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Iran Halts Consular Services in Turkey after Russia Envoy Assassination

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IFP Media Wire
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Iran’s consulates

Iran’s consulates in the Turkish cities of Istanbul, Trabzon and Erzurum will offer no consular services on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry announced in a statement, asking the Iranian nationals not to go to those diplomatic buildings.

It came after assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday. Andrey Karlov was shot in the back and killed as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery by an off-duty police officer.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned the attack as “brutal”, saying the criminal act indicates that “terrorists affiliated to extremist and Takfiri groups are not bound by any standards, principles or the international law.”

Iran Official Criticizes UN’s Aleppo Resolution

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IFP Media Wire
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Iran Urges Collective Cooperation to Tackle Regional Security Challenges

Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), referred to the French-drafted resolution, which was passed on Monday, and said the document also prioritized the evacuation of militants in Aleppo over the safe exit of civilians in militant-held areas.

Aleppo, a hotbed of the nearly six years of foreign-sponsored militancy against the Syrian government, has almost entirely been liberated in recent military operations by Damascus and ally Russia. Fresh operations will be launched on Tuesday to retake the single remaining enclave still held by the militants in the city.

In the course of the push to free Aleppo, some Western and regional countries engaged in creating hype and vilifying the Syrian and Russian militaries. The Monday resolution, a result of such jockeying, calls for the deployment of UN observers to Aleppo, where anti-Damascus militants are being allowed by the Syrian government to evacuate to militant-held territory in the Idlib Governorate or government-held territory elsewhere.

Shamkhani, the Iranian official, said the resolution was giving the priority to the exit of militants and had chosen to ignore the role of the Syrian government.

“This unacceptable behavior by the West and some countries in the region shows that the approach of the instrumental use of terrorism for political objectives has strategic dimensions,” he said.

Under an evacuation deal, civilians are also being taken out of two militant-besieged villages of al-Foua and Kefraya. Earlier, the militants attacked the buses used to evacuate those civilians and set them on fire. The UN resolution has been criticized for making no references to such crimes by the anti-Damascus militants.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan are in Moscow for talks with Russian and Turkish officials on the situation in Syria.

Describing the meetings as routine, Shamkhani said Iran and Russia were determined to continue their cooperation in the war on terror. He said Moscow was Iran’s “partner in the fight against terror.”

Iran has been offering advisory military help to the Syrian government.

Turkey to Name Street in Ankara after Assassinated Russian Envoy Karlov

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Russian Ambassador- Ankara

“We will honour his name [Karlov] both in Ankara and in our hearts. We will name the street housing the embassy building after Andrey Karlov,” Çavuşoğlu said.

He made the remarks at the trilateral meeting in Moscow between the foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran over Syria and Aleppo, Hurriyet reported.

Turkish Police Arrest Family of Gunmen Who Killed Russian Envoy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Turkish police
A Turkish police officer stands guard outisde the Russian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, December 20, 2016.

According to media reports, Mert Altintas’ mother, father, sister and two other relatives were held in the western province of Aydin, while his flatmate in Ankara was also arrested.

The state-run Anadolu agency said on Tuesday that the Police paced up and down behind a cordon on Tuesday morning outside the art gallery where the ambassador Andrey Karlov was shot, and Altintas was killed by police shortly after.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey was the top story almost in all newspapers today.

The Charter on Citizens’ Rights unveiled by President Hassan Rouhani on Monday was also widely covered. Reformist and moderate papers said Rouhani has fulfilled its promise, and conservative ones asked him to do something about unemployment and huge salaries given to certain people.

