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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 14

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 14

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 14

The top story today was the remarks made by Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, a veteran conservative, in support for incumbent President Hassan Rouhani and his administration’s performance.

The statistics released by Iran’s Central Bank which showed a nearly 12% economic growth rate in the past 9 months also received great coverage. Conservatives criticized such statistics, saying they are just on the paper, and reformists and pro-government papers described it as a great victory for Rouhani’s administration.

Another top story today was the uproar in Bahrain, where people hold protest rallies in support of their top Shiite cleric Sheikh Qassim, whose verdict is due to be declared by the Al Khalifa regime.

Newspapers also covered the release of preliminary results of Iran’s national census, which showed a growth in Iran’s population compared with the previous census five years ago.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Parliament Speaker: I’m Rouhani’s Friend

2- First VP: Leader and Gov’t Have ‘Best Relationship’

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 19 dey


 

Abrar:

1- Controversial Bill on Maximum Wage for Executives Removed from Agenda

2- Iran’s Navy Escort over 2,100 Merchant Ships, Oil Tankers

3- Turkish People Will Vote against Erdogan’s Reforms: Politician

4- Rouhani: Government, Parliament Close to Each Other in Terms of Goals

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 abrar



 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Africa, New Market for Iran’s Oil Products

2- Women’s Economic Participation Rate Stands at 14.9%

3- Iran Becomes Second-Biggest Oil Exporter to India

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 abrar eghtesadi


 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Parliament Speaker: Government’s Score is Above Average

2- Reformists United in Support of Rouhani, Conservatives Divided Unprecedentedly

3- On Tradition of Fireworks Wednesday [Editorial]

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 aftabe yazd


 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Return of Experienced Forces to Intelligence Ministry

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 arman


 

Ebtekar:

1- Larijani Supports Rouhani Administration’s Economic Performance

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 ebtekar


 

Etemad:

1- Leader Endorses Conditions for Pardoning, Commuting Sentences of Convicts

2- Larijani Not in Speaking Terms with Conservatives

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 etemd


 

Ettela’at:

1- Iran’s Population Increased to Nearly 80 Million: Official Statistics

2- UN: 2016 Was Worst Year Ever for Syrian Kids

3- People Shopping ahead of Nowruz Holidays

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 etelaat


 

Iran:

1- Iranians to Celebrate Their Ancient Ritual While Commemorating Plasco Martyrs

  • Saying No to Dangerous Firecrackers in Last Wednesday of Year

 

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 iran


 

Jame Jam:

1- Russian Ambassador: I Envy Long Nowruz Vacations

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 jame jam



Javan:

1- Official Statistics Show for First Time Iran’s Populating Is Ageing

2- Parliament Speaker: Post-JCPOA Investments Not as Much as Expected

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 javan


 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Parliament Speaker’s All-Out Support for Rouhani’s Performance

2- Bahraini People Move towards Sheikh Qassim’s House ahead of Verdict Announcement

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 jomhori


 

Kayhan:

1- Number of Companies that Lose Money 4.5 Times Higher in Rouhani’s Gov’t

2- Fukuyama: US Defeated in Iraq, Afghanistan

3- Sheikh Qassim’s Expulsion, Last Final to Al Khalifa Regime

4- Economic Growth Rate 11.6% on Paper! Government Once Again Breaks Its Own Record

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 keyhan


 

Setareh Sobh:

1- Central Bank: Iran’s 9-Month Economic Growth Rate Stands at 11.6%

2- 60,000 Families to Receive House Rent Aid

3- Government Alone Cannot Fix What Ruined by Previous Administration

 

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 setare sobh


 

Shahrvand:

1- Parliament Speaker: Government Revives Production

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 shahrvand


 

Shargh:

1- Senior Reformist Aref: We Won’t Reject Coalition with Moderate Conservatives

2- Past Year Was Beyond Expectations [Editorial by economic scientist Leylaz]

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 shargh


 

Sobh-e Now:

1- Bahrain Won’t Be Calm Today in Defence of Top Cleric

2- Shaky Decision [Editorial on Reformists’ decision to support Rouhani]

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 sobhe no


 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Trump’s Measures Pave Ground for Rouhani’s Re-Election: Analyst

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 vagae etefagie


 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Island Spring: Bahraini People’s Move towards Sheikh Qassim’s House

iranian newspaper front pages on march 14 vatane emruz

Iran’s Cinema in Grief over Death of Influential Figure

Moallem died of cardiac arrest in his office in Tehran, according to a report by ILNA

A graduate of cinema, Moallem, 54, started Donya-ye Tasvir magazine 25 years ago which soon became popular among film fans.

