of China and India.

After Georgia, Zarif will travel to Kyrgyzstan as part of his three-day tour to Central Asia and the Caucasus which has already taken him to Turkmenistan.

ISIS Leader’s Whereabouts Identified: Iraqi Official

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ISIS Leader’s Location Identified: Iraqi Official

A head of the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s Special Forces has announced that they have identified the location of the ISIS Leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, adding he is still alive and in Syria, going back and forth on the borderline between the country and Iraq.

According to a Farsi report by Al Alam News Network, he said the northern Syrian city of Raqqah has been the ISIS’ latest hideout following their annihilation in Iraq, adding, the terrorist group’s name will be wiped out from the region after the liberation of Raqqah.

The remarks by the Iraqi military official came as certain reports alleged that al-Baghdadi had been arrested by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

Lake Urmia Inflow Boosted Thanks to Heavy Rainfall

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Lake Urmia Inflow Boosted Thanks to Heavy Rainfall

According to Kamran Daneshjou, director of West Azarbaijan’s Regional Water Company, this amount is expected to reach 100 mcm should the trend hold.

“The lake’s inflow in the past three days has been at 660 cm per second,” he told IRNA on Sunday.

On April 14, the lake had 2.08 billion cubic meters of water.

The province’s dam reservoirs have benefited from showers as well. The water level in Boukan Dam, which occasionally feeds the lake, reached 724 mcm.

“The dam’s inflow has reached 680 cm per second and its level is still on the rise,” the official said.

Since the beginning of the current water year (started Sept. 22, 2016) up until April 14, Urmia Lake’s catchment area has received 241 millimeters of rain, indicating a 20% decline compared with the same period of a year ago and a drop of 9% compared with the long-term average.

The average precipitation across the province has seen a 22% decrease in the same period, from 319 mm last year to 249 this year.

The average rainfall in the current month has been registered as 63 mm across the province. It has been 67 mm, 115 mm and 42 mm in the catchment areas of Lake Urmia and Zab and Aras rivers respectively.

Despite government efforts since 2013 to restore the imperiled lake, Urmia Lake will most likely fail to reach an ecological balance by 2023, as it was planned, due to the drying up of funds for related projects.

Ecological balance is defined by researchers as a state of dynamic equilibrium within a community of organisms in which genetic, species and ecosystem diversity remains relatively stable, subject to gradual changes through natural succession.

Nevertheless, Isa Kalantari, a former agriculture minister and head of the Urmia Lake Restoration Program, is adamant that failing to meet the 2023 deadline “does not mean the program has failed”.

Set up in 2013 shortly after President Hassan Rouhani took office, the ULRP set out to stabilize the lake’s water level (Phase 1) before embarking on the more challenging task of restoring its water level to what it was more than a decade ago (Phase 2).

The first phase was completed in September and the second phase started shortly after, with the initial goal of increasing the water level by 40 centimeters in a year.  The target is to restore the ecological level (1,274 meters above sea level) within 10 years.

Mideast Nations Can Rely on Iran’s Armed Forces: President

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Mideast Nations Can Rely on Iran's Armed Forces

Delivering a speech to Army units attending the National Army Day parades in Tehran on Tuesday, President Rouhani underscored that Iranian Armed Forces would not present a threat to any party and would not look for military action against any country as the first resort.

“Our trend is avoiding tensions and encounters, but we need to remain vigilant in the face of plots hatched by the others and increase deterrent power,” the president added.

The regional countries can rely on the Iranian Armed Forces, he noted, stressing that Iran’s military power is defensive and deterrent in nature.

Unlike the armies of certain countries which represent aggression against the other nations, support terrorism, and ignore the law, the Iranian Army is the embodiment of order, faith, legitimate defense, and respect for law and national interests, Rouhani explained.

The president also highlighted his administration’s efforts to boost the country’s defense power, saying statistics show that Iran’s military budget has risen by %145 during his term.

Rouhani further noted that his administration is proud to have equipped the Armed Force with one of the major air defense systems that has been imported.

In 2016, Iran took delivery of S-300 air defense missile system it had purchased from Russia several years ago.

Following the presidential speech, various units of the Army put their latest achievements on display during parades.

The military parades saw units from the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Force displaying a broad range of advanced equipment such as missiles, tanks, armored vehicles, rifles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), fighter jets, radar systems and air defense missile systems.

Mideast Nations Can Rely on Iran's Armed Forces: President

Iranian Tourists Can Visit Russia’s Far East without Visa

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Iranian Tourists Can Visit Russia’s Far East without Visa

Moscow announced on Monday that the citizens of 14 Asian states, including Iran, as well as a South American country and 3 North African states are allowed entry into Russia’s Far East without a visa.

According to media reports, for an eight-day visit to the Far East of Russia, Iranian tourists will not need to obtain a visa.

