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Iran, Japan must improve relations: President Rouhani

October 13, 2015

President Rouhani has said “very appropriate” grounds have been prepared for Iran and Japan to improve relations and to make up for previous shortcomings.

At a meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tehran Tuesday, President Rouhani said bilateral cooperation can reach an appropriate level given the political will of the two sides.

He said Tehran and Tokyo can cooperate in different sectors including energy, the environment, transportation, dam construction, culture and research.

Considering the existing capacities and the new circumstances, Iran and Japan should work for closer cooperation which will serve the two nations and the region, Rouhani said.

He added that the two countries can also make joint investment in the auto-making industry for the entire region, including the Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Japan’s determination to boost Iran ties

The Japanese foreign minister, for his part, said his country is determined to enhance relations with Iran in all fields, particularly economy.

He welcomed a landmark nuclear agreement reached between Iran and six world powers in July and expressed hope that Iran and Japan would make use of the opportunity created after the agreement to improve economic, political and cultural ties.

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Iran supports Japan’s long-term activities in Iran

Emad Askarieh

October 13, 2015

Iran supports any long-term economic contribution to and investment by the Japanese companies in the country, the minister of industries, mines and trade said Tuesday at a meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh added that there are a lot of trade grounds for the two countries to boost cooperation.

He said his ministry is willing to establish relations with the Japanese side in areas of production, technology and engineering, adding closer ties with Iran will create a big market for the Japanese companies.

He also said that the Iranian products should also be available on Japan’s markets.

Nematzadeh said that a win-win agreement between Iran and six world powers proved that Iran is honest in its use of peaceful nuclear energy.

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My threats against Zarif and Salehi were serious: MP

Emad Askarieh

October 13, 2015

Tehran MP Ruhollah Hosseinian told reporters on Tuesday that he does not have a guilty conscience for what he told Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi, adding that he was completely serious in what he said.

The principlist deputy who threatened the nuclear chief in a boisterous parliament session on October 11 which ended in the passage of the general outlines of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) elaborated on his remarks in a press conference.

The following is the translation of a part of what Entekhab.ir quoted him as telling reporters on October 13 after being released from hospital:

On what he told Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Salehi, Hosseinian said, “After the release of the Lausanne statement, when Mr. Zarif attended a parliamentary committee session, I criticized him and told him that he had given psychological ammunition to the enemy.

Although, we do not seek to develop a nuclear bomb, the enemy was under the impression that the Islamic Republic had the capability to do so.”

Hosseinian went on to say, “I told him that the Zionist regime of Israel would threaten us with nuclear bombs on a daily basis after Iran was stripped of such a tool. In fact, a few days later, the former Israeli defense minister threated to bomb Iran with nukes.

Once again, I reminded Mr. Zarif that if the Zionist regime attacked Iran or if the US launched a strike against Iran because of JCPOA, people would arrest you and put you on trial. I also told Mr. Salehi that [at that time] if I were in charge, I would make him dig out cement from the core of the Arak Reactor, throw him inside and encircle him with cement. I did not say that I would pour cement on him, I said I would encircle him with it.”

On the approval of the general outlines of JCPOA and its impact, he said, “God willing, the good promises by President Rouhani will come true and all economic woes of the country will go away, inflation will disappear, we will leave behind recession and we will have a country which will be overflowing with welfare; I say prayers for that day to come.”

He added, “I told Zarif and Salehi that I hope my prediction about JCPOA won’t come true, but if it does happen, I will treat them the very same way I told them I would.”

MP on JCPOA: Do not send wrong signals to people

Emad Askarieh

October 13, 2015

The general outlines of the Government’s Reciprocal and Proportional Action Bill on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) cleared the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Sunday (October 11). As the chamber was hotly debating the bill, Ardebil MP Kamaleddin Pirmoazen told fellow deputies that any delay in the implementation of JCPOA (and terminating the sanctions) will inflict billions of dollars in losses on the country.

Pirmoazen’s comments drew an immediate reaction from a member of parliament’s Economic Committee who asked his colleagues not to make inappropriate remarks on the bill. The following is the translation of part of what Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi said in an interview with Tasnim News Agency on the same day:

Pour-Ebrahimi said that comments that Iran will suffer ($100-150 million in losses) if JCPOA is not put into effect are to the detriment of the government, adding that people should not be fed misinformation.

He further said that from the early days of nuclear talks, people were told that [after the conclusion of the Iran nuclear deal] huge national economic developments would be around the corner as a result of international contracts Iran would sign, but now [after the Iran nuclear deal] neither the termination of sanctions nor big changes in the country have materialized.

The Kerman MP said that Iran’s economy needs structural reforms, adding it is true that sanctions have left an adverse impact on our economy, but sanctions alone cannot be blamed for all [economic] woes.

Tying the improvement of the country’s economy and [fulfillment of] people’s subsistence needs to the removal of sanctions will generate false and unrealistic expectations in society to which the government such respond, he said.

Before the nuclear talks with P5+1, the government blamed the sanctions for most of the economic woes, but today it has realized that everything is not tied to the [termination of] sanctions, he added.

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The MP went on to say that if sanctions are lifted, Iran would – at best – return to where it stood in 2011 when the country’s economic growth was not in positive territory and its employment level was far from satisfactory.

To claim that non-implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action would cause Iran to lose billions of dollars [in revenues] does not serve the government’s interest. Will the country gain the same amount of money [billions of dollars] after sanctions are removed? That is the question the government needs to answer.

Marvelous Tileworks of Moaven-ul-Molk Tekyeh

Fatemeh Askarieh

October 13, 2015

Moaven-ul-Molk Tekyeh in the western city of Kermanshah dates back to the Qajar era. What makes Moaven-ul-Molk stand out among other religious theaters is the remarkable tiles used in its construction.

