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Iranian Police Seize Huge Haul of Drugs in Southeastern Province

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Speaking to reporters in Zahedan, the province’s capital, Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi said that, after receiving information about a major drug ring in the city of Iranshahr involved in smuggling various kinds of illicit drugs, specialized police forces were deployed to deal with the smugglers.

In an operation on Friday night, the forces managed to detect two vehicles belonging to the smugglers and chased them near Iranshahr, he said.

After a while, the traffickers started shooting at police, the commander said, adding that they soon fled the scene after realizing they could not confront the forces.

General Rahimi went on to say that 910 kg of opium were seized from the smugglers’ vehicles in the operation.

In recent decades, Iran has been hit by drug trafficking, mainly because of its 936-kilometer shared border with Afghanistan, which produces more than 90% of the world’s opium.

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Islamic Republic is netting eight times more opium and three times more heroin than all other countries in the world combined.

The war on drug trade originating from Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly 3,700 Iranian police officers over the past 30 years.

2 New Pharmaceutical Products Produced per Month under Rouhani’s Tenure

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Measures Adopted to Boost Iran’s Medical Infrastructure amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Here’s IFP’s translation of IRNA’s report on a ceremony held in Tehran on Saturday to introduce the country’s achievements in pharmaceutical industry.

 

Under the incumbent government, more than 60 new pharmaceutical products have been produced so far, Qazizadeh Hashemi said in an address to the ceremony.

If the Health Ministry receives further support, Iran can be more successful in this regard, he vowed.

The value of drugs imported to Iran was $1.35bn in 2012, but it was decreased to less than $1bn in 2014, the Iranian minister said, adding that the 57% share of domestic drugs has also grown to more than 70%.

There were 300 types of drugs no one could find in Iran, but the number is now reduced to less than 30, he went on to say.

He also noted that the export of Iranian pharmaceuticals has also doubled under Rouhani’s tenure

“In the field of drugs export to regional countries, Iran has strong rivals like Turkey and Jordan, which have made huge investment in the field,” Qazizadeh Hashemi said.

During the ceremony, several drugs for such diseases as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), mental illnesses, and cancer were unveiled.

India Clears Part of Iran Oil Dues ahead of Modi’s Visit

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IFP Media Wire
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According to a report carried by the Business Standard, Indian refiners cleared part of their $6.5 billion debt to Iran in euros through Turkey’s Halkbank.

Essar Oil has to pay Iran about $3.1 billion, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd owes $2.8 billion, and Indian Oil Corp owes $581 million. HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) has to pay $97 million and Hindustan Petroleum Corp owes $29 million.

This is the first payment to Iran by India since the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions and it is not yet known when the second instalment will be paid, the report added.

It was paid one day before a visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tehran beginning on Sunday. The Indian prime minister will arrive in the Iranian capital on May 22 at the invitation of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

The visit will come after Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj travelled to Tehran in April to discuss ways to bolster energy cooperation between the two nations.

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.

New Zealand FM Calls for Closer Tehran-Wellington Ties

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Speaking at a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif here in Tehran on Saturday, McCully said he has made the trip to Iran due to his commitment to boosting the relations between the two countries.

New Zealand’s top diplomat further expressed the hope that through political and economic negotiations, new opportunities would be provided for the two countries to strengthen Tehran-Wellington ties.

Zarif, for his part, said that over the past months, good relations have been established between the two sides, which will further expand with upcoming visits to Iran by various delegations from New Zealand.

Back in March, Zarif paid an official visit to New Zealand as part of his tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania, which also took him to Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Australia.

During his trip to New Zealand, the Iranian top diplomat held separate meetings with senior officials of the Oceanian country, including Prime Minister John Phillip Key.

The new wave of interest in ties with Iran follows the finalization of a nuclear deal between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015.

The comprehensive nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), came into force on January 16, terminating all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.

Kuwaiti MP to Sponsor Legal Action against Saudi Arabia’s Terrorist Activities

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IFP Editorial Staff
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According to a report by Al-Manar news website, which was also covered by Al-Alam TV, Dashti is going to establish a worldwide coalition including international lawyers and jurists on behalf of terror victims in the US.

