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Leader’s Military Aide: Iran’s Line of Defense Located in Southern Lebanon

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Emad Askarieh
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Yahya Rahim Safavi
Yahya Rahim Safavi

“Certainly, the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and the European countries’ strategy to overthrow (Syrian President) Bashar Assad has failed and this failure is a strategic failure for the western, Arab and Zionist front and a great victory for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Safavi said, addressing a group of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) veterans in the Central province of Isfahan on Saturday.

He underlined that Iran is now an influential power in Iraq, Syria and the Mediterranean and by gaining victory in Syria, this is the third time that the country has proved its regional power to the world.

“Our frontmost line of defense is no more in Shalamcheh (in Southern Iran), rather this line is now in Southern Lebanon (‘s border) with Israel as our strategic depth has now stretched to the Mediterranean coasts and just to the North of Israel,” Safavi said, adding that the westerners are concerned about the spread of Iran’s influence and power from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.

Iran’s influential role in the region has even been admitted by the western officials.

In a recent case on Wednesday, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics called Iran as an important and powerful country in the region and world, and praised Iran’s positive role in settling the regional crises, specially in Syria and Afghanistan.

Concerning Syria, he said dialogue and political solution are the sole way to settle existing crises and that all world and regional players should play their role in this process.

He continued that Iran’s role in this process is undeniable and Tehran should continue its positive role.

Rinkevics made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran on Wednesday.

West lies about medical sanctions: Iran health minister

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Emad Askarieh
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Iran-patient
Iran-patient

 

 

Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi was reacting to allegations made by Western governments that Iran could not purchase drugs due to financial restrictions and that no sanctions have been imposed on the purchase of medicine by Iran.

“The Western [governments] claimed that they have not slapped medical equipment and drugs embargo [on Iran], but they were lying and they are still lying in this regard,” the Iranian health minister stated on Friday.

He said the administration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office last August at a time when Iran was facing medical embargo, banking restrictions and high inflation.

In 2012, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil and financial sectors aimed at preventing other countries from purchasing Iranian oil and conducting transactions with the Central Bank of Iran.

The sanctions on Iran’s banking sector effectively hindered the import of medicine to the country through obligating the importers of medicine to Iran to apply for special licenses. The process has dissuaded many of the importing antiviral-meds-info.com. As a result, the lives of many Iranian patients suffering from special diseases such as thalassemia, hemophilia, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes etc. have been put at stake.

In an October 2012 report to the UN General Assembly, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that the Western embargoes against Iran have mainly targeted the livelihood of the ordinary Iranian population, including patients.

Hopes have been created for Iran to resume purchasing medications from abroad following Iran’s landmark November 2013 interim nuclear deal with world powers, which took effect in January.

 

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Iconic Iranian musician Mohammad-Reza Lotfi dies at 68

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Emad Askarieh
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Mohammad-Reza-Lotfi
Mohammad-Reza-Lotfi

Lotfi died at a hospital in the capital city of Tehran on Friday morning.

Born on January 7, 1947, in the northern city of Gorgan, the musician was renowned as the father of a new aesthetics in Persian music and for his mastery of the tar and setar.

The prolific musician is widely believed to have revolutionized the Persian traditional music through his innovative approach of combining the classical with folk elements and introducing a new vitality into the Persian music.

In 1964, Lotfi won his first prize in Iran’s Young Musicians Festival and a year later he started his studies at the National Conservatory in Tehran under Habibollah Salehi and Master Ali Akbar Shahnazi.

The Iranian music maestro also studied western classical music and the violin which led him to collaborate in various orchestras.

Lotfi also worked at the Center for the Preservation and Propagation of Traditional Iranian Music, both as a soloist and a conductor.

In 1973, Lotfi joined the faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University and at the same time started his collaboration with Radio and Television.

In 1975 he founded the Shayda Ensemble.

Between 1978 and 1980, Lotfi became the Chairman of the School of Music at Tehran University and also served as the director of the Center for the Preservation and Propagation of Traditional Iranian Music and the Chavosh Conservatory.

Formed by Iranian music icons, including Hossein Alizedeh, Mohammadreza Shajarian, Parviz Meshkatian, Ali Akbar Shekarchi, Shahram Nazeri, Houshang Ebtehaj, etc., Chavosh Conservatory is considered as a monumental turning point in the history of Persian music.

Lotfi continued creation of numerous masterpieces both as a solo artist and with major Iranian musicians such as, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri, Hossein Alizadeh, and Parviz Meshkatian.

The prolific musician also held numerous concerts in Iran and across the world.

