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Alborz Symphony Orchestra observes liberation of Khorramshahr with FM in attendance (PHOTOS)

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Emad Askarieh
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The Alborz Symphony Orchestra went on stage at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Saturday night to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was also invited to the concert. The audience was thrilled by his arrival while the orchestra was preparing to perform.

The audience gave Zarif a very warm welcome by chanting the slogan “Love you Zarif”.

“Where Art Thou, Divine Martyrs”, “Anfal”, “Khorramshahr Symphonic Poem” and “In Golestaneh”, all composed by Hushang Kamkar, were performed during the concert, which was part of the Iranian Composers Night program.

Before the performance, the organizers screened a video in which Hushang Kamkar explained the endeavor he undertook to compose the pieces.

He said that he had sold his wedding gifts to raise funds for recording “Where Art Thou, Divine Martyrs” in 1981.

Elaborating on “Khorramshahr Symphonic Poem”, Kamkar said that he composed the piece to praise the resistance by the people of Khorramshahr against the enemy.

The orchestra conducted by Sohrab Kashef also performed French composer George Bizet’s “Carmen”, Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” and Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s “Finlandia”.

The following images provided by Mehr News Agency’s Hossein Razzaghnejad and ISNA’s Borna Ghasemi:

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

By
Golrokh Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

The appearance in parliament of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy Abbas Araghchi to present a report on nuclear negotiations with P5+1 dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday. The Supreme Leader’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of 100-plus military convicts also made front-page headlines. A government decision to increase gasoline prices was under the front-page spotlight too.

 

Abrar: Director of the Environment Protection Organization has expressed concern about the jamming of satellite signals and the ambiguities surrounding the move.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Afarinesh: A senior Army commander has underlined efforts to boost the capabilities of the Army, citing the presence of IS terrorists close to Iran’s [western] border.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Afkar: “An IS plot to attack Iran has been foiled,” said the commander of the ground troops of the Iranian Army.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Aftab-e Yazd: Tehran MP Ahmad Tavakoli has been found guilty [of insulting senior officials of the establishment].

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz: [Hardline MP] Mehdi Kuchakzadeh shouted at Foreign Minister Zarif during a closed-door session of parliament.

The Worriers [supporters of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who are opposed to every policy of President Rouhani and his administration] heckled the top diplomat as he presented a report to the chamber on nuclear talks.

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani later described the explanations of Zarif and his deputy Abbas Araghchi as sufficient.

Arman-e Emrooz: Salehi Amiri, the president of the National Library and Archives, has dropped charges against Ahmad Tavakoli.

[It came after the principlist MP and a onetime presidential candidate wrote a letter to the top librarian and apologized.]

“It was never my intention to accuse Your Excellency of financial or non-financial offenses, particularly plagiarism,” the MP said in a letter of apology.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Etemad: Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said reports that Iran has accepted inspections of its military sites are inaccurate.

The diplomat, who is a member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team, made the comment after a closed-door session of parliament where he together with his boss offered a report to MPs on nuclear talks with P5+1.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Ettela’at: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says implementation of the Additional Protocol needs the go-ahead of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Hambastegi: “The public won’t be fooled by those who only ostensibly seek the expedience of the country,” said Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Jomhouri Islami: President Hassan Rouhani has appreciated the services of the families of the soldiers who fell during the Sacred Defense.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Kaenat: The price of gasoline has increased to 1,000 tomans (almost 30 cents) a liter.

Kaenat: The Supreme Leader has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 102 military convicts.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 25

 

 

Confronting Daesh is akin to serving national interests: General Soleimani

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Ghasem Soleimani

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps’ Quds Force Major General Ghasem Soleimani defended taking action against Daesh [the Arabic term for ISIL] terrorists.

Addressing a local gathering to mark the liberation anniversary of Khorramshahr during the Saddam-imposed war (1980-1988), the general stressed that fighting the terrorist group is equal to securing national interests.

The group – whose terrorists slaughter human beings like sheep as they chant religious slogans – poses a major threat, he added.

Soleimani also cautioned against misrepresenting the national interests by those who attempt to score domestic political gains.

Iran will not allow military sites inspection: Araghchi

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Abbas Araghchi

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says Tehran will not allow inspection of its military sites as part of a prospective nuclear deal with P5+1.

