A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 27

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October 27, 2015

The comments of the judiciary chief in support of the nuclear negotiating team and the finality of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action were on the front pages of several Iranian newspapers Tuesday. On the front pages of reformist-leaning dailies were the untold stories of Iran’s nuclear program narrated by Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Ettela’at: “We will implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in the best way possible, in keeping with the instructions of the Leader,” Foreign Minister Zarif told the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

The top diplomat also thanked the Supreme Leader for his instructions and said they have been and will remain the guiding principle for the administration.

Ettela’at: A powerful earthquake has shaken four Asian countries.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Tajikistan were affected by the quake.

Ettela’at: Saudi Shiites have widely protested an order to execute prominent Shiite cleric Ayatollah Nimr al-Nimr.

Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has advised “the inexperienced Saudi statesmen” not to further destabilize – through vengeful measures – their country which is “already in disarray”.

Ettela’at: Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged members of the public and officials not to allow hardliners to lead the way.

Ettela’at: The economic boom package will be implemented in November.

The director of the Management and Planning Organization has said that the countdown is on for the termination of banking sanctions.

Ettela’at: The secretary-general of the Anti-Drugs Commission has said that 500 psychedelic drugs have been identified.

He said the global battle against narcotics cannot be fought by only a few countries.

Ettela’at: Ground subsidence in Tehran is 90 times worse than what is normally labeled as critical.

Ettela’at: The country’s first nuclear hospital will be built at Tehran’s Velayat Park.

Afarinesh: “The president is waiting for the conclusion of a deal with P5+1 over Arak Reactor before issuing an implementation order,” said Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi.

Aftab-e Yazd: Some at home are contributing to Iranophobia!

The daily has taken a close look at protests against the Iran visit of former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

Aftab-e Yazd: “[Former chief nuclear negotiator Ali] Larijani was on the verge of reaching a deal in talks when he was replaced [by former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad],” said Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Arman-e Emrooz: The director of the State Inspectorate has revealed a $23 million embezzlement in Karaj.

Arman-e Emrooz: The four ministers who wrote a letter to the president to warn about the country’s economy regret their decision to do so, said Akbar Torkan, an advisor to the president.

Torkan also described the demands raised in the letter as inappropriate.

Ebtekar: The judiciary chief has defended the president, the parliament speaker and the foreign minister.

Some critics go too far in making allegations against senior state officials, said Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani.

Etemad: All branches of government are making a stand against extremism.

Senior state officials have thrown their weight behind the nuclear negotiating team, criticizing hardline stances against the president, foreign minister and parliament speaker.

Etemad: Hashemi’s nuclear secrets:

I wanted to meet with Pakistan’s Abdul Qadeer Khan, but it never happened; the first post-war enrichment happened at Amirabad with the equipment we had purchased from Pakistan.

Hemayat: The judiciary chief has said that the tentative approval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is final.

Iran: After the termination of sanctions, the banking system will undergo change.

Javan: Iran’s Grand Ayatollahs have said they won’t remain silent over the [likely] execution of Ayatollah Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.

Jomhouri Islami: An agreement on construction in Tehran of the first nuclear hospital in West Asia has been signed.

Kaenat: Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has said that his country should reopen its Tehran embassy.

Kaenat: Eight Saudi princes support a plan to oust King Salman.

Kayhan: The defense minister has unveiled 16 new defense products.

Resalat: “Iran’s nuclear activities are not limited to enrichment and heavy water,” said the country’s nuclear chief.

Sharq: “At our request Telegram [a messaging app which is very popular in Iran] blocked some immoral pages,” said the Iranian minister of communications.

Siasat-e Rooz: Suspicious traffic!

Some experts believe Jack Straw serves as a link between British intelligence and some inside Iran.

Excavations uncover ancient gate in Persepolis

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Emad Askarieh

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October 27, 2015

Excavations have uncovered a great ancient gate in Persepolis in a region called Tale-Ajori, the head of an Iranian excavation group has said.

Alireza Askari Chavardi said archeologists had been working to develop an insight into the functions of the ancient complex in Persepolis over the past century and to present a spatial analysis of coherence and conceptual links in the meaning of polis in the royal construction and the surrounding buildings.

