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Robots to Combat Desertification and Repel Pests

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Here is IFP’s translation of a report by ISNA about a robot invented by the researchers of Islamic Azad University which is capable of planting seedlings.

Mahdi Lajevardi, a researcher from the Smart Machine Group of the university, referred to the initiative of National Green Industry Plan to speed up planting seedlings in an effort to combat desertification, and said that it was an inspiration for building the robot.

In the pilot tests, the robot managed to carry 50 seedlings in its container, Lajevardi said, adding, “The unique robot has successfully fulfilled all the stages of digging, planting and filling in the holes.”

According to Mahnaz Rouhi, another researcher from this university, the researchers are working on two other projects called Ultra-Wash and Scott.

“In addition to Ultra-Wash, which washes fruits using ultrasonic waves, Scott has been designed to repel pests of pistachio trees,” Rouhi noted.

 

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She further explained that Scott is composed of several ultrasonic wave generating devices capable of controlling and collecting harmful insects in a particular area.

“The ultrasonic device works based on the pain threshold of the insects,” she noted, adding that the wave generating devices are located in different parts of a garden while being connected to the source device.

Rouhi stressed that the robot produces and spreads out waves through particular speakers, and this repels the insects.

Iran Condoles Uzbek President’s Death

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Hassan-Rouhani

In a Friday letter to Nigmatilla Tulkinovich Yuldashev, acting president of Uzbekistan following the death of Islam Karimov, President Rouhani offered condolences to the deceased’s family and the Uzbek government and nation.

The Uzbek authorities announced in a televised statement earlier on Friday that Karimov, 78, died in a hospital after suffering a stroke last week.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for Uzbekistan’s Samarkand on Saturday morning to attend the funeral of Karimov.

Karimov became leader of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1989. Two years later, he declared the independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan and assumed the presidency of the new country.

In 1995, his mandate was extended for another five years by referendum. Despite a two-term limit, he won re-election in 2000, 2007 and 2015.

Int’l Red Cross Official Praises Capabilities of Iranian Red Crescent Society

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In an interview with IRNA, as translated by IFP, Bouvier hailed the “unique” academic and administrative capabilities of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS)

Speaking on the sidelines of the Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.) Course, he referred to Iran’s high capabilities in academic and executive fields and prominent professors in the University of Tehran as the main reasons for holding the training course in Iran.

“The H.E.L.P training course has been held for about 30 years in all continents, and Iran enjoys good geographical conditions and academic status for being the host this year.”

Bouvier pointed to a Middle East fraught with conflicts, and added, “Admirable security and stability of Iran in a volatile region has made this country an appropriate destination for holding the conference.”

Describing the IRCS as a significant member of the ICRC, Bouvier hailed the attendance of doctors from military forces and noted, “Their experience can help improve the quality of the course.”

During the Health Emergencies in Large Populations Course, participants will be trained to make rational decisions in the face of unexpected disasters and crises such as earthquakes and epidemic diseases.

Tehran is hosting the third workshop of H.E.L.P training course, which was kicked off on August 27 and will last up to September 7, while the Red Crescent and the Red Cross movements from Afghanistan, Nepal, Turkey, Finland, and Syria are taking part in the course.

Iran Hits Back at Saudi FM’s Comments, Urges Riyadh to Reconsider Policies

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“It seems that the country which needs to change the incorrect and unconstructive attitudes in the region and the world is the Saudi government,” Bahram Qassemi said on Friday night.

He described the stances taken against Iran’s positive role and constructive efforts in the region as awfully repetitive and boring.

Qassemi explained that Iran’s advisory support for Syria and its help for the innocent people of countries that are grappling with the Takfiri terrorist groups are part of efforts to preserve the region’s stability and security.

“Today, hidden facts in the region and the real causes of instability and insecurity have become clear for the public opinion, more than ever,” Qassemi explained, urging the Riyadh regime to stop military attacks against people of Yemen and end supports for the terrorist groups in the region, particularly in Syria.

The comments came in reaction to remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, who made repeated allegations that Iran is upsetting regional security.

“We see Iran intervening in Syria and supporting Hezbollah and the Houthis, and it is behind some of the operations threatening national security of the region,” Jubeir said in Japan on Friday.

“We do not see changes in Iran’s policies… We see that it is trying to send in arms to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia,” Jubeir added, saying, “We wish from Iran, a great nation with great history and great people, to be able to change its policies which it built in 1979 so it can be a new member in the international community, weaving new policies with it.”

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Newspaper front pages

Newspapers on Saturday covered the comments made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei about the impact of Western propaganda on the family foundations in Iran and their plot to influence Iranian families.