These tiles feature images of battles led by the Prophet Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shiite Imam, the battle of Karbala and ancient Persian kings.

Mehr News Agency has put online photos of the tekyeh:

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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 13

Emad Askarieh

October 13, 2015

The warning by the Supreme Leader that the enemy is intent on changing the beliefs of the Iranians and comments by the president on economy, sanctions and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday.

Ettela’at: “The soft war is primarily aimed at changing public beliefs,” said the Supreme Leader at a meeting with IRIB managers.

Ayatollah Khamenei further said detailed, wise planning is needed to secure the stated objectives of the national broadcaster.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on October 13

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 13

Abrar: “IRIB should present realistic analyses of local, regional and international conditions,” said the Supreme Leader at a meeting with the senior managers of the national broadcaster.

Abrar: The deputy foreign minister has said that Iran is willing to interact with the rest of the world.

Afarinesh: The health minister has said that adoption of JCPOA will help terminate medicinal sanctions the country is facing.

Afarinesh: The deputy foreign minister has said that it will take a month or two for termination of sanctions to take effect in practice.

Aftab-e Yazd: “Don’t worry, your business won’t collapse,” President Rouhani said in a [sarcastic] comment aimed at those who have made a career for themselves out of sanctions.

He further said official sloganeering should not come at the expense of the poor and needy.

Amin: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has offered condolences to his Turkish counterpart on the deaths of Turkish citizens in terrorist bombings in Ankara.

Arman-e Emrooz: “One cannot defy the will of the public,” Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said after the approval by parliament of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Arman-e Emrooz: Instead of filing a complaint, Director of the Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi has paid a bedside visit to Ruhollah Hosseinian [the same MP who threatened him with death in an open session of parliament on Sunday].

Asr-e Rasaneh: A street in Tehran has been named after the father of the country’s media management: Professor Ali Akbar Farhangi.

Etemad: President Rouhani has said being critical of the [nuclear] deal is ok, but what counts is the viewpoint of the majority.

Hemayat: The judiciary chief has said that the human rights allegations the West levels against Iran are meant to ratchet up political pressure on the country.

Iran: “I won’t allow sanctions to deal a blow to people’s lives,” said the president in a speech in Mazandaran.

Iran: Minor Hajj remains suspended, said the caretaker of Iranian Hajj pilgrims.

Javan: Rouhani has promised to improve the country’s economy in six months.

Jomhouri Islami: Iran and Japan will sign a bilateral investment deal, the foreign ministers of the two countries said in a joint statement.

Kayhan: “The enemy seeks to keep the façade of the establishment in place and change its nature,” warned the Supreme Leader.

Payam-e Zaman: “Contracts worth tens of billions of dollars will be signed within the next two years,” said the Iranian oil minister.

Resalat: “Europe needs to clarify its stance on the Hypocrites [a reference to Mojahedin Khalgh Organization],” said Iranian deputy foreign minister.

Setareh Sobh: The economy minister has said that trade ties between Iran, China and Britain will be boosted.

Sharq: Tehran and Tokyo have reached an agreement on the transfer of nuclear safety equipment.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on October 13

Emad Askarieh

October 13, 2015

♦ “The soft war is primarily aimed at changing public beliefs,” said the Supreme Leader at a meeting with IRIB managers.

Ayatollah Khamenei further said detailed, wise planning is needed to secure the stated objectives of the national broadcaster.

♦ Interest rates are to go down by between one and two percent.

The chairman of Iran Chamber of Commerce said that inflation has been tamed over the past two years.

♦ President Putin has turned down $300 billion in bribes to bring down President Assad.

It came as President Obama admitted American efforts to train anti-Assad groups have been ineffective.

♦ President Rouhani has said that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action should be a leap in national cohesion and economic dynamism.

He further said his government has always been after safeguarding national interests in talks [with other countries].

♦ “Had it not been for Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani, Damascus would have fallen,” said IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari.

♦ Mazandaran Textile plants have been revived during a visit to the Caspian province by President Rouhani.

Church service for Syrian martyr (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh

October 13, 2015

Military operations by the Syrian army and popular forces against terrorists are gathering momentum in the Syrian province of Hama.

Fadi Akram Jaffar, a Christian volunteer, has been martyred in recent clashes with the al-Nusra Front, an Alqaeda affiliate.

The following images of a church service for the fallen soldier in his hometown have been released by Mashreghnews.ir:

National Paralympic Day in Iran (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh

October 13, 2015

Azadi Arena in western Tehran hosted a ceremony Monday to mark National Paralympic Day.

The ceremony was attended by politicians, sports officials and a number of physically challenged athletes from Tehran and Alborz provinces.

The following are photos of the event different websites posted online:

Japan ready to increase Iran oil imports

Emad Askarieh

October 13, 2015

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday that Japan has voiced readiness to increase imports of Iranian oil as soon as the US-engineered sanctions against Iran are lifted.

Tokyo has agreed to increase its oil imports from Iran to the levels that existed before the sanctions, Zanganeh told reporters after a meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

He added Kishida along with the Japanese business leaders who are accompanying him were briefed on Iran’s new oil and gas investment opportunities as well as the new format of energy contracts.

Zanganeh said there is significant potential for the Japanese companies to participate in a variety of oil and gas projects in Iran.

He said lucrative prospects exist in the area of reducing gas flaring at oil fields, increasing energy consumption efficiency and production of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The minister further said that the Japanese companies have voiced interest in investing in Iran’s upstream projects, adding that he has asked the companies to present their proposals to that effect.

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