Iran, China keen to consolidate all-out ties TEHRAN - Iran's new Ambassador to China Ali Asqar Khaji said Tehran and Beijing share the common view that enhancing their ties would result in a much better outlook for both nations, and called on relevant officials and bodies to pave the ground for optimum utilization of the existing opportunities. Addressing a gathering in Iran's embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Khaji said that fortunately there are good potentials for cooperation between the two countries which enjoy historical background too. He went on to say that presence of Iranians in different fields of science, culture, and economy in China is significant, and vowed to do his best to help the country's tradesmen expand business with their Chinese counterparts. Trade between Iran and China in the past year was estimated at $45bln. , E T T E L A AT I N T E R N A T I O N A L The Only International Persian Daily Newspaper Iran scientist wins Golden Neuron Award TEHRAN - The world renowned Iranian scientist in neurological surgery Professor Majid Samii has garnered the 2014 Golden Neuron Award. The award was announced during a ceremony held at the biannual meeting of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery in Vienna on October 11. Many leading scientists and neurological surgery scholars have flocked to the biannual meeting that kicked off on October 9 and will run until October 12. Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist, Professor Samii, had earlier received the 2014 Leibniz Ring Prize in Berlin. Prof. Samii is renowned worldwide for his life trajectory and especially for his work in the Project Africa 100. ISSN : 1353 8838 No. 4710, WEDNESDAY, Oct 15 , 2014 President Rohani: Iran, Sextet will ‘certainly’ reach deal TEHRAN - President Hassan Rohani says Tehran and the Sextet of world powers will “certainly” reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear power as the group has come to recognize the country’s nuclear rights. The Iranian president made the remarks during a TV interview aired on Iran’s IRIB on Monday night. “Anyway, we will find a solution to the nuclear subject and we believe that the two sides will certainly reach a win-win agreement,” Rohani noted. Iran and the six powers are in talks to work out a final agreement aimed at ending the longstanding dispute over Tehran’s civilian nuclear energy program. World countries have accepted that Iran should have access to nuclear technology and that this issue should be resolved through negotiations, the president said. He voiced optimism about reaching a comprehensive agreement before the November 24th deadline, saying “good steps” had been taken to resolve the issue. Elsewhere, the president made comments on Iran’s economy, saying the country had nearly $50 billion worth of non-oil exports and imports in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year (started on March 21). The rate of increase in Iran’s inflation has dropped to about one percent a month, he stated, noting that the country’s inflation will fall below 20 percent up to the end of this year (March 20, 2015). Rohani called the decline in the inflation and the country’s move out of the recession a great victory for the Iranian nation. Hundreds of the world’s great companies are waiting for a comprehensive deal between Tehran and Iran slams Riyadh’s stance on Tehran TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has strongly responded to remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, saying they are “at odds with the atmosphere of the diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.” On Monday, the high-ranking Foreign Ministry official called on Riyadh to watch out for plots hatched by regional enemies and to make sure it is not distracted from playing a positive role in the region, Fars News Agency reported. Faisal claimed earlier in the day that Iran was “part of the problem, not the solution" in the Middle East, alleging that Tehran “cannot play any and Syria in fighting terrorrole in the region” if its poli- ism within the framework of international rights.” cies remain unchanged. The Saudi foreign minWhile Riyadh and other ister also accused Iran of Persian Gulf kingdoms are having “occupying forces” widely suspected of being in Syria despite the fact that the major sponsors of TakIran has firmly dismissed firi terrorist groups, includreports about its military ing the ISIL and al-Nusra involvement in Syria and Front, Saudi Arabia, along Iraq, stressing that Tehran’s with Qatar, Bahrain and the support for the two Arab United Arab Emirates, has nations is in the form of hu- now joined Washington’s somanitarian aid and military called coalition against the consultation. ISIL Takfiri terrorists. Faisal made the comments The Iranian official further at a joint press conference referred to Bahrain, saying with his German counterpart, that if Saudis ended their milFrank-Walter Steinmeier, in itary presence in the country, the Saudi city of