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You searched for russia - IRAN This Way https://iranthisway.com/ Become familiar with Iranian lifestyle! Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:09:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 https://iranthisway.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-ir-fave-iocn-32x32.png You searched for russia - IRAN This Way https://iranthisway.com/ 32 32 Iran produces 1200 nano products https://iranthisway.com/2022/10/02/iran-nano-pro/ https://iranthisway.com/2022/10/02/iran-nano-pro/#respond Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:08:05 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11836 An Iran’s official announced the production of 1,200 items of nano products in 18 fields of industry.

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The Secretary of Iran’s Nanotechnology Development Headquarters Saeed Sarkar on Sunday announced the production of 1,200 items of nano products in 18 fields of industry.

He made the remarks on the sidelines of the 13th edition of Iran Nano Exhibition on Sunday and stated that the products showcased at the exhibition is to familiarize different sectors of the country with the domestic capabilities and potentials.

It is predicted that trade and economic delegations from 10 countries will take part in this edition of the exhibition with the aim of getting familiar with the salient technological achievements in the field of nano, Sarkar added.

He pointed to the countries interested in participating in this exhibition and added that these business delegations from the countries including Brunei, India, Mexico, Russia and Indonesia which have shown vehement interest to take part in the exhibition.

It is hoped that the trade and business delegations will reach an agreement with the Iranian companies in order to spur country’s exports, he emphasized.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Secretary pointed to Iran’s rank in the production of science and technology in the region and the world and added that Iran is ranked first among the regional and Islamic countries in the field of nano-science production.

Iran also is ranked 4th in the world after China, India and the United States, he continued.

Currently, over 1,200 nano-based products have been produced in 18 fields of industry which have had a significant impact on updating and empowering industries, he added.

The 13th edition of Iran Nano Exhibition opened in the presence of some Iranian officials including Iranian agriculture minister Javad Sadatinejad in Tehran International Fairground in the north of the capital on Saturday.

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Iran’s trade with Shanghai Organization reach $9.85 bn in spring 2022 https://iranthisway.com/2022/10/02/iran-shanghai-sco/ https://iranthisway.com/2022/10/02/iran-shanghai-sco/#respond Sun, 02 Oct 2022 13:57:33 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11830 Iran’s non-oil trade with 11 member states of the SCO reach 9.85 billion dollars in spring.

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Iran’s trade with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in the spring saw 29 percent increase, said a senior official in Iran’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance.

Majid Karimi, director-general of financial and commercial markets study office at the ministry, told IRNA on Saturday that Iran’s non-oil trade with 11 member states of the SCO reach 9.85 billion dollars in spring.

He said that Iran’s non-oil exports to those countries amounted to 5.5 billion dollars with 20 percent increase compared to the same period last year and its imports accounted to 4.35 billion dollars up by 41 percent.

China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, and Uzbekistan topped Iran’s list of exports destinations among the SCO members this spring, according to Karimi.

He highlighted the presence of China and Russia in the SCO as the two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and India as an emerging economy adds to the significance of Iran’s accession to the regional organization.

Karimi said that the SCO can remove the dollar and euro from transactions between member states and plan for a single currency in the future, noting that Iran has offered using insurances and financial channels.

The SCO can also adopt proper approaches on sustainable collaborations on energy, as two world’s biggest energy producers (Russia and Iran) and two world’s biggest energy consumers (China and India) are members of the organization.

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The Iranian satellite “Khayyam” was successfully launched https://iranthisway.com/2022/08/09/iranian-satellite-khayyam-launched/ https://iranthisway.com/2022/08/09/iranian-satellite-khayyam-launched/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:53:13 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11811 Iranian satellite "Khayyam" launched by Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Iranian satellite “Khayyam” launched by Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan Baikonur Cosmodrome in cooperation with Russia. The Khayyam satellite whose ownership is for Iranian Space Agency is proper for making smart different parts of the country.

The home-made Iranian satellite is also aimed at improving agricultural productivity, monitoring water resources and management of natural disasters, among other things.

The Iran develops domestic capabilities and will continue such a cooperation in order to meet its needs and accelerate the process of development in space technology.

Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Issa Zarepour, who has traveled to Kazakhstan for launch of Khayyam, said through a video message that Iranian Space Agency will continue scientific and technological cooperation with countries which are pioneers in the space industry.

