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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

The wait for the announcement of a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 and the comments of the judiciary spokesman about a number of corruption and security cases dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday.

Ettela’at: The world is anxiously waiting for the grand deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that he and his team would strive for as long as it takes [to clinch a deal].

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on July 14

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Abrar: In Turkey, the split between President Erdogan and his predecessor Abdullah Gul has bubbled up.

Abrar: [Veteran actor] Rasool Najafian has called on authorities to give leeway to artists on social networking platforms.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Afarinesh: “Three people have been arrested in connection with the sale of the old airport on the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm,” said the judiciary spokesman.

Afarinesh: Water is being shipped to as many as 7 million villagers on board tankers.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Aftab-e Yazd: A modern-day Amir Kabir

The daily has likened Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Amir Kabir, the chief minister of Naser al-Din Shah and one of the most prominent reformist modernizers of the country in the 1800s.

The daily has also hailed today as a historic Tuesday and published the viewpoints of cultural, political, and social figures about a post-sanctions Iran.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Arman-e Emrooz: A nuclear present is on its way

A memento of interaction and wisdom in the hands of Foreign Minister Zarif

Neither extension, nor a halt; only a deal

Arman-e Emrooz: Former Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmadi Moghaddam has said that he will appear before court as a witness.

It came after a court hearing the case of Ruholamini [who was killed in Kahrizak following the 2009 presidential elections] summoned the former police commander.

Arman-e Emrooz: “A nuclear deal will toll the political death knell for hardliners,” said Sadegh Zibakalam, a political analyst.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Asrar: “The individuals MPs proposed to take over as Fars provincial governor lacked the necessary credentials,” said the interior minister.

He also said his ministry has ordered the provincial governorates and law enforcement to set the stage for public participation in nuclear festivities.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Etemad: After the deal, the ban on sales of aircraft to Iran will be lifted and Iran can export rugs and foodstuff to the United States.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Hambastegi: “Some are closing their eyes [to realities] and blurting out anything that comes out of their mouths,” said chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Iran: One final step in a 12-year dispute

The press and diplomats are eagerly waiting for news of a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Jomhouri Islami: “Interaction with parliament does not mean that MPs can impose their will when it comes to naming a new governor,” said the interior minister.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Kayhan: “The US has to pay $50 billion in compensation to Iranians,” said the judiciary spokesman.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Qods: Five seditionists [a reference to those who incited riots following the 2009 presidential elections] have been sentenced to jail terms, said the judiciary spokesman.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Roozan: “Saeed Jalili was at the center of the split between Ahmadinejad and [his foreign minister] Mottaki,” said Abdolreza Davari, a close associate of the former president.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Shahrvand: Nuclear talks have given the stock market a shot in the arm.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on July 14

 

 

Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on July 14

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Ettelaat-July14

♦ The world is anxiously waiting for the grand deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that he and his team would strive for as long as it takes [to clinch a deal].

♦ Sources of emulation have announced how much each Muslim should donate to the poor to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

♦ Up to 200 IS terrorists were killed in a Syrian airstrike on Raqqah.

In the air raid, the building of the Faculty of Science, which had turned into the headquarters of the terrorist grouping, was demolished.

♦ “Flimsy excuses should not be cause for depriving society of the capabilities of women,” President Rouhani said.

He went on to say that commitment to hijab and chastity does not come under the gun.

“We need to take steps toward creating equal opportunities [for men and women] in the country,” the president further said.

♦ “We need to make up for the blow the country’s development drive suffered in the past decade,” said the director of the Management and Planning Organization.

“We need to make efforts to improve the regional status of the country during the Sixth Development Plan,” Mohammad Bagher Nobakht further said.

♦ Terrorist attacks in Baghdad have left 35 people dead and 100 others wounded.

It came as a massive operation involving the Iraqi Army and popular forces to liberate Al-Anbar Province got underway.

♦ Fourteen attorneys and judiciary staff members who have acted in violation of rules and regulations have been arrested.

