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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 23

October 23, 2014

Instructions by the Supreme Leader that the country should stop relying on oil revenues dominated the front pages of the Iranian dailies on Thursday. Also appearing on the front pages were warnings by President Hassan Rouhani during a visit to Zanjan that promotion of virtue and prevention of vice should not become a source of insecurity in society. Comments by police officials about acid attacks in Isfahan last week drew a lot of front-page attention too.

Abrar: “Acid attacks carry the death penalty if they are designed to terrorize the public,” the chairman of parliament’s Judicial and Legal Committee said.

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: MPs have decided not to give the executive branch a freer hand in budgetary affairs.

Abrar Eghtesadi: Establishment of international banks in free trade zones has been placed on the agenda of the Money and Credit Council.

Afkar: “We are in the final stages of [nuclear] talks,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said.

Aftab-e Yazd: There are rumors that General Motors may make a comeback to Iran.

Aftab-e Yazd: “We are following new leads in the case involving acid attacks [in Isfahan],” Police Chief Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam said.

Arman-e Emrooz: “The sale of hunting rifles has stopped,” the defense minister has told a joint meeting of the Environment Protection Organization and the Defense Ministry.

Arman-e Emrooz: “The reformist approach should be public-oriented,” former President Mohammad Khatami said.

Asr-e Iranian: Iran has moved a notch up in the medals table of the 2014 Asian Para Games.

Asr-e Rasaneh: The oil ministers of Iran and Iraq have met to promote cross-border economic cooperation.

Asrar: “Promotion of virtue and prevention of vice should not be monopolized by one particular group,” the president said.

Asrar: Former President Mohammad Khatami has urged the “wise members” of both parties [reformists and principlists] to form a “calm and moderate” parliament.

Ebtekar: President Rouhani has warned against politicization of efforts to promote virtue in society.

Eghtesad-e Pooya: “The country’s scientific move forward should not stop,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday.

Eghtesad Pooya: “Recent flooding in Mazandaran has left some $25 million in damage,” the governor general of the Caspian province said.

Esfahan Emrooz: “Police investigations into acid attacks are underway. The public should not pay attention to rumors about the case,” said the prosecutor of Isfahan [where a recent spate of acid attacks has put residents on edge].

Etemad: The health minister [who is an ophthalmologist] has examined the eyes of a girl who has suffered serious injuries in a recent acid attack in Isfahan.

Etemad: “We are not denying our past mistakes. Reformists should help eliminate the possible skepticism of the establishment about the [reformist] movement,” former President Mohammad Khatami said.

Etemad: The smart filtering of social networking sites has got underway.

Ettela’at: In a surprising admission, a Saudi prince has blamed the support Saudi Arabia and a number of other countries have lent to the Syrian opposition for the emergence of ISIL.

Ettela’at: “Unemployment and hunger are the worst of social ills,” President Rouhani said during a visit to Zanjan province.

Ettela’at: “The president has tapped Dr. Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, the current chancellor of Tehran University, for minister of science, research and technology.” It came against the backdrop of speculations that Mohammad Ali Najafi, the acting minister, will be named to seek parliamentary approval.

Ettela’at: “Reliance on oil is equal to giving world politicians a chance to determine the future of our country,” the Supreme Leader has told a host of especially-talented students.

Farhikhtegan: The chairman of the Expediency Council has said that an increase in the number of graduate students is in the best interest of the country.

Haft-e Sobh: Sources say Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting will restart airing widely-watched Premier League soccer matches as of next week. A spat over broadcast fees between the national broadcaster and the Football Federation has stopped the former from airing the games live.

Hemayat: “We won’t allow the seditionists to reemerge,” Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said.

Iran Daily: “Iran and P5+1 hold expert-level talks in Vienna.”

Javan: Divorce rate in Tehran stands at 37 percent.

Jomhouri Islami: “The inflow of foreign investment into the capital market will be facilitated,” a spokesman of the Securities and Exchange Organization said.