Iranian satellite “Khayyam” launched by Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Khayyam satellite was successfully placed in the 500 km orbit of the earth

“Alireza Naimi”, Director General of Space Operation and Space Operations of the Iran Space Organization, announced in an interview: During the process carried out by the satellite carrier, after one hour it was separated from the satellite carrier and placed in a circular orbit 500 km from the earth’s surface. Half an hour later, we received the first telemetry data.

He added: “Receiving the first signals was very happy and satisfying for us, and it can be said that the Khayyam satellite is in a very good condition.”

Naimi said: The satellite is not yet in a condition where we can say that it has entered the practical stage. To achieve this goal, we need about four months to be able to provide the images received from this satellite to the people. (read here)

Khayyam’s sensing satellite has high imaging accuracy and transmits images with a resolution of one meter to the ground.

This satellite is owned and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Guidance and control will be received from ground stations in Iran, and the information and images sent will also be received at these stations.

Omar Khayyam: Persian poet and astronomer

Omar Khayyam, Arabic in full Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nīsābūrī al-Khayyāmī, (born May 18, 1048, Neyshābūr [also spelled Nīshāpūr], Khorāsān [now Iran]—died December 4, 1131, Neyshābūr), Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements but chiefly known to English-speaking readers through the translation of a collection of his robāʿīyāt (“quatrains”) in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859), by the English writer Edward FitzGerald.

His name Khayyam (“Tentmaker”) may have been derived from his father’s trade. He received a good education in the sciences and philosophy in his native Neyshābūr before traveling to Samarkand (now in Uzbekistan), where he completed the algebra treatise, Risālah fiʾl-barāhīn ʿalā masāʾil al-jabr waʾl-muqābalah (“Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra”), on which his mathematical reputation principally rests. In this treatise he gave a systematic discussion of the solution of cubic equations by means of intersecting conic sections. Perhaps it was in the context of this work that he discovered how to extend Abu al-Wafā’s results on the extraction of cube and fourth roots to the extraction of nth roots of numbers for arbitrary whole numbers n.

He made such a name for himself that the Seljuq sultan Malik-Shāh invited him to Eṣfahān to undertake the astronomical observations necessary for the reform of the calendar. (See The Western calendar and calendar reforms.) To accomplish this an observatory was built there, and a new calendar was produced, known as the Jalālī calendar. Based on making 8 of every 33 years leap years, it was more accurate than the present Gregorian calendar, and it was adopted in 1075 by Malik-Shāh. In Eṣfahān he also produced fundamental critiques of Euclid’s theory of parallels as well as his theory of proportion. In connection with the former his ideas eventually made their way to Europe, where they influenced the English mathematician John Wallis (1616–1703); in connection with the latter he argued for the important idea of enlarging the notion of number to include ratios of magnitudes (and hence such irrational numbers as Square root of√2 and π).

His years in Eṣfahān were very productive ones, but after the death of his patron in 1092 the sultan’s widow turned against him, and soon thereafter Omar went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He then returned to Neyshābūr where he taught and served the court as an astrologer. Philosophy, jurisprudence, history, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy are among the subjects mastered by this brilliant man.

Omar’s fame in the West rests upon the collection of robāʿīyāt, or “quatrains,” attributed to him. (A quatrain is a piece of verse complete in four lines, usually rhyming aaaa or aaba; it is close in style and spirit to the epigram.) Omar’s poems had attracted comparatively little attention until they inspired FitzGerald to write his celebrated The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, containing such now-famous phrases as “A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou,” “Take the Cash, and let the Credit go,” and “The Flower that once has blown forever dies.” These quatrains have been translated into almost every major language and are largely responsible for colouring European ideas about Persian poetry. Some scholars have doubted that Omar wrote poetry. His contemporaries took no notice of his verse, and not until two centuries after his death did a few quatrains appear under his name. Even then, the verses were mostly used as quotations against particular views ostensibly held by Omar, leading some scholars to suspect that they may have been invented and attributed to Omar because of his scholarly reputation.

Each of Omar’s quatrains forms a complete poem in itself. It was FitzGerald who conceived the idea of combining a series of these robāʿīyāt into a continuous elegy that had an intellectual unity and consistency. FitzGerald’s ingenious and felicitous paraphrasing gave his translations a memorable verve and succinctness. They are, however, extremely free translations, and more recently several more faithful renderings of the quatrains have been published.

