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Iranian MPs Urge Legal Action against US Cyber Attackers

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Parliament

In the letter, the parliamentarians have asked the Judiciary to begin legal proceedings against US hackers for acts of sabotage against Iran, Abouzar Nadimi told Tasnim.

The main point of the letter is to counter harmful actions by American hackers against Iran’s nuclear facilities and power plants, he added.

The MPs seem to have written the letter in reaction to a recent decision by the US Justice Department, which announced on March 24 that it has indicted seven hackers associated with the Iranian government.

It is the first time the US has charged state-sponsored individuals with hacking to disrupt the networks of key US industries. The charges include attacking US banks’ public websites from late 2011 through May 2013 and with breaking into a computer system at a small dam in Rye, NY, in an apparent attempt to disrupt its operation.

On the other hand, Iran has already suffered a cyber damage when the Stuxnet virus affected a number of its nuclear facilities.

On June 1, 2012, The New York Times revealed that Stuxnet was part of a wave of sophisticated digital attacks codenamed “Olympic Games,” which US President Barack Obama had ordered against the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities.

The paper also confirmed that the Stuxnet virus was created with the help of a secret Israeli intelligence unit.

Iranian experts, however, detected and neutralized the malware in time, averting an extensive damage to the country’s industrial sites and facilities.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iran Newspaper front pages

Abrar:

  1. Iran Exceeds Commitments in Implementing Nuclear Deal – IAEA Chief
  2. Parliament Speaker: West’s adventurism on Iran missile program lacks legal basis
  3. Obama says U.S. and allies helping Iran benefit from nuclear deal
  4. ISIS plans to use drones armed with dirty bombs to attack the West: Cameron warns
  5. Court to issue billionaire Babak Zanjani’s 230-page ruling on Monday
  6. Efforts underway to prevent terrorists accessing nuclear arms

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Asrar:

  1. Iran to stop cash subsidy handouts to 24m in new calendar year
  2. Parliament speaker endorses Rouhani’s decision to cancel Austria visit
  3. Mousavian: Iran committed to nuclear deal; US dishonours the deal
  4. Fighting erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh, dozens of casualties reported
  5. Health minister: Only 20% of people’s health depends on Health Ministry
  6. Obama says he will facilitate trade, banking access for Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Arman-e Emrouz:

  1. Unprecedented developments in Iran-US relations

Hossein Mousavian speaks about the impacts of the nuclear deal on Tehran-Washington relations.

  1. Gov’t considers halting cash subsidies to 24m
  2. Little Bahrain puts Iran down

The diatribe comes as US Secretary of State pays a visit to the Persian Gulf country.

  1. Staunch Ahmadinejad aide creates media hype

Ahmadinejad’s minister: I voted for Rouhani

  1. Iran Exceeds Commitments in Implementing Nuclear Deal – IAEA Chief
  2. ISIS guerillas will attack Europe: Expert
  3. Will Zarrab reveal mysteries in Zanjani’s file?

Reza Zarrab, a mogul who is alleged to have been close to arrested billionaire Babak Zanajani, has now been arrested by US police for bypassing Iran’s sanctions.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Ebtekar:

  1. Details of a cancellation

A report about the details that led to the cancellation of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Austria

  1. Fighting erupts between Armenia and Azerbaijan after 22-year truce
  2. Iranian foreign trade balance positive

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Ettela’at

  1. Iran to drop the rich from receiving subsidies
  2. Iran needs to realize a productive domestic economy: Speaker
  3. Armenia, Azerbaijan open fire in border regions over Karabakh
  4. Health minister visits veteran producer Kiarostami in hospital

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Etemad:

  1. Behind curtains of unmade visit

A report about the various reasons why Iranian President Hassan Rouhani decided to cancel his visit to Austria

  1. Old Karabakh wound reopens

At least 30 soldiers have been killed in fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, officials of both countries said, each blaming the other for violence, reported Al-jazeera.