Jomhouri Islami: “Iran is ready to cooperate with Iraq at any level Iraqi officials want,” the chairman of the Expediency Council has told the Iraqi premier.

Kayhan: “The acid attacks in Isfahan are unrelated to morality laws,” the vice president for legal affairs said.

Mardomsalari: “Iran will continue its constructive interaction with the rest of the world,” the president said.

Qods: “Iran is to export electricity to Europe,” the deputy energy minister said.

Roozan: People in Tehran and Isfahan stage rallies to condemn the recent acid attacks.

Roozan: The corruption case involving former Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi is now in the Supreme Court.

Shahrvand: “Five people who are infected with coronavirus have been identified across Iran,” the deputy health minister said.

IMIDRO: Chinese firms willing to invest in Iran’s steel industry

Emad Askarieh

October 23, 2014

A team of Chinese investors have voiced their willingness to invest in Iran’s steel industry, a senior trade official said Wednesday.

“We will negotiate with the Chinese next week about Miyaneh steel project (one of the seven steel projects to go under negotiation for foreign investment) to pave the way for the start of its operation next year,” Head of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasiyan said today.

He noted that the seven steel projects of Sepid-Dasht, Neyriz, Qaenat, Sabzevar, Shadgan, Miyaneh and Baft are also ready for foreign investment.

Trade between Iran and China in the past year was estimated at $45bln.

Iran is currently China’s third largest supplier of crude, providing Beijing with roughly 12 percent of its total annual oil consumption.

It marks China’s biggest crude import from Iran since it won a renewal of exemption from the United States’ oil embargo against Iran.

Boeing ends decades-long hiatus in business with Iran

Emad Askarieh

October 23, 2014

American aircraft-manufacturing giant Boeing has ended a 35-year break in business with Iran, supplying the country’s national flag carrier with a cargo of plane parts.

“During the third quarter of 2014, we sold aircraft manuals, drawings, and navigation charts and data to Iran Air,” Boeing said in its quarterly report on Wednesday.

This is the first time that the American company has sold plane parts to Iran Air since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The business deal brought Boeing USD 120,000 in revenues, the report added.

The sales came after the US Treasury Department issued a license in April that allowed Boeing to provide “spare parts that are for safety purposes” to Iran for a “limited period of time.”

Boeing said the plane parts were purchased “consistent with guidance from the US government in connection with ongoing negotiations.”

Boeing, which is still banned from selling new aircraft to the Islamic Republic, said that it could sell more plane parts to Iran Air in the future.

“We may engage in additional sales pursuant to this license,” it added.

In February, two major US aerospace manufacturers, Boeing and General Electric, applied for export licenses in order to sell airliner parts to Iran following an interim nuclear agreement between Tehran and P5+1 in November 2013.

Under the deal dubbed the Geneva Joint Plan of Action, the six countries – the US, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany – undertook to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for Tehran agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities.

In the past decade, Iran has witnessed several major air accidents blamed on its aging aircraft due to the US sanctions that prevent Iran from buying aircraft spare parts.

Tehran plays host to seasonal flower show

Emad Askarieh

October 23, 2014

A sixth seasonal Flowers and Plants Exhibition has opened in the capital. The following are some of the beautiful images Islamic Republic News Agency photographers have snapped at the show.

Unity, political requisite for region: Rafsanjani

Emad Askarieh

October 22, 2014

In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Tehran on Wednesday, Hashemi Rafsanjani said enemies of Islam always use “division and rifts” in order to achieve their own political goals, adding that “the capacities of Muslim countries should not be wasted on groundless rifts.”

Urging the Iraqi government to foster unity among Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkmens and other Iraqi ethnicities, Rafsanjani said unity will prevent enemies from exploiting possible divisions to meet their own political ends.

He noted that “reaching a consensus is hard, but more difficult than that is for the country to be gripped by internal divisions.”

The Iraqi prime minister, for his part, said his country sees Iran as a “reliable neighbor,” expressing hope for the expansion of Tehran-Baghdad relations.

