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African- American stars boycott Oscar in protest against racial discrimination

IFP Editorial Staff

January 25, 2016

Well known African-American actor Will Smith was among those who said will not be at the Academy Award Ceremony in protest to absence of African-American actors in the nominees’ list.

For the second consecutive year, the list of nominees of Oscar Award does not include any African- American star.

Head of the Academy responding to criticism leveled against this establishment for lack of racial diversity of nominees said steps have been taken to tackle this shortcoming.

White actors such as Charlotte Rampling, who has been nominated for her role in ” Age of 45″ , has responded to boycott of academy by African –American, saying what they have done is itself a kind of racial discrimination against white stars. She said maybe no African- American actor or actress has been good enough to be included in the nominees’ list.

Iranian film critique, Kamyar Mohsenin in an interview with Sharg Daily said racial discrimination in Oscar is not a new phenomenon and from the beginning the r Academy has been criticized for its discriminatory approach. He added that this year in Particular not many African- American stars have been great success except Will Smith and Edris Alba and even these two were not so strong contenders to stand against other powerful nominees.

Spokesman: Big economic delegation accompanying President in Europe visit

Emad Askarieh

January 25, 2016

Talking to reporters during his weekly press briefing on Monday, he said President Hassan Rouhani started his Europe visit Monday morning in the company of a big economic delegation.

Noting that the president is visiting Italy and France, he said he will meet the Pope in the Vatican as well.

This is the first European visit of the Iranian President to Europe after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Commenting on Rouhani’s Vatican visit, he referred to the historical relations between Iran and Italy and said despite many ups and downs in Iran’s relations with European countries in the past years, ties with the Vatican have always been very strong.

As for Iran’s relations with China, he noted that during the visit of the Chinese president to Iran, the two countries signed 17 documents of cooperation and elaborated on the prospect of bilateral relations for the next 25 years.

No place for terrorists in Syria peace talks: Iranian diplomat

Emad Askarieh

January 25, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s stubborn insistence on the inclusion of certain notorious terrorists in the Syria peace negotiations under the name of the opposition groups is an unconstructive approach, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Sunday.

He made the comments in a meeting with the United Nations Special Coordinator of the Secretary General for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag.

Amir Abdollahian argued that the terrorist groups cannot have a role in Syria’s politics with a “new mask”, noting that the vast majority of Syria people are opposed to such imposed moves.

For her part, the UN diplomat said Iran can play a major role in helping find a way out of crisis in Syria.

Kaag also asserted that the crisis in Syria and the conflicts in Lebanon are interrelated, noting that settlement of crisis in Syria will greatly contribute to resolving problems in neighboring Lebanon.

Three rounds of UN-backed negotiations have so far been held in Vienna and New York on the situation in Syria since October. A fourth session is also scheduled to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, in late January.

The participating states, including Iran, are trying to work out a list of legitimate opposition groups, as opposed to terrorists, in Syria to engage in talks with the government in Damascus.

Syria has been entangled in civil war since March 2011, with Takfiri terrorist groups like Daesh controlling parts of it, mostly in the east.

In the past four and half years, more than 250,000 people have died in Syria -overwhelmingly civilians- and around 4 million Syrians are now refugees in other countries. Around 8 million others have been displaced internally.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 25

IFP Editorial Staff

January 25, 2016

Abrar-e Eghtesadi:

1- Iran, Egypt restore oil trade
2- Spain talks to buy Iran oil
3- After Japan, Chinese tankers allowed in Iranian terminals

Afkar:

1- Iran, UK ink first electricity deal

2- Post-sanctions transaction costs 10% lower

Arman-e Emrouz:

1- Parliament bonuses for political offenders

2- Iran says mulling direct flights to US

Asrar:

1- Majlis Speaker: Doors of diplomacy still open for Saudi Arabia

2- All political factions loyal to establishment: Rafsanjani

Popular parliament, wise administration led by diligent leader, promote Iran to its original status in history: Rafsanjani

3- US opposition to Tehran joining WTO denied

Ebtekar:

1- Leader to IRGC Navy: Your action was courageous, timely

2- Rouhani’s Euro tour

An analysis of the Rouhani administration’s diplomatic interactions in the wake of the sanctions removal

Ettela’at:

1- Syrian army topples last terrorist trench in Latakia

2- Ayatollah Khamenei hails IRGC’s arrest of trespassing US sailors

Etemad:

1- Saudi embassy “chief attacker” captured

Iranian judiciary said Sunday that around 100 suspects, including the person who provoked the attackers to ransack the Saudi embassy in Tehran earlier this month, are arrested.

2- Europe opens arms to receive Rouhani; 1st state visit of President Rouhani to Italy, France

3- Aviation industry giants on Tehran mission; First Boeing arrived to Tehran on Jan 24, 1969; now aviation giants have arrived to the city the same day in 2016.

