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Industries Ministry: Iran welcomes foreign investment in mining sector

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Emad Askarieh
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Mehdi Karbasian
Mehdi Karbasian

Iran has paved the way for attracting more investments in its mining and mineral industries, a senior energy official said on Tuesday, calling on domestic and foreign investors to seize the current opportunities to expand their partnership in the lucrative sector.

“Today (Iranian) President (Hassan) Rouhani’s government welcomes foreign investment and partnership of companies in the mining and mineral industries sector of Iran,” Iranian Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade Mehdi Karbasian said, addressing the opening ceremony of the Third Conference and Exhibition on Investment Opportunities in Iran’s Mining and Mineral Industries.

He noted that forecasts indicate a boom in the world’s economy in 2015, which in turn would increase the need to minerals in the international markets, “hence such conditions can positively influence Iran’s economy”.

Karbasian called on Iran’s private sector to play a more active role in the development of the country’s mining sector, and said, “The private sector will enjoy the government’s support accordingly.”

In April, a senior economic official announced that the value of foreign investment in Iran has witnessed a remarkable growth of 100 percent in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2014).

“The value of foreign investment in Iran last year reached $16bln which shows more than 100 percent of growth as compared with the year before that, which was $7.5bln,” Iranian Deputy Economy Minister Behrouz Alishiri told reporters.

The Iranian deputy economy minister pointed to the influence of the Geneva agreement between Iran and the six world powers in November, and said, “We have held talks with trade delegations from France, Italy and China in Tehran, which shows their interest and eagerness for presence and investment in Iran.”

He underlined that about 800 foreign investors have entered Iran in recent months.

Alishiri pointed to the willingness of foreign investors to return to the Iranian market, and said, “The negative effects on (the economies of) the countries that have imposed sanctions on Iran have been much greater than Iran and we have learnt big lessons from the sanctions, including quitting oil-dependent economy as has been required by the Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2010-2015).”

He referred to the programs of the Iranian Investment Organization for attracting further foreign investment in the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2014), and said, “Dispatching economic attaches to target countries to persuade and enhance attraction of foreign investment, paving the way for the visit of World Bank experts to Iran, holding joint economic commission with China … are among the organization’s measures.”

Iran blasts deadly bomb attack in Iraq

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Emad Askarieh
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Iraq-bomb
Iraq-bomb

Iran has strongly condemned Tuesday’s bomb attack in a Shiite neighborhood of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which killed at least 21 people, including a lawmaker.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Wednesday denounced the terrorist attack and offered Iran’s condolences to the Iraqi government, nation and parliament.

The Iranian official also underlined the need for serious fight against terrorism in the Middle East.

The deadly bomb attack happened at a checkpoint in Baghdad’s Shiite neighborhood of Kadhimiyah. At least 21 people, including Iraqi lawmaker Ahmed al-Khafaji, were killed in the attack. More than 50 others suffered injuries.

Iraq has been witnessing deadly bombings over the past few days.

On Monday, at least 43 people were killed in three bomb attacks in mainly Shiite Muslim areas of Baghdad. Many other people were also injured by the three explosions.

Iraq is currently witnessing a wave of violence unprecedented in recent years. The overall security situation in the Arab country has also worsened over the past months after the ISIL terrorists, of whom many are foreign militants, took control of parts of Iraq’s northern and western regions.

According to the UN, more than 1,110 people were killed in acts of violence across Iraq in September.

Iran will make utmost efforts to resolve nuclear issue: FM

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Emad Askarieh
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Mohammad-Javad-Zarif
Mohammad-Javad-Zarif

“We will make our utmost effort to make the best use of the negotiations in these days in Vienna to settle problems,” the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in Vienna on Tuesday as he arrived for a fresh round of talks with the P5+1.

He, however, warned that it is “very unlikely” that Iran and the six world powers would reach a final deal on Tehran’s nuclear energy program in the new round of talks in Vienna.

He added that Iran and the six countries have agreed on general issues but there are “very important and critical” details such as the extent of uranium enrichment as well as the timetable and the way of lifting the sanctions that need to be discussed.

“We hope that the opposite side would accept both the realities that exist at regional and international levels, and the realities of Iran’s nuclear program, which is an advanced peaceful program, to be able to find a solution which would benefit all,” Zarif said.