Many papers also covered the ancient ceremony of Yalda Night, which will be observed by Iranian people tonight at the last night of autumn and the longest night of the year.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Rouhani: No One Is Favoured by the Law

2- MP: Rouhani Has a Good Position among Conservatives

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Abrar:

1- MP Criticizes Increase in Taxes

2- Congress Trying to Empower Trump against Russia, Iran, and Turkey

3- Oxfam: Over 1 Million Iraqis Entrapped in Mosul

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Afkar:

1- Rouhani: I Had Promised Iranian Nation to Save the Economy

2- Obesity and Overweight Threatening Iranians

3- Budget Allocated to Revival of Lake Urmia

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- A Report on Ancient Celebration of Yalda Night: Celebrating the Birth of Light

2- Deputy Head of Iran’s Meteorological Organization Gives Details of Iran’s Purchase of American Supercomputer after JCPOA

3- President Rouhani Carries Out His Campaign Promise: ‘Charter on Citizens’ Rights’ Unveiled by Rouhani Cautiously Welcomed by Jurists

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- President: I’ll Keep All My Promises until the End; No Individual, Body, or Medium Should Be Exempted from Law

2- We’re Worried that People Would Get Disappointed in Rouhani: Politician

3- Manoeuvre of Increasing Prices in Yalda Night

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Asrar:

1- No Talks of Degrading Level of Ties with British Government: Foreign Ministry Spokesman

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Ebtekar:

1- A Charter to Remember: Rouhani Fulfils His Promise to Develop a Charter on Citizens’ Rights

2- Iran’s Initiative in Moscow for Syria

3- Taking Revenge in Terrorists’ Style: Russian Envoy to Turkey Killed

4- Colourful Night

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Etemad:

1- Civil Treaty: Rouhani Signs Charter on Citizens’ Rights While Emphasizing Responsibilities of Establishment and People

2- Russian Ambassador Shot Dead: Assassin Was Killed by Security Forces after Chanting Slogans about Aleppo

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani: Government’s Resolve to Guarantee Civil Rights Is Serious

2- Iranians Will Celebrate Longest Night of the Year Tonight

3- Parliament Sets 8% as the Goal of Economic Growth Rate in ‘Sixth Development Plan’

4- Russian Envoy to Ankara Assassinated: Putin Holds Security Session

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Ghanoon:

1- Our Share Was Just a Text Message!

2- Shooting Moscow from Ankara

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Hemayat:

1- Judiciary Chief: Washington’s Long-Term Strategy Is to Restore Anti-Iran Sanctions

2- Zarif Voices Iran’s Protest at US Violation of Sanctions in Phone Conversation with Kerry

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Iran:

1- Senior Clerics in Qom Support RouhaniCare

2- Yalda, a Night to Gather Together

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Jame Jam:

1- Shadow of Terror over 2+1 Diplomacy: Russian Ambassador in Turkey Shot Dead

2- Celebration of Longest Night of the Year in IRIB TV Channels

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Javan:

1- President Rouhani Sends Text Message to Inform People of Their Civil Rights, but Unemployed People, Those Living in Slums, and Single Young People Didn’t Receive the Message!

2- Rouhani: I Saved Iran’s Economy; He Cites a Deal with France for Joint Car Manufaturing as an Instance of Saving Iran’s Economy!

3- Kerry Allays Zarif’s Concerns

4- First Group of al-Foua and Kafrya Civilians Evacuated after 21 Months

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- First Purchased Airbus Will Land in Iran Next Month

2- Full Text of ‘Charter on Citizens’ Rights’: A Charter with 23 Titles and 120 Articles

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Ka’enat:

1- A Report on Yalda Night in 2016

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Kayhan:

1- If You End Giving Astronomical Salaries and Stop Favouring Certain People, Civil Rights Will Be Secured

2- In TV Show Poll: 70% of Iranian People Prefer Development of Railway System to Purchase of Planes

3- New Lebanese Cabinet Is Formed: Key Posts for Hezbollah

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Khorasan:

1- Happy and Sweet Yalda Night

2- Assassination of Russian Ambassador in Turkey: Shadow of Crisis over Middle East

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

 

Shahrvand:

1- People’s Right

2- 500 Young Iranians Express Their Concerns in Q&A Session with 3 Ministers

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 20

Wedding Ceremonies of Iranian Turkmens

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Turkmens

Wedding ceremonies of Turkmens in Iran are full of colours and secrets. The customs have been passed down from generation to generation. Although ceremonies are now a bit different from the past, but they still are original.