As for the excavations, he said, “One of the most important sections of the region which directly leads to Persepolis is the northwestern part of the royal seat, also known as Firouzi Complex, on which the studies by archeological expeditions have been focused. It is also the place where the relics of a famous monument called Tale-Ajori lie.

“Any comprehensive study of Tale-Ajori, located 3km west of Persepolis, should be conducted in a broader framework of the past research in Parseh. Like past studies, we assume that the region in the vicinity of Firouzi Garden was part of a city relevant to the royal seat in Persepolis.”

He added, “The remains of Achemenid ascendancy near Firouzi Village has only gradually interested the archeologists who studied the areas surrounding the royal seat to locate the Royal Sacred Place in the broader limits of the city for nearly 100 years.”

He further said, “The most important findings of this season of the excavations are 30 glazed bricks adorned with images of winged animals which incorporate the mythic beasts of the Elamite and Achemenid eras in a tradition quite like those of Shusha and Mesopotamia in southwestern Iran. The exterior and the great hall of the gate of this section of Parseh are decorated with colorfully glazed bricks. The building was made of thousands of bricks. However, the majestic structure was reduced to a pile of dust, that’s why it is now called by locals Tale-Ajori.”

A joint Iranian-Italian team of archeologists explored Tale-Ajori for nearly 50 days in October and November 2013. Persepolis was founded by Darius of Achemenid in 521 BC and was the dynasty’s seat up to the decline of the empire in 331 BC.

The terrace where the royal houses were built envisages an urban landscape for Achemenid palaces with more than 100 ancient objects and great monumental works in the vicinity of the royal seat as well as the buildings scattered in an area of 600 hectares around Persepolis with gardens spread among these buildings.

The excavations were led by Dr. Chavardi from Shiraz University and Professor Pierre Francesco Caglieri from Italy’s University of Bologna and financed by Fars provincial Department of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.

The season provided a reconstruction of the geomorphologic landscape of Persepolis and Parseh; 10 hectares of the areas near Tale-Ajori were documented through geo-electrical and geophysical instruments.

Iran will reveal its modern missile bases in due time

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Emad Askarieh

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October 27, 2015

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that the IRGC does not allow anyone to impose their wills on Iran.

Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the second-in-command of the IRGC, made the comment in an IRIB nightly news bulletin on Monday and added that today the Islamic Republic of Iran is the country which helps developments unfold in the region.

The following is the translation of highlights of the top commander’s remarks in the TV program as selected and released by entekhab.ir on October 27:

– If our forces do not engage [the enemy] in Syria today, we may have to engage them in other places.

– Iran’s presence in Syria has increased both qualitatively and quantitatively since a few months ago when Iran assumed an advisory role and got involved in rebuilding the Syrian army.

– We have to be present in Syria in order to adapt our experiences with new realities on the ground. Today Syria serves as a war university for us. Iranian forces are skillfully winning the hearts [and minds] of people in Syria.

– We have started to rebuild the Syrian army at a good pace.

– The Syrian army has launched a massive ground operation backed by the Russian air force. Already, this operation has largely tipped the balance on the battlefield, and crucial reports on this operation will be released in coming days.

– The transformation of the [Syrian] army backed by the presence of young forces has tipped the balance in Aleppo.

– Building on their new interpretation, the Russians have got engaged in Syria. They see Syria as part of their geopolitical position [in the region] and they need Syria for striking a balance over Ukraine.

– The Russians do not want to see their borders come under attack by Takfiris – the proxy infantry of the United States – from either Pakistan or Afghanistan or from the Syria-Turkey-Caucasus side.

– The Russians believe that forces from Asia and Chechnya account for 20 percent of the Takfiri commanders.

– The victories the al-Hashd al-Shaabi [the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq] have secured in Iraq indicate that positive changes are happening in Iraq, and triumphs in Fallujah and Baiji are further proof of such changes.

– The missiles Iran has developed have a zero margin of error.

– The underground missile base Iran showed the world [a while ago] was the country’s oldest base; we will show our modern bases in due time.