They also continued to cover the recent allegations against the Municipality of Tehran and its illegal sale of houses to certain individuals in high discounts.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Iran’s Criminal Population 3 Times More than Capacity of Prisons: Official

2- Interior Minister: JCPOA Doesn’t Mean 100% Trust

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- London-Tehran Direct Flight Resumes after 4 Years

2- Qalibaf and Ahmadinejad Will Both Run for Presidency Next Year: Conservative Figure

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Asrar:

1- Aref: Executives Remaining from Previous Government Don’t Accompany Rouhani’s Administration

2- VP Describes Anti-Gov’t Attacks through Official Tribunes as ‘Unprecedented’

3- Putin: Iran’s Oil Production Shouldn’t Be as Much as It Was under Sanctions

4- Hajj Official: We Don’t Want Hajj Pilgrimage to Be Cancelled Next Years Too

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Ettela’at:

1- Leader: Western Propaganda Threatening Family Foundation in Iran

2- Heavy Rain, Storm, and Thunderstorm Cause Heavy Damages to Northern Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Etemad:

1- Interior Minister Urges His Deputies to Clarify Ambiguities of “Astronomical Houses” Case [Municipality scandal]

2- Aref’s Message to Government: It’s Time for Change!

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Emtiaz:

1- Department of Environment: 18 Types of Car Banned from Official Registration

2- Team Melli Moves towards Victory in 100-Minute Match: We Beat Qatar in Psychological War!

3- Iran and Poland to Cooperate in Field of Health

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Iran:

1- AEOI Chief: 2 New Nuclear Power Plants to Be Built in Bushehr as of September 10

2- Kiarostami’s Name Echoed in Opening of Venice Film Festival: Italian Festival Opened after Praising Iran’s Renowned Filmmaker

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Javan:

1- Re-Sale of Nuclear Deal: JCPOA Commission Considers Special Discounts for Iran!

2- A Report on Entry of over $7bn Smuggled Goods through Official Routes: Goods Smuggled through Customs Office

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Clerics Advise IRIB Chief to Stay Away from Radicalism and Supporting Particular Parties

2- Iran’s Oil Exports to Asian Markets Up by 61%

3- Uzbek President Passes Away

4- Erdogan: Turkey Looking for a Safe Zone in Northern Syria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Ka’enat:

1- Brave People Not Born from Coward Ones: Imam Khomeini’s Grandson

2- 10 Personnel of Customs Office Arrested

3- 66 Projects to Be Implemented in Iran through Foreign Investment

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Kayhan:

1- Domestic Banks Start Imposing Sanctions on Themselves in a Bid to Implement FATF!

2- 25-Year Oil Contracts to Endanger Iran’s Independence: MPs

3- Zarif: Removal of Sanctions Was Not Main Purpose of Negotiations

4- Revealed after 60 Years: France Claimed Tens of Thousands of Lives in Algeria through 17 Nuclear Tests

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- Increase in Iran’s Strategic Oil Reserves within Next 20 Days

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Resalat:

1- Senior Cleric: Those Who Received Astronomical Salaries Don’t Deserve to Hold Official Positions; Why Government Executives Apologized If Payments Were Legal?

2- Unconventional Salaries Should Be Returned: Parliament Speaker

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Sayeh:

1- Pre-Marriage Genetic Test Becomes Obligatory: Official

2- Imminent Extinction of Cheetahs: A Report on Asiatic Cheetah and Other Endangered Species of Cheetahs

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Siasat-e Rooz:

1- Iranian Youth’s Priority Is Employment, Marriage, and House, Not Concert and Cycling: Former Culture Minister

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Shahrvand:

1- 12 Cities to Be Added to Iran’s Map in a Move to Modify Models of Living in Cities and Appropriate Distribution of Population in Iran: Majority of New Cities Located in Coast Areas

2- Pace of Living in Cities in Iran 2 Times Faster than World Average

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

 

Shargh:

1- 21 MPs Following Up on Municipality Case

2- Iranian Ethnicities Demand Appreciation and Efforts to Develop Deprived Areas: President’s Aide

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3

British Airways Resumes Iran Flights

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British Airways

The service was suspended in October 2012. Six return flights per week will operate between London Heathrow and Tehran, before a daily service will start later this year.

BA described the Iranian capital as “an important destination” for the airline, according to the Guardian.

The resumption of flights on Thursday follows the lifting of sanctions against Iran in January.

The then British foreign secretary Philip Hammond said at the time that British firms should take advantage of the opportunities that would open up.

The first BA plane to Iran, a Boeing 777, will depart from Heathrow at 9.10pm. Flights were initially due to resume in July but there was a delay in establishing the route.

A BA spokeswoman said: “The Iranians have been extremely helpful in setting up this important new route and have been as keen as we are for the service to start.

“Tehran is an important destination for British Airways and we wanted to ensure that the service we offered met the highest standards our customers rightly expect of us from day one.”

Air France resumed Paris-Tehran flights in April after an eight-year break.

International interest in ties with Iran has been growing since Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 finalized a comprehensive nuclear deal and started implementing it on January 16.

The agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), terminated all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.

Iran Considers WMD as Redline for Its Defence Program: Leader

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The Leader made the remarks addressing a group of top officials and specialists of Iran’s Ministry of Defence after touring an exhibition of the achievements of Iran’s defence industries on Wednesday, August 31.
“Under conditions when bullying world powers have spread their umbrella of power and no mercy is seen in them and openly attack marriage ceremonies and hospitals on the pretext of fighting against terrorism, killing hundreds of innocent people without being accountable to any [international] organization or institution, [Iran’s] defensive capability and power must be increased so that bullying powers would feel threatened,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader added that Iran considers limitations for developing its defence industries and considers building nuclear and chemical weapons prohibited on the basis of its ideological beliefs.
“Apart from these limitations, there is no limitation in other fields for increasing our defence and military capability and progress in these fields is a duty,” the Leader said, adding that to preserve the country’s security and future of the nation, “in addition to defensive capability, offensive capability should be also bolstered.”

