Iran’s Revolution Guards test-fired two ballistic Qadr H missiles on Wednesday morning, from northern Iran and hit targets in the southeast of the country.
Iran’s Revolution Guards test-fired two ballistic Qadr H missiles on Wednesday morning, from northern Iran and hit targets in the southeast of the country.
According to Khabar Online news outlet, Ayatollah Noori Hamedani, commenting on the statement issued by Persian Gulf Cooperation Council against Hezbollah said all member countries of the Council are under domination of the World of Arrogance and if they don’t rely on America and Zionist regime their vigilant nations will topple them.
This source of emulation said some of these Arabs tell us that visiting the Baqi Cemetery is polytheism but do not consider being under the yoke and praising America as polytheism.
He added that six member states of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council who have created Takfiris, Daesh and Boko Haram and are involved in killing of Yemeni and Bahraini people have termed Hezbollah as terrorist organization.
Meanwhile, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi reacting to terming Hezbollah as terrorist organization by some Arab countries said Hezbollah is the greatest source of pride and honor for Arabs because in absence of Hezbollah the Zionist regime would have made them miserable.
He added that in the Arab history no group is as brave as Hezbollah as this group broke the invincibility myth of Israel.
Stressing that about 8 to 12 percent of the country’s electricity should be generated through atomic power plants, he said there is a great possibility for the construction of two new power plants on the basis of three international models.
As for the construction of new power plants, Kamalvandi said investment of domestic private sector or foreign investment should be used in this regard, adding that in the post-sanction era the issue has been warmly received.
He further remarked that in the post-sanction era a number of foreign meetings have been held and highly satisfactorily proposals have been received with regard to the construction of power plants in accordance with BOO, BOT, IPP and EPCF models which are highly beneficial for the country.
Kamalvandi noted that there is a competition among a number of countries for the construction of new atomic power plants in Iran and this prepare the ground for Iran to select the best options.
Referring to the misinterpretation of some media on the establishment of IAEA office in Iran, he said such an office will not be opened in Iran rather an Iran office will be opened in the Agency itself.
“We have entered the international market of nuclear materials. We have purchased 140 tons of yellow cake from Russia as well as 60 more tons from Kazakhstan,” Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, told a forum at the country’s Foreign Ministry.
“We have also sold about 10 tons of 3.5 percent enriched uranium to Russia. In fact, we have entered the international market of nuclear materials as an exporter.”
Araqchi did not specify when and how the export had been made, but he said it occurred after the implementation of a historic nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 – the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany – in mid-January.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) earlier in January announced that Iran plans to sell as much as 40 tons of its excess heavy water supplies to the US, adding that the landmark move will be made through a third party.
“Six tons of the exported heavy water will be used in nuclear facilities and the rest in American research centers,” Ali Asghar Zarean, a deputy head of the IAEO, had been quoted by the media as saying.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said last August that Iran will begin to commercialize its nuclear technology after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“We will import yellow cake from abroad and we will export enriched UF6,” President Rouhani told reporters.
Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany – agreed over the JCPOA last July. Based on it, Iran will restrict certain aspects of its nuclear energy activities in return for the removal of certain economic sanctions imposed against the country.
The JCPOA also allows Iran to sell its enriched uranium material – called UF6 – and to buy natural uranium or “yellow cake” in return.
Zarif arrived in Brunei capital, Bandar Seri Begawan early Wednesday. He was welcomed at the Brunei International Airport by the country’s high ranking officials.
Foreign minister departed for Brunei after a three-day visit to Singapore to meet with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States. He is tightly scheduled for his one-day visit in this rich, tiny island with a population of some 400,000 people.
Zarif is expected to meet with Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Haji Ali bin Haji Apong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lim Jock Seng, and Minister of Energy and Industry Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar.
A memorandum of understanding is scheduled to be signed between Iran and Brunei as high-ranking Brunei officials have expressed their readiness for mutual cooperation with the Islamic Republic.
Starting his Asian tour on Saturday evening with Indonesia and following it up to Singapore on Monday, Foreign Minister Zarif departed for Brunei on Wednesday and then visits Thailand, New Zealand and Australia as the last legs of his tour.
Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi on Tuesday said that 22 people will soon be sent to court over charges pertaining to damaging the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
The assaults on the embassy took place on January 2 during demonstrations by angry protesters censuring Saudi Arabia’s execution of top opposition cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Top Iranian officials censured the incident that was followed by Riyadh’s severance of ties with Tehran.
Saudi Arabia executed Nimr along with 46 others, provoking international outrage, widespread condemnation, and a serious escalation of tensions in the region.
The Shia cleric was arrested in 2012 over charges of instigating unrest and undermining the kingdom’s security, making anti-government speeches and defending political prisoners, all of which he rejected as baseless.
Abrar:
1. Canadian premier voices readiness to reopen Tehran embassy
2. Certain countries refrain from repaying Iran: Araghchi
3. Islamic states call for integrated support for Palestine
4. There is no sign Iran has violated JCPOA
5. IRGC conducts missile test

