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Saudi playing victim over Iran tensions: Leader aide

By
Emad Askarieh
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“In my opinion, this (the recent tension) was the result of the wrong policies of Saudis who didn’t know their limits and that’s why they made efforts to isolate Iran by playing victim,” Ali-Akbar Velayati said in an interview with ISNA on Friday.

He, however, added that Iran enjoys a strategic position in the region and gives priority to the establishment of close relations with other countries, particularly neighbors, on its foreign policy agenda.

Velayati stressed the importance of interaction with neighboring states, saying Iran accepts cooperation with countries based on equal footing and mutual respect.

He noted that the continuation of Iran’s relations with other countries depends on their will and said, “It is impossible in the arena of foreign policy to make a decision without taking the opposite side’s demands into consideration.”

The Leader’s aide emphasized that powerful countries currently seek to interact with Iran based on mutual respect due to the Islamic Republic’s might in regional and international scenes.

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran on January 3 following demonstrations held in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad by angry protesters censuring the Al Saud family for the killing of top cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Some people mounted the walls of the consulate in Mashhad while incendiary devices were hurled at the embassy in Tehran.

 

Thailand plans to raise trade with Iran to $5bn

By
Emad Askarieh
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“The value of trade and [mutual] investment between Iran and Thailand can increase to $1.2 billion two years into the lifting of the sanctions,” Thai Deputy Minister of Commerce Suvit Maesincee said.

“Within four or five years after the removal of the sanctions, the transactions between the two countries can reach $3 billion or even $5 billion,” he added.

Maesincee said Iran-Thailand trade was reduced last year by $600 million due to oil price fall and global recession.

He said Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai is expected to travel to Tehran in coming days.

Maesincee said Iran is located in a “strategic position” providing access to Eurasian countries of 700 million people.

Iran currently enjoys a meager $99 million share in Thailand’s $200 billion market.

 

Sanctions relief

The European Union is ready to lift economic sanctions against Iran as soon as the UN nuclear agency verifies Tehran’s compliance with its obligations under a nuclear agreement it reached with six world powers last July.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to issue its final report on Saturday confirming that Iran has lived up to its obligations under the nuclear agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The IAEA is expected to confirm that Iran had fulfilled its obligations so that the 28-nation EU, alongside the United States and the United Nations, can end their sanctions on what is known as “Implementation Day” for the JCPOA.

Iran and the P5+1 – the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany finalized the text of the JCPOA in the Austrian capital of Vienna in July 2015.

Under the JCPOA, limits are put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

Obama lifts ban on aircraft sale to Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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President Obama delegated that authority to Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday through a presidential memorandum, a directive similar to an executive order.

The historic decision comes against the backdrop of planned implementation of Iran’s historic nuclear deal with world powers at the weekend.

“They have nearly completed their major nuclear steps, and that’s nothing to gloss over,” US Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said.

He added that the decision would take effect as soon as the nuclear agreement is implemented and international sanctions are lifted on Iran.

“The [nuclear] agreement makes two exceptions: Iran can buy U.S. civilian passenger aircraft, and sell certain crafts – specifically carpets and rugs – to the United States,” USA Today reported.

US sanctions ban the sale of aircraft and parts to Iran. Under an interim nuclear deal in 2013, the West eased the ban on sales of spare parts but selling planes is still prohibited.

Western sanctions are the biggest enemy of Iran’s aviation which has been plagued by a series of air crashes, claiming the lives of hundreds of Iranians.

The nuclear accord reached with Tehran last July has provided Iran with a chance to renew its fleet of commercial aircraft.

Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi has said that Iran would need to buy 500 commercial aircraft of various models at a cost of $50 billion.

Iran’s civil aviation fleet consists of 248 aircraft with an average age of 20 years, 100 of which are grounded, he has said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to issue its final report on Saturday confirming that Iran has lived up to its obligations under the nuclear agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The IAEA is expected to confirm that Iran had fulfilled its obligations so that the 28-nation EU, alongside the United States and the United Nations, can end their sanctions on what is known as “Implementation Day” for the JCPOA.

Iran and the P5+1 – the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany finalized the text of the JCPOA in the Austrian capital of Vienna in July 2015.

Under the JCPOA, limits are put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

 

Saudi co-wives, find a third one for their 70 years old husband

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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In a strange and rather amazing event, two wives of a 70 years old Saudi man, in an effort to show their gratitude and love to their beloved husband, found him a new bride, Al-Alam Reported.