– The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, who is leading faithful forces, can manage any war in the world.

– The IRGC does not read the resolutions, because no one is allowed to dictate anything to us. Today the Islamic Republic is the one who dictates the developments.

Iran condoles with Afghanistan, Pakistan, India over quake deaths

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Emad Askarieh

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October 27, 2015

The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Monday expressed Tehran’s deepest sympathy for Afghanistan, Pakistan and India over a powerful earthquake that left many people in these countries dead, voicing Iran’s readiness to help in relief and rescue operations in the quake-stricken areas.

Marzieh Afkham offered Iran’s condolences to the governments and nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India on the quake casualties.

Expressing hope that the death toll would remain at the lowest, Afkham said that Iran is ready to provide humanitarian and relief assistance for the quake-hit areas and wished those injured a swift recovery.

Over 180 people were killed in a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier on Monday.

Tremors from the quake were also felt in northern India and Tajikistan.

The earthquake’s epicenter was in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 76km (45 miles) south of Faizabad.

Iran arrests perpetrators of terrorist attack in Khuzestan

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Emad Askarieh

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October 27, 2015

Iranian security forces have arrested all perpetrators of a recent terrorist attack in the southern province of Khuzestan.

At least two people were killed and two others sustained injuries after masked assailants opened fire on a group of people who were holding a mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein, the third Shiite imam, in Safiabad, a town in Dezful county in Khuzestan Province, on October 16.

The terrorists intended to carry out acts of terror in four other areas but were arrested before carrying out their plans.

The provincial intelligence department said on Monday that the terrorist attack in Dezful had been organized and led by a foreign country.

Iran to invest in New Development Bank

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Emad Askarieh

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October 27, 2015

A deputy economy minister has said that Iran and Brazil have decided to develop their cooperation and to that end Iran will become a member of the New Development Bank (formerly known as BRICS Development Bank) whose capital stands at $100b.

Mohammad Khazaei, who is also the director of the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, made the remark in a meeting of Iran and Brazil Joint Economic Commission and added that Brazil is a member of BRICS [five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] that have established the bank. He expressed hope that Iran can get the bank’s membership to be able to enhance mutual cooperation.

The following is the translation of what else the Iranian official said as reported by Tasnim News Agency on October 26:

The deputy economy minister said that economic, industrial, banking and financial ties between Iran and Brazil are somewhere in the neighborhood of zero, adding that statistics released by the Customs Office showed that the volume of trade transactions between the two countries hit the $400m mark last year: Iran’s exports to Brazil amounted to around $100m, and the remaining $300 was Iran’s imports from that country.

The joint economic commission last met more than 20 years ago and the volume of bilateral economic cooperation has leveled off over the past two decades, he said.

Thanks to the talks between Tehran and Brasilia, efforts to develop Iran-Brazil ties gained momentum and this resulted in a trip by the Brazilian top diplomat to Iran a while ago and a meeting between the Iranian president and Brazil’s foreign minister at the UN, Khazaei added.

The Iranian official went on to say that he accompanied the economy minister in his recent trip to Brazil where they held four crucial meetings to chart the two countries’ economic roadmap.

Khazaei further said that Iran and Brazil have signed cooperation deals on customs affairs, removal of double taxation and joint ventures to upgrade their economic ties.

The two sides have plans to raise the volume of their trade to $5b, he said, adding that Iran and Brazil need to make joint investment if they seek to have persistent cooperation.

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states as an alternative to the existing American and European-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Iran, Brazil firm to boost economic relations

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Emad Askarieh

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October 26, 2015

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stressed the importance of improving relations with Brazil given the country’s special position in Latin America and in the BRICS group of major emerging economies.

“This country (Brazil) has always been among the priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy,” Zarif said at a meeting with Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Armando Monteiro in Tehran on Monday.

He added that Iran has great potential to open new markets and can help Brazil’s access to the Central Asian region.

Zarif said Tehran and Brasilia are seeking a new roadmap to develop common interests, adding that the two sides’ enterprises and banking and economic institutes can play an important role in this regard.

