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Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on August 30

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Ettelaat Highlights-post

♦ “Whenever we talk about compliance with law, some people tell us not to make a fuss!” President Rouhani told a press conference.

He further said that on the local front the government has done its best not to create any new wounds and heal the wounds of the past.

♦ The vice-president for legal affairs has said that there are 15 million legal cases that have yet to be heard.

♦ An arrest warrant has been issued for the former Pakistani prime minister and a number of senior officials of the previous government.

An anti-corruption court issued an arrest warrant for former Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani and a former head of the opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

♦ Museums on Pre-Islamic Iran and Islamic Period have opened in Tehran.

First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri, who was on hand for the inaugural, said government seeks to draw on the past to build a good future for the nation.

♦ Some five million people should settle in new towns.

More than 30,000 apartments in new towns – part of the Mehr affordable housing project – will be delivered to applicants shortly.

♦ Birth rate registered a 5 percent increase last month.

In all, more than 143,000 babies were born in the 31 days to August 23.

 

Supreme Leader’s guidelines on science, research translated

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Emad Askarieh
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Supreme Leader

Leader-BookThe Bliss of Knowledge, a book which has collected remarks of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has been translated into English and will be released soon.

The book covers Ayatollah Khamenei’s comments and guidelines on the production of science and the importance of research as an influential source for Iran’s scientific development.

The Bliss of Knowledge will be unveiled at the Moscow International Book Fair in September.

The Persian version of the book was published four years ago and attracted many Persian-speaking readers across the world.

For more information on the book, please visit www.book-khamenei-ir.

Late in September, Ayatollah Khamenei in a decree communicated the macro policies for Iran’s movement in various areas of science and technology, saying that the country will turn into a major scientific power in the world in the future.

The decree was issued by the Supreme Leader in line with the implementation of Clause 1 of Article 110 of Iran’s Constitution and after consultation with the Expediency Council.

Producing science, developing innovation and devising theories, upgrading Iran’s global status in science and technology, converting Iran into the scientific and technological hub of the Muslim World, developing basic sciences and fundamental research, gaining access to advanced sciences and technologies through special planning and policy-making, optimizing the performance and structure of Iran’s educational and research system to gain access to the objectives of the country’s 2025 Outlook Plan and scientific flourishing in Iran are among the main topics touched upon in the Leader’s decree.

Other principles specified by the Supreme Leader include: the rule of Islamic tenets, values, ethics and regulations in research, technology and higher education system and materialization of Islamic university, strengthening the national will and increasing social understanding about the importance of scientific and technological development, improving the relation between research, technology and the higher education system with other sectors, Boosting cooperation as well as active, constructive and inspiring interaction in the area of science and technology with other countries as well as accredited scientific and technical regional and international centers, especially those of the Muslim world, and consolidating the country’s independence.

Museum of vintage cars in Tehran (PHOTOS)

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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The museum of vintage cars in a western suburb of Tehran features a collection of exclusive classics.

The following are images by Tasnim News Agency of the museum which opened in 2003:

Iran, China, US likely to cooperate on Arak heavy water reactor: Rouhani

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Emad Askarieh
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Rouhani

President Rouhani announced on Saturday that Iran will improve its Arak heavy water reactor with the cooperation of China and probably the United States.

In his press conference in Tehran, Rouhani hailed Iran’s “good” relations with China, saying that the ties between the two states are progressing forward, and “there are many plans ahead where the Chinese side can participate.”

He made the remarks in reply to a question about Tehran’s ties with China, stressing that a plan to redesign an Iranian nuclear site is one of the fields where the two states can cooperate.

“One of the points agreed upon in JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) was that Arak heavy water reactor could be further modernized,” Rouhani said, referring to the text of a comprehensive nuclear accord reached between Tehran and world powers on July 14.

“This will be done by China and one of the (other) P5+1 member states (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany),” the president said, adding that the other country would probably be the United States.

His remarks came as Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi traveled to China on Thursday to hold talks on China’s technical assistance for redesigning Arak heavy water reactor that Tehran has undertaken to “redesign and rebuild” under a lasting nuclear deal with world powers.

According to JCPOA, “Iran will redesign and rebuild a modernized heavy water research reactor in Arak, based on an agreed conceptual design, using fuel enriched up to 3.67 %, in a form of an international partnership which will certify the final design.”

President Rouhani also voiced Iran’s willingness to have more friendly relations with all of its neighbors including Saudi Arabia, saying that certain problems have hindered the thaw in ties.