The verses translated by FitzGerald and others reveal a man of deep thought, troubled by the questions of the nature of reality and the eternal, the impermanence and uncertainty of life, and man’s relationship to God. The writer doubts the existence of divine providence and the afterlife, derides religious certainty, and feels keenly man’s frailty and ignorance. Finding no acceptable answers to his perplexities, he chooses to put his faith instead in a joyful appreciation of the fleeting and sensuous beauties of the material world. The idyllic nature of the modest pleasures he celebrates, however, cannot dispel his honest and straightforward brooding over fundamental metaphysical questions. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.

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IRAN became the 2021 Asian volleyball champion https://iranthisway.com/2021/09/19/iran-volleyball/ https://iranthisway.com/2021/09/19/iran-volleyball/#respond Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:36:41 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11724 The national Iranian men's volleyball team won the title of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship 2021 after winning the national team the hosts Japan 3-0 in the final match on Sunday.

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The Iran national men’s volleyball team won the title of the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship 2021 after winning the national team the hosts Japan 3-0 in the final match on Sunday.

National Iranian volleyball team became champions of Asia after defeating Japan in three straight sets (27-25; 25-22; 31-29).

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Medal Ceremony of 2021 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship

The 21st Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship was held from Sept. 12 to 19 in Chiba, Japan, and the participating teams vied for two spots in next year’s FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in Russia.

At the end of the competitions, the Iranian coach Behrouz Ataei was introduced as the best coach in Asia, while the Iranian player Saber Kazemi was also named the most valuable player in the competitions.

This was Iran’s fourth win in the Asian championships, while Japan have won the title nine times so far.

By advancing the final, both Iran and Japan booked their tickets at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship already on Saturday.

National Iranian volleyball team became champions of Asia after defeating Japan in three straight sets (27-25; 25-22; 31-29).

The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship will be held in Russia from Aug. 26 to Sept. 11, 2022 with the participation of 24 teams.

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Iran permited to use COV-Iran Barakat vaccine https://iranthisway.com/2021/06/14/iran-permited-cov-iran-barakat-vaccine/ https://iranthisway.com/2021/06/14/iran-permited-cov-iran-barakat-vaccine/#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:52:00 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11624 Iran 's Health Minister Saeed Namaki has issued an emergency permit to use COV-Iran Barakat in the current vaccination of the population.

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Iran ‘s Health Minister Saeed Namaki has issued an emergency permit to use COV-Iran Barakat in the current vaccination of the population.

Speaking to Iranian state TV on Sunday night, Health Minister Saeed Namaki issued an emergency permit to use COV-Iran Barakat in the current vaccination of the population.

He also said that the necessary permit to use Iran-Cuba jointly produced COVID vaccine will also be issued as early as next week.

The move comes amid reports of a shortage of vaccines in Iran as the vaccination of elderly aged above 60 is underway.

This is while, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Director General for PHC Network Management at the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday that the country needs 120,000,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines. He also said that a new shipment of vaccines containing a million doses will enter the country in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Mohammad-Reza Shanesaz, said Sunday the Iranian citizens who have been injected with a foreign-made coronavirus vaccine might be injected with an Iranian-made vaccine for their second dose. He assured that the Iranian and foreign-made vaccines are made in the same way and with the same quality.

The National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus in Iran has announced that the second dose of Chinese vaccine will be distributed from Saturday and the second dose of Sputnik V will also be available.

Iranian Sputnik vaccine to be unveiled

Iran’s Health Minister Namaki informed that the Iranian version of the Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine will be unveiled on Sat.

Iranian Minister Masoud Namaki vowed that all Iranians will be vaccinated by the end of Autumn by domestically produced or imported vaccines.

The Spokesman of the Iran Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) said in mid-June that the Islamic Republic of Iran joined the club of manufacturers of coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine.

In a tweet, Kianoush Jahanpour wrote, “Islamic Republic of Iran joined the coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine manufacturers’ club by issuing a license for emergency use of COV-Iran Barakat; Iran, Russia, United States, China, UK, and India.”

Cuban Soberana 02 COVID-19 vaccine showing 62% efficiency

The Cuban biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma announced that the Soberana 02 vaccine against COVID-19 has an efficacy of over 60 percent.

“With only 2 doses, #Soberana02 reached 62% efficacy,” BioCubaFarma tweeted on Saturday.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel tweeted that the result has been confirmed by an independent committee with the Instituto Finlay de Vacunas, but the emergency use of the vaccine is yet to be approved by the Cuban regulatory agency CECMED, Sputnik reported.