Hafte sobh:

Babak Zanjani in the first castle

The removal of banking restrictions on Iran finalized the fate of IRR 100 billion of lost money in oil deal with billionaire debtor to Iran’s petroleum industry.

Hemayat:

1- Judiciary: legal guarantees needed in oil deals

Around 100 suspects associated with the Saudi embassy attack in Tehran earlier this month have been arrested.

2- What was the primal message of John Kerry’s assertions in a meeting with Adel al-Jubeir ?

US green light to Saudi Arabia to continue Yemeni people’s massacre

Iran:

1- Foreign tankers sail back to Iran

2- 85 million Americans trapped in snow, blizzard

Javan:

1- Medicine giants eye Iran unofficial market

Temptations of Iran’s 80-million people market for world’s major pharmaceutical companies

2- Rafsanjani: Nation wholehearted in Leader’s support

Jomhouri eslami:

1- Latest economic developments after sanctions’ removal:

Plans for buying 114 new passenger planes; return of foreign tankers

2- Iraqi figures, political communities call for Saudi envoy’s ouster

Kaenat:

– New record set in Iran stock market

Stockholders are optimistic about the market’s recovery in the post-sanctions setting and arrival of fresh finances in the country.

Kayhan:

1- Analysis: Prudence in post-sanctions economy; boosts in domestic production or tsunami of imports?

The Rouhani administration is dubbed as the administration of prudence and hope, which has been used by Kayhan in its article’s title.

2- 75% Iran household appliances captured by foreigners

Resalat:

1- IRIB head: US maintains smart sanctions

Mohammad Sarafraz, head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), said the US has officially allocated budgets for toppling Iran’s Islamic establishment.

“The real extremist is one who lays no hope on national strength and trusts the US.”

2- Cmdr: Kerry begged freedom of US marines

Rooyesh Mellat:

– Italy: Iran plays important role in int’l relations

Saheb ghalam:

1- Iran, Russia sign oil deal

2- Mohsen Rezaei: Iran, China to joint efforts to combat regional insecurity

3- Rouhani to visiting Thai FM: Conditions suitable for boosting Tehran, Bangkok ties

Setareh Sobh:

– What came to $5.3b debts of Emirates

Removal of sanctions; game of oil debtors

Shargh:

– A red carpet beneath Iran’s feet

A report on Iranian president’s first state visit to Europe after a decade

Vaghaye Etefaghieh:

1- Obama sells Saudi Arabia to Iran

Riyadh fumes with regards to US stance in Iran-Saudi tensions.

2- Italian chevaliers ridding Iran’s horse of economy

Khabar-e Varzeshi:

“I greyed in Iran football”: Coach Carlos Queiroz

Iran’s President Rouhani begins three-leg Europe tour

Golrokh Askarieh

January 25, 2016

Rouhani left Tehran early on Monday at the head of a high-ranking delegation, which includes government officials, Iranian entrepreneurs and businessmen.

In his visit to Rome, Rouhani is scheduled to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Rouhani will also pay his first visit to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis.

On Wednesday, the Iranian president will travel to Paris, where he is expected to meet with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.

Prior to his departure, the president told reporters that the trip comes at a historic juncture as it follows the implementation of the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries as well as the lifting of the sanctions against Iran.

The president said key documents will be signed during his four-day trip, which will set out a roadmap for mid- and long-term cooperation with Rome and Paris. Rouhani also said a whole range of topics, including investment, technology, transportation, exports insurance, agriculture, and tourism, will be discussed during his trip.

Iran, US hold talks on direct flights

Emad Askarieh

January 25, 2016

He maintained “previously, Iran Air was forced to load enough fuel to cover the outbound as well as part of the inbound sector of its flights and technical stops were often made in eastern European airports to top up when necessary resulting in longer flights, extra cost and inconveniences to passengers.”

“Currently, on the basis of a contract with France’s Total, Iran Air flights are supplied with necessary fuel in French airports,” noted the official adding “so far, London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Hamburg Fuhlsbuttel and Vienna airports have also resolved the issue for Iranian aircrafts while talks with other fuel companies are underway.”

“Following the lifting of international economic sanctions, Iran seeks to purchase 114 Airbus jets to renovate the aging fleet,” stressed Iran Air Chairman reiterating “hopefully, a part of the financing will be carried out by the National Development Fund of Iran.”

Farhad Parvaresh pointed out that preliminary talks have been held with manufacturing companies since the beginning of nuclear deal talks; “some firms had subjected the operation of contract to the implementation of JCPOA which is now successfully accomplished,” he explained, MNA reported.

He announced that the first new aircraft will enter the country after the signing of a contract; “sanctions had imposed great costs on Iranian airliners to the extent that 15 to 17 thousand dollars were spent on fuel in each flight.”

Parvaresh also noted that the number of flights will get elevated with the entry of new aircrafts to the fleet.

