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Speaker wants JCPOA be presented to parliament in the form of a bill

Golrokh Askarieh

August 8, 2015

Two weeks ago the Iranian Foreign Ministry delivered the text of the nuclear deal Iran struck with P5+1 in Vienna on July 14 to the Islamic Consultative Assembly so that the Iranian parliament could launch its review of the deal which came on the back of the longest-running diplomatic negotiations of the century.

After the submission of the text, two outspoken Tehran MPs called on the executive branch to present a bill on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and insisted on the chamber’s right to put the deal to a vote.

Following the appeal of the pair, Government Spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said parliament is not supposed to vote on the deal. “All it needs to do is to receive reports on the agreement and signal its concerns – about national interests and the red lines set and instructions issued by the Supreme Leader – to the Supreme National Security Council which will review the deal.”

Later, Director of the Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi also said JCPOA does not need the blessing of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Alef.ir, a news website run by principlist Tehran MP Ahmad Tavakoli, quoted Mohammad Saghaei, a principlist member of parliament, as saying that Speaker Ali Larijani has underlined the need for the government to present a bill to parliament on JCPOA.

He said,” In light of the fact that JCPOA entails certain commitments for Iran, it should be viewed as an agreement. Under the Constitution, it needs the blessing of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. We don’t care what the document is called; what is important is its content. I believe it should be presented to parliament in the form of a bill to be voted on by the chamber.”

The MP further said the Speaker’s view that the deal be presented as a bill seems to be correct.

In conclusion, he said ordinary agreements with other countries, such as ordinary ones covering issues such as transportation cooperation, are all voted on in parliament and failure to send a bill to parliament on a deal between Iran and other governments is unprecedented.

Free flow of information renders fight against corruption genuine

Golrokh Askarieh

August 8, 2015

The minister of culture and Islamic guidance has said that free access to and circulation of information is needed to put up a real fight against corruption, especially on the financial front.

Ali Jannati made the comment in a message he released to mark National Reporters Day (August 8) and added that any Iranian can access all unclassified information. He also said that access to information is people’s right and the government’s duty, adding the eleventh government insists on implementing the Law [on the Free Access to Information].

The following is a translation of part of Jannati’s message to the first conference on reporters, professional needs and social issues as reported by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on August 7:

Professional challenges

At times reporters have to cover overlapping social issues – including judicial and police-related questions as well as the environment, health, education, etc. – for which they need serious studies, information and expertise. These questions on the social front have become a specialized field and media have to come to terms with this field and make planning for it.

Professional ethics

Efforts are needed to boost the ethical code of conduct in the news business, meet the reporters’ professional needs and solve their social issues. Different types of social networking sites, weblogs, microblogs, podcasts, wikis [webopedia] and [online] content-related gatherings have caused rapid changes. Reporters and those involved in the news business can use these media – one way or another – to do a professional job.

Citizen journalists

Social media have enabled a wide range of citizens to collect, filter and circulate information. This means reporters and news media have no exclusive access to news anymore. These pieces of news originate from a community in which journalists and citizens trade information.

In the newly-emerged media community, non-journalists or citizen reporters act as new sources for news organizations. The pace of evolution is strikingly rapid, leaving not enough time [for those in charge] to define the related laws and their annexes, but the news corps can stick to professional ethics and control and regulate such an atmosphere [in which laws have yet to be drafted or enforced].

Professional problems

Print media suffer from job insecurity. As a result, their reporters and journalists face occupational instability as well as insurance and wage issues, and this shatters their calm. This comes as reporters have no support in tackling such problems, like other occupations which have a guild to support them. The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare can play a key role in easing their burden.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 8

Golrokh Askarieh

August 8, 2015

The comments of President Rouhani on journalistic freedom and interaction with the rest of the world and those of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on the nuclear deal dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday.

Ettela’at: “Government has a duty to safeguard journalistic freedom and reporter rights enshrined in the guild charter,” President Rouhani said.

“Reporters serve as the conscience of society as it walks down the path of prosperity and moral high ground,” the president further said in a statement to mark Reporters Day.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on August 8

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 8

Abrar: “The Iran-Germany Joint Economic Commission meets in Tehran for the first time,” said the Iranian ambassador to Berlin.

Afkar: “Termination of sanctions won’t translate into an overnight economic boom,” said the chairman of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.

Aftab-e Yazd: Amano’s anticlimactic move

In the US Congress, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency would not reveal the details of the deal the UN nuclear watchdog has struck with Iran.

Arman-e Emrooz: Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close aide to the former president, has filed a lawsuit against Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi.

Asr-e Iranian: The industry minister has vowed to industrialize the country in a decade.

Asrar: A Japanese economic delegation visits Iran on Saturday.

Asrar: Foreign Minister Zarif has urged the United States to drop “dangerous habits” of the past centuries.

