Located 24 km from Ardebil in eastern slope of Sabalan Mountain, Sardabeh waterfall has near 15 meters height with strong smell of sulfur and is frozen due to the very low temperature in winter. The place is Ardebil’s one of tourist attraction places.
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Saudi Arabia must be held accountable for the act of aggression against the Iranian mission in Yemen, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said on Sunday.
The attack on Iran’s embassy, which was carried out intentionally, can well be pursued by Iran’s Foreign Ministry in international organizations, he added.
The Iranian legislator also stressed that the Saudi government must compensate Iran for all damage it has inflicted on the country, stressing that the Islamic Republic reserves the right to follow up on this issue by taking legal action through international authorities.
On January 6, Saudi warplanes targeted Iran’s embassy in Sana’a, damaging the mission’s building and wounding a number of security forces guarding the place.
One day later, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari roundly condemned the “deliberate” Saudi attack, saying it was a “violation of all international conventions and regulations” in protecting diplomatic missions under all circumstances.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic has so far exercised patience with regard to negative measures adopted by Saudi Arabia.
“We have so far responded to negative Saudi measures with patience because there is a distance between Iranian wisdom and Saudi officials’ misguided and immature approaches,” Zarif said, emphasizing that Iran does not seek tension in the region.
Speaking in a televised program on the Iranian Channel One network, he said that Saudis have adopted policy of confronting with the realities on the ground and their political geography.
Saudi Arabia has been involved in a game that it was not prepared for it and it can not play the role of an active player in it, the spokesman said.
The Islamic Republic adopted a quite clear stance towards attacks against Saudi missions in Iranian cities and condemned the attacks, he added.
Jaber-Ansari said that Saudi Arabia seeks escalation of tensions and feels hostility towards Iran.
Iran has accepted and understood the developments in the region and moves in line with them and seeks to de-escalate tensions, he said.
Speaking about the possibility of war between Tehran and Riyadh, the spokesman underlined Saudis may feel that a limited war may help them but other regional and international players disagree with such policies.
Jaber-Ansari said that Saudi Arabia should not be permitted to impose the costs of its destructive policies on the region.
Certain states like Sudan are trying to solve their financial problems by Saudi petro-dollars and countries like Bahrain are supported by Saudis and this is the reason why they entered embassy war with Iran, he added.
The spokesman noted that several Islamic countries like Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey avoided entering the embassy war with Iran.
Jaberi-Ansari said Saudi Arabia’s policy of ‘war of embassies’ by cutting its ties with Iran and putting pressure on other countries in doing so will not bear any benefit to the Riyadh regime.
He said Saudi rulers who are facing economic and political woes inside their country will not reap any fruit from their policy of creating tension in the region to ward off their challenges.
Jaberi-Ansari urged the House of Saud to be ready to accept the realities at home, in the region, and worldwide and stop destructive and war-mongering policies which have adversely affected their image.
The spokesman also reiterated that diplomatic contacts between Iran and US in recent days have been solely on the issue of nuclear agreement saying that Washington cannot mediate between Tehran and Riyadh while it has no diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.
Despite being hobbled by sanctions, Iran is in the midst of a shopping mall boom. Several modern shopping malls, some of them just catering for luxury brands, have opened in the capital, Tehran, in the past few years. Several more are currently under construction — with the biggest concentration being in the city’s well-heeled, tree-lined northern neighborhoods.
Yet none of those in the capital can match the size and ambition of the Isfahan City Center shopping mall on the outskirts of Iran’s fabled historic city and former capital.
Speaking in the Majlis (parliament) public session this morning, Larijani said that certain members of US Congress are trying to sabotage the process of execution of Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA).
US recent measures which limits travel to Iran is against the spirit of JCPOA, Larijani added.
He said that if US government does not prevent congress’s anti-Iranian measures, Iranian Majlis will adopt reciprocal measures.
The speaker underlined that if US Congress continues its hostile actions against Iran’s defensive capabilities; Iran may review its activities in defense and nuclear field.
Addressing the US Congress, Larijani said that if Iran’s Qods force did not stand against the terrorist groups, hundreds of terrorist actions similar to the Paris event could happen.