Zarif is scheduled to sit down with EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, who leads the negotiating team from the P5+1 countries, at a dinner banquet later on Tuesday to discuss the progress of the nuclear talks and the agenda for the negotiations.

The Iranian foreign minister is then set to attend a trilateral meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Ashton on Wednesday.

This round of talks is the eighth this year between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — Russia, China, France, Britain, and the US – plus Germany.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 14

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Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

What the majority of Iranian dailies picked as their top story was the warning of the Supreme Leader about Western plots to drive a wedge between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The comments of the government spokesman about inflation and efforts to create jobs drew a lot of attention too. The first gathering of the National Trust Party and the imminent resumption of nuclear talks were also under the spotlight of Iranian dailies.

Abrar: “If satellite-signal-jamming equipment turns out to be harmful, no one has the right to use it,” said a member of Parliament’s Cultural Committee.

 

Abrar newspaper 10 - 14

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: “Inflation will slip into single-digit in 2016,” said the governor of the Central Bank of Iran.

 

Abrare eghtesadi newspaper 10 - 14

Afarinesh: “Iran has shipped two planeloads of weapons to us,” said President of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani.

 

Afarinesh newspaper 10 - 14

Afkar: “Iran will support the countries which take on ISIL,” said the head of the Center for Strategic Research at the State Expediency Council.

 

Afkar newspaper 10 - 14

Aftab-e Yazd: “Cash aid given out to the public by the government will go ahead without any change,” said First Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri.

 

Aftabe yazd newspaper 10 - 14

Arman-e Emrooz has put on its front page a number of statements President Rouhani made in a live televised speech: “We will definitely reach an agreement with P5+1. … Our aim this year is to push inflation below 20 percent …. I do not chant slogans, nor do I exaggerate….I have not forgotten any of my pledges.”

 

Armane emruz newspaper 10 - 14

Asr-e Rasaneh: “Sugar imports have been banned until January 21, 2015.”

Asr-e Rasaneh: “Natural gas will be supplied to all towns and villages,” said the deputy oil minister.

Asr-e Rasaneh: “Iran Khodro Industrial Group [a leading Iranian automaker] will present five new products in a Car Accessories Exhibition in Tabriz.”

 

Asre resaneh newspaper 10 - 14

Ebtekar: “If the stage is not set for establishing political parties, small convergent parties can form a front in a bid to internalize democracy,” Chairman of the State Expediency Council Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani said.

Ebtekar: “An individual who attacked Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has been arrested.”

 

Ebtekar newspaper 10 - 14

Emtiaz: “Twenty-seven football players were summoned for using apparently forged military service completion cards.”

 

Emtiaz newspaper 10 - 14

Ettela’at: “Some 400,000 jobs were created between March 21 and September 22, 2014,” said the vice president for Supervision and Strategic Affairs.

 

Etelaat newspaper 10 - 14

Farhikhtegan: “Al-Qaeda and ISIL were formed to square off against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said the Supreme Leader.

Farhikhtegan: “Islamic Azad University is to open at least one science and technology park in every province,” said the president of Islamic Azad University.

 

Farhikhtegan newspaper 10 - 14

Haft-e Sobh: “Sixty minutes of anxiety in the subway tunnels” is the headline of a report the daily put on its front page to narrate different accounts by news outlets and authorities about the breakdown of a subway Line One train during rush hour on Sunday October 12 which brought about moments of panic for passengers.

 

Hafte sobh newspaper 10 - 14

Hambastegi: “What a small group of people wants cannot be inflicted on others,” said Rasoul Montajebnia, a reformist politician, at a gathering of the National Trust Party.

 

Hambastegi newspaper 10 - 14

Hemayat: “Blowing corruption out of proportion runs counter to national security,” warned Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani.

 

Hemayat newspaper 10 - 14

Jahan-e Eghtesad: “In the upcoming round of [nuclear] talks between Iran and P5+1, the European Union should act more independently,” said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with the Cypriot deputy foreign minister.

 

Jahane eghtesad newspaper 10 - 14

Jahan-e Sanat: “Despite sanctions, Iran’s economy has grown,” the governor of the Central Bank of Iran said at the 2014 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

Jahan-e Sanat: “Winning the 2014 Noble Prize for Economics, Jean Tirole from France broke a decade-long American monopoly of the prize.”

 

Jahane sanaat newspaper 10 - 14

Kar va Kargar: “If Pakistan fails to restore security to the border region, Iran will adopt another approach to do so,” said a senior advisor to the Supreme Leader’s representative at IRGC.

