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The United States' efforts to replace its troops in Syria with an Arab coalition force are geared toward localizing regional conflicts, containing Iranian influence and carving out an autonomous Kurdish entity in the war-ravaged country, says an international affairs analyst.
Citing US officials, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that US President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to assemble an "Arab force" to replace Washington's military contingent in Syria.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt are reportedly potential contributors to the proposed Arab expeditionary force.
Trump himself called on western allies in the Middle East last month to pick up more of the financial and military burden in the conflict and deploy their own troops to the Arab state.
Objectives
In an interview with the Iranian Diplomacy website published last week, Hassan Hanizadeh said the plan is mainly intended to help enhance Tel Aviv's security through stationing the forces along Israel's borders.
"This way, any direct conflict would be between the resistance forces and the Arab army rather than between the resistance forces and Israel."
Regional countries and forces opposed to Israel and the US are often referred to as a "resistance front".
Iran would spare no effort to help put an end to Yemen's war, said a senior Foreign Ministry diplomat during talks with European officials on the crisis in Yemen.
During the Thursday talks, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior negotiator in talks on regional crises, described the devastating war in Yemen as "a large-scale humanitarian disaster" which has led to "the silent death of a nation", IRNA reported.
"The Islamic Republic's regional policies are in line with putting an end to these debilitating circumstances," he said.
Jaberi Ansari conferred on the Yemen crisis with Helga Schmid, the secretary general of the European External Action Service; and the political directors of British, Italian, German and French foreign ministries.
Expressing satisfaction with the talks, he said that "the key purpose was to examine the various aspects of Yemen's crisis, and to find a solution to end it."
He added that all those involved in the conflict need to take measures to facilitate preliminary steps to build trust among the opposing sides.
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday US demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers are unacceptable as a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Europeans to "fix" the deal looms.
Trump has warned that unless European allies rectify the "terrible flaws" in the international accord, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, by May 12, he will refuse to extend US sanctions relief for the oil-producing country.
"Iran will not renegotiate what was agreed years ago and has been implemented," Zarif said in a video message posted on social media.
Britain, France and Germany remain committed to the accord and are trying to keep Washington in it, but want to open talks on Iran's ballistic missile program, its nuclear activities beyond 2025–when key provisions of the deal expire–and its role in Middle East issues such as Syria and Yemen.
A senior adviser to Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei also warned Europeans on Thursday over "revising" the nuclear deal, under which Iran strictly limited its enrichment of uranium and won major sanctions relief in return.
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Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the number of household gas subscribers in the country has increased by over 4.56 million in the past four years.
"Close to 3.14 million subscribers from 107 small towns and 11,500 subscribers from rural areas have been added to the grid during the period," Zanganeh was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
"Currently, over 99% of the urban population and 82% of village-dwellers are connected to the grid, accounting for 93% of the country's total population [excluding the underdeveloped provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan and Hormozgan]."
The oil minister noted that Sistan-Baluchestan's capital city of Zahedan has been connected to the gas network and plans to supply gas to several other cities of the province are on the agenda.
Zanganeh added that efforts are also underway to add 5,000 more villages with about 430,000 residents to the national grid with an investment of 3.7 trillion rials ($881 million).
Noting that a large proportion of the equipment to expand the national gas grid has been supplied by domestic producers, the official noted that deals worth 17 trillion rials ($4 billion) have been signed with Iranian contractors and manufacturers to carry out the mega-project.
Zanganeh said the plan has not been financed by the government's budget, but comes from resources earned from exporting liquid gas to foreign markets.
Debts of electricity subscribers to the Energy Ministry have exceeded $2 billion, a deputy energy minister said.
"The amount of unpaid dues to the ministry has amounted to a massive $2.3 billion," Reza Anjomshoa was quoted as saying by IRNA.
According to the official, the outstanding debt has almost crippled the ministry's affiliated companies.
"Electricity generation costs, including the cost for generation and transmission, stands roughly at 3 cents per kilowatt-hour, yet it is sold to subscribers at 1.5 cents per kWh," Anjomshoa said, adding that the difference and the huge debts do not allow the ministry launch development ventures.
"The national grid has not been expanded enough in the last few years due to operational and financial constraints," he said.
He added that the power distribution network was largely deprived of investments in the last 10 years and that is why the infrastructure has remained underdeveloped.
