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Iran, Germany eye closer economic ties

By
Emad Askarieh
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Larijani-Germany

Officials from Iran and Germany have expressed hope that the promising prospect of a lasting deal on Tehran’s nuclear program would help the two countries rebuild their economic relations.

In a short stopover in Frankfurt on his way to New York on Saturday, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani had a telephone conversation with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Larijani departed Tehran for the US earlier in the day to attend the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

During the conversation, Larijani hailed Germany for its positive role in the marathon nuclear talks between Iran and 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) that concluded with a 159-page deal.

He also expressed hope that the German officials and companies’ visits to Iran following the conclusion of the nuclear talks would contribute to the expansion of economic relations between Tehran and Berlin.

Steinmeier, for his part, highlighted Iran’s great capacity for economic cooperation, saying the ground is prepared for the enhancement of relations with Tehran in all fields as a result of the nuclear deal.

Iran and 5+1 on July 14 reached a conclusion on a lasting nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after the deal comes into force.

The promising prospect of trade with Iran has prompted many countries to explore the market potential in the populous Middle East nation.

Iconic Iranian vocalist Shajarian hospitalized in Tehran

By
Emad Askarieh
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Shajarian

Legendary Iranian vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been hospitalized in Tehran due to a pulmonary disorder.

Iran’s most popular traditional singer is now receiving treatment at Kasra Hospital.

The 75-year-old internationally acclaimed maestro will not be receiving any visitors, his family said, adding that the veteran musician will soon be discharged.

Called the Iranian “greatest living master of traditional Persian music,” Shajarian has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Mozart Medal of UNESCO, and the prestigious Golden Picasso Medal, one of UNESCO’s highest medals, in 1999.

The celebrated singer and composer has also designed and made a number of new string instruments, including Barbod, Kereshmeh, Saboo, Saghar, Sorahi, and Tondar.

JCPOA impacting region, world: Iran official

By
Emad Askarieh
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Salehi

The agreement clinched between Iran and six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program has had numerous regional and international impacts, says the country’s nuclear chief.

The agreement has influenced Iran and Western countries as well as the Middle East and the international community, said Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi in an interview with the Chinese Central Television (CCTV).

On July 14, Iran and P5+1– the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – finalized the text of a nuclear agreement dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the Austrian capital Vienna.

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

Salehi went on to say that the agreement will bring about changes in political and international domains, and that the situation which existed before the agreement will not resurface.

On the sanctions imposed on Iran, Salehi said the bans put in place following the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran had been ramped up in recent years.

He said the reason was to, in the West’s words, paralyze Iran’s economy. However, he said, even a drop in the value of the Iranian currency failed to affect the nation on the home front.

The ratcheting up of the sanctions only resulted in broader cooperation between Iran and China, Salehi noted.

Tehran and Beijing have had good economic relations over the past decade during which Sino-Iranian trade has crossed the 50 billion dollar mark, said the AEOI chief.

He termed China as Iran’s most important trade partner.

Mentioning that China’s investment in Iran’s infrastructure hovers around $20 billion, Salehi suggested that the figure could rise following the Vienna agreement and that the lifting of sanctions on Iran could  open up more opportunities for the promotion of economic cooperation with Tehran.

Araghchi: Model United Nations can promote better understanding of the organization

By
Emad Askarieh
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Araghchi

Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi said that Model United Nations can promote better understanding of the organization.

Addressing a Model UN (MUN) Security Council to consider “the situation in Yemen”, organized jointly by International Studies Journal (ISJ) and United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) at the Tehran Peace Museum on Thursday (August 27), Araghchi said that there are significant misunderstandings about the functions and objectives of the United Nations and its Security Council.

According to a news report by the United Nations Information Center in Tehran, the diplomat said that “For this reason, initiatives such as holding Model United Nations can promote better understanding of the Organization and its Security Council”.

He also expressed hope that, next time, the story surrounding the UNSC Resolution on Iran’s nuclear deal will be examined.

He said that the question of Iran nuclear deal and UNSC Resolution 2231 is unique in the history of the UN.

“I believe there has been no other resolution which has been negotiated word-for-word by the target country, namely Iran,” added Araghchi, who led the Iranian negotiating team with five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany.

Some 53 participants – including university professors, students and researchers as well as seven interns from the UNIC Tehran participated in the one-day simulation on the question of Yemen.

Also addressing the MUN participants, UN Resident Coordinator and UNIC Director a.i. Mr. Gary Lewis said in today’s world many leaders in law, government, business and the arts have – in the past – participated in Model UN as students and this includes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon himself.

