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Millions of Iranians rally to mark anniversary of Islamic Revolution

By
Emad Askarieh
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The nationwide rallies on Thursday mark the victory of the 1979 Revolution, led by late Imam Khomeini, which put an end to the monarchical rule of the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

On February 11, 1979, the 22nd of the month of Bahman on the solar calendar year of 1357, the monarchy of the Pahlavi regime in Iran was overthrown after months of public unrest and protest.

 

 

On Thursday, the anniversary of the Revolution, people took to the streets all over the country, including the capital, Tehran, in their millions to remember the day and the sacrifices they made during the Revolution, which saw the Pahlavi regime cracking down on protests and demonstrations ruthlessly.

Various Iranian officials joined the Thursday rallies to remember the Revolution and voice continued support for it.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani joined the rallies in Tehran on Thursday. President Rouhani is due to make a speech on the occasion later in the day.

 

Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani (in light cream coat) joined the rallies in the capital, Tehran.
Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani (in light cream coat) joined the rallies in the capital, Tehran.

 

Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani was one of the senior officials joining the rallies in the capital.

More than 5,200 journalists from Iran and other countries are covering the nationwide rallies.

Iran’s scientific and defensive achievements, including the indigenous Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier and the precision-guided long-range Emad ballistic missile are on display on the routes of the rallies on streets of Tehran.

 

US Republicans Had Urged Iran to Delay Prisoner Swap, Shamkhani Says

By
Emad Askarieh
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“In the course of the talks for exchanging prisoners, the Republican rivals of the current US administration who claim to be humanitarians and advocates of human rights sent a message telling us not to release these people (American prisoners) and continue this process (of talks) until the eve of US presidential elections,” Shamkhani said Thursday in an address to a rally held in the central city of Yazd to mark the 37th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution’s victory.

“However” he said “we acted upon our independent resolve and moved the process forward.”

Iran’s move to exchange prisoners was based on the country’s humanitarian approach and was made in accordance with ensuring the country’s interests and securing the release of Iranian citizens in the US, he added.

Shamkhani underlined that on the issue of prisoner swap, Iran proved that it is not influenced by any foreign or domestic pressure but acts against spies and infiltrators decisively.

Iran on January 16 released four prisoners with dual citizenship based on a decision by the country’s Supreme National Security Council within the framework of a prisoner swap.

Amir Mirzaee Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, and Nosratollah Khosravi who hold US citizenship were among the released prisoners.

On the same day, 7 Iranian nationals imprisoned in US jails were released as per the prisoner swap.

The release of the inmates came hours before the official start of a nuclear deal finalized by Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) back in July 2015.

With the enforcement of the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), all nuclear-related anti-Iran sanction were terminated.

 

Daesh buys land in Afghanistan to set up camp

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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ISIS Daesh in Afghanistan
ISIS Daesh in Afghanistan

According to IRNA, Fazlulhagh in an interview with a local news agency on Wednesday said before start of winter season, presence of Daesh elements in this region was certain.

map-afghanistan-HeratDue to Mafia nature of land transactions in Afghanistan and determining whether the person who has purchased the land is connected to the terrorist Daesh group is difficult right now.

Afghan security officials refuse to comment on this dangerous move by Daesh. General Jomeh Khan the former head of provincial security department in Ghor pronince who is now living in Kabul said he heard of such stories during his assignment in the region.

The General Governor of Ghor Province said he has no information about purchasing of land by a person affiliated to Daesh but said from time to time he hears some stories about presence of Daesh members in his province.

Elements affiliated to Daesh are more active in Nangarhar Province and last months they set up a bilingual Persian and Pashton Radio station in the province aimed at recurring new members and inciting people to stand against Afghan government. After 20 days this Radio station was discovered and destroyed and 20 people were also arrested in the raid.

Anniversary of Islamic Revolution was marked in Iranian embassy in Damascus

By
Emad Askarieh
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According to Syrian official News Agency (SANA), Syrian Prime Minister speaking on the occasion, said Iran and Syria have historical ties and brotherly and friendly relations between the two nations has grown in various aspects.

wael Nader al Halqi said Iran is a determining power in international arena and a source of stability in the region and stands like a fortress against the plots hatched by the Zionist regime and the United States in the region.

He added that Iran is the real friend of Syrian nation and has not abandoned Syrians during their dark days.

Syrian Prime Minister went on saying that Iran and Syria together make up the real axis of resistance against terrorism and all complicated machinations targeting in the region.

Syrian Speaker of Parliament, Minister of Defense, Electricity and Petroleum, Natural Resources, Economy and Trade, Health and several other high ranking political cultural, media and religious figures also attended the ceremony held on the anniversary of Islamic Revolution in Iranian Embassy in Damascus.