Sources close to Dashti said he himself would pay all the expenses of the coalition, which is formed to show the true and peaceful image of Arabs and Muslims to the world, and to all those people hurt by Saudi Arabia’s terrorism.

The move came after the US Senate on Tuesday, May 17, approved legislation that would allow victims of the 9/11 terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, defying vocal opposition from the White House.

The bill would allow victims of terror attacks on US soil or surviving family members to bring lawsuits against nation-states for activities supporting terrorism.

The legislation will now head to the House, where lawmakers have also introduced their own version of the bill.

The legislation has also drawn criticism from the Saudi government. Top Saudi officials reportedly threatened to sell off billions of dollars in U.S. assets if Congress passed the bill.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, pushed back against the reports in Geneva earlier this month while warning that the legislation could impact Saudi investments.

Afghan Leader, India PM Due in Iran to Discuss Chabahar Port

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Modi is due in Tehran on May 22-23. The Iranian Embassy in Kabul said the exact date of Ghani’s trip was yet to be determined but he will be in Tehran concurrent with Modi for inking the MoU on the Chabahar Port.

The Afghan and Indian officials are scheduled to take part in a ceremony aimed at breaking the ground for the development of the strategic port of Chabahar.

This will be Ghani’s second official visit to Iran since taking office in September 2014. He first visited Iran last April to discuss Tehran-Kabul cooperation on a wide range of issues.

Modi will be visiting Iran for the first time.

In 2003, Iran and India agreed to develop the Port of Chabahar which sits on the Gulf of Oman.

The project was, however, suspended following the imposition of sanctions against Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program.

In May 2014, India and Iran signed an MoU to jointly develop the port once the international sanctions against Iran were lifted. Sanctions against Iran were lifted after Iran and its negotiating partners started implementing the Iranian nuclear agreement on January 16.

The Chabahar route will allow Indian goods to reach Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar without crossing Pakistan’s territory.

Chabahar is located in the Gulf of Oman on the border with Pakistan. It is the closest and best access point of Iran to the Indian Ocean and Iran has devised serious plans to turn it into a transit hub for immediate access to markets in the northern part of the Indian Ocean and Central Asia.

Asghar Farhadi’s Latest Film Warmly Received by Critics in Cannes

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Here’s IFP’s coverage of various reviews by famous critics published in the social media. On covering the reviews, we used a Farsi report by Donyaye Tasvir film magazine.

 

The Salesman was screened on Friday night for critics and media professionals one day before the official screening at Cannes 2016.

Many film critics who watched the film at Debussy Theater expressed their spontaneous reactions in their Twitter accounts.

Matthew Anderson, the editor of BBC Culture, said that, “[I] Saw Asghar Farhadi’s intense moral drama, The Salesman, at Cannes 2016. Give this film the Palme d’Or!!”

He also gave the best rating, five stars, to the Iranian director’s promising film.

Donald Clarke, the film correspondent for The Irish Times, said, “[The Salesman’s] Treads similar ground to A Separation (mystery within marriage), but [a] bit drier and more academic. Still gripping.”

Well-known columnist and writer Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere wrote that “Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Salesman’ is about suspicion, rage, territoriality, revenge, guilt, compassion.  But the underlying current is chauvinism.”

Peter Howell, a movie critic for the Toronto Star, said that the Salesman is “the slow drip of human frailty and its consequences, expertly measured out by Asghar Farhadi. Quietly devastating.”

David Jenkins, an editor in Little White Lies magazine, described the film as “a big climactic set-piece built on dramatic sand.”

Jordan Ruimy, a film writer for AwardsDaily and IndieWire, said, “I think it’s quite clear The Salesman is not A Separation, but, then again, what is? Great movie, badly needed after the Penn.”

Bilge Ebiri, a film critic for the Village Voice, also noted that Farhadi’s The Salesman was an “expertly made” movie.

