Iranian newspaper front pages were dominated on Sunday by speculations on whether the Islamic Consultative Assembly will endorse President Rouhani’s fourth nominee to take over the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Another pervasive front-page headline was the confirmation by the Supreme Court of a lower court verdict barring Saeed Mortazavi, a former Tehran prosecutor, from the bench for life and from public office for five years.
Afkar: The Middle East’s largest gold factory has been inaugurated in northwestern Iran.
Asr-e Eghtesad: “Iran is 17th in the world when it comes to tourist security,” said the director of the Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization.
Asr-e Iranian: Some 100 MPs have signed a petition to question Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on parliament floor.
Asrar: “The government [of President Rouhani] will not change its nominee for minister of science,” said the president’s deputy.
Asrar: “I hope the culture minister does not give in to pressures when it comes to defending press freedom,” said Rasoul Montajabnia, a reformist activist.
Ebtekar: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again been summoned to appear before parliament.
Ebtekar: Pressure is building on President Rouhani to change his pick for the science ministry. Jafar Nili-Monfared, the deputy science minister and Saeed Semnanian, an advisor to the minister, have both resigned their posts amid a showdown between the Cabinet and parliament on who will take over the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Emtiaz: “Iran has the tools to minimize the damage caused by a slump in oil prices,” said Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.
Esfahan Emrooz: “Officials have discovered some leads based on victim accounts about acid attacks in Isfahan,” said an MP representing the central city where the attacks took place.
Etemad: “Some members of parliament desire to become minister of science,” said Ali Motahari, a Tehran MP, in an interview with the daily.
Etemad: Iran Air, Iran’s flagship carrier, says it has built on the Geneva Interim Agreement between Iran and P5+1 to purchase spare parts from Boeing.
Ettela’at: Fierce clashes have broken out between the Palestinians and the Israeli police in the West Bank and Quds.
Farhikhtegan: “Iran’s oil revenues have plummeted to $26 billion from a previous $110 billion,” said Government Spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht.
Financial Tribune: Gasoline imports halved on lower consumption.
Hambastegi: “A draft bill on parties has been submitted to the government,” said Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
Hambastegi: “Proper management is needed to promote the public culture,” said Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati.
Hambastegi: “The reform camp is moving according to the law and in line with Islam and Iran’s interests,” said Hadi Khamenei, a reformist cleric.
Hamshahri: Renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi is to head the jury of the upcoming Fajr International Film Festival.
Hemayat: “The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Saeed Mortazavi [a former Tehran prosecutor],” said a deputy Judiciary chief, confirming that the former Tehran prosecutor will be banned from judicial positions for ever. Other reports also indicate that he will be barred from all government portfolios for five years.
Hosban: A historical gate dating back to the Achaemenian era has been discovered 3 km away from Takht-e Jamshid (a.k.a. Persepolis) in southern Iran.
Iran: Global leaders meet in a tense atmosphere for the annual G20 summit in Australia.
Iran Daily: IAEA removes UAE’s fake Iran map.
Jamejam: Air pollution has made a comeback to metropolises.
Jomhouri Islami: “The government will draw up the country’s spending package for next year (starting March 21, 2015) based on an oil price of $70-80 per barrel,” said the vice-president for planning affairs.
Kaenat: Efforts are underway to implement the National Document on Senior Citizens.
Kaenat: Access to Viber and Instagram will not be banned.
Kar va Kargar: “More time is needed [for Iran and P5+1] to reach a final nuclear agreement,” said the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Kasbokar: Truck transit is cut in half between Iran and Turkey following a rise in tariffs.
Kayhan: Iran and China have concluded a major economic and industrial deal, the Iranian Energy Ministry announced.
Khorasan: Iran and China have inked a $50-billion agreement.
Mardomsalari: “Gastric cancer is the number one killer cancer in Iran,” said the health minister, offering condolences on the death of pop singer Morteza Pashaei [who died on Friday at the age of 30].
