Iranian expatriates welcomed in
provincial projects
TEHRAN – An official said here in this northern city that the government
was determined to use the huge potential of Iranians living abroad in provincial
development projects.
Javad Qavam Shahidi who is the Secretary of the High Council of Iranians Abroad said the government certainly welcomes the presence of Iranians
abroad in projects carried out in different provinces.
The huge population of Iranians living abroad, estimated at some 6 million, is
a vast potential for the country, he noted.According to the official, new regulations will facilitate such projects in all provinces.
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Iran short film wins 3 awards
in Spain
TEHRAN - Iranian director Babak Habibifar’s short film “The Fish and I” has
garnered three awards at the16th edition of Soria International Film Festival in
Spain. Habibifar, who himself played in the film, received the Young Jury Prize
for the Best Short Film, Special Jury recognition and a cash prize dedicated
by a Spanish institution. Also written and edited by Habibifar, the short drama
recounts the story of a blind man trying to save his fish.
The film was screened at several international events and won award for the
Most Original Film at Uhvati Film Festival in Serbia. “After 17 Hours” and
“After 15 Years” are Habibifar’s other well-known short screen productions.
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President Rohani:
Iran will settle nuclear issue
Iran currency market
to restore stability
TEHRAN - Iranian Economy and Finance Minister Ali
Tayyebnia has predicted stability will be restored to the currency market following days of ups and downs.
Tayyebnia said on Monday that there have been no basic changes in the Iranian foreign exchange market, and
the situation would stabilize in the near future, Press TV
reported.
Forex prices rose up to five percent in recent days in Iran,
with the US dollar being traded at around 35,000 rials.
“Changes in the recent days mainly originate from some
excitement and psychological factors in the market,” he
said, adding, “We expect the trend to end soon and we can
witness a positive and stable trend in the market again.”He
further called the changes “transient,” adding that “positive
measures have been taken” to boost the country’s market.
TEHRAN - Iran’s President Hassan Rohani says
the Islamic Republic will
resolve the dispute over its
nuclear program through
constructive interaction with
the world.
“In the path of constructive
interaction with the world,
we will get the nuclear issue
to a conclusion,” President
Rohani said in an address to
people in the northern Iranian Golestan Province on
Tuesday, Press TV reported.
“Do not doubt that the P5+1
countries, the Western world,
the Eastern world and the
region all need to have constructive interaction with
Iran,” he said.
Pointing to Iran’s crucial
steps to reach a deal with the
P5+1, he noted that world
countries have recognized
and accepted the main as- world needs Iran to improve
pects of the country’s nuclear global security and economprogram.
ic situation and noted that a
“Today, the world accepts large number of foreign comthat enrichment will be car- panies are preparing for busiried out on Iranian soil; the
ness with Iran in the coming
world accepts that we will
months.
have a heavy water reactor in
In their last round of talks,
Arak; the world accepts that Iran and the P5+1 countries
we will continue research - Russia, China, Britain, the
and development (R&D) US, France plus Germany work; the world accepts that wrapped up a week of intense
we will proceed with our ac- closed-door nuclear negotiativities at Fordow [nuclear tions in Vienna on November
facility],” Rohani said.
24.
The Iranian president
At the end of the talks, the
noted that the world has real- two sides decided to extend
ized that it is time to end the
their discussions for seven
cruel sanctions against the
more months. They also
country.
agreed that the interim deal
He expressed confidence
they had signed in the Swiss
that the Iranian nation would
city of Geneva last Novemachieve the final victory in
ber remain in place during
the nuclear issue.
the remainder of the negotiaHe also added that the
tions until July 1, 2015.
Navy commander calls for Naval reinforcement
to change world geopolitics
TEHRAN – Commander
of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari on
Tuesday underlined the need
to reinforce the Navy so that
it can change the geopolitics
of the entire world.
Sayyari, who was speak-
ing during the 16th Seminar
of Iran's Maritime Industries,
referred to the long history of
Iran's presence in the sea and
said it is time to make up for
the country's backwardness
in the sea which was caused
by years of colonial policies
France keen to expand
mutual cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN - France's Ambassador to Tehran Bruno Foucher
voiced his country's willingness to enhance all-out relations
with Iran, particularly in the auto industry.
