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Saudi Arabia Lacks Courage to Deploy Forces to Syria: IRGC Commander

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Speaking at a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, Major General Jafari pointed to the recent announcement by the Riyadh regime that it plans to deploy ground forces to Syria to back militants in the Arab country, Saying, “I don’t think that they (Saudis) would dare do so.”

“This is because their forces are in the form of a classis army and history has proven that they do not have the ability (to enter asymmetric war),” he said.

If the Saudis insist on such a move, they would “deal themselves a death blow”, the commander stated.

Major General Jafari underlined that even if they do send troops to Syria, they would be definitely defeated.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with Takfiri terrorists from various groups, including Daesh (ISIL), currently controlling parts of it.

According to the United Nations, more than 250,000 people have been killed and one million wounded during the conflict.

Daesh, as a Takfiri group in Iraq and Syria, is believed to be supported by the West and some regional Arab countries.

Iranian General Warns against Saudi Troop Deployment in Syria

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Mohsen Rezaei

In a post in his social network account, General Rezaei predicted that in case of a possible encounter of Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Syria and the subsequent involvement of the US, a big regional war would engulf the Middle East.

There is no doubt that after any such move by the Saudi government, which takes crazy measures, the entire region would burn in Saudi Arabia’s fire, Rezaei added.

The Iranian general, however, reassured that Iran would be far from the flames of such a war.

The remarks came after Riyadh on Thursday said it plans to send ground troops to Syria to ostensibly fight against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorists.

Soon after the announcement, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter hailed the Saudi offer to contribute to the US-led coalition and said, “That kind of news is very welcome”.

US Press Secretary Josh Earnest also said the White House welcomes Saudi Arabia’s purported plan to fight against the Daesh Takfiri group in Syria.

The so-called US-led coalition against Daesh has been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014, but it is accused of lacking seriousness in its campaign.

France’s Vinci Eyes Construction of Bullet Train Stations in Iran

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Vinci SA is holding preliminary discussions with its relevant Iranian counterparts to build high-speed train stations in the country, Xavier Huillard told a news conference on Friday, Reuters reported.

He added that the company is also discussing opportunities in oil and gas sector in Iran.

The CEO of Vinci SA went on to add that Europe’s largest construction and concessions company also plans to design, build and operate new terminals for two airports in Iran.

There has been a new wave of international interest in ties with Iran after 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.

Trump: Iran spending all its money in Europe not the US

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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‘They bought 118 airbus planes, not Boeing planes, they’re spending all of their money in Europe,’ Trump said during an interview in New Hampshire with Anderson Cooper’s 360 television news show aired recently on CNN.

‘They’re giving Russia big chunks of money for missiles,’ said the firebrand candidate who has been very critical of the nuclear deal between big powers and Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action, or the JCPOA.

‘I don’t even know if they are allowed to buy missiles. Why are they allowed to buy missiles? It’s so unfair and so incompetent,’ the Republican said.

‘We’re handing over $150 billion. We get nothing. So many horrible things are taking place’ Trump added, referring to the US’s unfreezing of Iranian assets.

He added that the United States has trillions in debt.

‘We have $19 trillion in debt. Nobody even knows what trillion means. We have $19 trillion in debt,’ he said.

Trump Leads in Polls in New Hampshire while Bernie Sanders leads the Democratic race.

Iran Gives Green Light to British Investors

By
Emad Askarieh
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During his landmark trip to Britain, Zarif attended a banquet in London on Friday, hosted by the adviser to the British Minister of State for Trade and Investment. A number of managers of the British and European companies were also present at the meeting.

At the gathering, Foreign Minister Zarif went into details about implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the lasting nuclear deal between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), and about the parties’ commitments to the accord.

The top Iranian diplomat also talked about the opportunities for the promotion of economic cooperation with Tehran and called on the foreign firms to invest in Iran’s technology market.

Representatives of some companies, including Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Shell asked Zarif questions about the grounds for trade ties with Iran.