He added that Iran and Brazil enjoy great opportunities for strengthening cooperation in different fields such as technology, biotechnology, energy and gas.

Zarif expressed Iran’s readiness to remove obstacles in the way of banking cooperation with Brazil through constant consultation.

Brazil’s enhanced ties with Iran

Monteiro said Brazil has always attached special significance to cooperation with Iran and called for promotion of mutual relations.

The Brazilian minister arrived in Tehran Monday at the head of a 35-member economic delegation to explore ways of bolstering mutual economic relations.

Strengthening relations between Tehran and Brasilia in areas such as foreign trade, energy, banking, agriculture and investment has been mentioned as the main goal of Monteiro’s Tehran visit.

Brazil is currently the world’s seventh largest economy. It is also a member of the BRICS group of emerging powers that also includes Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Brasilia is also Tehran’s most important economic partner in Latin America and the volume of bilateral trade amounts to about $1.6 billion a year.

Zarif, Lavrov discuss Syria crisis

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Emad Askarieh

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October 26, 2015

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have discussed the ongoing crisis in Syria, Russia’s Tass news agency reported.

In a phone conversation Monday, Zarif and Lavrov discussed the latest developments in Syria and exchanged views on the role of external players in the political settlement of the Arab country.

“An exchange of opinions on the situation in Syria continued in the context of tasks of fighting against terrorism and facilitating the process of political settlement of the crisis in the country, including by mobilizing international support and involving main countries in the region,” a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry read.

Syria has been gripped by a civil war since 2011. The Syrian army has been fighting several opposition factions and numerous militant groups, including ISIL.

On September 30, Russia began airstrikes on ISIL positions in Syria at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Since the beginning of the air campaign, Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out some 830 strikes, killing several hundred militants and destroying dozens of command centers, and depots used by the terrorists.

Iran selected guest of honor at 2016 Belgrade Book Fair

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Emad Askarieh

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October 26, 2015

The 60^th Belgrade International Book Fair (BIBF) has picked Iran as the special guest of honor for its 61^st edition in 2016.

Belgrade’s Secretary of Culture Vladan Vukosavljevic made the announcement in a press conference prior to the book fair and said that Iran is among the countries which have the oldest and richest human culture.

The following is a brief translation of a report Khabaroline.ir published on October 26 on the Belgrade International Book Fair and Iran’s pavilion there:

The Belgrade International Book Fair – which is held from October 25 to November 1 – brings together more than 480 publishers from Iran, Russia, Angola, Australia, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Britain, Italy, Greece, Croatia, India, France, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Germany, Austria, Spain, Japan, China, Brazil, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Montenegro, and Poland with over 150,000 book titles.

Russian historian and writer Natalya Narochnitskaya, whose country is the special guest of honor of the 2015 Belgrade book fair, and Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica made speeches at the opening ceremony on Sunday.

Iran’s cultural attaché in Serbia was on hand in the opening ceremony of the book fair which has adopted “What would be if there was no Belgrade Book Fair in all these years?” as its slogan for this year’s edition.

Iran’s pavilion at the cultural event has put on display more than 100 books which have been translated into the Serbian language as well as handicrafts, cultural brochures and films on Iran’s culture and civilization. Valuable books such as The Nahj al-Balagha, Sahifeh Sajadieh, Masnavi-I Ma’navi (in Serbian and Macedonian languages), The Bostan of Saadi, The Conference of the Birds by Attar Neishabouri, poems of Parvin Etesami, Omar Khayyam’s four-line verses, Martyr Motahari’s Dastan Rastan, etc. are also on show in the fair.

Iran’s site which is one of the best in the international event has attracted the attention of many visitors. Iran will attend the 2016 edition of the BIBF as the special guest of honor. The Cultural Office of Iran’s Embassy in Belgrade, the Cultural Department of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization and the Cultural Department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance as well as Iran’s Cultural Fairs Institute will work together to prepare for Iran’s presence in next year’s book fair.

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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 26

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Emad Askarieh

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October 26, 2015

The comments of the intelligence minister about the nuclear deal and the imminent execution of Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday.