Addressing Iran's 2nd International Auto Industry Conference 2014 in Tehran on Monday, the diplomat underlined the
long history of France's presence in Iran, FNA reported.
He said representatives of multiple of French auto manufacturers were present in the event which indicated their interest
and will to continue with their investment projects in Iran.
Noting that the French companies are waiting for more apt
economic situations in Iran to make investments here, the
ambassador pointed to the favorable process of nuclear talks
between Iran and the six major world powers and hoped for
positive outcomes which would pave the way for better mutual
cooperation.
In relevant remarks in February, Foucher said his country is
ready to broaden its trade cooperation with Iran.
OIC chief hopes for stronger
cultural ties among members
TEHRAN – Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad
Ameen Madani, Monday in Isfahan expressed hope that cultural relations among Muslim
states, including the organization's members, would further
strengthen.
Speaking after a visit to several historical sites in this ancient city, Madani hoped that
Muslim youth would receive
necessary training and strive
for keeping Islamic arts further
alive, IRNA reported.
Lauding artistic monuments in Isfahan, Madani
thanked the artists currently
repairing historical monuments in the city and said
those making efforts to
preserve Islamic arts alive
should be appreciated.
Madani has travelled to
Iran to attend the 10th Islamic Conference of Information
Ministers (ICIM) to open in
Tehran on Wednesday.
ICIM experts meeting
kicked off here this morning.
The two-day meeting seeks
to help consolidate unity
and present a proper image
of Islam and Muslim states.
Experts meeting will be followed by the two-day ministerial session.
in the region, IRNA reported.
Presence in the sea can
increase the country's power
and cause a change in the
geopolitics of the world, Sayyari said, adding that through
fulfilling such ideas, Iran can
foil colonial plots.
Tunisia calls for expansion
of trade, economic ties
with Iran
TEHRAN - Head of the
Tunisian Chamber of Commerce Najib Houli called
for the expansion of mutual
cooperation with Iran in economic and trade fields.
"We favor expansion of
bilateral ties between Tunisia and Iran in all areas, especially economic and trade
relations," Houli said in a
meeting with members of
Fars Chamber of Commerce
in the provincial capital city
of Shiraz in Southern Iran,
FNA reported.
He pointed to the status
quo of Tunisia-Iran relations,
and said, "Tunisia is actually
considered the gate for Iran
to enter the African continent
and its markets."
Chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce of Fars province Fereydoun Forqani, for
his part, said that setting up
the Iran-Tunisia Joint Trade
Council will provide a good
opportunity for the two countries to broaden their economic and trade relations.
In late October, a delega-
tion of Tunisian businessmen
visited Iran to study different
ways of increasing economic
and trade interactions between the two countries.
The commercial and economic delegation visited a
number of industrial units of
Alborz province, near Tehran.
Hossein Tousi, the head of
provincial Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines
and Agriculture, said the 15member delegation had visited the province to become acquainted with its production
and industrial potentials.
He noted that the industrial and commercial centers
of the province signed deals
with Tunisian delegates in
the fields of construction,
civil engineering, medicine,
transportation, furniture and
home appliances manufacturing and agriculture. Tousi
noted that the ground had
been prepared for traders and
businessmen of the province
to hold direct talks with their
Tunisian counterparts.
EC chairman:
Rifts colonial way to sow insecurity
Foreign minister:
Honoring Iran rights way to reach deal
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad
Zarif says the recognition
of the Iranian nation’s rights
is the way to reach a final
agreement with the P5+1
countries.
“All have come to the conclusion that logic and interaction are the ways to deal with
the Iranian nation,” Zarif said
in an address to a conference
on nuclear diplomacy at a
university in Tehran on Tuesday.
Zarif said the world, including the US, has come to
the conclusion that the Iranian nation cannot be dealt with
through pressure and war, as
Iran is a nation of dialog, logic and reaching settlements,
Press TV reported.
The top Iranian nuclear
negotiator said that during
the last round of the talks
with the P5+1 countries in
the Austrian capital, Vienna,
the Iranian team showed
well that it is a serious negotiating partner by, inter alia,
Majlis speaker:
Anti-ISIL campaign needs political plan
TEHRAN - Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali
Larijani has underscored the
need for a political road map
in any campaign against ISIL
Takfiri terrorists.
