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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15

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Newspapers today marked the first anniversary of the implementation of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, by covering the remarks made by various Iranian officials.

They also continued covering the demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of Iran and the Chairman of Expediency Council, and highlighted the ceremonies held across the country to commemorate him.

The remarks made by Vice-Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Motahari about citizens’ rights and freedom of speech also received great coverage.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- First VP Criticizes Certain Critical Media Outlets: They Have Waged Psychological War against Government

2- Imam Khomeini’s Daughter: Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s Demise Was More Bitter than Poison

3- Vice-Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Motahari: Even Iran’s Leader Would Have Been Attacked [by hard-line media] If He Was Not a Leader

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Abrar:

1- US Senate Starts Investigations into Possible Secret Ties between Putin and Trump

2- Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s Son: He Always Maintained His Non-Partisan Personality

3- US Ambassador to UN: Nuclear Deal Should Be Kept

4- Iraqi PM: ISIS Will Kill More People

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Italy Biggest European Importer of Iranian Goods in Past 9 Months

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Afkar:

1- IRGC General Rezaei: A Critical Era Is about to Begin [in relations] between Iran and American Generals

2- Persian Gulf Will Soon Give in to Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Detailed Interview with Senior Conservative Bahonar

  • Some Are Interested in Rouhani’s Disqualification from Running for Presidential Votes
  • Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Tolerated Attacks and Showed Patience
  • I Admit that Iran’s Conservatives Don’t Have a Leader

2- Challenge of Naming a Highway [in Tehran] after Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Amin:

1- Vice-Speaker Ali Motahari: It Is a Big Mistake to See Reformists the Same as Counter-Revolutionary Forces and Seditionists

2- $3,125, the Maximum Wage for Government Executives

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Motahari: Nateq Noori and Ali Larijani [two senior conservatives] Have Found that Reformists Were Right

2- Those Who Are against Citizens’ Rights Are Not Revolutionary: Motahari

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Besharat-e Now:

1- Deputy FM: We Won’t Let JCPOA to Be Reviewed

2- Government Trying to Fight Violence against Women

3- Those Opposed to Freedom of Speech Are Not Revolutionary: Motahari

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Etemad:

1- President’s Aide on Civil Rights: Every Minister Will Appoint a Special Aide in Civil Rights

2- Obama Extends State of Emergency on Iran

3- State TV Sets Preconditions for Deputy FM’s Presence in Live Show; Iran’s Senior Negotiator Refused to Take Part in a TV Program on First Anniversary of JCPOA Implementation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Ettela’at:

1- First VP: Media Should Not Be Used as a Means of Force

2- LeMonde: Ayatollah Sistani Is a Wall against Sectarianism in Iraq

3- Ray al-Youm: Saudi Arabia Looking for Reconciliation with Iran after Being Defeated by the Islamic Republic

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Ghanoon:

1- Bosnian FM in Interview with Ghanoon: US Election Is Very Much Noticed in Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Javan:

1- Obama’s Final Blow to Iran: US President Extends State of Emergency on Iran

2- Netanyahu May Receive 10-Year Prison Term for Corruption

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Jomhouri Eslami:

1- People Continue Holding Ceremonies to Commemorate Ayatollah Rafsanjani

2- Bahraini Clerics Call for Anger Demonstrations in Reaction to Execution of 3 Political Prisoners

3- UN Envoy: Yemen Condition Is Disastrous

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Kayhan:

1- What JCPOA Was Supposed to Be and What It Is: Workers Are Unemployed, Populists Are at Work

2- Hard Days of Abubakr al-Baghdadi: Mosul’s State Buildings Liberated

3- Los Angeles Times: Obama Became the US President with Campaign Promises of Peace, and Left the Office with Heritage of War

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Mardom Salari:

1- Culture Minister: Moderation Can Be Realized through Gender Equality

2- AP: Washington Just Watching Tehran and Moscow’s Roles

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- MPs Urge Foreign Ministry to Explain Why JCPOA Joint Commission Meetings Are Fruitless

2- Nuclear Energy Spokesman: Plans Have Been Prepared to Counter US Violation of Its Commitments

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Resalat:

1- Ayatollah Movahedi Kermani: We Want a President Who Can Fight Corruption

2- Justice Minister: Iran’s Administrative System Not Ready for Economic Boom Yet

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


 

Sayeh:

1- Health Minister Urges Officials Not to Give Stress to Iranian People through Their Public Speeches