The official noted that provincial distribution firms can neither expand the grid nor increase the power plants' efficiency unless the debts are settled.
The 23rd International Iran Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition, the largest annual convention in Iran's petroleum industry, will commence at Tehran's International Fairground on May 6. Iran Oil Show 2018, the four-day exhibit, is sponsored by Oil Ministry and its subsidiary the National Iranian Oil Company. It expects to host more than 2,000 domestic and international companies, according to the event's official website. The event provides a good opportunity for major foreign companies and domestic producers to undertake mutual cooperation and conclude contracts in the upstream and downstream oil sectors of the oil- and gas-rich country.
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The Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Iran are in the process of expanding trade relations on a long-term basis, the prime minister of the Kurdish region said on Wednesday.
The fourth joint economic conference kicked off in Erbil with the participation of Kurdish, Iraqi and Iranian officials.
During the two-day conference, Nechirvan Barzani also said that the Kurdistan Regional Government supports any activities that will help strengthen trade with the neighboring country of Iran, Kurdish media reported.
He mentioned that recent dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad had resolved disputes between them, mostly related to the Kurdistan region’s border crossings and trade activities, and have found a way to do so within the framework of the Iraqi Constitution.
Barzani stated that there are ongoing talks with Baghdad to address all remaining issues.
Iran traded $1.10 billion worth of non-oil goods with Taiwan in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018)–8.64% more compared to the year before, making the East Asian country Iran’s 15th biggest trading partner. As per the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration’s data, Iran exported 1.26 million tons of commodities worth $573.09 million to Taiwan last year, posting a 0.46% and 3.81% increase in tonnage and value respectively year-on-year. Iranian exports mainly included liquefied propane, metal, steel, low-density oils and aluminum ingot. Taiwan exported 217,633 tons of goods worth $534.38 million to Iran during the period, up 8.77% and 14.35% in tonnage and value respectively YOY. Iran mainly imported machinery related to paper industry from Taiwan during the period.
Markazi Province accounted for 36% of Iran’s $100-milllion synthetic fibers exports last year (March 2017-18), registering an over 9% increase compared with the year before, according to Jafar Asghari, an official with Markazi Industries, Mining and Trade Organization. Azerbaijan Republic, Armenia, Italy, Turkey, Iraq and Romania were the main export destinations of Markazi Province’s synthetic fibers. A total of 1,553 tons of non-oil goods worth $1.09 billion were exported from this western Iranian province last year, indicating a 24% rise year-on-year. The exported commodities included aluminum, petrochemicals, glass, pistachios, meat, tile and ceramics, plants and flowers, ornamental fish, building insulation materials, dairy, raisins, refrigerators, plaster and paint. A total of 136,000 tons of non-oil goods worth $398 million were imported into the province last year, IRNA reported.
Leading a high-ranking delegation, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi set off to Turkmenistan on May 2 to attend transportation-related events during his two-day stay in the neighboring country.
The Iranian mission, together with 20 other delegations from the Economic Cooperation Organization member states attended the ninth session of ECO Transportation Minister’s Forum on Thursday in the city of Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan’s Balkan Province.
ECO, headquartered in Tehran, comprises 10 members, namely Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Set up in 1985, ECO aims to promote economic, technical and cultural cooperation among member states.
Iran's gold demand more than tripled in the first quarter of 2018 while Saudi Arabia's dropped 15%, data released by the World Gold Council show.
Iranians placed a lot more bets on gold in the first quarter after the local currency weakened to a record low and fears grew that the US would pull out of the nuclear deal, signaling a return to sanctions.
Gold coin and bar demand in the Persian Gulf nation soared to 9.3 tons in the first quarter, a three-year high, on “investor concerns over worsening Iranian-US relations and the prospect of currency controls”, WGC said Thursday in a report.
US President Donald Trump will decide by May 12 whether to keep America in the international agreement that restricts Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for relief from sanctions.
The rial hit record lows against the US dollar over the past few months. In April, the government took measures to unify the rial’s rates against the dollar.