Chief Film Critic of the Variety, Owen Gleiberman, said that “the new movie from Asghar Farhadi, the masterly Iranian director of ‘A Separation’ and ‘The Past,’ is another finely cut gem of neorealist suspense.”

“When you watch a Farhadi film like ‘A Separation’ or ‘The Past’ or his new one, ‘The Salesman’, you’re seduced, almost by a kind of invisible reverse trickery, into a situation of clear-eyed naturalism, except that you also start to realize you’re caught in a gathering storm, and it has everything to do with the shifting interior sands of the people onscreen. You’re caught up in something that can only be called suspense, and it’s galvanizing, but the suspense hinges purely on what’s going on in the characters’ hearts and minds,” Gleiberman said.

“The Salesman, rather uncharacteristically for Farhadi, opens on a note of stark cataclysm… For a healthy stretch, the film is even more low-key, minimal, and contained than the earlier Farhadi films. Yet the writer-director’s technique is just as assured as before. Every shot is in place, every line leading to an outcome that feels quietly up for grabs,” he went on to say.

Ali Moallem, the editor-in-chief of Donyaye Tasvir, said, “The Salesman, fortunately, was a very successful movie in story-telling, and the audiences were all sitting bolt upright. Now we can say it for sure that Farhadi is the best story-teller in Iranian contemporary cinema.”

“Farhadi knows the turning points, and beginning and the end of his story, and directs his stage and actors. This is why story-telling, which is considered to be a very easy job by many people, takes place in the best way possible in ‘The Salesman’,” the Iranian film critic added.

In her review published in the Play List, Jessica Kiang writes that, “There is no greater chronicler of the minute but manifold disappointments and disillusionments of which irreparable rifts in relationships are made than Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. His last four films — ‘Fireworks Wednesday,’ ‘About Elly,’ ‘A Separation’ and ‘The Past’ —  have all examined compromised coupledom in some way. And all have proven Farhadi’s astonishing capacity to trace the ramifications of the incredibly ordinary — an unanswered door, a well-meaning white lie, a forgotten phone — as they unspool with tick-tock clockwork logic toward extraordinary climaxes, that feel both inevitable and unexpected. His new film, ‘The Salesman,’ is entirely in that mold, though it’s less about a separation than a sundering, about a splinter that opens up a chasm in a marriage that in turn exposes a gulf in Iranian society.”

Also in an article in The Wrap, Debbie Emery says, “Going into the Cannes Film Festival, Asghar Farhadi‘s “The Salesman” seemed an early favorite to win the gold. Now that the film has screened, we can say for certain that Farhadi absolutely remains a force to reckon with.”

Hollywood Reporter’s Deborah Young also writes that, “Returning to film in his native Iran after the French interlude of The Past, Asghar Farhadi continues his exploration of the dark side of the soul, using a traumatic assault to trigger a young husband’s uncontrollable thirst for revenge.”

“Lacking the astounding social complexity of his Academy Award winning drama A Separation, here the gears are not so hidden and a sense of contrived drama leads to some tedious sections. But all is forgiven when the final punches are delivered in a knock-out finale that leaves the viewer tense and breathless,” she added.

“At this point there’s not much doubt that Farhadi’s work has revolutionized new Iranian cinema, pulling it out of the much-beaten path of realism and self-reflection pioneered by directors like Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf and onto a new, highly dramatized and theatrical road. The Salesman takes this tendency to its limits, even incorporating a theater play into its story of hurt pride and revenge,” Young reported.

Extremism, Violence Common Threat to All Nations, Iran’s Zarif Says

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Zarif on Friday pointed to the insecurity caused by terror groups and their heinous crimes in the Middle East region and the world, and said, “Today, the same violence that exists in Syria is occurring in Paris.”

“We are all sitting in the same boat and nobody can escape from the reality and we should accept that fates of all of us are integrated,” he said, speaking at the closing ceremony of the 5th Iran International Green Film Festival in Tehran.

