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Iranian Ninja bags KIN’s Honorary Diploma

The 12th edition of the KIN festival was held in Yerevan on 3-7 November, 2015 and the Diploma of Honor for the best documentary has been awarded to the documentary Iranian Ninja, directed by Marjan Riahi.

The annual KIN International Film Festival is devoted to film makers whose production revolves around the theme of women (kin means “a woman” in Armenian).

It is narrated by Khatereh Jalilzadeh, the first Iranian ‘ninja’ woman (practicing Ninjutsu) and features the women’s hardships and barriers to practice the sport.

The documentary is the first feature film to depict Iranian ninja women competitions.

The 30-minute documentary has previously attended several international festivals including Hot Docs, Vesoul, Guanajuato, Créteil, Open City, Batumi, Baghdad, Jaipur, Silk Road, Innsbruck, Didor, flEXiff, Media Arts and Tartu winning a number of international awards.

 

Iran Not to Let Saudi-Triggered Tensions Ruin Syria Peace Efforts: FM

“We will not allow the Saudi tension-creating approaches to have a negative impact on the settlement of the crisis in Syria or to aggravate the problems of people in Syria, Yemen and Europe, which have risen due to the migration of poor Syrians,” Zarif said Sunday in a meeting with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Tehran.

Denouncing Saudi Arabia for its policy of creating “turmoil” in the region, Zarif said Riyadh is pursuing provocative measures to adversely affect the situation in Syria.

He said the Saudis targeted Iran’s embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a as part of attempts to cover up their negative conduct, while Iran feels responsible to protect the embassies of foreign countries.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has always acted responsibly and constructively on crises,” Zarif added.

The UN envoy, for his part, hailed Iran’s constructive role in the settlement of the crisis in Syria.

De Mistura noted that efforts are underway to release a single list of the wildly different opposition groups in Syria for negotiations with the Damascus government.

The Austrian capital of Vienna has played host to two rounds of multilateral talks over the past months for finding a way out of a lingering crisis in Syria.

Senior diplomats from a number of influential countries, including Iran, the US and Russia, as well as envoys from the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) have attended the negotiations.

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.

 

Frozen Sardabeh waterfall (PHOTOS)

Located 24 km from Ardebil in eastern slope of Sabalan Mountain, Sardabeh waterfall has near 15 meters height with strong smell of sulfur and is frozen due to the very low temperature in winter. The place is Ardebil’s one of tourist attraction places.

 

The following images have been released by Mehr News Agencies:

 

 

Saudi airstrike on Iran embassy in Yemen premeditated act of war: Lawmaker

Saudi Arabia must be held accountable for the act of aggression against the Iranian mission in Yemen, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said on Sunday.

The attack on Iran’s embassy, which was carried out intentionally, can well be pursued by Iran’s Foreign Ministry in international organizations, he added.

The Iranian legislator also stressed that the Saudi government must compensate Iran for all damage it has inflicted on the country, stressing that the Islamic Republic reserves the right to follow up on this issue by taking legal action through international authorities.

On January 6, Saudi warplanes targeted Iran’s embassy in Sana’a, damaging the mission’s building and wounding a number of security forces guarding the place.

One day later, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari roundly condemned the “deliberate” Saudi attack, saying it was a “violation of all international conventions and regulations” in protecting diplomatic missions under all circumstances.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic has so far exercised patience with regard to negative measures adopted by Saudi Arabia.

“We have so far responded to negative Saudi measures with patience because there is a distance between Iranian wisdom and Saudi officials’ misguided and immature approaches,” Zarif said, emphasizing that Iran does not seek tension in the region.

Spokesman: Iran seeks de-escalation of tensions

Speaking in a televised program on the Iranian Channel One network, he said that Saudis have adopted policy of confronting with the realities on the ground and their political geography.

Saudi Arabia has been involved in a game that it was not prepared for it and it can not play the role of an active player in it, the spokesman said.

The Islamic Republic adopted a quite clear stance towards attacks against Saudi missions in Iranian cities and condemned the attacks, he added.

Jaber-Ansari said that Saudi Arabia seeks escalation of tensions and feels hostility towards Iran.

Iran has accepted and understood the developments in the region and moves in line with them and seeks to de-escalate tensions, he said.

Speaking about the possibility of war between Tehran and Riyadh, the spokesman underlined Saudis may feel that a limited war may help them but other regional and international players disagree with such policies.

Jaber-Ansari said that Saudi Arabia should not be permitted to impose the costs of its destructive policies on the region.