The Central Bank of Iran has allowed Tejarat, Parsian and Mellat banks to join their peers Melli and Saman in operating as the authorized lenders of hard currency to importers, outbound tourists and students. Under the new revisions, Tejarat and Parsian banks are also charged with meeting the foreign currency needs of those traveling to Iraq for pilgrimage, in cooperation with the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, IBENA reported on Friday. A CBI directive in April stipulated that hard currency be only supplied by certified banks to 33 designated groups. The amendments came after a currency crisis triggered a government decision on April 9 to unify the official and free market exchange rates for the rial at a single rate of 42,000 against the US dollar. Based on the new regulations, travelers to foreign destinations can receive up to €500 or its equivalent in other currencies for the Commonwealth of Independent States and neighboring countries and up to €1,000 for other countries. As per CBI’s policy revisions, Iranians based overseas are not eligible to apply for foreign currency.
Iran is determined to sideline the US dollar in its financial dealings for the past few years and the country’s insurance industry is no exemption, as it has emphasized a shift toward euro both on the local and international scale.
“We clear our insurance premiums for reinsurance coverage to Europeans in euro and will receive our potential damages when they occur in euro as well,” Abdolnasser Hemmati, the head of the Central Insurance of Iran, the industry’s sole regulator, told IBENA.
“Most of the foreign exchange reserves of CII and insurance companies are held in euro,” he added.
Hemmati conceded that “we need the USD and other foreign currencies for the coverage of some existing risks” and said this has imposed additional costs on Iran because it means costlier insurance premiums.
Because decades-long sanctions have cut Iran’s access to dollar transactions and political ties with the US seem to be worsening, Iran has been pursuing the replacement of greenback through several measures, namely currency swap deals and forbidding registration of import orders in USD.
The inauguration of First Construction Industry Development Exhibition (CIDEX 2018) on May 1 coincided with the launch of the first phase of Iran Mall, an all-Iranian monumental project slated to be the biggest commercial and cultural complex in the Middle East.
The four-day exhibition, which ended on Friday, was organized on the sidelines of the Iran Mall event by the Iran Chamber of Cooperatives. Organizers announced the participation of 130 local companies.
The event was held to support producers and consumers, in addition to boosting jobs. The best performers of the housing and buildings industry were honored at the end of the expo.
Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi attended the inauguration and referred to Iran Mall, which boasts a variety of commercial, cultural, sports, religious and entertainment facilities, as a national project.
He also pointed to the exhibition as a suitable opportunity to forge a constructive dialogue between local manufacturers and showcase their achievements.
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Uncertainty is in the air these days for Iran’s financial markets, especially stocks.
Recent upheavals in the foreign exchange market, coupled with the looming political risks, have all but paralyzed investors and tilted the markets toward bears.
This is now, in fact, an opportune time for portfolio restructuring, as certain share prices are at their all-time low. But the uncertainty surrounding the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, has hamstrung trading.
Overall, Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX lost 1,184 points or 1.2% during the week that ended on March 2 to close at 93,612.1.
Iran Fara Bourse’s benchmark index, IFX, also dropped 3.7 points or 0.3% to stand at 1,057.
US President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the nuclear accord by May 12, but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, according to two White House officials and a source familiar with the administration’s internal debate, Reuters reported.
Technically, Trump must decide by the deadline whether to renew “waivers” suspending some of the US sanctions on Iran, including sanctions on Central Bank of Iran and the Islamic Republic’s oil sales.
The fate of Iran Air’s post-sanctions contracts with western planemakers depends on European’s reaction to US President Donald Trump’s expected decision to leave the 2016 nuclear deal, an advisor to Iran’s roads minister said.
“It is very hard to make predictions about the upcoming conditions, but European’s reaction is the key factor on the fate of these contracts. Planes’ delivery process will face no hurdle if they remain committed to the deal and decide to keep on working with Iran,” Ali Asghar Fakhrieh-Kashan was quoted as saying by ILNA.
“But their hesitation or cautious behavior toward Iran, in case the US administration revives sanctions, would affect many developments, including Iran Air’s plane orders.”
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After an 18-month hiatus, Tourism Bank returned to trading on Iran Fara Bourse on Tuesday, making it the first IFB-listed lender to unfreeze its shares in the current fiscal year (started March 21). The 6-trillion-rilal ($142.85 million) bank opened the day with no fluctuation cap to close trading at 1,091 rials per share, posting an 11.44% drop, Bourse Press reported. “GRDZ” was barred from trading as of August 25, 2016, due to “significant changes in earnings forecast for the fiscal 2016-17”, according to the bank’s reports. Its latest financial data put its retained losses at 909.09 billion rials ($21.64 million) by Dec. 21, 2017, showing a 25% uptick year-on-year.