Besides his journalistic activities, he produced several films including ‘Hemlock’ (2000), ‘The River’s End’ (2004), ‘Marriage, Iranian Style’ (2006) and ‘Aal’ (2010). He also served as jury member in several local and international film festivals, Financial Tribune reported.

Moallem was the organiser of ‘Hafez Awards’, Iran’s only private ceremony to award the best of TV and cinema, and held it for dozens of editions in an annual basis.

For years he strived to produce a film on Cyrus the Great (580-529 BC), king of Persia and the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The script was written by Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker Masoud Jafari-Jozani who was set to direct the movie as well. However, their efforts did not bear fruit and a book on the film script was published last year.

Top EU Court Allows Employers to Ban Muslim Headscarf

Ban Muslim Headscarf

The court ruled that an employer can prohibit staff from wearing the Islamic headscarf or other religious symbols in the first case of its kind before the EU’s top court.

“An internal rule of an undertaking which prohibits the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination,” the Luxembourg-based court said on Tuesday.

The ECJ ruled on the cases of two female employees in Belgium and in France, who were dismissed for refusing to remove their headscarves, a day before a Dutch parliamentary election dominated by the issue of immigration and integration.

The court’s ruling considered the case of a Belgian woman working as a receptionist for G4S Secure Solutions, which has a general ban on wearing visible religious or political symbols, according to media reports.

The court’s advocate general last year recommended that companies should be allowed to prohibit headscarves as long as a general ban on other symbols was in place. Companies should though consider the conspicuousness of such symbols and the nature of the employee’s activities.

The court’s ruling will also cover a French IT consultant who was told to remove her headscarf after a client complained.

The advocate general’s advice in the French case was that a rule banning employees from wearing religious symbols when in contact with customers was discrimination, particularly when it only applied to Islamic headscarves.

An opinion of an advocate general is not binding but is followed by the court in the majority of cases.

Iranian Teams Defeat Uzbek Rivals in AFC Champions League

Esteghlal moved to the top of Group A of the 2017 AFC Champions League with a win against Uzbekistani football club PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent.

On Monday evening, the Tehran-based team pummelled Railroaders 2-0 in a match played at all-seater Azadi Stadium in western Tehran.

Esteghlal finally took the lead in the 37th minute, with Esmaeili receiving the ball and firing it through a crowd of players from 16 yards towards the visitors’ goalpost. The ball cruised past Ignatiy Nesterov and kissed the net.

Ali Ghorbani also got himself on the score sheet in the 84th minute to seal Esteghlal’s 2-0 win over Lokomotiv, Press TV reported.

iranian defeat uzbek in afc champions league 01 Earlier in the day, Iran’s Zob Ahan Isfahan handed hosts Football Club Bunyodkor a 0-2 Group C defeat at the multi-purpose Bunyodkor Stadium in the Uzbek capital city of Tashkent.

Both teams were not able to produce a goal in the first half, but after the restart a mistake from Javlon Mirabdullaev allowed Honduran striker Jerry Bengtson to get the first goal for Zob Ahan.

Things went from bad to worse for the home side in the dying minutes of the match as Morteza Tabrizi netted a penalty in the injury time and secured a 2-0 win for his green-clad Iranian squad.

The other Iranian teams in the ACL, Persepolis FC and Esteghlal Khuzestan, will also play their matches on Tuesday afternoon.

Iran’s Leader Endorses Conditions for Pardoning Prisoners

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

The country’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani in a letter had asked for the Leader’s authorization of the conditions so that convicts deemed fit to receive clemency will be pardoned or have their sentences commuted on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) beloved daughter Hazrat Zahra (SA) and the upcoming Iranian New Year, known as Nowruz or Norooz.

Article 110 of the Constitution grants the Supreme Leader the right to pardon or reduce the sentences of convicts upon a recommendation from the head of the Judiciary.

Each year on different occasions, including in February, when Iran marks the victory anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, or on religious occasions, Ayatollah Khamenei grants an amnesty for a number of prisoners.

Those granted clemency are prisoners convicted in local courts of arbitration, the country’s Islamic Revolution Court, the judicial apparatus serving Iran’s Armed Forces, and the State Discretionary Punishment Organization.

