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British Airways to resume flights to Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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The agreement has been announced by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) which said the flights by British Airways to Iran will resume from 14 July 2016.

The Organization has added that based on the agreement a total of 21 passenger flights will be made from Britain to Iran per week.

It also said that there will be no restrictions on the number of cargo flights by British Airways to Iran.

British Airways had in January voiced interest in reinstating its direct flights to Iran.

“We are very interested in flying to Tehran and we are hopeful that it will form part of BA’s network in the very near future,” The Telegraph has quoted Willie Welsh, the CEO of British Airways, as saying. “We are actively looking at it as a destination,” Walsh had emphasized.

This came following other indications that there is already a growing interest by British tourists to travel to Iran.

Several other key international airlines have also expressed interest in resuming flights to Iran.

Air France-KLM said in December that it will resume direct flights to Iran after a seven-year gap. It said it plans to launch three weekly flights between Paris and Tehran from April 2016.

“Air France is showing its ambition to develop itself in a country with dynamic growth and for which the European Union is Iran’s fourth economic partner,” the company announced in a statement.

German airliner Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have already said they planned to launch new flights to Iran.

Leader Lauds Security of Iran’s Elections despite Regional Insecurity

By
Emad Askarieh
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“While life in the countries around us has been associated with insecurity and terrorist incidents, the elections were held with such glory and massive participation of people without any bitter incident,” the Leader said Thursday in a meeting with the chairman and members of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran.

Ayatollah Khamenei added that the security of the polls was such that people in Tehran were flocking to polling stations to cast their ballots from 8 a.m. to midnight without facing any problems.

The Leader also expressed his gratitude to the efforts made by the Iranian security forces and the interior and intelligence ministries to ensure the safety of the votes.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei lauded the “healthy” polls, saying that despite the enemies’ propaganda campaign and claims by some inside the country, all elections held by the Islamic Establishment have been healthy and there has never been an organized move to influence the outcome of the elections.

The Leader further referred to the 62-percent turnout in the polls as “very meaningful and significant”, stressing that with such massive presence at the polling stations, the Iranian people practically demonstrated their confidence in the Islamic Establishment.

Countrywide parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections were held in Iran on February 26.

More than 60 percent of some 55 million eligible voters cast their ballots at around 53,000 polling stations across the country.

4,844 and 161 candidates ran for the parliament and the Assembly of Experts, respectively.

There are 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, elected by direct vote of people in nationwide election for four years.

The Assembly of Experts is also a high-ranking body that elects and oversees the activities of the leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Members of the 88-seat assembly are directly elected to office by people for an eight-year term. It holds biannual meetings to appoint a new chairman.

 

Commander Calls Iranian People’s Security IRGC’s Red Line

By
Emad Askarieh
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Speaking to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Wednesday night, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh highlighted Iran’s military might and stressed that the country is currently secure and stable.

“The people’s security is our red line and we will not compromise on the issue,” he said, adding that the Iranian Armed Forces do not retreat an iota from their position on security issues.

The IRGC commander also called on the Iranian parliament and administration to help further boost the country’s defense power and missile capabilities in years to come.

The IRGC forces on Wednesday night wrapped up their successful missile exercises dubbed ‘Might of Velayat’.

The IRGC’s public relations office said in a statement that the drills, which had been going on for several days in different parts of the country, concluded last night.

The statement underlined that the successful launch of different generations of ballistic missile with various ranges once again demonstrated the country’s defense power to the Iranian nation’s enemies and ill-wishers.

Iran has underscored frequently that its military might poses no threat to other countries and that the Islamic Republic’s defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence.

 

An Iranology Exhibition Held in Algeria

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran-Algeria

According to IRNA, there were photographs of Iran’s natural sites, cultural heritage, scientific developments and cultural achievements displayed in this exhibition, while visitors were also introduced to Iranian arts and handicrafts.

The following is a summary of the IRNA report, as translated by IFP.

Algeria-IranologyThis exhibition was held with the efforts of the Iranian embassy in Algeria, the Iranian Cultural Council and some Algerian students interested in Persian culture and language. The exhibition received broad acclaim from students, researchers and professors from the history and political science departments of Algeria University.

Sharifeh Ghattas, head of the Foreign Languages department, expressed her hope for attracting more students of this department to learn the Farsi language, commenting on the great capacity of Iranian civilization and culture. She also hoped to facilitate the requirements for receiving students from this ancient culture and civilization.