Certain states like Sudan are trying to solve their financial problems by Saudi petro-dollars and countries like Bahrain are supported by Saudis and this is the reason why they entered embassy war with Iran, he added.

The spokesman noted that several Islamic countries like Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey avoided entering the embassy war with Iran.

Jaberi-Ansari said Saudi Arabia’s policy of ‘war of embassies’ by cutting its ties with Iran and putting pressure on other countries in doing so will not bear any benefit to the Riyadh regime.

He said Saudi rulers who are facing economic and political woes inside their country will not reap any fruit from their policy of creating tension in the region to ward off their challenges.

Jaberi-Ansari urged the House of Saud to be ready to accept the realities at home, in the region, and worldwide and stop destructive and war-mongering policies which have adversely affected their image.

The spokesman also reiterated that diplomatic contacts between Iran and US in recent days have been solely on the issue of nuclear agreement saying that Washington cannot mediate between Tehran and Riyadh while it has no diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.

Mid-East’s second largest shopping mall shines in Isfahan

Despite being hobbled by sanctions, Iran is in the midst of a shopping mall boom. Several modern shopping malls, some of them just catering for luxury brands, have opened in the capital, Tehran, in the past few years. Several more are currently under construction — with the biggest concentration being in the city’s well-heeled, tree-lined northern neighborhoods.

Yet none of those in the capital can match the size and ambition of the Isfahan City Center shopping mall on the outskirts of Iran’s fabled historic city and former capital.

 

 

Speaker warns Congress on adopting anti-Iranian measures

Speaking in the Majlis (parliament) public session this morning, Larijani said that certain members of US Congress are trying to sabotage the process of execution of Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA).

US recent measures which limits travel to Iran is against the spirit of JCPOA, Larijani added.

He said that if US government does not prevent congress’s anti-Iranian measures, Iranian Majlis will adopt reciprocal measures.

The speaker underlined that if US Congress continues its hostile actions against Iran’s defensive capabilities; Iran may review its activities in defense and nuclear field.

Addressing the US Congress, Larijani said that if Iran’s Qods force did not stand against the terrorist groups, hundreds of terrorist actions similar to the Paris event could happen.

The Iranian speaker called the anti-Iranian US congressmen as Zionists recruits, adding that CIA is in fact a terrorist organization which has links with terrorist groups in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan 10

Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

The Supreme Leader’s urges to even his dissenters to take part in the upcoming elections and the issue of the Saudi embassy attack in Tehran grabbed most of the headlines on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Besides, the capture of a number of senior officials with the Iranian Offshore Oil Company was also considered by a number of dailies. The executives are detained on numerous charges like graft, embezzlement and tax evasion.

 

Abrar Eqtesadi:
1. Iran’s economy reaches $1,381bn: IMF
2. Crimes by Ahmadinejad in 5th plan, unprecedented
3. Iran opens oil offices in Europe, Latin America

 

abrar eghtesadi

 


Abrar:
1. No need for announcing range of Iran missiles: Cmdr
Spokesperson of Iran’s Army Brig. Gen. Masoud Jazayeri has said there is no need that Iran officially announces the range of its missiles.
2. Flu outbreak subsides in Iran: deputy health minister
3. Uganda warns Burundi [threat to African Union force a ‘mistake’]
4. Vietnam issues second warning to China

 

abrar

 


 

Aftabeyazd:
1. The Russian silence
Aftabeyazd’s report on Russia’s inaction to support Iran as the Tehran-Riyadh chasm grows deeper
2. MP prays oil prices will plunge to $2/b

 

aftabeyazd


 

Arman-e Emrouz:
1. Only one list of reformist candidates: ex-vice president
Mohammad Reza Aref, a former reformist vice president, says reformist parliamentary candidates should refrain from presenting several candidate lists.
2. “I am happy with the large number of candidates:” spokesperson
Spokesperson of the Guardian Council said being absent in the Assembly of Experts’ exam does not disqualify a hopeful, [referring to the absence of the grandson of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Hassan Khomeini, in the exam.
3. Restoring power: nightmare or reality
Ahmadinejah waiting for a chance

 

arman


 

Donyaye Eghtesad:

Banning trips to black, white ISIS supporting countries proposed

 

Donyaye Eghtesad


 

 

Ebtekar:
1. Leader urges everyone to vote
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution calls on all the citizens eligible for voting to take part in next month’s parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections.
2. Zarif to UN: Iran not keen to add fuel to tensions with its neighbors
In a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the rising tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia as “deplorable”.