The clemency, however, does not apply to some types of convicts, including those who have been sentenced for their role in armed struggle against the country, armed or organized drug trafficking, rape, armed robbery, arms smuggling, abduction, bribery, embezzlement, corruption, money laundering, acid attack, counterfeiting money, disturbing the country’s economic system, and alcohol-related crimes.

Reformists Choose Rouhani as Candidate for Iran Presidential Votes

The senior reformist lawmaker, Mohammad-Reza Aref, has announced that the country’s reformists will support Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s incumbent president, in the forthcoming presidential election scheduled to be held on May 19, 2017.

According to a Farsi report by the Etemad newspaper, following the extraordinary general meeting of the Reformists’ High Council for Policy making, Aref said the headquarters unit of the reformists and Rouhani’s supporters will be set up for the May elections.

Art of Making Iran’s Traditional Soap Registered Nationally

Iran’s Traditional Soap

The director general of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of East Azarbaijan [Province], Morteza Abdar, said that the art of making the traditional soap of Maragheh (in northwestern Iranian province of East Azerbaijan) was registered in the list of Iran’s national intangible cultural heritage items, in a meeting in Tehran on March 11.

According to a Farsi report by IRNA, Abdar added with a historical background of more than two centuries, the soap of Maragheh is Iran’s most well-known traditional soap and the main and most valuable souvenir of the Iranian county.

He said prior to the mass production of industrial soaps, Maragheh soap was used by most people in Iranian cities, adding, it is currently available in abundance in the traditional markets of all the cities of the country and is quite popular among Iranians.

“Following the submission of the documents by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of East Azarbaijan [Province] to the expert committee of registering intangible cultural heritage items and after carrying out the required studies in this regard, the committee registered the art of making Maragheh’s traditional soap in the list of Iran’s national intangible cultural heritage items.

The soap of Maragheh is made of caustic soda and [sheep’s] tail fat. No chemical substance is used in the production of the soap.

At present, despite the large number of industrial soaps in the Iranian market, Maragheh soap, as a traditional detergent, is still popular among Iranians and has an international reputation.

The production of the soap takes a long time. Some six hours are required for the main materials used in the making of the soap to mix together. While it takes three more hours for the mixture to turn into soap.

Located 125 kilometers south of Tabriz, Maragheh is the second largest county of the East Azarbaijan Province.

The Only Ski Resort in Semi-Dry Eastern Iran

Shirbad Ski Resort, 70 kilometres west of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, is located at an altitude of 2,800 metres above the sea level. It was established in 2009.

According to a Farsi report by Khabar Online, it is the only ski resort in eastern parts of Iran, which are mostly dry or semi-dry.

Here are photos of the resort:

Iranian Delegation in Astana for Fresh Round of Syria Talks

The Iranian team is going to take part in the two-day Syria talks in the Kazakh city of Astana on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Representatives of the Damascus government, the Syria opposition groups, Iran, Russia and Turkey were initially supposed to take part in the talks, but AFP on Monday quoted a spokesman for the Syrian opposition groups as saying that the dissidents won’t be attending the talks.

In February, at the conclusion of the second round of Astana talks, Jaberi Ansari hailed a “calmer and more conciliatory” atmosphere than the first round.

Diplomatic efforts to end fighting in Syria have gained momentum in recent months with the announcement of a ceasefire in the Arab country in early January, Tasnim reported.

The truce, which was negotiated between Russia, Iran, Turkey, the Damascus government and the Syrian opposition, excludes terrorist groups such as ISIS and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.

UN Says Violence against Syrian Children Hits Rock Bottom in 2016

UNICEF said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the “highest on record” last year.

“The depth of suffering is unprecedented. Millions of children in Syria come under attack on a daily basis, their lives turned upside down,” said Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF’s regional director.

“Each and every child is scarred for life with horrific consequences on their health, well-being, and future,” he said from the central Syrian city of Homs.

UNICEF recorded the violent deaths of at least 652 children last year, a 20 percent increase from 2015, and more than 250 of the victims were killed inside or near a school, AFP reported.

At least 850 children were recruited to fight in the conflict, including as executioners or suicide bombers — more than double the 2015 number.

More than 310,000 people have been killed and millions have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of civil war in Syria.

UNICEF said that 2.3 million Syrian children are living as refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq.

Another 280,000 still live under siege across Syria, with no access to food or medicine, it said.

To cope with increasingly difficult living conditions, families inside Syria and in host nations have been forced to push their children into early marriages or child labour just to survive.

“There is so much more we can and should do to turn the tide for Syria’s children,” said Cappelaere.