Calling the question of Yemen as “challenging, complicated and important”, the UN official said the current state of affairs there – and its immediate impact on our region – is being actively discussed at many forums in the United Nations. So the exercise parallels reality.

He said all of us need to continue to try to find ways to help the people of Yemen. He concluded that the students engaged in the Model UN exercise will have developed skills in three ways.

“First you will have a better understanding of one of the main human security challenges facing our region; second, you will have come to learn more about the procedures and rules of the UN bodies as well as the values of the United Nations; and finally, you will have improved your skills in negotiation, communication and consensus-building,” he said, adding all three, especially the last, will be useful in your future careers, no matter where life leads you.”

Ambassador Bagher Asadi a former career Iranian diplomat and also a member of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s “Panel of Eminent Persons on Civil Society and UN Relationships,” was the President of the MUN Security Council Simulation on Yemen.

IAEA report confirms Iran’s peaceful program: Envoy

By
Emad Askarieh
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Najafi-IAEA

Iran’s representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said a recent IAEA report once again confirmed that Iran’s nuclear program is completely under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog and has had no divergence from its peaceful objectives.

On Friday, the IAEA verified that Iran has fulfilled all its commitments regarding its nuclear program.

In the updated report on Iran’s nuclear program, the UN nuclear agency reiterated that Tehran has maintained its level of uranium enrichment, nuclear research and development and other activities in line with its declarations to the UN nuclear watchdog.

The report also covered Iran’s activities before the country reached a comprehensive agreement in nuclear talks with P5+1 in Vienna on July 14.

Under the agreement, Iran has agreed to some restrictions in its nuclear program primarily in return for the removal of sanctions.

The updated IAEA report said, however, that the IAEA has still some reservations about Parchin, a military site located to the southeast of Tehran.

“Since (our) previous report (in May), at a particular location at the Parchin site, the agency has continued to observe, through satellite imagery, the presence of vehicles, equipment, and probable construction materials. In addition, a small extension to an existing building appears to have been constructed,” the report said.

But Iran has repeatedly denied any nuclear activity at Parchin, noting that ‘road construction’ activities have been done at the site.

The IAEA report covers Iran’s nuclear program in the leadup to the historic deal on July 14 and its first steps toward implementing the agreement.

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Windmill: Original Iranian Experience of Industrial Structure

By
IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Windmills

Modern architecture has a dynamic approach to renewable energies which are drawing much attention in our country of late. Natural potential which was tapped by our ancestors in the past can prove practical today too.

The following is the translation of an excerpt of a report filed by Saramad Magazine on the history of windmills in Iran:

Historical accounts suggest that windmills first emerged in Iran in the 7th century AD. Historians believe that windmills were the first machines in history. Unlike other sources used by mankind which were subject to constraint, wind offered a noticeable amount of power wherever it blew.

That wind power was not monopolized by only a privileged class or feudal lords and there was no need for the construction of specific channels to harness and transfer its energy rendered the wind energy affordable.

The production capacity of windmills was many times more than that of regular mills. Above all, the widespread availability of wind made it possible for all to use windmills.

 

 

Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Birthplace of Windmill

Windmills played a special role in Iran, particularly in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, which was called the country’s granary in different eras.

Iranian and Arab historians in the 9th and 10th centuries have all presented different stories about wind-run structures in what is now Sistan and Baluchestan. Even Western and contemporary historians unanimously believe that the first windmills of the world were constructed in this region.

In fact the technical and architectural properties of these structures were not the only noteworthy thing about them. They paved the way for the emergence of sustainable societies nearby. Zaranj, a city in southwestern Afghanistan, and Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan and Baluchestan, both home to windmills according to historic accounts, replaced the Burnt City to become key civilization hubs in the Iranian Plateau.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on August 29

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Ettelaat29

♦ “We need to root out monopoly,” said the chief of staff of President Rouhani.

Mohammad Nahavandian further said in the post-sanctions era, government will build on interaction to forge ahead in style with the policy of cutting the country’s dependence on oil revenues.

♦ The Iranian oil minister has said that Iran will reclaim its position as the second largest producer of OPEC.

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh further said all oil fields will return to the production cycle once the sanctions are lifted.

♦ The United Nations has called for the formation of a fact-finding mission on Saudi war crimes in Yemen.

UNICEF has said that three children are killed and five others are wounded in Yemen on a daily basis.

♦ “Ill-thought-out comments against nuclear talks deal a blow to the establishment,” said Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri, a source of emulation.

He further said the patience and tolerance of the negotiating team burnished the Iranian image [on the international stage].

