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Italy Eager to Boost Economic Ties with Iran

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A conference on joint trade and investment ventures between Iran and the Emilia-Romagna Region was held on Friday June 17 in the provincial capital city of Bologna.

The event was attended by more than 200 Italian entrepreneurs and businessmen as well as other economic elite from the region, in addition to Iran’s Ambassador to Rome, Jahanbakhsh Mozaffari.

During the conference, Gino Cocchi, Director of the international affairs of Emilia Romagna Industrial committee, underlined the importance of enhancing ties with Iran in view of the country’s gradual return to free trade and foreign investment following the nuclear deal.

He estimated that Italy’s exports to Iran will reach a total of 3bn euros in the coming four years as well as that investment in Iran will experience substantial increases.

Deputy President of Emilia-Romagna Bank Pierre Peju, while referring to the banking problems faced by Iran, said, “We are optimistic about the future and everybody needs to be patient.”

The Iranian ambassador to Rome, for his part, said “Despite all existing problems, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is being implemented and all the obstacles on Iran’s establishing ties with the world have been removed following the nuclear deal.”

“The conditions have changed in a way that they are irreversible,” Mozaffari underlined.

The Iranian official went on to emphasize that “the unprecedented interest of Italian investors for being present in Iran indicates that enemies have failed to prevent the execution of the JCPOA.”

In addition to expressing eagerness to make trade and investment in Iran, Italian companies and industries called for attraction of investment from Iran for the realization of joint initiatives.

Dust Storm Suspends Flights at Abadan Airport

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Airport authorities in Abadan in southwestern Iran had to cancel flights on Friday June 17 due to the poor visibility caused by increased dust in the air.

Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency, an official at Abadan’s Ayatollah Jami International Airport confirmed that a number of flights have been cancelled due to dust pollution.

In addition to flights cancellation, dust storms, overwhelming much of western and southwestern Iran, have also prompted health warnings and resulted in closed schools and offices in some areas. Health officials warned residents with heart and respiratory problems to stay at home.

The storms began last Thursday and the authorities expect the situation to improve in the coming days.

The dust comes from Iraqi and Syrian deserts. Iraq has long suffered periodic, blinding sandstorms, but several years of drought have aggravated the situation there.

Envoy Urges Boost to Iran-Russia Trade

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Trade between Iran and Russia does not match the level of their political relations and needs to be improved, Mahdi Sanai said in an address to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Thursday June 16.

“We develop serious relations at all levels and in all spheres. The Russian-Iranian relations have strategic nature,” Tass quoted him as saying.

The trade relations between the two countries lag behind the high level of political dialogue, he noted, adding, “We need to work hard to upgrade our trade relations.”

Back in November 2015, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Tehran and Moscow are resolved to increase the volume of their trade to $3-4bn over the next 3 years.

In the same month, Russia President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Iran, and signed seven agreements and MoUs with his Iranian counterpart to boost mutual cooperation.

Iranian Cleric Urges Pakistan Action to Prevent Shiite Killings

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Addressing worshippers in Tehran on Friday June 17, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani harshly decried the loss of Shiite lives in Pakistan, saying a number of Pakistani Shiite clerics have staged sit-ins in reaction to the killings.

“The Pakistani Sunnis and even Christians support Shiites, but the Pakistani government has not shown any reaction,” Ayatollah Emami Kashani stated. He then called on the Islamabad government to “review its policy” of muted response to the Shiite killings.

Targeted killings against Shiite Muslims in Pakistan have drawn international outrage, with rights groups and regional countries expressing concern over the growing deadly violence.

Shiites are seen as a minority group in Pakistan. They make up about a fifth of the country’s population of over 180 million.

Iranian and Swiss Diplomats Hold Talks in Bern

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Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for American and European Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi and Secretary of State at the Swiss Foreign Ministry Yves Rossier met in Bern on Thursday June 16 for a round of Iran-Switzerland political talks.

The periodic meetings are part of a road map the two countries have devised to broaden bilateral relations.

The negotiations involved three working groups discussing bilateral relations, regional developments and mutual cooperation in the fields of law and human rights.

Aside from Takht Ravanchi and Rossier, senior experts from the two sides also held talks on the political and economic ties, regional issues, countering terrorism and Islamophobia, the process of implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) –a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers – and the ways to promote judicial cooperation.

At the end of the talks, the interlocutors expressed satisfaction with the constructive talks and called for the continuation of such meetings to pave the way for the implementation of agreements between Iran and Switzerland.

Iran Says Boeing Deal “Biggest Ever” with US

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Iran says it expects an emerging deal to purchase planes from US aerospace giant Boeing to become the biggest civil trade agreement between the two countries after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan, Iran’s deputy minister of roads and urban development, has been quoted by the media in Tehran as saying that serious talks are currently underway over the deal, adding that they would lead to “good news” that will be announced within the next two days.