The Iranian speaker called the anti-Iranian US congressmen as Zionists recruits, adding that CIA is in fact a terrorist organization which has links with terrorist groups in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Supreme Leader’s urges to even his dissenters to take part in the upcoming elections and the issue of the Saudi embassy attack in Tehran grabbed most of the headlines on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Besides, the capture of a number of senior officials with the Iranian Offshore Oil Company was also considered by a number of dailies. The executives are detained on numerous charges like graft, embezzlement and tax evasion.
Abrar Eqtesadi:
1. Iran’s economy reaches $1,381bn: IMF
2. Crimes by Ahmadinejad in 5th plan, unprecedented
3. Iran opens oil offices in Europe, Latin America
Abrar:
1. No need for announcing range of Iran missiles: Cmdr
Spokesperson of Iran’s Army Brig. Gen. Masoud Jazayeri has said there is no need that Iran officially announces the range of its missiles.
2. Flu outbreak subsides in Iran: deputy health minister
3. Uganda warns Burundi [threat to African Union force a ‘mistake’]
4. Vietnam issues second warning to China
Aftabeyazd:
1. The Russian silence
Aftabeyazd’s report on Russia’s inaction to support Iran as the Tehran-Riyadh chasm grows deeper
2. MP prays oil prices will plunge to $2/b
Arman-e Emrouz:
1. Only one list of reformist candidates: ex-vice president
Mohammad Reza Aref, a former reformist vice president, says reformist parliamentary candidates should refrain from presenting several candidate lists.
2. “I am happy with the large number of candidates:” spokesperson
Spokesperson of the Guardian Council said being absent in the Assembly of Experts’ exam does not disqualify a hopeful, [referring to the absence of the grandson of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Hassan Khomeini, in the exam.
3. Restoring power: nightmare or reality
Ahmadinejah waiting for a chance
Donyaye Eghtesad:
– Banning trips to black, white ISIS supporting countries proposed
Ebtekar:
1. Leader urges everyone to vote
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution calls on all the citizens eligible for voting to take part in next month’s parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections.
2. Zarif to UN: Iran not keen to add fuel to tensions with its neighbors
In a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the rising tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia as “deplorable”.
Etemad:
1. Leader urges even those against him to vote
“As before, we insist everyone, even those who don’t believe in the system and the leadership, come to the ballots, as the election belongs to the nation, and the system,” the Supreme Leader said in a speech to thousands in Tehran.
2. Guardian Council Spokesperson:
Women Allowed in Assembly of Experts
Ettela’at:
1. Iran Leader to Thousands in Qom:
Informed presence in elections brings about permanence of the Revolution, peace and victory
The leader said: Even those who do not approve of the establishment and the leadership should come to the ballots.
2. Zarif: Saudi has to choose between sectarian hatred or good neighborliness
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent a letter to the UN Chief in which he slammed Saudi Arabia role in igniting sectarian strife in the region.
3. Inequality worse than poverty in society: Iranian Economist
Iran:
1. In a rare cultural move:
Statesmen watch play on Amir Kabir’s life
2. Screening qualities of the test absentees
Guardian Council spokesperson said the council’s experts are screening the scientific qualities of those hopefuls in the Assembly of Experts election who missed a test to determine their scientific level.
3. Embassy attackers handed over to judiciary: police chief
Jahan Sanat:
1. Dollar keeps marching up
Administrations no longer able to contain forex rate in Iran.
2. Security forces’ negligence unacceptable: Conservative MP
Conservative Iranian parliamentarian Ahmad Tavakoli reacted to the Saudi Arabia’s embassy attack in Tehran.
Jahan Eqtesad:
– $2bn Needed for Supporting Mines, Head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasian said.
Javan:
1. Leader: People foiled 2009 color coup
Speaking to thousands in Tehran, the Leader said: Americans say the period following the nuclear talks will be a period of being strict to Iran.
2. UN: Use of cluster bombs, heinous war crime
Confessing Saudi war crimes after 10 months
3. IOOC managers detained
Deputy minister of intelligence said three of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company executive have been detained on a number of charges.
Keyhan:
1. Leader to people of Qom:
List of those who side with the US is not reliable
People foiled 2009 color coup: Leader
2. Trump vows US support as long as Saudi dollars are available
Khorasan:
1. Speaker denies election meeting with president
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says he will support the clerical community but has not held a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the upcoming parliamentary election.