Payam-e Zaman: “Efforts should be made to set balanced prices for oil,” said President Rouhani in a meeting with the Venezuelan foreign minister.
Payam-e Zaman: “We will offer a clear report on recent acid attacks to people,” the interior minister told reporters.
Resalat: “Political bickering counters production and justice,” said Ahmad Tavakoli, a Tehran MP.
Resalat: The Iraqi Army and people are getting prepared to liberate Tikrit in northern Iraq. It comes as reports indicate that ISIL terrorists have lost ground in Baiji.
Roozan: “Efforts to dispute the nuclear talks [between Iran and P5+1] run counter to the policies of the establishment,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi.
Sepid reported that the country’s complementary insurance companies have lent overwhelming support to the [government’s] Healthcare Transformation Plan.
Shahrvand: A deputy foreign minister has warned Iranian nationals that they risk death by trying to illegally find their way to Australia.
Sharq: The chairman of the Iranian National Olympic Committee has said in an exclusive that in some sports women’s presence in arenas is acceptable.
Taadol: “The Supreme National Security Council makes the final decision on a final nuclear deal,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi, in response to calls by some MPs that any possible deal should secure parliament’s approval.
Tafahom: Record stagnation in ten years has hit the Iranian car market.
Tejarat: Interest rates might change in the next six months.
Vatan-e Emrooz: Some Iranian MPs say the parliament should confirm the final nuclear agreement between Iran and P5+1.
An Iranian vice-president said the country treats people of different religions with respect.
“In Iran, the rights of all religions are held in high regard,” Vice-President for Legal Affairs Elham Aminzadeh said in a meeting with Meng Jianzhu, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, held in Tehran on Saturday.
She also noted that the prevailing spirit in Iran is rejection of extremism and violence, making a reference to the Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s proposal for the fights against those threats in the world.
On December 18, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to approve Rouhani’s WAVE (World against Violence and Extremism) proposal, which calls on all nations across the globe to denounce violence and extremism.
Back on Friday, Armenia’s ambassador to Tehran also dismissed Western media outlets’ propaganda on alleged discrimination against religious minorities in Iran, and hailed the Islamic Republic for creating ideal conditions for Armenian Christians.
“The Armenians residing in Iran are offered tremendous possibilities for maintaining their national identity,” Grigor Arakelian said, noting, “Presence of two (Armenian) legislators in the Iranian parliament signifies that Armenians enjoy really good conditions in Iran and get great respect from the Muslim brothers.”
Iran has inaugurated the Middle East’s biggest gold-processing plant that will double the country’s annual production of gold bullion in the near future.
The Zarshouran plant, located in West Azerbaijan Province in northwest of the country, was inaugurated by First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday.
With the completion of the first phase of the plant, Iran is expected to produce an estimated three tons of pure gold, 1.25 tons of silver and 500 kilograms of mercury in the future.
After undergoing development, the plant will bring the country’s annual production of pure gold to six tons. The new processing facility will also produce an estimated 2.5 tons of silver and 1.5 tons of mercury per year in the near future.
The plant is fed by a nearby gold mine, situated some 35 kilometers from the city of Takab and is estimated to hold over 100 tons of gold.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the need for stability in global oil prices, warning against consequences of sharp price fluctuations on world’s economy.
“Market turmoil and sharp rises or falls in oil prices will affect the stability of global economy; therefore, efforts should be made for oil to have a balanced price,” Rouhani said in a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez in Tehran on Saturday.
He also underlined the need for mutual consultation on major global economic issues, including oil price instability.
Rouhani’s remarks come as the 166th ministerial meeting of OPEC is scheduled to be held in Vienna on November 27 to discuss sharp reduction in oil prices.
Oil prices have plunged in Asia, with analysts laying the blame on the rise in the value of the US dollar and the improbability that the intergovernmental OPEC body cuts crude output.
Iran’s Health Ministry has voiced readiness to provide Afghan refugees, who live in Iran, with healthcare services in cooperation with national and international institutions, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on November 15.
