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No ‘Effective’ Step Taken by West on JCPOA Implementation: CBI Chief

Valiollah Seif

Speaking in a meeting in Tehran with Brigitte Zypries, the parliamentary state secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Seif highlighted the banking problems hampering Iran’s foreign trade after the JCPOA, saying that in the nuclear talks, it was agreed that the grounds be provided for Iran’s return to pre-sanctions conditions.

“Unfortunately, nearly 9 months after the coming into force of the JCPOA, no effective step has been taken by the Western side to fulfil its undertakings,” he regretted.

This is while the Iranian side has fulfilled all its commitments under the nuclear agreement, he went on to say.

While the JCPOA, the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), came into force in January, some Iranian officials complain about the US failure to fully implement the accord.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a speech in March said Americans have yet to fulfill what they were supposed to do as per the nuclear deal.

Iran still has problems in its banking transactions or in restoring its frozen assets, because Western countries and those involved in such processes are afraid of Americans, the Leader said at the time, criticizing the US for its moves to prevent Iran from taking advantage of the sanctions removal.

Attack on Bus Carrying Shiites in Pakistan Kills 4 Women

Attack on Bus

Pakistani police say gunmen have killed four women in an attack on a bus carrying members of the country’s Shiite minority in the southwestern city of Quetta.

Police spokesman Shahzada Farhat says another woman and a man were wounded in Tuesday’s attack. Farhat says the attackers fled the scene on motorcycles and that police have launched a search operation.

No one claimed the attack, but the Lashker-e-Jhangvi group has claimed similar attacks on Shiites in the past, The Associated Press reported.

Officials say they suspect the attack was of a hate nature and that an investigation was launched into the incident.

“This attack on Hazaras’ bus could be sectarian but we are still investigating it,” Qambar Dashti, Quetta city’s commissioner, said.

Shiites in Pakistan have been the subject of numerous attacks, with the Pakistani faction of the Taliban carrying out most of such assaults in the past. The community accounts for some 20 percent of Pakistan’s 200-million population and is mostly based in Baluchistan, an area which borders Iran and Afghanistan and has oil and gas resources. However, security has been a main issue for the Shiites as thousands of them have been killed as a result of militancy and hate attacks over the past decade.

According to a report by Press TV, other areas of Pakistan have seen similar attacks against the Shiites. In one case, 43 members of the country’s Shiite Ismaili minority were killed in the southern port city of Karachi in May last year when their bus was stopped and sprayed with bullets. Terrorists loyal to ISIS, the Takfiri group based in Iraq and Syria, claimed the attack.

Iran Rejects US Claim over Houthi Missile

Bahram Ghasemi

Rejecting the US claim over Iran’s supply of missiles to Yemen, Bahram Qassemi noted on Tuesday that the US should take a look at its own heavy dossier concerning the supply of arms and weapons to those attacking civilians in Yemen instead of projecting the blame on others.

Qassemi noted that the accusation has been made as US planes and weapons have been used and are still being used to kill thousands of Yemeni women and children, and destroy hospitals and schools in Yemen.

On Saturday, Yemeni forces targeted and destroyed the Emirati military vessel in a rocket attack near the Red Sea port city of Mokha, as reported by Press TV.

Yemen has been under Saudi military strikes since late March 2015. The war was launched in a bid to reinstate Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who has stepped down as president but is now seeking to grab power by force. The United Nations puts the death toll from the military aggression at about 10,000.

Houthi Ansarullah fighters, allied with Yemeni army factions, and forces loyal to Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have united and are fighting back the Saudi invaders.

Smugglers Hide Ammo inside Living Cow to Supply Terrorists in Damascus

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Syrian soldiers have intercepted a shipment of ammo allegedly originally destined for sleeper terrorist cells in Damascus. The cache of ammunition was hidden inside a carved up and poorly stitched cow, which was used by the terrorist as a smuggling vessel.

terrorists and cow in syriaThe weapons-stuffed animal was discovered at an army checkpoint on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus when security forces pulled over a KIA truck earlier this week, Arabic-language news outlets reported, as covered by ABNA.

Checking the live cargo, the soldiers discovered a 25cm long cut in the side of the cow that had been badly stitched up. Suspecting foul play, authorities authorized the slaughter of the cow.

Inside the belly of the dead animal, the soldiers found dozens of small boxes of medium and light-calibre ammo for machine guns, ABNA 24 reported.

A source in the Syrian military told Sputnik that the militants were apparently attempting to smuggle weapons from Daraa to Damascus to help militants in the capital carry out terror attacks against multiple targets.

The driver of the truck was immediately arrested after its discovery and subsequently confessed that the ammo was sent by Daraa militants to sleeper cells in Damascus.

Iran and France Start New Era of Partnership in Car Industry

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According to a report by IRNA, as translated by IFP, Iran has opened a new chapter in cooperation with France’s automotive industry as Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) inked an agreement with the French auto-maker Renault in 2016 Paris Motor Show.

The agreement was signed as Iran’s Minister of Industries, Mines, and Trade Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh and Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of France-based Renault, were attending the show.