He also termed the ISIL terrorists as false advocates of Islam, adding that they call infidels those Iraqi Shias and Sunnis who do not submit to their views, adding that terrorists have “resorted to massacre under the pretext of sectarianism.”

Iraq has faced brutal violence by the ISIL across the country’s north and west since early June. The ISIL terrorists have threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and Izadi Kurds, during their advances in Iraq.

They have been committing heinous crimes in the areas they have taken, including the mass execution of civilians as well as Iraqi army troops and officers.

Supreme Leader Stresses Necessity for Cutting Reliance on Oil

Emad Askarieh

October 22, 2014

Addressing hundreds of young Iranian elites and researchers in Tehran on Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined that a country which makes its economic planning based on oil revenues is a captive of the world powers’ policymakers and no bright future is envisaged for it.

“Instead of reliance on the oil revenues, Iran should be managed through reliance on its internal forces and the resources on the ground, meaning the youth’s intelligence and talent, and production of science and knowledge and if so, no world power can turn the country’s economy into a plaything,” he added.

Stressing that Iran shouldn’t be governed by dependence on floating revenues of underground and oil resources, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the country can be saved by strengthening the scientific power.

He described continued high-speed scientific move as the genuine need of the country, and asked for all-out efforts to continue the present rate and speed of scientific growth by the help of every means, specially strengthening the knowledge-based companies and economy.

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

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

Production of science, development of innovation and devising theories, upgrading Iran’s global status in science and technology, converting Iran into the scientific and technological hub of the Muslim World, development of basic sciences and fundamental research, gaining access to the advanced sciences and technologies through special planning and policy-making, optimizing the performance and structure of Iran’s educational and research system to gain access to the objectives of the country’s 20-year vision plan and scientific flourishing in Iran are among the main topics touched in the Leader’s decree.

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

Peugeot has agreed to Iran’s conditions: Iran Khodro chief

Emad Askarieh

October 22, 2014

Following recent talks between the leading Iranian car manufacturer and some foreign automakers, SMT, a daily, filed the comments of the managing director of the Iranian corporation on the negotiations with foreign investors in a report on October 22. What appears below is the translation of part of his remarks:

Hashem Yekke Zare, the Managing Director of Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) elaborated on the conditions that Iran has set out for cooperation with foreign automaking corporations including France’s Peugeot and Renault and said, “Aside from investment in Iran, contracts should be drawn up in a way that won’t allow investors to leave Iran easily. Also if the products, manufactured as a result of mutual collaboration, hit the international market, Iran should have its share of the sales. Another thing is that the contract should envision the opening of a research center in Iran.”

In terms of the recent directive issued by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade on cooperation between national and foreign automakers, he said, “What conditions Iranian automakers will lay down depend on the kind of investment between the two sides. The number of cars that will be produced could also play a key role. Based on these two factors, the directive of the ministry can be implemented.”

“As far as cooperation with foreign automakers is concerned, the Iranian car maker has its sights on joint ventures. In our recent talks with Peugeot and Renault, we have put forth some pre-conditions,” he said.

“In the new contracts we are going to sign with foreign corporations, we will definitely take national interests into account. In line with such objective, an investment of 50 percent by either side has been floated with Peugeot. However, the percentage of each party’s share might undergo some changes and turn into a share of 40-60 or 30-70 percent based on the contract, the number of cars produced and the kind of investment. Therefore a certain figure cannot be considered for investment as far as cooperation with foreign corporations is concerned. In fact, the number will be subject to change, because terms of the contract will finally specify it,” Yekke Zare highlighted.

When asked if foreign automakers which are in talks with Iran have accepted such preconditions, he said “Peugeot has agreed to them. Nevertheless, I should underline that the kind of financial cooperation with foreign automaking manufacturers could be different based on the number of cars produced and the kind of cars that roll out of the plant.”

Coalition should cut off financial aid for ISIL: Afkham

Emad Askarieh

October 22, 2014

“The anti-ISIL coalition should take its first step by preventing financial support for the ISIL and this is the expectation of the public opinion in the region and the world,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said at a weekly press briefing on Wednesday.

