Rouhani:Criticism Is Different from Violence Fajr Film Festival Unveils
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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.13012 Monday JANUARY 1, 2018 Dey 11, 1396 Rabi’ Al thani 13, 1439 830,000 jobs Lopetegui: Iran, International to be created Portugal and Morocco musicians to perform by Mar.2019 4 are all the same 15 at Fajr festival 16 Israelis protest against Netanyahu, regime’s corruption for 5th week Thousands of Israelis have flocked into the to Ma’asiyahu [Prison].” streets of Tel Aviv for the fifth consecutive They also held signs and placards, Attempt to hijack week, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin reading, “Crime Minister,” “Traitor-Ya- Netanyahu to be jailed over corruption hu; Parasite-Yahu,” “Corrupt officials go scandals. home,” “not left, not right, but honest.” Over 2,000 people took part in the pro- Protester Rony Shtern said, “I think test rally, dubbed the “March of Shame,” it is very important to come here even in Tel Aviv’s central Rothschild Boulevard though I live abroad to show my support,” on Saturday night. adding that corruption “is the number one Demonstrators chanted slogans such as thing that should be eradicated from the nation’s voice “Bibi go home,” “Shame,” and “Netanyahu core of our politics.” 13 See page 2 Fajr Film Festival unveils official lineup ARTTEHRAN — A total Ebrahim Darughezadeh, said in a press deskof 22 films will be con- conference. tending for the Crystal Simorgh in the “Dark Room” by director Ruhollah He- official competition at the 36th edition jazi, “Istanbul Intersection” by Mostafa of the Fajr Film Festival, the organizers Kiai, “Woodpecker” by Behruz Shoeibi, announced on Sunday. “Cold Sweat” by Soheil Beyarqi and “At The films have been chosen out of 67 Damascus Time” by Ebrahim Hatamikia submissions, the secretary of the festival, are among the competing films. 16 Rouhani:Criticism is different from violence POLITICS TEHRAN – In his first “According to the Constitution and deskreaction to three days citizenship rights, people are completely of protests in certain cities across Iran, free to express criticism and even pro- President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet test. But at the same time we should meeting on Sunday that people should note that the way criticism is delivered express their grievances in a way that should be such that it would end in better would lead to better living condition for situations for the country and people’s Tasnim citizens and investment in the country. lives,” Rouhani said. 2 EDITORIAL Rouhani congratulates Iranian Christians on New Year ARTICLE Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh By Mohammad Ghaderi Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has congratu- The Iranian president on December Tehran Times Journalist Tehran Times editor-in-chief lated the country’s Christians ahead of the new 24 sent congratulatory messages to Pope @ghaderi62 Gregorian calendar year. Francis and other world leaders ahead of “We honor an Iran which is the home to all Christmas and the new Gregorian calendar Iranians, including Muslims, Christians, Jews and year and expressed hope that the world How Takfiri thinking Zoroastrians,” Rouhani said in his congratulatory would see the eradication of discrimination Official statistical message on Sunday ahead of New Year 2018. and poverty. found way to Europe? He added that respect for all divine religions In today’s world, which is plagued with im- figures vs. Iranians’ is a valuable teaching of Islam. moralities, injustice and suffering, statesmen hen European countries, played The Iranian president emphasized that the and religious scholars shoulder an important economic conditions a facilitating and complementary Jesus Christ’s teachings for human beings are duty to work together and help each other with Wrole in the regional war which its full of consideration for spirituality, peace and the purpose of creating a “beautiful world full ccording to the latest report re- scenario was written by the Arabic-Amer- friendship and urged all to act based on the President Rouhani meets families of Chris- of peace, tranquility, [and] moderation” free leased by the Statistical Center of ican and Zionist troika, which led to the prophet’s guidelines. tians who were martyred fighting for Iran from “violence and extremism,” he said in his AIran (SCI), in the first half of the destabilization of the inhabitants of South- He expressed hope the Iranian Christians would in the 1980’s Iraqi-imposed war, Sunday, message to Pope. current fiscal year (March 21-September west Asia, in particular the two countries have a New Year full of happiness and prosperity. December 24. (Source: Press TV) 22), the country’s economy grew by 5.6 of Iraq and Syria, they never thought that percent, while the figure, without taking they should soon expect a terrible storm. into account oil production, stood