2- JCPOA Openings and Withdrawal of Opponents: Iran’s Powerful Return to Global Oil Market

3- First Vice-President: Pace of Women’s Progress in Recent Years Has Been Higher than Men’s

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Shargh:

1- Vice-President for Legal Affairs: Hundreds of Media Outlets Are Spending Government’s Money on Attacking the Government

2- Transport Minister Discloses His Properties: I’m Proud I Have Not Cooperated with Ahmadinejad

3- Imam Khomeini’s Daughter: Ayatollah Hashemi Tolerated Shah’s Tortures and Later the Accusations and Attacks

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Sobh-e Now:

1- Uncontrolled: 11 Other Provinces Suffering from Severe Bird Flu

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15


Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Ayatollah Javadi Amoli Criticizes Memorial Service Held for Ayatollah Rafsanjani in Qom: Hashemi Was Oppressed When He Was Alive and Now that He’s Gone

2- VP for Women and Family Affairs: All Branches of Iranian Establishment Should Try to End Arbitrary View of Women

3- Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s Son: Conservatives Will No More Win Presidential Votes

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 15

Depths of History in World’s Biggest Urban Caravanserai

Sa’d al-Saltaneh

Built during the Qajar era, the caravanserai of Sa’d al-Saltaneh is one of Iran’s best preserved urban caravanserais.

The caravanserai was built by Baqer Sa’d al-Saltaneh with the aim of boosting trade in the city of Qazvin.

This complex enjoys three architectural typologies including passages with small rooms to accommodate caravans, spaces for the entrance of livestock as well as water reservoirs and baths for guests.

The caravanserai is built on a square plan, has 4 iwans facing a courtyard. The interiors are decorated with Muqarnas and Rasmi bandi.

The Hujrehs, or the rooms for the travellers, are situated one meter above the courtyard ground level. The Hashti behind the southern iwan has the largest dome, with 4 semi-domes adjacent to it.

The eastern-western axis of the Hashti is called Dalan-e Qeisariyeh  or “Caesar’s Hall”, and the north-south axis of the Caravanserai’s Hashti is named Dalan-e Ghahremani or “Ghahremani Hall”. The former is connected to the “Bazaar of Vazir” of the city.

There are also two smaller courtyards in the east and west of the Caravanserai.

Here are photos of the caravanserai released by Mehr, Shabestan, and Shakhes news agencies:

Iran’s President Is Temporary Chairman of Expediency Council after Rafsanjani’s Demise

Expediency Council

Gholam-Reza Mesbahi Moqaddam, a senior politician and a member of the Expediency Council, announced that the Council, whose chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani recently passed away, can be chaired by President Hassan Rouhani until Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appoints a new chairman.

“In the absence of Expediency Council’s chairman, if the country’s president is attending the session, he will preside over the Council; otherwise, Parliament Speaker [Ali Larijani] or Judiciary Chief [Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani] can chair the sessions,” he noted, according to a Farsi report by Mizan.

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, who had passed away on January 8 after a heart attack, was laid to rest on two days later after a funeral attended by millions of Iranians.

His body was buried in the mausoleum of late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in southern Tehran.

Iran’s Futsal Nominated for Best National Team of the World

Futsal-National Team

Iran’s goalkeeper Alireza Samimi has been nominated for Best Futsal Goalkeeper of the World. He had the best performance in Columbia Futsal World Cup.

A total of 10 nominees are also in contention for the Best National Team of the World in the Futsal Planet Awards 2016.

Best National Team of the World Nominees include:

(In alphabetical order)

Argentina

Argentina (U-20)

Brazil Women (U-20)

Egypt

Iran

Kazakhstan

Portugal

Russia

Russia Women

Spain

Turkish Parliament’s Expensive Microphone Goes Missing after Brawl

Turkey

The microphone, worth 15,000 euros, was reported missing from the podium desk that was damaged inside the hall during the fight that erupted while deputies were discussing draft articles introduced for the amendment of the charter.

The desk, which weighs 250 kilograms, was recovered during maintenance work after the fight and reassembled in its place inside the General Assembly on Jan. 12. However, maintenance teams had to put an older microphone on the podium desk as a replacement for the missing microphone.

The missing microphone, which was one of the two microphones on the speech podium desk, is believed to have been used by a brawling deputy as a weapon to hit rival MPs during the brawl, Hurriyet Daily reported.

During the fisticuff, deputies from both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were injured and the General Assembly furniture was damaged.

