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Buses Carrying Evacuees from Kefraya, Foua Arrive in Syria’s Aleppo

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According to Tasnim dispatches, a group of 500 civilians from Kefraya and Foua entered Ramouseh District, located south of Aleppo, on Monday as part of a deal between Damascus and Takfiri militants.

More buses are expected to arrive in the area.

Simultaneously, a group of 382 militants and their family members left the eastern part of Syrian city of Aleppo late on Sunday. They will go to militant-held parts of the countryside.

Reports on Sunday said the Syrian government had demanded the evacuation of over a thousand residents from the besieged towns of Foua and Kafarya in exchange for evacuating the militants still in Aleppo.

Foua and Kafarya are the only government-held enclave in Idlib’s vast militant-held area. The towns of some 20,000 people have been under siege since 2013. The humanitarian situation remains dire, with a lack of food and basic necessities.

Iranian, Russian, Turkish DMs to Meet in Moscow

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Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu, and Turkey’s Minister of National Defense Fikri Işık are scheduled to meet in Moscow tomorrow for talks on the latest developments in Syria, particularly after liberation of the city of Aleppo from terrorist groups.

Reports of the upcoming ministerial meeting came after plans for a trilateral meeting among Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Russia’s Sergei Lavrov and Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu in Russia on the same day.

Meeting of the foreign minister was initially slated for December 27, but Iran and Russia decided to convene it a week earlier, considering the rapid pace of developments in Syria.

The Syrian army took nearly all remaining terrorist-held parts of Aleppo last week after a four-year battle. Hundreds of foreign-backed terrorists have surrendered in Aleppo in recent days.

However, the evacuation of people from Aleppo has been hampered as the terrorist groups violated an agreement with the Syrian government by trying to take hostages with them.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh (ISIL), controlling parts of it.

Iran’s Ambassador to Britain Urges People to Beware of Provocations

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“A group of mercenaries are abusing Western media reports to incite ignorant people to stage protests outside Iran’s embassies [across the world], and thus provoke people in Iran to reciprocate by holding protest rallies in front of foreign embassies in Tehran,” wrote Hamid Baeidinejad, the Iranian ambassador to Britain, in his Telegram channel.

According to a report by IFP, he went on to say that during the past days, some Western media in inaccurate reports tried to accuse Iran of preventing dissidents and their families from leaving Aleppo.

“According to reliable information, the MKO (Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization) terrorist group has a key role in these incitements.”

The MKO group pretends to be supporting the people of Syria’s Aleppo in its seemingly humanitarian activities, but it is actually pursuing a different purpose.

“Let’s be vigilant!” he added.

Taliban Denies Receiving Invitation to Attend Iranian Conference

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According to a Farsi report by IRNA, Al Arabiya TV Channel, which is affiliated with the House of Saud, recently claimed that the Islamic Republic of Iran has invited certain members of Afghanistan’s Taliban to attend the Islamic Unity Conference recently held in Tehran.

In reaction to the allegations, Taliban said in a statement that the reports are incorrect, and members of Taliban have not received any invitation from Tehran.

Iran’s Ambassador to Kabul and the Secretary of the conference also denied the report in separate reactions.

Manouchehr Mottaki, a former Iranian foreign minister and the scientific secretary of 30th Islamic Unity Conference, said Taliban has not been invited to the conference, and none of its members attended the gathering.

In its Farsi report, Mehr quoted Mottaki as saying that Taliban members were not among the guests of this edition of conference, but in previous editions, there were Pakistani clerics who allegedly supported the militant group.

However, he added, this does not mean that Taliban was attending the conference.

The 30th edition of Islamic Unity Conference was kicked off on Thursday by President Hasan Rouhani in Tehran with religious thinkers and elites from more than 50 countries across the world attending the three-day event.

IAEA Satisfied by Iran Commitment to Nuclear Deal: Amano

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“Iran has been committed to its obligations and this is an important matter,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Director General Yukiya Amano said on Sunday at a joint press conference with Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).