Asrar: “Denying the public the right to choose is a cardinal sin,” said Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Asrar: “We seek interaction with the rest of the world in areas other than the nuclear issue,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Hambastegi: “People won’t be duped by propaganda and unreal figures,” said Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

The chairman of the Expediency Council further said that the national capital should not be wasted on political bickering.

Jomhouri Islami: “Foreign countries have welcomed a $2 billion investment in Iran’s health sector,” Health Minister Hassan Hashemi said.

Kayhan: The government is killing time by providing theatrical answers to technical and legal questions.

[The daily has said that the Rouhani administration has failed to provide any definitive answer to questions of the critics of the nuclear deal.]

Kayhan: The people of Mazandaran have welcomed home the remains of the divers who were killed in the war with Iraq in the 80s.

Khorasan: After the Supreme Court upheld a lower court verdict, the countdown to execution of the “Yellow Wolves” [two thugs who raped several women in Mashhad] has started.

Resalat: “Parliament will review the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action this week,” said Alaeddin Borujerdi, an MP.

Resalat: “The nuclear deal won’t open the floodgates of the Iranian market to foreign products,” vowed the Iranian trade minister.

Shahrvand: “We shouldn’t allow self-censorship to get the better of us,” said the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic.

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on August 8

Golrokh Askarieh

August 8, 2015

♦ “Government has a duty to safeguard journalistic freedom and reporter rights enshrined in the guild charter,” President Rouhani said.

“Reporters serve as the conscience of society as it walks down the path of prosperity and moral high ground,” the president further said in a statement to mark Reporters Day.

♦ Ahmad Masjed Jamei, a member of Tehran City Council, has visited the Press Museum of Ettela’at Institute.

♦ “The uncalculated measures of the US and its allies in the region have resulted in nothing but war,” said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The top diplomat further said that dialogue based on mutual respect can be used as a means to settle made-up crises.

♦ A suicide bombing in Kabul left 15 people dead and 400 others wounded.

In another terrorist attack, a bus carrying Iranian tourists came under fire in Turkey.

The Iranian conductor of the bus and a Turkish soldier were killed in the attack.

♦ “Media should uphold ethics in disseminating information,” said the grandson of the founding father of the Islamic Republic.

“The audacity of reporters should not come at the expense of honesty, civility and respect for ethics,” Seyyed Hassan Khomeini further said.

♦ The death toll from the civil war in Syria hit the 240,000 mark.

The war, which erupted in March 2011, has left an additional 2 million people injured.

♦ IS has mounted a suicide attack on the headquarters of the Saudi Special Forces in the border town of Abha, killing 17 and wounding 20 others.

Meanwhile a spokesman for the Yemeni army said that mercenaries of the former president would be massacred if they closed in on Sana’a.

Mystery cemetery in northern Iran (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh

August 8, 2015

There is a famous village in the northernmost part of Iran which is known for its mystery cemetery.

Sepid [White] Cemetery located in Galugah, a small town in Mazandaran Province, is said to be the first Muslim cemetery in Iran. Almost everyone in the village has heard mysteries about the graveyard.

Locals believe that the white soil of the cemetery does not let corpses decompose; they even believe that the sins of those buried in the graveyard are completely forgiven.

The wonders of the cemetery and beliefs of villagers in supernatural powers of the place have attracted many from far-off and nearby villages to vie for a grave in the cemetery for their deceased.

Another distinctive feature of the cemetery is its vertical grave stones which are engraved with images of the tools that the dead used in their professions when they were alive.

To let visitors know the gender of those buried, there are special symbols which add beauty to the look of the graveyard.

The famous cemetery is growing by the day, swallowing the nearby land to secure more space for the dead.

Snapshots of the cemetery posted online by the Young Journalists Club:

Iran’s Tasisat Daryaei wins AFC Futsal Club Championship

Golrokh Askarieh

August 7, 2015

Tasisat Daryaei from Iran claimed the title of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship on Friday.

Tasisat defeated Kuwait’s Qadsia 5-4 at the Nagshe Jahan Stadium in Isfahan to become the first Iranian club since 2012 to win the AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Asghar Hassanzadeh scored twice and there were single goals from Ghodrat Bahadori, Reza Sangsefidi and Vahid Shamsaee as the Iranian side claimed the title.

Hamad Hayat and Abdulrahman Alwadi, also with a brace, were on target for the Kuwaiti club while Abdulrahman Altawail’s late goal made for a nervous finish for the home team.

President Rouhani, Foreign Ministry offer felicitations on Reporter’s Day

Golrokh Askarieh

August 7, 2015

President Rouhani issued a statement on Friday offering congratulations on National Reporter’s Day.

