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Iran, Turkmenistan sign 9 memorandums of understanding

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iran and Turkmenistan have signed nine memorandums of understanding for the expansion of cooperation in different fields.

The agreements were signed in Tehran on Sunday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedow, who arrived in the capital earlier in the day for the third summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

Iran’s Minister of Health Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi and his Turkmen counterpart, Nurmuhammet Amannepesow, inked an agreement to boost bilateral cooperation in the health sector.

Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi and his Turkmen counterpart, Bayramgeldi Owezow, signed an agreement for the expansion of postal services between the two countries.

The director of the World Service of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Mohammad Akhgari, and head of Turkmenistan’s state-run radio and television, Maksat Altayev, inked an agreement to boost cooperation in the field of media.

Under the agreement, the two countries will exchange radio and television products, produce new items, and participate in media events.

The other agreements covered power transfer, sports, transportation and housing.

Migratory birds arrive in northern Iran (PHOTOS)

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Over 4,000 migratory birds call the Cheshmeh Kileh River in the northern town of Tonekabon, in Mazandaran Province, their winter home.

The migratory birds arrive from Siberia in autumn to spend the winter in northern Iran which has milder weather.

The following images of the migratory birds have been released by mizanonline.ir:

Kharrazi: West needs to get familiar with real Islam

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Golrokh Askarieh
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The West needs to be familiarized with real Islam, not what the extremist groups, which are supported by some regional countries, are portraying, said the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.

“In order to confront the terrorism Europe faces, the first step is to cut off the financial and military aid provided to the terrorists by certain regional countries,” Kamal Kharrazi told visiting Chairman of the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Crispin Blunt on Saturday.

Blunt accompanied by a British parliamentary delegation is in Tehran on a three-day visit.

“Certain countries follow a strategy of promoting Wahhabism in other countries by establishing religious schools that brainwash young people, especially in poorer nations,” Kharrazi said, adding that such institutions should be banned.

Many graduates of these religious schools are under the influence of Wahhabism, as is the case with many terrorist groups operating in the Middle East today, he said.

Kharrazi said that Western countries have turned a blind eye on such activities.

“These activities have created instability in the region and other parts of the world, including in Europe,” he added.

For their part, members of the British parliamentary delegation hailed the nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1, expressing hope that the agreement could pave the way for further expansion of ties between the Islamic Republic and the West.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Comments by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif – at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the UN – that the two recent UN resolutions against Iran were among the bitter comedies of our time made front page headlines in Iranian newspapers on Sunday. The Iranian dailies also gave coverage to a ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum and Iran’s proposals for the global energy markets.

 

Ettela’at: The holy objective of human rights should not be used as a tool for political purposes, said the foreign minister at a ceremony in Tehran to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations establishment.

Mohammad Javad Zarif further said that a rights resolution against Iran was approved through undemocratic methods, adding this shows such measures lack credibility.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on Nov. 22

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Abrar: Rouhani will host seven presidents in Tehran [in the summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum on Monday].

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: Iran, China and four Asian countries will be connected via rail along the ancient Silk Road.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Afarinesh: The time has come to an end for adopting double-standard policies on the region, said Speaker Ali Larijani in a meeting with the chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz: Rumormongering about the departure of the industry minister

Will the president make good on his promise in May? Will [Mohammad Reza] Nematzadeh leave office?

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Asrar: People are not aware of their civil rights, said the director of the Administrative Court of Justice.

Asrar: There is one bank branch for every 3,650 Iranians.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Bahar: Tehran Governor General has ordered the report on Varamin incident be made public, saying that the pressure group will be referred to judicial officials.

Varamin MP Hossein Naghavi Hosseini: Calm is the order of the day. Why do you make a fuss?

Naghavi Hosseini has been expelled from the Followers of the Leader [Rahrovan-e Velayat], a principlist caucus in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Bahar: The health minister has called for the Healthcare Transformation Plan to be critiqued fairly.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Ebtekar: Six orders of Iran’s oil minister for the world’s energy market

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Etemad: “Oil is more important or gas?” Zanganeh: Wisdom!