Iran naval fleet docks at Pakistan’s Karachi port

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Emad Askarieh
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Iran-Navy
Iran-Navy

The flotilla, comprising of four naval ships and a submarine, arrived at Karachi port on Friday and was warmly welcomed by the Pakistan Navy officers, said First Captain Ali Jahanbakhsh, commander of Iran’s Navy fleet, IRNA reported.

“The mission is aimed at enhancing defensive cooperation and interaction with the regional countries, particularly neighboring Pakistan,” Ali Jahanbakhsh

He also noted that the Iranian fleet and Pakistani warships would conduct joint naval drills at the end of the mission.

According to the senior Iranian commander, the two navies had recently held similar drills in Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

By dispatching the fleet, the Iranian Navy pursues its defensive policies and displays its military might in the region and the world, the commander said, adding that one of the objectives of the naval trip is to train young officers and prepare them to counter any possible threat.

In recent years, Iran’s Navy has increased its presence in international waters to protect naval routes and provide security for merchant vessels and tankers.

In line with international efforts against piracy, the Iranian Navy has also been conducting patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 in order to safeguard merchant containers and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran or other countries.

Iran’s Navy has managed to foil several attacks on both Iranian and foreign tankers during its missions in international waters.

Iran expresses concern over Ukraine violence

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Emad Askarieh
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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham

On Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham called the conflict a domestic issue, urging both sides to refrain from the use of force.

“The continuation of clashes and the spread of violence into various regions of the country (Ukraine) will complicate and worsen the situation, and make achieving a principled and permanent solution difficult,” Afkham stated.

The crisis is “also in conflict with the interests of the Ukrainian people and the country’s national interests,” she added.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is willing to see the establishment of peace in the whole region, especially in Ukraine, Afkham said.

The crisis in Ukraine began in November last year, when the country’s then President Viktor Yanukovych refrained from signing an Association Agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia. The action resulted in anti-government protests in the country.

On February 23, the Ukrainian parliament ousted Yanukovych and named Oleksandr Turchynov, the legislature’s newly-elected speaker, as interim president.

Tensions in Ukraine heightened after the Autonomous Republic of Crimea declared independence from Kiev and formally applied to become part of the Russian Federation following a referendum on March 16, in which about 97 percent of the participants voted for reunion with Russia.

The move led to pro-Russian protests in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine. Kiev accuses Moscow of supporting the protesters, a claim which Moscow denies.

On April 17, Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the EU agreed over steps to “de-escalate” the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where anti-Kiev protesters have seized buildings in several towns and cities.

But Ukrainian authorities ordered a military offensive against the protesters.

Oil Minister: Phase 12 of South Pars Gas Field to Double Production Soon

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Emad Askarieh
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Iran - south pars gas field
Iran - south pars gas field

 

 

Phase 12 of the South Pars gas field, the construction of which has witnessed a 95 percent growth, is now producing 14 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas per day and the figure will double by the month of Khordad (May 22 – June 21), Namdar Zanganeh said during a visit to the giant field in the southern port city of Assaluyeh by Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangir.

“When the second section of the phase comes on stream, the production of natural gas would be increased from 14 (mcm/d) to 28 (mcm/d),” the minister stated.

He also emphasized that only local experts have contributed to the development of the phase, and voiced his satisfaction with the construction process of the development phase.

Meantime, Managing-Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company, Ali Akbar Shabanpour, told reporters on the sidelines of the visit to the South Pars gas field that the new sections of the development phase will come on stream in the Iranian month of Khordad.

He also said that $6.9 billion has been invested for the development of Phase 12.

Earlier, upon his arrival at the Assaluyeh airport, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri attached great importance to the ongoing projects in the South Pars gas field, and said development of the projects is high on the government’s agenda.

The South Pars gas field, whose development has been divided into 24 phases, is located in the Persian Gulf straddling the maritime border between Iran and Qatar. It is estimated that the Iranian section of the field contains 14 trillion cubic meters of gas and 18 billion barrels of condensates in place.

South Pars is part of a wider gas field that is shared with Qatar. The larger field covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran’s territorial waters (South Pars) in the Persian Gulf.

 

Tasnim News Agency

Rafsanjani: Resolution of Standoff over Iran’s N. Program Within Reach

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Emad Askarieh
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rafsanjani -chairman of Iran's Expediency Council
rafsanjani -chairman of Iran's Expediency Council

 

 

“If the West wants the issue (standoff on Iran’s nuclear program) resolved in a technical manner, it will not need a long time, because the grounds are prepared for the final deal,” Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in Tehran on Monday.