The judiciary spokesman further said that the case involving the missing oil derrick is still under investigation and has resulted in one arrest.

Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei added the judiciary supports local and foreign investors.

Tabriz University professor wins UN religious tourism tender

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Emad Askarieh
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Mashhad

Professor Dr. Rahim Heidari, from Faculty of Geography and Urban Planning of the University of Tabriz won international religious tourism tender of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), becoming Iranian contractor of the global project.

The Public Relations Office of the University of Tabriz said on Monday that the Iranian professor’s winner proposal is titled ‘The Role of Islamic Culture and Monuments in Asian Tourism Markets’ which is scheduled to be implemented by UNWTO which is based in Madrid, Spain.

According to UNWTO, more than one-third of the world tourists (330 million) are religious tourists.

In its bid to expand religious tourism UNWTO intends to survey and analyze the current market of the world religious tourism markets and has chosen Iran as one of the largest and most important ones, in the framework of a comprehensive international study.

Despite Iran’s unique tourism potential among the world countries, Iran ranks 128th among 181 countries of the world.

Iran has no plan to offer discounts on gas exports to Turkey

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Golrokh Askarieh
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The deputy director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has rejected reports that Iran has agreed to sell natural gas to a Turkish corporation at a discount, arguing that the price of the gas Iran exports is reasonable.

Azizollah Ramezani made the comment on Monday about reports on Iran’s gas sales to BOTAS, a state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company in Turkey.

The following is the translation of part of a report by Mehr News Agency on July 13 on the controversy over a gas deal between Tehran and Ankara:

After Iran’s victory in a gas price dispute which was taken to international arbitration, there are still twists and turns between the two countries for fixing a reasonable price tag for natural gas. [Iran and Turkey referred their row over the price of Iran’s gas exports to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2014].

Even after its victory in the first international arbitration, Iran has emphasized that the Turks will not reach their intended result even after the decision of the second arbitration has been released.

Officials with the NIGC have shown reaction to Iran’s agreement with BOTAS to decrease the price of exported gas to Turkey, with Ramezani saying that Iran has reached no agreement with the Turkish company on gas prices so far.

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Since Iran’s gas is sold to BOTAS at a fair and conventional price, there is no need for us to further cut the price, he said.

History of gas arbitration between Iran and Turkey

Two years ago, the Turkish government filed a lawsuit against Iran with the arbitration tribunal at The Hague, accusing Iran of shortchanging and selling its natural gas at high prices.

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The international tribunal rejected Turkish charges of shortchanging or what Ankara called the incomplete delivery of gas by Iran.

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This comes as Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the NIGC Hamidreza Araghi has said that the ICC will hand down its ruling on the gas price case by October 22, adding Turkey’s gas complaint will not affect the process and volume of Iran’s natural gas exports to Turkey.

Under a take-or-pay clause in Iran-Turkey gas agreement, Turkey has to fully pay off its gas debts if it fails to receive up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas from Iran on an annual basis thanks to technical and operational problems or because its stockpiles are filled to capacity.

In other words, under a 25-year-old gas deal between Tehran and Ankara, the National Iranian Gas Company should supply Turkey’s BOTAS with an annual 10 billion cubic meters of gas. If either side causes a halt to the delivery or receipt of gas on any ground, they have to pay compensations.

Under this clause, a $600m fine was imposed on BOTAS in 2009 for its failure to receive gas from Iran (Turkey received about 6.8 billion cubic meters of gas instead of the original 10 billion).

During their talks with Iranian officials, BOTAS officials focused on the removal of the take-or-pay clause from the gas deal instead of the high price of Iran’s gas exports, but Iran’s oil officials did not accept to take this clause off the agreement.

President Rouhani says nuclear deal heralds new beginning

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Emad Askarieh
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President Rouhani-1

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in his latest Tweet said a nuclear deal between his country and the six world powers would serve as a new beginning.

The President sent the message as Iran and P5+1are in the final hours of their marathon talks in Vienna to finalize a deal to end the 13-year-long nuclear standoff between Tehran and the West.