Speaking at a closed door session of Iranian parliament on Sunday, Abbas Araghchi, the deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, stressed that the Iranian delegation has always reaffirmed Tehran’s red lines during nuclear negotiations with the six world powers.

Tehran will never agree to the inspection of its military sites or any interview with its nuclear scientists, he said, adding, “All ways to abuse have been principally blocked during nuclear talks.”

Araghchi also highlighted the role of parliament in Iran’s nuclear case, saying that Tehran’s acceptance of the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) depends on parliament’s approval.

Earlier in the month, he had stressed that the possible inspections of Iran’s non-nuclear sites would not go beyond the framework of the Additional Protocol.

Araghchi and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a closed-door session of parliament to brief lawmakers on the recent nuclear negotiations with P5+1.

Iran and P5+1 — the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — wrapped up their latest round of talks in the Austrian capital city of Vienna on May 22 in another effort to narrow down the remaining differences and pave the way for a possible final nuclear deal.

Iran and P5+1 are currently working to reach a final accord on Iran’s nuclear program by the end of June.

The two sides reached a mutual understanding on the parameters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – as the comprehensive agreement on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is called – in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2.

Spokeswoman rejects Obama’s anti-Iran remarks

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman slammed recent allegations raised by US President Barack Obama who accused Iran of anti-Semitism and having expansionist ambitions, and hit back at Washington for trying to flare up tensions in the Middle East region.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is the source of stability and security in the unstable region of the Middle East and it actively encourages and pursues the political approaches and regional cooperation for countering violence and extremism,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said on Saturday.

Her comments came in response to Obama’s interview with The Atlantic on May 19, when he accused Iran of anti-Semitism and expansionist ambitions, reiterating that the “military option” against Iran is still viable.

Afkham made it clear that Iran respects followers of all divine religions, including Jews, noting that Tehran’s anti-Zionism policies and opposition to the Tel Aviv regime have nothing to do with Judaism and its followers.

She also described attempts to promote “Iranophobia” as a plot that aims to fan the flames of regional crises and incite rift.

“The historical facts provide clear proof of Iran’s constructive and peaceful role in the region and the world,” she explained.

Afkham further decried Obama’s talk of military option against Iran as “recurring negative rhetoric” that has no place in the real world.

Obama’s anti-Iran comments came while Washington is supporting Saudi Arabia in a military campaign against Yemen.

The Saudi-led coalition, which seeks to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, includes eight other Arab states and is receiving logistical support from the US, Britain and France.

According to Yemen’s Freedom House Foundation, the Saudi airstrikes have claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Yemeni people since March 26, while more than 7,000 others have been wounded, most of them civilians.

Meantime, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed that 2,453 civilians have been injured, among whom 130 were women and 234 children.

Iran says US planned blocking of new planes “illegal”

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iran on Sunday criticized the United States for a planned blockade of the air travels of its newly purchased planes, saying the move will be against international laws.

Mohammad Khoda-Karami, the deputy head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), has told the media that Iran has purchased the new planes based on its own sovereign rights.

“Iran will never wait for the permission of any country for exercising its legitimate rights,” said Khoda-Karami.

Iran’s media announced earlier this month that Mahan Air has added a number of new planes to its fleet.

In reaction, the US Treasury Department said in a statement last Thursday that it has sanctioned parties involved in the reported plane purchase scheme.

The Treasury Department also said the purchased aircraft by Mahan Air – which it has sanctioned three times since 2011 – have been designated as “blockable” interests, making it risky for the airline to fly them on international routes.

In response, Khoda-Karami has emphasized that the US sanctions against Iran’s aviation industry lack any legal basis.

He said the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation prohibits member countries from using their air fleet for any purpose that would be against the terms of the Convention.

FM Zarif makes powerful case in parliament for nuclear talks

By
Emad Askarieh
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy Abbas Araghchi – who went to parliament on Sunday to brief the MPs on the latest developments of nuclear talks with P5+1 and clarify the ambiguities surrounding the negotiations – managed to convince the majority of representatives that the nuclear talks are moving in the right direction.