  1. Reformist figure: Administration enjoys 70% of next Parliament’s support

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Afkar:

  1. Iran to hold 22nd Farabi Annual Seminar
  2. Unprecedented rise in Iranian trade
  3. Bahraini FM says Persian Gulf States ready to confront Iran

Bahrain’s foreign minister said on Friday that Persian Gulf states were prepared to confront Iran over its foreign policy, and that Tehran should drop its support for Middle East factions.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

 

Emtiaz:

  1. Alarming growth of obesity in Iran
  2. 1.5bn litres of petrol turned to smoke in Nowruz
  3. Iran submits proposal to register polo in UNESCO

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Iran:

  1. Iran trade balance positive for first time in 37 years
  2. Rouhani calls for special focus on cyberspace
  3. War bell tolls in Karabakh
  4. Iran eyes oil exports at 2mbd

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

 

Kayhan:

  1. No wheat imports needed this year: Minister
  2. Obama: Deal’s spirit requires Iran to change its attitude
  3. ISIS plans to attack big cities with dirty bombs
  4. Mystery behind the significance of Namazi for US intelligence services
  5. Azerbaijan, Armenia conflict kills 100 soldiers
  6. VOA: Iranian nation deeply trust Islamic Republic

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Payam Zaman:

  1. Taxes to be levied on vacant houses

Housing sector readies for exit from recession

  1. Russia accuses Turkey of smuggling weapons to ISIS

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said in a letter to the UN Security Council circulated on Friday that Turkey is the main supplier of weapons and ammunition to ISIS fighters. He said that the transfers are overseen by the country’s National Intelligence Organization and are delivered mainly by vehicles, “including as part of humanitarian convoys.”

  1. Iran not to freeze oil output: Zangeneh
  2. Plans under way to develop Phase 11 of South Pars

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Jamejam:

  1. American failure to keep vows
  2. Foreign trade in reverse gear

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Jomhouri Islami:

  1. Iran inks 15 oil deals with foreign firms
  2. US Treasury Warns Sanctions ‘Overreach’ Will Lower Dollar’s Status
  3. Raialyoum: Riyadh loses oil war to Iran
  4. UK premier warns of potential ISIS use of dirty arms
  5. Turkish fighters shell Northern Iraq
  6. Ansarallah calls on Yemeni factions to join national unity government
  7. Over 300 killed in Nowruz trips
  8. Hamas captures 4 Israeli militants

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Javan:

  1. US moving from letters to spirit

“Iran so far has followed the letter of the agreement, but the spirit of the agreement involves Iran also sending signals to the world community and businesses that it is not going to be engaging in a range of provocative actions that are going to scare businesses off,” Obama said at a press conference.

  1. Silent death in suburban restaurants
  2. Not promoting missile defense might contradict Constitution: Political activists
  3. Theatres open round-the-clock during Nowruz

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

 

Hemayat:

  1. Obama: Iran must change its attitude
  2. Supervision not enough on banking, monetary systems
  3. Organs must bolster legal divisions: Justice official
  4. Head of General Inspection: Car company required to hand over 6,000 registered cars [to customers]
  5. Administration to exclude 24m from cash handout receivers
  6. Lavrov calls on UNSC to block terrorist access to Turkey
  7. The fat consume 13% of GDP

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Khorasan:

  1. The Obama tit-for-tat

US president displays a new interpretation of Iran-US relations regarding the nuclear deal

  1. Reza Zarrab transferred to New York for proceedings
  2. Iran in talks with Turkmenistan for importing 50ml of water to Mashhad

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Rah-e Mardom:

  1. Report: Resistive Economy, as highlighted by Leader

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

 

Resalat:

  1. Americans use rear window to enter Iran [instead of the door]
  2. Tension mounts in Karabakh
  3. History of censorship in US cinema
  4. US not to allow dollar trade with Iran: Obama
  5. Cleric warns of enemy’s all-out war on Islamic system, religion

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Roozan:

  1. US, China endorse nuclear deal
  2. JCPOA achievements: Viewpoint

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Rooyesh Mellat:

  1. Traders get state currency in 72 hours: CBI
  2. Administration fulfilled last year’s tasks: spokesman

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Shargh:

  1. Reformists’ 2nd leap
  2. End of Ahmadinejad’s creation

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Shahrvand:

  1. Zanjani money with Zarrab: official
  2. Performance of Red Crescent forces shines in Nowruz

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Saheb Ghalam:

  1. No more queues for buying foreign currency
  2. Mines are untapped ground for realizing resistive economy policies
  3. Representatives of 500 oil and petrochemical firms heading to Tehran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Vaghayeh Ettefaghiyeh:

  1. Secret US-Russia deal

Yemen left for Saudi Arabia, Syria for Russia, Lebanon for Iran, Iraq for US, Turkey remains empty-handed

  1. China is good example for US ties with Iran
  2. Expert: Current admin set record in curbing inflation

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Asia:

Obama to American firms: No risks in dealing with Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

 

Abrar Eqtesadi:

  1. Iran initiates agenda to stop recession in housing sector
  2. Iran to hold first tender to develop oilfields in April
  3. Austria offers insurance coverage for Austrian investors in Iran
  4. No risks in Iran dealings: Obama

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on April 3

 

Iran oil exports surpasses 2 million bpd

By
Emad Askarieh
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“Iran’s exports of oil and gas condensate are now at more than 2 million barrels per day,” the minister told the Shana news agency in Tehran on Sunday.

Condensate is a light oil that is typically produced in association with natural gas. 

Senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi earlier said Iran had raised its crude oil exports to 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd), but it faced challenges for returning to pre-sanctions levels when the country sold 2.5 million barrels.

“Our customers have gone and concluded deals with other countries. We have to find new clients and nobody can expect us to return to former export rates overnight,” he said.

Araqchi predicted Iran’s oil exports to hit 2.5 million bpd within a year.

The Islamic Republic exported about 1 million bpd of oil under sanctions. Since the lifting of those restrictions, the country has been ramping up production in a bid to regain its market share.

The oil market is saturated amid oversupply by major producers such as Saudi Arabia.

The kingdom is currently pushing for a production freeze provided that other oil producing nations stop their output at current rates.

On Friday, deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman said Saudi Arabia would only freeze its oil output if Iran and other major producers did so.

Zangeneh has said Iran would take part in discussions on a possible production freeze after its output reached 4 million barrels per day.

The minister had already dismissed the idea of a production freeze by Iran as “a joke.”

“We do not intend to sanction ourselves again after coming out of the sanctions,” Deputy Petroleum Minister Amir Hossein Zamani said in February.

With Iran under sanctions, Saudi Arabia raised its output to an all-time high of more than 10.5 million barrels a day as did other producers, leading to an oversupply which has caused prices to nosedive around 70% since mid-2014.

Bin Salman’s remarks on Friday left the outcome of a meeting between OPEC and other big oil producers in Doha this month in question and sent prices sharply down.

In London and New York, oil prices sank more than four percent after the comments. Brent crude fell as much as $1.78 to $38.55 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate dropped $1.62 to $36.72 a barrel.

Iran’s DM Urges Halt to Fighting between Armenia, Azerbaijan

By
Emad Askarieh
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According to the Defense Ministry, Brigadier General Dehqan called for an immediate end to the military confrontation between the two northern neighbors of Iran.

In the telephone conversations with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and Armenia’s Seyran Ohanian, the Iranian general called upon the two countries to exercise restraint and settle the conflicts through dialogue.

At least 30 soldiers have been killed in fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces along the frontlines of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Each side blames the other for the fighting that began overnight.

Azerbaijan said on Saturday that Armenian forces killed 12 of its soldiers and shot down a helicopter.

Azeri troops, meanwhile, killed 18 ethnic-Armenian soldiers, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian said.

Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of Armenian military and separatists since a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended in 1994. Years of negotiations have brought little progress in resolving the dispute.

Fighting on Saturday marked the worst clashes since 1994, said David Babayan, spokesman for the region’s separatist president.

 

Iran Urges Restraint in Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said the military clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia cause “serious concern” for Iran.

“While the region is witnessing devastating activities by extremist groups and is in need of calm and stability, the worrying reports of escalated clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have deeply concerned the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the spokesman said on Saturday night.

He then called on the two neighbors to exercise restraint and avoid taking any measures that could exacerbate the situation.