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Iranian entrepreneurs have made inroads into the e-book reader industry, offering Persian speakers the chance to read texts on demand in their mother tongue for the very first time in e-reader history.
Manufactured jointly by startup and major e-book publisher Fidibo, and Digikala, Iran's largest e-commerce store, the e-reader called "Fidibook" was unveiled this week in a bookstore in Tehran, reported ITIRAN.
While several major companies across the globe including Amazon have been in the business of e-book readers for over a decade, none of the brands support the Persian language.
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As per a judicial order issued on Tuesday, Telegram has been blocked in Iran. Since then mobile Internet users’ access to the services has been barred and landline subscribers have been experiencing disrupted communications.
Without mentioning the blockage, the government of President Hassan Rouhani issued a statement on Dolat.ir outlining the administration’s policies in regard to cyberspace.
The statement acknowledges fast, inexpensive access to information as an undeniable civil right and names enabling people to choose their preferred mode of communications and standing against blocking services as the government’s responsibility. Furthermore, preserving citizens’ privacy is mentioned as a top priority.
Later Rouhani’s top ICT man, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi, took to Twitter to say, “Even if a single application is blocked, citizens’ access to information cannot be obstructed. Other applications will emerge and people will gain free access to information again. This is in the nature of the current era, the age of communications.”
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A team of experts from the United Nations World Tourism Organization arrived in Hamedan on May 2 for a preliminary meeting to discuss the scheduled programs for the city's hosting of the UNWTO's 40th Plenary Session of the Affiliate Members planned for November 12 to 14. Held annually, the Plenary Session provides the ideal setting for Affiliate Members to discuss the yearly program of work and collaborate on the establishment of partnerships and joint initiatives.
The Armenian capital Yerevan and the city of Chengdu in China hosted the 2016 and 2017 events respectively and it will be held in Hamedan this year. To make sure the event will be run smoothly, the three-member team made an on-site visit to the designated conference halls and reviewed the conditions for holding pre- and post-session tours and the process of establishing a special office building with the required equipment for the UNWTO officials, IRNA reported.
"Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has tasked Alisadr Tourism Company to organize the event as planned by UNWTO," Hamidreza Yari, the company's CEO said. According to Yari, the preparations have entered the operational phase.
"Invitations have been sent to guests and arrangements are underway for visa issuance, hotel reservation, Tehran-Hamedan transportation and tours of the city before and after the event," Yari added.
The fourth phase of the project to strengthen the structure of Chehel Sotoun in Isfahan Province has been successfully completed, according to a senior official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
This stage involved the reinforcement of the double-layered roof of the palace's colonnaded terrace and its ornaments.
Fereydoun Allahyari, head of the provincial ICHHTO office, said the scheme has been conducted "with state funds of around one billion rials ($24,000)".
"The colonnaded hall is the first part of the palace to catch the visitors' eye and reflects the overall beauty of the building," he said. Besides, another one billion rials were allocated to cobble the northeastern wing of the palace's garden, according to the official.
Iran's government has pledged stepped-up support for ecotourism development plans, including by offering low-interest loans to those keen on capitalizing on the natural attractions of rural areas.
"Backing for the development of ecotourism through offering loans is high on the government's agenda," Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht was quoted by IRNA as saying on Thursday. Owners of rural houses intending to turn their property into ecolodges take priority in the list of eligible loan applicants, Nobakht said. "We should pave the way for the rural homes to serve as accommodation."
Management and Planning Organization is in charge of monitoring the process of offering the loans.
"Therefore, in case banks do not cooperate, this organization will step in to facilitate the payment of the loan until the last stage," Nobakht promised. The official also called on home owners that have not considered the chance yet, to start the project so as to help enable cultural exchange and generate revenue for the rural community. Ecotourism is defined by the International Ecotourism Society as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people.
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A collection of 135 art pieces by acclaimed British sculptor Tony Cragg opened in San’ati Museum of Contemporary Art in Kerman, Kerman Province, on Thursday.
An exhibition of 35 sculptures alongside 100 sketches and graphic designs by Cragg marks the last stop in his tour of Iran, Mehr News Agency quoted the artist’s first assistant, John Macardi, as saying.
“We used a new collection of sculptures for the exhibitions [in Iran]. The exhibition in Tehran and Isfahan [in the past months] received a very warm welcome and a huge number of visitors,” he added.
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art previously featured 60 sculptures and 140 sketches last October. The exhibition “Tony Cragg: Roots & Stones” was also showcased in Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art from February till April.