 

Karo kargar newspaper 10 - 14

Kayhan: “Reformists are in a fluster after a gathering of principlists to unite [ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections].”

 

Kayhan newspaper 10 - 14

Payam-e Zaman: “Tehran’s biggest pedestrian bridge – Nature Bridge – has opened.”

Payam-e Zaman: “The construction of hospital chains has got underway,” said the health minister.

 

Payame zaman newspaper 10 - 14

Roozan: “The first gathering of the National Trust Party was held. Former reformist MP Rasoul Montajabnia told the gathering the prime minister Imam Khomeini picked ran the country in the best manner in the worst conditions.”

Roozan: “It is never too late to set the political prisoners free; it would have been much better for those who are under arrest on political charges to be free,” said Former President Mohammad Khatami in a meeting with members of the public to mark Eid al-Ghadeer.

Roozan: “Arson fires in forests are a cover-up for unlawful lumbering,” said Faraj Mostofi, an environmentalist.

 

Ruzan newspaper 10 - 14

Sharq: “The statistics presented by the government are being doubted through animated programs,” the spokesman of the government said while being critical of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.”

 

Sharg newspaper 10 - 14

 

Top researchers were awarded at International Foundation of Prof. Yalda

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Emad Askarieh
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International Academic Foundation of Professor Yalda.
International Academic Foundation of Professor Yalda.

Ettela’at, a daily, on October 10 ran a report on the 5th International Academic Foundation of Professor Alireza Yalda. The following is the translation of what the newspaper reported on the event:

At the 5th International Academic Foundation of Professor Alireza Yalda, the father of knowledge on infectious diseases, a number of veteran professors, top medical researchers and innovators were awarded.

At the gathering held at the Avicenna Conference Hall of the Medicine School of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Prof. Yalda [who is now 84], President of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Dr. Jafarian, Director of the International Academic Foundation of Professor Yalda Dr. Ranjbar, Head of Alumni Office of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Dr. Bahadori, a number of university professors and students along with medical researchers were in attendance. During the scientific congress, the efforts of top professors and researchers in seven fields were appreciated.

According to the report, the Medals of Honor of the 5th International Medical Congress were conferred upon a number of leading and veteran researchers, including Prof. Hossein Daruish-Fahimi from Heidelberg University of Germany, Dr. Hassan Farsam from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Prof. Mohammad Keshtgar from University College London, Dr. Sadat Bagher-Maddah from University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Dr. Kazem Mohammad from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Morteza Mosaffa from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Prof. Hossein Sadeghi from University of Lausanne.

Also the Medals of Outstanding Professors in Medical Sciences were awarded to Dr. Abbas Amir-Jamshidi from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Alireza Fazel from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Mitra Mahdavi-Mazdeh from Tehran University of Tehran, Dr. Masoud Neghab from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Mostafa Rezaian from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Fereydoun Siassi from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Dr. Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi from Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Ahad Bazzazi from Cologne, Germany, Dr. Seyyed Mansour Gatmiri from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Hamid Reza Poor-Eslami from Kerman University of Medical Sciences and late Dr. Kamel Shadpour from the Health Ministry received the Social Responsibility in Public Health and Medicine Award.

The Innovation in Medical Sciences Award was handed out to Fatemeh Hajati from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Alireza Kia from the German University of Mirbach, Dr. Reza Vahdad from Germany and Dr. Shahram Shahabi from Orumiyeh University of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Nasser Kanani from Berlin and Dr. Gholamreza Mozaffarian from Seattle earned themselves the Culture and Art Award of the Academic Foundation.

Dr. Leila Amiri Farahani from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Niloofar Mohammadzadeh from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Arash Seifi from Tehran University of Medical Sciences secured the title of Junior Scientist in Medical Sciences of the congress. The award of best poster designed by a university student went to Nafiseh Bahiraei.

The International Academic Foundation of Professor Yalda was set up in 2009 by a group of Iranian expatriate doctors and researchers in recognition of the valuable services of professor Yalda, who is also the father of knowledge on infectious diseases. The foundation cooperates with the Alumni Office of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Since October 2010 the medical congress has met five times and handed out awards to those who have presented the most recent achievements in molecular, cellular and clinical medicine.

