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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

Newspapers on Wednesday covered the remarks made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in an address to a group of seminary students. The Leader mainly talked about the December 30, 2009, demonstrations held by a huge crowd of Iranian people in support for the Islamic Establishment, and also highlighted the need for enhancement of Iran’s deterrent power.

Another top story was the widespread reactions to Shahrvand newspaper’s Tuesday report about the homeless people who live inside the graves of a cemetery near Tehran.

The comments made by First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia about the terrible economic heritage of Ahmadinejad’s government for the incumbent administration also received great coverage.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Leader: People’s Intellectual Power Brought Them to Streets on December 30 [2009] Pro-Establishment Demonstrations

2- 3,000 Civilians Moved Out of Mosul in 3 Days Because of Adverse Humanitarian Conditions

3- Successful Test-Fire of ‘Mersad’ and ‘Ya Zahra III’ Missile Defence Systems in Second Phase of Air Defence Drills in Southern Iran

4- Trump: UN Has Turned to a Club for Having Fun!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Afkar:

1- Leader: Enemy Seeks to Rob Iran of Its Power

2- Moscow and Ankara Agree on Ceasefire in Syria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Leader: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon Has Very Important Jurisprudential and Rational Foundations

2- They Are Mourning! Thought-Provoking Remarks by First VP Jahangiri about Those Who Are Upset about Increase in Iran’s Economic Growth Rate

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Amin:

1- Tehran Is Most Polluted City in the World Based on Air Quality Indices

2- Minimum Monthly Wage of Retired People Set Approximately at $262

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Politician: JCPOA Is Not Enough for Rouhani’s Re-Election

2- 7% of Parties in Iran Are Dedicated to Women: A Report on 18 Political Parties for Women

3- Asghar Farhadi’s Bitter Letter to President Rouhani: Is This Our Utopia? Sometimes Authorities Should Walk among Ordinary People in Disguise

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Asrar:

1- Economy Minister: Iran’s Rank in Ease of Doing Business Is Not What Iranian People Deserve

2- Academic: Radicals Are Opposed to Citizens’ Rights

3- Lavrov: Government and Dissidents in Syria Are in Talks

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Emtiaz:

1- Migratory Swans in Sorkhrood Wetland in Mazandaran, Northern Iran: Each Year, Thousands of Migratory Swans Migrate to Sorkhrood in Winter. They Are Guests of This Region until Early March

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Etemad:

1- Economy Minister: Increase of Economic Growth Rate Has Not Impacted People’s Lives; We’re Not Pleased with the Way People Live

2- Asghar Farhadi’s Open Letter to President in Reaction to a Report on 50 Men and Women Living inside Graves of a Cemetery near Tehran: My Entire Soul Is Filled with Shame and Sadness

3- Foreign Ministry Official: Neither Russia nor America Can Ignore Iran in Afghanistan

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28


Ettela’at:

1- Unprecedented Demonstrations in December 30 Was One of the Examples of Islamic Republic’s Power

2- Baghdad: We Won’t Let Saudi Arabia Create Sedition in Iraq

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Haft-e Sobh:

1- Controversial Video of Soldiers in Iranian Drill Who Fail to Break an Earthenware Pot Using Martial Arts: Kuwaiti and Saudi Media Abusing the Video Leaked from IRIB’s Archive

2- Access to ‘Clash of Clans’ Will Be Restricted: In Unofficial Iranian Market, the Game’s Accounts Are Traded with Prices Up to $2,500

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Hemayat:

1- Assembly of Experts Chief: Those Who Created Sedition in 2009 Were Looking for Establishment of Secular Government under US Supervision

2- Tehran Prosecutor General: Doctors Who Received Astronomical Salaries Summoned to Court

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Iran:

1- Tel Aviv Suspends Ties with 12 Countries: Netanyahu’s Passive Reaction and Endless Anger Following UNSC Resolution

  • Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Egypt, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay, Senegal, Venezuela, and New Zealand Are the Countries that Voted for the Historic Anti-Israel Resolution and Are Targeted by Tel Aviv Regime