“Iran Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is conducting talks on direct flights between Iran and the US,” maintained the official concluding “daily flights to New York used to take place before the Islamic Revolution and they will hopefully get resumed in near future.”

Enemy role possible in Saudi embassy attack: Iran

Emad Askarieh

January 25, 2016

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said, “There are implications and evidence that the enemy has used some simple-minded elements in [bringing about] the violation against the Saudi embassy.”

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran on January 3 following demonstrations held in front of its embassy in Tehran as well as its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad by angry protesters who were censuring the Al Saud family for executing top cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr a day earlier. The cleric was an outspoken critic of Riyadh’s policies.

Some of the protesters did not have criminal intent and had simply amassed in front of the embassy building outraged by the execution, Mohseni-Ejei said, adding that those demonstrators numbered close to 200. “Some [others] are suspected to have entered the embassy with the intent to cause fire and destruction or have had the enemy infiltrated among them, [a likelihood] that is under investigation.”

The official said around 100 people have been arrested in relation to the embassy attack; a number of them, he said, have been released.

One individual has been arrested outside the country in connection with the case, Mohseni-Ejei said, adding that several people had entered the building on his orders. “Investigations are underway to see whether he and his agents are to blame for all the destruction or not.”

“The attack has been condemned by all the authorities in the establishment, and the establishment was quick to act on the incident,” he said, and asserted, “Other countries have witnessed attacks against foreign embassies too, but no country has followed up on the incident as seriously.”

The official also denounced Riyadh’s response to the incident as overreaction, asking the Islamic Republic’s authorities to respond proportionately.

Ayatollah Khamenei hails IRGC’s arrest of trespassing US sailors

Golrokh Askarieh

January 24, 2016

Ayatollah Khamenei received on Sunday the IRGC naval forces who arrested 10 US sailors after their patrol boats entered the country’s territorial waters on January 12.

The Leader stated that the praiseworthy measure by the IRGC forces stemmed from their faith and courage and was taken in the right time.

Ayatollah Khamenei added that the capture of the US sailors “was in fact an act of God, who brought the Americans into our waters so they would be arrested with their hands on their heads through your timely measure.”

On January 13, the IRGC announced that ten US Marines, who had drifted into the country’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and had been taken into Iranian custody, had been released after Americans apologized for the incident.

Earlier the same day, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, the commander of the IRGC Navy, said two US Navy crafts carrying 10 Marines had reached three miles into the waters surrounding the Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf.

Fadavi added that the trespassing occurred because of technical problems with the navigation systems of the American vessels.

Ayatollah Khamenei hails IRGC's arrest of trespassing US sailors

Iran, US Mulling Establishment of Direct Flights: Minister

Golrokh Askarieh

January 24, 2016

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the ongoing CAPA Iran Aviation Summit here in Tehran, Akhondi said the Iranian Aviation Organization has launched negotiations on establishing a direct flight route between Iran and the US.

Managing Director of Iran Air Farhad Parvaresh also told reporters on Sunday that the country’s aviation officials are in talks with their US counterparts.

“The establishment of this flight route (between Iran and the US) hinges on agreements between the two sides,” he added.

While in New York to attend the 68th session of the UN general assembly back in 2013, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani had pledged to facilitate travel to homeland for Iranian expatriates residing in the US.

The US, Los Angeles in particular, is home to hundreds of thousands of Iranian expatriates.

Travelers between Iran and the US currently have to change flights in a third country, usually in Europe or the Persian Gulf littoral states. Although personal travel is generally exempted from US sanctions, experts believed there were a couple of major obstacles before an Iran-US direct flight can resume.

The US treasury had barred Iranian airlines including Iran Air from landing or operating in the US. Furthermore, extraterritorial US sanctions used to prevent European airports from providing Iranian carriers with fuel or accepting money from them.

However, with the recent termination of anti-Iran sanctions after the implementation of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers on January 16, these obstacles seem to have been removed, and the grounds are expected to be prepared for the establishment of such a route.

Wife of martyred nuclear scientist hails negotiars’ efforts

Golrokh Askarieh

January 24, 2016

In an open letter addressed to Iranian people, Behjat Qasemi said,’ We do not trust US and West, but we do trust the children of our land.’

Touching upon the recent success of Iranian Government in safeguarding the country’s nuclear rights and lifting of the illegal and tyrannical sanctions against Iran, she said, ‘We do believe in our honest, brave and courageous Iranian officials.’

She also congratulates the Iranian nation over removal of sanctions against Iran.

On November 29, 2010, unidentified terrorists attached bombs to the vehicles of Iranian university professors Majid Shahriari and Fereydoun Abbasi and detonated them.

Professor Shahriari was killed immediately, but Abbasi and his wife sustained minor injuries and were rushed to hospital.

On December 2, 2010, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced that the Mossad, the CIA, and the MI6 all played a role in the attacks.