Alizadeh, who is only 18 years old, defeated Sweden Nikita Glasnovic 5-1 on Thursday after winning the repechage match with her Thai rival, Phannapa Harnsujin 14-10.
Iranian athlete was defeated by Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain in quarter-finals 8-7, however, she could compete a repechage once the Spanish Gomez reached the final.
UK’s Fade Jones won the gold medal of the class after beating Gomez 16-7.
The Iranian Olympians have so far won five medals in the Rio games.
A recent controversial decision by the weightlifting jury panel against the Iranian weightlifter at Rio Olympics provoked widespread criticism among Iranians.
President Rouhani has also published a critical cartoon on his Instagram account in support of Behdad.
The photo has been posted with such hashtags as #injustice, #olympics_champion, and #my_champion.
IWF President Aján Is to Blame for Injustice against Iranian Weightlifter: Minister
Mahmoud Goudarzi, the Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, hailed the efforts made by Behdad while referring to the preconceived mentality of International Weightlifting Federation Chief Tamás Aján as the driving force behind the recent injustice against Iran’s weightlifter.
According to a report by Fars, as translated by IFP, Goudarzi said there is a history behind what happened at Rio Olympics.
“During the weightlifting elections in Iran, Aján, the President of the International Weightlifting Federation, was under the influence of preconceived mentality,” Goudarzi noted.
“Therefore, we asked him to refrain from any act of interference in the election. That, I believe, influenced the jury’s decision.”
“We will offer Behdad a reward equivalent to that of gold medallists in Iran,” Goudarzi stressed.
Salimi set the world record for the snatch with 216 kg. But he could not complete any of his three attempts on the clean and jerk.
Salimi appeared to disagree with the jury panel’s ruling on his first two tries and didn’t have the energy to complete the third.
Gold medal went to Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia with 473 in total.
Newspapers on Thursday continued to discuss the recent reports and comments on Russia’s use of Iranian airbase to attack ISIS positions in Syria.
They also covered the controversial failure of Behdad Salimi, the Iranian weightlifter, to win a medal at Rio Olympics.
The remarks made by Ali Motahari, the outspoken vice-speaker of Iranian Parliament, against the decision to cancel concerts in Mashhad also received great coverage.
The above headlines as well as many more are highlighted in the following headlines:
Abrar:
1- On Syria, We Have Close Cooperation with Russians: Larijani
2- US Has Paid $1.3bn in Cash to Iran: Weekly Standard
3- MKO Terrorist Group Has Committed the Highest Number of Crimes against Iranian Nation: Police Chief
4- Zionist Website: Russia Will Deploy Its S-400 Missile Defence System in Iran’s Nojeh Base
5- Documents of Cooperation to Be Signed between Zarif and Norwegian Counterpart Brende in Tehran
6- Russia Had Informed US of Using Iranian Airbase: American Official
Abrar-e Eqtesadi:
1- Iran and Germany Start Talks on Job Opportunities
2- US Pays Second Instalment of Its Debt to Iran
3- Because of Ahmadinejad’s Performance: Iran Failed to Earn $500bn Income Due to Cessation of Oil Swap
Afkar:
1- Iran Protests at Australia for Violation of Iranian Refugees’ Rights
2- Drug Addiction Increasing among Iranian Women
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Reformist Gov’t of Khatami Was Fighting Astronomical Salaries: A Letter Reveals
2- You’re a Champion, Even without Winning a Medal [about Behdad Salimi, Iran’s weightlifter in Olympics]
3- Street Vendors in Tehran Earn $850 per Month [Almost three times more than a labourer]
4- Should We Crush or Export the Smuggled Porsche and Lamborghini Cars?
