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Snowman Festival in Northwestern Iran

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Tabriz-Snow

Here are IRNA’s photos of Iranian people taking part in the snowman festival held in El-Goli Park in Tabriz, northwest of Iran:

 

Iran to Buy Electric Bus from Belarus: Official

By
IFP Media Wire
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Electric Bus

“Minsk has orders for 20 electric buses. Two electric bus lines will work initially. Later on the number will be increased. Orders will be made for electric buses for oblast capitals. There are orders for electric buses for Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Tehran,” Semashko said as cited by Belarus News on Tuesday.

“Up till now urban transport has been limited to trams, trolleybuses, and buses. But these days all the countries are fighting to reduce the cost and environmental impact of urban transportation. This is why the first few samples of a new kind of urban transportation — electric buses and hybrid buses — have emerged,” he added.

Back in May, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov voiced his country’s willingness to develop bilateral relations with Iran in various economic and political areas.

Speaking at the 13th session of Iran-Belarus Economic Commission in Minsk, Kobyakov also praised the long record of cooperation between two countries and the resulting achievements.

The premier further highlighted the enthusiasm in Eastern Europe for investment in Iran’s diverse areas of industry, including manufacturing trucks, mining and road construction.

Except for Nuclear Weapon, Iran May Develop Other Types of Power: Leader

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Addressing a group of seminary students in Tehran on Tuesday, Iran’s Leader compared the enemy to a thief who would seek to burglarize a house but pretends that the reason for its enmity is the defensive weapon held by the householder.

“They, therefore, would attempt to disarm the householder through guile and various means such as talking, joking, smiling, and rebuking and enter the house,” the Leader noted.

“Today, the geometry defining the arrogant powers’ confrontation with the Islamic Republic is directed toward robbing the Iranian nation of its material and spiritual power and conviction. In turn, we should preserve and strengthen that power day by day,” Ayatollah Khamenei noted.

The Leader said the hostilities and conspiracies directed against Iran are a response to the resourceful country’s opposition to the hegemonic system in the world, Press TV reported.

“In the face of such enmities, the Islamic Republic should increase its strength; and that is the very reason for the insistence [made] on the enhancement of domestic power and the reinforcement of domestic structures,” the Leader noted.

Ayatollah Khamenei strongly denounced the possession and application of nuclear weapons, saying, “The prohibition of nuclear weapons has very important jurisprudential and intellectual foundations, but the government and nation can endeavor to obtain other types of power.”

Ayatollah Khamenei has formerly issued a fatwa (religious decree) banning the possession and use of atomic bombs.

Massive Air Defence Drill Underway South of Iran

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Air Defence

Here are IRNA and Tasnim’s photos of the joint Air Defence drill ongoing in southern Iran:

 

 

Economic Analyst Explains Why Iran Didn’t Turn into a Second Venezuela

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Saeed Laylaz

Saeed Laylaz, an Iranian economic analyst, compared the situation of Iranian and Venezuelan economies in a Farsi article in Etemad newspaper.

 “The situation of Iranian economy has been far worse during the last four years. Apart from terrible oil shocks which put both economies under pressure, unlike Venezuela, Iran has been experiencing strict sanctions,” he wrote.

“Venezuela’s population is less than 40 percent of Iran’s, while its per capita oil revenues are more.”

“By the end of these four years, however, the economies of the two countries achieved different results,” he added.

“While Venezuela is experiencing an economic meltdown with an inflation rate higher than 400% and a growth rate of minus 8%, Iran has a stable single-digit inflation rate and a growth rate of 7.4%.”

“It isn’t still very common for Iranian economy to attract foreign investments; so the growth rate is due to economical productivity. Our rate of industrial growth is going to become two-digit.”

“The amount of production in large manufacturing industries has reached the level of 2011, the best in history of Iranian economy,” he noted.

“We will have a positive growth rate in the next year, probably less than the current one, though.”

He went on to say that under the administration of Ahmadinejad, the ratio of capital formation to gross domestic product  fell from 41% in 2005 and 2006 to less than 22% in 2013.