One of the results of the recent nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers was the trust created in the leaders of those countries that previously had doubts about Iran’s nuclear intentions, Rouhani said.

Iran seeks improved relations with all of its neighbors including Saudi Arabia, he said, adding that the government has already voiced its readiness to improve ties with Riyadh since he took office.

Unfortunately, certain problems happened, including those in Yemen, which spoiled the good atmosphere, he added.

Rouhani further expressed hope that Saudi officials would prepare the grounds for better ties with Tehran, and stop killing innocent people in Yemen.

Iran eyes Japan help for bullet trains

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Emad Askarieh
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Bullet trains

Iran is interested in the Japanese technology for establishing high-speed rail in order to expand its intercity transportation, a senior official has said.

“A small amount of intercity transportation in Iran is carried out by rail and the government intends to significantly expand it,” Deputy Transportation Minister Valiollah Afkhami-Rad said on Saturday.

“Given Japan’s experience in launching high-speed trains, Tehran is interested in cooperation with Tokyo,” he added.

Japan is known for establishing the first high-speed rail system known as the bullet train or the Shinkansen – an integrated transport system which has been adopted by many countries to connect major cities.

Iran plans to spend $8 billion over the next six years to revamp and expand its railway network, Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade Mohammad Reza Netmatzadeh has said.

There are plans to stretch out the nationwide railroad line to 25,000 km by 2025 from under 15,000 km now.

Much of Iran’s transportation is road-based characterized by high accident rates and death toll.

Iran is a vast country, with an area of more than 1.6 million square km. Its rail network accounts for less than 11% of the overall transportation, in which 33 million people are carried annually in the country of about 80 million.

Afkhami-Rad said Tehran is seeking to expand cooperation with Japan in other fields, including oil, gas and petrochemical refining, shipping and ports facilities, nano- and bio-technologies as well as steel, mining, tourism and automotive industries.

Japan’s State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Daishiro Yamagiwa visited Tehran earlier this month at the head of a delegation representing 21 companies.

The business daily, the Nikkei, said Japan planned to launch talks with Iran toward an investment agreement as Tokyo moves to lift sanctions on Tehran following the conclusion of nuclear talks in July.

Iran, Germany eye closer economic ties

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Emad Askarieh
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Larijani-Germany

Officials from Iran and Germany have expressed hope that the promising prospect of a lasting deal on Tehran’s nuclear program would help the two countries rebuild their economic relations.

In a short stopover in Frankfurt on his way to New York on Saturday, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani had a telephone conversation with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Larijani departed Tehran for the US earlier in the day to attend the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

During the conversation, Larijani hailed Germany for its positive role in the marathon nuclear talks between Iran and 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) that concluded with a 159-page deal.

He also expressed hope that the German officials and companies’ visits to Iran following the conclusion of the nuclear talks would contribute to the expansion of economic relations between Tehran and Berlin.

Steinmeier, for his part, highlighted Iran’s great capacity for economic cooperation, saying the ground is prepared for the enhancement of relations with Tehran in all fields as a result of the nuclear deal.

Iran and 5+1 on July 14 reached a conclusion on a lasting nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after the deal comes into force.

The promising prospect of trade with Iran has prompted many countries to explore the market potential in the populous Middle East nation.

Iconic Iranian vocalist Shajarian hospitalized in Tehran

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Emad Askarieh
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Shajarian

Legendary Iranian vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been hospitalized in Tehran due to a pulmonary disorder.

Iran’s most popular traditional singer is now receiving treatment at Kasra Hospital.

The 75-year-old internationally acclaimed maestro will not be receiving any visitors, his family said, adding that the veteran musician will soon be discharged.

Called the Iranian “greatest living master of traditional Persian music,” Shajarian has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Mozart Medal of UNESCO, and the prestigious Golden Picasso Medal, one of UNESCO’s highest medals, in 1999.

The celebrated singer and composer has also designed and made a number of new string instruments, including Barbod, Kereshmeh, Saboo, Saghar, Sorahi, and Tondar.

JCPOA impacting region, world: Iran official

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Emad Askarieh
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Salehi

The agreement clinched between Iran and six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program has had numerous regional and international impacts, says the country’s nuclear chief.

The agreement has influenced Iran and Western countries as well as the Middle East and the international community, said Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi in an interview with the Chinese Central Television (CCTV).

On July 14, Iran and P5+1– the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – finalized the text of a nuclear agreement dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (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 went on to say that the agreement will bring about changes in political and international domains, and that the situation which existed before the agreement will not resurface.

