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Wednesday 19 October 2016 - 13:57
Story Code : 235589

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Wednesday, 19-10-2016

Iran Daily
 
Worlds second-largest cell phone co. Vodafone enters Iran market
Vodafone (VOD.L) has agreed a partnership with Iranian Internet firm HiWEB to help modernize its network, the companies said on Tuesday, making the British company the latest Western firm to enter Iran after sanctions were lifted.

 
Trumps wife:Female accusers telling lies
Melania Trump insisted that her husband is a gentleman and that the women who allege that Donald Trump sexually assaulted them are lying. She also said that lewd comments the US Republican presidential candidate made about women that were caught on videotape were unacceptable but did not represent the man she knows.

 
Iraqi forces make gains in push to retake Daesh-held Mosul
Iraqi forces were making gains as tens of thousands of fighters advanced on Mosul Tuesday in an unprecedented offensive to retake the city from the Daesh terror group.

 
Boeing, Airbus grant Iran maintenance, part manufacturing permits
Airline industry giants Airbus and Boeing granted Iran permissions for plane maintenance and repair operations and manufacturing spare parts, announced the secretary of Society of Iranian Airlines.

 
UNESCO adopts resolution on Beit-ul-Moqaddas
UNESCOs executive board on Tuesday approved a resolution that Israel says denies Jewish connections to holy sites in Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) including the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

 
Zarif calls for removal of obstacles to cooperation with EU
Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that obstacles in the way of expansion of ties between Tehran and the European Union should be removed.

 
Iran Air Force conducts e-warfare maneuvers
Irans Air Force successfully conducted electronic warfare as part of large-scale three-day military drills in the central province of Isfahan.

 
Baku keen on Azerbaijan-Iran-Russia cooperation
Baku hopes that trilateral cooperation of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia will continue as all the sides participating in the dialogue format expressed interest in its work, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Sputnik.

 
IRGC commander: Saudi Arabia, Israel hatching plots against Iran
A senior Iranian military commander warned that Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime are hatching plots against the Islamic Republic.
We have discovered thorough intelligence that Al Saud, in collusion with the Zionist regime (of Israel), is hatching plots against our country, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Tuesday, as reported by Press TV.

 
Russian warships dock in Bandar Anzali
A Russian flotilla of warships berthed in Irans northern port city of Bandar Anzali on Tuesday morning.

 
Tehran Times
 
Impending reshuffling in Rouhani cabinet
While government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht on Tuesday refused to make comments on possible resignation of the culture minister, media outlets have said Ali Jannati will definitely step down.

 
U.S. planned major attack on Iran if nuclear talks failed: commander
The commander of Irans Passive Defense Organization has said the U.S. had been planning to carry out a major attack on the countrys infrastructure in the event that negotiations over Tehrans nuclear program would have failed.

 
Nuclear chief says Iran exports 25 radiopharmaceuticals
Irans atomic energy chief said in comments on Tuesday the country produces and exports 25 radiopharmaceuticals to Asian and European countries.

 
3rd all-Iranian container ship launched
Kashan, the third container ship fully designed and built by Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Company (ISOICO), was launched in the southern port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday.

 
Majlis to investigate case of Irans frozen assets in U.S.
Irans parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of a motion to follow up the countrys legal disputes in the United States, including the Islamic Republics frozen assets in the country.

 
Antenna festival jury impressed by Starless Dreams
Acclaimed Iranian documentary Starless Dreams directed by Mehrdad Oskui received the special jury award for the best international documentary at the 6th Antenna Documentary Film Festival, which was held in Sydney, Australia from October 11 to 16.

 
Iraqi forces take 20 villages from ISIL in Mosul push
Armed forces closing in on the Iraqi city of Mosul say they have secured about 20 villages on the outskirts of the city in the first 24 hours of an operation to retake the last major stronghold in Iraq of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ Daesh) terrorist group, Al Jazeera reported.

 
Iran, Luxemburg agree on mutual investment, double taxation avoidance
Iran and Luxemburg agreed to sign a deal by the end of October on mutual investment and double taxation avoidance. The decision was made during a meeting between Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Ali Tayyenbia and the visiting Luxembourg Economy Minister Etienne Schneider in Tehran on Monday, IRNA reported.

 
Zarif wants obstacles to Iran-EU ties removed
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that obstacles to expand relations between Iran and the European Union should be removed.

 
Saudis fueling crises to get rid of quagmires
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that Saudi Arabia is seeking to fuel crises in the Middle East region in order to find a way out of quagmires it has created for itself.

 
Physical eradication of Daesh doesnt mean security will prevail: Iran
Irans Supreme National Security Council Secretary said on Tuesday that destroying Daesh militarily and recapturing the lands that they have occupied does not mean that security will prevail.

 
IRGCs Jafari: Saudi Arabia, Israel plotting against Iran
Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said in comments on Tuesday Iran has strong evidence that shows Saudi Arabia along with Israel are seeking to hatch plots against Iran.

 
Iran says not involved in ground offensive for Mosul liberation
One day after Iraq announced the start of the massive operation in Mosul to retake the second biggest city of the country from ISIS, the Iranian government spokesman said Tehran has no ground boots in Mosul.
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