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Iran nuclear case fabricated scenario: Iran nuclear chief

By
Emad Askarieh
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Salehi

Iran’s nuclear chief says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s recent decision to drop the so-called possible military dimensions (PMD) in relation with the country’s nuclear case proved that the entire case was fabricated.

The whole nuclear case of Iran was “manufactured” in order to ratchet up the pressure on Iran, said head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Ali-Akbar Salehi made the remarks during a televised interview on Tuesdaynight following the closure of the PMD case.

During its meeting in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Tuesday, the IAEA’s Board of Governors overwhelmingly voted in favor of a draft resolution which brings down the curtain on a 12-year investigation into the past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

Araghchi

In a separate development, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi said that the closure of the PMD case on will open a new chapter in Tehran’s ties with the UN nuclear agency.

Araghchi said the ratification of the resolution is a major step toward the implementation of JCPOA, adding that following the closure of the PMD case, Iran will now start fulfilling its commitments regarding two major issues, namely the redesigning of the Arak heavy water reactor and the shipment of Iran’s enriched uranium stock out of the country.

He also noted that Iran will continue to fulfill its other obligations as stipulated in JCPOA, adding that the closure of the PMD case bears testimony to the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

The decision by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to declare Iran’s PMD case closed dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday.

 

Ettela’at: Iran’s PMD case at the International Atomic Energy Agency was declared closed.

The director general of the UN nuclear agency has said that there has been no diversion in Iran’s nuclear program.

Ettela’at: Phases 15 and 16 of South Pars gas field will become operational next week.

The inauguration of these two phases of the giant field will earn the country $3 billion in additional revenues on an annual basis.

Ettela’at: President Rouhani has called for the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the tragedy of a Shiite massacre in Nigeria.

In a telephone conversation with his Nigerian counterpart, the Iranian president said that partial differences of opinion should not be allowed to degenerate into deep-rooted conflicts.

Ettela’at: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that PMD (possible military dimension) is now history.

He further said the fact that Iran has never been in breach of the NPT has been established and the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program has once again been proven to the world.

Ettela’at: President Rouhani’s special advisor has said organization of free and fair elections will be a guarantor of the future.

Ali Younesi described the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as the most important achievement of the administration’s foreign policy.

Ettela’at: The Sixth Development Plan allocates special funds to measures to ease social harms.

The government spokesman has said special committees will be formed to deal with social issues.

Ettela’at: Iran blocks the transit of some 500 tons of drugs to Europe annually, the interior minister told his Austrian counterpart.

He further said an effective fight against the scourge of terror requires the honest and serious contribution of all nations.

Ettela’at: Kharazmi Festival has named top students from across the nation.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Afkar: A Swiss trade delegation will arrive in Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz: Saeed Mortazavi [a former judge and director of the Social Security Organization who is on trial for corruption] goes to court with an armed bodyguard!

Dehdashti, an Abadan MP, has said Mortazavi’s years as a judge will be investigated.

Arman-e Emrooz: Morteza Talaei has resigned from Tehran City Council.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Ebtekar: PMD is now history; a resolution by the IAEA’s Board of Governors has ended a 12-year dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.

All sanctions will be lifted in three weeks.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Emtiaz: Tehran police chief has said that 72 gangs involved in goods smuggling have been busted.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Etemad: No political grouping [which acts within the framework the establishment has set] can be eliminated, the government spokesman said.

Etemad: Some 40,000 cars whose occupants failed to observe the Islamic dress code have been impounded.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Hamshahri: A visa war

Europe and the US are at loggerheads over Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Hemayat: Senior Iranian clerics and officials have urged international institutions not to remain silent over the massacre of Shiites in Nigeria.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Iran: An end to allegations

The diplomacy of moderation brought the curtain down on a 12-year nuclear dispute.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Javan: A fabricated case was declared closed for the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Jomhouri Islami: Individuals should not make unwise remarks in the name of defending the Leader, said Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Kar va Kargar: Some individuals are making fuss about the threat of the flu only to be able to sell flu vaccines which are past their best-before date, said the health minister.

Kar va Kargar: MPs have voted for a motion to establish an organization to take on corruption.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Kayhan: The West is not afraid of our centrifuges, what is frightening to Westerners is the line of thinking which is on the march here, participants in a Tehran University gathering said.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Qods: The Guardian Council won’t give the green-light to individuals who do not meet the requirements to run for office, said Ayatollah Momen, a member of the council.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

Resalat: Creation of a new Ottoman empire is what motivates Turkey to support Daesh, said Hossein Sheikholeslam, an advisor to the parliament speaker.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Saheb Ghalam: The UN nuclear agency won’t admit that Iran has made no mistake whatsoever, because such admission will prompt Tehran to file its own claim, said the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

 

Shahrvand: An end to a dispute

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the practical lifting of sanctions will start in three weeks.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 16

 

Valuable legislation, meritorious enforcers

By
Fatemeh Askarieh
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Mohaghegh Damad

An Iranian Shiite cleric says that members of parliament should focus on “Continuous Ijtihad” as they try [to make laws] to improve people’s lives.

Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, a university and seminary school instructor, made the remark in a fourth conference on the Role of Research in Lawmaking and added that under Article Two of the Constitution, Continuous Ijtihad [an Islamic legal term that means “independent reasoning”] is one of the cornerstones of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but that the Constitution falls short of explaining how this article should be legally binding.

[Article 2: The Islamic Republic is a system based on belief in: (…) continuous Ijtihad of the fuqaha possessing necessary qualifications, exercised on the basis of the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Ma’sumun, upon all of whom be peace;]

Entekhab.ir on December 16 published Ayatollah Mohaghegh Damad’s remarks in the conference and the following is the translation of what he said:

A nation’s prosperity rests with its valuable legislation and meritorious enforcers. Educated and meritorious managers will achieve no success in the absence of valuable laws, and valuable laws will do little to help the nation achieve prosperity even if its managers are meritorious.

Continuous Ijtihad is the legislative underpinnings of the country. The responsibility the MPs should undertake is heavier. We lacked a Legislative Branch 100 years ago and our legislation used to be made based on modern laws, with the judges making judgment based on Ijtihad. Back then Ijtihad was a requirement a judge had to meet before they were appointed to the bench.

If laws are written to run [the affairs in] the country, the responsibility [to write the laws] should be based on Continuous Ijtihad.

The Iranian nation calls on members of parliament not to compare their needs with what people needed 30 years ago. The interests of an entire nation are in your [MPs] hands. The MPs should think things over, take into account the country’s national interests, and make brave decisions. The MPs are expected to take into consideration Continuous Ijtihad when they strive to improve people’s lives.

Our country is protected by a holy legislative institution. [Addressing the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran] Mr. Salehi! I wish you could do something to launch scientific management in the country in addition to the scientific progress the country has achieved. Whose negligence is to blame in this regard? Does it mean that [the Islamic Consultative] Assembly has not practiced Continuous Ijtihad?

The bills and motions [parliament debates on the floor] should be supported by Continuous Ijtihad. Iran has made scientific progress in some areas which are acceptable and a source of pride, but the question that arises here is: Why hasn’t the medical science achieved progress in ethics?

[Recalling the suture removal scandal in Khomeinishahr in Isfahan Province] It is disgraceful and tear-jerking that in a hospital in an Iranian town parents lack money to pay for the stitches their child needs [on his chin] and the medical team takes out the stitches of the child. I pray to God that such a story is not true; otherwise, we need to do something for such decline in morality. We need to shed tears for such an ethical decline.

Wall of Compassion in Shiraz (PHOTOS)

By
Fatemeh Askarieh
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Wall of Compassion00

A number of anonymous youngsters in Shiraz have created a Wall of Compassion in a street in their city.

People hang their excessive clothes on the wall for the poor and needy to collect directly.

The following images have been released by Mehr News Agency:

Iranian Red Crescent gains maximum rank in int’l evaluation

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Red Crescent Society

Director of the international programs development of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Roger Brake announced Tuesday that Iran has achieved the maximum possible rank in organizational capacity index.

Praising Iran’s status in the IFRC family, the IFRC chief said that the presence of 2,700,000 trained personnel and 600,000 volunteers to rescue and take care of the victims of unexpected incidents in the Iranian Red Crescent Society has made it one of the world’s most competent and largest of its kind.

He said that the IFRC coach who participated in the evaluation of the Iranian Red Crescent Society was highly impressed by the professional approach applied in that organization both in terms of the trainings and in terms of the services offered.

Iran urges justice for perpetrators of Nigeria Muslim killings

By
Emad Askarieh
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Velayati

A senior Iranian official has called on the Nigerian government to bring to justice those involved in the military’s bloody crackdown on Shiite Muslims in the African country.

In a statement released Tuesday, Secretary General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening Ali-Akbar Velayati expressed “deep regret and sorrow” over the Nigerian army’s recent “brutal attack” on Shiite Muslims in that country.

He added that people across the world still remember the killing of 25 Muslims by the Nigerian army during last year’s rallies marking the International Quds Day, stressing that the demonstrators were killed only for supporting the Palestinian nation against Israel’s atrocities and occupation.

Velayati, who is also a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, further stated that the Nigerian army, provoked by the Israeli regime and backed by Wahhabi extremists, has once again attacked Muslims in the African country following the massive march of Nigerians during this year’s mourning rituals of Arba’een, which marked the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (PBUH), the third Shiite imam.