Professor Yalda has offered precious and ever-lasting services in the realm of medicine; his remarkable efforts at educating competent trainees, his great commitment to moral obligations as far as his patients are concerned and his outstanding characteristics have turned him to an unrivalled and unique character in medicine. To appreciate his significant role, the Chair of the Infectious Diseases Department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences has been named after Professor Alireza Yalda.

Unlike Salafism, Ijtihad explores new responses to recent questions

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Emad Askarieh
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Seyed Hassan Khomeini
Seyed Hassan Khomeini

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, has described the destructive impact of ISIL on Islam as unprecedented and underlined the importance of efforts to find new ways, based on Islamic principles, to address the questions that arise in this day and age. The following is the translation of part of his comments on October 10 at a ceremony to officially launch the website of Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum:

“Genghis Khan, Tamerlane and the Tatars couldn’t have possibly delivered a blow heavier than the one ISIL has dealt to religion,” Seyyed Hassan Khomeini said.

Denouncing ISIL as a symbol of breakaway from the Islamic notion of Ijtihad [the utmost effort one can put forth in an activity], which was taught at an early stage by the Prophet Muhammad’s Household to their students, he stressed that in order to keep the Islamic thinking dynamic, Ijtihad must be regularly practiced.

“Salafism, which stands opposed to the school of thought championed by Prophet Muhammad’s Household, has emerged as a terrorist group by the name of ISIL. If the whole world had joined hands to disparage the Prophet Muhammad and Islam, they could not have done it any better. Even Genghis Khan and Tamerlane could not have ruined the reputation of the religion more thoroughly than [ISIL] did,” he added.

“The world should be told that the genuine school [of thought] offered by the Prophet Muhammad is what comes from his household,” Hassan Khomeini said.

“The [Imam Khomeini mausoleum] website is designed to respond to questions in a way that Ayatollah Khomeini would have answered if he were alive. We can treat questions sent to the site in two different ways: In reply to newly-raised questions, we can provide prefabricated responses like what Salafists did in the past which constitutes treading water with no prospect of moving forward.

“The other way is to employ Ijtihad to find answers to new questions which have been brought up of late. Such Ijtihad is not tantamount to critiquing and denying the past concepts. Rather, it amounts to extraction of new responses from old sources to the new questions. Those who are under the impression that there are prefabricated answers to the newly-raised questions are stuck in the past, because new questions require new responses,” he said.

“If one thinks that there is no need to refer to the past in exploring new answers, the approach they employ is review rather than Ijtihad which involves a quest for answers based on deep-rooted principles of the Islamic thinking.” He said in the newly-launched website, steps should be taken toward the second approach.

Underlining the need for exploring the ideology of Imam Khomeini, he described Ijtihad as a bid to evolve, complete and add dynamism to the social and political thoughts of Imam Khomeini.

“We should seek to explore new answers to today’s questions; not the ones which are prefabricated; we should not think that we do not need rudiments and principles either.”

He further stated, “The Supreme Leader has been one of the flag-bearers of practicing Ijtihad as far as Imam Khomeini’s thoughts are concerned. Imam took a rigid stance on al-Saud family, saying that in an unlikely event of pardoning Saddam he would never forgive the al-Sauds.

“However, exactly one year after his demise, ties were reestablished with the Saudi government and no one decried it as a measure in contrast with Imam’s ideology, because his followers explored a response in line with Imam’s line of thinking after practicing Ijtihad. If they had practiced prejudice, it would have meant that we had to sever ties with Riyadh forever.

Iran opens first Islamic Awakening House

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Emad Askarieh
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islamic awakening house
islamic awakening house

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani was on hand Saturday for the inauguration of a first Islamic Awakening House in Isfahan.

In a keynote speech at the inaugural ceremony, the top MP said an awakening movement is sweeping across the Muslim world and what happened, among other places, in Libya and Egypt, was the result of such movement.

Etella’at newspaper covered the event in its October 12th issue and the following is the translation of Larijani’s remarks in the inaugural:

“Mischievous acts by the West and extremist policies they pursue inside Islamic countries could, on occasion, stand in the way of Islamic Awakening and block its dynamic forward movement. These movements may slip underground for a while, but they come out in the open again; that’s why these movements will never disappear.

“The more we try to promote the resistance mentality among the Islamic Awakening movements, the longer they would stay in the minds of people, and the more such movements keep distance from efforts to fight colonialism, the less they would be remembered by people.