At a Monday meeting with
UN special envoy to Iraq
Nikolay Mladenov, in Tehran, Larijani pointed to the
US-led so-called coalition
formed to fight against ISIL
in Iraq and Syria and noted,
“In the absence of a definite
political plan against ISIL,
military operations and airstrikes will not help establish security in Iraq and, in
practice, will strengthen the
terrorist group,” Press TV
Rafsanjani underlined the need for tackling
terrorism at its root as an intrinsic responsibility of the UN and pointed out that the aim can
be achieved by showing real respect for human rights and avoiding discrimination and
politicization of issues.
Mladenov, for his part, noted that, contrary
to the existing claims, ISIL can be defeated
very easily through military means, as the
group has no popularity among the public.
He called for efforts to bridge the sectarian and religious rifts in Iraq and noted that
the Iraqi National Guard should be deployed
across the country’s provinces and borders to
tighten the noose on terrorists.
The ISIL terrorists launched an offensive in
Iraq in June and took control of the country’s
second largest city, Mosul, before sweeping
through parts of the country’s Sunni Arab
heartland. The extremist group has threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians, during its advances
in the violence-torn state.
Russia filmfest honors Iranian figures
Iranian director Narges Abyar (2nd from L) and actress Gelareh Abbasi (2nd from
R) at the First Russian Silver Horse Film Festival.
TEHRAN - Celebrated female Iranian director Narges Abyar and actress Gelareh Abbasi have garnered awards at the First
Russian Silver Horse Film Festival.
Abyar was awarded the Best Film prize for her first feature
film “The Objects in the Mirror Are Closer than They Appear”
and the film’s actress Gelareh Abbasi took the Best Actress
award.The film was presented at the event during two screening programs for different classes of audiences such as students,
film critics, housewives and workers.
Abyar’s drama chronicles the life of a young pregnant woman and her husband.
The film was showcased at several international festivals,
such as the 2013 Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF)
in China and the 30th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
in 2014.Iranian documentary “Mashti Ismail” by Mehdi Zamanpour Kiasari also competed at the Russian film event.
The festival hosts 10 narrative films as well as 14 documentaries from Russia, Germany, Azerbaijan Republic, Belarus,
Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Bulgaria, Iraq and Lithuania.
The First Russian Silver Horse Film Festival was held in Ufa,
the Muslim center of Russia.
reported.
Larijani pointed to economic and social problems
as key elements leading to
insecurity in Iraq, saying,
“Eradication of poverty and
unemployment and participation of all Iraqi political
factions in the country’s new
government can contribute to
security and progress in Iraq
and the UN shoulders a heavy
and difficult responsibility in
this respect.”
He warned against the
spillover of the Iraqi crisis
to the entire Middle East
and reaffirmed Iran’s determination to devote every
effort to help restore calm to
Iraq.
Mladenov, for his part,
praised Iran’s assistance to
the Iraqi nation and government in different areas, particularly against the backdrop
of the recent developments in
the country, and stressed that
Tehran’s measures have always been aimed at creating
stability in Iraq and resolving
the economic problems of
Iraqi people.
The
ISIL
terrorists
launched an offensive in Iraq
in June and took control of
the country’s second largest
city, Mosul, before sweeping
through parts of the country’s
Sunni Arab heartland.
Iran, Italy ink environmental MoU
TEHRAN - Senior Iranian and Italian officials, in
a meeting in Rome on Monday, signed a memorandum
of understanding (MoU) to
broaden environmental cooperation between the two
countries.
The MoU was signed by
Iran's Vice-President and
Head of the Department of
Environment Massoumeh
Ebtekar and Italian Environment Minister Gianluca Galletti in the Italian Capital.
The MoU covers coopera-
TEHRAN - A senior Iranian official has
warned against plots by colonial powers and
authoritarian regimes to use sectarian rifts as
a means of creating insecurity.
“Unfortunately, dictatorships, colonialism
and terrorism provoke the people to create insecurity by using [their] sectarian and religious
differences,” Chairman of Iran's Expediency
Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in a
Monday meeting with UN special envoy to
Iraq, Nikolay Mladenov, in Tehran.