Amir Mousavi, the Cultural Councillor of Iran’s embassy in Algeria, also highlighted Iran’s great scientific and technological capabilities, as well as the agreements signed between the two countries in the recent Iranian delegation visit to Algeria.

He expressed his hope for improving relations between the two countries in all fields, especially scientifically and academically. He also wished for the establishment of Farsi language courses in the near future, saying that Farsi-speaking graduates would be able to reinforce the relations between the two nations with their knowledge of the language.

As of the present moment, Farsi language courses have been started in three universities and academic centres in Algeria. Due to these efforts, and the deals which have happened in the past year, over 250 students have already started these language classes.

By implementing the scientific and educational agreements signed during the Joint High Commission between the two countries in December, it can be foreseen that academic and scientific relations will blossom in different fields, especially by granting mutual scholarships at postgraduate level, and that more study opportunities will become available.

Lufthansa inks deal to repair planes in Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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The deal was signed when a group from Lufthansa visited Tehran on Wednesday, the media reported.

Based on it, Iran Air and Lufthansa work closely over five fields such as technical issues, commercial activities, aviation IT systems, navigation mechanisms and restricting.

The technical issues over which the two will cooperate include the maintenance and repairing planes and the commercial activities will include the transfer of passengers and cargos, the media have quoted a statement by Iran’s Ministry of Road and Urban Development.

No more details on the deal has been provided.

This past November, the maintenance division of Lufthansa – Lufthansa Technik – announced that it is in discussions with Iranian airlines to repair and overhaul their aging fleet and that it is looking into the possibility of setting up a facility to the same effect in the country.

“There’s an aircraft fleet in Iran that needs to be taken care of to bring it up in the air,” the media quoted Johannes Bussmann, the CEO of Lufthansa Technik as saying.

“We are open to it. If the government or airline wants support in the build-up phase, we will do that. If they want a partner to join them, then we can think about that,” said Bussmann whose company is generally regarded as the world’s leading provider of services in the aviation industry.

Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi has earlier emphasized that the country’s civil aviation fleet consists of 248 aircraft with an average age of 20 years, of which 100 are in storage.

Other officials has said that as many as 70 planes can return to service if they get their supply of vintage parts, providing also a boon to plane manufacturers, salvage firms and parts suppliers.

Iran has a potential order list for 500 commercial planes to renovate its aging fleet. In January, Iran signed a major deal worth over $27 billion for the purchase of 118 planes from Airbus.  The deal – which is yet to be finalized – was signed during a landmark trip to Paris by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.

Talks to purchase more planes are currently underway with several other leading aviation enterprises including Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier and ATR.

IRGC Commanders in Sarcastic Photo with “Homegrown” Missile

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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The IRGC on Wednesday test-fired a couple of homegrown ballistic missiles, named Qadr-F and Qadr-H, according to a report by the Tasnim News Agency, translated by Iran Front Page (IFP).

IRGC Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh along with a number of journalist and photographers posed for a group photo in front of the missile.

Before the launch of the missile, the participants joked that some people stood before the French Airbus and took pictures, “but we take photos with our own indigenous and Iranian-made products, which give honor to Iranian nationals.”

The remarks were made in reference to a photo of a large group of Iranian officials and journalists who recently posed for a photo with a brand new Airbus A350 wide-body passenger jet in Tehran.

 

Air bus iran photos

 

The airliner had made a symbolic first landing in Iran nearly a month after the manufacturer signed a deal with Tehran to deliver 118 new aircraft.

During the stay, an Iranian delegate boarded and toured the plane, and took photographs with it.

As part of an effort to revamp its aging fleet, Iran has signed deals with the European manufacturer to purchase 118 Airbus planes, including 16 Airbus A350 XWBs.

In January, the UN, the EU and the US sanctions were lifted from Iran following Tehran’s implementation of its obligations under the nuclear deal signed with six world powers to ensure the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Newspaper front pages

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution has appointed Hujatoleslam Alamolhoda as his representative in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi; this grabbed many headlines on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

Moreover, next year’s minimum salaries, the government spokesman’s address in the year’s last session of the Assembly of Experts and successfully test of two IRGC missiles was top on papers on the day.

