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Chabahar Deal: Afghan President in Tehran

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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The trip marks Ashraf Ghani’s second visit to Iran over the past 20 months since he took the office.

The Afghan president’s first trip to Tehran was made on April 19, 2015 when the two countries emphasized increased cooperation in implementing bilateral as well as multilateral projects with regional countries particularly India, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, including the trilateral MoU regarding Iran’s Chabahar Port.

Given its geopolitical position, Iran holds a key role in the transit sector as it can connect other countries to Central Asia, Caucasus, Russia and Europe.

Accordingly, the $85m letter of understanding for India’s investment in Chabahar was signed between the Indian Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Iran’s Abbas Akhundi, Minister of Road and Urban Development, during Gadkari’s visit to Iran in May 2015.

During his recent visit to Tehran, Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan announced that “New Delhi is willing to increase investment in the port city of Chabahar.”

Meanwhile, Deputy Head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Khan Jan Alokozay said earlier “Afghanistan and India give great significance to Chabahar as it has magnificent impacts on their economic progress in addition to the vital role that can play in solving the two nations political problems.”

Also during his latest trip to India, Abdullah Abdullah had requested the Indian PM, Narendra Modi, to implement trilateral agreements among Iran, India and Afghanistan accelerating investment procedure.

Afghan high-ranking officials headed by Abdullah Abdullah visited Chabahar and encouraged Afghan merchants to use this port for export and import purposes.

Based on an MoU signed between Kabul and Tehran, Iran has allocated 54 hectares of land to Afghan merchants for exporting their products.

Chabahar is situated on the Makran Coast in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, and has been officially designated as a Free Trade and Industrial Zone by Iran’s government. Due to its free trade zone status, the city has increased in significance in international trade.

ISIS Would Have Taken All of Syria If Iran Hadn’t Helped Damascus: General Soleimani

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Here’s IFP’s translation of excerpts from General Soleimani’s Monday May 23 remarks, as reported by Tasnim.

 

“Today, the Islamic Republic is on the winning side in the battle against Takfiris [radical Islamic terrorists], and we are witnessing their defeat,” General Soleimani said in an address to seminary teachers and students in Qom.

“If the Islamic Republic had refused to help the Syrian government resistance, Daesh [also known as ISIS and ISIL] would be ruling the entire country today.”

He further talked about US attempts to foster sectarian wars with the aim of defeating Iran, and stressed that Washington is now being forced to withdraw from all its targets.

“In spite of all US pressure, Sunnis, Shiites, and the Kurds of Iraq are now in favour of Iran, and are proud of their friendship with Tehran,” General Soleimani added.

“Today, the Islamic Republic is definitely the victor in all regional fields; of course we have played minor roles in certain fields, but the enemy has been defeated even in those, due to its incorrect ideas.”

The IRGC general also pointed to the ongoing war in Yemen, stating that the enemy’s “arrogant war” has led to their own defeat.

“The result of the Yemen war is the stabilization of [Houthi] Ansarullah’s power,” he said.

Iran Unveils Ultra-Heavy Tank Carrier, Optimized Tank

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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The two new army achievements were unveiled during the Beit ul-Moqaddas 28 wargames underway in the central province of Isfahan.

“The Pouria ultra-heavy tank carrier and Felaq tank were unveiled during the Beit ul-Moqaddas drills,” General Massoud Reza Zawarei, head of the Iranian Ground Force’s Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad, told reporters in Isfahan today.

He said that the Felaq is equipped with an automatic, stabilized Dushka weapon, which is controlled by the crew inside.

Iran’s Ground Force started massive missile drills codenamed Heidar Karrar 3 in the central parts of the country on Sunday as a part of the Beit ul-Moqaddas wargames series.

Different infantry, mechanized and air force units are participating in the exercises.

The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes, and tested a large number of home-made weapons, tools and equipment, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircrafts, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems, during massive military drills.

Spokesman Denies Reports on Taliban Leader’s Iran Visit

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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“Relevant authorities in the Islamic Republic [of Iran] deny that such a person crossed into Pakistan from the Iranian borders on such a date,” Jaberi Ansari said in his weekly press conference, as reported by Iranian media and translated by IFP.

