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Death of Iranian Pilgrims in Iraq Overshadowed by Deadly Train Collision

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Train Crash in Iran

The train collision in Semnan Province, where President Hassan Rouhani was born, was so tragic that decreased popular attention to the ISIS terrorist attack in Iraq’s Hilla, where dozens of pilgrims including many Iranians were killed.

In both incidents, dozens of Iranian people lost their lives.

In the Hilla attack, the victims were pilgrims returning from the Iraqi city of Karbala after the mourning ceremony of Arbaeen, the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the third Shiite Imam.

Similarly in the train collision, the passengers were travelling from the northwestern city of Tabriz to the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, which annually hosts millions of pilgrims visiting the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite Imam.

Iranian people, media, and officials paid more attention to the train crash, perhaps because it was totally unexpected.

In recent years, Iraq has turned to the land of bad news and ongoing threats; particularly in the time when it was hosting more than 2 million Iranians in Arbaeen processions, the Iranian nation and government was not that much surprised to hear that some 100 people have lost their lives in an ISIS suicide attack.

Therefore, it is not surprising to see the tragedy of Iranian pilgrims is somehow overshadowed by the deadly train crash, which was caused by the mismanagement of railway operators and could be easily avoided.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The top story in today’s newspapers was the train collision in Iran’s Semnan province and the ISIS’ terrorist attack on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq’s Hilla.

Newspapers also criticized the mismanagement of executives that has led to serious problems for Iranian people following the heavy snowfall across the country.

The conflict between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Europe also received great coverage today.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Iran and Japan Considering Organization of Joint Nuclear Training Courses

2- Increasing Tendency to Drug Use among Teenagers Aged from 15 to 18

3- US Administration Condemns Terrorist Attack on Iraq

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Once Again Weak Management in Transport Ministry

2- Fierce Competition between Iranian Businessmen in Russia’s Modern Market

3- Return of Danish Oil Giant to Iran

4- Fresh Round of Tehran-Geneva Trade Ties

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Afkar:

1- How Iran Became Host of ICAAP Summit?

2- South Korean President Breaks Record of Popularity Decrease

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Iran in Grief over Train Crash in Semnan and ISIS Attack on Pilgrims in Iraq

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Airbus Plane Ordered by Iran Flown in France’s Sky: Time for Delivery of Airbus Planes Still Unclear

2- Iranian Parliament Vice-Speaker Motahari’s Reaction to the Cleric Who Called Him ‘Dirty’: Rest Assured, I Won’t Hug You!

3- Senior Reformist Aref’s Efforts to Negotiate with Conservatives for Upcoming Presidential Votes

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Asrar:

1- President Rouhani Highlights Iran’s Resolve for All-Out Fight against Terrorists and Extremists

2- Foreign Ministry Spokesman: We’ve Had No Talks on Revision of JCPOA

3- Iran Joins Int’l Energy Charter

4- Cold Weather Inflicts Millions of Damage to Gardeners

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Besharat-e Now:

1- Iranian Month of Azar [November-December] Starts Sadly with Lots of Accidents: Deadly Train Crash, ISIS Attack on Pilgrims, Snow and Blizzard

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Ebtekar:

1- Days of Fire and Smoke: Explosion in Iraq, Train Collision in Semnan

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Etemad:

1- ISIS’ Crime

2- Train of Death

3- Erdogan’s Threatening Response to European Parliament’s Resolution: I’ll Tear Apart the Deal and Let the Flood of Refugees Overwhelm Europe

4- Rouhani Calls for Identification of Culprits behind Deadly Train Crash in Semnan

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Ettela’at:

1- In a Glorious Ceremony, People Bid Farewell to Senior Cleric Ayatollah Mousavi Ardabili

2- Iran’s Ambassador to Germany: Iran Is Middle East’s Top Talent for Investment

3- Russian Officers in Aleppo Meet Lebanese Hezbollah Commanders

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Haft-e Sobh:

1- We Don’t Want Metro and Airbus, We Want Managers: 36 Killed in Tragic Train Crash, 72 Hours of Power and Gas Cut in Mazandaran Province, Repetition of Horrific Traffic Jam in Recent Snowfall

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Hemayat:

1- OPEC Replaces Previous Freeze Plans with Oil Output Cut after Russia’s Request