In a meeting at the Presidential Office, officials from the Ministry of Health, Foreign Ministry, Planning and Budget Organization, Iran Health Insurance Organization, Red Crescent Society and the Presidential Office itself compared notes on how healthcare services can be offered to Afghan immigrants and refugees.
Political instability and security woes gripping Afghanistan, over the past decades, turned Iran into one of the countries that house the largest number of refugees. The failure of the international community to maintain and shore up peace and sustainable security is one of the core reasons behind a rise in migration and subsequent failure of migrants to return to Afghanistan.
Given the sporadic distribution of Afghan immigrants and refugees in different urban and rural areas of Iran, one of the gravest challenges they face is the lack of access to proper healthcare services. Such an issue also poses a serious threat to the country’s health system and can leave a vacuum in the national health system when it comes to prevention and control of contagious diseases.
At the meeting, the vulnerability of refugees, inefficiency of complementary insurances and the need for prevention of any disruption to the national health system were discussed. Also, ways of keeping contagious diseases away from Iran’s borders, identifying and treating those suffering from refractory diseases and providing basic healthcare packages for refugees, immigrants and those who legally cross the Iran-Afghanistan border came up for discussion.
It was decided that in line with its objective and commitment to implement the National Health Transformation Plan, the Health Ministry tap into national and international resources to create basic healthcare packages for Afghan nationals.
Zanan-e Emrooz (Today’s Women) magazine in its 5th issue in October carried a first-person narrative by Iranian filmmaker Marjan Riahi about her visit to Mexico City. What follows is the translation of the account in its entirety:
Everything started with an email, going ‘Congratulations! Your movie, The Iranian Ninja, has been admitted to the competition section of Guanajuato International Film Festival’. It is an email welcomed by every filmmaker around the world, from the most professional to the very amateurish who is blown away at the sight of it. It instills a sense of confidence and recognition in filmmakers. Anyone who claims that the admission email fails to impress them is either displaying false modesty or telling an outright lie!
Of all small and large global film festivals, when your 30-minute documentary is admitted to one – unknown in Iran – the important matter is not just presence in a festival whose selected films will gain direct entry to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) or whose chosen film will appear on the preliminary list of the Academy Awards. Rather, what is of great significance is that you will be the first Iranian to explore a festival which has never played host to an Iranian and is held in a country which used to be home to Mayas.
How did the journey begin?
Before I set out for Guanajuato, I had to make a trip to South Korea to head the jury at the Asian film section of the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Since there was a short interval between the two festivals, after 18 hours on the plane I finally arrived in Tehran from Puchon, but I had to leave Tehran again for Mexico City in eight hours, a journey which would last as long as 24 hours considering the layover in Frankfurt. In fact, after 50-hour missing out on sleep, I got to the other half of the world. When I got out of the plane in Mexico City, my blood pressure stood at 70 mmHg. Not feeling well, I stood in a long line to have my passport controlled. A very polite airport official approached me to check my passport. After scanning it, the official asked me to go to Booth 9.
Iranian Ninja Movie – by: Marjan Riahi
Having stood for half an hour in the line for Booth 9, it was finally my turn and the officer in charge of checking visas said something in Spanish waving his hand to let me know to follow him. We went through a narrow corridor and left behind some rooms and finally got to a room where a few girls were sitting and crying. I asked them what had happened and one of them said “They deport Iranians”.
At last, it was my turn. In a white room, I was questioned in Spanish by two officers in black suits. I was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room to answer their questions.
– Why did you come here?
I produced the invitation sent by festival officials.
– That’s not a compelling reason. Are you going to go to America?
– I would if my film was submitted [to an American film festival] and the festival picked up the bill for my travel costs, but now I am here to take part in the Mexican festival.
– It’s everyone’s dream to move to America.
– But I have more important ambitions. I feel comfortable in my country and I have no intention of migrating. As a matter of fact, I love my country.
– You seem to be too boastful of yourself and your country!
