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Iran to Build 800 Power Plants: Deputy Minister

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Iran plans to build more than 800 power plants in the next 20 years in an attempt to increase the country’s current installed power capacity from 75,000 megawatts to 100,000 megawatts, Hooshang Falahatian told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency recently.

He added that the country will offer opportunities to invest $250 billion in 12 different sectors, including energy.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the deputy energy minister highlighted the importance of enhanced ties between Tehran and Ankara in the field of renewable energy, saying, “There are many reasons for accepting and inviting Turkish clean energy investors to Iran in realizing common activities.”

“We are interested very much in developing cooperation with Turkey in many fields,” he underlined.

Back in April, Iran and Turkey signed eight memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various areas.

The two neighboring countries have ramped up efforts in recent months to boost bilateral trade after implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a lasting nuclear deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), on January 16.

Al Jazeera, the Mouthpiece of Terrorists in Battle of Aleppo

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According to a report by Mashregh, as translated by IFP, since the beginning of terrorist attacks against the Syrian government, Al Jazeera has become the media wing of terrorist groups.

Within the past 48 hours, Al Jazeera’s Arabic and English correspondents have had numerous interviews with commanders of Nusra Front and other terrorist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

1778428_797The correspondents are accompanying the terrorists in the battle against Syrian army’s positions.

Qatar has been the most important supporter of such terrorist groups as Al-Qaeda, and has already provided financial and media aid for these groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.

Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra was the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda until 2016. On July 28, 2016, Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it has split from al-Qaeda.

1778429_246The Leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani, in his first recorded message, said its new name would be Jabhat Fateh al-Sham [Front for the Conquest of Syria].

Vaccination of Immigrants Costs Iran $2.9m Annually

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Afghan Refugees

In an interview with IRNA, as translated by IFP, Mohammad Mahdi Gouya, the Director of Health Ministry’s Centre for Communicable Disease Control, said the Ministry has allocated an annual budget of $2.9m to defray the costs of vaccination for legal and illegal immigrants.

“The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) pays only a quarter of the amount,” he added.

For 40 years, Iran has been providing health services for immigrants and refugees as well as Iranian citizens.

Gouya underlined that the Health Ministry gives health services to foreign nationals open-handedly based on two reasons.

“Humanitarian motivation is the first incentive that concerns us with the health conditions of immigrants and refugees; however, the health of Iranian citizens is the second, yet chief, reason.”

Preventing the spread of diseases among Iranian citizens is one of the main reasons for providing immigrants with health services, he reiterated.

“What matters is that we are curbing the spread of disease in a society, not just in one single immigrant.”

He referred to the control of vaccine-preventable diseases as the prime concern of the Ministry of Health and said, “Polio and measles are the first priorities.”

Immigrants and refugees living in Iran, as well as Iranians, receive the most expensive polio vaccines for free.

Gouya pointed to the eradication of polio as a global initiative, and said, “Since preventing polio has always been of the utmost importance in the country, we don’t have any record of the disease from 2,000 up until today.”

He mentioned measles, which is a respiratory disease, as the second priority for the Ministry of Health and added, “Most of the immigrants in Iran have not been vaccinated against measles, and therefore, we have to conduct the vaccination program several times in different provinces of Iran.”

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

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Iran Newspaper front pages

The top story in all Iranian newspapers was the recent remarks by President Hassan Rouhani in a live televised interview. Both reformist and conservative papers seemed to be criticizing the government. The reformists criticized that Rouhani had not been transparent enough, and refused to name the trouble-makers. Conservatives, on the other hand, highlighted Rouhani’s unrealized promises.

The developments in the United Nations over adding or removing Saudi Arabia to/from the black list of child killers also received great coverage.

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

 

Abrar:

1- Iraqi PM’s Orders for Investigations into Corruption in Arms Deals

2- Afghanistan’s Interpol Extradites Iranian Inmate Charged with Murder

3- Man Who Had Attacked Iranian Embassy in Beirut Arrested

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- SNSC Gives the Green Light for Exploration of Oil in Caspian Sea

2- Oil Contracts to Be Decided upon Today

3- 2m Barrels of Oil Sold to China’s Independent Refineries

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani: We Should Isolate Those Who Insult Others

2- Victory of Venezuela’s Opposition in First Step

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Tehran Prosecutor-General: 4,000 Litres of Alcoholic Drinks Discovered in Diplomats’ Party