“The efficacy of #Soberana02, in its two doses, exceeds the requirements of the World Health Organization for a vaccine candidate against #COVID19 to become an effective vaccine, which is 50%,” Diaz-Canel tweeted, adding that data on the three-shot Soberana Plus vaccine will be available soon.

Cuba has developed five promising vaccine candidates: Soberana 01, Soberana 02, Soberana Plus, Mambisa and Abdala. Over 4.3 million people have participated in trials of the Soberana 02 and Abdala vaccines, according to Cuba’s health ministry.

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Iran’s exports to EAEU rise 76% year-on-year https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/09/iran-exports-eaeu/ https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/09/iran-exports-eaeu/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:35:47 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11224 main exported items included dairy products, plastic products, cement and minerals, putting the value of the annual overseas sales at $32.92 million

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Some 750,787 tons of goods were exported from the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries during the previous Iranian calendar year (which ended on March 19), indicating a 76 percent growth year-on-year.

Ali Yousefi, the head of Nowshahr Customs Office, added main exported items included dairy products, plastic products, cement and minerals, putting the value of the annual overseas sales at $32.92 million, Mehr News Agency reported.

The official noted that over two million tons of different products worth $685.77 million were imported from the EAEU member states to the province during the same period.

The imports witnessed an increase of 97 percent and 17 percent in terms of weight and value, respectively, he added.

Earlier, the ‎spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said the value of Iran’s trade with the EAEU exceeded $1.4 billion in five months ‎following the going into effect of a preferential trade agreement between the two sides.

Rouhollah Latifi added the agreement went into force on October 27, 2019, IRNA reported. ‎

Putting at $1.48 billion the exact value of the trade transactions between the two sides during October 27, ‎‎2019-March 25, 2020, he noted that of this figure, 67 percent pertained to Iran’s imports from the EAEU‎ ‎members and 33 percent to the country’s exports.

Latifi said the weight and value of Iran’s overseas sales to the EAEU countries stood ‎at 1.15 million tons and $489 million, putting Iran’s imports at 2.95 million tons in terms of weight and $999.3 million value-wise. ‎

Seeking to substantially increase trade, Iran and the EAEU signed a three-year provisional ‎agreement in Astana, Kazakhstan, in May 2018. ‎

Based on the preferential trade agreement the two sides have three years to upgrade the treaty into a full-‎fledged free trade deal that lowers or abolishes customs duties.

As part of the provisional preferential trade agreement, the average tariff set by the EAEU for imports of ‎Iranian goods stands at 3.1 percent, while Iran’s average tariff for imported commodities from the EAEU ‎amounts to 12.9 percent, according to the deputy head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines ‎and Agriculture for international affairs, Mohammadreza Karbasi.‎

In September 2017, Iran lifted the customs tariffs on certain agricultural products exported to the EAEU states to encourage overseas sales to countries such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Mazandaran accounts for 40 percent, 50 percent and 10 percent of Iran’s rice, citrus and poultry meat production.

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President Rouhani to Macron: Friendly countries must pressure US to lift Iran sanctions amid pandemic https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/07/rouhani-macron-iran-sanctions/ https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/07/rouhani-macron-iran-sanctions/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:09:54 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11211 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says friendly countries should exert pressure on the United States to lift its “cruel and one-sided” sanctions against Tehran at the current juncture that the Islamic Republic is diligently fighting the deadly new coronavirus pandemic. In a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday, the Iranian president emphasized...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says friendly countries should exert pressure on the United States to lift its “cruel and one-sided” sanctions against Tehran at the current juncture that the Islamic Republic is diligently fighting the deadly new coronavirus pandemic.

In a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday, the Iranian president emphasized that it is more difficult for Iran in comparison with other countries to battle the coronavirus when it is under the US sanctions.

“The US administration has not only violated international regulations by imposing illegal sanctions on Iran, but is also breaching health regulations ratified by the World Health Organization in 2005 through its measures under the current circumstances,” Rouhani said.

The Iranian president once again expressed the country’s readiness to return to full compliance with its commitments under the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), it clinched with major world powers in 2015 only if all sanctions against the country are removed.

“The removal of sanctions and fulfillment of its commitments by Europe are a necessity, which has become more significant at the current specific situation,” the Iranian president pointed out.

The United States reinstated its sanctions against Iran in May 2018 after leaving a United Nations-endorsed nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic and five other major powers — the UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany.

