Economy, Iran's Foremost Priority
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Iran urges neighbors to South Pars meets 65% of comply with water deals 2 national gas demand: Official 4 Number 5715 ● Sunday August 27, 2017 ● Shahrivar 5, 1396 ● Zihijjah 5, 1438 ● Price 5,000 Rials ● 12 Pages ● www.irandailyonline.ir Leader: Economy, Iran’s foremost priority Political Desk Iran attracts $6b for 4 eader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khame- new power plants nei said Saturday economic issues are the country’s top prior- Lity, urging Iranian officials to make relentless efforts to solve problems facing people, including unemployment among the youth. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Presi- dent Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members in Tehran on the oc- casion of the Government Week. “Economy must be the top priority of all members and sectors of the government,” the Leader said and highlighted the significance of banking, investment, liquidity growth and smuggling in economic issues, Press TV reported. Ayatollah Khamenei recommended that the president and mem- bers of his cabinet should serve the Iranian people and establish Mojallali wins 11 close contacts with them “in order to reach a better understanding of realities about people’s lives.” world canoe bronze He stated that Iranian officials must practice patience in the face of critical remarks and show courage to make decisions and implement them, stressing the importance of devising precise scientific plans. The Leader further stated that the Islamic Revolution must be a source of honor in diplomatic issues, adding, “We must feel dig- nified about conforming to national norms, i.e. the norms stem- ming from the [Islamic] Revolution such as resistance against arrogance, fight against oppression and opposition to the hegem- onic system.” Continued on Page 2 leader.ir Ardabil, new destination 12 Iraq retakes Tal Afar Envoy: India, Iran seeking more for European tourists Exclusive center, citadel from Daesh comprehensive energy partnership Iraqi forces have driven the Daesh terror lim holiday set to start in Iraq on September By Farzam Vanaki were not in favor of the Afghanistan’s group from central Tal Afar and its historic 2. people and the country, put citadel, they said Saturday, placing them on Most of Tal Afar’s 200,000 residents, the India and Iran have arrived in place by colonial rulers. the verge of fully recapturing one of the last majority of them Shia Turkmens, fled as the at a political understand- The day is very important Shias call for Daesh strongholds in the country. terrorists arrived. ing that they want to take because on this particular The advance, just days into an assault on Pro-government forces faced an obstacle their relationship in the en- day we achieved what we protection after the strategic town, comes six weeks after course of roads blocked with earth embank- ergy sector ahead, evolving had set out to accomplish. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared ments and strategically-parked trucks, as well it from that of a buyer and Another hallmark of the co- victory over the terrorists’ in second city Mo- as sniper fire and mortar shelling. seller to a more comprehen- lonial period was the ‘divide latest mosque attack sul, where the terror group declared its “cali- Troops also said they discovered a network sive partnership, said the and rule’ policy. While India Victims of the latest attack on Shia Muslims in Af- phate” in 2014, AFP reported. of underground tunnels used by the terrorists Indian ambassador to Iran. achieved its independence, it ghanistan directed their anger squarely at the Af- “Units of the Counter-Terrorism Service to launch attacks behind lines of already con- Speaking to Iran Daily a was also partitioned into two ghan government, accusing it of failing to protect liberated the Citadel and Basatin districts and quered territory, or to escape. few days after the 70th an- dominions which became them despite repeated attacks. raised the Iraqi flag on top of the citadel,” op- The International Organization for Migra- niversary of India’s Inde- sovereign entities of India Suicide bombers and gunmen, some dressed in eration commander General Abdulamir Yar- tion said “thousands of civilians” had fled Tal pendence Day [which was and Pakistan. Although very police uniforms, attacked a mosque in Kabul dur- allah said in a statement. Afar since the offensive began. marked on August 15, 2017] painful, this division is now ing prayers on Friday, killing more than 40 peo- in Tehran, Saurabh Kumar IRAN DAILY history and the two coun- ple and wounding more than 100, according to also touched upon other important issues relat- tries have both moved on. India is home to all its mosque leaders, Reuters reported. ing to ties between Tehran and New Delhi in dif- people irrespective of caste, religion and creed. Many of the victims were women trapped on ferent fields as well as topics pertaining to his It is not a country based on any particular reli- the mosque’s second floor. own country. gion. The country has the second largest Mus- The United Nations put the preliminary toll Excerpts of the interview follow: lim population and also the second largest Shia at 20 civilians killed and more than 30 wounded, community. India is home to all religions of the while the Interior Ministry said 28 people died and IRAN DAILY: Would you please elaborate world. 