– Yes, I am. Do you have a problem with it?!
– Welcome to Mexico!
After three hours of interrogation, I was warmly greeted by a group sent by the festival. They apologized profusely to me for the behavior of the visa officer, promising that we would shortly get to San Miguel and have a rest. They also made another apology for not being able to accompany me and sending me there alone in a van. The last apology was for the fact that the driver could not speak English!
When we were on the potholed road to San Miguel in utter darkness and complete silence, I thought about not taking a trip to the north of Iran for ages because of my dislike for overland journeys, not knowing that one day, I would be forced to travel in a van, which was more like a roller coaster, for five hours after missing out 53 hours on sleep to get to a city where the festival was scheduled to be held!
Finally after 58 hours, I arrived in a city which was the hub of history and a piece of heaven! When the van was going through the passages of the city, I thought that amount of beauty could not be real. It could be the set of a film studio!
When a team on behalf of the festival came to greet me there and gladly asked me if I cared to take part in a gathering that evening, the half awake and utterly exhausted of me opted for a rest in a hotel. It was then that I was told there would be no hotel. They showed a 16-year-old girl to me, a volunteer who helped them with coordination of the festival. They told me that the girl’s grandmother was going to put me upduring my stay there. In fact, everyone invited to the festival was expected to be accommodated in the houses of locals.
Grandmother’s place
When the door opened, I looked in awe at the taste in furnishings and the beauty of flowers and plants there! The grandma greeted me with the kindness typical of Latin Americans and I slept like a log on the nice bed in her house until morning.
I woke up in heaven the next morning. When the grandma was preparing omelet and coffee with freshly-baked bread for me, I was thinking to myself that it was worth the long-haul trip from Puchon to Guanajuato, telling myself that even if I had to stay in this beautiful kitchen for the rest of my trip and eat home-made bread and omelet, I would be one of the happiest women in the world!
The grandma did not speak English and only knew a few words. However, the bond formed between us was so strong that we interacted for hours without understanding each other’s languages. She roasted pumpkin seeds for me and I offered her Sohan [a traditional Iranian saffron brittle toffee]. Her daughter, who was a baker, sent us sweets and freshly-baked bread as gifts.
At night, when I had difficulty sleeping, she insisted that I drink herbal tea. She was worried about the dark circles around my eyes and about her stubborn granddaughter who did unpaid work for the festival rather than helping her mother with running the bakery.
One night she asked, “Given that you are a filmmaker and spend your time from dusk to dawnin front of the computer screen, are you rich?” Before I uttered a word, she called out to her granddaughter who turned up in the kitchen in astonishment. The grandma pointed to me and said, “Look at her! Look well, she works allnight and has developed dark circles around her eyes, yet she does not make much money! Do you want to end up like her? Is that what you want?!”
And now the festival
Well, as the first Iranian who took part in Guanajuato International Film Festival, I must say it was a magnificent festival with good international status. This year, the festival was intended to pay tribute to Polish filmmakers, and to that end prominent figures of the Polish silver screen were invited to screen their films.
Next year, the festival will have its focus on Turkish cinema. One of the unusual features of the festival was that every filmmaker had to pay a daily visit to the festival’s palace to find out about the timetable of each day; there was no schedule in print.
There was a long distance between where I was staying and the festival’s palace which I travelled back and forth by either taxi or bus. More interesting was the addresses of the places; festival programs were usually held in an institute or a university every night. We were often told to go to that street or to that building and we would see the festival’s organizers at the entrance!
There was no exact postal address and everything was left up to your luck about whether or not you would find the direction to the place. Except for the festival’s executive team, there were over 100 volunteers working for the event. Among other things, the pitching workshopand the presence of the most famous film production studios on the sidelines of the festival stood out about the festival. During the event, it was easy to meet independent and non-independent film producers from across the world.
The films for the competition section of the festival had been chosen meticulously and most importantly, the festival had its focus on animal rights. It was so unlucky ofa filmmaker like me to be there with a film whose theme revolved around women!