at 6 This coordination and the subsequent percent, compared to last year’s corre- actions that followed, took place after years Blast at funeral in eastern Afghanistan kills 15 sponding period. The state-run body also of Islamophobia, Shia-phobia, and Iran- An explosion at a funeral in Afghanistan’s restive the attack near the provincial capital Jalalabad rified mourners, mostly elderly men, could be put the inflation rate for the 12-month ophobia, so that Western public opinion east on Sunday killed at least 18 mourners and at 18, with 13 wounded. seen running from the scene. period ended on the last day of the ninth could be prepared for the commitment of wounded another 13, officials said, capping a Provincial health director Najib Kamawal While the Taliban is still responsible for the Iranian calendar month of Azar (December such crimes by their governments. deadly year for ordinary Afghans. confirmed the new toll. majority of attacks and casualties across Afghan- 21) at 8 percent, compared to the same In fact Europe, in particular the three There was no immediate claim of responsi- The explosion happened during the funeral istan, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant period in the preceding year. countries of Britain, France and Germany, bility for the blast which authorities initially ceremony for a former governor of Haska Mina (ISIL/Daesh) terrorists have been on a rampage “The six-percent growth in addition to the with their full support for this conspiracy, said was caused by a suicide attacker but now district who died recently of natural causes, a this month. single-digit inflation rate reflects Iran’s good and against all their human rights slo- believe was triggered by explosives attached statement from the governor’s office said. The incident in Nangarhar, a volatile prov- economic situation,” Frist Vice President gans, helped America and its mercenaries. to a motorcycle. The twisted wreckage of a motorcycle ince bordering Pakistan and a stronghold for the Es’haq Jahangiri claimed on Wednesday. Since they saw the Arab revolutions in the The Taliban said on Twitter they had nothing - a popular mode of transport in impov- ISIL terrorist outfit, comes days after the group But do Iranians agree with the First Middle East as a great danger for their to do with the incident - the latest violence to erished Afghanistan – laid in the dirt at claimed an assault on a Shia cultural center in Vice President? filthy purposes, they shed the blood of claim the lives of civilians in the war-torn country. the cemetery. Kabul that left 41 people dead and more than Inflation, purchasing power thousands of innocent people for at least “The explosion was caused by a motorcycle Pools of blood, clothes, shoes and hats were 80 wounded. Has Iranians’ purchasing power in- the past six years so that in this way, they bomb our investigation has concluded,” Nan- scattered on the ground. That followed a Christmas Day attack, also creased? Can wages combat inflation’s might be able to prevent the spread of garhar governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani Photos posted on social media purportedly claimed by ISIL, near an Afghan intelligence upward trend and expenditures? the Arab revolutions by the pattern of told AFP. of the scene showed bodies lying in blood and a agency compound in the Afghan capital that The increase in prices of basic goods the Islamic Revolution of Iran. The governor’s office put the death toll from plume of black smoke rising into the sky. Ter- left six civilians dead. 13 outstrips that of people’s income i.e. If we look more closely, we will notice purchasing power has decreased. Ques- that this European Troika, with partic- tioning the announced inflation rate of 8 ipating in this horrible crime, actually percent in Azar, some experts note that sought to achieve several goals and objec- the calculated base year- the year used for tives. Objectives that, although in some comparison in the measure of a business cases, such as the sale of large quantities Devastation activity, here the inflation rate,- has been of weapons, delaying the collapse of the changed from Iranian calendar year of 1390 dictators of the region, etc., but didn’t from 1000 to 1395 (ended March 20, 2017), which as lead into the expected results. they say has led into decrease in inflation More precisely, the allies of the White days of war rate by two or three percent. i.e. in case House and the fake regime of Israel on of having 1390 as the base year, inflation the Green Continent, were misled in their in Azar would stood at 10 to 11 percent. calculations in at least in two directions: on Yemen Economic growth First, they have been fooled by America As the Saudi-led war on Yemen passes Is the achieved economic growth or and Israel again and trusted them in a way the grim 1,000-day milestone, the United the curbed inflation tangible in Iranians’ that eventually ended up in their ruin.