He explained that the talks over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program per se are not complicated, but that it is difficult to make an accurate prediction.

“However, we are hopeful about a bright prospect (for the talks)”, he added.

Kurz, for his part, said it is an honor for Austria to host the negotiations between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany), and expressed the hope that the talks would yield desirable results.

Iran and the group of six world powers have in November last year signed an interim deal on Tehran’s nuclear case, which stipulates that over the course of six months, the parties will draw up a comprehensive nuclear deal which will lead to a lifting of the whole sanctions on Iran.

The two sides wrapped up their latest round of high-level nuclear talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on April 9.

There will be a fresh round of high-level talks between Iran and the sextet in Vienna beginning on May 13.

 

Tasnim News Agency

Iran Offers Economic Aid to Nicaragua

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Emad Askarieh
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Iran - Nicaraguan - Mohammad Javad Zarif-Samuel Santos Lopez
Iran - Nicaraguan - Mohammad Javad Zarif-Samuel Santos Lopez

 

 

“Iran is ready for economic cooperation with Nicaragua, specially in agriculture, industry, energy and development of infrastructures,” Zarif said during the meeting here in Tehran on Monday.

The Nicaraguan foreign minister, for his part, explained Nicaragua’s economic capacities and his country’s achievements in the field, and said, “Nicaragua is interested in expanding mutual cooperation with Iran in different fields, specially in economy.”

Also, in a joint press conference following the meeting, Zarif called for a boost in Tehran-Managua economic exchanges and cooperation in a move to further reinvigorate the two states’ bilateral political ties.

“The extensive political relations between the two countries will be further reinforced with economic bonds,” Zarif said at the press conference.

The Iranian foreign minister underlined that President Hassan Rouhani and his administration are seriously expanding their relations with Nicaragua and President Daniel Ortega.

Zarif told reporters that both Iran and Nicaragua have governments that have come to power with the support of their own people, and said, “I had good talks with the Nicaraguan foreign minister over the expansion of ties and we share extensive views at the international level.”

The Iranian foreign minister said Nicaragua has shown its understanding of Iran’s common political viewpoints, “and this has resulted in the proximity of the two governments and nations”.

Zarif reiterated that there are suitable grounds for further mutual cooperation in economic fields, and said, “Nicaragua has witnessed very promising results in its development (plans) and these successes have taken place during President Ortega’s tenure.”

Also speaking at the press conference, Lopez underscored that Iran, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has the right to advance its nuclear program for peaceful purposes.

Lopez said that Iran has never deviated from its peaceful nuclear work and Nicaragua has always supported this right.

Fars News Agency

Parliament Speaker: Slovenia Keen to Expand Relations with Iran

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Emad Askarieh
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Janko Veber Morteza Darzi Ramandi
Janko Veber Morteza Darzi Ramandi

 

 

ˈThe status, capacities and capabilities of Iran gives me the feeling that Iran is a specific country and the interest shown by the Slovenian companies for expansion of ties is increasing,ˈ the Slovenian parliament speaker said.

He pointed to Slovenian parliamentˈs readiness to support and cooperate for creating the necessary grounds for the further expansion of relations, and said, ˈWe can proceed with our objectives through mutual cooperation.

ˈExchange of views and consultations on parliamentary ties were among other issues of negotiations,ˈ Veber said.

The Iranian ambassador, for his part, pointed to the current status of Iran-Slovenia relations, and said the two states enjoy intact potentials and capacities which need to be utilized in a bid to further expand their bilateral relations.

On March 16, the Iranian Foreign Ministry appointed Darzi Ramandi as the countryˈs new Iranian Ambassador to Slovenia.

Darzi Ramandi served as director-general of public diplomacy and media department of the foreign ministry.

He also served as diplomat at Iranian Embassy in Islamabad and Iranian Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Iran and Slovenia have expanded bilateral relations and mutual cooperation in different fields in recent years.

 

Islamic Republic News Agency

Iran committed to increase gas export

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Emad Askarieh
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eshagh jahangir
eshagh jahangiri

He made the remarks in a meeting with the oil and gas contractors of Pars Special Economic and Energy Zone (PSEEZ). Iran has prioritized a rapid increase in gas production from South Pars gas fields to provide the internal needs as well as the growth of outside demands, Jahangiri added.

He underlined that many countries have requested to purchase gas from Iran and the outside demand for Iran’s gas is rising.

Iran is keen to add 100 mln c/m to its current level of gas production by the end of the Iranian year (started on March 21, 2014), the first vice-president said.

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