2- Iran-Bas 150 Platform: New Iranian Satellite with Airbus’ Technology

3- Emergency Evacuation of 90,000 Zionists after Haifa Fire

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Iran:

1- Commander: IRGC Will Act Based on Opinion of Leader, Government, and Parliament

2- Bloody Morning: Two Trains Collide in Semnan-Damghan Route; Public Mourning Declared in East Azarbaijan Province

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Jame Jam:

1- Terrorists Take Revenge: ISIS’ Attack in Hilla Shows Their Frustration after Consecutive Defeats

2- Iranian Filmmaker Majid Majidi Slams Al Saud

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Javan:

1- ISIS’ Suicide Attack in Response to Arbaeen’s Glory

2- World’s Top Universities Studying Arbaeen Processions: MIT Uses the Pilgrimage as a University Lesson

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Contradictory Reports about Egyptian Army’s Joining Syria War against Terrorists; President Sisi: Cairo Doesn’t Follow Saudi Arabia

2- Iran Has Opened Brokerage Accounts in 5 European Countries: Central Bank Official

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Ka’enat:

1- Black Thursday, Unfortunate Friday

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Kayhan:

1- Iran in Grief: Blast in Hilla and Train Crash in Semnan

2- Friday Prayers Imam: We Can Hear the Sound of Liberal Democracy’s Bones Getting Broken

3- Syrian Jet Fighters Pound Turkish Army’s Positions in Al-Bab

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Mardom Salari:

1- Iranian Ambassador to Russia: Corridor that Connects Persian Gulf to Caspian Sea Will Become Operational

2- Pilgrims Burn in Iraq’s Hilla

3- Americans Are Looking for Someone like Trump in Tehran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Rah-e Mardom:

1- Will Hotel Owners Go Bankrupt? A Report on Hoteling Industry in Iran

2- Russian Defence Ministry to US: Don’t Disturb Us in Syria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Rooyesh-e Mellat:

1- Terrorists’ Use of Mustard Gas in Aleppo Is Confirmed

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Setareh Sobh:

1- Former British PMs against Brexit

2- Turkey’s EU Membership Is Suspended; EP President: We Won’t Back Off on Democracy and Human Rights

3- Erdogan: I’ll Open Europe’s Borders to Refugees

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Shargh:

1- Snow Came in, Gas and Power Went Out

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Sobh-e Now:

1- Train of Embarrassment: Passengers of 7:47 [the time of collision] Fall Victim to Purchasers of 747 [planes that Iranian government wants to buy]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Mourning after Mourning

2- World Condemns Brutality: Martyrdom of Tens of Arbaeen Pilgrims in Hilla

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Egypt’s Military Support for Syria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 26

Muslim World Today Is Far from Ideal Conditions: Iran’s Larijani

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“We have to admit that the Muslim world today is far from the ideals outlined by our prophet and Imam Reza (AS) [the eighth Shiite Imam],” Larijani said, according to a report by ICANA, as translated by IFP.

He further criticized the Wahhabi ideology promoted by Saudi Arabia for tarnishing the image of Islam, and said, “Instead of trying to understand the genuine truth of Islam’s prophetic doctrine, Wahhabism has approached the Islamic mentality and its divine realm in a skin-deep way.”

“Nowadays we need to introduce the essence of Islamic mentality, as it was in our prophet’s doctrine, more than ever,” he noted, mentioning that Wahhabism rises from a superficial doctrine that ignores the philosophic considerations of Islam’s scholars.

Iran’s President and Judiciary Chief Order Action on Deadly Train Crash

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Train Crash

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani in separate messages ordered action to ascertain the cause of a deadly train crash in the province of Semnan, to find those possibly at fault, prevent the recurrence of such incidents, and provide immediate relief aid for the injured.

In a letter to First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, President Rouhani expressed grief at the loss of people in the Friday’s train crash, including a number of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways staffers.

He also assigned the responsible organizations, particularly the Roads and Urban Development Ministry, the job of investigating the incident, finding its causes and identifying the individuals possibly at fault.

Moreover, the president called for necessary technical and managerial measures to stop a recurrence of such incidents, Tasnim reported.

President Rouhani further commanded the medical and rescue organizations, particularly the Health Ministry, to do whatever possible to take care of the injured and administer treatment to them.

The Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Amoli Larijani also urged the Chief Justice of Semnan Province to immediately start probing into the issue and prosecute the culprits behind the tragic accident.

Turkey Threatens to Let Migrant Flood into Europe Resume

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“You did not keep your word,” the president said in a speech here, addressing Europe.

“You cried out when 50,000 refugees were at the Kapikule border,” he said, referring to the border crossing with Bulgaria, one of the busiest in the world even in normal times. “You started asking what you would do if Turkey would open the gates. Look at me — if you go further, those border gates will be open. You should know that.”

According to a report covered by IRNA, Erdogan was referring to an agreement between Turkey and the European Union in which the bloc gives Turkey up to €6 billion (about $6.3 billion) through 2018 in exchange for Turkish cooperation on keeping migrants from crossing into Europe, New York Times reported.

The agreement mandated an acceleration of talks on Turkey’s joining the union, which the European Parliament voted on Thursday to suspend. While the vote was nonbinding, Mr. Erdogan made clear that he was angered by it.

The agreement has been broadly successful in reducing much of the refugee and migrant flow into Europe this year, with crossings from Turkey dropping below 100 a day recently, compared with 2,000 a day before the agreement, which was signed last March.

Iraq Says It Will Participate in OPEC Deal to Cut Output

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IFP Media Wire
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“Iraq will cut its output to preserve prices,” Al-Abadi told reporters in Baghdad. The country wants OPEC to reduce production by a total of 900,000 barrels a day when it meets next week in Vienna because low prices are hurting global investment in the industry, he said.

The premier’s statement could improve the chances that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will implement its September pledge to reduce crude output to remove a global oversupply and boost prices. OPEC failed to finalize the details of supply curbs Tuesday, largely because of Iran and Iraq’s resistance to making any reductions. The government in Baghdad had argued that it needs all possible resources for its fight against Islamic State.

OPEC agreed on Sept. 28 in Algiers to reduce output to 32.5 million to 33 million barrels a day. OPEC estimates it pumped 33.6 million barrels a day last month, meaning a 900,000 barrel cut would place production in the middle of that range.

A $1 increase in the price of oil boosts Iraq’s revenues by $1 billion a year, Al-Abadi said. “If OPEC cuts down output at 1 million barrels a day, this will help prices to go up and Iraq will make gains from this,” he said, as reported by Bloomberg.

If there’s no agreement to restrict output, the International Energy Agency has said that oil prices are likely to fall in 2017 as the surplus persists. OPEC’s own estimates of supply and demand also show that the Algiers agreement would barely drain a record oil surplus next year without the cooperation of non-members such as Russia, the world’s largest energy exporter. Officials from Kremlin and other non-OPEC nations will meet with the group in Vienna on Nov. 28.

Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer, has expressed optimism that consensus can be reached to cut supply, although oil prices have been volatile amid speculation that previous demands for exemptions from Iran and Iraq could thwart a deal. Iran has insisted that it should be allowed to restore output to pre-sanctions levels, which it pegs at about 4 million barrels a day.

After rising to a one-year high of $53.73 a barrel last month in the wake of OPEC’s Algiers accord on output cuts, benchmark Brent crude slipped to $48.97 a barrel as of 12:29 p.m. in Singapore on Thursday. Prices remain less than half their level in mid-2014 amid a persistent global oversupply.

Iraq remains capable of paying money due to oil companies operating in the country, Al-Abadi said. “We have talks with these companies, complicated talks, and we cut the finance of unnecessary spending programs” while supporting the continuity of funding necessary to raise oil output, he said.

Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro Dies Aged 90

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IFP Editorial Staff
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“The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening (03:29 GMT Saturday),” President Raul Castro said.

Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over in 2008.

His supporters said he had given Cuba back to the people. But he was also accused of suppressing opposition, BBC reported.

Iran Escorted over 3,800 Ships in Gulf of Aden: Navy chief

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IFP Media Wire
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The file photo shows the Iranian Navy’s Alvand destroyer.
The file photo shows the Iranian Navy’s Alvand destroyer.

“Today, the strength of the Iranian Navy is on display in the high seas by ensuring the security of the country’s maritime routes,” Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said in the pre-sermon address to worshipers at the weekly Friday Prayers.