Here are the top headlines:

 

Abrar:

  1. Syrian kids line up for death
  2. “Some MPs’ actions have harmed Iranian territories”: deputy prosecutor general
  3. Iran missile test no violation of JCPOA: US

The United States says Iran’s recent missile launch does not violate its nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group. US State Department Spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday night the missile launch would not constitute a breach of the deal.

  1. Iran successfully test-fires Shihab, Ghadr missiles
  2. IRGC fires two missiles in Power of Velayat Drill

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Abrar-Eqtesadi:

  1. Import of Chinese goods rises in February
  2. Iran, UK sign air transit deal
  3. Economic risks lower in Iran since 2013
  4. S. Korea to boost Iran oil imports to 0.2mbd

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Arman-e Emrouz:

  1. I knew the election outcome from day one: Hassan Khomeini
  2. Leader appoints Hujatoleslam Alamolhoda as representative in Khorasan Razavi
  3. Deputy Judiciary chief reveals: Role of certain MPs in illegal land ownership

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Afkar:

  1. UK to send major business delegation to Tehran
  2. Armenia seeks joint film projects with Iran
  3. Pyongyang in possession of miniature nuclear warheads
  4. ISIS strikes swathes of Turkish territories

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Asrar:

  1. Future of Iran economy, chance for everyone: Official
  2. Saudi Arabia, Ansarullah reach agreement to cease border fire
  3. OPEC oil at $35/b
  4. Gov’t spokesman: Admin’s economic decisions bearing tangible outcome
  5. Iran suffering from economic, administrative graft: justice minister

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Ebtekar:

  1. Report: Admin’s efforts for truthful realization of resistive economy
  2. Ballistic missile tests no violation of JCPOA
  3. Iranian villas more expensive than Turkish tours: report
  4. Araghchi: Sanctions’ vested interests say Iran banks not linked to SWIFT yet

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Ettela’at:

  1. Hezbollah: Saudi regime to become like Israel for us
  2. Iran launches major dam project in western regions
  3. IRGC successfully test-fires long-range missiles
  4. Next year wages rise 14%

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Etemad:

  1. Ghadr, Shihab missiles fly

IRGC test-fired the two missiles in a drill.

  1. Iran raises minimum wage

The minimum wage in Iran has been set at 8,120 thousand Iranian rials. The decision was made after 8 hours of nonstop discussions about the wage rate in Iran for the New Year. New Iranian calendar year begins on March 21, 2016.

  1. Election outcome more than expected

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Emtiaz:

  1. Culture minister calls for ban on imports of Turkish clothes
  2. Size of Iran deserts grows from 30mha to 80mha
  3. Plans under way to plant a million saplings in Tehran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Hemayat:

  1. Traditional methods dysfunctional to combat crimes: Judiciary figure
  2. Whispers about fresh Iran sanctions for missile drills
  3. People still buy Sacred Defense books, memories: Veteran writer

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Iran:

  1. Economy of resistance only way to tackle economic problems: Shamkhani
  2. Shy Iranian actor hailed
  3. Rouhani orders promotion of public, champion sports
  4. Iranian market bullish as year ends

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Javan:

  1. Iran message roams in Tel Aviv ear

Western media: Iran tests “Israel annihilation” agenda by long-range missiles

  1. Assembly of Experts calls on admin to carefully mind JCPOA implementation
  2. Shamkhani: Liberals have grasped economic strongholds

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Jomhouri Islami:

  1. FAO, Japan sign notes on Lake Urmia
  2. President warns damagers of jungles, nature
  3. Bank Melli chief: Swift fully functional
  4. Siemens, MAPNA group sign $3.5b deal
  5. Kerry to Riyadh: Anti-Lebanon pressure suits Iran interests

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Kayhan:

  1. Bank Melli: Dollar LCs still under sanctions
  2. Western democracy more of a circus: Canadian scholar
  3. No resistive economy possible by liberalistic thinking: Shamkhani

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Khorasan:

  1. Iran crude oil exports hit 1.8mbd
  2. Talks under way for lifting US visa waiver program for tourists: Araghchi
  3. Health minister inaugurates 1,714 ICU beds

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Rah-e Mardom:

  1. Report: Will cash subsidy handouts stop next year
  2. Iran, world’s most interesting country for investment: Expert
  3. 15% fall in bank arrears since 2011
  4. The conference changed Europeans’ views about Iran: Expert

Referring to the 12th Iran-Europe business conference, the event’s secretary said through the conference, Europeans began to realize that the data supplied to them by their media was erroneous.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