Over the first few days, I found out that the movie theaters for documentaries were not as busy as those screeningdrama. However, because I had already predicted such a problem and taken a lot of leaflets featuring the exact timing of the screening and photos of The Iranian Ninjas with myself, I did not sit on my hands and started handing them out to those interested indrama. I invited them to come and see my film. That earned my film fame within a few hours and aroused the jealousy of other filmmakers participating in the competition section. It was also recognized as the most-watched documentary of the festival.
At itspremiere, it was screened to a full house, drawing the astonishment of the organizers. At a Q and A session, the first question was whether my culture and my government allowed a woman to travel by herself. In answer, I said neither my culture nor my government has a problem with it. However, the Mexican government seems to have a problem with female filmmakers who want to enter Mexico. On my arrival, airport officials kept interrogating me for three hours! My comment was greeted with a thunderous ovation by women and when I left the podium, a member of the Mexican Female Filmmakers Society invited me for coffee.
The screening tour of the film
The Mexican Female Filmmakers Society is a non-governmental organization. Its 130 female members, from make-up artists to directors and producers, help each other, gratis, making a film. Influential women from the Mexican film industry make up the board of directors of the society. They mostly run a cinematic department or a film school with a lot of students. Most importantly, they are very supportive.
The board liked ‘The Iranian Ninja’ very much and believed that they could identify with the women in my film. Over coffee, I was asked to have my film screened at some important Mexican universities of cinematic arts. From Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica whose founder was Luis Buñuel and Busi Cortés, the first woman who made a dramatic film at that university and is now teaching there, toUniversity of Guadalajara. The showing of the film was followed by a few-hour-long conference. On the whole, with the help of such supportive women, the screening tour of The Iranian Ninja across Mexico was arranged and the only female Mexican festival, run by the society, nominated the film for screening.
In one of the meetings, it was mentioned that because of lack of sponsors for female festivals they cannot organize any competition. Surprised by the comment I said, “All well-known brands have branches in Mexico, given that no restrictions are imposed either by the government or your customs, why don’t you ask L’Oréal, or Victoria’s Secret for that matter, to sponsor your festival?”
The response by the chairwoman of the festival board knocked some sense into me: “We do not want to be like those women who are after cosmetic brands and extravagant outfits. We cannot let them advertise their products in our festival and lead women toward artificial Barbie-like beauty. Instead, we want to inspire women to have confidence and be proud of their natural beauty and the way they are dressed.”
In Mexico, it looks as if Mexican women are in charge not only at home but also in society! If you ask a foreigner who is married to a Mexican man about what her married life is like, her first response will be: “You can’t even imagine going on a trip, to a restaurant or anywhere else without his mother even for a day!” Throughout the whole city, you can see young couples accompany an old lady with profound respect and gracefulness. In shopping centers, long lines, which are pretty common in Mexico and a typical feature of the country – in fact as a Mexican you have to spend a considerable amount of your time in lines at bus stops, banks, public rest rooms and checkouts of shopping centers – one can see a large number of women who keep the company of their mothers-in-law in long lines.
Also, in academic circles and film festivals, women play an important role. For instance, the secretary of Guanajuato International Film Festival was a woman and its planning directors and the executive team were mostly young girls who were fluent in a few languages. Having a good command of a few languages in a country like Mexico, where 90 percent of people do not bother to learn or speak English even in academic circles is of great importance.
I stayed in Mexico for a month and had my film screened in different cities and met many people. However, getting familiar with the Mexican Female Filmmakers Society was the highlight of my trip. I met Amazonian women who took great pride in being women and in their natural beauty, women who helped each other like sisters, members of a society whose absence is strongly felt in Iran.
Khabaronline filed a report on Wednesday November 12 on concerted efforts by the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center to celebrate the National Week of Book and Book Reading in Iran and cultivate the habit of book reading, saying that several museums in the capital will host book reading events as of November 15. What comes below is the translation of that report:
The Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center is to implement a “Seven Museums, Seven Tales” plan as of Saturday [November 15] to mark the national Book and Book Reading Week.
