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Persepolis Claims Iran Pro League Title for Third Time

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In the match held in Yadeger-e Imam Stadium, Persepolis defeated the Tabriz based team 2-0.

Ali Alipour opened the scoring for Persepolis just seconds into the match.

Persepolis could have scored more goals in the first half but its strikers wasted their chances.

In the 69th minute, Alipour was brought down in the penalty area and Mehdi Taremi scored Persepolis’s second goal.

Persepolis won the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2001-02 season.

The Reds won the title for the second time in 2007-08 in a dramatic match in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.

Sepahan is the most decorated team in IPL with five titles.

First VP, Tehran Mayor Register to Run for Iran’s Presidency

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Qalibaf arrived at the Iranian Interior Ministry’s Election Office on Saturday and registered to run in the forthcoming election in May.

Addressing reporters after his registration, Qalibaf disputed as unrealistic incumbent President Hassan Rouhani’s claims about the current administration’s economic performance.

Qalibaf has formerly served as commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Air Force from 1997 to 2000 and police chief from 2000 to 2005. He was also the managing director of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Development Headquarters. He was also a candidate in both the 2005 and 2013 presidential elections.

 

Earlier in April, the national assembly of the Popular Front of the Islamic Revolution Forces named their five final candidates for the upcoming presidential poll through voting.

The shortlist included Hojjatoleslam Raeisi, who garnered 2,147 votes, followed by Alireza Zakani, a former lawmaker, with 1,546 votes, Mehrdad Bazrpash, also a former lawmaker, with 1,404 votes, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who is the current mayor of Tehran, with 1,373 votes, and Parviz Fattah, the current head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, with 994 votes.

The five were elected from a total of ten candidates, who had been chosen in the first meeting of the assembly, which was held at the same venue on February 23.

The five-day registration process for the presidential election ended on Saturday.

At the end of the fifth and final day of the registration process, the head of the Interior Ministry’s Election Office, Ali Asghar Ahmadi, said that a total number of 1,636 individuals, including 137 women, had registered to run in the upcoming election.

Iran will simultaneously hold the 12th presidential election and the 5th City and Village Councils Elections on May 19.

The Guardian Council is scheduled to start vetting presidential hopefuls for their qualifications on Sunday.

The Guardian Council spokesman, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, told reporters on Saturday that many of the registered hopefuls would “certainly” be disqualified.

He added that the presidential post is a “very important” position and the country’s Constitution has very clearly set out the conditions for the assumption of the office.

Other high-profile figures signing up

First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri also registered on Saturday to run in the upcoming presidential election.

Speaking to reporters after completing the registration process, Jahangiri said unity is needed to overcome challenges, citing unemployment as among the country’s main problems.

 

He said Iran needs to create one million job opportunities each year.

Jahangiri was the minister of industry, mine and trade from 1997 to 2005. Before that, he was the governor of the central province of Isfahan and also a member of the Parliament for two terms.

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, the brother of the late chairman of the Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, also on Saturday put his name down for the presidential contest.

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, 75, was the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) for some 10 years until 1994 and also a member of the Expediency Council since 1997.

Hamid Reza Haji-Babaei
Hamid Reza Haji-Babaei

Meanwhile, former minister of Agriculture Jihad Sadeq Khalilian, former lawmaker Evaz Heidarpour, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Education and Research Committee Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi, member of Tehran’s Islamic City Council Hassan Bayyadi, former vice president for parliamentary affairs Ahmad Moussavi and lawmaker Hamid Reza Haji-Babaei were among other figures who threw their hat in the presidential race.

Iran’s Defence Ministry Unveils Latest Achievements

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The achievements were displayed during an exhibition at the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) in Tehran on Saturday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani paid a visit to the exhibition. During his visit, a number of defense achievements were unveiled, among them Iran’s first domestically-made training jet, named Kowsar.

A tactical drone dubbed Mohajer-6, the Nasir anti-ship cruise missile, and the Fakur air-to-air missile were also put on display.

F-313 fighter
The Qaher F-313 fighter jet is unveiled in an exhibition by Iran’s Defense Ministry, in Tehran, April 15, 2017.

Additionally, the Qaher F-313 fighter jet was tested for taxiing.

Twenty helicopters heavily retrofitted were also unveiled and handed over to the Armed Forces during the ceremony.

During the event, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said the production of the Qaher F-313 and Kowsar jets was “a prelude to the production of heavy aircraft.”

He further announced plans to domestically manufacture heavy jet engines.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Defense Minister
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan are seen near a missile showcased during an exhibition in Tehran, April 15, 2017.