Etemad: Tehran Governor General has called – in a letter to his deputy – for an investigation into what happened in Varamin on Friday, saying the report should be ready by Monday noon.

[An authorized gathering of Reformists in Varamin, Tehran Province on Friday came under attack allegedly by hardline Principlists who tried to disrupt the gathering].

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Farhikhtegan: Chief of Staff of the Iranian armed forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has said that the fight in Syria should be transparent.

He further said that we need to learn a lesson from the brave, transparent presence of the Russians in Syria and that other powers should be transparently present in the fight against ISIS.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Iran: Court revealed the true intentions of Babak Zanjani [who is on trial for massive corruption].

Questions by the judge in the case of Babak Zanjani challenged the so-called oil defendant.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Javan: Basij is not dependent on government budget, said Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the commander of the volunteer force.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Jomhouri Islami: “Daesh [has a mother: the invasion of Iraq. But it also] has a father: Saudi Arabia [and its religious-industrial complex],” wrote The New York Times.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Kaenat: Iran and Germany stress the need for normalization of banking relations.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Kar va Kargar: The trip by President Putin to Tehran is a big step toward [boosting] mutual ties, said the Iranian ambassador to Moscow.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Kayhan: The Intelligence Ministry has announced that its agents have busted two terrorist groups near the country’s eastern and northwestern borders.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Resalat: Those who have nurtured ISIS blame those who take on ISIS, said the Iranian top diplomat.

FM Zarif: Those countries which know nothing about elections speak of free elections in Syria.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Rooyesh Mellat: The oil minister has said that raising crude exports is Iran’s inalienable right.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

Saheb Ghalam: The minister of culture and Islamic guidance has said that international auctions will be held in Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Shahrvand: The controversy over the release of an image showing a man taking drugs in Tehran Subway

Tehran’s subway system has turned into a corridor of social ills.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 22

 

 

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on Nov. 22

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Ettelaat

♦ The holy objective of human rights should not be used as a tool for political purposes, said the foreign minister at a ceremony in Tehran to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations establishment.

Mohammad Javad Zarif further said that a rights resolution against Iran was approved through undemocratic methods, adding this shows such measures lack credibility.

♦ The winners of the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award [presented yearly to the best Iranian authors] were announced.

♦ The prosecutor general has sounded a note of warning to unauthorized financial institutes.

Ebrahim Raeisi has said that the unauthorized financial institutes should adapt themselves to the country’s monetary and financial system and act within the frameworks set by the Central Bank or they will risk shutdown.

♦ Foreign Policy: “With allies like this [Saudi Arabia], who needs enemies?”

The US magazine wrote in an article (November 20): “Since the 1970s, the Saudi government and its allied religious establishment have exported their extremist version of Sunni Islam around the world — all financed by their oil money.”

♦ The Iranian oil minister has put forward six proposals for [adoption by] the gas exporting countries.

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said in a ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) that Iran’s does not need the permission of OPEC or any other organization to raise its crude exports to global markets.

♦ The second-in-command in the Iranian navy has said that the naval forces are prepared to counter any threat [against the country].

Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi told Ettela’at that Iran constantly monitors the activities and movements of other countries in regional and international waters.

♦ Iran posted a 4.8 percent increase in the number of births in the six months to September 23.

The country’s death rate was down by 9.8 percent in the same period.

 

Breathtaking fall scenery in Botanical Garden (PHOTOS)

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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The National Botanical Garden in suburban Tehran is the largest in the Middle East.

The garden, which is 145 hectares in area, also doubles as a genetic bank for plants which are on the verge of extinction.

The following images of the fall in the garden have been released by Young Journalists Club:

Anti-Iran Resolutions “Historical Jokes”: Zarif

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday lashed out at the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s recent resolutions against Iran.

On Thursday, the committee adopted a resolution, authored by Saudi Arabia and co-sponsored by Qatar and some other Arab countries, the United States and other Western powers, which condemns attacks against what it describes as the Syrian moderate opposition and accuses Iran and Russia of interfering in Syria.

The committee also adopted a resolution with 76 votes in favor, 35 against and 68 abstentions, which accuses Iran of human rights violations.

Speaking at a conference held in Tehran to celebrate the 70th establishment anniversary of the UN, Zarif deplored such resolutions as “jokes of history”.