“We notice an improvement in macro-economy indicators while our income levels have been damaged:  we have been experiencing the worst fluctuations of Iranian exchange system history between 2011 and 2016. Our oil revenues dropped to one-quarter, and our imports were reduced by 40%.”

He wrote that Iranian economy is now in a situation that could not be predicted even the most optimist economists.

“By managing Iranian economy and adopting new financial and monetary policies aligned with general economic conditions of Iran, we are to experience an economic boom. The JCPOA [nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers] prepared the grounds for it,” he added.

ISIS Says Santa Claus Is a Red Devil!

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“The ISIS propaganda machine has issued announcements in Western Mosul [northern Iraq] and called Santa Claus the Red Devil fabricated by the West to ‘alienate  the youth from Islam’,” a source in Nineveh province of Iraq noted.

“ISIS stated that as Santa Claus distributes wine, he leads young people to vice, so it is a sin to imitate him,” he said in an interview with Al-Sumaria News website, which was covered by Al Alam in Farsi.

According to the source, although ISIS had forbidden people to celebrate Christmas since Mosul occupation in 2014, it had never pointed to Santa Claus directly.

Muslim Citizens Join Only Christian Family in the Town on Christmas

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Surp Karapet church

According to a Farsi report by Mehr, the bell of Surp Karapet church in Abadan rang before the noon of Christmas Day on Sunday, December 25, for the only Christian family of the city.

Muslim citizens of Abadan joined the feast to wish this family a happy Christmas and to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with them.

Sufi Karvazian, the mother of this Armenian family, told reporters that Armenian Archbishop couldn’t be in Abadan for Christmas this year, so she decided to go to the church by herself. “I opened the doors and turned on the lights.”

“Our hospitable, ardent fellow citizens caused me a special excitement through their enthusiastic attendance in such a large number,” she expressed. “I thank them all.”

Surp Karapet church“The companionship of my Muslim fellow citizens on Christmas Day conveys a clear message: ‘friendship among the followers of different religions’ in our nation, Iran.”

Surp Karapet church“As a member of Abadan’s only Christian family, I congratulate all Christians in the world, Iranians in particular, on this great day. I wish all of them a happy new year.”

1,700 to 2,000 Armenian families lived in Abadan before the war imposed by Iraq in the 1980s. Few of them returned to the city afterward. Now just one is still living there.

Surp Karapet, the church of Abadan’s Gregorian Armenians, was constructed in the 1950s. It is registered as an Iranian national monument. It used to serve as the largest hall of meetings for Abadan’s Armenians.

40% of the church’s building was damaged during the eight-year war. It was repaired in 1996 and reopened in 1999.

The adjacency of this church to Imam Musa ibn Jafar (AS) Mosque beautifully depicts the concept of respect for different religions and dialogue among civilizations.

 Surp Karapet church

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Newspapers on Tuesday covered the increasing price of foreign exchange rates, particularly that of US dollar, in Iranian markets, and the promises made by President Hassan Rouhani’s government for its decrease in coming days.

Another top story was the Parliament’s move to urge the government to launch a portal that gives access to Iranian people to know how much salary government executives receive.

The mass graves discovered in Syria’s Aleppo and the assassination of another Russian diplomat in Europe were among other top stories today.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Ban Ki-moon Has Highest Chance to Become South Korean President

2- Turkey Reinforces Its Military Presence in Syrian Border

3- 30 Civilians Killed by ISIS in Syria’s al-Bab

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- What Are You Doing in Twitter While It Is Filtered in Iran? Conservative Politicians Have Increased Their Presence in Twitter in Spite of Their Firm Belief in Filtering!

2- Will Rouhani’s Government Control Surge of Foreign Exchange Rates? Officials Say Dollar Rate Will Be Decreased in Coming Days

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Amin:

1- Winter Nostalgia of Tabriz in Snowman Festival

2- Parliament Studying a Plan to Add One Day to Weekly Holidays

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Iran’s Oil Income This Year Was Spent before Being Earned!