Jeddah. a “national dialogue” would Amir-Abdollahian noted come about along with an that “Tehran helps the gov- “end to the crackdown on ernments and nations of Iraq people.” IKCO produces TU3 Peugeot 206 TEHRAN - The largest car manufacturing company in the Middle-East, Iran-Khodro Company (IKCO), has started mass production of TU3 engines for its Peugeot 206 type 2 cars, the company said. During a ceremony held in the presence of high ranking officials from the Parliament and the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Commerce, the domestically-made Peugeot 206 type 2 was unveiled. "According to the plan, IKCO will develop a totally new car and a facelift every six months and a new engine every three years, starting next October," IKCO CEO and president Hashem Yekehzare said, addressing the ceremony. "The production of a platform based on IKCO engines is on our agenda, thereby a new platform that will suit C and D segment cars will be introduced in two years from now," he continued. Referring to the investment jump in auto part making industries and the boost in employment in IKCO's 800 auto part makers as a result of the current accelerated production, the CEO claimed, "We are no more concerned about volume and we will be focused on quality, export, after-sales service and car development this year." "IKCO has experienced a boom in production since last October in a way that last year's second half production was two times the first half," he recalled, and added, "This year's production target is 600,000 sets of car and we are already 2% ahead of the planning, while we've been emphasizing our domestic capabilities regardless of foreign sanctions." Iranian films honored in Beirut Filmfest TEHRAN - Several Iranian screen productions have picked up awards in various categories of the 2014 Beirut International Film Festival. Iranian filmmaker Salem Salavati’s Kurdishlanguage drama The Last Winter took home both the best feature and best director award, Press TV reported. The 77-minute film is an allegory in which the depicted family represents those ones who are unable to change their resigned way of life. The Last Winter is an expanded version of Salavati’s previous short Snowy Dreams with the same picturesque winter scenery, calm, realistic life style and culture of Iran’s Kurdistan. The film was screened at the 2013 Golden Apricot Yerevan Film Festival as well as at the Focus on Kurdish Film Section in the 2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic. The movie garnered the Best Director Award at the 2014 Kazan International Muslim Film Festival. The year’s Beirut festival’s Best short film went to Iran’s Ali Asgari’s More Than Two Hours, while Karim Rahbani’s With Thy Spirit took the jury prize for shorts. Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi along with other jurors including the Protagonist Pictures CEO Mike Goodrich, former Sundance Institute director Alesia Weston, and The Attack screenwriter Joelle Touma served at the festival’s jury panel headed by the French actress and director Julie Gayet. The 14th edition of Beirut International Film Festival took place from October 1 through 9, 2014. the P5+1 countries to rush for investment in Iran. He said in the first six months of the current year (started March 21) imports amounted to $26 billion and exports to $23 billion making a total of about $50 billion of export and import of non-oil products. He expressed hope that the figure will increase to about $100 billion by the yearend. “In the past six months liquidity has moved in a right direction, first towards Stock Exchange and then to the banks. Today, banks can more freely grant facilities so that facilities in the first five months of the current year increased by 40.5% as compared to the same period last year and the main part of the facilities were granted as working capital." President Rohani maintained that the economy would improve when private and cooperative sectors are given the opportunity and space in managing the economy. “We welcome criticism and expert views; however, nobody would cast doubt on our figures and statistics,” Rohani said, urging the public to be satisfied with the progress made toward prosperity. President Rohani also said that the environment has a top priority for his government, because it is directly related to the people’s health. The president reiterated that resolving environmental problems requires planning. He referred to water shortage as a major challenge of the country and called for preservation of Urumiyeh Lake and Zayanderud which are drying up. “The people now feel that the era of high turbulence in their foreign relations is over, and that is while the nuclear negotiations is a part of our foreign relations,” said President Rohani. He added that the big world powers are now volunteers for talks with high-ranking Iranian officials and the country’s foreign policy has taken a long stride forward. Iran urges joint effort against terrorism TEHRAN - Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has