Based on the deal, Renault is supposed to build a factory in Iran with the capacity of manufacturing 150,000 vehicles per year.

The deal came after PSA Group, the French rival of Renault, on June 21 signed the final agreement with its “historic partner”, the Iranian auto-maker Iran Khodro Company, to produce Peugeot cars.

 

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Europe 1 online radio website also reflected Iran’s agreement with the French car giant Renault, “For the first time in its history, Renault is to develop its distribution line and after-sales services with its own standards in Iran.”

Europe 1 added that “Renault will be the major shareholder of partnership with IDRO; since many years ago, this country has been a strategic market for the French automaker.”

Car Industry has grown considerably in Iran after the lifting of international sanctions following the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

After the landmark nuclear deal in July 14, 2015, known as JCPOA, and before its implementation, authorities from around 100 French companies travelled to Iran in the first visit by the French Business confederation, commonly known as MEDEF, in August last year.

The United States Senate saw France as “the main loser due to sanctions against Iran” and announced that the trade turnover between the two countries has dropped from €4bn in 2004 to €500m in 2013. Therefore, France’s share of Iran’s market suffered a major decline from 7 to 1 percent.

IRGC Smashes Terror Cell West of Iran, Kills 12 Terrorists

General Mohammad Pakpour

According to Commander of the IRGC Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, the team of outlaws, affiliated with the anti-revolutionary and terrorist groups that receive support from the US and the Zionist regime of Israel, had plans to sneak into Iran’s territory to cause insecurity.

Forces from the IRGC’s Najaf Base, in cooperation with local residents, could detect the hostile plot in time and confront them in a border area in Kermanshah Province, the commander added, saying the terrorists were all killed in a fierce clash with the security forces.

Brigadier General Pakpour added that 3 IRGC forces were wounded in the operation, and that a significant amount of weapons and ammunition were seized  from the terrorists.

Iran’s FM and Parliament Speaker Cancel Meetings with German Vice-Chancellor

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Sigmar Gabriel had been also scheduled to hold talks with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani earlier in the day, but that meeting was called off as well.
Heading a business delegation, the German vice chancellor arrived in Tehran on Monday.
Gabriel had told Der Spiegel recently that Tehran and Berlin could enjoy amicable relations only when Iran “accepted Israel’s right to exist.”
He had also announced plans to “raise concerns about Iran’s role in the war in Syria and its human rights record” during his visit to Tehran.
The comments sparked bitter controversy in Iran, with Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani saying he would have never permitted such a person to visit Iran if he had been in the administration or the Foreign Ministry’s shoes.

Special Units of Iran’s Police Hold Exercises in Tehran

The Special Units of the Islamic Republic’s Law Enforcement displayed their skills in various fields including hostage release, chasing, acrobatic moves, and shooting in a manoeuvre called ‘The Might of NAJA’s Special Units’.
Here are IRNA’s photos of the drills:

 

 

Qurans Put in Garbage by Saudi Embassy in Morocco Cause Fury

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Some rather strange photos were circulated on Moroccan social media this week. Piles of books, carefully bound in a range of rich colours, lying sadly in the middle of a wasteland, Al Bawaba reported, as covered by Press TV.

Damningly they were copies of the Quran, the holy book of Islam. They were snapped next to a garbage dump causing outrage across Morocco, according to a report by HuffPost Arabi.

According to Islamic hadiths (sayings from the prophet of Islam, Muhammad), the Quran should be treated with the utmost respect when being stored or handled. Aside from being treated with such care, it should not be made dirty.

The source of the abandoned holy texts, it has appeared, is even more shocking. The Qurans came from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Rabat, says HuffPost Arabi.

quranThe story was reported in various other Arabic-language news sites as well.

In light of the outcry, however, the Kingdom’s representative has issued an explanation for its mistreatment of religious books.

According to the Saudi website Ajel, the books were being kept in the basement of the embassy where they were exposed to rain.

Officials said they instructed workers to carry the books to outside to burn them in a safe place, but their requests were ignored by employees who allegedly dumped the books on the floor.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4

Iran Newspaper front pages

Newspapers on Tuesday covered the German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s visit to Tehran and the Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed between the German and Iranian officials.

They also highlighted the issue of genetically-modified products being imported into Iran, and the lobbies to lift the ban in the Iranian Parliament.

A decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to suspend a nuclear pact with the US also received great coverage today.