He added that Iran’s coastal areas enjoy full security thanks to the naval forces’ might.

The Navy chief pointed to Iran’s great achievements in defense and military sectors and emphasized that the Islamic Republic does not need any foreign power to supply its required equipment and has successfully conducted different military and naval drills by deploying domestically-manufactured products.

“The Islamic Republic’s fleets are currently present in South Africa’s Port of Durban and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s flag has been raised in the high seas, [including] the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea,” Sayyari pointed out.

He added that Iranian naval forces are powerfully conducting their mission in the high seas to defend the country’s maritime borders and “allow no power to even think about [carrying out] any aggression” against the Islamic Republic.

On November 21, Sayyari said an Iranian naval fleet entered the Atlantic Ocean for the first time after a port call in South Africa.

“For the first time, the 44th flotilla of the Iranian Navy, consisting of the Alvand destroyer and the Bushehr [logistic vessel], succeeded in circling the African continent and have sailed into the Atlantic Ocean,” the Navy chief said.

The dispatch of the 44th flotilla to the high seas shows the naval forces’ might and strength, he said and added that the Iranian Navy has also sent five other fleets carrying the message of peace and friendship to other countries.

In recent years, Iran’s Navy has increased its presence in international waters to protect naval routes and provide security for merchant vessels and tankers.

In line with international efforts against piracy, the Iranian Navy has been conducting patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, safeguarding merchant containers and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran or other countries.

Iran’s Navy has managed to foil several attacks on both Iranian and foreign tankers during its missions in international waters.

Iran Says Imports of Cars from US ‘Authorized’

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IFP Media Wire
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Farhad Ehteshamzadeh, the president of Automobile Importers Union of Iran, was quoted by the domestic media as saying that he had made an inquiry to the same effect from the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade.

The Ministry, Ehteshamzadeh emphasized, announced that only imports of cars that have been produced by American brands are banned.

He added that imports of American brands that have been produced in a third country are also forbidden, ISNA news agency reported.

Ehteshamzadeh added that 500 Iranian citizens have imported non-American brands of automobiles, but the Iranian police still failed to register them.  He expressed hope that the related institutions would take note of the announcement of the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade and allow the cars to be registered for use in Iran.

ISNA had earlier reported that the police was failing to register Honda, Toyota, Volvo and BMW cars that had been imported in Iran from the US.

In May, Iran’s media reported that Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh had ordered a ban on imports of US-made cars into the country.

This followed reports that a cargo of 200 Chevrolet cars was on its way to Iran.

Nematzadeh, the media reported, had moved to stop the cargo after the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called for avoiding imports of American products.

Iran and the US have had no diplomatic ties since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran, Iraq More Determined to Fight Terror: Larijani

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IFP Media Wire
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“Terrorists and their supporters must know that the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue with its constructive and effective measures to fight terrorism,” Larijani said in a message on Friday.

“Such crimes will make Tehran and Baghdad more resolved in their battle against terrorism and extremism,” he added.

The top Iranian parliamentarian expressed his sympathy to the families of the victims.

About 100 people, most of them Shia Iranian pilgrims, were killed after explosives placed in a truck were set off at a gas station in the Shomali village in the suburbs of al-Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, on Thursday.

The pilgrims were en route back to Iran from the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, where they had attended religious rituals commemorating Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.

Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement.

Terrorists’ brutal acts show desperation: Iran VP

Meanwhile, Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Friday that terrorists are conducting savage and brutal measures out of desperation.

“Undoubtedly, such inhuman measures will make the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nation and administration more determined in supporting the Iraqi government and nation in the war against terrorism,” Jahangiri said in a message.

Denouncing the act of terror by Daesh Takfiri group, he said the massive participation of Shia pilgrims in the Arba’een rituals and unprecedented achievements made by the Iraqi Muslims through the unity of people of various ethnicities and faiths in the campaign against Daesh terrorists and their sponsors made the “blood-thirsty terrorists and enemies of Islam” more desperate.

Jahangiri extended his condolences to all Muslims across the world, particularly in Iran.

The latest act of terror by the Daesh Takfiri group came as Iraqi army soldiers and allied fighters have been leading an offensive to retake the strategic Iraqi city of Mosul, the last Daesh bastion in the country, since October 17.

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