The somehow lucky man, named by Al-Alam as Awaz Bin Awim Al-Dhuaibi, was surprised when heard that his two spouses without his knowledge have found their own favorite candidate to become the third wife of their husband and have arranged in excellent manner, all the wedding ceremonies.

The co-wives, who must apparently be extremely resolved in doing a favor to their husband, removed all possible hurdles from the path of their husband’s new marriage, so that he can enjoy having a new bride.

Al_Dhuaibi was quoted by Saudi social media as saying at first I could not believe it and took it as a joke but later I realized that it was quite true and serious and they were adamants to make me happy.

The 70 years old bride-groom is enjoying his third honeymoon with his newly wedded bride.

Saudi Daily Okaz has praised the co-wives of the fortunate bride-groom for not being jealous and sharing their aged husband, with a new comer.

Aydin Aghdashloo became a Knight in Silence

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The French Embassy in Neauphle-le- Chateau Street in  downtown Tehran on Jan. 12, 2016 played host to a ceremony awarding highest of the French government decoration, the Chevalier(Knight) to renowned Iranian Painter and art scholar Aydin Aghdashloo.

French Ambassador to Tehran, Mr. Bruno Foucher placed the National Order of Merit of French Ministry of Culture over the chest of Mr. Aghdashloo. The ceremony was quite modest and attendants were very few. When the 75 years old Aghdashloo was contacted to be informed about awarding of the decoration, he said he prefers the ceremony to be a private and small event and the world famous Iranian painter as usual didn’t want to show off and himself didn’t invite anybody to this ceremony.

Only 10 people including Dariush Shayegan came together at French Embassy. The French Ambassador spoke to the audience about the important position held by Aghdashloo in French culture and importance of his works and placed the Knight Decoration on Mr. Aghdashloo’s chest.

Aghdashloo thanked Mr. Foucher and said he is glad to see that his works have become known outside his home country.

Talking to Iranian Daily Shargh, Mr. Aghdashloo said the Knight Decoration is the highest National Order of Merit award by French government and he is pleased that his works have been appreciated beyond Iranian border and the outside world. He said he has been influenced by French arts and culture like any other painter of the 20th century.

After Aghdashloo’s speech, Shayegan spoke in French of Aghdashloo and his works.

Aghdashloo is very humble artist to an extent that he considers individual exhibition of his works as self flattering and show off and that’s why he asked the French Embassy officials to avoid a large ceremony on his honor.

“Be Prepared for Good News” on Iran Nuclear Issue: Diplomat

By
Emad Askarieh
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“Be prepared for good news; beautiful moments in our beloved country’s history are going to happen,” Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for the Political and International Affairs Hamid Baeidinejad said in a post on his Instagram account.

“I wish you were present in our sessions to witness the dignity and honor of our great nation,” he added in the post.

Also in a post on his Twitter account, Baeidinejad said, “Following intensive negotiations in Vienna, good news on implementation day of the landmark agreement is on the way.”

He had earlier on Thursday noted that the final talks started on Wednesday, and expressed the hope that the remaining outstanding issues on the country’s nuclear energy program will be dealt with by Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany) today.

This is the last stage on the long path of Iran’s negotiations with the world powers on its nuclear program, and the day for implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the text of nuclear deal finalized back in July 2015, is looming, he added in a post in his social network account.

Earlier on Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi predicted that implementation of a July nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet would start by Saturday, after the UN nuclear agency releases its final report.

“The (International Atomic Energy) Agency’s inspectors are supposed to issue their final report on Iran’s honoring of commitments until Friday. I believe the parties will perform their undertakings by Friday and Saturday and (then) the implementation day would be announced,” Araqchi said at the time.

Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as E3+3 and P5+1) on July 14, 2015, reached a conclusion on a 159-page nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after coming into force.

Afterwards, the 15-memebr United Nations Security Council passed a resolution that endorsed the JCPOA.

According to the UNSC Resolution 2231, all previous UNSC sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program will be terminated when the JCPOA takes effect.

 

Iran denounces deadly terror attacks in Indonesian capital

By
Emad Askarieh
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On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari voiced sympathy with the families of the victims as well as the Indonesian government and nation in general, expressing hope that such terror attacks would not hamper Indonesians’ will to promote Islam.

“Such terrorist acts, in a country where restraint and moderation are the defining characteristics of its people and has always been one of the frontrunners in the United Nations peacekeeping missions in the world, once again proved that terrorism and extremism have no boundary,” he said.