Amin:
1- A High-Ranking ISIS Member Killed in Iran
2- Turkey May Give Concessions to Iran and Russia: Stratfor
3- Opponents of ‘Iran Connect’ Seek to Tarnish Government: ICT Minister
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Russia’s Puzzle in Iran’s Nojeh Airbase: Larijani Says No Base Has Been Put at Russia’s Disposal
2- Investigations Reveal 4 Faults in Kiarostami’s Case
3- Mehr Mass Housing Project [started by Ahmadinejad] Has Polluted Underground Waters
4- Motahari Slams Senior Cleric Alamolhoda’s Remarks about Prohibition of Holding Concerts in Holy City of Mashhad: It’s Nonsense that Mashhad Has Special Conditions
5- Hardline Cleric Rasaei [former MP] Criticizes Ice-Cream Packaging [with picture of American animated movie Frozen’s main characters Anna and Olaf]
6- 10 Economists Write to Mayor of Tehran: Officially Recognize Street Vendors
7- Zibakalam: Why There Is No Mention of Domestic Perpetrators of 1953 Coup in Iran
8- How Far Does Iran Trust Russians [Editorial]
Asrar:
1- Parliament’s Opposition to Guardian Council’s Disqualification of Candidates after the Elections
2- Supreme National Security Council Has Authorized Russia’s Use of Iranian Airbase for Refuelling: MP
3- South Korea’s Oil Imports from Iran Doubled in Second Quarter of 2016
4- Iran Not to Tolerate Moves against Spirit of JCPOA
5- Zarif to Start His Post-JCPOA Diplomacy in Latin America as of Sunday
Ebtekar:
1- Iran-Russia Cooperation Not Surprising: Leader’s Adviser
2- Popular Medal for Behdad Salimi: Jury Deprives Behdad of Olympics Medal in Spite of Judges’ Positive Vote
3- What Are Russian Planes Doing in Hamadan? MP Says It’s against Article 146 of Iran’s Constitution
4- JCPOA Opponents Are Even Ready to Echo Zionists’ Remarks in Opposition to Nuclear Deal: Rafsanjani
Emtiaz:
1- 126 Iranian Schools in 76 Countries
2- Smuggled Goods Destroyed across Iran
3- Cosmetics Factory Moves from Turkey to Iran
Etemad:
1- Iran Is Not a Federal State: Motahari in Opposition to Cancellation of Concerts in Mashhad
2- Plan Approved for Creating 140,000 Jobs to Promote Iran’s Tourism and Handicrafts Industry
3- Iran Has No Military Alliance with Latin American Countries: Deputy FM
Ettela’at:
1- Taking Advantage of Post-JCPOA Opportunities Requires Rapid and Full Implementation of Commitments: Rouhani in Meeting with Norwegian FM
2- EU Condemns Saudi Arabia’s Attack on Yemeni Hospital
3- Intelligence Ministry to Probe into Possible Sabotage in Recent Fires in Iran
Haft-e Sobh:
1- Iranian Politicians Mostly Use German, Japanese, and Korean Cars on Contrary to What They Preach!
2- Tears instead of Pride: We Should Wait for another Generation of Champions [Iran’s defeats in Olympics]
Hamshahri:
1- Roles of BBC and Bahaism in 1953 Coup
2- Unprecedented Intervention of China in Syria Military Equation
Jame Jam:
1- Eastern Coalition in Fight against Terrorism
2- Troubles of the ‘Syndrome’ of Having Only One Child
3- Smuggled Goods to Be Crushed under Wheels of Law
Javan:
1- 40 Thieves of Baghdad in Rio! Unfair Judgement of 2 [Iraqi] Jury Members Prevents Behdad from Winning Olympic Medal
2- US Support for ISIS Using UNSC Card: Washington Says Russia’s Use of Iranian Base Is against UNSC Resolution 2231
3- Majority of Divorces Are Recommended by Psychologists
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Iran’s Major Steps for Expansion of Banking Ties in Post-JCPOA Era
2- Russia Rejects US Claim of Violating UNSC Resolution 2231 on Iran
3- Smuggled Porsche Cars to Be Exported instead of Being Crushed
4- Britain’s Secret Deal to Train Bahraini Oppressors
Kayhan:
1- ISIS Godfathers Scared of Iran-Russia Military Coalition
2- Terrorists Returning from Iraq and Syria to Europe and US: UN Warns
3- Al Saud Was Defeated by Ansarullah in Military, Intelligence, and Politics: Saudi Prince
4- Selective Fight against Smuggled Goods: Goods Are Burnt, But Luxury Cars Not Crushed
5- 100,000 Anti-US Military Forces Are in Iraq
Resalat:
1- 1953 Coup Was Result of Trust in US: CEO of Fars News Agency
2- Government Has Not Taken Any Effective Measure on JCPOA: MP
Roozan:
1- Parliament to Amend Level of Guardian Council’s Authority over Elections
2- Iran to Make Its Ties with Latin America Logical: Deputy FM
Setareh Sobh:
1- Mosaddeq, a Jurist Prime Minister Who Defeated Britain in The Hague and UNSC
2- Salimi Breaks Olympic Record, But Was Disqualified
3- Shortage of Water, a Crisis that Isn’t Taken Seriously
Shaharvand:
1- 4 ‘Secret’ Faults in Kiarostami’s Case
2- Amount of Annual Smuggled Goods Equal to Iran’s Oil Income
Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:
1- Document Published after 65 Years Reveal: Mosaddeq’s Wall against US Nuclear Attack
2- Opposition Figures Who Are under House Arrest Love the Iranian Revolution: Motahari
Vatan-e Emrooz:
1- Watchdogs of ISIS Stopped by Security Forces: New Details of British and French Diplomats’ Filming Barracks in Western Iran
2- Saudi Arabia Lost the War in Yemen
3- CIA Had Role in Turkey Coup: Trump
4- MPs Urge Government to Nullify New Oil Contracts
Speaking at a meeting with visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende in Tehran on Wednesday, Shamkhani deplored some Western parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for their failure to completely implement the deal.
He said the removal of all sanctions against Iran is, in practice, an “unavoidable necessity” in order to continue the process of implementing the agreement.
“Tehran will not tolerate some countries’ behavior to keep sanctions in place, which is contrary to the spirit of the JCPOA,” the official noted.
The Norwegian top diplomat, for his part, said the removal of anti-Iran sanctions after the deal has provided good opportunities to boost Tehran-Oslo relations in various areas, economy in particular.
While the JCPOA, a 159-page 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.
Earlier in March, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei 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.
Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting with Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayyad in Tehran on Wednesday.
He stressed that bolstering “unity between the two countries, establishing stable security, creating joint border committees and negotiations” would be beneficial to regional security.
Baqeri also hailed the improvement in the Iraq’s security situation in the wake of the recent gains made by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units in the fight against Daesh.
Fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, allied with the Iraqi army, have been an efficient force in attempts to recapture militant-held areas.
He also expressed hope that the Iraqi army would defeat Daesh and liberate the city of Mosul and other terrorist-held regions in the country in the near future.
Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that the Iraqi army was engaged in the final stages of planning the latest operations aimed at ridding Mosul from the Daesh terrorists, who overran the country’s second largest city in the summer of 2014.
The city is the last remaining bastion of Daesh in Iraq as the military and allies have managed to retake key towns and villages from the militants over the past months.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have been plagued by gruesome violence ever since Daesh terrorists mounted their offensive in June 2014. The militants have been committing vicious crimes against all ethnic and religious communities in Iraq, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians.
According to a report by IRNA, as translated by IFP, Moradi said the jury’s injustice against Behdad will remain in history forever.
“Behdad lifted 245 kilograms and despite getting three white lights from the judges, the jury did not accept the result,” Moradi said, concluding that “all this attest to the fact that they did not want Iran to win gold.”
According to Moradi, although Iranian coaching team severely protested their contentious move, Tamás Aján, the President of the International Weightlifting Federation, said there is nothing they can do.
“It is unfortunate that their behaviour has tarnished the spirit of Olympics and dragged the essence of sports under a big question mark,” Moradi regretted.
He described the presence of special police forces in the competition venues as an inappropriate measure for maintaining security.
Security forces were called to the Olympic weightlifting arena on Tuesday after Iranian coaches reacted furiously when Talakhadze beat Salimi with a world record tally in the men’s super-heavyweights.
Salimi had set a new world record of 216kg in the snatch to lead Georgian lifter Lasha Talakhadze by 1kg going into the clean and jerk.
Judges ruled that the 26-year-old super heavyweight’s first jerk was a no lift. The jury then dramatically over-ruled the judges’ decision that his second lift had been legitimate.
Salimi thought he had successfully raised 245kg above his head but the panel of referees on the jury ruled that his left arm had not been straight, AFP wrote.