Ettela’at: Bashar Assad stands ready to hold early presidential elections, a Russian parliamentary delegation said after meeting the Syrian president.

At the meeting, the Syrian president said that elimination of terrorist groups can lead to political solutions in Syria.

Ettela’at: A national conference on Society, Natural Resources, Water and the Environment will be held.

Ettela’at: Yemeni fishermen have been massacred by Saudi fighter jets.

Ninety-night were killed and 102 others wounded in the Saudi airstrike against the fishermen in Uqban.

Ettela’at: Government strategies to secure the inflow of foreign investment

A deputy economy minister has said that transfer of modern technology, access to international markets, better quality local products and completion of the local production cycle are among government strategies to boost foreign investment.

Ettela’at: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted that the Iraq War helped create IS. “I’m sorry,” he said.

Ettela’at: The German vice-chancellor has in a statement said that the uprising of Ashura [the third Shiite Imam led against tyranny more than 13 centuries ago] shows that steadfast resistance wins over war.

Ettela’at: New medical university programs compatible with the needs of the country will be set up.

Abrar: After 14 years, the Iranian Weightlifting Federation has revealed that reports that Turkey offered Hossein Rezazadeh [Iran’s heavyweight Olympic gold medalist] $10 million to assume Turkish nationality and attend the Olympics as a Turkish athlete were not true.

Abrar: The chairman of the French Senate is to visit Iran.

Abrar: A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has said that the number of IRGC’s military advisors in Syria is to increase.

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: The number of items Iran imports from the US has increased to 119.

Afarinesh: “All countries should help determine the cause of the Mina tragedy,” said Foreign Minister Zarif in a meeting with the new Malian ambassador to Tehran.

Afarinesh: Austria has called on Iran to take part in an upcoming conference on Syria in Vienna.

Afkar: Iran is to join the world club of LNG exporters.

Aftab-e Yazd: A Reaganized White House, a scourge for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

The daily takes a closer look at what will become of the Iran nuclear deal if Republican Donald Trump is elected US president.

Arman-e Emrooz: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was the government’s winning battle, said the intelligence minister as he took a swipe at those who try to torpedo the nuclear deal.

Ebtekar: “Some are not allowing the government to focus its attention on efforts to settle the country’s problems,” said the intelligence minister.

Etemad: New oil talks with Total and Lukoil; Russia and France are Iran’s customers.

Hambastegi: Oil sanctions will be lifted in two months, said the deputy oil minister.

Hemayat: The Iranian deputy foreign minister has warned Saudi authorities against executing prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

Iran: The deputy oil minister has said that six European countries seek to establish oil cooperation with Iran.

Javan: Passive diplomacy [of Iran] in the face of a bold inexperienced minister [of Saudi Arabia].

Javan: Members of the Basij Force of 25 universities in Isfahan protest an Iran visit by former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

Jomhouri Islami: Mobarakeh Steel Company has been named exemplary exporter of the year.

Jomhouri Islami: A number of MPs have called on the judiciary to deal with hardliners who chanted slogans against state officials at a mourning service attended by the Supreme Leader.

Kaenat: The intelligence minister has said that 80 percent of Iran’s goals has been fulfilled in the nuclear deal.

Kar va Kargar: The Iranian MPs have said the instructions of the Supreme Leader on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action are the final words both politically and religiously.

Kayhan: Unchecked imports from toothpicks to managers, a new solution to solve the country’s economic problems!

[The daily has taken an implicit swipe at the trade minister who suggested a few days ago that the economy sector can follow in the footsteps of sports in signing foreign managers.]

Resalat: “Fieldwork is needed in screening potential candidates,” said the spokesman of the Guardian Council.

Setareh Sobh: The likelihood of the young ayatollah [a reference to the grandson of the late Imam Khomeini] running for the Assembly of Experts has increased.

Sharq: The intelligence minister has deplored the fact that some are calling the members of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team as traitors.

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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 27

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Iran arrests perpetrators of terrorist attack in Khuzestan

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Iran selected guest of honor at 2016 Belgrade Book Fair

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