Fakhrieh Kashan added that the details of the deal cannot be disclosed at the current juncture and added that its finalization is still pending certain standard technicalities.

Iran Air – the national flag carrier airline of the Islamic Republic – said in early June that it was discussing what was seen as a “historic aircraft purchase deal” with Boeing. Iran Air CEO Farhad Parvaresh told Reuters that serious talks with Boeing to the same effect are underway, expressing hope that these would lead to an agreement sometime soon.

Reuters added that the volume of the purchase deal with Boeing could be as big as the one that Iran Air sealed with Airbus, another aviation giant, earlier this year. Iran signed a major deal worth $27 billion with Airbus in January to purchase 118 planes from the company.  The deal with Airbus was sealed during a state visit to Paris by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.

Apart from Airbus and Boeing, Iran is also negotiating with several other global aviation giants over the purchases of planes including Bombardier and Embraer.

Iran has a fleet of 250 aircraft, of which officials say 90 are grounded due to the economy or missing parts. They also say that 80% of Iran’s aviation fleet will need to be renewed in the next decade and that growth could add even more jets to Iran’s shopping list.

Iran Congratulates Iraq on Liberation of Fallujah

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In a message to his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Zarif called the victory a “manifestation of… divine victory for those who fight for God.”

Fallujah, in the western province of Anbar, is located about 69km (43 miles) west of the capital Baghdad.

On Friday June 17, armed forces raised the Iraqi national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah, symbolizing the recapture of the beleaguered western city from Daesh [ISIS], which had seized the city in January 2014.

The forces met limited resistance from the terrorists, who were fleeing the city, although the extremists used residents as human shields, which slowed the process of liberation.

Zarif also voiced hope that further victories against Takfiri terrorists await the Iraqi nation, insisting that the country maintain their “unity and national integrity” in the process.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also hailed the victory, saying there was no place in his country for the Takfiri terrorists. He said that the liberation of Mosul — Daesh’s de facto capital in Iraq since June 2014 — was very close as it is the Iraqi forces’ “next destination” in their campaign to flush the militants out of the country.

The Iraqi military’s most important victory against the terrorists so far has been their liberation of the central city of Ramadi, Anbar’s provincial capital, last December.

Baghdad said at the time that the army would use Ramadi’s liberation as a “launch pad” to free Mosul.

Abadi has pledged to rid the entire country of Daesh by the end of 2016.

Iran Able to Surprise US and Others by Returning to Pre-JCPOA Nuclear Conditions: Spokesman

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Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi

“Since the beginning, we have foreseen measures for return scenarios and if needed, we are ready to provide the conditions so rapidly that will certainly surprise the other side,” Kamalvandi said on Thursday, June 16.

“If we decide to return to the past conditions because of the other side’s non-compliance to the nuclear deal, naturally, we can have very good conditions rapidly using advanced centrifuges,” he added.

Kamalvandi referred to certain US candidates’ threats of tearing up the nuclear deal with Tehran, saying if they want to do what they claim, they will certainly face many problems since Iran enjoys high potentials if reciprocal acts or returning back are needed.

In relevant remarks on Tuesday, June 14, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned the US presidential candidates to watch their mouth when speaking of the Vienna nuclear deal, stressing that Tehran will also ditch the agreement if future White House leaders show disrespect and discard it.

“We will not violate the JCPOA, but if the opposite side violates it – as US presidential candidates are currently threatening to tear up the JCPOA – if they tear up the JCPOA, we will burn it,” the Leader stated.

The Leader’s warning is deemed as a general message to the political brass in Washington, but seems to be more addressed to the US presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

The totally estrange presidential nominee has repeatedly warned that he would tear apart and discard the nuclear deal with Iran on day one of office if he is ever elected, while his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton has said that she would remain loyal to the deal although she has vowed to be tough on Iran.

Saudi Arabia Seizes Iranian Boat in Persian Gulf

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The fishing boat with three sailors was seized near Marjan oil platform.

Saudis claim that the Iranian boat, which was sailing from Iran’s Jafre waterfront, Bushehr port, had intruded into Saudi territorial waters.

No further details were revealed on the incident.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

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Newspapers on Thursday continued to discuss the ongoing issue of unemployment in Iran, citing the newly-released unemployment rate of 11.8%, which shows a slow increase compared with previous years.

A closed-door meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his US counterpart John Kerry was also widely covered by many newspapers.

They also focused on a landmark deal between Iran and the US giant plane-maker Boeing, based on which 100 passenger planes will be sold to Tehran after the US government’s green light.