The nuclear accord, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries — the US, Britain, Russia, France and China plus Germany — last year in Vienna.

The IAEA is tasked with monitoring the technical implementation of the nuclear deal.

Since January, when the JCPOA took effect, the agency has confirmed Iran’s compliance in several reports.

“We are satisfied with the trend of the JCPOA’s implementation, and hope for this trend to continue,” added Amano, who is in Tehran on a one-day visit at the invitation of Salehi.

Concerning his meeting with Salehi, he said the two had discussed a range of issues, including heavywater, enriched uranium, Iran’s uranium stockpiles as well as research and development in the field of nuclear energy.

Iran Drops A380 Planes from Its Deal with Airbus

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According to a report by IFP, Iran has reduced its order with Airbus to 100 planes in a contract that will no longer include A380s, Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air’s chief executive officer, said in a press conference in Tehran.

This will shrink the original $27 billion deal for 118 jets, including 12 A380s. A team from Airbus is currently in Tehran for talks, Bloomberg reported.

“Given there are now 100 planes in the contract, I don’t think that the overall value will exceed $10 billion, and that’s at the very most,” Parvaresh said. “The A330 was part of the deal from before and it still is, but there will be no A380.”

Airbus has already cut production of its superjumbo by more than half, to one plane a month by 2018, as demand has dwindled. Dubai-based Emirates is the only carrier to give the giant aircraft a major role in its fleet.

Iran, which is updating its aging fleet after US sanctions were eased, is one of the few remaining untapped markets in which the plane-maker and rival Boeing Co. are competing for orders.

Iran is prepared to fund the first $1 billion tranche for the planes in Airbus and Boeing contracts, said Asghar Fakhrieh-Kashan, the country’s deputy transport minister for aviation.

Half of this will come from foreign financing, primarily through a leasing company. The remaining half will be raised via various sources, including $330 million from Iran’s sovereign wealth fund called the National Development Fund and $120 million from a domestic sukuk issuance.

 

ISIS Offers $1 Million Bounty for Killing Kurdish Girl of Iranian Origin

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According to a report covered by Al Alam, Joanna Palani, 23, a Danish citizen of Iranian and Kurdish origins, left Denmark in 2004 and joined the Syrian Kurdish YPJ in their fight against ISIS.

57402961She has, according to own statements, travelled to Syria and Iraq on several occasions since 2012. The YPG and the all-female YPJ are military wings of the Syrian Kurdish PYD.

She is now facing six months in prison in Denmark and had her passport confiscated upon her return home last year for breaking national laws preventing citizens from fighting for foreign countries.

“How can I pose a threat to Denmark and other countries by being a soldier in an official army that Denmark trains and supports directly in the fight against ISIS?” she posted on Facebook after being subjected to a travel ban.

The first session of her trial over breaking travel restrictions is slated for December 20, according to local newspaper Belingske Tidende.

Ironically, on Saturday the ISIS used its media operations to offer a $1 million reward for the assassination of Palani whose “greatest sin” may be that she has become a Europe-wide poster girl for Kurdish women who consider taking up arms against the terrorist group, nsnbc reported.

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Buses Arrive at Besieged Syrian Villages despite Militants’ Attacks

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Syrian state media, which broadcast footage of burning green buses, said “armed terrorists” attacked five buses and burned and destroyed them.

Lebanon’s al-Manar television said later on Sunday that some buses and Red Crescent vehicles had reached the entrance to the besieged Syrian villages of Foua and Kefraya, which are besieged by foreign-backed militants.

According to a report by IFP, a Syrian government official, who was part of the evacuations negotiating team, said, “It was agreed to resume evacuations from east Aleppo in parallel with the evacuation of (medical) cases from Foua and Kefraya and some cases from Zabadani and Madaya.”