He said countries with no idea about constitution or elections are talking about free elections in Syria.

“Those who have nurtured Daesh (ISIL) are criticizing those who are fighting Daesh,” the Iranian minister regretted.

“Unfortunately they get votes because of certain considerations,” Zarif said, lashing out at the countries that vote in favor of such resolutions.

Iranian UN envoy had also earlier slammed the resolution against Tehran and Moscow, saying the move would only discredit the UN.

The non-binding resolution is aimed at undermining the campaign against terrorism and extremism and will only discredit the UN and its General Assembly, Iran’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamhossein Dehghani said on Friday.

Iran is active in Syria upon an official request made by the Syrian government to provide consultations to the war-hit country, he noted.

Dehghani also rejected the UN resolution containing allegations of human rights violations against Tehran as unsubstantiated, describing it as a result of Iranophobic policies.

The Canada-drafted resolution that contains spurious allegations against Iran reveals an attempt at “selective and political” distortion of the facts about Iran, he added.

Iran Condemns Mali Terror Attack

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned Friday’s terrorist attack on a hotel in the Malian capital of Bamako that killed 19 people.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari expressed sympathy on Saturday with Mali’s government and nation on the deaths of innocent people in the terrorist incident.

Describing extremism and terrorism as common threats to the world, the spokesman called for concerted efforts by all countries in the fight against the inhumane phenomena.

On Friday, heavily armed gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, seizing scores of hostages and leaving bodies strewn across the building.

Terrorist groups al-Mourabitoun and al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, which ended when Malian commandos entered the building and rescued 170 people, many of them foreigners.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said two militants were killed in the commando operation.

His government increased security at strategic points around Bamako at the start of a declared 10-day state of emergency.

West must stop supporting terrorists: Iran’s Larijani

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has slammed the West’s double standards in the Middle East, calling for an end to foreign support for terrorists operating in the region.

“If Western countries seek to fight terrorism, they must first change the existing mindset toward them because regional countries believe that the West is using the issue of terrorism as a tool [to achieve their objectives],” Larijani said in a meeting with Chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Crispin Blunt in Tehran on Saturday.

Larijani said that Western countries need to ask their regional allies to stop providing the terrorist groups with weapons and oil.

The Iranian Majlis speaker also stressed the importance of developing a common understanding about ways to battle Daesh Takfiris and other terrorist groups.

Larijani emphasized that regional nations have no trust in Western states due to their double standards in the Middle East.

He said sustainable security should be established in the region, adding, “Interference of countries such as the United States has not only failed to restore stability in the region, but intensified problems of [regional] states.”

The British parliamentarian, for his part, said insecurity and instability in the Middle East would be detrimental to all countries in the world.

He added that Britain seeks to prevent the spread of terrorism with the help of major regional countries like Iran.

Time is ripe for the establishment of stability in the Middle East, Blunt said.

He also stressed that London seeks to restore its relations with regional countries.

Heading a parliamentary delegation, Blunt arrived in Tehran on Friday for a three-day visit at the invitation of Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament.

Adeli again picked as GECF secretary-general

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Mohammad Hossein Adeli, the Iranian secretary-general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), was reinstated on Saturday.

Adeli was elected as GECF secretary-general for a second two-year term in a foreign ministerial meeting of GECF member states in Tehran.

Adeli presented a report to the participants about his activities over the past two years he led the organization.

The GECF also picked Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as deputy chairman and Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al Sada as chairman of the Forum.

Azerbaijan was given the status of an observer in the GECF.

The third Summit of leaders of the GECF member states will be held in Tehran on 23 November in which the heads of states of nine countries will participate.

So far, the presence of the presidents of Bolivia, Russia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Venezuela and Iraq has been confirmed. Turkmen president will also attend Monday’s meeting as a special guest.

Russia, Iran, Qatar, Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates are the main members of the gas exporting body. Observer countries are the Netherlands, Iraq, Oman, Peru, Azerbaijan and Norway.

GECF members account for 42 percent of global gas output, 70 percent of global gas reserves, 40 percent of piped gas transfer, and 65 percent of global trade of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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