The Russian new travel law applies to the nationals of Iran, Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, India, Qatar, China, North Korea, Kuwait, Morocco, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, Japan and Mexico.

The announcement was made by Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as reported by Sputnik news agency.

“I have recently approved the list of countries, whose nationals can take advantage of the preferential regime. Businessmen and tourists will not need to undergo the traditional procedure of Russian visas receipt,” the Prime Minister said. It will be enough for foreigners “to enter their data on a special website in the Internet,” Medvedev said.

“We are proactively forming the modern infrastructure and creating special regimes in the Far East; the law on visits to the Vladivostok free port was approved in March,” Medvedev said.

Cancellation of visa procedures for tourists and businessmen “will promote growth of investment and tourist attractiveness of the Far East,” the prime minister said.

The region will earn more money from tourist traffic growth, he added. Eighteen countries from various regions selected by the reciprocity principle were included into the list, Medvedev said.

“This is not because these states are situated at a closer or longer distance – we are appropriately introducing bilateral agreements on visa-free travel for those ready to use such an approach for us,” he added.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Turkey’s referendum on constitutional changes and the worldwide reactions to its disputed results was widely covered by Iranian newspaper today.

The upcoming presidential and local elections, particularly the candidacy of Iran’s First VP Es’haq Jahangiri as an alternative for incumbent president Rouhani, was also a top story today.

Several newspapers also covered the National Army Day and the military parades due to be held on Tuesday.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Iran’s Strategy is to Destroy ISIS before It Reaches Our Borders: Army General

2- ISIS Beheads 17 Citizens in Iraq

3- Trump’s Deputy: All Options on Table about North Korea

4- Iraqi Interior Ministry: ISIS Leader Still Alive, Hiding in Syria

5- We Won’t Let Anyone Threaten Iran’s Exemplary Security: IRGC on Army Day

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - abrar

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Britons Poised to Use Opportunity for Making $600-Billion Investment in Iran

2- Trend of Decrease in Iranian Families’ Income Started under Ahmadinejad

3- 250-Billion-Toman ($67m) Investment in Iran’s Oil-Rich Regions to Improve Welfare

4- Central Bank of Iran to Send Delegation to IMF Summit in US

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - abrar eghtesadi

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Telegram Voice Call Totally Blocked in Iran

2- 10 Billion Tomans ($2.6m) Allocated to Decrease Divorce in Iran

3- Tehran-Ankara Ties Will Not Improve [Editorial]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - aftabe yazd

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Reformist Politician Urges Rouhani to Disclose Untold Stories

2- MP Once Again Raises Old Topic of [legalising] Private TV [which is now illegal in Iran]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - arman emruz

 

Asrar:

1- Judiciary Chief: It’s Illegal, Illegitimate to Attack Rivals in Election

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - asrar

 

Ebtekar:

1- Judiciary Chief Calls for Restriction of Registration in Presidential Race

2- Emergency Situation in Turkey after Disputed Referendum

3- Rafsanjani’s Brother: Rouhani is Main Candidate of Moderates, Reformists

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - ebtekar

 

 

Emtiaz:

1- All Changes in Turkey Benefit Erdogan

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - emtiaz

 

Etemad:

1- Choosing Female Ministers is One of Rouhani’s Promises: VP

2- Conservative Figure Calls for Ahmadinejad’s Disqualification [from Running for President]

3- Bitter Victory: Turkish President Surrounded by Opposition Groups’ Coordinated Protests

4- Erodgan to Increase His Interference in Syria, Iraq: Analyst

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - etemad

 

Ettela’at:

1- In Unprecedented Move, US Deploys 3 Aircraft Carriers in Korea

2- Russia: We Won’t Let Overthrow of Assad Happen

3- Iran Foreign Ministry: US Should Pay for Its Mistakes on Expansion of Terror

4- 9,288 Candidates Qualified to Run for Tehran City Councils Election

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - etelaat

 

Iran:

1- Turkey: Half Happy, Half Sad

  • Referendum Supporters, Protesters Pour into Streets

2- Nonstop Attacks against Rouhani’s Gov’t

  • Attackers Damaging National Interests by Spreading False Claims

3- Any Gov’t in Iran Will Continue JCPOA Implementation: Foreign Ministry

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - iran

 

Javan:

1- ‘Alternative Candidate’, a New Development in 2017 Election

2- 1,500 Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Go on Rare Hunger Strike

3- Rumours of Erdogan’s Cheating in Referendum: Protesters Pour into Streets

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - javan

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Deputy Health Minister: Iran Self-Sufficient in Production of 98 Medical Goods

2- New Copper, Iron Ore Reserves Discovered in Iran

3- Turkey’s Disputed Referendum Widely Covered in World Media

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - jomhori

 

 

Kayhan:

1- Iran’s Largest Bicycle Factory Shut Down

2- Supporters of Presidential Candidates Plunge Paris into Chaos

3- Turkish President’s Narrow Victory in Referendum: Erdogan Dreams of Ottoman Empire!