Since then, Washington has corded other countries to follow suit and mount pressure on Iran or face punishment.
Former world officials: US sanctions compromising Iran healthcare system amid pandemic

The United States has refused to lift sanctions on Iran and even tightened them several times in recent weeks, making it almost impossible for the Islamic Republic to access life-saving medications and medical equipment necessary in the fight against the deadly new coronavirus pandemic.

Iran says the unilateral US sanctions have seriously hampered its fight against the pandemic.

Presenting the latest update on Monday, Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour reported 2,274 new infections and 136 more deaths from the virus over the past 24 hours.

In total, 60,500 Iranians have tested positive for COVID-19 while 3,739 have died, he pointed out, adding that 24,236 patients have fully recovered so far.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian president welcomed an initiative by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to declare a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic, expressing hope that it would also include the economic war on Iran.

The UN chief on Friday renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties in conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

“The worst is yet to come,” Guterres said, referring to countries beset with fighting like Syria, Libya, and Yemen, adding, “The COVID-19 storm is now coming to all these theaters of conflict.”

Rouhani also described as “positive but insufficient” the initial steps taken to implement INSTEX, a trade mechanism set up by Britain, France and Germany in 2019 to protect companies doing business with Iran from Washington’s sanctions. He emphasized that the mechanism should not be limited only to medical equipment and food, but must be also implemented in a way that would enable Iran to “use it to meet all our country’s requirements.”

The three European signatories to the JCPOA unveiled the long-awaited direct non-dollar payment mechanism meant to safeguard their trade ties with Tehran following the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal and in the face of the “toughest ever” sanctions imposed by the United States against the Islamic Republic./ Press TV

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Iran exported $1.4b vegetable products https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/05/iran-exported-vegetable-products/ https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/05/iran-exported-vegetable-products/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:16:48 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11197 Iranian farmers managed to produce up to 30 million tons of vegetable products in the previous Iranian calendar year of 1398.

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Iranian farmers managed to produce up to 30 million tons of vegetable products in the previous Iranian calendar year of 1398 (ended on March 19), according to a senior official with the Agriculture Ministry.

“In addition to meeting the needs of the domestic markets, over $1.4 billion worth of vegetable products were also exported to other countries during the last year,” ILNA quoted Hossein Asqari as saying.

According to the official, considering the potentials of the country’s agricultural sector, it is possible to increase the capacity of vegetable production by more than 10 billion tons within three years.

“Using modern production methods like systematic irrigation, seedling cultivation and mulching (creating a cover to prevent water evaporation), we can achieve this increase in production without increasing the water consumption,” he said.

The increase in the production will ultimately lead to an increase in the volume of exports, so appropriate measures should be taken in order to prepare the grounds for such an increase.

Iran exported 3.27 million tons of vegetables worth $935 million during the first ten months of the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2019 – January 20, 2020), Asqari added.

He said neighboring countries especially Russia were the major export destinations of the Iranian vegetables during the mentioned period.

He noted that 65-70 percent of the country’s seed requirement is domestically met and put the annual need for seed at about 4,000-4,500 tons.

According to the country’s Horticultural Science Research Institute, Iran has nearly 900,000 hectares of land under vegetable cultivation and produces over 28 million tons of different kinds of vegetables per year, making it the seventh and fifth in the world in terms of land under cultivation and volume of production respectively.

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Iran-Eurasia trade hits $1.4b in 5 months https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/05/iran-eurasia-trade/ https://iranthisway.com/2020/04/05/iran-eurasia-trade/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:01:46 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11184 The value of trade between Iran and the members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) reached $1.489 billion in the five-month period after the implementation of the preferential trade agreement on October 27, 2019

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The value of trade between Iran and the members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) reached $1.489 billion in the five-month period after the implementation of the preferential trade agreement on October 27, 2019, IRNA reported.

According to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Ruhollah Latifi, 67 percent of the mentioned figure has been the share of Iran’s imports and 33 percent was gained from exports.

The official put the weight of the exports to the EAEU countries at 1.15 million tons with a value of $489.9 million, while the imports from the zone were 2.95 million tons at the value of $999.3 million.

He further noted that the preferential exports of Iran to the EAEU zone have been 123,960 tons with a value of nearly $136 million, while the preferential imports stood at 2.38 million tons with a value of nearly $750 million.