Elsewhere in London on Friday, Foreign Minister Zarif attended a meeting, held jointly by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) think tank and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest think tank on international defense and security.

The Iranian minister expressed Iran’s stances on the international and regional political developments in the meeting.

Zarif arrived in London on Wednesday evening to attend a donor conference aimed at raising money for the Syrian people affected by a 5-year-old war.

Representatives from 70 countries met in the gathering to discuss raising billions of dollars for the Syrian refugees.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Newspaper front pages

It is still less than a month since international sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program were lifted prompting a rush of international business delegations to Iran and visits by Iranian officials after nearly a decade of isolation to leading economic centers. During this short span of time Iran is breaking records in international meetings and deals. In the latest of these developments, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif visited UK at the invitation of London. During the visit he met with his British counterpart Philip Hammond and the two sides agreed to restart issuance of visas in their embassies in Tehran and London in a near future. Many dailies devoted their main headlines to the visit and its outcomes.

Syrian development, killing of an ISIS ringleader in Yemen with his companions, Saudi army’s entry into Syrian soil, and the ongoing deliberations over qualities of parliament and Assembly of Experts hopefuls are the major topics Iranian dailies highlighted on Saturday, February 06, 2016.

Here are the top headlines:

Abrar:

1- ISIS ringleader, companions killed in southern Yemen

2- Iraq to build security wall around Baghdad

3- Germany seeks economic interactions with Iran

4- Iran’s Zarif meets UN’s Sec. Gen.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Afkar:

1- FM: Iran ready for economic cooperation with all the world

2- Saudi ground forces enter Syrian soil

3- Australia makes citizenship harder for refugees

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Arman-e Emrouz:

1- ‘Iran, UK to resume issuing visa soon’ in their respective embassies

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran and Britain will resume issuing visas for the two countries’ citizens “within the next few weeks.”

2- Rafsanjani recounts what war-ending session with Imam had

3- Guardian Council qualifies 25% of objectors

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Asrar:

1- Iran, UK to restart issuing visas in embassies

2- Unemployment rate to become one-digit figure

3- IRR80m loan earmarked for housing market

4-Japanese business delegation in Iran next week

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Ebtekar:

1- Fever of festival in Tehran

These days Tehran is hosting the 34thFajr Film Festival.

2- Lack of online lawyers in Iran

3- Three US congressmen ask to visit Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Emtiaz:

1- Iran exports first carpet shipment to US

2- 70m unused sim cards owned by Iranians

3- Iran renovates over 2 M square meters of healthcare centers

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Etemad:

1- We are official, legal and legitimate: Zangeneh

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh reacted to organized activities inside the country to undermine the effectiveness of the newly unveiled oil contract model. “We are not thieves or traitors,” he said.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Ettela’at:

1- Zarif: Iranophobia masonry has fallen

Tehran calls for ceasefire in Syria

2- Putin: Tehran, Moscow ties strategic

3- Seyyed Ali Khomeini: Enemy favors from everything that results in people losing affection to the [Islamic] establishment

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Iran:

1- Economy Minister confers with representatives of 60 Japanese firms

2- Vice – President launches domestically-built power plant

3- 500 illegal middleman in state organizations identified

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

Payam Zaman:

1. 18.2% liquidity growth in month of Azar

Iran’s liquidity rose by 18.2% during the 9th month of the Iranian

calendar year (November 22-December 21).

2. Veep hails revolution’s achievements despite problems

3. Health Minister: Non-communicable diseases cause of 70% of deaths in Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Jamejam

1. Head of IRIB speaks of ‘multilayer plot against IRIB’

2. Adolescents in the social mine field

3. Calls for preserving Iran economic borders

4. Peugeot deal indefensible

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Hosban:

1. Turkey failed to reach objectives in gas dispute with Iran: Zangeneh

2. Prison to become park

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Hemayat:

1. Assembly of  Experts no place for partisan games

2. ISIS, US’s plainclothes soldier: Pros. Gen.

3. Banking system in whirlpool of troubles

4. US after hurting Cmdr Soleimani: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces

5. US election structure: hopeless, low-level

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Resalat:

1. Zarif in London: Iran concerned about human rights in West

Saudi Arabia main barrier to region’s stability

Ceasefire no recess for terrorist organizations

Not all ceasefires can include recognized terrorist groups

Returning to pre-JCPOA conditions impossible

2. Power Minister: Urmia lake not to dry out

3. Iraqi President: I am assured Iraq will not dissolve

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

 

Rooyesh Mellat:

– Unfrozen assets spent for imports: CBI head

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Sayeh:   

– Minister of Telecommunications: Iran to connect 18,000 villages to high-speed internet

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Sepid:

1. IRR3,000m garnered for injured athlete

2. League for fatties

The league is a proposal for tackling obesity in Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Shahrvand:

1. University examination law alters after one citizen’s complaint

2. 18,000 newborns suffer cardiac diseases annually

3. 700% inflation paralyzes Venezuela

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

 

Sahib Ghalam:

– Iran, Oman launch regular shipping lines

– Court of Arbitration fines Iran $2b to Turkey [for overcharging it gas]

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Asr-e Azadi:

– Iran imports first fully electric car

– Details about returning economic criminal to Iran by Tabriz Prosecutor

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Vatan Emrouz:

1. Iran says amount of fine to Turkey is confidential: The Confidential Administration

2. Outstanding Quran reciter dies

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Abrar Eqtesadi:

1. $10b credit line for Iran-Japan trade

2. 0.7% Iran’s economic growth in 2015

3. First Iran carpet cargo hits US market

4. Oil price many cross $50/b in 2016

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 6

 

 

Iran-France oil contract to take effect Feb 16

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Bijan Zangeneh said an agreement, signed last month in Paris between National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Total, will take effect on February 16.

“As per the contract signed between NIOC and Total, this French company will buy 160,000 b/d of Iranian crude oil,” the minister said.

He added that Total has shown willingness to develop Iran’s giant South Azadegan oil field, shared with neighboring Iraq, and to revive Iran LNG project for the production of supercooled gas.

“Iran plans to provide this French company with necessary data for studies,” said Zangeneh.

Iran discovered Azadegan oil field in 1999 in what was the country’s biggest oil find in decades. The country accordingly teamed up with Japan’s Inpex to push the project toward development. However, the Japanese company quit the project as a result of US sanctions against Iran.

The NIOC later divided the project into South Azadegan and North Azadegan and both were awarded to China’s CNPC when Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013) was in office.

South Azadegan is believed to hold 33.2 billion barrels of oil in place, 5.2 billion barrels of which are recoverable.

 

Eni, Saras want Iran oil

Zangeneh also said that Italy’s giant Eni is to send a delegation in Tehran soon to sign contracts for buying Iran’s oil and developing an oil field in Iran.

He said Eni hopes to buy 100,000 b/d of crude oil from Iran, adding that Italy’s refiner Saras wants 60,000 b/d to 70,000 b/d of Iran’s crude.

Zangeneh said the lifting of sanctions on Iran has boosted the country’s crude oil exports to Europe.

“The only European destination for Iran’s crude oil during [years of] sanctions was Turkey that used to buy 100,000 b/d of oil from Iran. With current deals, this amount will increase to more than 300,000 b/d,” said the minister.

Greece’s main oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum recently reached an agreement with Iran for importing crude oil.

The Greek refiner was a major buyer of Iranian crude, which accounted for about 20% of its annual crude oil imports before sanctions were slapped on Iran in 2011.

Under the agreement, HELPE will start buying oil from Iran immediately and will also settle its nearly $550-600 million outstanding debt to NIOC.

On January 16, Iran’s landmark nuclear deal with six world powers, reached last July, went into effect, leading to the lifting of US, UN and European sanctions on the country.

Iran is expected to add 500,000 b/d to its oil exports after the sanctions are lifted. It will continue to raise exports to 1 mb/d six months after.