2- Negotiations to Open the Path to Hajj Pilgrimage: Culture Minister

3- Attacks on Government Will Benefit Rouhani; Political Activist Urges Rouhani to Fulfil His Campaign Promises about Women

4- Female Candidate Is the Surprise of Conservatives: Ahmadinejad’s Health Minister Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi Will Run for Presidency

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Asrar:

1- Spokesman Says There’s No Alternative to JCPOA: Thousands of Centrifuges Are Working in Iran

2- Iran to Completely Get Out of Economic Downturn by Mid-2017

3- Surge of Dollar Rates Take Central Bank Governor and Economy Minister to Parliament

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Ebtekar:

1- Potential Danger Threatening Historic Tughrul Tower in Southern Tehran Averted: Subway Line Will Be Constructed with a 500-Metre Distance from Tower

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Emtiaz:

1- Minister of Social Welfare Says Food Poverty in Iran Has Decreased

2- Tehran’s Air Quality Degraded to Unhealthy Conditions

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Ettela’at:

1- Government’s Plan to Get Industries out of Downturn and Completing Unfinished Projects

2- 3,000-Kilometre March of European Peace Activists from Berlin to Aleppo with the Aim of Helping Syrian People

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Ghanoon:

1- Chain Terrorist Attacks: A Report on Similarity between Diplomatic Assassinations of These Days and Incidents of First World War

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Hemayat:

1- Judiciary Chief: We’ll Never Forget Enemy’s Jubilation after 2009 Protests against Election Results

2- Le Monde: Iran Is Middle East’s Safest Country

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Iran:

1- Parliament Apologizes to Zarif: Members of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Meet with FM in Foreign Ministry

2- Government Spokesman: Foreign Exchange Rates Will Decrease in Coming Days

3- Developing Newspaper Headlines with Partisan Biases

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Jame Jam:

1- Iranian People Will Be Given Access to Copies of Government Executives’ Paycheques: A Report on Launch of a Portal to See Salaries of Officials

2- Judiciary Chief: Case of 2009 Post-Election Protests Still Open

3- Fast Food Industry Thrives in Iran

4- Our Release Was Like a Miracle: Interview with Iranian Lawyer Released from Kenyan Prison

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Javan:

1- Government’s $11 Billion Profit after Giving Targeted Subsidies

2- Psychological Prudence for Dollar Rate: Government Spokesman Says Surge of Dollar Rate Is Psychological

3- Netanyahu: UNSC Spat at Our Face

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Disclosure of Zarif’s Remarks in Closed Meeting with Parliament Condemned by MPs in Meeting with FM

2- First Day of Joint Air Defence Drills by IRGC and Army

3- Details of 24 MoUs Signed with World’s Oil Giants

4- Terrorists’ War Crimes Revealed after Discovery of Mass Graves in Aleppo

5- Chain of Terrorist Attacks against Russian Diplomats: Russia’s Envoy to NATO Assassinated in Brussels

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Ka’enat:

1- Dollar Rate Higher than Ever: 41,500 Rials

2- Efforts of Zionist Lobbies to Disrupt Deals with Airbus and Boeing

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Kayhan:

1- Increasing Prices, the Share of People from Economic Growth!

2- All Scenarios by Israel to Defeat Hezbollah Have Failed: Former Israeli Minister

3- Robert Fisk: Future of Middle East Will Be Determined by Shiism, Iran, and Russia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Khorasan:

1- Parliament’s Vote to Make Salaries of Officials Transparent

2- Mass Graves Found in Aleppo

3- Unethical Online Massage Activities

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Sobh-e Now:

1- 30 Figures Who Sold Their Homeland: Surging Reactions to a Letter Sent by 30 Counter-Revolutionary Activists to US President-Elect Donald Trump in Which They Called for Increased Sanctions against Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 27

 

Increasing Dollar Rates in Iran Provoke Criticism

By
IFP Media Wire
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Rouhani

The surge of the greenback into the channel of above Rials 40,000 drew criticism against the government of President Hassan Rouhani in the media as was clear from the front pages of the dailies on Tuesday.

