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59% Increase in Iran’s Handicraft Exports

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Handicraft

The value of Iran’s handicraft exports in the past 10 months shows roughly ten percent rise in comparison to the same period in the previous year, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Organization (ICHTO) Deputy Director Bahman Namvar-Motlaq said.

Exports of handicrafts have been on the increase over the past three years, witnessing an overall 59 percent hike, the official explained, as reported by Tehran Times.

ICHTO had earlier announced that highly sought-after handicrafts such as traditional glassware, potteries, ceramics, and kilims (flat tapestry-woven carpets) constitute the lion’s share of exports.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Germany are the main importers of Iranian handicrafts.

Some $28.9 billion worth of non-oil goods were exported from Iran during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, according to the Iran Customs Administration.

Iran Prepared to React If Trump Nixes Nuclear Deal: Nuclear Chief

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Salehi

“We can very easily snap back and go back … not only to where we were, but a much higher position, technologically speaking,” Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) told Canada’s CBC News on Saturday.

He added, “I don’t want to see that day. I don’t want to make a decision in that course, but we are prepared.”

Elsewhere in his comments, Salehi played down another threat by Trump, right before his inauguration, that he would order the construction of a missile system against Iran and North Korea.

The White House made the announcement in a policy position posted on its website on Friday.

“The United States — it’s more than 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) away from Iran, and we have never intended to manufacture missiles that would go that far,” Salehi said.

The Iranian atomic chief, however, called it a “positive” sign that the US commander-in-chief had made no mention of either Iran or the deal in his inaugural address.

Saudi Arabia Launches 4 Airstrikes on Yemeni School

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Yemen

Four airstrikes hit the Guards School north of the capital city according to Yemen’s Saba news agency.

The casualties have not been reported yet.

The airstrikes came as two citizens were killed and many others injured in 45 airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition’s warplanes that hit several Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hour, officials told Saba on Sunday.

In Taiz, a woman was killed and others were wounded in two air raids that targeted their homes in Mocha district and a citizen was killed in an airstrike that targeted Mageber area in Moza district. This attack also caused loss to a number of livestock.

In Sana’a governorate, three residents, including a women, were injured in a cluster bomb dropped by the Saudi warplanes on Nehm district. Further airstrikes hit the house of a citizen in Al-Majawaha area of Nehm. Two air raids hit Attan area in the capital Sana’a.

In Hodeida city port, the aggression launched five airstrikes on Al-Jabana and Ras Aesa areas in Al-Saleef district, and waged two airstrikes on the Naval base, as well as two other raids that targeted the airport and Moshej area in A-Khokha district.

In Lahaj governorate, one airstrike hit Kahbob district.

In Mareb province, Saudi warplanes launched three airstrikes on Al-Shabwan area in Abeida Valley, and eight air raids on Serwah district.

In Sa’ada governorate, Saudi airstrikes targeted Telecommunication network in Al-Khmes area in Sakeen district and two others strikes hit Al-Maghrm area in Baqem district.

In Hajja province, two airstrikes hit Mthalth Ahem and three raids struck Al-Mazrak area in Harath district.

In Dhamar province, four airstrikes hit the Police School.

In Jawf province, airstrikes hit Al-Matoon district and other raids struck Al-Raboah area near the border.

Iranian Artists Pay Tribute to Firefighters Killed in Plasco Collapse

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Plasco-Iranian Artists

Here are Mehr’s photos of the artists appreciating the firefighters’ efforts and praying for the rescue of trapped ones:

 

 

Thousands of Buildings in Tehran Unsafe: Councillors

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Buildings-Tehran

“The latest inspections of 17,000 buildings in Tehran found that almost 3,000 are highly unsafe and insecure,” said Masoumeh Abad, head of the Health and Safety Committee of Tehran City Council.

“Almost 40% of the buildings on Jomhouri Street (where Plasco was located) alone are in such a state,” said Mohsen Pirhadi, member of the presiding board of the council, on Friday.

Most buildings in central Tehran are part of the old urban texture housing the most important commercial activities in the capital city.

These building have rarely been retrofitted as per modern standards, and a majority lack adequate safety measures.

Plasco, a 17-storey commercial building in downtown Tehran collapsed on Thursday after a huge fire broke out on its upper floors.

Tehran to Host Conference on Sustainable Agriculture

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IFP Media Wire
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agriculture

The private sector’s participation in the agriculture sector and scientific agricultural solutions are among the main topics to be discussed in the upcoming event, IANA reported.