50 were wounded. on the 70th anniversary of India’s Independ- At least 30 victims were buried on Saturday ence Day? What plans are underway by India to pro- on the grounds of the same mosque as hundreds SAURABH KUMAR: The 70th anniversary mote and increase the use and generation of of family members, friends, and other mourners of Indian Independence [marked on August 15, green energy? gathered under bullet-marked buildings. 2017] was an important milestone for the coun- Generating solar energy and other forms of Inside the mosque itself, blood was spat- try, as in five years’ time it would be celebrat- renewables, and promoting their use is being tered everywhere and the walls were burned and ing the 75th anniversary of its independence, given a great deal of emphasis in India. There scarred. and during the five-year period, India plans to are projects currently underway in the country “The government does not care about us,” said accelerate the implementation of a number of to this end and goals/targets have been set in this Akhtar Hussain as he attended the funeral of a rel- important schemes and plans to achieve desired regard. The objective is that, in the next couple ative. “What should we expect from a government targets. These plans have been drawn by the of years, India will replace, to a good degree, that has never tried to protect us?” government to accelerate the country’s develop- fossil fuel with renewable and greener (solar, Daesh-affiliated terrorists claimed responsibil- ment in various sectors, raise people’s prosper- nuclear and wind) energy. In a few years, we ity for the attack, the latest in a number of deadly ity, and move toward the greater use of green would like to see non-fossil fuel-based energy assaults on Afghanistan’s Shia population. AFP energy. These initiatives have been launched constitute 40 percent of our energy basket. Sectarian violence has been relatively rare in The CTS and federal police units had also Once Tal Afar is retaken, Baghdad is ex- by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and include India’s energy consumption per capita and Afghanistan, but since 2015 Daesh terrorists have seized three northern districts and the Al- pected to launch a new offensive on Hawija, Make in India, Skill India, Start Up India, to greenhouse gas emission per capita remain very helped escalate fears by killing scores of Shias at Rabia neighborhood west of the citadel, a 300 kilometers north of Baghdad. name a few. low compared to international averages. How- mosques, public gatherings and elsewhere. day after taking the district of Al-Talia to the Daesh is also present in the vast western In the last 70 years, India has come a long ever, while we are promoting the use of green Friday’s attack was the sixth attack on Shia south. province of Anbar, where it controls several way. Twenty years have elapsed since the coun- energy in the country, of equal importance to mosques so far this year, with Daesh claiming re- Clashes were ongoing on the northern out- zones along the Syrian border with war-rav- try celebrated the 50th anniversary of its inde- us is the provision of energy to all our citizens. sponsibility for half of them, according to the UN. skirts and Iraqi forces were dealing with final aged Syria, including the Al-Qaim area. pendence, and it has made tremendous progress Therefore, we would not want our development “This latest in a series of attacks targeting mem- pockets of terrorists inside the city, Yarallah The terror group has lost much of the terri- in various sectors since then. process to be impeded in any way as we move bers of the Shia community at worship has no pos- said. tory it controlled and thousands of its mem- Of course, the larger significance of the day is towards green energy. sible justification,” Toby Lanzer, acting head of the Government troops and units of the Hashed bers have been killed. to celebrate and cherish our independence. UN mission in Afghanistan, said in a statement. al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition launched The foreign and defense ministers of Would you please comment on energy ties “Such attacks directed against congregations the assault on Sunday after weeks of Iraqi air France visited Baghdad Saturday to affirm Would you please talk about the histori- between India and Iran? and places of worship are serious violations of in- strikes.