 

Abrar:

1- [Iranian Diplomats] Araqchi and Takht-Ravanchi Meet Stephen Mull

2- Heads of 3 Branches of Iranian Government Hold First Joint Meeting

3- Iran Should First Stop Its Destabilizing Activities to End the Negative Atmosphere Resulted from Sanctions: US Spokesman

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- New Round of Iran’s Competition in Oil Market

2- Iran Opposed to Hungary’s Oil Offer

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Protest Rallies for Bread: People Pour into Caracas Streets Because of Famine

2- If Nuclear Deal Was a Bad One, Netanyahu Would Have Supported It: Politician

3- Aref Ready to Be Elected as Head of Parliament’s Education Commission: Source

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Kerry and Zarif Greeting Once Again!

2- Beginning of Rouhaniphobia Project

3- Zibakalam: Opposition to Gov’t Shows Rouhani’s Success

4- Iran Officially Files Lawsuit against US: Rouhani

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Asrar:

1- West Would Be Surprised to See How Fast Iran Returns to Previous [Nuclear] State: AEOI Spokesman

2- Those Who Attacked Saudi Embassy in Tehran Will Be Tried on July 18

3- 100 Boeing Planes En Route to Iran

4- Iraqi Forces Arrive at Mosul Gates

5- Iran Volleyball Team to Compete with Brazil in First Leg of World League

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Ebtekar:

1- Moscow Waiting for Ankara’s Official Apology

2- Famine “Zombie” Waiting in Ambush for Iran

3- 70 Minutes behind Closed Doors: Zarif and Kerry Meet in Oslo

4- Inflation Rate to Become 1-Digit Next Month: CBI Chief

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Etemad:

1- It’s Time for a Cabinet Reshuffle: Politician

2- Don’t Exaggerate about Small Deficiencies: Rouhani

3- Slow Increase in Unemployment Rate

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Ettela’at:

1- Unemployment Rate Stands at 11.8%

2- Iraqi Army Takes Control of Fallujah Dam

3- Zarif and Kerry Hold Talks to Remove Barriers to JCPOA Implementation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Ghanoon:

1- Trial of Those Who Climbs the Walls [of Saudi Embassy]

2- Tsunami of Unemployed University Graduates

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Hemayat:

1- Iran Warns G5+1 against Violation of JCPOA

2- New Round of Crackdown in Bahrain

3- New Documents Revealed of US Role in ISIS Emergence

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Iran:

1- Acceleration of JCPOA Implementation Discussed on Negotiating Table

2- Boeing’s Return to Iran after 37 Years: White House Gives Permission to American Giant for Deal with Iran

3- A Hospital Dedicated to Helping Student Drug Addicts Stop Using

4- Post-JCPOA Era, an Opportunity for Economic Boom and Employment: President

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Jame Jam:

1- Foreign Goods Dominating Iranian Market: Culture-Raising against Branding

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Javan:

1- $17bn Boeing Lands on Runway of Resistance Economy: Iran to Buy 100 Boeing Planes

2- We’ll Put Resistance Economy into Action This Year: Rouhani

3- Details of Arrest of Iranian-British Spy in Imam Khomeini Airport

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- [Top Iraqi Shiite Cleric] Ayatollah Sistani Once Again Invites Iraqi People to Unity

2- Warnings for France and Belgium: Terrorists Will Soon Start Their Attacks

3- US to Give Zionist Regime [Israel] Biggest Military Aid of History

4- UAE’s Third Chopper in 2 Days Crashes in Southern Yemen

5- Don’t Be Afraid of Saudi Bombardment of Yemen, Because They Don’t Bombard UN: Yemeni Child Writes to UN Secretary-General

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Kayhan:

1- Apology before Cameras, Prosecution of Whistle-Blowers behind the Scenes [on astronomical salaries]

2- Iraqi FM Praises General Soleimani’s Special Role in Fallujah Battle

3- Role of Aristocrats and Spies in Brazil’s Coup

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Khorasan:

1- New Aspects of USA’s Demands beyond Scope of JCPOA

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Resalat:

1- 80% of American People Consider Their Gov’t a Corrupt One

2- Riyadh’s Red Carpet for Tel Aviv: Saudi Arabia’s Yes Vote to Presidency of Zionist Regime

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Shargh:

1- 75 Years of Prison Awaiting Reza Zarrab

2- Clinton and Sanders Issue Statement to Unite Democrats

3- Why Iranians Are Fans of Sanders?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Rouhani Urges Iranian Media to Spread Happiness among People

2- We’re Undefeatable Because of Our Military and Spiritual Preparedness: Navy Commander

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- If Someone Earns Higher Salaries, We Shouldn’t Make It a National Issue: Rouhani

2- Iran’s Society Not Feeling Well: Sociologist

3- US to Implement Its JCPOA Commitments If Iran Stops Supporting Resistance Movement Hezbollah

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 16

 

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