US Not Morally Qualified to Talk about Iran
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said the US government is not morally qualified to pass judgment on the Islamic Republic, noting that this includes both the ruling Democrat Party and its rival, the Republican Party.
The Leader said “creation of dangerous terrorist networks” was the “biggest sin” committed by the party that supports the incumbent US administration, adding, “The existing government of America apparently attacks one terrorist group, but excludes another terrorist group, which means that politics is governing ethics.”
Saying that the former US administration was also responsible for crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ayatollah Khamenei concluded that “none of the two dominant parties in America is preferable over the other in terms of moral competence.”

No Understanding with US through Negotiations
Ayatollah Khamenei went on to say, “We are faced with such government in America and it would be a mistake to think that we can reach understanding and common grounds [with them] through negotiations.”
“This is why I insist on the necessity of not negotiating with America and experience has proven that instead of understanding, Americans are trying to impose their demands through negotiations, a prominent example of which was the recent developments [regarding Iran’s nuclear deal].”

Tehran, Baku to Jointly Build Power Plants

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The bill passed by the Parliament authorizes the construction of the plants near the Aras River borderline in the Iranian town Marazad and Azerbaijan’s Ordubad.
The bill was passed with a majority of votes with 180 voters being for, 9 against and 5 abstentions.
This was part of several topics that Iran and Azerbaijan agreed on in a basic agreement they signed in December 2015.
The document envisages cooperation in construction of power plants at Khoda Afarin and Qiz Qalasi dams on Aras River as well as construction of Ordubad power plant on the Azerbaijani side and Marazad power plant on the Iranian side, Azernews.com reported. Moreover, the agreement involves the implementation of joint guideline operations on border rivers’ water management.
Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian previously said that cooperation with Azerbaijan in water and electricity sectors should be boosted. He also said that Tehran and Baku have held talks over construction of geothermal and wind power plants in Iran’s Meshkin Shahr and Khaf cities respectively, and the projects were said to kick off soon.
Iran and Azerbaijan have been recently increasing their cooperation in multiple areas. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani visited Baku in early August for a tripartite summit that also involved Russia. During his stay in the Azeri capital, Iran and Azerbaijan signed a series of basic agreements to promote cooperation in several key areas.
A key document was a protocol of intentions that envisages the materialization of an ambitious project to create a North-South transport corridor.
The corridor – named the North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) – is an intercontinental multi-modal route that would link St. Petersburg to Mumbai. It primarily involves moving freight from India, Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia via ship, rail and road.

Iran Slams Saudi Minister’s Anti-Iran Claims

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Bahram Qassemi

Bahram Qassemi was reacting to comments by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir who accused Tehran on Wednesday of “supplying weapons to Houthis” in Yemen and “destabilizing Arab countries”.

“Saudi authorities are bogged down in a bloody quagmire of terrorism and massacre of innocent women and children in Yemen, Syria and Iraq as a result of their egregious strategic errors”, Qassemi said on Thursday.

He urged the Saudis to reconsider their approaches toward the region instead of desperate cries and repeated bogus claims.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman went on to add that notwithstanding Saudi officials’ attempts to cover up the kingdom’s crimes, the world is well aware today that Riyadh is using its petrodollars to kill children in Yemen and that it is the source of incitements in the region.

The Saudi foreign minister’s allegations of Iran’s involvement in Yemen come at a time when Yemen’s defenseless people are under massive attacks by a coalition led by the Saudi regime.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been launching deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

According to the UN, nearly 10,000 Yemenis, including 4,000 women and children, have lost their lives in the deadly military campaign.

Iran to Break Ground on New Nuclear Plants: AEOI Chief

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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi

In an interview with IRIB on Wednesday, Salehi said, “(Construction) of the Bushehr-1 and 2 nuclear power plants will be launched on September 10″.

He added that Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and the head of Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom, Sergey Kirienko, will be present at the ceremony.

Salehi further said a credit worth more than $10 billion will be allocated to construction of these two plants, which he described as one of the country’s key nuclear projects.

With the two power plants becoming operational, 22 million barrels of crude will be saved annually in the country, he said, adding that 14 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be also stopped from getting into the atmosphere per year.

Russia has already built a power plant in the city of Bushehr. The agreement for Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was finalized in 1995, but the project was delayed several times due to a number of technical and financial issues.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the AEOI chief said Iran has the capacity to produce 20 tons of heavy water a year.

Saying that European countries have expressed willingness to purchase Iran’s heavy water, Salehi said Iran produces and offers to the world high quality heavy water and enriched uranium as two strategic commodities.

Back in April, the US government completed an $8.6-million deal to buy 32 metric tons of heavy water from Iran.

Later, US lawmakers voted for a bill that would prohibit such purchases next year. The measure is yet to be approved by the US Senate.

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