President Rouhani said in his Tweet that an Iran deal would mean the “victory of diplomacy and mutual respect over outdated paradigm of exclusion and coercion. And this will be a good beginning”.

Separately, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also said on his Twitter account that “If #theIranDeal reached, the triumph of diplomacy means we all will have won when we all could have lost. Plain and simple; no spin needed”.

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Top officials continue talks for announcement on nuclear agreement before noon

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Emad Askarieh
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Zarif Faryad

Marathon nuclear talks continue between Iran and P5+1 as there are reports about an announcement on the conclusion of the talks before noon Vienna time.

According to unconfirmed reports, the agreement will be announced following a plenary meeting between the two sides, scheduled to be held at 10:30 a.m. local time (0830 GMT, 1:00 Tehran time) Tuesday at the Vienna International Center, which hosts the United Nations Office in Vienna.

“Approval of the document will take place at 10:30 a.m. at Vienna International Center ” Sputnik quoted an unnamed source as saying.

Earlier reports had quoted some diplomats familiar with the talks as saying that the Iranian and P5+1 foreign ministers were to travel to the main offices of the UN in Vienna to announce the conclusion of the talks before noon in the Austrian capital.

One of the diplomats had said the reason for the early announcement was that some of the top officials taking part in the talks need to leave Austria’s capital in the morning.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini held a meeting in Vienna’s Palais Coburg Hotel late on Monday as Iranian deputy FMs Majid Takht-e Ravanchi and Abbas Araghchi were in other meetings with their US and EU counterparts.

Later through the night, Zarif held other meetings with UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Kerry, and P5+1 negotiators held a ministerial coordination meeting.

After missing several deadlines, foreign ministers from P5+1, which comprises the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China – plus Germany, and Iran are making last-ditch efforts in the Austrian capital to arrive at a conclusion over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran signs $2.3 billion gas pipeline plan

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iranian companies signed a $2.3 billion agreement on Monday to build 1,300 kilometers of pipeline which the country sees as its most important conduit for future gas exports to Europe.

The Iran Gas Trunkline-6 (IGAT-6), with the throughput from the massive South Pars field, will boost Iran’s exports through neighboring Iraq.

Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC) and Pasargad Energy Development Company signed a BOT (build-operate-transfer) contract under which the project owner will provide 25 percent of finance, with the National Development Fund of Iran accounting for the rest.

The repayment will come from gas exports to Iraq, the Iraqi Kurdistan region and Turkey, the Mehr news agency reported.

The contract includes laying 590 kilometers of pipeline to the border with Iraq in addition to five gas compressor stations in two years.

According to Mehr, the construction of a 611 kilometers pipeline between Assaluyeh and Ahvaz is already complete.

IGEDC Chief Executive Alireza Gharibi said Iran’s gas exports to Iraq are planned to go through two lines to Baghdad and Basra near the border.

For Baghdad, a 42-inch pipeline stretches from Assaluyeh to Naftshahr on the border with Iraq.

In Iraq, the 120-km pipeline passes through the volatile Diyala province to feed a power station there before branching into two lines to supply two more plants in Baghdad.

Plans for exports were pushed back again last month over concerns about the security of the pipeline, the Fars news agency said.

Iran is expected to initially deliver 4 million cubic meters of gas per day (mcm/d) before raising it to 35 mcm/d later to feed three electricity generation plants in Iraq.

Gharibi said final tests of the pipeline are underway and the gas flow is expected to begin the next month.

The agreement for exports of the Iranian gas to Basra is also expected to be finalized in the future, he added.

Iranian minister urges enhanced cultural ties with Algeria

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Golrokh Askarieh
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Iran’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati on Monday underscored the expansion of cultural interactions between Tehran and Algiers in different areas.

In a meeting with Algerian Ambassador to Iran Ahriz Abdelmoun’aam, Jannati referred to a cultural agreement made in the past between the two countries and called for further cultural exchanges.