2- Untold Stories Remained Untold [Rouhani’s remarks in live TV interview)

  • We’ll Use Euro for Selling Our Oil
  • Iran’s Exports Are Now More than Its Imports
  • 400 Foreign Banks Are in Contact with Us

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Asrar:

1- Result of JCPOA Should Not Be Defined in Ties with US: Gov’t Spokesman

2- Another Clash between UN and Saudi Arabia

3- 250,000 Apartments to Be Sold by Instalments

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Asr-e Azadi:

1- Turkey Experienced Biggest Democracy Test of Its History: Turkish Envoy in Tabriz

2- Iran’s Tourism Income: $1m Each Hour

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Ebtekar:

1- Shahrdad Rohani Selected as Conductor of Tehran Symphonic Orchestra

2- 5% Economic Growth to Be Achieved This Year: President Rouhani Promises End of Economic Downturn

3- What Will Happen to Turkey’s Accession to EU?

4- Rise in Turkey’s Post-Coup Tensions with Germany and Austria

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Emtiaz:

1- Police Discovers Foreign Diplomats’ Second House of Corruption

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Etemad:

1- A Little More Transparency Please Mr President!

2- Rouhani’s TV Speech Were Full of Promising Figures; Well Done, But: Rouhani Talked about Insults to People, But Didn’t Talk about Insulters; He Talk about Decrease in Smuggled Goods, But Didn’t Mention the Channels for Smuggling; He Explained Positive Economic Achievements, But Didn’t Point to the Obstacles

3- City of Tehran Becomes 230 Years Old

4- A Report on One Day of a Ranger in Touran

5- Reformists to Start Campaigns for Presidential Elections by Late September

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Ettela’at:

1- 510 Yemeni Children Killed by Saudi Troops: UN

2- Heavy Fire Exchanged between Lebanese Army and ISIS Terrorists in Baalbek

3- General Soleimani: Victory of Resistance Forces Not Limited to Protecting Holy Shrines

4- Foreign Ministry Spokesman: Attack on Diplomatic Missions Not Justifiable at All

5- Nigerian Inquiry Committee Call for Prosecution of Army Because of Killing Shiites

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Haft-e Sobh:

1- Forget about the Oil, Stick to Tourism: Considerable Increase in Iran’s Tourism Income When Oil Sales Are Declining

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Hemayat:

1- Iran’s Power in Proxy Wars Has Troubled the US: Enterprise Foundation

2- Necessity for Referring to Religious Rules in Human Rights: Official

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Iran:

1- Rouhani: JCPOA Wasn’t a Favour; We Restored Our Right

2- Wave of Hope in Urmia: A Report on Conditions of Lake Urmia

3- 20-Year-Old Downturn in Attraction of Foreign Investments Ended in Previous Months

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Jame Jam:

1- IRIB’s Preparations for Coverage of Rio 2016 Olympics

2- Battle of Aleppo, the Last Nail in the Coffin of Terrorists

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Javan:

1- Unfortunately, US Has Failed to Remain Loyal to Its JCPOA Commitments: Rouhani

2- Trump: US Presidential Elections in November Will Be Rigged

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Joint Efforts by US, Turkey, and France to Save Terrorists Surrounded in Aleppo

2- Rouhani: I’m Much More Hopeful about Future of Iran

3- UN: Riyadh Has Yet to Provide Enough Documents for Removal of Its Name from Blacklist

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Kayhan:

1- 1,100 Days Passed, Think about the Remaining 365 Days (Rouhani Starts 4th Year of His Term)

2- Effect of Fatemiyoun Brigade in Defending Islam Will Be Disclosed in Future: General Soleimani

3- French Gov’t Starts Shutting Down Its Mosques

4- Caution: Astronomical Executives [those who receive huge salaries] Are Working!

5- Clinton Has Personally Issued Order for Export of Arms to ISIS and Al-Qaeda: WikiLeaks

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Khorasan:

1- Families of 120 Victims of Mina Tragedy Write Protest Letter to Foreign Ministry

2- Signs of Economic Prosperity as Narrated by Rouhani

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- Even Erdogan Admits: West Is Supporting Terrorists

2- Nekounam’s Testimonial Math to Be Held in La Liga Giants’ Attendance

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

 

Resalat:

1- Fatemiyoun Brigade Became Source of Evolution in Iranian Society: General Soleimani

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

Iran Reconstructs Sculpture of Ancient Woman Found in Burnt City

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Ancient Woman Found in Burnt City

Here is IFP’s translation of a report by Fars:

Shahr-e Sukhteh (The Burnt City), located in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the border with Afghanistan, has become Iran’s 17th entry on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Ancient Woman Found in Burnt CityThe Burnt City, which has only been partly excavated, was the largest urban settlement in eastern Persia during the Bronze Age. The city brought together two ancient civilizations of Persia and India and was one of the most advanced settlements of the ancient times. Its heyday spanned more than a millennium (3200 BC – 2000 BC).