TMoCA recently unveiled a sculpture donated by the veteran artist titled ‘Roots & Stones’ in its public area, near the works of renowned artists like Karl Schlamminger, Henry Moore and Parviz Tanavoli.
The exhibit in Kerman will last for 58 days and the artworks will later tour Germany and Denmark.
Acclaimed composer, musician and orchestra conductor Nasser Cheshmazar passed away on Friday in Tehran.
He died of cardiac arrest at Bahonar Hospital in north Tehran at the age of 68, Honaronline reported.
Cheshmazar was considered one of the most acclaimed faces in the world of music and a pioneer in combining Iranian music with western electric instruments.
He had released 10 albums and cooperated with famous pop singers Hami, Mohammad Esfahani, Qasem Afshar and Mohammad Reza Eyvazi in their albums.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s psychological thriller “Everybody Knows” will go on French screens after it has its world premiere while opening the 71st Cannes Film Festival on May 8.
On May 9, Memento Films International will release the movie in France, at 400 cinemas across the country, ISNA reported.
Written by Farhadi and shot entirely in Spanish on the Iberian Peninsula, “Everybody Knows” follows the journey of Laura (played by Penelope Cruz), who travels with her family from Buenos Aires to her native village in Spain for a celebration.
An unexpected event disrupts the reunion and changes the characters’ lives. The family, its ties and the moral choices imposed on them lie at the heart of the plot.
The film’s public screening is also scheduled in Argentina, Spain and Russia. On September 13, Argentinean cinemas will start showing the movie.
Pop and rock singer, composer, guitarist and actor Reza Yazdani is to perform two concerts at Milad Tower on May 8.
Yazdani’s performance is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Convention Hall of the tower, according to Iranconcert.com where the tickets are available.
He will present the concerts to honor the memory of his father who passed away recently.
“More energetic than ever, I will perform the concerts in memory of my father … who believed that life must go on,” Yazdani wrote on his Instagram feed.
Lira Duo has scheduled a live concert at Roudaki Hall for May 10.
Composer and pianist Arash Hazhirazad and violinist Yeganeh Hosseininia will perform Hazhirazad’s 2017 album “Tehran-Mars.”
The concert starts at 9:30 p.m. and Tiwall (Tiwall.com) provides the tickets. Roudaki Hall is on Shahriyar Blvd., Hafez Street on Enqelab Avenue.
Tehran-Mars is a classical album that includes 10 tracks in which Hosseininia has played violin.
Ronak Folk Band, led by singer and daf player Kayvan Ali-Mohammadi, will perform at Soureh Hall of Hozeh-Honari (Art Forum), affiliated to the Islamic Propagation Organization.
On May 11, the ensemble will perform a selection of folk, traditional, pop, ethnic and world music pieces, ILNA reported.
Ali-Mohammadi will give voice to the pieces. Other band members are Kavian Ali-Mohammadi on kamancheh, Sajjad Rezaei and Hanieh Ali-Mohammadi on tar, Neda Rezaian and Maryam Marzban on percussion, Hamideh Saeedinia on oud, Sania Ali-Rezaei and Tania Binaei on Spanish guitar as well as bass guitarist Mojtaba Shadabfar.
The National Museum of Iran has uploaded a digital edition of Masalik Va Mamalik (Traditions and Countries) written by Iranian geographer and traveler of the 10th century Abu Is’haq Istakhri on its website.
The digital copy has been made from a fine manuscript preserved in the museum’s treasury, Azad News Agency reported.
Visitors can watch and read each and every page of the manuscript on the website of the museum, Irannationalmuseum.ir/Persian-Gulf/masalek%20and%20mamalek.html.
Masalik Va Mamalik is said to be the oldest known geography book. In 2008, the book was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World List.
The play “For the Ones With Iron Helmets” is underway at Tehran’s Mehregan Theater from May 2-18.
Written, directed and performed by Pejman Abdi, the play, staged for the third time in Tehran, is about the absurdity of war, ISNA reported.
It tells the story of three soldiers from two war-torn countries that are stuck in a ditch. While they defend their reasons for conflict, the appearance of an angel changes the event.
The antiwar comedy was first staged at Maah (Moon) Theater Festival in 2011 and won prizes for best playwright, director, actor and actress. Three years later in 2014, it was performed at Entezami Theater Hall.
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