Abrar Eqtesadi:
1. Oil price crosses $40/b
2. Iran to tap NDFI for $300mln for textile industry

Afkar:
1. Steel industry giant in Iran [for talks]
2. Unprecedented safety in Islamic Iran: Intelligence minister
3. Illegal refugees to return to Turkey

Arman-e Emrouz:
1. Environment protection duty for all: Leader
2. Canada show green light to reopen Tehran embassy
3. Three-month deadline for ending subsidy payments

Ebtekar:
1. Leader forbids destruction of environment
2. Zarif: Making most out of JCPOA needs refraining from party considerations
3. Iran, future winner of oil market
4. Report: 120 years since invention of telephone Beyond Graham Bell dreams
5. Lack of confidence, biggest challenge in JCPOA implementation: negotiator

Asrar:
1. Leader highlights environment preservation as duty of everyone
2. Zarif: Some [countries] seek security in causing insecurity for others
3. Election outcome not unexpected for some: Seyyed Hassan Khomeini
4. Iran poised to torrent of foreign tourists: UNWTO chief
5. Indictment issued for Saudi Embassy attackers

Ettela’at:
1. IRGC Cmdr: Enemies fearful of IRGC missiles
2. 23 Arab legal bodies undermine Hezbollah blacklisting by PGCC
3. Hassan Khomeini: One cannot accuse others for God’s sake

Etemad:
1. Minister: Iran economy needs second miracle
Iranian minister of economy has said the administration’s economic performance in the current Iranian year was like a miracle by the economy needs another miracle to be fully saved.

Emtiaz:
1. Artist Parviz Parastouei honored
2. Tehran tops list of online crimes [in Iran]
3. Iran to distribute Euro-4 petrol in most cities: Official

Iran:
1. Nowruz can bring regional nations together: Expert
2. Shell repays nearly $2bn debt to Iran
3. IRGC displays defense power in missile drill
4. 744 LCs open in two weeks
5. Report tells ISIS seeking to form army of kids

Payama Zaman:
1. Iran revives hamstrung textile factories
2. Veep: Admin serious on fighting corruption
3. IRGC chief: Defense power and nation security are red lines
4. Parliament speaker calls for finalization of development plan before March 21

Hemayat:
1. Iran to cut cash handouts for the rich by June
2. Ayatollah Yazdi: Preserving rule of Supreme Jurisconsult most sensitive Assembly of Experts duty
3. Preserving environment, duty of nation, government: Leader

Hosban:
1. No budget deficit: Spokesman

Jamejam:
1. Iran omits “red carpet” from int’l Fajr film festival
2. Bibi dumps US visit

Javan:
1. Economy minister says sick, tired of corrupt managers
2. 13m addictive tramadol seized in Tehran

Jomhouri Islami:
1. IRGC starts last leg of missile drill
2. JCPOA implementation ended legal bases of sanctions: Araghchi
3. Assembly of Experts gathers for last time this year
4. Zarif: ISIS still enjoys suporters in region

Kayhan:
1. Seyyed Hassan to remain tick in the eye of Saudi king
2. Ayatollah Yazdi: Enemy has reneged on promises several times, cannot be trusted
3. Report: Poverty, social gap souvenir of artificial development