Iran has recently made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and hardware.

The Islamic Republic says its military power poses no threat to other countries and is merely based on the doctrine of deterrence.

VP Highlights Improvement of Iranian Start-ups after Nuclear Deal

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking at the 10th International Exhibition of Exchange, Bank and Insurance, VP for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said some Iranian start-up companies have grown %1000.

Stressing that Iran needs a new culture for the field of technology, Sattari added, “Three years ago, when we started collaborating with the Post Company, I couldn’t predict the idea market in the stock market would improve so fast.”

“We are following the idea of creating something like Nasdaq Stock Market for insurance companies,” IRNA quoted him as saying on Saturday.

Sattari went on to say, “The fact that a 25-year-old owns a million-dollar company shows that new kinds of financial systems are arising in the country.”

International exchanges of the start-ups is the result of JCOPA, he noted, adding, “In the last year, we witnessed some new players in the country’s economy; the nation’s youth will break the old structures and today we witness the fall of the traditional markets.”

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Nearly one month to Iran’s presidential and local elections, the registration of candidates from different political camps to run for the country’s presidency is the top story in all newspapers.

Almost all newspapers covered the candidacy of the two main rivals at this year’s presidential election, namely the incumbent president Hassan Rouhani and the conservative cleric Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi.

The rumours of an imminent war in the Korean Peninsula between the United States and North Korea also received great coverage today.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Ahmadinejad’s Movement Trying to Introduce Him as Leader’s Opponent

2- Analyst: Ahmadinejad Will Become Iran’s Boris Yeltsin

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- 19 Dey

 

Abrar:

1- Rouhani: We Don’t Return When We’re on Halfway Point

2- People’s Votes in Iran Are Not Just a Formality: Raisi

3- Senior Iranian Commander: Army Has Plans to Counter All Enemy Plots

4- Reformist Figure: Ahmadinejad, Baghaei Will Be Disqualified from Running for President

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Abrar

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Britons’ Presence in Iran’s Oil Drilling Industry

2- US Biggest Importer of Iranian Carpets

  • Carpets Sales Increase from 4.7 to 84 Million Dollars

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Abrar-e Eqtesadi

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani Runs for Second Term: I’m Running Once Again for Iran’s Sake

2- Why We Don’t See ‘Carnival of Registration’ in Western Elections

3- Rafsanjani’s Daughter: Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy Makes Me Laugh

4- In Upcoming Election, People Should Choose between Death or Life: Politician

 

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Aftab-e Yazd

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Rouhani: I’ve Come for People’s Freedom, Peace

2- Populism Is Rouhani’s Main Challenge in Elections: Analyst

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Arman-e Emrooz

 

Asrar:

1- Aref: Reformists Will Strongly Support Rouhani

2- Raisi: I Can Be the Candidate of All Parties

3- Rouhani: Those Who Tried to Kill JCPOA Can’t Be Good Parents for It

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Asrar

 

Ebtekar:

1- Ahmadinejad Sues Prosecutor General

2- Look at Me! [A report on why various people are registering to run for Iran president]

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Ebtekar

 

Etemad:

1- 8 Projects to Be Inaugurated by President Rouhani in South Pars Gas Field

  • Unprecedented $20-Billion Investment in Giant Gas Field

2- War Cry in Korean Peninsula

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Etemad

 

Ettela’at:

1- Countdown Begins for US Military Attack on North Korea

2- First VP: Iranian Society Seriously Needs Rationality, Moderation

3- Zarif in Moscow: US Not Interested in Probe into Syria Chemical Attack

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Ettela'at

 

Hemayat:

1- Fresh US Sanctions on Iran: JCPOA Once Again Violated on Human Rights Pretexts

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Hemayat

 

Iran:

1- Once Again Iran, Once Again Rouhani

2- Rouhani: The Path Behind, the Path Ahead [Editorial by Culture Minister Salehi Amiri]

 

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Iran

Javan:

1- Rouhani: Iran’s Economy Better than the Past

2- Reformist MP Kavakebian Runs for President

3- Conservative Zakani: Iran’s Economy on Verge of Crisis

4- Raisi: I’m Aware of Iran’s Conditions, We Can Reform the Structure

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Javan

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Rouhani: We Should All Go to Ballot Boxes to Stabilise Moderation, Ethics

2- Contract to Purchase 20 Other Planes Finalised

3- US Test-Fires Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb in Afghanistan on Pretext of Fight against ISIS

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Jomhouri Eslami

 

Ka’enat:

1- Rouhani and Raisi’s Registration Completes Sides of Election Triangle

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Kae'nat

 

Kayhan:

1- Rouhani’s Performance Has Disappointed Even His Supporters: Western Media

2- Marginal Candidates Break Records as Serious Rivals Register

3- Khan Shaykhun Disaster Repeated: US Attacks Terrorists’ Chemical Depot in Syria, Hundreds of Civilians Massacred

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Kayhan

 

Khorasan:

1- Trump’s Political Gymnasium: US President’s Weird Turnabouts on NATO, China, Russia, Syria

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Khorasan

 

Sayeh:

1- Impact of Artists on Society: On Int’l Day of Art

2- Bloody-Coloured Dreams: A Report on What Happens to Children in War

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Sayeh

 

Shargh:

1- The President Shows Up

  • Rouhani: We Won’t Remain on Halfway Point, Will Resume Path with Freedom, Security

2- Ahmadinejad Nightmare [Editorial]

3- Russian Ambassador: We Expected Iran to Buy Sukhoi instead of Boeing, Airbus!

 

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Shargh

 

 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Rouhani Has Come

2- Diplomatic Unity between Iran, Russia, Syria against US Unilateralism

 

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Vaghaye ettefaghieh

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Rouhani: We Have Broken the Records!

2- Assad: Chemical Attack Was Totally Fabricated

3- Cry of War near the Far East

 

Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 15- Vatan-e Emrooz

Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s Brother Runs for Iran President

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s Brother Runs for Iran President

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani showed up on Saturday in the Interior Ministry to register his name for the country’s presidential election due to be held on May 19.

As his late brother Ayatollah Rafsanjani was the main backer of President Rouhani, it is not clear why Mohammad is trying to compete with the incumbent president.

Speaking to reporters after signing up, Hashemi Rafsanjani said he will stay in the competition if conditions are prepared.

“I consulted a number of reformist figures about my registration, and I was urged to run, because the upcoming election is a sensitive one, and it is not clear what the result will be. So I decided to register,” he noted, according to a Farsi report by Ghanoon daily newspaper.

30 Killed, 10 Missing as Flood Hits Iran’s Northwest

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IFP Editorial Staff
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At least 30 were killed and 10 are still missing after spring rains pouring in Iran’s provinces of East and West Azarbaijan, Kordestan, and Zanjan struck 17 towns.

The majority of victims and missing citizens were in the cities of Azarshahr and Ajabshir in the province of East Azarbaijan.

30 Killed, 10 Missing as Flood Hits Iran’s NorthwestAccording to media reports, rescue teams have provided relief aid for 1,100 people in the flood-hit areas as of Saturday morning. 77 residents have been transferred to makeshift camps, while six have been hospitalized.

Flash floods have also inundated the intercity roads and have damaged a number of bridges, Tasnim reported.

Traffic police has warned travellers against trips to the northwestern areas, calling on people to avoid camping along the riverbanks.

Meantime, schools in a number of cities in West Azarbaijan Province have been closed due to flooding and expected continuation of rainfall.

Iran’s First Cruise Ship Since 1979 Completes Maiden Trip

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Iran’s First Cruise Ship Since 1979 Completes Maiden Trip (2)

The ship – which reports said were built in Sweden – carried more than 200 passengers on the 127-kilometre voyage from Kish, Iran’s other main resort island. The trip – that was made overnight –reportedly took around 12 hours.

The nine-storey ship is 176 meters long by 23 meters wide. It has 130 cabins and a total of 417 beds and can carry up to 1,600 passengers. Sunny can also carry 200 vehicles between Qeshm and Kish islands on four- to seven-day cruises, AFP reported.

It features two cinemas, restaurants, a swimming pool and a conference hall, the head of Qeshm’s maritime transport and port affairs, said Pejman Bahrami, the director in charge of port affairs of Qeshm Free Trade Zone.

Here are ISNA’s photos of Sunny’s first voyage:

Cannes Festival to Screen Works by 5 Iranian Filmmakers

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IFP Media Wire
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According to the festival’s official selection released on Thursday, Iran has participants in five competitive and non-competition sections.

Unlike last year’s edition where Iran had Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’, which eventually won two awards for best script and actor, there is no Iranian production in the main competition of feature films in the upcoming festival. However, Iran will have contenders in three competition sections of Un Certain Regard, Short Films and Cinefondation.

‘Dregs’ written and directed by Mohammd Rasoulof is Iran’s representative in the Un Certain Regard section.

