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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on September 2

September 2, 2015

The comments of the Supreme Leader at a meeting with military commanders on the need to promote the country’s military preparedness and the remarks of the chairman of the Assembly of Experts on nuclear talks and the role of the Guardian Council in electoral oversight dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday.

Ettela’at: “Defense options to counter threats should be diversified,” said the Supreme Leader at a meeting with senior officials of Khatamulanbia Air Defense Base.

Ayatollah Khamenei further said that officials in different sectors, especially with the armed forces, should appreciate the trust members of the public place in them, and reciprocate that trust by fulfilling their duties.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on September 2

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on September 2

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: Parliament is to conduct an investigation into imports of low-quality cars.

Afarinesh: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed Iran’s participation in talks on the fight against IS.

Afarinesh: The deputy director of the Cultural Heritage Organization has said that 1,020 projects with the potential to absorb local and foreign investment have been conceived.

Arman-e Emrooz: “The number of oil derricks which went missing [when Ahmadinejad was in power] stands at least at 17,” said Amir Abbas Soltani, a member of parliament’s Energy Committee.

Arman-e Emrooz: The UN secretary general is to visit Tehran; the Vienna nuclear deal was a huge international achievement.

Arman-e Emrooz: The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has said that his men would stage 20 maneuvers by the end of the year [March 20, 2016].

Asr-e Azadi: Lack of interagency cooperation is the first hurdle standing in the way of foreign investors’ arrival in Iran.

Asr-e Rasaneh: It now takes less than 48 hours for Iranian authorities to issue visas to foreign tourists.

Asr-e Rasaneh: The country’s first pumped-storage hydro power plant has been inaugurated.

Asrar: The interior minister has said that there should be documentary reasons for possible disqualification of candidates.

Asrar: Mohammad Reza Bahonar, [a principlist MP], has said that presentation to parliament of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in the form of a bill is not necessary.

Asrar: Tehran Provincial Governor’s Office has said security forces will deal with those who take part in any unauthorized rally.

Asrar: “Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is an opportunity for the US to build trust,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Ebtekar: Critics of the Vienna accord have appeared before a parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Saeed Jalili and Fereydoon Abbasi [former top negotiator and former nuclear chief] have defended their performance.

Eghtesad-e Pooya: Iran’s proven mineral reserves are now worth $700 billion.

Etemad: Rouhani is warned in the Assembly of Experts

The chairman of the assembly has said that parliament is entitled to reviewing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Ayatollah Yazdi further said that the kind of oversight the Guardian Council practices is not idle.

Hambastegi: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has told a news conference in Tunis that there is no need for neighbors to be locked in rivalry.

Hamshahri: The dust storm in the capital has seen a hike in the number of emergency room arrivals for respiratory and cardiovascular complications.

Iran: The Assembly of Experts has thanked the nuclear negotiating team.

Javan: The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has said it was the authority of the armed forces that prevented war [not the negotiations].

Javan:Safdar Hosseini [a former economy minister] has criticized the Central Bank for withdrawing $12 billion form the National Development Fund.

Jomhouri Islami: “Nuclear talks [between Iran and P5+1] posed no threat to any country,” said Foreign Minister Zarif.

Kayhan: Principlists have been reinstated at the helm of Tehran City Council.

Kayhan: “The clear-cut comments of the Leader are the only criterion to gauge his nuclear stance,” a statement issued by the office of the Supreme Leader said.

Resalat: “American authority in the region is on the decline,” said the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps.

Shahrvand: A storm with gusts of 70 km an hour has kicked up dust in the capital.

Sharq: The commander in chief of the armed forces has told the military to “have plans to counter all approaches the enemy could possibly adopt.”

Sharq: Following a directive by the Supreme Leader, the National Development Fund will no longer work under the supervision of the Central Bank.

Taadol: “A giant economic leap lies ahead,” said the Iranian parliament speaker.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on September 2

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

♦ “Defense options to counter threats should be diversified,” said the Supreme Leader at a meeting with senior officials of Khatamulanbia Air Defense Base.

♦ The economy minister has said that a 6-point bill to reform the banking system has been devised.

♦ A major industrial union in the US has joined an international campaign to boycott Israel.

The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America has said it wants Israel to end its anti-Palestinian apartheid.

