Tehran Seeking Troika with India, Russia As Bulwark Against Terrorism Deskafghanistan Will Visit Tehran on Sunday
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Iran’s Iran, Sweden Playing against Bayern and Calligraphy master 41516quarterly mineral 12 discuss Atletico could be a launching Javad Bakhtiari hangs ECONOMY exports up 48% SOCIETY health co-op SPORTS pad, says Ezatollahi ART& CULTURE works at Tehran gallery WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Zarif sees Iran-Bolivia ties at good level 2 16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12635 Sunday AUGUST 28, 2016 Shahrivar 7, 1395 Dhi Al Qaeda 25, 1437 Iran needs Tehran seeking troika with India, 200 Iranian $100b for historic houses upstream oil, Russia as bulwark against terrorism to undergo gas projects restoration by POLITICS TEHRAN — As a follow-up arrived in New Delhi on Friday, seeking a coun- to address security challenges,” said the Iranian deskto Indian Prime Minister Nar- terterrorism trio with India and Russia. official in his visit with Indian National Security March 2017 by 2021 endra Modi’s visit to Tehran in May, Iranian Su- “Iran is ready to revive concerted coopera- advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday. By Mahnaz Abdi preme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani tion between Tehran, New Delhi, and Moscow 2 HERITAGE TEHRAN — A top desk TEHRAN — Upstream oil and gas Iranian cultural offi- sectors require $100 billion of invest- cial has said that some municipalities ment to meet the objectives of the across the country will conserve a country’s Sixth National Development total of 200 historic houses in need Plan (2016-2021), Abdolmohammad of restoration by the end of the cur- Delparish, the deputy managing direc- rent Iranian calendar year (March 20, tor of National Iranian Oil Company 2017). (NIOC) for corporate planning, said in Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism a press conference in Tehran on Sat- and Handicraft Organization (CHTHO) urday. “Iranian Director Masud Soltanifar announced The official also said that progress the scheme on Thursday during his of the sixth plan is conditioned on ma- one-day visit to Laleljin in Hamedan terializing the objectives of developing Paradise” Province. oil industry. Based on memorandums of under- “As you know, one of the main fetches over standing inked between the CHTHO objectives of the sixth development and municipalities, the right for op- plan is to achieve economic growth erating the restored houses has been of eight percent, and based on this $4.2 million at transferred to the municipalities for a target, the Oil Ministry is planned to 20-year time span, he said. reach a nine-percent growth. Among carpet auction Soltanifar made the remarks dur- all subsidiaries of the ministry, NIOC is ing the celebration for Laleljin’s regis- in charge of the major part of respon- tration as the world pottery capital, a See page 16 sibilities to meet the growth objective,” privilege given to the western Iranian Delparish stated. city by jurors of the UNESCO-affiliated The official further notified that World Crafts Council. the daily productions of oil, gas and The project which can indirectly gas condensate are projected to benefit several businesses such as res- reach 4.5 million barrels, 1.3 billion taurants and hotels is currently being cubic meters and 950,000 barrels implemented in Fars, Kerman, Qazvin, respectively, according to the sixth Marzieh Soleymani Semnan, Isfahan, Gilan and several development plan. other provinces. 7 IRNA/ 5 Makarem Shirazi: Iran’s national internet network starts Iran elected Blocking internet to head AIBD SOCIETY TEHRAN — A national internet network is mestically and independently from within the country. unable to prevent deskThe first phase an organization under the um- all other networks in the world (in- The network also facilitates en- General damage of the national internet network, brella of a Regional Internet Reg- ternet). It is protected from all other cryption and digital signature for Conference Iran’s biggest communication istry with the task of coordinating networks globally with the ability to the users and provides high speed POLITICS TEHRAN — Ayatol- project, will be launched today in IP address allocations and other interact with them should the per- broadband for them. As an- CULTURE TEHRAN — Islam- desklah Nasser Makarem attendance of First Vice-President Internet resource management mission is granted. nounced by the secretary for the deskic Republic of Iran Shirazi has said blocking websites will not Es’haq Jahangiri, Tasnim news functions at a national level within The network is guaranteed to Supreme Council of Cyberspace Broadcasting (IRIB) has been elected be effective to prevent damage inflicted. agency reported. a country or economic unit. give the best service to all the us- the next two phases of this project as the president of the next edition of The project will be inaugurated As adopted by the Supreme ers nationwide with the capability of are scheduled to finish by