 

ebtekar


 

Etemad:
1. Leader urges even those against him to vote
“As before, we insist everyone, even those who don’t believe in the system and the leadership, come to the ballots, as the election belongs to the nation, and the system,” the Supreme Leader said in a speech to thousands in Tehran.
2. Guardian Council Spokesperson:
Women Allowed in Assembly of Experts

 

etemad


 

Ettela’at:
1. Iran Leader to Thousands in Qom:
Informed presence in elections brings about permanence of the Revolution, peace and victory
The leader said: Even those who do not approve of the establishment and the leadership should come to the ballots.
2. Zarif: Saudi has to choose between sectarian hatred or good neighborliness
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent a letter to the UN Chief in which he slammed Saudi Arabia role in igniting sectarian strife in the region.
3. Inequality worse than poverty in society: Iranian Economist

 

ettelaat


 

Iran:
1. In a rare cultural move:
Statesmen watch play on Amir Kabir’s life
2. Screening qualities of the test absentees
Guardian Council spokesperson said the council’s experts are screening the scientific qualities of those hopefuls in the Assembly of Experts election who missed a test to determine their scientific level.
3. Embassy attackers handed over to judiciary: police chief

 

iran


 

Jahan Sanat:
1. Dollar keeps marching up
Administrations no longer able to contain forex rate in Iran.
2. Security forces’ negligence unacceptable: Conservative MP
Conservative Iranian parliamentarian Ahmad Tavakoli reacted to the Saudi Arabia’s embassy attack in Tehran.

 

jahan sanat


 

Jahan Eqtesad:

$2bn Needed for Supporting Mines, Head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasian said.

 

Jahane Eghtesad


 

 

Javan:
1. Leader: People foiled 2009 color coup
Speaking to thousands in Tehran, the Leader said: Americans say the period following the nuclear talks will be a period of being strict to Iran.
2. UN: Use of cluster bombs, heinous war crime
Confessing Saudi war crimes after 10 months
3. IOOC managers detained
Deputy minister of intelligence said three of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company executive have been detained on a number of charges.

 

javan


 

Keyhan:
1. Leader to people of Qom:
List of those who side with the US is not reliable
People foiled 2009 color coup: Leader
2. Trump vows US support as long as Saudi dollars are available

 

kayhan10

 


 

Khorasan:
1. Speaker denies election meeting with president
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says he will support the clerical community but has not held a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the upcoming parliamentary election.
2. IRR8,000bn scam foiled, major tax evasion gang dismantled

 

khorasan


 

Madrom Salari:

1.     Iranian wisdom distant from immature Saudi approaches

Zarif said in a meeting with China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Ming in Tehran on Saturday.

2.     Inspired by ISIS: Ambush attack on Philly police officer

 

mardom salari


 

 

Resalat:
1. Iran to decide if JCPOA violated: Shamkhani
The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has said Tehran does not care what others say and will continue to boost its deterrence.

2. Not taking the exam does not disqualify attendees: spokesman of the Guardian Council said referring to the exam held recently in the central city of Qom to examine Assembly of Experts hopefuls. A number of prominent hopefuls missed the exam.

 

resalat

 


 

Rooyesh Mellat:

1.     Iran FM hopes for Saudi Arabia to choose path of wisdom

2.     US seeking to take advantage of Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions

 

Rooyesh Mellat

 


 

 

 

Shahrvand:

Benefactors donate IRR 40,000bn

Iranian benefactors have constructed 4,500 health care centers across the country.

 

shahrvand


 

 

Shargh:

“Turks voted for justice, development, fearing terror”: ex-Erdogan aide

 

shargh


 

 

Siasat Rouz:

Iran: Saudi raid on Iran embassy in Yemen will be responded

 

siasate rooz

 


 

 

Ta’adol:
Iran Eyes $100bn in foreign investments

 

taadol

 

Saveh Grand Mosque (PHOTOS)

Magnificent Grand Mosque of Saveh contains history of a millennium. This Seljuk-era monument was built in the 12th century and is located in Markazi Province.

 

The following images have been released by Mehr News Agencies:

Saudis doomed to lose war of embassies: Spokesman

Jaber Ansari

Speaking in a televised program on the Iranian Channel One network, he said Saudi rulers who are facing economic and political woes inside their country will not reap any fruit from their policy of creating tension in the region to ward off their challenges.

Jaberi Ansari urged the House of Saud to be ready to accept the realities at home, in the region, and worldwide and stop destructive and war-mongering policies which have negatively affected their image.

The spokesman also reiterated that diplomatic contacts beween Iran and US in recent days have been soley on the issue of nuclear agreement saying that Washington cannot mediate between Tehran and Riyadh while it has no diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.