4- Rouhani Government’s Fiscal Discipline: From Slogan to Truth

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - keyhan

 

 

Setareh Sobh:

1- Turkey Split into Two Parts after Sunday’s Referendum

2- Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism Wins: Analyst

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - setare sobh

 

Shahrvand:

1- Tehran Managed by Nouveau Riches: Councillor

2- In Grief of Flood: Survivors of Recent Flood in NW Iran Talk about Their Sad Stories

3- Gap within One Nation: A Report on Result of Turkey Referendum

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - shahrvand

 

Shargh:

1- President Rouhani Sympathises with Flood-Hit People

  • Government to Stand by Flood-Hit People until Final Relief

2- First VP Calls for Conditional Engagement of Armed Forces in Economic Plans

3- Conservatives Would Win Presidential Race in Run-Off Round

4- Army and Iran Revolution [Editorial on Army Day]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - shargh

 

SMT:
1- Iran, Turkmenistan to Use National Currencies in Mutual Cooperation
2- Iranian Ministers Banned from Getting Involved in Election Campaigns
3- Forex Reserves of National Development Fund to Reach $40bn

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- What Reformists Say about First VP Jahangiri’s Candidacy: Emergency Situation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 18 - vatane emruz

US State Dept. Criticises Turkey While Trump Congratulates Erdogan!

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Trump Congratulates Erdogan on Victory in Referendum

Trump on Monday called to congratulate Erdogan hours after the Turkish president claimed a narrow victory in a contested referendum that will grant him sweeping new powers, according to the White House, The Guardian reported.

Trump’s congratulatory message strikes a starkly different tone than the statement issued by the US state department on Monday, which urged Erdogan to respect his citizens’ fundamental rights and noted the report’s findings of “irregularities on voting day and an uneven playing field during the difficult campaign period”.

In its statement, the State Department said, “We look to the government of Turkey to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all its citizens — regardless of their vote on April 16 — as guaranteed by the Turkish Constitution and in accordance with Turkey’s international commitments, such as under the Helsinki Charter.” That document compels its signatory nations, including Turkey, to uphold human rights, according to The New York Times.

Iran Blasts US Senator’s Meeting with MKO Terrorists

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Iran Blasts US Senator’s Meeting with MKO Terrorists

Speaking at a news briefing on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said US officials have shown in recent decades that they have not learned from their previous experiences and have consistently contributed to the escalation of terrorism in the region through their wrongful policies and indecent behaviour.

Qassemi said that Washington’s policy continued under the new administration, Press TV reported.

“This is a mistake, which the US government should pay for, like its other mistakes,” the official asserted.

As a case in point, he cited Republican US Senator John McCain’s meeting with the head of the terrorist anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), Maryam Rajavi, in the Albanian capital Tirana on Friday.

The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials over the past three decades. Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist assaults since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 have fallen victim to MKO’s acts of terror.

The meeting, which also featured some other members of the notorious group, saw the senator praising Rajavi by saying, “You have stood up, fought, and sacrificed for freedom, for the right to live free, for the right to determine your future.”

“This contact serves the same purpose (of terror expansion). These types of contacts are nothing new,” Qassemi analysed.

Iran Marks National Army Day with Military Parades

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IFP Media Wire
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In capital Tehran, a ceremony was held near the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, with high-ranking officials and senior military commanders in attendance.

President Hassan Rouhani delivered a speech before beginning of the parades.

army day

 

Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, Army Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, and ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) attended the ceremony.

A host of Army units put their latest achievements on display during the parades, known as an annual showcase for the Iranian Army’s latest achievements and equipment.

The military parades saw units from the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Force displaying a broad range of advanced equipment such as missiles, tanks, armored vehicles, rifles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), fighter jets, radar systems and air defense missile systems.

Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.

Iran maintains that its military might poses no threat to the regional countries, saying that the Islamic Republic’s defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence.

Iran FM Congratulates Turkey on Yes Vote in Referendum

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In a phone conversation on Monday afternoon, Zarif felicitated Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on the Turkish nation’s ‘yes’ vote to certain changes in the country’s Constitution.

The Iranian foreign minister also expressed the hope that the achievement would further reinforce peace and stability in Turkey, according to a Farsi report by the Foreign Ministry’s website.

Turkey held the referendum on Sunday. The turnout was high with more 86 percent of the country’s 55 million eligible voters casting ballots that were simply marked Yes or No, according to media reports.

A slim majority of voters agreed to grant sweeping powers to their president, in a watershed moment that the country’s opposition fears may cement a system of authoritarian rule within one of the critical power brokers of the Middle East.

With nearly 99 percent of votes in a referendum counted on Sunday night, supporters of the proposal had 51.3 percent of votes cast, and opponents had 48.7 percent, the country’s electoral commission announced.

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