He also referred to the killing of the Taliban leader, stressing that “the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes any move towards peace and stability in Afghanistan.”

Mansour, who was elevated to the leadership of the Taliban after a bitter power struggle, was killed on Saturday May 21 in a remote part of Pakistan’s western Balochistan province.

The raid was the first known US assault on a top Afghan Taliban leader on Pakistani soil, and dealt a heavy blow to the militant group, which had expanded its operations under Mansour’s guidance.

Riyadh Hindering Iranians’ Hajj Pilgrimage: Spokesman

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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“With the continuation of Saudi Arabia’s obstructionism on the issues of the security of (Iranian) pilgrims, transportation and issuing visas, the subject of Hajj has been hindered practically,” the spokesman said at his weekly press conference in Tehran on Monday May 23.

He also slammed Riyadh for adopting an “intensification of tensions” as its main policy, stressing that Tehran, on the contrary, seeks stability and calm in the region.

There has been an interruption in Iranian trips to Saudi Arabia for Hajj after Riyadh severed its diplomatic ties with Tehran in January.

While Iran insists that the safety of travelers to Saudi Arabia must be ensured, given a disaster that killed many Iranian pilgrims in last year’s Hajj, the Saudis are dragging their feet over facilitating the trip for the upcoming Hajj season.

More than 460 Iranians were among the thousands of pilgrims who died on September 24, 2015, in a crush in Mina, near Mecca. The incident marked the worst ever tragedy during Hajj.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Newspaper front pages

Most newspapers on Monday covered the success of Asghar Farhadi’s most recent movie, The Salesman, in the Sunday night closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, where Shahab Hossein won the Best Actor award, and Asghar Farhadi was awarded for the Best Screenplay.

Another top story was the ongoing visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Tehran and the trilateral agreement due to be signed regarding Chabahar Port.

Remarks by different Iranian officials on the nuclear deal (JCPOA) and the problems of its implementation were also covered by Iranian newspapers as usual.

 

Abrar:

1- No More Restrictions on Banking Transactions in Euros: Iranian Diplomat

2- US Drone Attacks Kill Taliban Leader

3- 2 Senators Warn US Treasury Department against Iran Accessing Dollar

4- Threats Never Surprise Army: Ground Force Commander

5- Big Changes Expected in Taliban after Death of Mullah Mansour

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Inflation Rate Turns Negative

2- Fresh Talks between Iran and Britain’s Shell

3- Iranians Set New Oil Deadline for Chinese

4- Iranian Auto-Manufacturers in Talks with Indians

5- Iran to Raise Oil Exports to 2.2bpd by Summer

6- Reasons behind Eni Oil Sale Delay

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Independent MPs-Elect Key to Selection of Next Parliament Speaker

2- Practical Measures Also Needed for JCPOA Implementation: Zarif

3- Cannes Pays Tribute to The Salesman: Awards for Shahab Hossein and Asghar Farhadi

4- Who Will Take Assembly of Experts Presidency?

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Asia:

1- Congress and White House Still Fighting over Iran’s Access to Dollar

2- Afghan President Ghani Will Leave Tehran after a Few Hours

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Besharat-e Now:

1- 7th Islamic Countries World Forum Due to Take Place in Iran on May 24-25

2- Violence and Extremism Have No Place in Iranian Culture: Zarif

3- It Is Unwise to Deprive People of Music: Int’l Green Film Festival Secretary

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Ebtekar:

1- We Should Try to Spread Mercy of Islam: Rafsanjani

2- 2 Main Cannes Awards Given to Iranian Cinema

3- Afghan President Confirms Killing of Taliban Leader Akhtar Mansour

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Emtiaz:

1- Tsunami of Foreign Tourists in Iran

2- Direct Flights from Moscow to Holy City of Mashhad

3- Inflation Rate to Be Reduced to Less than 10% This Year: Gov’t Spokesman

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Etemad:

1- Speculations Increase ahead of Assembly of Experts Presidency Vote: First Choice of Fifth Assembly

2- Shajarian’s Voice Heard in Cannes with Farhadi’s The Salesman

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Ettela’at:

1- Last Month’s Inflation Rate Was 10.2%

2- Chabahar Port to Become Regional Trade Hub: Iran, India, Afghanistan to Sign Chabahar Agreement Today

3- Production of 2 New Pharmaceuticals per Month an Honour for Gov’t: First VP

4- Iran Is Safest Country in Middle East: Deputy FM

5- “Naze’at” and “Fajr” Missiles Fired in Army Ground Force Drills

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Ghanoon:

1- The Golden 2nd of Khordad [May 22]: Farhadi and Hossein Win Cannes Awards

2- God Liberated Khorramshahr [during Iran-Iraq War], Authorities Left It [ignored the city’s destruction and failed to renovate it after the war]

3- I Repeat: Take Ahmadinejad’s Return Seriously!