Zarif was referring to recent attacks in Europe by terrorist groups operating in Syria, including November 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 and suicide bombings in Brussels in March, which left 32 dead. ISIS (also known as ISIL or Daesh) terrorist group claimed responsibility for both attacks.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed insurgency with various terrorist groups, including ISIS, controlling parts of the country.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Zarif emphasized that Iranians are opposed to violence against human being, nature and living creatures, calling for efforts to use the arts to introduce the rich culture to the world.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Newspaper front pages

Almost all newspapers on Saturday covered the visit of President Hassan Rouhani to the holy city of Qom and his meetings with senior clerics. Pro-government, independent, and reformist media highlighted the support and praises expressed by clerics for the government, and certain conservative newspapers focused on their pieces of advice on the resolution of Iran’s economic problems.

Meanwhile, a controversial “humour” conference was also held in Tehran, and many conservative figures including Mayor of Tehran Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, IRGC Navy Commander Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, and chief of Kayhan newspaper Hossein Shariatmadari attended the gathering. Again, conservative media covered it as an amusing conference warmly received by students and officials, and reformists described it as another attack on the administration.

A recent statement by world powers encouraging European banks and businesses to do business with Iran was also widely covered. Conservatives downplayed it as yet another show of commitment on paper, and reformists described it as a result of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s consultations, which have borne fruit.

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- We Can’t Order People to Bring Children: Minister

2- Don’t Cancel Concerts, People Are Suffering from Depression: Culture Minjistry Protests

3- In a Statement, Western Powers Encourage European Banks and Businessmen to Trade with Iran: Will JCPOA Begin to Revive?

4- Thailand Expects to Receive 120,000 Iranian Tourists!

5- How Much Money Iranian Women Spend on Cosmetics

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- And Suddenly Rouhani’s Visit to Qom: Top Clerics Praise Performance of Gov’t

2- Iran Wins Crown in Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup, Rouhani Extends Congratulations

3- Written Guarantee to Iran: Zarif’s Consultations Lead to Renovation of Deals

4- Turkey’s Role in Zarrab and Zanjani Phenomena

5- Ayatollah Rafsanjani Urges IRIB to Revise Its Policies

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Asia:

1- Economic Development Should Be Realized in Iran: US and Europe Vow to Support, Encourage, and Reassure [European Banks for Ties with Iran]

2- Iran Waiting for Indian PM

3- Historic Elections in Austria

4- A Special Report of IORA Summit in Chabahar

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Etemad:

1- European and American Foreign Ministers Urge Foreign Investors and Bankers to Deal with Iran

2- Leader Once Again Warns Authorities of Social Damages

3- Ayatollah Rafsanjani Explicitly Criticizes Hardliners: They Ruin an Entire City to See Their Opponents Buried under Rubble

4- Clerics Warmly Welcome President Rouhani

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Ettela’at:

1- Senior Clerics Appreciate [Rouhani] Administration’s Efforts to Improve the Country’s Situation

2- US, France, Germany, and Britain Issue Statement in Support for Trade with Iran

3- Population of Cities Quintupled in Past 35 Years: Deputy Minister

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Haft-e Sobh:

1- Iranian Mountain Climber Azim Gheychisaz Conquers Everest without Oxygen Use

2- Wrestling under Shadow of McDonald’s: Iranian and American Wrestlers Fight in Times Square

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Hamdeli:

1- Statements and Speeches Won’t Resolve Problems with Banking Ties [Editorial]

2- Insult in Tehran, Praise in Qom: Opponents Not Going to Stop Attacking the Gov’t

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Hamshahri:

1- School Tuition Fees Increase beyond Inflation Rate

2- We Should Consider People as Our Own Family Members: Leader

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Hemayat:

1- Senior Clerics Emphasize the Need for Resolving Economic Problems and Unemployment

2- US Has Failed to Fulfil Its JCPOA Commitments: Seif in London Conference

3- Sherman: Nuclear Bombardment of Japan Was a Justifiable Decision!