Underlining the role of reporters in conveying the realities to the people, the president described reporters as ‘the living conscience and awake eyes’ of society on the path to growth and prosperity.

The president said that responsible reporters are actually dependable and friendly advisers to senior officials and executives of the country.

Rouhani called on the Ministry of Culture and the Islamic Guidance and the Ministry of Labor, Social Welfare and Cooperatives to support reporters and pledge to remove their financial difficulties and give them more professional freedom.

In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement and offered felicitations on National Reporter’s Day.

National Reporter’s Day marks the martyrdom of IRNA correspondent in Afghanistan Mahmoud Saremi 17 years ago in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

In its statement, the Foreign Ministry appreciated efforts by Iranian media for satisfactory coverage of nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers.

Highlighting the role of the media in raising public awareness, the statement hailed the non-stop efforts of all reporters, particularly those active in the area related to the Foreign Ministry.

The statement wished success and prosperity for all those engaged in this ‘sensitive and difficult job’.

Gunmen attack checkpoint in Marivan, no one hurt

Golrokh Askarieh

August 7, 2015

The deputy governor-general of the western province of Kurdistan said on Friday that counter-revolutionary elements launched a ‘childish attack’ on a checkpoint in Marivan last night in a desperate attempt to jeopardize the provincial security. No one was hurt.

Alireza Ashenagar, who visited the scene of the attack, told IRNA that that the attack had left no casualties.

‘Fortunately, thanks to the vigilance of security forces and the personnel of the checkpoint, the counter-revolutionary elements gained nothing and fled the scene immediately,’ Ashenagar said.

No one was hurt in the attack and only minor financial damage was inflicted on the checkpoint, he said.

Iran renews support for Iraq’s territorial integrity

Golrokh Askarieh

August 7, 2015

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian once again voiced Tehran’s support for peace, stability and the territorial integrity of Iraq.

“Iran reiterates the need for Iraq’s solidarity and territorial integrity as well as political partnership of all tribes of the country in accordance with Iraq’s constitution,” Amir Abdollahian said in a meeting with an Iraqi Kurdistan Region delegation in Tehran on Friday.

He pointed to Iran’s support for the axis of resistance, and stressed that the campaign against terrorism is one of Iran’s irrevocable foreign policy principles.

In May, Deputy Head of Iraq’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Barham Salih in a meeting with Amir Abdollahian in Tehran appreciated Iran’s effective support for Iraq under difficult conditions, especially in the campaign against Takfiri terrorists.

“I appreciate the Islamic Republic of Iran’s support for the Iraqi nation, especially the country’s Kurdish people under the difficult epoch-making conditions,” Salih, a former prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Region, said.

Salih said that radicalism is a threat to the entire region and the regional countries should boost their cooperation to confront extremists.

The Iranian deputy foreign minister, for his part, appreciated Salih’s constructive role in Iraq’s new developments, and underlined the need for boosting national unity in Iraq through the balanced participation of all tribes in the Arab country’s political structure.

Amir Abdollahian pointed to Iraq’s regional status, and said that consolidation of stability and security in Iraq is a prelude to regional security.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its effective and constructive role in supporting

US, West bid to satisfy Zionists to no avail: Iran cleric

Golrokh Askarieh

August 7, 2015

A senior Iranian cleric says the United States will definitely fail to change the hostile attitude of the Israeli regime toward the recent breakthrough in the nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1.

Tehran interim Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said in a sermon to worshipers that the US and the Western states cannot make Israel satisfied with the successful outcome of the nuclear negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program as the real intention of the Zionist regime is to wipe out all nations in the world.

“You want to satisfy the leaders of the Zionist regime with the recent negotiations and agreements with Iran, but be sure that they won’t be satisfied, because they want to destroy all nations in the world, because they want their hands stained with the blood of all nations,” he said addressing the US and its Western allies.

The senior cleric rejected the West’s claims that the pressure of sanctions brought Iran to the negotiating table, saying that the only way to answer such rantings would be the realization of the resistance-based economy as outlined by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Tehran and P5+1 – the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany – finalized the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) over the Iranian nuclear program on July 14.

Tel Aviv has been the main critical voice against the breakthrough in the talks between Iran and the six world powers. The regime has long been engaged in heavy lobbying to hamper the diplomatic efforts aimed at closing the Iranian nuclear dossier.

Ayatollah Emami Kashani further rejected as “mere lies” Western allegations that Iran pursues a non-civilian nuclear program and backs terrorism, adding that it is the Westerners who are the real supporters of terrorism.

“It is you (Westerners) who train terrorists, it is you who export terrorism,” said the senior cleric, holding the West to task for supporting the criminal Zionist and Saudi regimes.

“The evil Saudi regime, the Zionist regime, and the deviant ISIL group are three evil sides which are all alike and in collusion.”