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Iran unveils radars that can detect stealth targets

September 1, 2015

The radar systems, dubbed Nazir and Bina, were unveiled on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili.

Nazir is a long-range radar system that can detect and track hostile aerial targets within a radius of 800 kilometers at an estimated altitude of 100,000 feet, while Bina uses three-dimensional (3-D) technology to detect radar-evading targets. It can also be used to deter electronic warfare.

The two radar systems have been deployed in mountainous and plain areas in the southeastern parts of Iran.

Speaking on the sidelines of the unveiling ceremony, Esmaili said the systems are “unique” in the region and the world.

The Iranian commander said the advanced radar systems are “multi-board” and can detect wide-body military aircraft, stealth targets and small flying objects at high altitudes.

Iran Hafez Radar System — The Iranian Hafez radar system unveiled on August 29, 2015 (Photo by ISNA)

In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and reached self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly assured other nations, especially regional neighbors, that its military might poses no threat to other countries, stating that its defense doctrine is merely based on deterrence.

An act of kindness toward animals (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh

September 1, 2015

It’s been over two years since Mr. and Mrs. Salehi started going to Tehran’s Laleh Park daily with a bucket-load of food to feed cats. They believe this small act of kindness brings peace and blessings to their lives.

Images of the couple feeding cats in the park posted online by Mehr News Agency:

British top diplomat: We will repair economic ties with Iran

Emad Askarieh

September 1, 2015

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said that London is seeking to repair its economic ties with Tehran.

The British top diplomat made the remark in an exclusive interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) and added that London wants to be part of the growing economic activities in post-nuclear deal Iran.

Ettela’at newspaper, on August 31, published a report on Secretary Hammond’s remarks in the interview. The following is the translation from Farsi of what Secretary Hammond said:

Ties with Iran

Iran is implementing its commitments within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), sanctions are about to be removed and Iran’s assets are to be unfrozen. Iran’s economy will start to grow rapidly and this will open up an opportunity for international companies to invest in and do business with Iran. London wants to be part of the economic development drive in Iran in the coming years.

Ties with FM Zarif

Zarif and I know each other well. We spent many days together during nuclear talks in Geneva and Lausanne. During the talks, we raised a lot of issues on different fronts. Britain and Iran see eye to eye on some issues and are at odds over others.

We came to agree that we’d better pursue things through dialogue rather than confrontation, whether we agree or not.

Prospects of ties with Tehran

Since two years ago when President Rouhani was elected, we’ve witnessed a steady growing trend in ties between the two countries, especially after a meeting between Prime Minister David Cameron and [President] Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York last year.

Now JCPOA has been added to the current trend. This trend is a new opportunity for us to resume bilateral ties which were plagued by multiple difficulties in the past. London and Tehran should look for [new] areas to work on. We [London and Tehran] share similar views on the challenges the world is facing. We also need to work out a strategy to manage the areas over which we remain divided.

How to win Iran’s trust

Let me be clear. The British people have no trust in Iran either. I should say that deep-seated distrust has grown between the two sides and this has its roots in the past developments and a lack of understanding of the other side’s viewpoints.

To leave behind this stage and facilitate the affairs, we need to improve the atmosphere; we should let the Iranian and British people have contacts, boost relations between businessmen and university institutes of the two sides, upgrade cultural ties and set the stage for the two sides to have more exchanges and carry out more studies.

Ties between the two nations

People in the two countries should know each other. More familiarity and mutual understanding will reduce misunderstandings. Through bilateral contacts, dialogue and development of an understanding of the other side, we can improve London-Tehran ties.

Iran has re-started to take measures to join global markets, and – as a result – the Iranians will be able to freely go abroad and pursue their studies. The British people too can visit Iran.

We need to develop a better understanding of each other through official meetings. The two countries have reopened their embassies and this means the two sides have the opportunity to hold regular talks [at higher levels] rather than occasional meetings at foreign ministerial level.

What builds trust is compliance by all parties to the talks between Iran and P5+1 with all agreements based on the text of JCPOA. All sides have remained committed to such a trend. This commitment will bolster confidence-building measures.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on September 1

Golrokh Askarieh

September 1, 2015

♦ President Rouhani has called on the world nations to form a united front in the fight against terrorism.

Speaking at an international congress on those who have been martyred at the hands of terrorists, the president said those who choose to walk down the path of terrorism view peace, dialogue and understanding as treason and opt for violence and extremism.