Rasoulof, 45, has already won two prizes at Cannes. His ‘Goodbye’ premiered at the 2011 Festival in Un Certain Regard and won the prize for directing. His ‘Manuscripts Don’t Burn’ was also screened in the same section at the 2013 Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize.

The short production ‘Lunch Time’ directed by Alireza Ghasemi will compete with works from Finland, France, Poland, China, Sweden and the US among others in the Short Films Competition section.

The nine competitors, eight works of fiction and one animation, will be awarded by the section president of the jury Cristian Mungiu, Romanian filmmaker, at the official award on May 28.

The short film ‘Animal’ directed by Bahman and Bahram Ark, a production of Iranian National School of Cinema is Iran’s representative in the Cinefondation section. It will compete with works from Slovakia, Japan, India, France, Belgium, Argentina, Hungary, Taiwan, the US and the UK.

16 Films From 2,600 Submissions

The Cinefondation Selection has selected 16 films from the 2,600 works submitted this year by film schools around the world; 14 countries from three continents are represented and four of the films are from schools taking part for the first time. The three Cinefondation prizes will be awarded at a ceremony on May 26.

‘24 Frames’ by the late Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) will be shown at the 70th Anniversary Events.

The film is a compilation project based on 24 four-and-a-half minute films that he directed during the last three years of his life. The film consists of 24 tableaux – five are based on paintings; 19 on photographs – which come to life with blue-screen technology.

The Iranian-born director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh who lives in the US will also attend the event with ‘They’ in the Special Screenings section.

Born in Tehran, Ghazvinizadeh, 28, got her bachelor’s degree in cinema from Tehran University of Art. She also attended Kiarostami’s filmmaking workshops from 2007-2011. When she was 22, she moved to Chicago to continue her studies, and got her master’s degree in studio arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013.

Her short film ‘Needle’ was premiered in the Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation Selection and won the Premier Prix. Anahita was selected as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in 2013 by the Filmmaker Magazine.

This year will mark the 70th anniversary of the fest, and at least half the directors whose films are among the 19 in the main competition are renowned figures including Michael Haneke, Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, Michel Hazanavicius and Francois Ozon.

‘Mother of All Bombs’ Both Hailed, Condemned in Afghanistan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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‘Mother of All Bombs’ Both Hailed, Condemned in Afghanistan

Afghanistan officials said Friday that the attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern parts of the country with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military left 36 ISIS fighters dead and no civilian casualties.

The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that several ISIS-Khorasan caves and ammunition caches were destroyed by the giant bomb, which terrified villagers on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with its “earsplitting blast.”

The U.S. military headquarters in Kabul said the bomb was dropped at about 7:30 p.m. local time Thursday on a tunnel complex in Nangarhar province, where the Afghan affiliate of the ISIS group has been operating. The target was close to the Pakistani border.

“I want a hundred times more bombings on this group,” said Hakim Khan, 50, a resident of Achin district, the site of the blast, according to Washington Examiner.

‘Mother of All Bombs’ Both Hailed, Condemned in Afghanistan1However, former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai ‘vehemently and in strongest words’ condemned the dropping of the latest weapon, the largest non-nuclear bomb, on Afghanistan by the US military.

In a series of tweets shortly after the bombing, Karzai said, “This is not the war on terror, but the inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country as a testing ground for new and dangerous weapons.”

“It is upon us, Afghans, to stop the USA,” he went on to say.

‘Mother of All Bombs’ Both Hailed, Condemned in AfghanistanThe bomb, known officially as a GBU-43/B, or Massive Ordnance Air Blast weapon, weighs 21,600 pounds [nearly 10 tonnes] and unleashes 11 tons of explosives. When it was made in 2003 as a deterrent to Saddam Hussein, it was nicknamed the “Mother of All Bombs.” This was its first use in combat.

Other observers have also questioned the necessity of deploying a weapon of that scale against a group whose estimated 600 to 800 fighters pose only a limited threat to the Afghan state.

“There is no doubt that ISIS are brutal and that they have committed atrocities against our people. But I don’t see why the bomb was dropped,” said the mayor of Achin, Naweed Shinwari. “It terrorised our people. My relatives thought the end of the world had come. Every day fighter jets, helicopters and drones are in the area.”

The US had sustained an air campaign to eradicate ISIS in eastern Afghanistan for more than a year, and according to Borhan Osman, an ISIS expert with the Afghanistan Analysts Network, it had already been effective, The Guardian reported.

“ISIS was on the brink of losing their stronghold. It didn’t seem like there was a need for such a dramatic military measure,” he said.

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