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Jame Jam:

1- 4 Interesting Iranian Stories in Cannes

2- National Unity against Saudi Arabia’s Inauspicious Plot

3- “Say No to Al Saud” Movement: People Can Defuse Riyadh’s Plot by Obeying the Establishment’s Decision on Hajj Pilgrimage

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Javan:

1- Clerics Advise Rouhani on People’s Living

2- Central Bank Chief Seif Makes New Vows Instead of Fulfilling JCPOA Commitments!

3- Westerners Playing with Iran Using Statements on JCPOA

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- All Countries Can Trade with Iran: G5+1 Member States Emphasize in Statement

2- Radical and Extremist Zionist Figure Lieberman Appointed as Israel’s War [Defence] Minister

3- More than 20 Terrorist Cells Disbanded in Recent Year: Intelligence Minister

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Kar-o Kargar:

1- Clerics Voice Their Support for Rouhani Administration’s Foreign Policy

2- Cleric Vahid Khorasani: We Should Talk to the World in a Soft Voice

3- Forecasts Indicate Growth of Investment in Iran: Minister

4- VP for Women and Family Affairs: Increased Age of Marriage and Growing Rate of Divorce Is Worrying

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Kayhan:

1- Pro-Gov’t Website: Rouhani Should Do Away with CBI Chief Seif [because of his remarks about JCPOA]

2- Kerry to US Diplomats: Give an Embellished Account of JCPOA for Your Grandchildren!

3- This Was Just the Result of “Thinking about” the US for 3 Years!

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Khorasan:

1- Khorasan’s Interview with Winston Groom, Author of “Forrest Gump”

2- Mixed Reports on Whether Terrorist Attack Led to Crash of Egyptian Airliner

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- France Is the 4th Country Willing to Launch LNG [Production] in Iran [after Oman, India, and South Korea]

2- 20% of Iranian Couples Are Sterile

3- People Don’t Accept Showing Any Fear towards US: IRGC Navy Commander

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Shargh:

1- American Companies Are Losers of US Stonewalling [in Trade with Tehran]

2- Economic Prescription of [IMF Chief] Lagarde’s Envoy [to Tehran] for President Rouhani: Economic Analyst Discusses the Issuance of 2 Economic Statements [one by IMF deputy and another one by the US and Europe on trade with Iran]

3- Opponents of Rouhani’s Administration Gather Together in a [So-Called] Humour Conference

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- John Kerry to US Diplomats: Tell Your Grandchildren How You Sat with Zarif in a Room and Made Him Surrender [this is one of the incorrect translations and misinterpretations of Kerry’s remarks, which was mentioned by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari in a post in KhabarOnline. Certain media, the conservative ones particularly, ignored the word “embellish” in Kerry’s remarks, and claimed that the US Secretary of State had referred to how the Americans made Zarif give in and surrender.]

2- Fall of Europe’s Airspace Security: ISIS Claims Responsibility of Plane Crash in Mediterranean Sea

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 21

 

 

Japan’s Ex-PM Urges Tehran-Tokyo Enhanced Ties

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Golrokh Askarieh
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“I hope that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Tehran and six world powers would help Iran and Japan further improve their relations,” Fukuda said at a Friday meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi in Tokyo.

Araqchi, for his part, briefed the Japanese official on the latest developments pertaining to the implementation process of the nuclear deal.

In his two-day visit to Japan, the senior Iranian diplomat also held talks with members of Japan’s International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC), members of the parliamentary friendship group of Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama.

During his meetings with Japanese officials and reporters in Tokyo, Araqchi expressed optimism that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s upcoming visit to Iran would help promote relations between the two Asian countries.

Japan’s Abe plans to visit Iran in late August to strengthen economic ties between the two nations, according to reports by Japanese media. He will be the first Japanese prime minister to visit the Islamic Republic in 38 years.

The visit will come against the backdrop of a new wave of interest in ties with Iran after Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 reached a conclusion over the text of a comprehensive 159-page deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and started implementing it on January 16.

The comprehensive nuclear deal, known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, terminated all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.

Experts believe that Iran’s economic growth would rise remarkably after the final nuclear deal takes effect.

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