♦ The chief of staff of President Rouhani has described the economic prospects of the country as promising.

Mohammad Nahavandian hailed the cultural and political effects of the Iran nuclear deal, especially on the international political front, as valuable.

♦ The director of the Atomic Energy Organization has said that Iran will commercialize nuclear technology.

Ali Akbar Salehi said his organization is drawing up a 15-year development plan.

♦ First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri has said that the administration is serious in the fight against corruption.

Eshagh Jahangiri said that if there is corruption in a ministry, the minister should apologize to the public before tendering his resignation.

♦ “Universities should play an enlightening role in elections,” said the deputy science minister.

Dr. Seyyed Zia Hashemi further said universities are the best institutions to critique the establishment.

♦ The minister of culture and Islamic guidance has said that blocking Internet sites is useless.

Ali Jannati further said that the world is transforming fast and that officials should prepare themselves for a world in which Internet and satellite channels will be available free of charge on cell phones.

♦ The industry minister has said that a new plan to fight smuggling in goods will be implemented.

The new plan requires shops to stop selling items which are smuggled into the country.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on September 1

Emad Askarieh

September 1, 2015

The comments of the president in condemnation of terrorism and those of the judiciary chief about social and cultural issues dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday.

Ettela’at: President Rouhani has called on the world nations to form a united front in the fight against terrorism.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on September 1

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on September 1

Abrar: The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has said that implementation of Iran’s commitments and the lifting of sanctions [under the Vienna accord] will get underway in mid-October.

Abrar: Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi has said that presentation of a bill to parliament on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is not expedient.

Abrar: “Iran is not waiting for the termination of sanctions [to do its business],” said Takht-e Ravanchi, a deputy foreign minister.

Afarinesh: “Terrorism won’t be eliminated as long as it remains a tool in the hands of major powers,” said President Rouhani.

Afarinesh: South Africa acts as a go-between for talks with an American oil giant.

Afkar: Iran is to build two new power plants with the assistance of Russia.

Aftab-e Yazd: Ayatollah Rafsanjani has told Foreign Minister Zarif he should not allow the extremist measures of a minority bunch to dampen his enthusiasm.

Arman-e Emrooz: “You will go down in history,” said the chairman of the Expediency Council at a meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif.

Arman-e Emrooz: Ali Larijani, the confidant of Iranian politics

Will the reformists stretch out a hand of friendship to Larijani?

Arman-e Emrooz: The minister of culture has said that segregation of men from women in concerts is unacceptable.

Arman-e Emrooz: More than 13,000 religious preachers and elegists have been trained to promote anti-addiction measures.

Asr-e Rasaneh: Imports of drinking water from overseas have become a serious option.

Asrar: “The decisions of the Guardian Council can be critiqued,” said the spokesman of the council.

Ebtekar: President Rouhani has said that extremist groups see their death in balloting boxes.

Etemad: “Refusal to purchase locally-manufactured cars is sinful,” said the minister of trade and industries.

Etemad: “Members of the Guardian Council should not support electoral candidates,” said the spokesman of the council.

Etemad: Ayatollah Rafsanjani has praised the services of Foreign Minister Zarif.

Ghanoon: The father of Ruholamini [who died in Kahrizak detention facility] has appealed the verdict that acquits Saeed Mortazavi [who stood accused of being an accessory to the murder of his son].

Haft-e Sobh: Ali Tabatabaei, a 32-year-old actor of small- and big-screen, has died of a heart attack.

Hamshahri: The longest subway line in the Middle East is to be inaugurated in Tehran.

Hemayat: “We won’t bow to the US on the back of a deal [a reference to the Vienna nuclear accord],” said Saffar Harandi, a member of the Expediency Council.

Hemayat: “The Iranian judicial system does not need American prescriptions,” said the judiciary chief.

He said the American-style justice supports the Zionist regime which does not hesitate to kill children.

Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani also urged prosecutors across the country to take on cultural abnormalities.

Hosban: Iranianpolice have seized more than 240 tons of illicit drugs this year [started March 21, 2015].

Iran: There has been a deadly fire at an animal shelter.

Iran: “Those who support terrorists are bound to be burned in the fire they help light,” President Rouhani said.

Javan: Rouhani: The US and Europe are sponsoring terror in the world.