“Why should they take this from us so easily?” Salimi told reporters, as reported by Tasnim.
“There’s a malfunction in the system, people saw what happened,” he added.
“Tamás Aján told me ‘you did well’ but I don’t know why the judges’ decisions went against me,” Salimi said.
“There’s a conspiracy. Our enemies were on the jury,” an irate Iranian coach Sajjad Anoushiravani told reporters, appearing to be referring to a judge from Iraq.
“It’s obvious they took the medal from Salimi. The jury was selected for this to happen. He is a gold medallist from London. He broke the world record here. They may as well throw the whole thing in the trash,” said Anoushiravani.
“It was getting ugly and we asked the competition manager to call security because of the behaviour by the Iranian officials,” said Sam Coffa, chairman of the International Weightlifting Federation’s technical committee.
“It was an unfortunate end to the Games,” said Coffa.
Iranian supporters in the crowd of more than 5,000 booed the Georgian, the final weightlifting gold medallist of the Rio Games.
Israeli website DebkaFile claimed that Russian air freighters are ready to take off on Wednesday, August 17, carrying an array of advanced S-400 and S-300 air defence missiles bound for “the new Russian air base” just completed in Iran’s Hamadan.
In reaction, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, rejected the report, and stressed that Zionist [Israeli] websites raise false claims.
“Russia has had no deployment to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s territory,” he went on to say, as reported by Tasnim and translated by IFP.
He also referred to Russia’s use of Iranian airbase, and said that Russian planes’ presence in Hamadan’s Nojeh airbase is decided by the Supreme National Security Council and falls within the regional cooperation of Iran, Russia, Syria, and Iraq.
“The cooperation is in line with Iran’s strategy of fight against terrorism, and has no contradiction with Iran’s Constitution, because Hamadan’s airbase has neither turned to Russia’s base, nor has it hosted any fighter jet,” he said.
“The only thing happening there is that Russian jet fighters are allowed to receive fuel in this airbase based on bilateral and quadrilateral cooperation,” Boroujerdi said, adding that such cooperation is totally logical within this framework.
Iranian girls took part in the first Women’s Motocross Race in Tehran. The race was inaugurated for the first time in a ceremony on Tuesday, August 16.
Here are photos of Iranian girls competing in the motocross competition, as published by Iranian media outlets:
Iranian newspapers on Wednesday covered the recent operations by Iranian security forces in West of the country in which several terrorists were killed and arrested.
They also highlighted Russia’s use of an Iranian airbase to target ISIS positions in Syria.
The remarks made by Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head of Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Office, about ex-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also received great coverage.
The above issues as well as many more are covered in the following headlines:
Abrar:
1- UN: 2m People in Aleppo Are in Adverse Conditions
2- Deputy FM: Iran Will Take Serious Action against Other Side of Nuclear Deal in Case of Violation
3- Russia’s Request from Iran and Iraq for Use of Their Airspace
Abrar-e Eqtesadi:
1- Iran Signs MoU with China’s EximBank
2- $28m Export of Iran’s Hand-Woven Carpets to the US
3- Indonesia, New Customer of Iran’s Petchem Products
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Ahmadinejad’s Weird Offer for Nuclear Talks with Obama: We’ll Give Away Our Enriched Nuclear Materials All at Once!