♦ The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that Iran has remained committed to the provisions of the Geneva Deal.

Iran’s ambassador to the UN nuclear agency said the IAEA report suggests there is no diversion in Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities.

♦ “The world needs to respect the literature of the Persian language,” the Friday prayer leader of Ardebil told a closing session of an international conference to promote Farsi.

The culture minister told the same gathering that Farsi is full of terms and delicate figures of speech compatible with human knowledge.

♦ The grandson of the late Imam Khomeini has dismissed as wrong some individuals’ failure to shoulder responsibilities.

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini further said one of the most momentous achievements of the current government is [the creation of] hope which was touched upon by the Supreme Leader in his recent comments.

Film director arrested in all-star match (PHOTO)

By
Emad Askarieh
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Ali Molla-Gholipour

Ali Molla-Gholipour, a young Iranian director, took his protest at the screening of his film – Dowry’s Sugar Bowl – to a charity soccer match between the Iranian big names and the World Stars.

Ali, the son of famous Iranian director Rasoul Molla-Gholipour, ran onto the pitch Friday and was arrested by police. He was protesting against the screening of a movie in theaters previously designated to screen his.

He was later released thanks to the mediation efforts of Hojjatollah Ayyoubi, the head of Iran’s Cinema Organization.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

Ettela’at: “We need to root out monopoly,” said the chief of staff of President Rouhani.

Mohammad Nahavandian further said in the post-sanctions era, government will build on interaction to forge ahead in style with the policy of cutting the country’s dependence on oil revenues.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on August 29

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Abrar: Deadly gas leak in Mahshahr Petrochemical Complex

One person was killed and another badly poisoned in the incident at Arvand Petrochemical Company.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Afarinesh: The director of the Atomic Energy Organization has said that Iran and China will cooperate in construction of 100 MW power plants.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Afkar: “Iranian people are allergic to threats,” said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Aftab-e Yazd: “Inflation will slip into single digits within two years,” said the government spokesman.

Aftab-e Yazd:Iran and the United States have similar views on Parchin.

The likelihood of the US Congress rejecting the deal has become more remote.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz: The Central Council of NEDA [Farsi initials for a Second Generation of Reformism] Party has not accepted the resignation of Sadegh Kharrazi.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Asr-e Azadi: “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action removes the obstacles standing in the way of making resistance-based economy a reality,” said Foreign Minister Zarif.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Asrar: World Stars have beaten Iran’s all-star team (3-0) in a charity matchup at Azadi Stadium.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Esfahan Emrooz: Foreign Minister Zarif was on hand for the experimental run of Isfahan Subway.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Iran: Iran is ready to waive visa requirements for visitors from 28 countries if the move is reciprocated by those countries.

The move is part of efforts to increase the number of foreign tourists arriving in the country to 20 million.

Iran: “Stoking pessimism runs counter to the country’s national interests,” said the chief of staff of President Rouhani.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Jomhouri Islami: Swiss firms are willing to invest in Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Kayhan: [Iran is in a] hurry to implement its commitments even before the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is approved.

Foreign Minister Zarif has said that implementation of the commitments will get underway on September 23.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Qods: The pride of Iran’s film industry [Muhammad] hits the big screen.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Resalat: Tehran police chief has said that 20 drug trafficking rings have been busted.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

 

Shahrvand: The bodies of 71 Syrian refugees have been found on board a truck in Austria.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 29

 

Only nations can solve Syria, Yemen crises: Iran

By
Emad Askarieh
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Larijani

Iran’s parliament speaker has said the crises in Syria and Yemen can be resolved only if the wishes of the two nations are taken into account.

“Some powerful countries proposed plans to resolve the crises in Yemen and Syria. We believe that such proposals would not work, since they do not address the wills of the nations,” Ali Larijani told reporters early on Saturday before leaving Tehran to attend the fourth World Conference of the Speakers of Parliaments in New York.

He stated that Tehran is going to offer new plans for the fight against terrorism and promotion of peace at the upcoming conference.

“There is a great gap between words and deeds. We see wars in the battlefields and in conferences, everyone talks about democracy,” Larijani noted, adding that during his speech at the conference he will try to define how democracy can realistically and practically promote peace in the region and the world.

He also pointed to the deadly military aggression against the Yemeni people, saying political dialogue is the only way out of the crisis in the impoverished Arab country. “Some countries suppose that they can solve problems through pressure and militarism, but the age of such theories is long over.”

Some 180 parliamentary leaders from 140 countries will take part in the New York conference, (August 31 to September 2) which will focus on tackling the challenges to peace and democracy.

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