Sharq newspaper – affiliated to the reformist camp – called on the government to release dollars into the market and help ease the rising rates.

It questioned why Rouhani’s financial team was failing to do so – what it said was already strengthening the scenario that the government was trying to reap the benefits of high dollars against the Rial.

“The government [of President Rouhani] is benefiting from the high rates of the dollar and is preventing the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) from interfering to control the market,” it wrote.

“If the government fails to take a measure to control the rate of the dollar, it will lose its greatest achievement [the stabilization of rate of the dollar] and that at a time that the country is preparing for the next year presidential election.”

At the end of trading on Monday, the Rial was quoted in the free market at 41,500 to the dollar, weakening from around 41,250 on Sunday and 35,570 in mid-September. Before this month, the record low was about 40,000, hit in late 2012, Reuters reported.

Aftab-e Yazd highlighted remarks by unnamed CBI officials as well as Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht, the government spokesman, as saying that the recent rises in the rates of the dollar were “temporarily” and that the rates would subside soon.

“At the same juncture each year when the world is preparing for the new year holidays, there is a surge in the rates of the dollar,” the daily quoted Nobakht as saying, highlighting his suggestion that the dollar was rising as a result of a “psychological factor”.

“This is a result of psychological issues. The rise of Rials 1,000 in the rate of the dollar is not acceptable to the government and the dollar will ease God willing.”

Pedram Soltani, one of the country’s top merchants, told Arman newspaper that the rising dollar could hurt Iran’s industrial production.

“The rapid rises in the rates of the dollar … will increase production costs,” said Soltani, who is also the first vice president of Iran Chamber, Industries and Mines.

It is for the same reason that it is incumbent on the CBI to gradually increase the rates of the dollar in tune with the inflation, he added. Any failure to do so would enable the dollar to gather force and release its energy to the market – what is today blamed for the recent surges in the rates of the dollar, he warned.

Meanwhile, Reuters in a report put the blame on the rising rates of the dollar on fears in Tehran over the potential risks to Iran’s economic plans once the US President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Reuters has specifically highlighted Trump’s promises to undermine a landmark nuclear deal that Iran sealed with world powers last year – what eventually led to the removal of some economic sanctions against the country.

Ebtekar newspaper also echoed warnings that the high rates of the dollar could eventually undermine Rouhani’s popularity, stressing that this could eventually cost him dear particularly given that he is bracing for next year’s election.

When Rouhani took office, the dollar had increased by 298.5 percent during the tenure of his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), it wrote.

Rouhani was able to stabilize the currency market despite severe impacts that had resulted from sanctions as well as the low oil prices.

“It was expected that the government would still continue the previous trend in face of difficulties now that it is in the last year of its tenure.”

Iran Is the Only Haven for Muslim People: Leader’s Advisor

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking on Monday night at the conference of “Solutions to Interaction of Razavi Holy Shrine and International Cultural Activists,” Velayati said the existence of deviants and extremists such as ISIS, Al-Nusra and al-Qaeda in Islamic world indicates that Muslims today have no safe haven other than Iran.

Deviant groups seek to distort the image of Islam by demonstrating atrocities and barbaric acts, said Velayati, who is also the head of the Strategic Research Centre of Iran’s Expediency Council.

Velayati underlined that Hilary Clinton, the US Secretary of State during the first term of Obama presidency, confessed in her diaries that they have created ISIS terrorists to cause insecurity in the world of Islam.

He pointed out that today Americans and Westerners have emerged like beasts from every side to destroy Islam and Muslims, Mehr reported.

“Only Muslims have fought against disbelief and hypocrisy; otherwise, Western religious organizations such as the Vatican has not played any role in confronting disbelief.”

Calling Western media the ‘devil’s horn’, Velayati said they show images of the beheading of innocent people by ISIS, introducing them as an Islamic state. “Islam is the religion of mercy and ISIS is portraying global savages in the name of Islam,” he noted.

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