 

Resalat:

  1. Gov’t spokesman: Part of inflation problem stems from inside
  2. Cmdr.: Zionists will get heavy blow if they mess with us
  3. Sistan-Baluchestan province among safest regions in Iran: Cmdr.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Roozan:

  1. Billionaire strives to commute death sentence

Billionaire Babak Zanjani has received a death sentence by the court for corruption on earth charges.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Rooyesh Mellat:

  1. Japan offers million-dollar grant for saving Lake Urmia

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Shahrvand:

  1. Oil price slump, environmental crises, Iran’s main challenges: Gov’t spokesman to Assembly of Experts
  2. No lack of ICU beds in Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Saheb Ghalam:

  1. Nematzadeh: Iran ready to open new chapter in industrial, business ties with Bulgaria
  2. Leader advisor: No barriers to import of Russian defense systems to Iran
  3. Iran considers 6 new scenarios to tackle water shortage

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Ghanoon:

  1. Analysis: Impact of anti-inflation economy on business
  2. Speculations about next Parliament speaker candidates: Aref or Larijani
  3. IRIB to join TV channels to curtail costs

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

 

Israel poses threat to global peace: Iran IAEA envoy

By
Emad Askarieh
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Reza Najafi, the Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Reza Najafi, the Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reiterated on Wednesday that the Israeli regime has never allowed IAEA’s inspectors access to its secretive and illegal nuclear facilities, and called “meaningless” the concerns by Tel Aviv about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

“Let Israel keep shedding crocodile tears on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program! But be sure that such hue and cry cannot conceal the regime’s nuclear weapons, which are a real threat to the regional and international peace and security,” Najafi made the comments in an official letter to IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.

Elsewhere in his letter, he criticized Amano for allowing demands for an in-depth report about Iran’s commitment to its nuclear agreement — dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying any such request is “inconsistent” with the text of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231.

“A detailed report means inclusion of more confidential information, which is contrary to the principle of confidentiality. The provisions of the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and Article 5 of the Additional Protocol for protection of confidential information, and the JCPOA itself, are all very clear in this regard,” he added.

Earlier in the day, chief US IAEA delegate Henry S. Ensher told the agency’s board that “robust and detailed reporting on Iran’s implementation of its commitments” is vital even with the agreement in effect. State Department spokesman John Kirby also backed such sentiments, saying “we want these reports to be as thorough as they need to be, and as detailed as they need to be.”

According to JCPOA, the IAEA has been requested to take every precaution to protect commercial, technological, and industrial secrets of Iran, therefore, “asking for the disclosure of such information under any case, including transparency, is a request for an obvious violation of the JCPOA,” Najafi further said.

Israel is the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the Middle East with hundreds of undeclared nuclear warheads. It is also refusing to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Russia Determined to Implement Military Deals with Iran: Velayati

By
Emad Askarieh
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Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema, Velayati pointed to his talks with the Russian defense minister in Moscow two weeks ago, saying, “Russia is resolved to implement the agreements that it has signed with Iran, including the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system….”

“Therefore, I see no serious obstacle in the way to transfer defense equipment from Russia to Iran,” he added.

Under the previous contract signed in 2007, Russia was required to provide Iran with at least five S-300 defense system batteries.

But the contract, worth more than $800 million, was revoked after then-President Dmitry Medvedev banned the supply of those systems to Tehran in 2010.

Later, Iran lodged a $4 billion lawsuit at an international court in Geneva against Russia’s arms export agency.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided in April to lift the ban on the S-300 missile system delivery to Iran.

 

Britain’s Biggest-Ever Trade Mission to Visit Iran in May

By
Emad Askarieh
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According to a report carried by the Financial Times on Wednesday, UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid will lead a huge delegation of British businessman to Iran in May.

The report added that there will be executives on the trip from across the oil and gas, financial services, infrastructure and engineering sectors.

Javid is expected to reveal details of the trip on Wednesday during Iran Summit in London.

“We can’t afford to stick with what we know,” he will say. “We have to secure new markets for British goods, new sources of foreign investment.”

Javid will, meanwhile, announce that the government’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its Iranian counterpart, the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran.

There has been growing international interest in trade ties with Iran since Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 finalized a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and implemented it on January 16.

The comprehensive nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), terminated all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran after coming into force.

 

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