Khorasan:
1. Economy minister knocks state managers regarding privatization
2. IRGC ballistic missles shot from within earth
3. I am blissed by having a burden removed from my shoulders: Ayatollah Yazdi
The ayatollah failed to win enough votes to remain in the Assembly of Experts.
4. Bibi hails PGCC measure to blacklist Hezbollah

Rah-e Mardom:
1. Iranian expatriates best bridge for intercultural dialogue: Zarif

Resalat:
1. Ayatollah Yazdi warns Rouhani to be fooled by enemy’s smile
2. Cmdr Soleimani bears flag of combat with terrorism: diplomat
3. Principalists enjoying majority seats in 10th parl.: Bahonar

Shargh:
1. JCPOA, victory for women: Mogherini
2. Leader: preservation of jungles duty of all nation, officials

Shahrvand:
1. $12b, 13t of gold to be paid to Iran
2. I succumb to the law: Ayatollah Yazdi

Saheb Ghalam:
1. Iran foists will on 6 world powers

The missiles dubbed Qadr-H and Qadr-F were fired on Wednesday during the large-scale drills, codenamed Eqtedar-e-Velayat.
The missiles were fired from East Alborz heights in northern Iran and could hit targets 1,400 kilometers away in Makran Coasts southeast of the country.
Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said Qadr-H missile has a range of 1,700 kilometers while Qadr-F missile can destroy targets some 2,000 kilometers away.
Iran’s test-firing of the missiles comes after a US State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, on Tuesday criticized the country’s missile launch, saying Washington planned to bring it before the United Nations Security Council.
Last month, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Islamic Republic will continue to develop its missile program and that Tehran needs “no permission” to enhance the country’s defense capabilities.
“We have announced that we will not ask permission from anyone to [strengthen] our defense and missile capability,” Zarif said in an interview with Iranian Students’ News Agency, ISNA, on February 28.
The top Iranian diplomat went on to say that the country’s missile program does not breach last July nuclear agreement struck between Tehran and six world powers and that the deal does not ban Iran from boosting its defense capabilities.
In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and manufactured different types of military equipment.
Iran has repeatedly assured other countries that its military might poses no threat to other states, insisting that its defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence.
Whoever feels more hostility towards Iran will be naturally more fearful of the country’s military capabilities and achievements, the top general told reporters on Tuesday on the sidelines of an ongoing missile drill staged by the IRGC, codenamed ‘Might of Velayat’.
Since most of the IRGC missiles have the enough range to reach the lands occupied by the Zionist regime of Israel, the Tel Aviv regime has the most degree of concerns, he added.
“Enemies of the Islamic Revolution and security in the region should be in panic about the roar of the IRGC missiles,” Jafari stated.
The commander noted that the launch of various types of missiles in the drill was only a slight indication that the IRGC’s missile silos, scattered all over the country, are fully operational.
He underscored that the country’s missile capabilities have been achieved under sanctions imposed by the foreigners, stressing that Iran’s missiles are fully indigenous.
The message of the missile drills is security for Iran and the neighboring countries, Major General Jafari underlined.
The missile drill has been in progress for a couple of days, but its final stage kicked off on Tuesday in different parts of the country.
According to the IRGC, the exercise is meant to demonstrate Iran’s might and sustainable security in light of unity, convergence, empathy and harmony.
Iranian officials have already made it clear that the country’s military program, including the routine exercises and test of new missiles, will not be hampered by anything, including a recent nuclear deal with the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), which took effect on January 16.
Abrar:
1. Iran and France sign confidential deal to develop Azadegan oilfield
2. Rouhani says major plans under way to develop Yazd Province
3. Zarif meets Malaysian counterpart in Jakarta
4. First Japanese PM to visit Iran in 38 years

Abrar Eqtesadi:
1. Iran to link China to Europe by rail
2. Approved: Iran membership in Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
3. 13 years needed to complete unfinished projects
4. First Iranian oil shipment reaches Europe

Afkar:
1. North Korea threatens nuclear strike over US-South Korean exercises
2. Value of awareness-based freedom of thought: Rafsanjani