“Some of these countries have had some problems in dealing with Islamic issues. They need to rise to the challenge and analytically address the root causes of such tribulation. Extremist currents too have created problems for Islamic nations.

“When the Constitutional movement was in the making in Tehran, it faced many challenges, mainly political in nature. Back then Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri, who was involved in the movement thanks to his intellectual background, was concerned. From time to time, today’s movements too encounter such problems.”

Larijani who was accompanied by Ali Akbar Velayati, the head of the Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council, officially launched ten books, namely, Occidentalism, Islamic Awakening, The Future Civilizational Horizon of the Islamic Revolution, Names and Movements, Transformed Iran, al-Islam, Vigilant Border Guards, The Sweet Smell of Awakening, The Awakening Story and an addendum for the inaugural of the Islamic Awakening House.

Iranian artists to organize charity event to help the hungry

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IFP Editorial Staff
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WFP-LOGO
WFP-LOGO

Up to 100 Iranian artists are to sell their works at a charity event at Niavaran Cultural Center on Friday (October 17, 2014) to help the World Food Programme (WFP) with its efforts to ease global hunger, Khabaronline quoted Negar Gerami of the WFP as telling a news conference in Tehran.

“There is plenty of food to go around in the world,” she said, adding, “Our efforts are meant to reduce the number of people who go hungry to zero.”

She went on to say that Iran is not among countries that grapple with hunger, but that does not mean we can be indifferent to this global problem.

“October 16th has been designated as World Food Day, and we at WFP make efforts to draw public attention to global measures to eliminate hunger,” she said, adding, “This year, works of art by Iranian artists are being used as a tool to raise public awareness. Around 100 artists have donated their works of art to be sold at the event. The proceeds will go to the WFP drive to take on world hunger.”

Parviz Kalantari, an Iranian painter, told the same news conference, “We need to stay clear of politics…. The Iranian people have always joined forces for charitable causes; still, efforts should be made to press home the fact that one should not be indifferent to global problems.”

Shokufeh Malek-Kiani, an Iranian photographer and an artistic consultant of the UN, said the number of artists who donated their works for the charity event, which features visual arts, has risen from 32 last year to around 100 this year.”

World-known Japanese composer Kitaro in Tehran

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Emad Askarieh
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iran-kitaro-concert
iran-kitaro-concert

Distinguished Japanese composer and instrumentalist Kitaro is in Tehran to stage concerts at the Interior Ministry’s Hall October 15-17.

Kitaro arrived on Monday, and was warmly welcomed by Pirouz Arjmand, director general of the Music Office at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

“My heart is beating hard and I am so excited to see the audience in concerts,” Kitaro said on his arrival at Imam Khomeini International Airport.

He also wished to have the opportunity to get acquainted with rich Persian music.

Former instrumentalists of Tehran Symphony Orchestra are to accompany the musician in the concerts.

A winner of a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Kitaro is regarded as a pioneer of New Age music. Kitaro has received fifteen Grammy Award nominations, winning once in 2000.

The artist started his solo career in 1977. His first two albums ‘Ten Kai’ and ‘Full Moon Story’ became favorites of fans of the emerging new-age movement. During 2007-2009 he launched the ‘Love and Peace World Tour,’ an international tour with which Kitaro hoped to promote his message of world peace with his music.

Larijani: Big powers, terrorists intend to destroy Mideast

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Emad Askarieh
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The big bower hand in hand with terrorists are determined to destroy the entire Middle East region, probably considering it one of their international achievements, said the Iranian Parliament Speaker in Geneva Monday.

Ali Larijani who is in Geneva to participate in the 131st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) made the comment in a meeting with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer.

The Parliament Speaker expressed hope that the efforts made by the ICRC will lead to the improvement of the living conditions for Middle Eastern nations in some regional countries that are going through a difficult period.

“In no historical era the Middle East has experienced a worse status than it is experiencing today, ” he said, adding, “Big powers and terrorists intend to destroy the entire region, maybe hoping that destroying the region will be considered one of their recent achievements.”

He said that the criminal acts committed by ISIL are enormous, adding that ISIL is a strange group and even worse than the Taliban who display harsh and very inhumane behaviors.

The top Red Cross official, for his part, said he has similar viewpoints with the Iranian top MP on ISIL and regional matters and can therefore have fruitful consultations on the matter with him.

Larijani arrived in Geneva at the top of an Iranian parliamentary delegation to attend the IPU session.

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