The Syrian army is demanding people to be allowed to leave the two villages in exchange for allowing evacuations of rebels and terrorists from east Aleppo, Reuters reported.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

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Almost all newspapers covered the visit of Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to Tehran, and his meetings with President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi.

They also covered the upcoming meeting between Iran, Turkey, and Russia, which is due to be held on Tuesday in Moscow, on the ongoing crisis in Syria, and the latest developments in Aleppo.

Nomination of Mohammad Reza Bahonar, a former MP and a senior conservative, as the presidential candidate of a leading conservative party, was also a top story today.

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

 

19 Dey:

1- Rouhani: IAEA Should Remain Neutral

2- Guardian: Iran Was the Real Winner of Aleppo War

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Abrar:

1- Last Efforts to Prevent Trump from Getting into the White House

2- Rouhani to Visit Russia

3- ISIS Places $1 Million Bounty for Iranian Girl

4- Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Repeats Its Baseless Claims against Iran

5- Rouhani to Amano: We Won’t Be the One Who Starts Violating JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Iran Leads the World’s Biggest Oil Market

2- Babak Zanjani, Iranian Billionaire, Owes $3.5 Billion to Iran Oil Ministry

3- Iran’s Oil Price Exceeds $50

4- Russia Reveals Sale of Su-100 Planes to Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Afkar:

1- Iran’s Oil Record Is Broken

2- Iran Won’t Violate Nuclear Deal

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Iran Preparing to Reconsider Minimum Age for Marriage of Girls

2- Finalization of Deal to Purchase 100 Airbus Planes

3- Conservative Politician Bahonar Wants to Direct, He Won’t Run for Presidency: Analyst

4- How IRIB’s Tribune Is Divided between Conservatives and Reformists? Inclination towards Right-Wingers

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Amano: We’re Satisfied with JCPOA Implementation Process

2- Academic: Rouhani Should Form Headquarters for Showing Reaction to Trump’s Measures

3- Iran and Russia’s Benefits in Battle of Syria [Editorial]

4- Putin’s Representative Once Again Hold Talks with Iranian Officials

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Asrar:

1- Economy Minister: Iran Has Middle East’s Highest Economic Growth Rate

2- Tehran Governor: Action Will Be Taken against Any Illegal Gathering in Front of British Embassy

3- In Unprecedented Move, Australian PM Calls for His Country’s Independence from Britain

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Ebtekar:

1- Consultation with Amano in Tehran for Future of JCPOA: IAEA Chief Hold Talks with Rouhani, Zarif, and Salehi

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Etemad:

1- Rouhani Urges IAEA to Cooperate with Iran in Nuclear Propulsion Project

2- Death and Starvation in Yemen, Negotiation in Saudi Arabia: Kerry and Johnson Talk about Peace in Riyadh

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Ettela’at:

1- President: We’ll Continue Our Cooperation with IAEA; JCPOA Sustainability Depends on All Sides’ Commitment to Their Obligations

2- Iran, Russia, and Turkey to Hold Trilateral Meeting on Syria Tomorrow

3- Airbus Deal to Be Signed This Week

4- 45 ISIS Elements Killed in Heavy Counterattack by Iraqi Popular Forces

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Ghanoon:

1- Wetlands Are Shrinking: Founder of Ramsar Convention in Red List

2- Developments of Middle East These Days: Aleppo Becomes Gold, Yemen Becomes Important!

3- Erdogan Deviating from Right Path: Impact of Civil Wars and Foreign Conflicts on Fate of Turkey’s Ruling Party

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Hemayat:

1- Prosecutor General in Meeting with Italian Delegation: Silence over Crimes of Takfiris [Extremists] Is a Sign of Paradox in Western Human Rights

2- IRGC Aerospace Commander: Iran to Continue Reinforcement of Its Missile Capabilities

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Iran:

1- Amano’s Busy Day in Tehran

2- Putin’s Special Representative Hold Talks with Shamkhani and Velayati

  • Shamkhani (SNSC Secretary): Required Guarantees Should Be Taken for Continued Ceasefire in Aleppo
  • Velayati (Leader’s Advisor): Current Ties between Iran and Russia Are Unprecedented in History of the Two Countries

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Jame Jam:

1- West’s Effort to Whitewash Al Saud’s Scandal

2- Complaints about Nuclear Deal Raised in Meetings with Amano

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Javan:

1- Iran’s Nuclear Chief: Rouhani’s Order Requires 90% Enrichment of Uranium; We’re Ready to Do Whatever Decision Is Made by Iranian Authorities; Other Party Has Noticed Our Message and Knows It Is Serious

2- Media Outlets Supporting Terrorists Show Realities of Aleppo in the Opposite Way: Arab and Western Media Have Started a Big Media War to Blame Syrian Army, rather than Terrorists, for Aleppo Devastation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Oil Minister: We’ve Not Promised Total to Give Them Azadegan Oilfield

2- Terrorists Prevent Transfer of Wounded People in Shiite-Majority Towns of Foua and Kefraya

3- Member of US Congress: US Armed Al-Qaeda to Topple Assad

4- UN: Yemen Has Become Paralyzed

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Kayhan:

1- Hezbollah: Lebanon’s New Government to Be Formed in Coming Days

2- Takfiris [Extremists] Set Fire on Buses Dispatched to Transfer Children and Wounded People

3- Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Representative: Al Khalifa Regime’s Crimes in Bahrain Committed with Britain’s Plots and US Green Light

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- Rouhani: US Moves Are against Nuclear Deal

2- Iran’s Nuclear Chief: Iran Can Take Reciprocal Measures

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Saheb Qalam:

1- IRGC General: US Plot to Disintegrate Syria Totally Failed with Aleppo Defeat

2- Ordinary Businesspeople Can Now Export Petrol

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Shahrvand:

1- Black Market of Visa: Some Foreign Embassies Don’t Treat Iranians Respectfully

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Shargh:

1- Iran Gives Nuclear Warning to IAEA

2- It’s Now Bahonar’s Turn: New Names in Camp of Conservatives

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Amano: I’m Satisfied; Rouhani: ISA Extension Violates Nuclear Deal, World’s Trust in US Decreaes

2- Nuclear Chief Salehi’s Account of Talks with Amano in Tehran: The Other Side Got the Message!

3- What Are US Security Strategies in Western Asia? Middle East Divided into 1,000 Pieces

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 19

Iran-Greece Ties on the Right Track: FM Zarif

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In a Sunday meeting with Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece George Katrougalos in Tehran, Zarif expressed satisfaction with the existing trend of relations between Tehran and Athens, saying they are on the “right path”.

He added, “There is goodwill as well as political resolve between the two sides to further expand their ties in all political and economic areas.”

Katrougalos, for his part, stressed the important role of the Islamic Republic in the region and world, expressing his country’s resolve to cement ties with Iran.

Iran, Greece Share Views on Many Issues: Diplomat

Katrougalos also met Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for American and European Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi. During the meeting, the Iranian diplomat highlighted the abundant opportunities for cooperation with Greece, saying the two countries have common stances on a lot of issues.

Takht Ravanchi hailed the friendly relations between Iran and Greece, pointing to the serious determination for the expansion of political and economic relations.

Highlighting the two countries’ shared views on many subjects, he said Tehran-Athens bilateral ties are growing in accordance with a road map the two countries have already signed.

He noted that energy, shipping, medicine and tourism are among grounds for cooperation between the two countries.

For his part, the Greek diplomat said the European country is ready for various procedures for boosting trade interaction with Iran, Tasnim reported.

Iran and Greece signed a road map to closer ties in February, during Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ official visit to Tehran with a big economic delegation.

While in Tehran, Tsipras signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs), including a document for boosting political consultations between the two countries’ foreign ministries, an agreement to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and official passports and a roadmap agreement to develop Tehran-Athens cooperation.

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