Iran to resume export of hand-woven carpets to US

By
Emad Askarieh
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Talking to IRNA, Karegar reiterated that the US Congress halted the imports of Iranian carpet in 2010.

‘Before imposing of sanctions on Iran, the US markets were considered as the first exports hub of Iranian carpets.

Kargar reinterred that over four million tons of Iranian hand-woven carpets, worth $230 million, were exported during the 10 months of current Iranian calendar year, started March 21, 2015.

He described the figure as too meager, reiterating that imposing of sanctions against Iran and economic recession as the main reasons behind the decline of the exports of Iranian carpets.

Karegar said Europeans are also the enthusiastic buyers of Persian carpets.

He said that Persian hand-woven carpets in the past seven months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21) fetched more than 142 million dollars.

Karegar said based on statistics released by Iran Customs Administration, 2,620 tons of hand-woven carpets were exported to 80 countries in the past seven months.

Export of the Persian carpets amounted to $166 million, showing 14 percent growth compared to the figure in the preceding period.

The exported hand-woven carpets weighed more than 3,100 tons, showing 16 percent growth.

Moreover, the eight-month statistics showed more than 3,900 tons of hand-woven carpets, worth more than $202 million, were exported to more than 80 countries, showing increases of 24 and 12 percent in weight and value respectively compared to the figures in the same period in the year 1392 (2013-14).

Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France in Europe, Lebanon, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait in the Middle East and China and Japan in east of Asia are major buyers of Iranian hand-woven carpets in the seven-month period.

Iran National Carpet Center put the value of exports of Iranian hand-woven carpets at more than 330 million dollars the year before.

Saudi Military Intervention in Syria Amounts to War, Russia Warns

By
Emad Askarieh
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“Syria has to give official consent, to invite, otherwise it will be a war. The same applies to international law,” Pavel Krasheninnikov, the head of the State Duma committee, told Interfax on Friday.

Krasheninnikov said that by promising a ground operation in Syria, Riyadh now “intends to send troops to the territory of a sovereign state essentially without declaring a war.”

Saudi Arabia on Thursday voiced readiness to participate in any ground operations in Syria if the US-led coalition allegedly targeting terrorists decides to start such operations.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby also welcomed the Saudi decision, Press TV repoted.

Saudi Arabia is a member of the so-called US-led coalition that has been conducting air raids against what are claimed to be the Daesh terrorists inside Syria without any authorization from the Syrian government or a UN mandate since September 2014.

The US-led strikes have on many occasions targeted infrastructures and left many civilians dead.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said during an interview in March 2015 that the US-led military campaign does not aim to “do away” with the terror group.

Washington and its regional allies, including Turkey and Saudi Arabia, have been backing militants fighting against the Syrian government and people. Since the Syria conflict started in 2011, they have been providing military and financial aid to the militants who are accused of widespread war crimes and crimes against civilians.

 

Iran’s Nuclear Deal Means Diplomacy Works: Zarif

By
Emad Askarieh
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“With the nuclear agreement we demonstrated that diplomacy works,” Zarif said in a speech in the British parliament on Thursday, referring to the nuclear deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), reached on July 14, 2015 and implemented on January 16 this year.

And now, there is a hope that the international community can resolve its difficult problems through diplomacy, he added.

He further pointed to the ongoing crisis in Syria, saying that since the beginning of the UN-brokered negotiations to end war in the Arab country, Iran has called for ceasefire along with political transition.

However, he added, any ceasefire in Syria should not include stopping military operations to combat terrorism.

“Ceasefire, based on everybody’s interpretation, does not include giving a breathing space to recognized terrorist organizations,” Zarif said. “Having a ceasefire is different from letting up the fight against terrorism.”

He named the Nusra Front and Daesh (ISIL) as such organizations.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with Takfiri terrorists from various groups, including Daesh, currently controlling parts of it.

According to the United Nations, more than 250,000 people have been killed and one million wounded during the conflict.

In the meantime, Iran has remained a close ally of Syria and supports its legitimate government in the face of foreign-backed militancy.

 

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