Senior Agriculture Ministry officials from South Korea and Hungary are scheduled to join the conference, alongside representatives of 48 countries, including Canada, France, Finland and India.

“The agriculture sector accounts for 12% to 13% of Iran’s gross domestic product, up from 9% to 10% three years ago when President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013,” Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati said.

“The sector has created between 19% and 20% of all the jobs in the country.”

Iran’s agriculture sector grew 6% during the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016) compared with last year’s corresponding period, according to government data.

Tehran’s Collapsed Plasco Building ‘Permanently Closed’ in Google Map

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Plasco-Google

Although visitors can see the red ‘permanently closed’ expression in Google Map, the building is still visible in Google’s aerial photos while there is no such a high-rise building anymore.

At Least 32 Killed after Passenger Train Derails in India

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IFP Editorial Staff
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India

The express train from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar derailed near Kuneri station, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, around 30 kilometres outside the town of Raigarh.

“Most of the casualties and deaths are from the three sleeper-class compartments,” local police superintendent Ranga Rao said, according to media reports.

India’s state railways, built during British colonial rule, have an appalling safety record — the result of decades of underinvestment and a priority on keeping fares low for the 23 million passengers who use the network every day.

Syria to Be Reconstructed with Help of Iran, Russia, China: Assad

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Assad

“We have started before the end of the crisis, we put the plans and we started with suburbs around Damascus and now we are planning in Aleppo and other cities to reconstruct new suburbs that’s been destroyed, but in a modern way,” President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Japan’s TBS TV.

“So, we haven’t waited, and we are not going to wait till the end of the crisis; we can start right away, as the Syrian people are determined to rebuild their country.”

“We built Syria, Syria was not built by any foreigners; we built it with our engineers, with our labours, with our own resources, with the help of some friends – financial help, not technical help. So, we have the ability to rebuild Syria,” he went on to say, according to a report covered by Etemad newspaper in Farsi.

“It [the reconstruction] takes time because it needs a lot of money. The Syrians, every Syrian is going to build his own house according to his resources even if it is limited,” the Syrian president noted, adding that the reconstruction will be realized with the support of “our friends Russia, China, and Iran.”

“It’s not about time; it will take time. Any reconstruction will take time, but the most important thing is that you have the ability to rebuild your country. We are not worried about that.”

Astana Talks to Bring Back Lasting Peace to Syria: Iranian Diplomat

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Hossein Jaberi Ansari

Jaberi Ansari, who is heading the Iranian delegation to the Syria peace talks, told IRIB on Saturday that “the aim of this visit is to attend the Syria peace negotiations in the Kazakh capital of Astana with the purpose of [enforcing] a lasting ceasefire in Syria and preparing the ground for serious talks about sustainable peace between the Syrian government and the opposition groups.”

He added that Iran would participate in the Astana talks “with full readiness.”

The two-day talks, mediated by Iran, Russia, and Turkey, are to involve the representatives of the Syrian government and opposition to discuss a potential solution to the conflict in Syria. The negotiations will start on Monday.

The negotiations exclude the ISIS and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist groups, Press TV reported.

The Iranian diplomat said the Islamic Republic has always emphasized that the Syrian crisis has no military solution and “must be solved through peaceful means and political and serious talks.”

“The continuation of the Syrian crisis will have no result but the killing [of people] and the destruction of a Muslim country,” he added.

He expressed hope that the Astana talks will be a watershed in resolving the Syrian conflict.

The Astana talks will be addressing issues such as the further stabilization of the all-Syria ceasefire, effective confrontation with terrorism, and intra-Syrian dialog toward the achievement of a political solution to the crisis.

Iran’s Delegation to Astana Holds Talks with Russians and Turks

The Iranian delegation held separate meetings with the Russian and Turkish teams there on Saturday.

The Iranian and Turkish delegations, led by deputy foreign ministers of the two countries, held talks at Astana’s Marriott Hotel on Saturday, according to IRIB.

The unofficial bilateral talks followed a same meeting between Iranian and Russian diplomats.

The peace negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition will be held on January 23 and 24.

Jaberi Ansari has announced that Tehran will pursue a four-point plan that it had put forward earlier, entailing preservation of Syria’s territorial integrity, Tasnim reported.

The proposal includes plans to safeguard Syria’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty and put all issues to the vote of the Syrian people, he noted, saying Iran will pursue the same plan in the Astana talks.

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