Canada not cooperative on returning embezzler ‘Khavari’

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei told IRNA that Iran has received no news from the Canadian government about Khavari.

Khavari
Mohammad Reza Khavari

Acting as manager director of Bank Melli Iran four years ago, Khavari resigned and escaped from Iran to Canada on the pretext of neurotic problem.

The escape happened when he was accused of a big embezzlement worth 30,000 billion rials.

Announcement of that accusation was less than a month before banker’s escape.

Iran’s Rouhani calls for further and closer global ties

By
Emad Askarieh
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Rouhani made the comments during a meeting with ambassadors and heads of political missions in Tehran on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on Wednesday.

“Following the JCPOA and the removal of sanctions, our goal is friendly ties with countries in the region and all over the globe. Iran is ready to cooperate with friendly countries in the fields of economics, science, and technology to establish a common market,” he said.

Noting that Iran’s geographical location in the region can make it the cheapest route connecting the West to the East and provide access to open seas, he said, “Ties with Iran would be beneficial to the world economy and global trade.”

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia – plus Germany started to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on January 16.

When the JCPOA went into effect, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the UN Security Council, and the US were lifted. Iran in return has put some limitations on its nuclear activities. The nuclear agreement was signed on July 14, 2015, following two and a half years of intensive talks.

IRGC Commander Warns against Enemies’ Soft War

By
Emad Askarieh
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“We have been facing a war for years, but we just do not feel it,” General Jafari said in a meeting with a group of IRGC commanders in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz.

“What threatens the Islamic Iran today is the soft war, the enemy’s cultural and political war, against us,” he stated.

“We are all responsible today to counter the enemy’s soft war,” the IRGC commander said, adding that cultural problems are the main concern of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has in many occasions raised the alarm at the effects of an extensive soft war the enemies have waged against Iran, saying one of the main objectives is to change the religious and political beliefs of people, particularly the youth.

Back in October 2015, the Leader in a meeting with IRIB officials highlighted the IRIB’s heavy responsibility in the face of the “complicated, colossal and critical” arena of the enemy’s soft war.

Unlike the actual and hard warfare, soft war is impalpable and the target society may not feel the attack even after the enemy strikes a blow, Ayatollah Khamenei warned.

While hard war provokes public sentiments and strengthens national unity, soft war kills the other side’s motives and brings about division, the Leader explained.

Imam Khamenei also described the enemy’s main objective in the soft war against Iran as a “metamorphosis of the Islamic Republic of Iran” by changing its nature and maintaining its facade.

In the enemy’s soft war, it does not matter that the title “Islamic Republic” would remain intact or even a cleric leads the country, but what matters is that Iran would serve the interests of the US, Zionism and the global power network, the Leader explained.

Ayatollah Khamenei also cautioned against the plots that aim to influence the people’s “religious, political and cultural beliefs” in the soft war, referring to the Iranian younger generation and intelligentsia as the main targets in the onslaught.

“The main and ultimate objective of the engineered soft war is the internal breakup and metamorphosis of the Islamic Republic through a change in the beliefs and weakening the people’s faith, particularly those of the youth,” Ayatollah Khamenei underlined.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 10

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Newspaper front pages

Bahman 22 (February 11) is marked as the anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iranians celebrate the day by street rallies every year to show the world they as ever before support the revolution despite all the economic hardships they have been going through since they overthrew the Shah. All the papers on February 10, 2016 published headlines calling on the people to renew their allegiance to the revolution by participating in the national rallies on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh held a press conference in which he outlined the ongoing developments in the country’s energy sector. He answered many questions by the reporters about a range of issues including details of new model of oil contracts, known at Iran IPC, and the latest updates about the country’s major oil and gas projects. Iran is now developing the world’s biggest gas field in Persian Gulf waters which is said to contain 8% of the world’s gas reserves. Zangeneh’s answers to different queries by the reporters where highlighted by most papers on Wednesday.

Iran is also trying Babak Zanjani for a major oil scam. Recently a wave of calls has begun asking maximum punishment for the guy for disrupting the country’s economy under the sanctions. Many papers covered this in their front pages as well.