492,000 Kids in Deprived Iranian Province to Be Vaccinated against Polio

Vaccinated

“The program will be carried out in two phases by universities of medical sciences in the province as well as in other subtropical regions,” said Dr. Mehdi Tabatabai, head of the provincial health department and vice chancellor of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences.

The program will be underway until January 19 in the first phase, and February 18-22 in the second phase in the provinces of Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, Fars, Kerman, and South Khorasan as well as Sistan and Balouchestan, ISNA reported.

Although polio has been contained in Iran since 2001, the virus can be transmitted from across the borders where not enough people may have been immunized due to impediments such as illiteracy and lack of information.

Iran to Use Its New Airbus in Int’l Flights in 2 Months

Airbus

“Iran Air is planning to fly the plane to domestic destinations for one or two months, before switching to international destinations,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

The 194-seat single-aisle jetliner landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on Thursday to mark the first jet Iran received as part of the total of 100 planes the country has ordered from the European plane-maker following the lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.

US President Extends National Emergency on Iran

obama

Obama informed Congress of his decision in a letter on Friday, saying that the national emergency, which was declared on March 15, 1995, “is to continue in effect beyond March 15, 2017”, Press TV reported.

The National Emergencies Act requires the president to extend a national emergency within 90 days of its anniversary date, before it is automatically terminated.

Obama admitted in his letter that Iran had delivered on its commitments pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a nuclear deal that was struck between Iran and P5+1 (the US, the UK, France, China and Russia, plus Germany) on July 14, 2015.

Under the landmark deal, which entered into force on January 16 last year, Iran undertook to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions.

“Since Implementation Day, the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] has repeatedly verified, and the Secretary of State [John Kerry] has confirmed, that Iran continues to meet its nuclear commitments pursuant to the JCPOA,” Obama said in his notice.

“However, irrespective of the JCPOA, which continues to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is and remains exclusively peaceful, certain actions and policies of the government of Iran continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States.”

This is while experts dismiss the American overreaction as sheer propaganda, because Iran has never approached the US territory or encroached on its economy. On the contrary, US military vessels have violated Iran’s territorial waters and continue to test Iranian patience.

In November, Obama extended a separate national emergency against Iran, which was originally declared by former US president, Jimmy Carter, on November 14, 1979. He also extended the state of emergency with respect to Libya, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Cuba and Venezuela.

A state of emergency gives the US president special powers, including the ability to seize property, summon the National Guard and hire and fire military officers at will.

The state of emergency also forms the basis for most US sanctions against other countries.

Kuwait Has Yet to Relay GCC’s Message to Iran

Speaking to ISNA on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi made the comment in response to some reports quoting Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Sulaiman al-Jarallah as saying that his country would relay a message to Iran.

“Iran has not received any official or specific message from Kuwaiti officials in this regard yet,” Qassemi said.

He added that Kuwaiti officials have not yet submitted any specific proposal or date through diplomatic and official channels for conveying the [P]GCC message.

“Immediately upon receiving any proposal, the Islamic Republic of Iran would examine this issue and make a decision about it,” the Iranian spokesperson said.

In a statement on Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Thursday, al-Jarallah said contacts were underway “with the Iranian brothers to set a proper date to deliver that message.”

He, however, stopped short of elaborating on the contents of the message.

Following the 37th annual summit of the [P]GCC, comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, in the Bahraini capital of Manama in December, al-Jarallah declared that Kuwait had conveyed a message to Iran “expressing the GCC states’ view regarding dialogue” with the Islamic Republic.

Tehran-Islamabad Direct Flight to Be Launched Soon: Envoy

Iran-Pakistan

Pakistan and Iran agreed to boost their cooperation in the aviation industry and transportation by establishing a direct flight route between Tehran and Islamabad, Honardoost said on Friday during a meeting with Pakistani aviation officials, The News reported.

“Iran is a big market and Pakistani goods have a good reputation there. There is a big demand of Pakistani basmati rice in Iran,” he further said.

“There are tremendous opportunities to improve the trade relations between the two countries; sanctions have now been lifted by the world powers and Pakistan can capitalize on lucrative incentives offered by the Iranian government in sectors like energy, pharmaceutical, auto and information technology,” Honardoost added.

Back in March, high-ranking officials from Iran and Pakistan signed six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various areas, including health, commerce, security and foreign services.

The documents were signed in a ceremony in Islamabad on March 26, attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.