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Iran:

1- Iranian Cinema Wins 2 Cannes Awards

2- Tehran and New Delhi to Commence Strategic Ties: Indian PM Modi after Arriving in Iran

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Javan:

1- Obama Spent Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Justifying JCPOA: Selling the JCPOA by Buying Media

2- Pentagon Targets Taliban Leader Mullah Mansour: US Fire on ISIS Rival in Afghanistan

3- Farhadi and the Suspicious Salesman: He Complained in French Territory that American Filmmakers Can’t Make Films in Iran!

4- SNSC Secretary: USA’s Double-Standard Policies on JCPOA Are Worrying

5- Defending Women’s Rights Using Imported [Foreign] Standards Will Destroy [the Iranian] Family

6- Informed Source: Ayatollah Jannati [Guardian Council Secretary] Will Run for Presidency of Assembly of Experts

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Important Development in Syria War: 2 American and French Officers Captured by Hezbollah in Aleppo

2- Indian PM in Tehran: 2 Major Civilizations of the East on the Verge of Huge Cooperation

3- 2 Terrorists Busted on Their Way to Tehran

4- Iraqi Army Preparing to Liberate Fallujah

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Kayhan:

1- “Almost Nothing” [JCPOA Achievements] Is a Result of Precise US Planning

2- US and French Intelligence Officers Captured by Hezbollah near Aleppo

3- We’re Getting Prepared to Counter the Big Satan: Army Ground Force Commander

4- Major Operation Begins to Liberate Fallujah from 4 Sides

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Khorasan:

1- 2 Cannes Palms Grown in the Name of Iran

2- Russian Sukhoi Planes to Return to Syria

3- Speculations about Future of Taliban and Mansour’s Replacement

4- Iran-India $20bn Negotiations in Tehran

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Resalat:

1- Senior Cleric Makarem Shirazi Delivers People’s Concerns to Rouhani: If We Don’t Stand against US, They’ll Urge Us to Recognize Israel!

2- USA’s Continued Hostilities in Post-JCPOA Era: Congress Says Washington Should Cooperate with Persian Gulf Littoral States in Launching Anti-Iran Missile Defence System

3- Cleric Urges Gov’t to Strongly Pursue Lawsuit to Receive Compensation from US

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Sayeh:

1- E-Visas to Be Issued for Tourists as of Fall 2016: Iranian Tourism Chief

2- Conservatives and Reformists “Melted” in Moderation

3- We Are Hungry: Countries with Highest Rates of Malnutrition

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Shahrvand:

1- Iran’s Economic Growth Rate to Hit 7%

2- Cristiano Ronaldo: I Know Persian Script Very Well

3- Top Clerics Satisfied with Performance of Rouhani’s Gov’t

4- Female Police Forces in Special Relief and Rescue Operation Units

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Shargh:

1- 1 Film, 2 Awards: Shahab Hossein and Asghar Farhadi among Cannes Festival Best

2- Who’s the Fifth Chief of the Assembly of Experts?

3- Reformism Is Alive: On Anniversary of Khordad 2 [May 23, 1997], the Day Khatami Was Elected as President

4- Leader’s Adviser Velayati: We’re Still Preoccupied with Foreign Orientation in Education

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Shorou:

1- 20m Iranians Suffering from Mental Illnesses

2- Parviz Kalantari, Famous Iranian Painter and Illustrator of Nostalgic School Books, Dies

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Tejarat:

1- Iran to Become a Foreign Tourist Heaven: A Report on Huge Crowds of Tourists in Front of Int’l Hotels

2- British FM in Meeting with Iranian Central Bank Chief: Accelerated Banking Collaborations

3- G7 Summit under Shadow of Washington-Tokyo Tensions

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Golden Night for The Salesman

2- US Passports Sold in Iran for Almost $35,000

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Americans Claim to Have Given Mousavian $70,000 to Help Sell JCPOA

2- Secrets behind Sexual War in France

3- We Can’t Even Change Oman’s Rial into Euro: CBI Chief

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 23

 

 

Iran Marks 34th Anniversary of Liberation of Khorramshahr

By
Emad Askarieh
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Photo: Iranian forces celebrate the liberation of Khorramshahr at the city’s Grand Mosque, May 24, 1982.