Febru- the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast- in the Communications and Infor- Council of Cyberspace Iran’s nation- making a safe connection to all the ary 2017 and World Communica- ing Development (AIBD) General Con- mation Technology Ministry. al internet network will operate do- organizations and important bodies tion Day, May 8, 2017 respectively. ference. IRIB was elected during the 15th At least 155 MKO terrorists flee Iraq to Albania: reports edition of the conference, which was held in Tehran from August 25 to 27. IRIB Director Abdol-Ali Ali-Asgari At least 155 members of the Mujahedin-e Iranians and Iraqis. MKO in Iraq because of its criminal past. The will be the president of the conference Khalq Organization (MKO), including a number Several high-ranking officials of the MKO ter- group widely supported former Iraqi dictator for a two-year term, which begins from of the group’s senior leaders, have reportedly rorist group, possibly its ringleader Massoud Raja- Saddam Hussein in his brutal crackdown on A national network has to be creat- August 2016. Rosarita Niken Widiastu- fled Iraq to Albania. vi, were reportedly on board the U.S. plane. opponents. ed to fight the problem of social me- ti, the director of Radio Republik Indo- A U.S. passenger plane transferred the MKO An arrest warrant had been issued for the Iraqi leaders have long urged MKO rem- dia, the senior cleric said on Saturday, nesia (RRI), was the former president terrorists, who had been holed up in Camp Lib- terrorists by the Iraqi government. nants to leave the Arab country but a complete Nasim reported. of the AIBD General Conference. erty near Baghdad International Airport since Didehban also quoted informed sources in eviction of the terrorists has been hampered by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, early on Iraq as saying that the U.S. plane had had no oth- the U.S. and European supporters of the group. Thursday, Didehban Strategic Institute report- er passenger but the MKO terrorists. The terrorist group had to flee Iran shortly Iran takes over ed. The terrorists’ departure has been reportedly after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 after carry- Bank Sarmayeh SEANZA rotating The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization facilitated by the United States, the United Nations ing out a spate of assassinations and bombings defeats Toyoda by much of the international community and and with the cooperation of Saudi Arabia. which took the lives of many top officials and presidency has committed numerous terrorist acts against There is a deep-seated resentment toward civilians. (Source: Press TV) Gosei Trefuerza at ECONOMY Iran took over the Asian Club Volleyball deskrotating presidency Iran detects malware in petrochemical plants, rejects link to recent fires Championship of South East Asia, New Zealand, Aus- tralia (SEANZA) regional group’s secre- POLITICS TEHRAN — number of Iran’s petrochemical Following the investigations, he added. SPORTS Iran’s Bank Sar- tariat, IRIB news reported on Saturday. deskHead of Iran’s units, including Imam Khomeini as Jalali said while the malicious Iran has been increasingly af- deskmayeh defeated The Islamic Republic could receive civilian defense said on Saturday the biggest one, stopped operat- software affected two petro- flicted with the threat of cyber at- Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza from Japan the rotating chairmanship of the inter- that the country has detected and ing wholly or partially due to fires. chemical complexes, it did not tacks by foreign countries. 3-1 (28-26, 25-18, 23-25, 25-13) at national body during the 30th SEANZA’s removed malicious software from The issue is still being probed play a role in the recent fires be- Learning from the cyber attack the 2016 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball meeting of central banks governors in its petrochemical units, rejecting by Iranian officials and expert cause it was inactive at the time. by the U.S. and Israel on its nu- Championship on Saturday. Nepal where the governor of the Central links to recent fires in some of the teams. Initial informal speculations According to the official, the clear facilities in 2009, what came Bank Sarmayeh will meet Taiwan Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif partici- country’s petrochemical facilities, linked the fires to cyber-attacks. malware packages petrochemical to be known as Stuxnet virus, the Power in Pool F on Sunday. pated in. The two-day meeting, opened Mehr reported. Last week, Iran’s National Cy- units had purchased from abroad country has been upgrading its Bank Sarmayeh has already defeat- on Friday, focused on providing custom- “Necessary defensive measures berspace Council announced that were to blame. cyber security capabilities in recent ed Kazakhstan’s Altay VC (3-1), Malay- ers from all walks of life with financial were taken” after the malware was it was investigating whether the “Investigations indicated that years, developing homegrown sia (3-0) and Hong Kong (3-0) respec- services and wide-scale banking ones.