The Iranian diplomat further urged a tough response to the perpetrators and supporters of acts of terrorism, highlighting the need for a united and global fight against the ominous phenomenon.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jaberi Ansari emphasized that the Islamic Republic stands by the Indonesian nation and administration in combating terrorism.

Earlier on Thursday, Jakarta was hit by a series of blasts and a gunfight, centered around Thamrin Street, a major shopping and business district near foreign embassies and the United Nations offices in the megacity.

Jakarta police spokesman Colonel Muhammad Iqbal said seven people, including four attackers were killed in Thursday’s incidents.

The Daesh Takfiri terror group has claimed responsibility for the assaults.

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has denounced the attacks and called for calm.

“We condemn these attacks that have disturbed the peace of society and we want to spread this message to the nation and society. I ordered the authorities to catch those responsible for the attacks and even those out there that are involved in this,” he said.

Indonesia has suffered militant attacks in the past and was on high alert over the New Year period after threats from Daesh.

 

Iran removes Arak reactor core vessel

By
Emad Askarieh
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“We carried out the last stage of the removal of the Arak reactor’s heart and today our job was completely done,” Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Thursday.

“The calandria’s cavities, and not its heart, will be filled with concrete,” he added.

Kamalvandi said Iran has met its obligations in the Arak reactor, adding that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will verify the calandria’s removal later in the day.

The development comes ahead of implementation of Iran’s landmark nuclear agreement with the world powers, known under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) up to the weekend.

The agreement was reached between Iran and the P5+1 – the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany – in July last year.

Under the JCPOA, limits are put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

Kamalvandi said Iran is now in “very proper conditions” for producing nuclear fuel.

He noted that “big powers” have recognized Iran’s nuclear rights.

He also said that “unjust sanctions” will be lifted on Iran on JCPOA Implementation Day.     

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps seized two US boats in Persian Gulf waters and detained 10 American marines but freed them after they apologized for trespassing Iranian territories. This story preoccupied almost all the Iranian press on Thursday. The Supreme Leader’s meeting with the organizers of a conference held in Iran to review Islam’s view on art and artistic activities also grabbed a number of headlines in the press.

Iran expects the final IAEA nuclear report on Tehran’s nuclear activities on Friday and this has soared optimism in the country’s stock market, has diminished foreign exchange rate and boosted the stocks. All the newspapers allocated at least a headline to these developments.

Following are the highlights of the dailies on Thursday, January 14, 2016.

 

ABRAR:

1. Russian premier: We shall prepare for the world economic scenario

2. Iran among world’s 4 most welcoming countries for foreign refuge seekers

3. Indonesia’s Jokowi writes letters to Iran, Saudi leaders

4. FIFA offers $500k to Iran football federation

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

ABRAR EQTESADI: 

1. Pertonas returns as Iran oil buyer

2. Power export instead of crude oil during price slump, suggested Power Minister to Iranian Ministry of Petroleum

3. Iran in talks with France, Germany, Belgium to construct LNG carriers

4. Airbus ready for swift return to Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

AFKAR: 

1. Leader: Islam approves of arts, encourages artists

2. US calls for seizing Iran’s blocked assets

3. Iran’s Petroleum Minister: Emergency OPEC meeting needs members’ consensus

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

AFTAB: 

1. US thanks Iran [for swiftly freeing American marines]

2. Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation office under attack in Somali

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

DONYAYE EGHTESAD: 

1. Wave of optimism in Iran market

Gold, forex price diminishing

Stock market poised for a leap as sanctions are to be lifted on Friday

2. US, EU issue final manual of style to lift Iran sanctions

3. Obama knocks US politics

US President Barack Obama slammed trading US politics

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

 

EBTEKAR: 

1. JCPOA implementation on Sunday

2. US sailors freed, received respectful treatment

A report by Ebtekar about seizing and freeing US marines in Persian Gulf waters.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

ETEMAD: 

1. Diplomacy of Boats

The ten US marines who had trespassed on Iran’s territorial waters and had been taken into Iranian custody by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps forces, were released after less than a day.

2. Historic week in Iran

IAEA final nuclear report on Friday

Iran expects to see sanctions removed by weekend

3. Splendid funeral of Sacred Defense martyrs in Fars Province

4. Health Minister: People must be informed about the realities of AIDS

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

ETTELA’AT: 

1. Leader: Islam approves of arts, encourages artists

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei told a meeting of the organizers of the Fiqh of Art congress that not only does Islam endorse art, it also encourages it.

2. Saudis offer $10k monthly to terrorist mercenaries

3. Obama calls on US congress to authorize use of military force against ISIS

4. Funeral of 94 Sacred Defense martyrs

A ceremony was held in the southern province of Fars to bury the remains of 94 martyrs of the Iraq-imposed war on Iran (1980-88).