Arman-e Emrouz:
1. Raeisi named chairman of Astan Qods Razavi
2. Rouhani: Where is the oil money, then?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said this in reaction to a death sentence issued to corporate mogul Babak Zanjani for corruption and money laundering charges.
3. Iranian engineers heading to Iraq and Afghanistan as housing market remains bearish in Iran

Asrar:
1. Nation places hope in a better future with improved conditions: Rafsanjani
2. Serving garment for Raeisi
The Supreme Leader appointed Hujatoleslam Raeisi as head of Astan Qods Razavi, replacing the late Ayatollah Tabasi who passed away on Friday at the age of 80.
3. Davotoglu: We reached an agreement with Iran over Syria
4. Biden says military measures offer no solution to Syrian crisis
5. Iran receives $5bn unfrozen assets in US
6. Japan PM in Iran after 38 years

Ettela’at:
1. Zarif stresses continuing support for Palestine
2. President Rouhani promises prosperity, economic boom next year

Emtiaz:
1. Nowrouz in Iran is an attraction for foreigners: Expert
2. No more motorcycle carburettor production in Iran
3. Iran unveils smart internet filtering system

Etemad:
1. Rouhani visits Yazd with Aref
2. Etemad releases 288-page yearbook

Payam Zaman:
1. 25 Syrian refugees die in Turkish waters
2. Zarif denounces Muslim nations’ closeness to Israel as shameful
3. Iran Standards Organization supervises IKCO deal with Peugeot
4. 10m Iranians heading for kidney failure

Hemayat:
1. Iran boosts worker salaries by 15%
2. Judiciary relentless in fighting corruption: Lawyers
3. No evidence of diversion in Iran’s nuclear program: IAEA
4. Prosecutors firm on illegal land owners

Iran:
1. Rouhani calls for unity to achieve economic prosperity

Jamejam:
1. Viewpoint: Challenges of the Islamic Co-operation Organization
2. Instagram blackmails perverts

Jomhouri Islami:
1. Iran commences operations on several infrastructure projects in Yazd Province
2. Criticisms from the Arab world pour in on Saudi Arabia

Javan:
1. $47 censorship: Rouhani talked about running the country at $25/b oil prices, while average oil prices have been $72/b during his office.
2. US continues studying Feb 26 election in Iran

Kaenat:
1. Iran selects foreign partners based on its interests: Deputy Minister
2. Iran to see economic boom next year: Rouhani in Yazd

Kayhan:
1. Hezbollah defends Ummah, House of Saud traitor to the Arab world: Gamal Abdul Nasser’s son
2. Astan Qods appointment for Hujatoleslam Raeisi
3. World media: Davutoglu’s Tehran visit evidence of Turkey’s foreign policy U-turn

Khorasan:
1. Shia and Sunni poets gather in Mashhad

Rah-e Mardom:
1. Good prospects await Iran’s oil industry next year
2. Pasargad Bank hailed as top knowledge-based organization
3. All factions were winners in Feb 26 elections: Rouhani

Resalat:
1. Nasrallah: Riyadh will fall if it stands beside Tel Aviv
2. Iran to become major power: Cmdr. Salami
3. Zarif: Iran to keep supporting Palestine
4. Rouhani: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman water supplies on their way for Yazd and Kerman

Rooyesh Mellat:
1. President calls for experts to come forward
2. No evidence of diversion in Iran’s nuclear program: IAEA
3. Winners and losers in oil price slump
4. Whey men hate shopping with women: Report

Shargh:
1. Rouhani: Iran never forgets its helpers
2. Article: Iran’s oil strategy in a post-sanctions environment

Saheb Ghalam:
1. Iran and Bulgaria sign preferential trade deal
2. Iran to hold first int’l tender on power industry
3. Iran inks technological co-operation deal with Total

Ghanoon:
1. Rouhani reacts to death sentence for Zanjani: Where is the oil money, then?
2. March 8: International Women’s Day

Asia:
1. US pays $5bn to Iran; UK to pay $4bn
2. Ahmad Pourfallah receives Leonardo Medal from Italian President