Here are the highlights:

 

Ettela’at:

1. Iran Air Force equipped with Nasr cruise missiles

2. FM: Saudi troop to attack Syria at US suggestion

3. Rouhani: Win-Win will be the basis of Iran ties with world

4. 3.7% on-year rise in birth rate since March

5. ISIS born from Vahabi thinking: Shamkhani

 

 

Ettelaat daily

 

 

Abrar:

1. Fear looms in Abadan with 1,000 shots

2. Iranian nation to celebrate revolution anniversary in Bahman 22 rallies

3. Iran, EU to boost ties

4. Japan to consider sanctions on North Korea

5. World Community worried about N. Korea moves

 

Abrar daily

 

Arman-e Emrouz:

1. Hashemi is not alone…

2. “Principalists will be sunk in the see of election surprises”

3. Everyone will come tommorrow [Anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on 22nd of Bahman]

4. Smugglers poised to take New Year market for a ride

5. No more than 5 will win votes from this list [Principalists object the list of candidates presented by the coalition of factions]

6. Drug abuse in bright daylight: Iran Police

 

Arman Emrooz daily

 

Ebtekar:

1. Celebrating the victory [referring to the anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution]

2. Rouhani: Nuclear deal rendered Iran, P5+1 peaceful

3. Oil Minister: We will not be adamant about IPC

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said his ministry will not be at loggerheads with dissenters about the new contract model, known as Iran Petroleum Contract or IPC.

 

Ebtekar

 

 

Asrar:

1. FM: We must make Nuclear deal irreversible

2. President: World eager to cooperate with Iran

3. Iran can reinvigorate part of global economy: Vice President

4. Iraqi city of al-Ramadi freed totally

5. Trivial mistakes in talks could harm the nation: AEOI Chief

6. 50,000 worn-out hospital beds in Iran

7. Mogherini aide: EU, Iran to boost ties

8. Report of Saudi Embassy attack submitted to Leader: Deputy Interior Minister

 

Asrar daily

 

 

 

Keyhan:

1. Witness tomorrow: Nation’s response to 3 years of American makeup

2. March of imported fruits in Iranian market; severe losses of Iranian orchard owners

3. EU calls on NATO to curb refugee crisis

4. Iraqi Army on alert to salvage Mosul

5. Next year national budget at odds with production, economic prosperity

 

Kayhan

 

 

Etemad:

1. Capital punishment for oil criminals

2. List of reformists on alert [Prominent reformist figures are holding intensive meetings for finalizing the list of Tehran candidates for late February parliamentary elections]

3. Oil industry will never stop running as long as I am in office: Iranian Petroleum Minister

 

Etemad daily

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1. Day of unity; a report about reformists calling on the Iranian nation to participate in the 22nd Bahman rallies across the country

2. American tourists flock Iran

 

 

Aftabe yazd

 

 

Afkar:

1. AEOI Chief: Iran considers building small power plants

2. Putin: Turkey must take first step in normalization of ties

 

Afkar daily

 

Emtiaz:

1. Deliberations for building three cemeteries in Tehran

2. Iran oil industry needs $200b for development: Minister

3. Iran to offer 4G internet to all major cities

 

Emtiaz daily

 

Amin:

1. President Rouhani: We will not make promises that we cannot keep

2. Drug addiction cause of 55% of divorce files: Vice President

 

Amin daily

 

 

 

Resalat:

1.  Principalist MP: Livelihood, security, development, motto of principalists in parliament election

2.  Qom Seminary teachers: Enemy seeks to derail revolution by influence and sedition

3.  22nd Bahaman rallies in 1,000 cities, towns

4.  Wealth of 62 magnates equal to wealth of half of the world population

5.  Vicious circle of green continent leaders in dealing with refugee crisis

 

Resalat

 

 

Iran:

1. President: No development can be expected with corruption, monopoly

2. Fajr Film nominees announced

3. Call for all citizens to partake in Bahman 22 rallies

 

Iran daily

 

Payama Zaman:

1. 70% satisfaction at healthcare services [in Iran]

2. Underground firms on the rise

3. Iran eyes 11th Asia Futsal cup

 

Payame zaman daily

 

Jamejam:

1. National unity on Revolution eve

2. 138 development projects launched across Iran

 

Jame Jam daily

 

Javan:

1. Iranian nation to stop foreign influence [on Bahman 22 rallies]

2. MP: Principlist coalition has plans for inflation, recession

 

Javan daily

 

Hosban:

– Rouhani urges Parliament to pass budget bill before yearend

 

Hosban daily

 

 

Khorasan:

1. The day of Iran

2. CBI Chief: Police combats forex disrupters

 

Khorasan daily

 

 

Rah-e Mardom:

1. Grounds broken for building Khatam 1,000-bed Hospital

2. 16% rise in price of MS drugs in post-sanctions!