Iran’s biggest export destination among the EAEU countries has been Russia which accounted for about 50 percent of the total trade with the region.

Armenia and Kazakhstan occupied the second and third places with 24.6 percent and 16 percent shares, he said.

The biggest EAEU exporter to Iran has also been Russia, accounting for 71.4 percent of EAEU export to Iran followed by Kazakhstan and Belarus, according to the official.

Iran’s exports to the EAEU members were mainly fresh apples, fresh and dried pistachios, liquefied natural gas, fresh kiwis, cucumbers and fermented cucumbers; and the main preferential-tariff goods exported to the zone has been kiwis, fresh pistachio, dried grapes, lettuce, cauliflower, and broccoli.

The main imported items from the EAEU zone have been barley, livestock corns, sunflower seed oil, meat, and newsprint.

After several years of negotiations, Iran and Eurasian Economic Union finally reached a free trade agreement in 2018 based on which about 862 commodity items are subject to preferential tariffs.

The interim agreement enabling the formation of a free trade area between Iran and the EAEU was signed on May 17, 2018, and officially came into force on October 27, 2019.

Iran is a very important market in the region and the development of ties with this country is of high significance for the EAEU members (Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan).

The free trade agreement between Iran and this union has laid the ground for the expansion of trade ties between the two sides.

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Iranian director Bani-Etemad among female historymakers of cinema https://iranthisway.com/2020/03/30/bani-etemad-historymakers/ https://iranthisway.com/2020/03/30/bani-etemad-historymakers/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:29:26 +0000 http://iranthisway.com/?p=11138 Iranian acclaimed film director and screenwriter Rakhshan Bani-Etemad was picked by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) among the women whose work contributed to the history of cinema.

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Iranian acclaimed film director and screenwriter Rakhshan Bani-Etemad was picked by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) among the women whose work contributed to the history of cinema.

Celebrating Women’s History Month (March 1-31), IMDb published a video on Twitter to take a look back at “cinematic history in salute of the pioneering women directors and their groundbreaking work,” the online entertainment database tweeted along the video that featured scenes of Bani-Etemad’s 2014 drama, Tales (Ghesseh-ha).

Born in Tehran in 1954, Bani-Etemad – who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies from the Dramatic Arts University in Tehran – is widely considered as the most important female director in Iran, titled ‘First Lady of Iranian Cinema’.

Her movies and documentaries picture social and cultural issues and complications in modern-day Iran.

The Tales – which adopts an episodic narrative – portrays the fates of seven characters of Bani-Etemad’s previous flicks.

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گزارش امروز فرانك آرتا در روزنامه شرق از مجموعه #كارستان : بنی‌اعتماد: معتقد نیستم ایده‌ها جرقه‌ای هستند که ناگهان به ذهن آدم خطور می‌کنند. طبیعتا دغدغه‌ها و موضوعاتی که پیش‌تر به دلایل مختلف ذهن را به خود مشغول کرده‌اند، زمانی بعدتر به صورت یک ایده خود را نشان می‌دهند. درواقع «کارستان» وجه دیگری از دغدغه‌های من در کارهای دیگر سینمایی و مستندم است. به همان اندازه که اعتقاد دارم در سینمای اجتماعی مستند یا داستانی پرداختن به معضلات، نارسایی‌ها، کاستی‌ها و آسیب‌ها مهم‌اند، در کنارش این ایده که خواهم گفت چطور شکل گرفت هم اهمیت دارد. زمانی فکر می‌کردم در برابر همه این نارسایی‌ها، مشکلات و معضلاتی که وجود دارد کسانی هستند که با دغدغه‌های شخصی، ولی با رویکرد بهبودبخشی وضعیت جامعه با همه موانعی که پیش‌رویشان وجود دارد سعی می‌کنند جهان خود و پیرامونشان را بهبود ببخشند. البته اینها کسانی نیستند که از اول فکر می‌کنند رسالتشان تغییر جهان است؛ ایده‌ای که فکر می‌کنم الان به اشکال مختلف در تفکرات مختلف جهان مدرن هم شکل می‌گیرد که اگر از اصلاح پیرامون خودمان شروع کنیم، جزیره‌های کوچک به اقیانوس تبدیل می‌شوند. شروع شکل‌گیری این ایده به آشنایی من با «بنیاد توسعه کارآفرینی زنان و جوانان» از طریق خانم «فیروزه صابر»، زمانی که تازه ‌تأسیس شده بود، برمی‌گردد.