Jaberi Ansari also asked Baku and Yerevan to put an immediate end to the fighting and do their utmost to settle the disputes in a peaceful manner and within the framework of peace organizations and the UN.

At least 30 soldiers have been killed in fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces along the frontlines of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Both sides blamed the other for the fighting that began overnight.

Azerbaijan said on Saturday that Armenian forces killed 12 of its soldiers and shot down a helicopter.

Azeri troops, meanwhile, killed 18 ethnic-Armenian soldiers, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian said.

Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of Armenian military and separatists since a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended in 1994. Years of negotiations have brought little progress in resolving the dispute.

Fighting on Saturday marked the worst clashes since 1994, said David Babayan, spokesman for the region’s separatist president.

 

Speaker: Iran Should Continue Missile Power Development

By
Emad Askarieh
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larijani

Speaking at an open session of the parliament on Sunday, Larijani praised Iran’s ability to confront terrorists in the region, saying that “combative spirit and defense capabilities” are the main factors behind the country’s sustainable stability and strength to crack down on terrorists.

“Although some excuses recently raised by a number of Western countries about Iran’s missile (tests) are flimsy and legally worthless, they are indicative of their (westerners) long-term policy which (shows) that they do not want the Islamic Republic to be powerful enough to ensure regional security,” he noted.

“For this reason, we should insist on strengthening the country’s defense capability, especially in the field of missile,” Larijani added.

In a speech earlier on Saturday, the Iranian speaker had warned against US plots to impose new sanctions against Iran under pretexts other than the country’s peaceful nuclear program, saying it “indicates the necessity for being vigilant, watchful, and cautious in the face of their measures.”

Under current circumstances, the Westerners are seeking to impose new scenarios against Iran, Larijani warned, urging increased unity and solidarity among Iranian parties against the country’s enemies.

After the termination of nuclear-related anti-Iran sanctions in mid-January as per the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, the United States imposed new sanctions against Tehran later in January over its ballistic missile program, even as the world hailed the implementation of the historic nuclear deal which had been reached in July 2015.

 

Official: US hindering Iran’s recovery

By
Emad Askarieh
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Some Iranians are frustrated that economic recovery from years of sanctions is slow as banking transactions are still stricken with problems and the return of Iran’s capital from abroad is facing hurdles.

“Here, we are faced with two types of a new problem: one is returning to former conditions which will automatically take time; the other is that American obstructions have made it difficult,” Abbas Araqchi said Saturday night.

US and European businesses are reluctant to do business with Iran for fear of getting tangled in a thicket of US regulations months after sanctions were lifted on the Islamic Republic under a nuclear agreement.

Araqchi dismissed contentions that sanctions on Iran had been lifted “only on paper.”

“All the sanctions which were to be annulled have been canceled and those parts which had to stop have been halted. We are now facing a new situation,” Araqchi said.

“Sanctions were getting their legitimacy from Security Council resolutions which have been totally cancelled,” he added.

However, certain restrictions not related to Iran’s nuclear issue remain in place, Araqchi said, citing “primary sanctions” which the US has imposed on Iran over terrorism and human rights accusations.

“The overlapping of ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ sanctions has created some problems and the Americans have not had the necessary cooperation in this regard yet,” he said.

Iran, however, has managed to remove some of the problems through pressuring the US, including those related to insurance for oil tankers, Araqchi said.

“Iran’s capabilities brought the Americans to the negotiating table and their obstructions are now normal,” he added.

The US has fined some of the largest international banks for trading for Iran. Araqchi said some of those banks had pledged not to deal with Iran, but Tehran was pressuring Washington to remove the restrictions.

“We knew that we would be facing breach of contract and malfeasance by the Americans when it came to the implementation (of the agreement),” he said.

US President Barack Obama has appeared to take further steps toward easing restrictions on Iran and allowing the country to begin trading in dollars.

Araqchi said Iran had raised its crude oil exports to 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd), but it faced challenges for returning to pre-sanctions levels when the country sold 2.5 million barrels.

“Our customers have gone and concluded deals with other countries. We have to find new clients and nobody can expect us to return to former export rates overnight,” he said.

Araqchi predicted Iran’s oil exports to hit 2.5 million bpd within a year.