What lends additional significance to this city is that it is said to be the first place in the world where a brain surgery has been conducted. Residents of the city seem to have perfected shoemaking skills, and the world’s oldest animation drawings on a pottery vessel have been found there.

During a two-day archaeology workshop entitled “Bone and Ivory: From Exploration to Repair”, Maryam Ramezani, an anthropologist and a member of the archaeological team, announced that the sculpture of a woman found in the Burnt City has been successfully reconstructed through teamwork.

“Archaeologists and scientists throughout the world usually apply one of the following three methods for reconstruction: manual two-dimensional reconstruction; manual three-dimensional reconstruction; and computer-based three-dimensional reconstruction techniques. In our case, we used manual three-dimensional reconstruction method,” Ramezani noted.

In order to produce a 3D print, the team had numerous photos and scans from the sculpture, she said, adding, “The most important part was to detect the thickness of the soft tissues that cover the skeleton. We recreate them based on their age, gender, race, staple food and so on.”

Ramezani further explained that they formulated a table based on the accumulated data that represented physical features of a 30-year-old woman with a typical body shape.

Ramezani and her team covered the skull with a soft tissue and reconstructed the skin colour, hair colour, nose shape, among others, with the help of anthropology science.

“For example, the woman’s upper jaw was excessively forward and had a bony shaped nose, which, as you can see, were all reconstructed,” she went on to say.

“People of old times, owing to the food they ate and their living conditions, usually looked older than their real age,” she said, adding that her team had considered the issue in their reconstruction.

According to Ramezani, the colour and material of the clothes they put on the Burnt City woman and even her hairstyle pertains to the accumulated data from the remnants of the city.

“The necklace around her neck has been recreated based on her own necklace found in the site and even the knot on her hair is akin to the sample found in the Burnt City,” she added.

When asked about the reason for the recreation of two dissimilar eyes, Ramezani said, “The archaeology team, after an extensive research, came to realize that the woman’s prosthetic eye used to be white; however, it has turned dark with the passage of time. Therefore, we decided to reconstruct two eyes with two different colours.”

Ramezani emphasized the major role of anthropologists in the project and underlined, “If you deprive artists of the worthy information provided by an anthropologist, in no way can they ever reconstruct a discovered skeleton precisely.”ci

Islamic Human Rights Award 2016 Jointly Goes to Bahrain’s Cleric, IHRC Co-Founder

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Sheikh Issa Qassim-Arzu Merali

During a ceremony to commemorate the Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Day in Tehran on Wednesday, the third prize of the International Islamic Human Rights Award in 2016 went to Sheikh Issa Qassim for his effective role in “peacefully defending the rights of Muslims” as well as “promoting principles of religious democracy”.

Arzu Merali also received the same award for her constant efforts to “defend Muslims’ rights” and “fight against Islamophobia”.

Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani opened the ceremony with a speech. The event was attended by senior Iranian officials as well as the ambassadors of Islamic countries to Tehran.

A hospital in the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi activists had been presented the first and second prize of the International Islamic Human rights Award in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Proposes Debates with Europe on Human Rights

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Amoli Larijani

“I suggest that the (Judiciary’s) Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry and the Supreme National Security Council pave the way for talks with European countries (on human rights),” Ayatollah Amoli Larijani said in an address to a cultural ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday.

He underlined that the US must be excluded from any such discussions because “Americans are only after deception.”

The top official also stressed that the primary condition for holding such talks should be equal chances for each side to question the other.

“We also have things to say about human rights in Europe. We have questions and views about Europe’s approach toward humans, Islamophobia in Europe, and France’s ban on hijab,” he stressed.

It is surprising that prohibition of hijab is described as being in conformity with human rights, but any comment about the Holocaust would entail imprisonment, the top official pointed out.

Iran will approve of discussing human rights with Europeans if they agree that the debate would be reciprocal and they would be challenged as well, Ayatollah Amoli Larijani went on to say.