underscored the need for a comprehensive campaign against terrorist groups across the Middle East. At a Monday meeting with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri on the sidelines of the 131st Assembly of the InterParliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Larijani called for TehranBaghdad cooperation to counter terrorism, Press TV reported.The two sides also discussed the situation across the Middle East and the atrocities committed by terrorists in Iraq and Syria. ISIL Takfiri terrorists, who currently control parts of Syria and Iraq, have committed widespread acts of violence, including mass executions, abductions, torture and forcing women into slavery in the areas they have seized in the two countries. They have threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and Izadi Kurds, as they continue their atrocities in the two neighboring Arab states. Larijani and Jabouri also reviewed bilateral parliamentary relations and ways of promoting the two countries’ ties. Earlier in the day, Larijani met the parliament speakers of Syria, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Serbia and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer. Iranian movie wins at Busan Filmfest Iran negotiating team heads to Vienna TEHRAN - The Iranian negotiating team The two sides are currently working to led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has left for the Austrian capital of Vienna for a fresh round of talks with the P5+1 group over Tehran’s nuclear energy program. Zarif is scheduled to sit down with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who leads the 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, Press TV reported. This round of talks is the eighth this year between Iran and the six countries of Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany. Tehran and the P5+1 group wrapped up their latest round of nuclear talks in New York late last month. Foreign minister: Iran to keep enrichment within int’l law TEHRAN - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will keep on exercising its nuclear enrichment right. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its nuclear enrichment within the framework of international regulations,” the Iranian foreign minister said in a meeting withVietnam’sDeputyPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Monday. Zarif further assessed ties between Tehran and Hanoi as positive, expressing hope for the expansion of relations between the two countries especially in economic fields, Press TV reported. There are good grounds for upgrading cooperation among the two country’s private companies, the Iranian foreign minister added. The Vietnamese deputy prime minister, for his part, endorsed Iran’s right to the TEHRAN - A top Iranian diplomat has called for a global campaign against narcotics trafficking, describing drug trade as the world’s most lucrative and widespread organized crime. Iran's Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Hossein Dehqani made the remarks in a session of the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee on Tuesday, Press TV reported. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing an important role in countering drugs smuggling from Iran to hold Cultural Week in Tunisia TEHRAN - Iran has planned to hold the country’s Cultural Week in Tunisia to introduce the Persian culture and various arts to the nation. Iran's Minister of Culture Ali Jannati and several other officials are slated to attend the event. A delegation of 30 artists selected from among a number of Iranian experts in various arts will also participate in the festival that will be held in Tunisian several cities. Screening Iranian cinematic productions, exhibiting Persian works of art such as paintings, calligraphy, illumination, traditional and regional Persian costumes and performing traditional music are among the programs of the event. emphasized the need for the two Persian Gulf nations to utilize their entire capacities to consolidate their economic cooperation, FNA reported. "Deepening and widening of the relations with Islamic countries, particularly the neighboring ones, has always been a main priority of Iran's foreign policy," Tayyebnia underlined.Yet, he stressed that restoration of sustainable security and stability to the re- gion is a necessary condition for economic progress. The Kuwaiti minister, for his part, called for broadening ties and cooperation, and asked for activating the IranKuwait joint economic cooperation committee. The 2014 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group start work in Washington, D.C. on October 10, and will end up later today. Iran urges int'l anti-drugs campaign Ali Mosaffa and Leila Hatami in a scene from ‘What's the Time in Your World’ The ‘A Window to Asian Cinema’ section of the festival, presented 58 titles from 28 countries, of which 7 titles were from Iran. A Few Cubic Meters of Love by Jamshid Mahmoudi, Tales