As for the repatriation of Iranian assets abroad, the official put the sum above $100 billion, some of which belonged to the government while others were owned by the Central Bank and the Ministry of Petroleum or held in the form of deposits with Chinese banks.

Iran missiles not open to talks, compromise: Araqchi

By
Emad Askarieh
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“During the [nuclear] negotiations [with the P5+1 group of countries], we never allowed them to raise the issue of our country’s missile [program], because no wise individual will negotiate over his country’s security,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said in a televised interview Saturday night.

Referring to recent claims by the US and some European countries about Iran’s latest ballistic missile tests, the official said those countries have already brought up this issue at the UN Security Council twice, but have failed to make the body issue even a statement against Iran.

Araqchi stated that the US and the West frequently resort to the Security Council Resolution 2231 to call for a stop on Iran’s ballistic missile tests, adding, “The resolution calls upon Iran not to test or produce missiles which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, but Iran has never developed missiles for this purpose.”

The Iranian deputy foreign minister reiterated that there is no evidence to show that Iran’s missiles are meant to carry nuclear warheads and therefore do not violate the Security Council Resolution 2231.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully test-fired two ballistic missiles on March 9 as part of military drills to assess the IRGC’s capabilities. The missiles dubbed Qadr-H and Qadr-F were fired during large-scale drills, code-named Eqtedar-e-Velayat.

On March 8, Iran fired another ballistic missile called Qiam from silo-based launchers in different locations across the country.

On March 24, the US Treasury Department blacklisted two Iranian companies claiming that the firms backed Iran’s ballistic missile program. Washington also claimed that the companies are working for an industrial group, which the US alleges is in charge of Iran’s ballistic missile program.

 

underground IRGC missile facility

 

Washington claims that Iran’s missile tests violate the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 that endorsed a nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany – on July 14, 2015.

Iran, however, has repeatedly announced that the missile launches were not against the Security Council resolution.

Resolution 2231 (2015) provides for the termination of the provisions of previous Security Council resolutions on the Iranian nuclear program, and calls on Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology.

IRGC busts terrorist group in southeast Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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“In a coordinated operation conducted by the IRGC forces and the Shia and Sunni people of Sistan and Baluchestan, a terrorist group affiliated with Mojahedeen-e Khalq Organization (MKO) has been demolished south of Sistan and Baluchestan,” Tasnim news agency quoted Commander of the IRGC Ground Forces’ Quds Base Brigadier General Mohammad Marani as saying on Sunday.

He added that the terrorist group’s leader, Ahmad Sahouei, along with four other members of the cell, were killed during an operation by the IRGC forces.

The commander noted that provincial security forces were monitoring the criminal group, which has been conducting acts of murder and armed robbery, saying that weapons and ammunition were seized from the armed group.

The MKO has carried out numerous terrorist attacks against Iranian civilians and government officials over the past three decades. Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist attacks since the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 have fallen victim to the acts of terror carried out by the MKO.

The group was viewed by the EU as terrorist until January 2009, when the EU Council lifted the designation under immense pressure from political lobbies. The decision was followed by the United States in September 2012.

Iran Not Comparable to Soviet Union, Cuba: Presidential Adviser

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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In a post on his account in a social network, Hesamoddin Ashna, the cultural adviser to President Hassan Rouhani, said the enemies can never influence the calculations of Iranian official, who benefit from the wise leadership of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

He added that US President Barack Obama had better be mindful of the fact that Iran is not similar to Cuba or the former Soviet Union, which broke up under the Cold War strategies.

His comments came after Obama travelled to Havana in March in a first visit by a US president to Cuba in 88 years. Washington and Havana had agreed in December 2014 to restore diplomatic ties that the US had severed more than 50 years ago.

Iranian officials, however, have noted times and again that the Islamic Republic will not allow any US inroads into the country.

Ayatollah Khamenei has on many occasions urged vigilance in the face of enemy ploys to gain a political and cultural foothold in Iran, warning that the consequences of such infiltration would be much worse than that of enemy’s economic influence.

As part of plans for cultural infiltration, the enemy has made heavy investment to gradually change the Iranian people’s beliefs, the Leader has warned.

 

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