2. IRR8,000bn scam foiled, major tax evasion gang dismantled
Madrom Salari:
1. Iranian wisdom distant from immature Saudi approaches
Zarif said in a meeting with China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Ming in Tehran on Saturday.
2. Inspired by ISIS: Ambush attack on Philly police officer
Resalat:
1. Iran to decide if JCPOA violated: Shamkhani
The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has said Tehran does not care what others say and will continue to boost its deterrence.
2. Not taking the exam does not disqualify attendees: spokesman of the Guardian Council said referring to the exam held recently in the central city of Qom to examine Assembly of Experts hopefuls. A number of prominent hopefuls missed the exam.
Rooyesh Mellat:
1. Iran FM hopes for Saudi Arabia to choose path of wisdom
2. US seeking to take advantage of Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions
Shahrvand:
– Benefactors donate IRR 40,000bn
Iranian benefactors have constructed 4,500 health care centers across the country.
Shargh:
– “Turks voted for justice, development, fearing terror”: ex-Erdogan aide
Siasat Rouz:
– Iran: Saudi raid on Iran embassy in Yemen will be responded
Ta’adol:
– Iran Eyes $100bn in foreign investments
Magnificent Grand Mosque of Saveh contains history of a millennium. This Seljuk-era monument was built in the 12th century and is located in Markazi Province.
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Speaking in a televised program on the Iranian Channel One network, he said Saudi rulers who are facing economic and political woes inside their country will not reap any fruit from their policy of creating tension in the region to ward off their challenges.
Jaberi Ansari urged the House of Saud to be ready to accept the realities at home, in the region, and worldwide and stop destructive and war-mongering policies which have negatively affected their image.
The spokesman also reiterated that diplomatic contacts beween Iran and US in recent days have been soley on the issue of nuclear agreement saying that Washington cannot mediate between Tehran and Riyadh while it has no diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.
The Public Relations of Pars Oil and Gas Company announced on Saturday that upon the completion of the onshore and offshore operations of the processing and desalination facilities of this national project’s 15 and 16 phases, its gas output will be injected into the national gas network in the first month of the cold season.
The project has been implemented by a consortium comprised of Iranian companies aimed at gas usage from the shared gas resources between Iran and Qatar.
The objective of the project is producing 50 million cubic meters of sweet gas daily for national consumption, especially in homes, business, industries, and 80 thousand barrels of gas condensates for refinery feedstucks, which will in turn be turned into various types of fuels, other precious products, and 400 tons of sulfur for exports.
Last winter, Phase 12 of the South Pars was officially opened by President Rouhani with a daily production of 75 million cubic meters.
After prioritizing the completion of the semi-completed phases of the South Pars Oil and Gas Field by the current government, increasing Iran’s natural gas production has been accelerating significantly.
Abbas Kazemi, the managing director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), has been quoted by the media as saying that the planned refinery will have the capacity to refine 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
Kazemi told IRNA that Tehran will provide half of the investment required for the project and the rest will be provided by Spanish companies. He added that the project will guarantee Iran’s oil sales to Madrid given that it will only refine supplies from Iran.
The official said Tehran and Madrid are still negotiating the project and it remains to be finalized by the two countries.
Kazemi had been quoted by the media as saying last October that Tehran is pressing ahead with new plans to invest in refineries overseas as a means to secure more customers for its oil. The strategy, he suggested, would make the Islamic Republic to sanctions that target its sales of oil.
Iran had previously been pursuing the same strategy to invest in refinery projects in Indonesia, Brazil and India.
The country said last June that it had reached a deal with Indonesia as well as China over the construction of a refinery with a capacity to process 150,000 bpd on the East Java island. The joint venture plan envisages Iran supplying feedstock and partially financing the project and China providing 85 percent of the funds, the chairman of the Iranian Oil Exporters Union Hassan Khosrojerdi said.
Iran has signed a basic agreement with Brazil to construct a refinery for processing 300,000 bpd of crude oil in the country. It has also held early talks over a project that involves refining 400,000 bpd of Iran’s crude oil in India.
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