by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Sun Station by Saman Salour were among the selected movies. We Have a Guest by Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour, Track 143 by Narges Abyar, Daughter…Mother…Daughter by Panahbar-Khoda Rezaei, and Sensitive Floor by Kamal Tabrizi also represented Iranian cinema at the festival. Short films Two Halves of True by Neda Asef and The Old Tree by Farnoush Abedi were screened at the Asian Short Film section. About 313 films from 79 countries were displayed at this year’s edition of the festival. The 2014 Busan International Film Festival took place from October 2 to 11. peaceful nuclear energy, say- the progress of the ongoing ing, “We support Iran’s right nuclear negotiations beto use peaceful nuclear ener- tween Tehran and the P5+1 gy and believe that Iran plays group of world powers. a major role in establishing Tehran and the P5+1 group regional peace and security.” – Russia, China, France, BritHe also underscored the ain, the US and Germany – expansion of cooperation wrapped up their latest round between Iran and Vietnam in of nuclear talks in New York economic and technological last month. fields. The two sides are currentZarif is set to meet with ly working to reach a final the EU foreign policy chief, agreement aimed at ending Catherine Ashton, and US the longstanding dispute Secretary of State John Kerry over Tehran’s civilian nuclein the Austrian capital, Vien- ar work as the November 24 na, on October 15, to discuss deadline approaches. Iran, Kuwait discuss expansion of economic ties TEHRAN - Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia and his Kuwaiti counterpart Anas Khalid Al Saleh explored new avenues for widening and deepening bilateral relations. Speaking in a meeting held on the sidelines of the 2014 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Washington on Sunday, the two ministers TEHRAN - Iranian filmmaker Safi Yazdanian’s debut feature film What's the Time in Your World? has been named winner at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. The movie was awarded the prize of Critics International Federation (Federation Internationale de la Press Cinematographique) FIPRESCI. What's the Time in Your World? is also scheduled to compete at the 2014 Mumbai Film Festival and the 38th Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Mostra Internacional de Sao Paulo) in late October. Iranian drama Thirteen (13) directed by Houman Seyedi along with a Korean cinematic production jointly garnered the New Currents Award of the year’s Busan festival. Some 11 film titles from Iran took part at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. reach a final agreement aimed at ending the longstanding dispute over Tehran’s civilian nuclear work as a November 24 deadline approaches. On Monday night, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said that Tehran and the Sextet of world powers will “certainly” reach an understanding on Iran’s nuclear program. “On the nuclear issue the two sides will certainly reach an understanding and this understanding will be based on the win-win principle” Rohani said during a TV televised interview. World countries have accepted that Iran should have access to nuclear technology and that this issue should be resolved through negotiations, the president said.Iran and the six countries sealed an interim deal in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 23, 2013, for a six-month period. The deal, which took effect on January 20, expired on July 20. Different cultural panels will be also held on the sidelines of the event with participation of Tunisian cultural officials and artists. The first Iranian film week was held in the capital city of Tunis in 2011, while the first Tunisia Cultural Week was presented in the Iranian capital city of Tehran in 2012. Iran’s second Cultural Week is scheduled to kick off on October 14 and will be continued until October 19, 2014. its eastern borders with Afghanistan, the world’s largest opium producer, he said. He pointed to the casualties that Iran has sustained during the war against drugs and added that Iran spends millions of dollars each year to control its borders and build barriers along the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan to prevent drugs smuggling. Iran has been cooperating with Afghanistan and Pakistan to counter drugs smuggled via sea routes, Dehqani said, adding that the Islamic Republic has confiscated more than 7.5 tons of illicit drugs through exchanging intelligence with its neighbors. Iran shares a long border with Afghanistan, the supplier of about 90 percent of the world's opium. Over the past three decades, Iran has spent billions of dollars to seal its borders and prevent the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries. The war on drug trade, a profitable business originating in Afghanistan, has also claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Iranian police officers and soldiers. 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