♦ “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is unprecedented in the history of Iran’s diplomatic talks,” the chairman of the Assembly of Experts said.

Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi further said that US provision of arms to IS terrorists is designed to divide Muslims.

♦ To counter the negative impact of dust storms some 100,000 hectares of forests should be created.

♦ The German chancellor has said that Berlin welcome’s Iran’s constructive role in Syria.

♦ An interview with Seyyed Kazem Bojnurdi about the release of Encyclopedia Islamica

The important feature of Islamica, which is the English translation of the Greater Islamic Encyclopedia, is its Shiite approach to Islamic questions.

US using IS as leverage to achieve goals: Iran Commander

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

Senior Iranian commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani has said the United States is using the IS Takfiri group as a tool against Muslims.

Major General Soleimani said Tuesday that the IS terrorist group is a product of Washington, adding that the US plans to maintain IS to keep Muslims dependent on Washington.

The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps made the remarks while briefing members of Iran’s senior clerical body, the Assembly of Experts, on the developments in the region.

The senior military commander added that Iran has foiled Washington’s plans in the region.

He went on to say that the United States has turned this policy into a “lever” to achieve its goals in the region.

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Saudi fear

The senior Iranian commander also pointed to the Saudi aggression against Yemen and hailed the Yemeni Ansarullah fighters’ resistance against the deadly onslaught.

“Ansarullah is a popular current and movement that many Yemeni people have been following,” he said.

Recalling the reasons behind the Saudi aggression against Yemen, General Soleimani said, “Saudi Arabia is afraid of Ansarullah’s rise to power and [has therefore] imposed this war against the Yemeni people.”

[…]

Oscar-winning musician highlights attention to details in movie ‘Muhammad (PBUH)’

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

An Indian musician who has composed the score of Iran’s most expensive film ever, “Muhammad (PBHU), Messenger of God“, said renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi has paid undivided attention to details throughout the production of the biopic.

“It still hasn’t sunk in that the movie has released. The movie was in the making for the past six to seven years. I know how the director nurtured it with attention to details. We can only wish for good things. It has to happen. In this case all of us are lucky that the movie is getting rave reviews. It’s payback for all the hard work,” Indian double Oscar-winner A.R. Rahman said in an interview with Deccan Chronicle on Monday.

Answering a question about what went through his mind when Majidi approached him for this movie, he replied, “Whatever work I do, I always believe that it needs to be blessed for people to like it and love it. I just kept my fingers crossed and prayed in anticipation.

“It was a long-cherished dream to work in a beautiful Iranian movie and a director like Majidi. I learned a lot in the process working with a master director like him. We recorded the music across five countries including India, Iran, Germany, France and Egypt with 200 musicians and it has been mixed in Chennai. I think this is one of my most daring attempts at composing,” Rahman added.

He further said that the movie attempts to depict true features of faith, including compassion as opposed to violence and extremism.

“The director has gone back to the foundation of the faith, which is kindness and upliftment of humankind and not what has been portrayed by the misrepresentation, which has provoked violence and inhuman acts in the past. He has shown that division is a product of evil, and inclusion is divine. I seek to be excused for paraphrasing Jalaluddin Rumi’s words – Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.”

Muhammad, Messenger of God, which is the first part of Iran’s big-budget trilogy on the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), premiered in cinemas across Iran on August 26, and attracted a large audience.

A number of internationally-acclaimed professionals, including Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. Anderson, three-time Oscar-winning Italian director of photography Vittorio Storaro and renowned Croat production designer Milijen Kreka Kljakovic collaborated in the making of the film.

Majid Majidi is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director, film producer, and screen writer whose films touch on many themes and genres. He has won many international awards.

Iran’s Experts Assembly chairman rejects bilateral relations with US

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

Chairman of Iran’s Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi strongly rejected the possibility of the resumption of diplomatic ties between Tehran and Washington, stressing that the nuclear agreement does not mean rapprochement between Tehran and Washington.

Addressing the opening ceremony of the 18th meeting of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran on Tuesday, Ayatollah Yazdi said those in the US who dream of bringing their rulers back to power and turning Iran into their consumer market and source of revenue will never see the realization of their dream.

He said that the nuclear negotiations and agreement between Iran and P5+1have nothing to do with Iran’s relations, adding, “We are not to talk about bilateral and trilateral relations and the gradual flow of their companies into Iran.”