She added that the anti-ISIL coalition’s seriousness should be demonstrated in supporting the people of the Syrian city of Kobani.

She commended the resistance of Kurdish fighters in their battle against the ISIL militants and expressed hope that the resistance would lead to the terrorists’ withdrawal from the region.

“Amerli and Kobani are two popular regions that resisted against terrorism. The anti-ISIL coalition should have helped these areas but the measures have been slow… and this trend increases our doubts about the anti-ISIL coalition’s objectives,” Afkham said.

Since late September, the US, along with its regional allies, has been conducting airstrikes against the ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.

Many of the countries joining the so-called anti-terror coalition, such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have been the staunch supporters of the ISIL Takfiri elements in the Middle East region.

The airstrikes by US and its allies in Syria are an extension of the US-led aerial campaign against the ISIL positions in Iraq, which started in August.

Afkham further condemned Israel’s plan to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied West Bank, saying, “The Zionist regime (Israel) has always held radical views toward the Palestinian people and upholds no right for them.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Iran considers “Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Mosque as the heart of the Muslim world,” and emphasized that such Israeli moves would not discourage the Palestinian people from obtaining their rights.

Israeli authorities continue to restrict the access of Palestinians to the Al-Aqsa Mosque as the Israeli police have deployed nearly 1,000 soldiers and set up several roadblocks around the holy Islamic site in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Entire Israel within range of Iran missiles: IRGC chief

Emad Askarieh

October 22, 2014

“The [Islamic] Revolution’s missiles, [deployed] in north and south [of the country], cover the entire occupied territories,” Major General Mohammad-Ali Ja’fari said on Tuesday.

He said that Iran’s enemies have acknowledged that the Islamic Republic has turned into a major power in the Middle East but they will not stop their animosity toward the country.

In recent years, Iran has made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.

Iran has so far designed and manufactured different indigenous missiles, including Khalij-e-Fars (Persian Gulf), Mehrab (Altar), Ra’d (Thunder), Qader (Mighty), Nour (Light) and Zafar (Triumph).

The Islamic Republic has also conducted military drills to enhance the defense capabilities of its military and to test modern military tactics and equipment.

Iran has repeatedly said that its military might poses no threat to other countries, reiterating that its defense doctrine is based on deterrence.

Iran has, however, pledged a crushing response to aggressors in case of a military attack on the country.

Iran Khodro says it seeks to design a new car in partnership with a foreign firm

Emad Askarieh

October 22, 2014

Fars News Agency (FNA) on October 20 featured an interview with the managing director of Iran’s flagship carmaker, Iran Khodro, on the automaker’s unofficial talks with a German designer on the possible joint production of a new car. The following is the translation of part of what he had to say to FNA:

Managing Director of Iran’s largest carmaker, Hashem Yekke Zare, said that a German designer is now in Iran to assess whether Iran Khodro possesses the [manufacturing] capabilities to enter partnership for joint car designing, adding the designer would release a report at the end of his two-week visit, based on which the talks are likely to continue.

He said that the German designer who arrived in Iran on Friday (October 17) is on a personal visit and does not officially represent any company.

The official went on to say that the German engineer has designed a top product of a German automotive juggernaut.

If these talks produce results, he said, Iran can design a joint automobile in the next 3-4 years drawing on consultations with the German designer and efforts by Iranian expert team.

Iranian experts will act as assistants to the German designer, he said, adding this way they could start to design cars on their own in a couple of years.

“We can gain a bargaining edge over foreign partners if we can speak from a position of power,” said the CEO of Iran Khodro, adding that cooperation with leading world companies would be helpful to that end.

Iran Khodro has plans to get closer to a point where it can produce cars on its own, he said, adding that for starters we should work on the development of our products. He also said that Iran Khodro has come to the conclusion that it needs to tap into the experience of those who have been active in the field for years.

Iran Khodro has decided to draw on consultations it receives from the world’s top carmakers, seeking to convince them to work with Iran Khodro for four years at the minimum, he underlined.