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28


Jahan-e Sanat:

1- Oil Ministry’s Warning against Sale of Petchem Feedstock in Cheap Prices: Government Will Lose $16 Billion

2- Reuters’ Analysis of Foreign Exchange Fluctuations in Iran: Rouhani’s Economic Achievements in Danger

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28


Javan:

1- Iran’s Leader: Enemy Disarms Its Target by Smiling, Joking, and Rebuking

2- Some Still Don’t Have a Clear Understanding of 2009 Sedition

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28


Jomhouri Eslami:

1- National Coalition Won’t Allow Anyone to Disintegrate Iraq: Ammar Hakim

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Ka’enat:

1- Deputy Head of IRGC’s Intelligence Organisation: 2009 Sedition Was Not the Reason for House Arrest of Opposition Leaders

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28


Kayhan:

1- Senior MP: Oil Money Is Still Being Blocked, But It Is Our National Assets!

2- Zionist Media: Israeli Delegation to Bahrain Drank Wine and Danced with Al Khalifa’s Representatives!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Khorasan:

1- Erdogan: We Have Enough Documents to Prove Americans Are Helping ISIS

2- Iraqi FM Explicitly Supports Iran against Saudi Arabia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Payam-e Zaman:

1- Jahangiri: Those Who Devastated the Country Are Attacking the Government Instead of Apologizing to People

2- Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Issues Statement in Reaction to Conservative MP’s Move to Disclose FM Zarif’s Remarks in a Closed Session: Selected Disclosure of Zarif’s Remarks Was a Service Given to Enemies of Iran’s Revolution

3- Iran Exports $6.5 Billion of Petchem Products

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Rah-e Mardom:

1- A Report on Early Results of National Census and Serious Concerns: Iran’s Population Exceeds 80 Million

2- Iran’s Budget, One of the Most Oil-Dependent Ones in OPEC

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Resalat:

1- Advisor to Iran’s Leader: Western Media Have Turned to ISIS’ Horns

2- Riyadh’s Support for Terrorism: Al Saud Raising Baseless Claims against Iraqi Popular Forces; Americans Admit Power of Hashd al-Shaabi Forces

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

 


Shargh:

1- First VP: It’s Not Possible to Compensate for What Previous Government Did to Iran

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Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Iran’s Leader: Hegemonic Powers Are Opposed to Any Anti-Tyranny Thought and Movement

2- Economy Minister Once Again Refers to Previous Government’s Debts: Debts Were over $37.5 Billion

3- Rouhani’s Government Was One of the Unluckiest Governments after Revolution Because It Inherited One of the Most Unprecedented Levels of Inefficiency and Corruption of Previous Government: Analyst

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 28

Iran Warns US Aircraft to Stay Away from Drill Zone

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Over the past three days, the Air Defence has given warnings to 12 aircraft of trans-regional countries to stay away from the country’s airspace, General Abbas Farajpour said on Wednesday.

He also noted that a number of fighter jets and drones belonging to the US Navy have been given warning.

Iran’s Air Defence began a large-scale military exercise in the country’s southern regions on Monday, codenamed Defenders of Velayat Skies 7.

Involving more than 17,000 military forces, the war game covers an area of 496,000 square kilometers in Iran’s southern areas, mainly the provinces of Hormozgan, Bushehr and Khuzestan.

The Air Defence has employed a broad range of equipment, including tactical radars, mobile watch posts, and ground-based and air-based eavesdropping systems.

According to officials, the exercise has set a record in the tactical mobility of armed forces, after the rapid deployment of radar and missile systems, artillery units, as well as communication and electronic warfare systems to the operation zone.

Iran’s DM Says Saudi Arabia Should Be Excluded from Syria Peace Process

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan

In an interview with Russia’s RT TV station, Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has reportedly said that Saudi Arabia’s insistence that President Bashar al-Assad should step down meant Riyadh should not participate in future Syrian peace talks.

Snowman Festival in Northwestern Iran

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

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

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

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

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!

“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

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