Entekhab, a news website, released a report on what happened in the closed-door session in the Iranian parliament, on exchanges between the top diplomat and the deputies, and on what came out of the session. The following is the translation of excerpts of the report:

The spokesman for parliament’s Presiding Board told reporters [after the meeting] that the foreign minister explained the highlights of the Lausanne statement for the MPs, adding [Speaker] Larijani urged support for nuclear talks and underlined that the demands of the Iranian nation and the [Islamic] establishment should be pursued in the talks.

For his part, Abbas Araghchi, who is a senior member of the negotiating team, provided details about the recent talks and the concerns raised by the Supreme Leader, Behrouz Nemati further said.

He went on to say that Foreign Minister Zarif and his deputy answered questions of four MPs who asked about the way sanctions are to be lifted and inspections of Fordow and [other] nuclear facilities.

“The Americans have adopted a carrot-and-stick policy over the past 30 years. We promise to effectively and properly defend Iran’s nuclear achievements,” Nemati quoted the foreign minister as saying in response to a complaint by an MP about the conflicting remarks of US officials.

The spokesman declined to say whether the MPs put a question to the foreign minister on US failure to keep its promises and said, “The issue cannot be explained here due to the fact that the briefing was not public, but the foreign minister raised some issues in this regard”.

Nemati then rejected reports that the number of centrifuges at Fordow will be reduced to 350 and said no change is expected to happen and the number will stand at 1,044.

He described the session with the top diplomat as calm and frank. It came as news agencies reported that a bitter verbal dispute broke out between Hamid Rasaei [a hardline MP] and Mehdi Koochakzadeh [a vocal supporter of former President Ahmadinejad] and Foreign Minister Zarif.

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Later Larijani told reporters that Messrs. Zarif and Araghchi briefed the MPs on what has happened during nuclear talks in the two-hour session of parliament, adding their explanations were adequate [to convince the MPs].

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The deputies expressed their views [after they heard the explanations of the foreign minister and his deputy], Larijani said, adding we hope that the talks could proceed properly and produce a good result for Iran.

Ayatollah Khamenei pardons 102 court martial convicts

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted prison terms of 102 convicts that had been found guilty by the Iranian Armed Force’s judiciary system.

The Supreme Leader granted amnesty on Sunday at the request of Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani, who submitted the list of the 102 convicts that have been recognized to deserve pardon or reduction in their sentences.

They were given pardon on the occasion of some Islamic festivities and of the anniversary of liberation of Khorramshahr, a city in southwestern Iran, which had been occupied by the Iraq’s Baathist army in the early 1980s.

The strategic city was recaptured by the Iranian armed forces in May 1982.

Article 110 of the Constitution grants the Supreme Leader the right to pardon or reduce the sentences of convicts upon a recommendation from the head of the Judiciary.

The clemency, however, does not apply to all types of convicts, including those who have been sentenced for their role in armed struggle against the country, armed or organized drug trafficking, rape, armed robbery, arms smuggling, abduction, bribery and embezzlement.

Live painting-the-music performance by Iranian artists (PHOTOS)

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Vahdat Hall played host to the second public painting-the-music performance in Tehran.

Inspired by the live music – Kayvan Saket playing the tar – Alireza Mojabi, a painter, poet, calligraphist and researcher, produced some impromptu painting on stage.

Images of the performance released online by jamejamonline.ir:

Rouhani says committed to liberating economy from foreign pressures

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Golrokh Askarieh
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President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that he is committed to liberating Iran’s economy from occupation of world powers.

He made the comment in a ceremony to pay tribute to war veterans for their sacrifices.

Government is committed to liberating the land of economy from the occupation of P5+1 and the UN Security Council through diplomacy, Rouhani noted.

He said that Iranian resistance during the eight-year war had its roots in their love for their homeland and Islam.

Referring to world powers’ sanctions and pressures, the president added P5+1 has restricted Iran’s activities in the fields of banking, oil exports, insurance, science, culture and trading.

The government will liberate the land of economy with the help of its political commanders, Rouhani added, pointing to the fact that military commanders liberated the Iranian city of Khorramshahr from the occupation of Iraq during the eight-year war.

Earlier President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the 8th national congress to pay tribute to war veterans for their sacrifice.

The congress is held on the occasion of Khordad 3 (May 24) which marks the liberation anniversary of the city of Khorramshahr in 1982 which had been occupied by the forces of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Family members of 1,500 martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice during the liberation operation attended the event.

A photo exhibition was also held on the sidelines of the meeting.

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