On the sanctions imposed on Iran, Salehi said the bans put in place following the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran had been ramped up in recent years.

He said the reason was to, in the West’s words, paralyze Iran’s economy. However, he said, even a drop in the value of the Iranian currency failed to affect the nation on the home front.

The ratcheting up of the sanctions only resulted in broader cooperation between Iran and China, Salehi noted.

Tehran and Beijing have had good economic relations over the past decade during which Sino-Iranian trade has crossed the 50 billion dollar mark, said the AEOI chief.

He termed China as Iran’s most important trade partner.

Mentioning that China’s investment in Iran’s infrastructure hovers around $20 billion, Salehi suggested that the figure could rise following the Vienna agreement and that the lifting of sanctions on Iran could  open up more opportunities for the promotion of economic cooperation with Tehran.

Araghchi: Model United Nations can promote better understanding of the organization

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Emad Askarieh
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Araghchi

Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi said that Model United Nations can promote better understanding of the organization.

Addressing a Model UN (MUN) Security Council to consider “the situation in Yemen”, organized jointly by International Studies Journal (ISJ) and United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) at the Tehran Peace Museum on Thursday (August 27), Araghchi said that there are significant misunderstandings about the functions and objectives of the United Nations and its Security Council.

According to a news report by the United Nations Information Center in Tehran, the diplomat said that “For this reason, initiatives such as holding Model United Nations can promote better understanding of the Organization and its Security Council”.

He also expressed hope that, next time, the story surrounding the UNSC Resolution on Iran’s nuclear deal will be examined.

He said that the question of Iran nuclear deal and UNSC Resolution 2231 is unique in the history of the UN.

“I believe there has been no other resolution which has been negotiated word-for-word by the target country, namely Iran,” added Araghchi, who led the Iranian negotiating team with five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany.

Some 53 participants – including university professors, students and researchers as well as seven interns from the UNIC Tehran participated in the one-day simulation on the question of Yemen.

Also addressing the MUN participants, UN Resident Coordinator and UNIC Director a.i. Mr. Gary Lewis said in today’s world many leaders in law, government, business and the arts have – in the past – participated in Model UN as students and this includes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon himself.

Calling the question of Yemen as “challenging, complicated and important”, the UN official said the current state of affairs there – and its immediate impact on our region – is being actively discussed at many forums in the United Nations. So the exercise parallels reality.

He said all of us need to continue to try to find ways to help the people of Yemen. He concluded that the students engaged in the Model UN exercise will have developed skills in three ways.

“First you will have a better understanding of one of the main human security challenges facing our region; second, you will have come to learn more about the procedures and rules of the UN bodies as well as the values of the United Nations; and finally, you will have improved your skills in negotiation, communication and consensus-building,” he said, adding all three, especially the last, will be useful in your future careers, no matter where life leads you.”

Ambassador Bagher Asadi a former career Iranian diplomat and also a member of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s “Panel of Eminent Persons on Civil Society and UN Relationships,” was the President of the MUN Security Council Simulation on Yemen.

IAEA report confirms Iran’s peaceful program: Envoy

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Emad Askarieh
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Najafi-IAEA

Iran’s representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said a recent IAEA report once again confirmed that Iran’s nuclear program is completely under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog and has had no divergence from its peaceful objectives.

On Friday, the IAEA verified that Iran has fulfilled all its commitments regarding its nuclear program.

In the updated report on Iran’s nuclear program, the UN nuclear agency reiterated that Tehran has maintained its level of uranium enrichment, nuclear research and development and other activities in line with its declarations to the UN nuclear watchdog.

The report also covered Iran’s activities before the country reached a comprehensive agreement in nuclear talks with P5+1 in Vienna on July 14.

Under the agreement, Iran has agreed to some restrictions in its nuclear program primarily in return for the removal of sanctions.

The updated IAEA report said, however, that the IAEA has still some reservations about Parchin, a military site located to the southeast of Tehran.

“Since (our) previous report (in May), at a particular location at the Parchin site, the agency has continued to observe, through satellite imagery, the presence of vehicles, equipment, and probable construction materials. In addition, a small extension to an existing building appears to have been constructed,” the report said.

But Iran has repeatedly denied any nuclear activity at Parchin, noting that ‘road construction’ activities have been done at the site.

The IAEA report covers Iran’s nuclear program in the leadup to the historic deal on July 14 and its first steps toward implementing the agreement.

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