“The US and Europe keep silent in the face of a terrorist grouping and support a terrorist regime. They offer refuge to ill-famed terrorists. How can one fight terrorists like this?” the president said.

Jomhouri Islami: “All buildings illegally constructed in Heyran Village will be pulled down,” said the director of the Land Affairs Organization.

Jomhouri Islami: Foreign investors will make their way into the Iranian stock market as of next season.

Kaenat: India is after $3 billion presence in Iran’s petrochemical industry.

Kaenat: “The country’s nuclear activities won’t stop,” said the Iranian nuclear chief.

Kayhan: Smuggled medicinal drugs worth $81 million have been seized; 90 smugglers have been arrested.

Kayhan: In the post-deal era, Obama seeks to complement old sanctions with new ones!

Khorasan: “The campaign not to buy brand new locally-manufactured cars amounts to betrayal to national production,” said the industry minister.

Mardomsalari: Iran is to invest $60 billion in development of South Pars, the largest shared gas field in the world.

Qods: “The Palestinians should take part in a referendum to choose their government,” said Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

Rah-e Mardom: “Inflation will have slipped into single digits by the end of the government’s term in office in 2017,” said the economy minister.

Rah-e Mardom: Is that so, Mr. Minister?

The industry minister has slammed as anti-revolutionary those who do not want to buy Iranian-made cars.

Resalat: “The Unity of Nation Party does not have a license to operate,” said the spokesman of the Interior Ministry.

Rooyesh-e Mellat: The president has criticized the international community for its silence in the face of Zionists.

Rooyesh-e Mellat: With just three more senators on board, Congress would not be able to override the president’s veto of its rejection of the Iranian nuclear deal.

Rooyesh-e Mellat: Yemen is only one step away from a human catastrophe.

Setareh Sobh: The judiciary chief has said some Tehran streets are more like fashion houses than streets.

Sharq: The judiciary chief has called on officials not to take the cultural onslaught of the enemy lightly.

Sharq: The vice-president for legal affairs has said the first vice-president is ready to mount a defense after the former president pressed charges against him.

Sobh-e Eghtesad: “The hostility between Iran and the US won’t be resolved through dialogue,” said the commander of the Basij force.

Taadol: “Land prices increased 9-fold during the tenure of the previous government,” said the minister of roads and urban development.

Chak Chak, a Zoroastrian shrine in central Iran

Fatemeh Askarieh

September 1, 2015

Chak Chak, also known as Pir-e Sabz, is a Zoroastrian house of worship 52 km to the northeast of Yazd, in central Iran.

The holy site was named Chak Chak [drip drip] because of the sound of water drops that fall from its rocky ceiling.

The site is believed to be the sanctuary where Nikbanou, a Sassanid princess, took refuge to protect herself from an Arab invasion. Later a shepherd is said to have been ordered by Nikbanou, in his dream, to build the holy house.

Chak Chak is very popular with both Zoroastrian pilgrims and Muslim tourists. But between June 14 and 18 each year, it is only open to Zoroastrian worshipers.

A number of candles are always burning at the pilgrimage site whose walls are graced with the icons of Zoroastrian scholars. There are containers on the temple floor to collect the dripping water which is later given to pilgrims as holy water.

The following are images of the holy site released by different websites:

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IRAN ZOROASTRIANS — Iranian Zoroastrian women, Shirin Qods, left, and Fariba Khosravi, pray during a five-day celebration in Pir-e Sabz temple, located outside Ardakan, 330 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 16, 2007. Thousands of other Zoroastrians repeated the same verses, part of a 5-day celebration to remember the death and displacement of Zoroastrians who were toppled by Arab invaders after their conquest of Persia, one of the world's most powerful empires, in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran resistance proved bullying ineffective: Parliament speaker

Golrokh Askarieh

September 1, 2015

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has said that Iran has proven to the world that the weapon of force and bullying is no longer effective.

Larijani made the remarks in his address to the Fourth World Conference of Parliament Speakers, convened by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in cooperation with the United Nations, at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday.

Some big powers tried to bring the Iranian nation to its knees, but the great Iranian nation stood against force by choosing the course of resistance and steadfastness and emerged victorious, he said.

By so doing, the Iranian nation showed that the weapon of force and bullying is old and ineffective and has lost its effectiveness and power of influence, the official added.

Larijani was referring to Iran’s recent agreement with P5+1which ended a 12-year Western standoff with Iran over the country’s nuclear program.

