** IRAN DAILY
-- Iran firm to secure rights over Arash gas field: Minister
Iran will pursue its rights over the Arash/Durra gas field if other parties shun cooperation, the country’s Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Sunday, according to the Oil Ministry’s Shana news agency.
“If there is no willingness to cooperate, Iran will pursue its rights and benefits, including the exploitation and exploration of the Arash gas field, and will not tolerate any violation of its rights,” Owji said
-- IMF revises up Iran’s GDP projection for 2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest World Economic Outlook Report, revised its forecast for Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2023, expecting the country’s economy to grow 2.5 percent this year.
The fund had estimated the Islamic Republic’s GDP growth at two percent for 2023, in its previous report published in April, according to img.org.
The entity also revised its estimation for Iran’s economic growth in 2022, putting the country’s GDP growth for last year at 3.5 percent. In the April report, Iran’s economic growth for 2022 was calculated at 2.5 percent.
-- Iran’s thermal power station output hiked by 2,000 MW: Official
The average electricity generation of thermal power stations during peak consumption days of summer in the current Iranian year has increased by over 2,000 megawatts (MW) compared to last year, announced Nasser Eskandari, a deputy with the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH).
Over 700 power plant units of 112 state-run and private power stations have created a sustainable condition to supply electricity needed by the country’s clients, the official noted on Sunday.
** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-- Businessman: Iran to Benefit From Gas-for-Oil Barter Deal With Iraq
A senior Iranian businessman says a recent deal between Iran and Iraq to swap Iranian gas and electricity for Iraqi crude oil and mazut will benefit Iran and will remove hurdles created by the United States in energy trade between the two neighboring countries.
“With this agreement with Iraq for barter of oil for gas, the US ability to stonewall (payments) will be restricted and given Iraq’s situation, the deal can benefit Iran,” said Hamid Husseini, who serves as board manager at Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters Union (OPEX), on Saturday.
-- Qom University, German Academy Hold Ashura Conference
On the eve of Muharram, a two-day conference of Ashura studies in the contemporary world was held by the Islamic Academy of Germany in cooperation with Qom University for university students in Europe.
The event was attended by Muhammad-Hadi Mofateh, associate professor of Qom University, Hassan Eslami, full professor in Adian University, Muhammad Legenhausen, a member of the faculty of Imam Khomeini School, and Seddiqeh Khansari, a professor at the University of Tübingen, Germany among others.
-- Official: Iran Abided by Its Obligations
The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the country has adhered to its obligations under a 2015 nuclear deal with originally six other countries. Asked why a Russian official recently said the prospect of reviving the nuclear deal is in limbo, Muhammad Eslami said, “Ask themselves!”
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s representative to Vienna-based international organizations, said last week that the outlook of reviving the nuclear deal was “very vague and complicated.” “The favorable moment has been lost and absolutely nothing has happened during the past year and a half,” Ulyanov told Russian newspaper Izvestia.
** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Parliament to support government in releasing funds: MP
Iranian lawmaker Asghar Salimi has said that the Parliament will support the Ebrahimi Raisi government in its efforts to release the Iranian money frozen in South Korean Banks.
Salimi said $7 billion in Iranian oil revenues were blocked in South Korean banks in the wake of the 2018 withdrawal of the Trump administration from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
-- Iran U23 team win 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup
Iran U23 team claimed the title of the 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup on Sunday. The young Persians defeated Tajikistan 1-0 to register their fourth win in the tournament. Ali Akrami scored the solitary goal of the match.
Iran lost to Turkmenistan 2-1 in their opening match but defeated Kyrgyzstan 1-0, Afghanistan 5-1 and Uzbekistan 5-0 in their following matches. Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan competed in the tournament. The round-robin tournament was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from July 23 to 30. The winning team was determined by the number of points scored.
-- No other religion defends rights of women as much as Islam
Observing the Islamic rules is the best way to prevent violence against women as no other religion or culture defends the personality and rights of women as much as Islam. The opponents of Islam, which themselves have a shameful and black history of violence against women, and today they have increased this violence under different titles, accuse Islam of discriminating against women.
In seemingly civilized and advanced countries, violence against women is increasing day by day. With advertising and changing people's culture, women have been demoted from their high position and have been introduced as a sexual commodity in society.
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