Here are Mehr’s photos of their wedding ceremonies:

 

 

‘Intentional’ Truck Attack Kills 12, Injures 50 in Berlin

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Berlin-Attack

According to a report by IFP, the truck struck the popular Christmas market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church late Monday as tourists and locals were enjoying a traditional pre-Christmas evening out near Berlin’s Zoo station.

man“Our investigators are working on the assumption that the truck was intentionally driven into the crowd at the Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz,” Berlin police said on Twitter.

Berlin-AttackHours earlier Germany’s top security official had refrained from pointing to an intentional act, but said evidence pointed in that direction, while the White House condemned “what appears to have been a terrorist attack.”

Meanwhile, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly Christmas market truck crash. The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Force tweeted that the terror group was taking credit for the incident.

Using encrypted technology, the group said they found several extremist Twitter accounts that had been claiming responsibility for the alleged attack, according to the Washington Times.

The crash came less than a month after the calls for caution in markets and other public places across Europe, saying extremist groups including ISIS and al-Qaida were focusing “on the upcoming holiday season and associated events.”

The ISIS group and al-Qaida have both called on followers to use trucks in particular to attack crowds. On July 14, a truck ploughed into Bastille Day revellers in the southern French city of Nice, killing 86 people. The ISIS claimed responsibility for that attack, which was carried out by a Tunisian living in France.

FM Zarif Leaves Tehran for Moscow to Attend Trilateral Meeting on Syria

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mohammad Javad Zarif

Despite the speculations on cancelation of the trilateral meeting due to the assassination of Russia’s envoy to Ankara Andrey Karlov on Monday night, the talks will be held as scheduled.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, left the country for Moscow to participate in the trilateral meeting with Sergei Lavrov of Russia and Turkey’s Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey are slated to discuss the future of Syria and the city of Aleppo at talks in Moscow today, Mehr reported.

Iran Strongly Condemns Russian Envoy Assassination in Turkey

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IFP Media Wire
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qassemi-russia

Karlov was shot dead at an art exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara. Karlov was shot by a gun while making a speech at a photography exhibition in the Turkish capital, the Russian embassy said.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova later announced that Karlov succumbed to his wounds.

Turkish Foreign Ministry has also confirmed Karlov’s death, in a written statement, adding that the perpetrators will face justice for their action. The ministry designated the attack on Karlov as a “terror organization.”

Accompanied by Health Minister Recep Akdağ and Defense Minister Fikri Işık, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu later announced that the attacker was a 22-year-old police officer identified as Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş.

Meantime, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi called the attack “brutal”, and noted that the criminal act indicates that “terrorists affiliated to extremist and Takfiri groups are not bound by any standards, principles or the international law.”

“They are carrying out such brutal measures with the purpose of creating conflict among countries and further insecurity and instability in the region,” he added.

He said terrorism should only be addressed through solidarity and unity among all nations, and underlined, “The Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by governments and nations in the region and across the world until the complete eradication of this vicious phenomenon.”

Iran-Turkey-Russia Trilateral to Be Held in Moscow despite Assault on Russian Envoy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Russia-Turkey-Iran

According to a Farsi report by Al Alam, a trilateral meeting between Iran, Russia, and Turkey was planned to be held in the Russian capital on Tuesday to discuss the issue of Syria.
After the death of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in a terrorist attack in Ankara, there were speculations that the meeting would be called off.
However, a Russian MP says the meeting will be held as planned before.

Turkish Foreign Ministry also confirmed that scheduled trilateral Russian, Turkish and Iranian negotiations on Syria would not be delayed despite the murder of the Russian ambassador.

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