He pointed to the role of authoritarianism
and colonialism in the creation of terrorism
and noted, “As long as these two factors exit,
terrorists are present and they even grow more
in such an environment.”
The veteran politician argued that countering terrorism requires a comprehensive plan
and taking heed of all political and social strata,
adding, “The presence of ISIL in Iraq is not
permanent, but planning is needed to prevent
the infiltration of this ideology and similar deviant thought.”
insisting for a timeframe
Zarif said Iran demands
for the negotiations and de- nothing beyond its rights
manding that the talks not
because, in accordance with
be open-ended.
a fatwa (religious decree) by
He emphasized that the
Leader of the Islamic Revostructure of Iran’s nuclear lution Ayatollah Seyed Ali
program will be preserved
Khamenei as well as strateunder any deal.
gic calculations, the coun“Our programs in Arak try’s nuclear program is and
[heavy water reactor] and will be entirely peaceful.
other issues will continue to
Zarif said Iran does not
be pursued with seriousness worry about reaching an
and in cooperation with the
agreement with the P5+1.
international
community “An agreement is useful for
and through access to state- us; it does us no harm. We are
of-the-art technologies,” the
not after [nuclear] weapons,”
Iranian minister said.
he said.
tion in different areas such as
renewable energy resources,
fighting desertification and
marine life as well as sustainable development in the environment sector.
On Wednesday, Ebtekar
and Italian Foreign Minister
Paolo Gentiloni in a meeting
in Rome voiced their willingness to pave the ground for
the further development of
their cooperation in environmental fields.
Gentiloni underlined the
importance of regional and
international
cooperation
in tackling environmental
problems.
Pointing to the friendly ties
between the two countries,
Ebtekar said Iran and Italy
could have close cooperation in environmental issues
in addition to politics and
economy.
In December, 2013, Ebtekar voiced Tehran's willingness to overcome environmental problems through
using other countries' experiences in this field.
Oil minister:
Iran wary of oil ‘shock therapy’
as OPEC vies for market
TEHRAN - The “shock
therapy” of a steep drop in
crude prices, which have
fallen to a five-year low, is
no solution for OPEC’s loss
of market share to U.S. shale
producers, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
said.
U.S. benchmarkWestTexas
Intermediate crude declined
10 percent after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries decided on Nov. 27
to keep its production target
unchanged at 30 million barrels a day. Prices at this lower
level are no guarantee of a
significant reduction in U.S.
shale output, Zanganeh said
in an interview in Tehran on
Nov. 28, after arriving from
the OPEC meeting in Vienna,
Bloomberg reported.
“High prices are a disadvantage to OPEC’s market
share,” he said. “If you want
to increase your share, you
have to reduce prices, but
you can’t do it through ‘shock
therapy’ over the course of
three months if you want to
change everything.”
OPEC, which supplies
about 40 percent of the world’s
oil, resisted calls from members including Venezuela and
Iran to reduce its collective
output to stem falling prices.
U.S. production, driven by a
boom in fracking for shale oil,
has risen to the highest level
in three decades, adding to a
global surplus that Venezuela
estimated last week at 2 million barrels a day. Demand
for OPEC’s crude will shrink
as U.S. supply expands, eroding the group’s share of the
global market to the smallest
in more than 25 years, its own
forecasts showed.
Most of OPEC’s 12 members wanted to cut 1.5 million barrels, or 5 percent,
from their collective target,
with non-OPEC producers
contributing an additional
500,000 barrels in reductions,
according to Zanganeh’s account of the group’s meeting
in the Austrian capital. Saudi
Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al-
Naimi cited the threat from
U.S. shale as the main justification for keeping the same
output limit, Zanganeh said.
Competition from U.S.
shale oil, some of which costs
more to produce per barrel
than crude from OPEC’s conventional deposits, may not
ease even at current, lower
prices, he said.
“These prices that we see
are not a sufficient enough
reason yet to say that definitely, within the next four or
five months ahead, shale oil
output will drop by 1 million
or 2 million” barrels a day, according to Zanganeh. “There
are no facts or figures to say
that shale production would
definitely decrease.”
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