Iranian forces recaptured the southwestern city in a landmark operation code-named Beit ol-Moqaddas.

Iran launched the operation in April 1982 and liberated Khorramshahr on May 24 of the same year. In retaking the city, the Iranians captured some 19,000 troops from the Iraqi army.

Some 6,000 Iraqi forces were also killed and thousands of others injured during the operation.

During an open session of Iran’s Parliament on Monday, speaker Ali Larijani said, “The liberation of Khorramshahr marked a turning point in the military history of the revolutionary Iranian nation.”

The imposed war began in 1980, a year after the Islamic Revolution, with Iraq invading Iran with the support of major powers and their allies in the region.

The war drew to a close in August 1988, when Iran accepted UN Security Council Resolution 598, which declared Saddam as the initiator of the conflict.

During the eight years of war, Iraqi forces received economic, military and intelligence support from more than 20 countries, led by the United States.

 

Photo: Iranian forces celebrate the liberation of Khorramshahr at the city’s Grand Mosque, May 24, 1982.
To see a gallery of historic photos of the liberation of Khorramshahr, please click here.

Stained-Glass Museum in Tehran

By
Fatemeh Askarieh
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The property of the museum, with an area of over 1000m2, dates back to the Qajar period, and was originally owned by a man named Dr. Shaqaqi.

This museum is only the second of its type in the world, and contains a huge collection of Iranian stained-glass windows.

Stained-glass is an art which was imported to Iran from Eastern Europe, India, and China. It was soon imbued with a strong local flavor, however. Stained-glass windows displayed in this museum include paintings of human figures, birds and flowers, animals, geometrical figures, historical buildings, urban landscapes, nature, Quranic calligraphy, religious figures, courtiers and ordinary citizens.

Text from KhabarOnline, Photos of the museum courtesy of HonarOnline.

 

 

Food as Recreation in Tehran: Study

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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In an interview with Mehr, Majid Abhari explained that the study included public and recreational areas, such as parks; tourist attractions like the Persian Gulf Lake; and riversides. The study surveyed families visiting these areas, and was conducted by the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences Foundation. It revealed that 65% of them considered eating in restaurants and fast food outlets, as well as eating homemade food outdoors (especially during the night), to be their favourite pastime.

“People tend to spend time preparing food to be eaten in a place outside the home because they believe it to be a very wholesome form of entertainment, as a result of which they can enjoy an intimate family gathering. This is their main goal,” he explained.

“The costs of travelling outside the city, as well as problems like the lack of consecutive days off work, transportation, and accommodation were among the reasons for which some families preferred not to travel.”

According to Abhari, creating a culture of spending leisure time with family in local picnic spots and parks was seen as an appropriate way to spend leisure time.

“Children and teenagers showed the biggest interest in ready-to-eat foods. They preferred to eat at restaurants with their family, a fact that points to lifestyle changes,” the professor added.

Iran and New Zealand to Boost Agricultural Ties

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Hojjati, who was speaking at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and New Zealand, said “Fortunately, a good deal of cooperation has been fostered between the two countries in the agriculture sector as well as in trade of goods and products.”

“Fruitful measures will be taken in order to strengthen relations between the private sectors of the two sides, and to exchange knowledge and technology with New Zealand,” highlighted Hojjati, adding “Also, plans will be made for good cooperation in areas of education, scientific research as well as emerging issues and capabilities of both countries.”

He went on to express his hope that “Existing ties between the two parties in livestock will continue.”

“The newly signed document pertains to numerous agricultural fields, including commercial, educational and promotional ones, as well as strengthening the private sector and conducting joint ventures,” the official concluded.

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