“The cultural capacities of the two countries should always be tapped for the expansion of cooperation,” he said, adding that Iran and Algeria can hold “cultural weeks” to help their nations get more familiar with the traditions of the other side.

Jannati also stressed the necessity for attending international book fairs in both countries and exchanging artists in different fields such as music, painting, and cinema.

He also hailed the long history of friendly relations between Iran and Algeria, saying, “The two countries have always had good ties and cooperation in international and regional bodies including OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation), UNESCO, and ISESCO.”

The meeting came one month after Iranian Ambassador to Algeria Reza Ameri and Algerian Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi called for enhanced cultural relations between the two countries.

Mihoubi said at the time that his country attaches special significance to relations with Iran, and called for further cooperation between the two countries on cinema and repairing and preserving artistic works and manuscripts in Algeria, some of which are in Persian language.

Another hearing held for Washington Post reporter

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Emad Askarieh
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Jason Rezaian

A third hearing has been held for The Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian, who is facing espionage and security charges.

The in-camera session was held on Monday at Division 15 of Tehran Revolution Court.

The 39-year-old is facing charges of “espionage, collaboration with hostile governments, gathering classified information and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic,” according to his lawyer Leila Ahsan.

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Rezaian has been The Post’s correspondent in Tehran since 2012.

He was arrested together with his wife Yeganeh Salehi, an Iranian citizen, also a journalist, and a female press photographer. The other two were released on bail in October 2014.

Economy chief orders measures to accelerate capital inflow, privatization

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Emad Askarieh
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Ali Tayyebnia

Minister of Economy and Financial Affairs Ali Tayyebnia has called on the head of the Securities and Exchange Organization to form a joint workgroup to speed up the influx of foreign capital. The minister has also ordered the Iranian Privatization Organization to make an urgent decision about the so-called Justice Shares [distributed among lower and working class Iranians under Ahmadinejad].

What comes next is the translation of part of the report Alef.ir posted online on July 13 on the economy minister’s orders:

 

Inflow of foreign capital through stock exchange

In a letter to the head of the Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO), the economy minister ordered the organization to give priority to measures to expand the stock exchange and said that the capital market should be as instrumental as the banking system in financing the country’s projects.

The economy chief underlined the significance of measures to familiarize state managers with capital market conditions, and said formation of a joint workgroup by the SEO and the Organization for Economic Investment and Technical Assistance to attract foreign money to the capital market as well as to the mercantile and energy exchanges should be on the future agenda of the organization.

The minister added that the Securities and Exchange Organization should play a more active role in propping up the financial management industry, so that those with less experience in the capital market can be offered a wide range of investment choices by professional financial institutions.

 

Challenges

Attraction of foreign capital seems to be the cornerstone of the minister’s order. The strategy has been put on fast track as nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 near an end. The Tehran Stock Exchange, however, seems to be wrestling with grave problems to attract foreign capital.

The absence of accurate and detailed information about Iranian firms and how Iran’s capital market functions, on the one hand, and laws regulating the presence of foreign investors in Iran’s economy which according to experts are far from competitive on the other have created a serious challenge for the presence of foreign investors in Iran.

An initiative aimed at setting up a special international economic center to ease the influx of foreign capital has stalled for seven years and the Ministry of Economy has practically done nothing to implement it.

 

Justice Shares should be given priority; Privatization Org. should be transformed

In his letter to the head of the Privatization Organization, Tayyebnia said, “Aside from following up the ratification of the Justice Shares Bill, the organization is required to set the stage for its implementation as one of the eight major key projects of the ministry.”

The economy minister stressed that the organization should fulfill all objectives envisaged in the general polices of Article 44 [which deals with privatization of state companies], and said, “The flaws of the privatization drive should be identified and then a policy package to close the gaps between what is being done and what is stipulated as objectives of Article 44 should be prepared.

With the privatization of state companies nearing completion, a plan to transform the Privatization Organization should be crafted.”

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