Lake Urmia Is Now Stabilized: Top Official

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Iran Lake Urmia

In an interview with ISNA, as translated by IFP, Masoumeh Ebtekar appreciated the efforts already made as per the Urmia Lake Restoration Program adopted by the current government.

“The committee made laudable endeavours in building concerted collaboration among different organizations and dealing with the financial issues.”

Ebtekar highlighted the stabilized restoration of Lake Urmia, and noted that the high evaporation and low precipitation during hot seasons are the two environmental factors that contribute to a fall in the lake’s water level.

“We were worried about, yet prepared for, a decrease in water level during the Khordad and Tir months of solar calendar [June and July]; however, it fortunately did not happen,” she added.

Urmia Lake Restoration Program is predicted to pay off over a span of 10 to 15 years, Ebtekar said, adding, “During the first three years, the program was aimed at stabilizing Urmia Lake level, which was successfully achieved thanks to the high rainfall and productive programs and measures.”

She referred to the two chief responsibilities of the Department of Environment, and noted, “First, we should make amendments for more efficient irrigation systems and cultivation; and second, we should support local and rural women entities that educate rural women about environment, efficient irrigation and cultivation and alternative livelihoods.”

Ebtekar added that such measures can help increase the water reserves to be transferred to Lake Urmia.

UN Betrayed Yemeni Children by De-Listing Saudi Arabia: Iran

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Gholam-Ali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador and to the United Nations (UN) (photo by AFP)
Gholam-Ali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador and to the United Nations (UN) (photo by AFP)

Gholam-Ali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks at a UN Security Council meeting to discuss children and armed conflict on Tuesday, August 2.

Back in June, the UN blacklisted Saudi Arabia after concluding in a report that Riyadh had been responsible for 60 per cent of the 785 deaths of children in the Saudi war on Yemen last year. A few days later, however, the world body announced that Saudi Arabia would be taken off the list pending a joint review with Saudi Arabia.

Khoshroo told the Security Council meeting that the about-face took place under “financial and political pressure.”

The reversal equalled the “betrayal of the rights of the most vulnerable portion of the [Yemeni] civilian population, namely children, for whose very protection the international mechanism has been designed,” he said, referring to the UN.

“Have the airstrikes in Yemen, which have so far killed hundreds of Yemeni children, led to anything other than [prompting] the growth of al-Qaeda and the Daesh?” the Iranian envoy asked.

Yemen has been under relentless military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March 2015, with internal sources putting the death toll from the aggression at about 10,000.

Khoshroo adduced to the latest report by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, saying attacks on Yemeni children had, over the last year, reached 1,953 instances, which reflected a six-fold increase.

After deciding to remove Saudi Arabia from the blacklist of countries that kill and maim children, Ban himself admitted that the decision had been made under “undue pressure.”

Speaking at the same Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Ban said he still had “very strong concerns about the protection of Yemeni children” despite a series of measures Saudi Arabia has purported to take to protect children in Yemen.

Riyadh reportedly outlined the measures in a 13-page confidential letter to the UN chief last week.

Ban said the Saudi measures had fallen short of safeguarding the lives of Yemeni children.

Saudi Arabia Asked Abbas to Meet MKO Ringleader, Palestinian Source Says

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Mahmoud Abbas - MKO terrorist

The Riyadh regime had asked Abbas to hold talks with Maryam Rajavi in France, the Arabic-language Al-Masdar News quoted the source as saying.

Abbas met with Rajavi in Paris on Saturday. According to reports, they talked about the regional developments, with Rajavi briefing Abbas on the MKO’s recent annual gathering.

The source further pointed to the presence of a Palestinian delegation in a gathering of the MKO members in Paris in early July, saying the Saudi and French governments had asked the Palestinians to attend the gathering.

A number of Saudi officials and supporters of MKO, including Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, attended the gathering of the terrorists on July 9 and made hostile remarks against Iran.

The MKO – listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community – fled Iran in 1986 for Iraq and was given a camp by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

They fought on the side of Saddam during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-88). They were also involved in the bloody repression of Shiite Muslims in southern Iraq in 1991 and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.

The notorious group is also responsible for killing thousands of Iranian civilians and officials after the victory of the Islamic revolution in 1979.

More than 17,000 Iranians, many of them civilians, have been killed at the hands of the MKO in different acts of terrorism including bombings in public places, and targeted killings.

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