The plan which is to be carried out in seven museums in the capital aims to promote book reading and introduce [Iran’s] legends and myths as a symbol of oral and intangible heritage.
It also intends to create more attractiveness in museums and revive the art of storytelling.
Creative instructors of storytelling and members of Children’s Book Council will come together in seven museums, namely Iran’s Post Museum, National Museum of Iran, Golestan Palace Museum, Carpet Museum of Iran, Tehran Peace Museum, Moghadam Museum and Bagh-e-Negarestan [Complex] to host Iranian children and their parents as well as other guests between November 15 and 21.
The plan will make good use of various attractive methods of storytelling among them: reading out loud, creative plays, and musical storytelling.
The stories are picked according to the congenial atmosphere of museums and cultural heritage sites for children of any age.
For the project to get off the ground, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has cooperated with the library and document center, and the research and training center for children and teenagers at the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center.
The museums will open their doors to visitors at 11:00 a.m. local time and all those story lovers can attend the cultural event.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has removed a fake name used by the United Arab Emirates for three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
The UN nuclear agency deleted a fake map of three Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa published by the UAE that was used on the IAEA’s official website.
On its page on the IAEA Country Nuclear Power Profile (CNPP), the UAE used a fake name for the Persian Gulf and the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and the Lesser Tunb.
Following the UAE’s move, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran objected to the use of a forged name for the Persian Gulf and also the three Iranian islands.
The three islands have historically been part of Iran, proof of which can be found and corroborated by countless historical, legal, and geographical documents in Iran and other parts of the world. However, the United Arab Emirates has repeatedly laid claim to the islands.
The islands temporarily fell under British control in the 1800s, but were returned to Iran on November 30, 1971 through a legal procedure that preceded the establishment of the UAE as an independent state.
A senior Iranian nuclear official has criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for releasing its reports prematurely, warning that the move will tarnish the image of the UN nuclear agency.
“The IAEA reports should be submitted confidentially before they are finalized; therefore, the premature release [of reports] in the media will undermine its (IAEA’s) credibility,” said Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in a Friday interview.
He pointed to the correction of the IAEA’s latest report on Iran’s nuclear activities, saying, “It has not been the IAEA’s first mistake and if the present trend continues, it seems it would not be the last one either.”
On Thursday, the IAEA corrected its previous estimate of the size of Tehran’s low-enriched uranium stockpile, saying it is 8,290 kg.
This came after the agency announced last week that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium had increased by 625 kg to around 8.4 tons since the IAEA’s September report, estimating the stock to be nearly 8,390 kg.
Kamalvandi noted that the IAEA’s final report on a country can be officially released only after it is discussed at the Board of Governors by the member states and the respective country.
“The release of these reports at certain websites linked to Western countries has been politically-motivated and aimed at influencing the process of [nuclear] talks [between Iran and P5+1]…,” the AEOI spokesman pointed out.
The size of Tehran’s uranium stockpile is one of the moot points in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and P5+1.
The IAEA correction came two days after top officials from Iran and P5+1 — the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany – wrapped up talks over Iran’s nuclear program in the Omani capital city of Muscat on Tuesday.
The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers is set to be held in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on November 18-24.
The passing of pop singer Morteza Pashaei at the age of 30 after a year-long battle against cancer and the conclusion of the 20th Exhibition of the Press and News Agencies dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Also in the news were speculations on whether the Islamic Consultative Assembly confirms President Rouhani’s fourth nominee for the post of science minister and on whether Iran and P5+1 will strike a nuclear deal before a November 24deadline.
Abrar:President Rouhani says the weapon of sanctions is a rusty and useless one.
Afkar: “Iran’s membership in the Interexchange Electronic Union (IEU) will facilitate foreign trade.”
Aftab-e Yazd:Mohammad Sadr, a former Iranian deputy foreign minister, says Iran and the US are determined to strike a final deal.