Local media said on December 12 that more than a dozen people were killed after clashes erupted between the Nigerian army and Shiite Muslims in the northern city of Zaria, Kaduna State. The military accused the Shiites of attempting to assassinate Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the chief of the Nigerian army staff.

The clashes broke out when Nigerian soldiers opened fire on the people attending a religious ceremony at Hussainiyyah Baqeeyatullah, a religious center belonging to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).

One day later, revered Nigerian Shia cleric, Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, and his wife were arrested during a raid by the army on his residence and the buildings connected to the Shiite community in Zaria. Local sources say hundreds of people trying to protect the cleric were killed.

In other developments, over 200 Iranian lawmakers condemned the “brutal” killing and called for the formation of an ad hoc committee to investigate the matter. And President Hassan Rouhani called for the establishment of a fact-finding committee in Nigeria to investigate the crackdown on Shiite Muslims.

Images of Iran shot by an Italian 45 years ago (PHOTOS)

By
Fatemeh Askarieh
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Iran 1970 is a photo essay about the travels of Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico with his old Fiat 124 and friends through Iran in 1970.

Humboldt Books has recently published the travelogue that features the following images which have been republished by entekhab.ir:

IAEA resolution opens new chapter in Iran-IAEA ties: Zarif

By
Emad Askarieh
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Zarif

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the closure of the case of the past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program will open a new chapter in ties between Iran and the UN nuclear agency.

The foreign minister commended the approval of a resolution by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday.

Finally after 12 years, the board asserted that Iran and the IAEA have met their obligations under the roadmap they signed in July and explicitly announced the closure of the so-called PMD file, he said.

“This resolution has gone far beyond the closure of the so-called PMD and has officially nullified the previous 12 resolutions of the governing board regarding Iran’s nuclear program that contained allegations and serious restrictions on the country’s nuclear program,” the Iranian foreign minister pointed out.

He added that the 35-nation board also specified a new agenda for a specific period of time about the implementation of JCPOA.

Zarif said the resolution once again verified the non-diversion of Iranian nuclear material toward non-peaceful activities and Tehran’s full commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) regulations, adding that it reaffirmed the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program.

The Islamic Republic reiterates its perennial policy on the prohibition of the production and use of weapons of mass destruction as well as the country’s full commitment to the NPT and expresses its readiness to completely implement JCPOA provided that the P5+1 countries will also remain committed to their obligations, Zarif said.

During its meeting in the Austrian capital Vienna on Tuesday, the Board of Governors overwhelmingly voted in favor of a draft resolution which brings an end to a 12-year investigation into the past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

The 35-nation body passed the draft resolution which had been submitted by P5+1 on December 7 on Iran’s past nuclear activities.

IAEA Passes Resolution on Closure of Iran’s PMD Case

By
Emad Askarieh
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IAEA

The resolution, proposed earlier by the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), was put to the vote in a session of the UN watchdog’s Board of Governors on Tuesday in Vienna and got approved with the unanimous vote of the member states.

It will make it possible to actually close Teheran’s nuclear dossier and begin the implementation phase of a lasting nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was finalized between Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as the P5+1 or E3+3) in July.

The IAEA has been given the role of verifying Iran’s commitments under the nuclear deal with six world powers.

As part of a Road-map signed between Iran and the IAEA on July 14, the agency was required to finish its investigations about Iran’s nuclear activities and submit a report to the Board of Governors by December 15.

A report released on December 2 by Amano on Iran’s nuclear program confirmed that the agency has no credible indications of suspicious work in Tehran’s nuclear activities.

Iranians Stage Rally in Protest at Shiite Killings in Nigeria

By
Emad Askarieh
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Iran-Nigeria

The demonstrators called on the Nigerian government to address the attacks on Shiite Muslims.

They also voiced support for prominent Shiite Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been wounded in an attack by the military forces on his house in Nigeria’s northern city of Zaria and is now in custody.

In a statement at the end of the rally, the protestors slammed the recent attacks on Nigerian Shiite people as part of a “Takfiri-Zionist” plot, saying the US and Israeli regimes have the blood of the victims on their hands.

They also called on the Abuja government to prevent harassment of the Shiite Muslims.

On Saturday night, Nigerian military forces surrounded the house of Sheikh Zakzaky in Zaria. Heavy fighting broke out afterwards between the government forces and members of the Islamic Movement, which stretched into the early hours of Sunday.

Director of a local hospital has reported that at least 60 people have been killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided the Shiite community and arrested Sheikh Zakzaky.

The Nigerian Army alleges that members of the movement were involved in an attack on the convoy of the Chief of Nigeria’s Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. The Islamic Movement has vehemently denied the allegations.

 

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