2- Russian Jet Fighters in Hamadan: Tehran-Moscow Ties Becomes Warmer
3- Individual Linked with MI6 Arrested: Prosecutor-General
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Shamkhani: Iran and Russia Have Strategic Cooperation in Fight against Terrorism
2- 13-Year-old Girls Want to Get Married: Cleric Says Marriage Should Be Promoted among High School Students
3- Development Not Possible without Democracy: 3 Economists Discuss Iran’s Development
Asrar:
1- Javad Larijani: Ahmadinejad Wanted to Negotiate with Obama
2- Rouhani Will Have No Rival in Next Year’s Presidential Elections: Analyst
3- Iran’s Income in Foreign Exchanges Doubled since JCPOA Was Implemented: CBI Governor
4- Son of a Former Official Arrested
Ebtekar:
1- Zarif: We’ll Put US under Pressure for Implementation of Its Commitments
2- Aref’s Opinion about Reformists’ Performance in Elections: People Voted for Change
Ettela’at:
1- VP for Legal Affairs: Insult to President in Insult to All Bodies of Establishment
2- Rouhani’s Chief of Staff: Time of Military Coups and Confrontation with People’s Votes Is over
3- Rouhani: NAM States Should Play Roles in Int’l Arena
Emtiaz:
1- Iran Ready to Start Exporting Natural Gas to Baghdad
2- 234% Increase in Discovery of Smuggled Goods in Iranian Airports
Haft-e Sobh:
1- Samsung in One Hand and Apple in the Other: A Report on Mobile Phones Used by Iranian Politicians and Existing Security Holes
2- Does Instagram Have a Problem with Iranians? Spokesman Explains about Rumours of Blocking Iranian Users’ Access
Javan:
1- Britain and France’s Eye on Kordestan’s Sensitive Areas: Iranian Official Says 2 French and British Diplomats Were Stopped While Filming Military Centres, But They Escaped, and Refused to Give Their Photos and Documents When Stopped Again
2- US Is Weak in JCPOA Implementation, and Should Provide Guarantee that JCPOA Is Not Just on Paper: Zarif
3- Interior Ministry’s Deputy for Security: 4 Takfiri Terrorists Killed in Kermanshah [West of Iran]
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Health Minister: $283m Allocated to Public Health Insurance Plan [RouhaniCare]
2- Historical Record of Wheat Production in Iran
Kayhan:
1- 70% of ISIS Members Don’t Know Anything about Islam: Daily Mail
2- Government’s Policies in Contradiction with National Production and in Support of Imports: Analyst
3- USA’s Anti-Iran Moves Increased after JCPOA
Khorasan:
1- Iran Produces Medicine for Absolute Treatment of Migraine
2- Aref: We Can’t Expect People to Vote for Us If We Don’t Do Anything in Our 4-Year Term
Mardom Salari:
1- Iran’s FM in Parliament: US Commitments Should Not Remain on Paper: JCPOA Implementation Successful in Different Fields
2- Saudi Allies Sheltered by Israel: Israel to Hold Joint Drills in US under Riyadh’s Supervision
Rah-e Mardom:
1- Iran’s Advantages for Investors
2- Aerial Transport Still Gripped by Sanctions: Supply of Plane Parts Becomes More Difficult
3- Rouhani: Terrorism Is One of the Most Important Issues of the World
Resalat:
1- Some inside and outside Iran Want to Revive MKO: Cleric
2- IRGC General: Some Arab Countries Looking for Insecurity in Iran
3- Javad Larijani: We Should Build New Nuclear Organization
Shahrvand:
1- ISIS Trapped in Iran’s Security Net: Takfiri Terrorists’ Operational Team Identified and Disbanded in Kermanshah
2- Takfiri [extremist] Terrorists Wanted to Launch Multiple Simultaneous and Mixed Operations in Different Parts of Iran: Intelligence Minister
3- Smuggling Destroys 20,000 Job Opportunities Each Year
• 60 Luxury Cars to Be Crushed
• Smuggling of Clothes Down by 60% under Rouhani’s Government
Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:
1- Culture Minister: There’s No Problem with Concerts, But Government Decided to Stop Holding Concerts in Mashhad
2- DM: Nuclear Talks Were Not a Loss
The two European diplomats were not detained and their trip to the province was made with prior notice, the source said on Tuesday.
The police stopped the vehicle of the diplomats to only check their documents and ID cards, he said, adding that after identification, the diplomats continued on their way.
According to media reports, a security official from the Intelligence Organization of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the western province of Kurdistan said a suspicious car with a diplomatic license plate driving through Saqqez County in Kurdistan Province on August 13 was closely monitored by the security forces and finally stopped in the vicinity of Irankhah village.
Its passengers, who were identified as two notable French and English diplomats, were suspiciously filming military sites and when ordered to stop, they fled the filming location, the official said.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the two passengers were Sébastien Surun, French political attaché, and Charlotte Lopez, second secretary of the British Embassy in Tehran,” he said.
“After the car was stopped, their camera was seized by the security forces,” he added.
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