In today’s world, some powers still believe that they can attain their political goals by resorting to force, pressure and sanctions, he said.

Larijani, who was addressing the session called “placing democracy at the service of peace and sustainable development”, said, “The main question to be discussed at this session should be whether or not democracy is really at the service of peace and sustainable development in today’s world or not.”

He said some governments, which supposedly seek democracy for their own peoples, support dictatorship and despotic and violent regimes in some countries and seek to establish democracy in others via bombs and machine guns.

“The same approaches are the begetters of warmongering in today’s world. The painful fate of the downtrodden Palestinian people, the belligerency of the Zionist regime [of Israel], war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war in Yemen, and the five-year-long war in Syria can be cited as examples,” Larijani said.

JCPOA throws US into political turmoil: Iran nuclear chief

Golrokh Askarieh

September 1, 2015

Iran’s nuclear chief has said that the discussions in the United States on a recent agreement between the Islamic Republic and P5+1 have thrown Washington into political turmoil.

Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday that the discussions on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which he described as a “political challenge” to both Iran and the US, have thrown Washington into political turmoil.

“US officials have announced that if JCPOA is rejected by Congress and the president can’t do anything [to prevent such an outcome], the global credibility of the US will take a hit, the dollar will not be able to maintain its status, and the paradigm of the US foreign and domestic policy will change,” Salehi said.

The remarks by the Iranian nuclear chief come as the US Congress will vote on the agreement in September and most Republicans have opposed the agreement. President Barack Obama, however, has expressed confidence that “this deal will go forward.”

Obama needs the support of 34 Senate Democrats to sustain a presidential veto if Congress approves a resolution to reject the agreement. So far, 31 Senate Democrats have announced support for the agreement.

The US ambassador to the United Nations warned last week that the US will be isolated internationally and will no longer have any influence on the world stage if JCPOA is rejected.

“If the United States rejects this deal, we would instantly isolate ourselves from countries that spent nearly two years working with American negotiators to hammer out its toughest provisions,” Samantha Power wrote in an editorial published by Politico on Wednesday.

Salehi said that there are also challenges and different ideas on JCPOA in Iran, adding that despite the differences “we will tread a path toward national interests and national sovereignty” under the guidance of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

“In this political challenge, the Islamic Republic has driven the opponent into a corner,” Salehi said, adding, “The Islamic Republic could gain the upper hand within a formulated framework and with reliance on dignity, expedience and the Leader’s wisdom.”

He also said that JCPOA will not slow down the country’s nuclear activities.

“Our nuclear activities have not been stopped or slowed down and we assure the great [Iranian] nation that our nuclear activities will move forward,” Salehi said.

On July 14, Iran and P5+1– the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – finalized the text of 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 further referred to “the limitations” stipulated in JCPOA, saying they will not slow down the basis of Iran’s nuclear activities, and they will be lifted once the two sides have taken trust-building measures.

He also said that Iran has told its negotiating partners that the country has never pursued non-civilian objectives in its nuclear program and will never do so.

Zarif urges Muslim countries to unite against extremism

Golrokh Askarieh

September 1, 2015

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on Muslim countries to join forces in the fight against extremism.

“Today, the main battle is between extremism and moderation, and all Muslim countries should unite against extremism on one front,” Zarif said in a meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Taieb Baccouche in Tunis on Monday.

The Iranian foreign minister described extremism and terrorism as major threats to Muslim countries.

Zarif also called for an end to foreign meddling in regional crises, saying that dialogue should be a basic strategy to solve the crises in the region and any contribution in this regard should be aimed at facilitating dialogue.

The Iranian foreign minister said that no condition should be set for dialogue in Syria, Yemen and other regions beset by crisis.

Zarif also sat for talks with Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid and stressed that the prevention of extremism and violence should be the main theme of cooperation between Muslim countries.

The Iranian foreign minister recalled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), between Iran and P5+1, and said, “The achievement is a victory for all countries in the world and region and the negotiations proved that the basis of resolving problems is dialogue and negotiation not pressure and sanctions.”

On July 14, Iran and P5+1– the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – finalized the text of JCPOA in the Austrian capital Vienna.

Essid, for his part, congratulated Iran on the nuclear agreement, describing it a positive achievement in the international political developments.

The Tunisian premier also called for the expansion of relations with Iran in different fields, including tourism, industry, agriculture and the environment.