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

 

Abrar:

1- UN’s Call for an End to Aleppo Hell

2- Fukushima Radiation Has Contaminated Entire Pacific Ocean

3- Over 500 ISIS Elements Killed in Mosul during September

4- Baghdad Condemns Erdogan’s Remarks about Mosul

5- US and South Korea Hold Joint Military Drills to Counter North Korea’s Threats

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Iran’s First New Oil Contact to Be Signed Today

2- Foreigners Banned from Possessing Lands in Iranian Free Zones

3- Iran’s Hotel Industry Enters the Capital Market

4- Iran Interested in Expansion of Ties with Germany

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Afarinesh:

1- Larijani: West Is Playing with Terrorism instead of Fighting It

2- Ex-PM of Sweden Meets with Zarif

3- Judiciary Chief: No One Likes and Defends Death Penalty

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Afkar:

1- Israel’s Wishful Efforts Will Lead to Nowhere: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Judiciary Chief: If I Were in Government’s Shoes, I Wouldn’t Let German Economy Minister Come to Iran

2- Taliban Seizes Afghanistan’s Kunduz

3- Historic Agreement between Germany and Iran’s Central Bank

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Amin:

1- Al Monitor: Rouhani’s Visit to New York Was Successful, But Why Was He Attacked by Opponents?

2- Major Reformist Parties Support Rouhani: Reformists’ Unity Waiting for Khatami’s Decision

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Conservatives Should Appreciate that Ahmadinejad Won’t Run for Presidential Elections: Conservative Figure

2- Analyst: Ahmadinejad Will Vote for Rouhani!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Asrar:

1- Larijani: Nuclear Deal Has Led to 5% Economic Growth for Iran

2- Iran Starts Oil Exports to Britain

3- Doctors’ Renewed Hope for Curing AIDS

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Donya-ye Eqtesad:

1- 2 Euro Zone Powers’ Economic Offer to Iran: Germans Arrive in Tehran, France Sends Message

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Ebtekar:

1- Iranian Candidates of a Swedish Prize: Experts Discuss Possibility of Giving Noble Peace Prize to Iran

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Emtiaz:

1- Transport Minister: Immediate Sale of 17 Airbus Planes to Iran

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Etemad:

1- Government Communicates Six Major Components of Next Year’s Budget: Foreign Currencies with Single Rates, Increase in Salaries

2- Iran’s Economy Waiting for German Partners: German Economy Minister Arrives in Tehran to Sign 10 MoUs

3- Etemad’s Interview with Nicaraguan Ambassador to Tehran: We Have No Political Prisoner or Imprisoned Journalist

4- For His Medical Error, Kiarostami’s Doctor Is Sentenced to 3 Months Deprivation of Visiting Patients His Own Office in the Hospital, and Nothing More!

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani: It’s Necessary to Make a Decision for Increase of Oil Price

2- 50 Civilians Killed in US Airstrike on Deir ez-Zor in Syria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Haft-e Sobh:

1- Goodbye Constantinople: In Separate Incidents in Istanbul and Pamukkale, Two Iranians Are Killed; Iran’s Embassy Issues Warning against Iranians’ Trip to Turkey

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Hamshahri:

1- Ban on Genetically-Modified Products Waiting for Parliament’s Decision

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Iran:

1- Deputy Prosecutor-General: Twitter Will in No Way Be Unblocked

2- Gradual Decrease of Dust Pollution in Khuzestan

3- German Economy Minister: Investment of German Banks in Iran Will Be Guaranteed

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Javan:

1- Putin’s Order for Cessation of Nuclear Pact with US: Europe’s Nuclear Diplomacy to Save Terrorists

2- After Failure of US-Russia Talks and Putin’s Order for Termination of Nuclear Pact, EU Foreign Policy Chief Starts Talks with Zarif

3- Zionists to Make Iranian Society Infertile through Genetically-Modified Products: 500 Academics, Doctors, and Medical Students Write Letter to Parliament

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Putin Suspends Nuclear Pact with US in Reaction to Washington’s Wrong and Anti-Russia Policies

2- Syrian Army Gives Ultimatum for Terrorists’ Exit from Aleppo

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Ka’enat:

1- New York Post’s Strong Criticism of White House: Zarif Played with Us with a Simple Trick

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Kayhan:

1- People’s Food Security and Health, a Plaything for Dealers of Genetically-Modified Products: Suspicious People’s Mass Lobby in Parliament for Lifting Ban on GM Products

2- Hassan Nasrallah: Such Takfiri Groups as ISIS Have Their Roots in Yazid I’s Camp

3- Sunnis in a Pakistani City Take Responsibility for Ensuring Security of Shiite Mourners of Imam Hussein

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Khorasan:

1- Return to Cold War: Putin Suspends Nuclear Pact with US over Washington’s Hostile Moves

2- A 16-Year-Old Student Writes a Letter to FM Zarif and Receives a Response

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Resalat:

1- Assembly of Experts Urges Government to Take Firm Stances against US Violation of Its Commitments

2- Transport Minister: We’ll Never Sign a Conditional Plane Deal

3- IRGC General: Interaction with the World Should Not Bring Humiliation to Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Setareh Sobh:

1- US Strategist: Tradition vs. Modernism in US Presidential Competitions

2- Colombians Say No to Peace in a National Referendum

3- Ahmadinejad’s Attempt to Defeat Conservatives

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4


 

Shargh:

1- Urban Development Minister: Previous Government Bombarded the Country’s Housing

2- FIFA World Cup Qualifying Match between Iran and South Korea to Be Held at the Night before Anniversary of Imam Hussein’s Martyrdom

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 4