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Arabia would change its “wrong pol- “No government has helped the icy” and make it possible to reach an strengthening of the country’s defense agreement on executive affairs. capability as much as the 11 govern- Iran and Saudi Arabia have been ment,” Rouhani remarked. at odds over a number of regional is- The president also said establish- sues. Apart from the Mina hajj stam- ment of peace will be meaningless pede during which about 400 Iranian without power. pilgrims were killed, the two countries “We believe that peace is mean- are at loggerheads over other issues, ingful under the shadow of power,” the particularly the Syrian conflict. president said during a meeting at the Saudi Arabia severed its political ties administrative council of Kerman. with Iran after the country’s diplomat- The president, who started a two- ic posts in Tehran and Mashahd were day tour of Kerman province on Tues- stormed in a public mob, though Iran has day, added that the administration, taken legal action against the culprits. parliament and Judiciary are all mak- Mohammad Hassan Asafari, a mem- ing efforts to develop the country with Hossein Razzagh nejad ber of the Majlis National Security and the guidelines set by the Supreme Foreign Policy Committee, said on May Leader. 8 that Saudi Arabia is refusing to give “The three branches of government MEHR/ guarantees that it will take care of the are following the path of the country’s lives of pilgrims. Also, Iranian Culture development under the guidance of a The 33rd International Qoran Competition was opened in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon. Prominent Qoran reciters have been invited to participate in the event. 2 The conference was inaugurated by Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla. and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jan- powerful leadership.” nati said on April 18 that Saudis have not been cooperative over the past months, noting that the Riyadh govern- PERSPECTIVE IRGC Navy chief: Iran boosting military power to counter U.S. threats ment is twisting hajj negotiations. By Matin Moslem TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Commander of the Is- region.” strengthen its capabilities against threats. international ARTICLE lamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has On the contrary, the rear admiral said, the Speaking to Tasnim last week, Navy relations expert By Ali Mirchi and Kaveh Madani slammed Washington for its hostilities toward Islamic Republic is among the main victims of Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah the Iranian nation, saying the Islamic Republic insecurity, which has its rootsots in the U.S. SSayyariayyari also slammeds the U.S. govern- Europe is hostage continues to enhance its military capabilities to hostilities toward the countryry since the mment’sent’s enmitienmitiese and its opposition to A grand but faulty counter U.S. threats. victory of the Islamic Revolutiontion in 19791979.. Iran’s military presence in the Persian to Turkey Addressing a gathering of foreign military The commander furtherer emempha-pha- Gulf, sasayingying tthoughh enemies do not want vision for Iran’s attachés in Tehran on Wednesday, Ali Fada- sized that Iran has becomeme ververyy the councountry to have presence in the ith all the cleverness vi praised the Iranian Armed Forces’ military powerful and strong in thee faceface SStraittrait of Hormuz and the Per- water problems “Wand goodwill of Mr. preparedness in the Persian Gulf, saying, “To- of U.S. threats, adding thatat it ssianian Gulf “we will continue our Massive water transfer Davutoglu he had not day, nobody can claim that insecurity has is natural for every countrytry ppowerfulo presence in the two schemes are no solution known his friend Recep Tayyip Erdogan been created because of the Islamic Revolu- or military force threat-at- aareas … and stage our war to Iran’s growing problems well. Once when I asked him about his tion’s (military) power and capabilities in the ened by other countries ttoo games.” indifference toward the president’s with drought headstrong behavior, he said there was no worry because Erdogan would FAO highlights role of local communities grand vision of eliminating wa- not do anything against him.” A ter scarcity looks attractive for These words were said to me by a on Integrated Forest Fire Management in Iran tens of millions of people in Turk journalist living in Germany who the desert cities of central Iran worried introduced himself as a close figure to The FAO Representative to Iran highlighted the munity levels), safe and effective initial “attack” about drought. Ambitious water trans- Davutoglu. significance of the role of local communities in on incidences of fire and landscape restoration fer projects are being put in place to He says beside disagreements be- applying effectively the voluntary guidelines for following it. answer a call from President Hassan tween the president and the prime min- saving forests from fire outbreaks at the open- The four-day roundtable and training course Rouhani. ister, two happenings made the presi- ing session of the First national roundtable and that has been organized and by the Forest, Two high-profile projects would see dent shoot the last shot at Davutoglu. training course (9-12 May 2016) on “Integrated Rangeland and Watershed Management Or- desalinized water transferred to the One was the warm greetings of the Forest Fire Management” (IFFM) being con- ganization (FRWO) in collaboration with the central plateau from the Caspian Sea, EU members to Davutoglu. The other ducted in Kelarabad, Mazandarn Province. Representation of the Food and Agriculture and from the Persian Gulf and Sea of was the Schengen Area visa for Turkish “FAO has supported the design of IFFM Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Oman. nationals, which was intended to be framework, especially using the concept of Islamic Republic of Iran, is engaging represent- Mohammadreza Khabbaz, gov- operational toward the end of Octo- roundtables on Fire Management for defining atives from the United Nations Office for Disas- ernor of Semnan, a province sand- ber. But it seemed that the EU gave the the participatory approach in fire management guidelines to be a primarily tool for land-use ter Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Global Wildland wiched between the lush Caspian Sea privilege to Davutoglu and advanced it which now is being conducted in the Islamic policy makers, planners and managers in fire Fire Network (GWFN), Regional Central Asia coastline and the central salt desert, four months. Republic of Iran”, Serge Nakouzi, the FAO Rep- management, including states, the private sec- Fire Management Resource Centre (RCAFM- is a staunch supporter of the Caspian French consulate officials in Istan- resentative to Iran and to the Economic Coop- tor and non-governmental organization. He RC), and the Regional Fire Monitoring Centre Sea water transfer project as a “per- bul have said visa applicants used to eration Organization (ECO), said in his speech underscored that the guidelines for fire man- (RFMC). manent” solution. praise the prime minister quite signif- addressing national and international officials agement have covered both the positive as well The roundtable constitutes on of the events Last month he said there was icantly. as well as experts attending the event. as negative social, cultural, environmental and being organized within the country as part of “no other option…to meet wa- The truth is that Davutoglu’s popu- “FAO has been coordinating a multi-stake- economic impacts of natural and planned fires the First International Fire Management Week ter demand in, and transfer water larity could lay its impact ahead of the holder process to prepare a global strategy to in forests, woodlands, rangelands, grasslands, which is further underpinned by the voluntary to, Iran’s central desert, including October elections and leave Erdogan enhance international cooperation in fire man- agricultural and rural/urban landscapes. framework of the International Wildfire Prepar- Semnan province”. empty handed by then. Erdogan was agement, including: voluntary guidelines; glob- According to the FAO Representative to Iran edness Mechanisms (IWPM).