5. US thanks Iran for swift release of 10 Navy sailors

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

HEMAYAT: 

– US joins Saudi coalition to use Yemen as arms laboratory

Wednesday attacks by Saudi-led coalition killed 20, injured 14 in Yemeni territories.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

IRAN: 

1. Time arrives for sanctions removal

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araqchi said.

Iran stock market suddenly leapt as time approaches for removal of the US-led sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program.

2. Iran’s seizure of 10 US navy sailors from beginning to end

From nightly telephone conversations of Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif with his US counterpart to the wise decision making of Iranian military commanders.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

JAHAN-e EQTESAD: 

1. Special patients: sanctions hostages

A report on the bitter days of sanctions for supplying medicine for the sufferers of special diseases in Iran.

2. Iran tankers to recall at green continent ports

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

JAHAN SANAT: 

1. Speculations about imports of US goods

Edibles no; Cars yes

2. Obama defends his legacy in SOTU

US President Barack Obama vigorously defends his legacy in his final State of the Union address.

3. Islamic treatment towards US marines

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

JAMEJAM:

1. US apology

US marines freed by Iran

2. Leader stresses need for setting Islamic framework for art

The organizers of the National Conference on Fiqh of Art visited the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

3. Cyberspace: A cleanable world

4. Birthday parties pricier than weddings

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

JAVAN: 

1. US wealth in the hands of a few: Obama in a rare confession in SOTU

2. US marines apologized, won freedom

3. French gov’t seeks Iranian artists

France offers Iranian painter Aydin Aghdashloo legion of honor badge.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

JOMHOURI ESLAMI: 

1. No sanctions next week

2. Saudi air strike kills brother of fugitive Yemen president in Sana’a

3. Egyptian military in Saudi-led coalition against Yemen

4. Major tourism shock by Istanbul blast

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

KEYHAN: 

1. US tests, IRGC browbeats [US army in Persian Gulf]

God father of Persian Gulf sheiks humiliated

US marines freed after apologizing

2. Mamasani citizens’ impressive welcoming of martyrs’ convoy

3. Yemen used as laboratory to test US arms: world media

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

REALAT: 

1. Iraqi FM mocks Arab Leagues’ accusation of Iran as a terrorist supporter

2. Iran to offer 160,000 Mehr Houses in Fajr Decade

Iran has prepared 160,000 houses in the Maskan-e Mehr housing initiative and will offer them to their owners during a 10-day period which marks the anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in February.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

SMT:

1. Stock market soars, forex rate slides

Only a few days to implementation of the nuclear deal and the long-sought sanctions relief on Iran’s nuclear program, Iran’s stock market prepares to recover from recession while foreign exchange rate drops.

2. Iran eyes unfreezing of $30bn

Iran says it has started the proceedings for the much-awaited unfreezing of a total of around $30 billion as envisaged by a nuclear deal it struck with the P5+1 group of countries last July.

3. US seeks trade delegation swap with Iran

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

SHAHRVAND: 

1. Iran frees 5,000 manslaughter convicts in 9 months

2. New campaign supports labor kids

A report on how business owners carry out their social responsibilities in Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

TA’ADOL: 

1. The melody of sanctions relief

A report by Ta’adol on the effects of sanctions relief on Iran’s economy.

2. 4 stock peaks conquered

Iran’s stock market is soaring a few days prior to the sanctions removal.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 14

 

 

UNICEF calls for urgent help for 10 million Yemeni children

By
Emad Askarieh
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“With no end in sight to the deadly conflict in Yemen, nearly 10 million children inside the country are now facing a new year of pain and suffering,” Julien Harneis, the UNICEF representative in Yemen said in a statement.

Harneis said the “continuous bombardment and street fighting are exposing children and their families to a deadly combination of violence, disease and deprivation.”

More than 7,500 people have been killed and over 14,000 others injured since Saudi airstrikes began in Yemen in March 2015. The Saudi war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure.

Harneis further suggested that “what is really needed– above all else — is an end to the conflict.”

“Only in that way can the children of Yemen look forward to 2016 with hope rather than despair.”

According to the UN body, children make up at least half of the 2.3 million people estimated to have been displaced from their homes.

More than 19 million people struggle to get water on a daily basis; 1.3 million children under five face the risk of acute malnutrition and acute respiratory tract infections.

And at least two million children cannot go to school, UNICEF estimated.

 

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