 

Rahe mardom daily

 

 

Abrar Eqtesadi:

1. Russia bids to sell Iran oil pipes

2. Ban on skyscrapers not retroactive

3. No plans to raise fuel prices: minister

4. CBI: Government no longer adjusts forex rate

 

Abrare Eghtesadi

 

 

 

Ta’adol:

1. CBI double standards in forex market

2. Iran concedes offers Tehran-Tabriz electric railway to Italy

3. Saving natural resources by breaking state monopoly

4. NATO may enter refugee crisis

 

Taadol daily

 

 

Road to Iran’s Market Full of Potholes for France’s Peugeot

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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The French auto manufacturing company PSA Peugeot Citroen started its negotiations with the Iranian side a few months before Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany) implemented a deal over Tehran’s nuclear energy program. The French knew that the Iranians are too dissatisfied with their re-entrance to the country’s market, and that they will need more time to revive the severed ties between Peugeot and Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), the leading Iranian car manufacturer. Therefore, there was no time to waste.

 

The two Iranian and French carmakers held extensive reconciliatory talks during the months leading to the implementation of the nuclear deal (JCPOA). The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also signed contracts during his recent visit to France. However, it seems that neither of the two moves has helped the train of industry and trade to get back on the track of co-operation.

A summary of two independent reports by Fararu news website translated by Iran Front Page (IFP) clearly shows that the road ahead of Peugeot cars in the Iranian market is not that much paved. Does the French partner of IKCO, the largest carmaker in the Middle East, enjoy the marketing skill to restore its lost reputation for a powerful return to the major and competitive market of the new Iran? Such renowned brands as Mercedes Benz, Fiat, and the like are coming!

 

Iranian Parliament to Boycott Peugeot: MP

An Iranian lawmaker Alireza Zakani has announced that the parliament is preparing a plan to boycott the French carmaker Peugeot.

Despite the contract Peugeot had with Iran until 2014, it unilaterally terminated its implementation two years before the end of the contract, Zakani told Fars News Agency.

This incurred heavy losses on the Iranian side, the IKCO, and consequently, customers of Peugeot cars in Iran were faced with a lack of services and car parts, he added.

He further pointed to certain reports indicating that the French side has refused to transfer the technology to its Iranian partner during 17 years of IKCO’s co-operation with Peugeot, and the Iranian side is always assembling car parts, being dependent to France in major technologies.

Therefore, he added, Iranian parliamentarians have considered the continuation of partnership with Peugeot as being against national interests.

The lawmakers have boycotted the French company to encourage domestic carmakers to work with the world’s best auto manufacturers, Zakani noted.

He also referred to the remarks recently made by Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh on the secrecy of the contract with Peugeot, saying that such a secrecy is not acceptable since the IKCO is a state-owned factory.

If these Iranian carmakers were owned by the private sector, the contracts could be secret, but they are state-owned and belong to all the Iranian people, he said, stressing that the carmakers cannot keep secrets on such contracts, and the parliament members should monitor the details.

“The country does not have a good experience of these secret deals,” he added.

 

Peugeot Urged to Compensate for Iran’s Losses: IKCO

Managing Director of Iran Khodro Company Hashem Yekke Zare announced that the IKCO has told the French company during the negotiations that Peugeot was the one that left Iran and incurred losses on IKCO, and thus should compensate.

“The exact amount of compensation is €427.600.000,” Yekke Zare noted.

He further explained about the contract with Peugeot, saying that it is very beneficial for Iran, and that IKCO has insisted on its interests during the negotiations.

Yekke Zare also touched upon the secrecy of the contract, and noted, “At the international level, the contracts made between carmakers are usually not publicized.”

The secrecy of the contract means that the release of the contract’s details might disrupt the relations with partners and rivals, he added.

The IKCO chief also noted that 80% of the contract with Peugeot can be publicized, but the rest, 20%, is secret.

High Turnout in Elections to Disappoint Enemies: Iran’s Judiciary Chief

By
Emad Askarieh
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“The significance of the (Iranian) Establishment hinges on people’s presence and their votes,” Ayatollah Amoli Larijani said, after paying tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini here in Tehran.

People’s presence in political scenes such as elections has always guaranteed the Islamic Revolution, he noted, adding that the enemies are disappointed by such participation.

A high turnout will make the enemies abandon their plots for aggression and domination, the Iranian judiciary chief went on to say.

In similar remarks on Monday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said massive presence of people in the upcoming elections as well as rallies marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory will secure the country against hostile schemes.

Addressing the Iranian Air Force and Air Defense commanders and personnel in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei described elections as “revitalization of the nation and a new pledge of allegiance to the goals of the Revolution.”

Massive turnout in the polls will give more dignity to the country and the Establishment and safeguard them, Imam Khamenei underlined.  “Hence, it is everyone’s duty to cast their ballots.”

The Assembly of Experts and the parliamentary elections are slated to be held simultaneously on February 26.

There will be 290 seats in the Iranian parliament and 88 in the Assembly of Experts up for grabs.

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

 

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