Arman-e Emrooz:The number of police stations in the capital is not enough.
Asr-e Iranian:Parliament will step in if nuclear talks fail to uphold the rights of the nation, said Gholamali Haddad Adel, a Tehran MP and a former speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
Asr-e Rasaneh: Plans to put into force the third phase of the Targeted Subsidies Act are in the offing. High income families still receive cash handouts eight months into the year (starting March 21, 2014).
Asr-e Rasaneh: Tehran’s intranet will become operational soon.
Asrar:“Allegations against Danesh Ashtiani [President Rouhani’s pick for science minister] are unreal and politically-motivated,” said Mohammad Reza Khabbaz, a senior official at the Parliamentary Department of the Presidential Office.
Ebtekar: “Young pop singer Morteza Pashaei has passed away.”
Eghtesad-e Pooya:Ground has been broken on the largest airport in the north of the country.
Emtiaz: “Air quality in the capital is poor,” a spokesperson of the Air Quality Control Organization reported.
Etemad hasquoted the health minister as saying that the costs of treating cancer will decline.
Ettela’at: “The financial and banking structure of the country gives rise to violation of laws,” said the public prosecutor of Tehran and Revolutionary Courts.
Ettela’at: “Nuclear talks are likely to be extended.”
Farhikhtegan: “Arrogant treatment of the public leads nowhere,” said Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri, the head of the Inspection Office, an affiliate of the Supreme Leader’s Office.
Hambastegi:We are optimistic about reformist parties reaching a consensus, said Hadi Khamenei, the secretary general of the Assembly of the Followers of Imam’s Path.
Hamshahri:Road accidents in Iran are 20 times as many as the global average.
Hemayat: The age limit for Palestinians seeking to take part in Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque has been lifted.
Iran: “Iran seeks to see moderation dominate the region,” said President Rouhani.
Iran Daily: “Iran’s [weightlifter] Rostami snatches world gold.”
Isfahan Ziba: “In nuclear talks with P5+1 principles of the establishment cannot be compromised,” said the chairman of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
Jahan-e Eghtesad: “Smart filtering of Internet content will start as of next month,” said the minister of communications.
Jahan-e Sanat: “The last round of nuclear talks [between Iran and P5+1] will be held on November 18,” said Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyyed Abbas Araghchi.
Jamejam:“The excessive demands of the US can prevent the sides from striking a nuclear deal,” said the new president of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
Javan: “The way has been paved for the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” reported the daily, saying that the liberation of Baiji in northern Iraq has raised the possibility of Mosul and Tikrit being retaken from ISIL terrorists.
Kaenat: Gasoline prices are likely to be raised in Iran next year (starting March 21, 2015).
Kar va Kargar:“Iran gives top priority to establishing trade relations with its neighbors,” said President Hassan Rouhani.
Kasbokar:“Outright lifting of sanctions holds the key to the success of nuclear talks,” said former Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref.
Kayhan:“The language of force does not work in dealing with Iran,” said Tehran’s Friday prayer leader.
Khorasan: A plot to assassinate [Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader] Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Ashura [the peak of religious ceremonies to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)] was foiled.
Mardomsalari:Ayatollah Sistani, Iraq’s most senior Shiite cleric, has thrown his weight behind the role Iran’s [Major General] Ghasem Soleimani plays in Iraq’s fight against IS.
Nasl-e Farda:“All Iranian journalists will be given insurance coverage,” said Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Hossein Entezami.
Roozan: The deputy interior minister for security affairs has said that the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps and the Intelligence Ministry have got involved in investigations into a recent spate of acid attacks in Isfahan.
Sepid: The 20th Exhibition of Press and News Agencies wrapped up its work on Friday.
Tafahom: “One-thousand-two-hundred new hotels are to be constructed in Iran.”
Vatan-e Emrooz:Iranian pop singer Morteza Pashaei passed away after a one-year battle against cancer.