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The film won the award for Best Screenplay (written by Bani-Etemad and Farid Mostafavi) at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

It also brought Bani-Etemad the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award – dedicated to best film – at Kolkata International Film Festival in 2014, as well as the Special Jury Prize at Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Australia) in the same year.

Also featured in IMDb’s short video were the likes of Sofia Coppola, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, Chinese-American film director Lulu Wang, Sarah Polley, and Barbra Streisand.

Rakhshan Banietemad

Rakhshan Banietemad, born in 1954 Tehran, began to make documentaries for the Iranian National Television in 1979, right after graduating from the University of Dramatic Arts, Tehran. From 1979 to 1987 she focused on making only documentaries. In 1987, she directed her first feature film Off the Limits. In 1991, she became the first woman recipient of the Best Director award for Nargess at Fajr International Film Festival in Iran. In 1995, she won the Bronze Leopard for The Blue Veiled at the Locarno Film Festival. Under the Skin of the City, her next film, was the highest grossing film in Iran in 2000. This film along with Gilaneh (2005) and Mainline (2006), garnered major awards in more than 50 film festivals.

While Banietemad’s feature films have been acclaimed and honored worldwide, her documentaries have also been successful and popular internationally. Our Times …, was the first documentary ever to be released in the movie theatres in Iran in 2002. It was also screened in highly prestigious and prominent festivals and TV channels such as IDFA, Sundance Film Festival and ARTE.

Banietemad started her work by making documentaries and has never ended the strong connection she has always had with her works. Making documentaries have been her main way of connecting with the society and social issues. Her approach and in depicting social issues has been so strong and effective that her works have always resulted in causing change in the lives of her documentaries’ characters.

In 2008, she received an honorary doctorate from University of London, in 2010, she was awarded the Prix Henri Langlois from Vincennes International Film Festival. Her latest feature film, Tales, was awarded the Best Screenplay prize in the main competition section of 2014 Venice International Film Festival.

More recently, she has joined the Academy Oscar, Writers branch in 2017.

Feature Films

  • Tales (Ghesseh ha), 2014
  • Heiran (producer), Director: Shalizeh Arefpour, 2009
  • Mainline (Khun bazi), 2006
  • Gilaneh, 2005
  • Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e pust-e shahr), 2000
  • Baran and the Native (Baran va bumi), part of feature-film Kish, 1998
  • The May Lady (Banu-ye ordibehesht), 1997
  • The Blue Veiled (Rusari abi), 1994
  • Nargess, 1991
  • Foreign Currency (Poul-e khareji), 1989
  • Canary Yellow (Zard-e qanari), 1988
  • Off the Limits (Kharej az mahdudeh), 1987

DOCUMENTARIES

  • Touran Khanom, Co director, 2018
  • Karestan Documentary films as follows (Artistic consultant), 2013 -17  Film 1. Poets of Life
     Film 2. Puzzleys
     Film 3. Mother of the Earth
     Film 4. MAHAK: A World She Founded
     Film 5. Friends at Work
     Film 6. Flax to Fire
  • Hey, Humans (Ay, Adamha), 2016
  • A Lifetime in an Hour (Yek saat az yek omr), 2015
  • All My Trees (Hameh derakhtan-e man), 2015
  • The Other Side of Mirrors (An sooy-e ayeneh ha), 2014
  • The Mirrors Recital (Concert-e ayeneh ha), 2014
  • The Concert of the Lords of Secrets (concert-e khodavandan-e asrar), 2014
  • Mahak My Home (Khaneh man Mahak), a teamwork, 2014
  • Keep Children in School (Bacheh ha ra dar madreseh negahdarim), a teamwork, 2012
  • The Room No. 202 (Otahgh-e 202) Part of “Kahrizak 4 Views”, 2012
  • See you Tomorrow Elina (Farda mibinamet Elina), 2010
  • We Are Half of Iran’s Population (Ma nimi az jameiat-e Iranim), 2009
  • Angels of the House of Sun (Hayat khalvate khaneh khorshid), 2009
  • Second Home (producer), Director: Mahvash Sheikholeslami, 2008
  • 3D Carpet (Farsh-e 3 Bodi), Part of “Iranian Carpet”, 2007
  • Our Times… (Ruzegar-e ma…), 2002
  • Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e pust-e shahr), 1996
  • The Last Visit with Iran Daftari (Akharin didar ba Iran Daftari), 1995
  • To Whom Do You Show These Films? (In filmha ra beh ki neshun midin?), 1993
  • Spring to Spring (Bahar ta bahar), 1993
  • The 1992 Report (Gozaresh-e 71), 1993
  • Centralization (Tamarkoz), 1986
  • The War Economic Planning (Tadbirha-ye eqtesadi-e jang), 1981
  • Occupation of Migrant Peasants in the City (Mohajerin-e roustai dar shahr),1980
  • The Culture of Consumption (Farhang-e masrafi), 1979
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and his daughter Baran Kosari