In July, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei underlined the nuclear agreement between Tehran and six world powers will not change Iran’s policy toward the US.

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Iran ready to help solve Middle East woes: Zarif

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Islamic Republic is ready to hold talks with regional countries and help settle ongoing problems in the Middle East.

“There should be dialogue on regional issues between interested countries,” Zarif said in a meeting with Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal in Algiers on Tuesday.

He added that Iran’s contribution to dialogue among these countries is one of the Islamic Republic’s most important diplomatic efforts.

The top Iranian diplomat further pointed to the recently concluded nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers, noting that the negotiations pose no threat to any country and even serve as an “appropriate opportunity for diplomacy in the region.”

He said the nuclear talks proved that the “language of threat” cannot be used against independent and developing countries.

[…]

The Algerian premier, for his part, said his country is determined to boost relations with Iran after the conclusion of the Vienna nuclear agreement.

Sellal urged all regional countries to adopt wise measures to solve the ongoing problems in the region.

Zarif arrived in the Algerian capital on Tuesday on the second leg of a two-nation trip which also took him to Tunisia.

In an earlier meeting between Zarif and Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, the two top diplomats discussed mutual relations and the latest developments in the region.

Book-reading campaign launched in Mashhad (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

A young man in the capital of Khorasan Razavi Province has initiated a campaign dubbed “I Hope You Read the Book and Bring it Back” to foster the culture of book-reading among the people of his hometown.

He lends his books to others in a bid to encourage the youth to read more books.

Images of the young campaigner released online by Tasnim News Agency:

Key to Syria crisis is not in terrorists’ hands: Speaker

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has said that ceding the region to terrorists will not settle the crisis in Syria.

He made the remarks on Tuesday in a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Mohammad Jihad al-Laham on the sidelines of the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in New York, sponsored by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

He said the Islamic Republic of Iran deems it a duty to support the government and people of Syria until the stage is set for dialogue and peace will be ready.

The Syrian speaker hailed Iran’s stand against terrorism in Syria and said, “The resistance movement will be victorious because it is based on ethical principles.”

Al-Laham also criticized UN special envoy and international mediators for not observing impartiality in the Syrian crisis and said, they speak of peace but they act differently.

Parliament examining JCPOA with extra sensitivity: MP

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

A senior member of parliament Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Tuesday that the Iranian lawmakers are examining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with extraordinary sensitivity.

Speaking to reporters, Boroujerdi, the chairman of the chamber’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said that JCPOA is being scrutinized by parliament.

Boroujerdi said that former Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi had attended a session of the special committee for examining JCPOA earlier in the day.

Issues related to JCPOA as well as what has to be approved by parliament and the report that has to be delivered to the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and other lawmakers is being examined in the special committee, he said.

Regional turmoil may spin out of control: Iran’s Larijani

Golrokh Askarieh

September 2, 2015

The speaker of Iran’s parliament, Ali Larijani, has warned that ongoing regional crises are likely to spin out of control due to the continuation of conflicts in the Middle East.

“Terrorists have financial facilities and arms and the management of the region is dominated by serious chaos which makes the situation uncontrollable,” Larijani said in a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York.

Larijani, who is in New York to attend the Fourth World Conference of Parliament Speakers convened by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in cooperation with the UN, pointed to the ongoing war in Yemen and said, “This war can create numerous problems in the region.”

He added that putting an end to the current war and opening dialogue for the establishment of national unity government in Yemen are the only solutions to the conflict in the impoverished country.

Larijani also reaffirmed Iran’s readiness to help the materialization of this objective.

He said powerful countries have failed to adopt considerable measures to fight IS terrorists in regional countries such as Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the country’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

Over 4,300 people have been killed in the Yemeni conflict, the World Health Organization said on August 11. Local Yemeni sources, however, say the fatality figure is much higher.

The UN chief, for his part, called on Iran to play a more active role in settling regional and international issues.

Ban added that Iran has played a constructive part in the campaign against terrorism, saying the Islamic Republic and the UN can strengthen cooperation to counter extremism and terrorism.

He pointed to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen and urged Iran to help the crisis in the war-hit country.

Ban further hailed the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in mid-July as a great achievement for both Tehran and the UN.

The UN head said he would pay an official visit to Iran in the near future.