Awards

  • Diploma of Honor of Child Book Council’s, Tehran, Iran, March 2018
  • Diploma of Honor of ‘Children’s Research Institute, Tehran, Iran, December 2018
  • Special Cinema Section Award, 2nd  Davood Rashidi Commemorative Award, Tehran, Iran, August  2018
  • Honorary Award, 7th Int’l Malatya FF (Turkey) 2017
  • Honorary Golden Cyclo, 23th Vesoul Film Festival (France), 2017
  • Ethics and Prayer Award for social and civilian activities (Iran), 2016
  • Cinema Honorary Award, 4th Int’l Women FF (Afghanistan), 2016
  • Cinema Honorary Award, 6th Int’l Crime & Punishment FF (Turkey), 2016
  • Best Film, Tales, Prague Iranian FF (Chezk), 2016
  • Audience Award, Tales, Gene Siskel Film Center (USA), 2015
  • Best Film, Tales, London Iranian FF (UK), 2015
  • Special Jury Prize, Tales, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Australia), 2014
  • Best Film, Tales, Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award, Kolkata Int’l FF (India), 2014
  • Best Screenplay prize, Tales, Venice Int’l FF (Italy), 2014
  • Special Jury Prize, Kahrizak 4 views, Dubai Int’l FF (UAE), 2012
  • Prix Henri Langlois, Vincennes Int’l FF (France), 2010
  • Special Jury Prize, We Are Half of Iran’s Population, (WIFTS) (USA), 2009
  • Special Jury Prize & Best Actress, Mainline, Dhaka Int’l FF (Pakistan), 2009
  • Best Screenplay & Best Actress, Mainline, Pyongyang Int’l FF (North Korea), 2008
  • Grand Jury Prize, Mainline. Int’l Women’s Film Festival (Creteil, France), 2008
  • Achievement in Directing, Mainline, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Australia), 2007
  • Best Director & Best Actress, Mainline, Iran Cinema House Awards (Iran), 2007
  • Best Director & Best Actress, Mainline, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 2007
  • Best Film, Mainline, City Int’l FF (Iran), 2006
  • Best Film, Mainline, Asiatica Film Mediale (Italy), 2006
  • Special Jury Prize, Gilaneh, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Int’l FF (Spain), 2006
  • Netpac Award, Gilaneh, Vesoul Asian Film Festival (France), 2006
  • Golden Lotus Award, Iranian Women Film Directors (Iran), 2006
  • Best Film & Best Actress, Gilaneh, Kara Int’l FF (Pakistan), 2005
  • Artistic & Cultural Achievement Award, Kara Int’l FF (Pakistan), 2004
  • Special Jury Award, Under the Skin of the City, Seattle Int’l FF (USA), 2002
  • Netpac Award, Our Times…, Locarno Int’l FF (Swiss), 2002
  • Netpac Award, Under the Skin of the City, Karlovy Vary Int’l FF (Chezk), 2001
  • Holden Award for Best Script, Audience Award, & Cinemavvenire Award for Best Feature Film, Under the Skin of the City, Turin Int’l FF (Italy), 2001
  • Special Jury Prize, Under the Skin of the City, Moscow Int’l FF (Russia), 2000
  • Special Jury Award, The May Lady, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 1998
  • Honorable Mention, FIPRESCI Award, The May Lady, Montreal Int’l FF (Canada), 1998
  • Prince Claus Prize for Culture and Development (The Netherlands), 1998
  • “Il Sindaco di Firenze” Peace and Freedom Award (Italy), 1998
  • Best Asian Woman Director, The Blue Veiled, India Int’l FF (India), 1996
  • FIPRESCI Award, The Blue Veiled, Tessaloniki Int’l FF (Greece), 1996
  • Bronze Leopard, The Blue Veiled, Locarno Int’l FF (Swiss) 1995
  • Best Script & Best Supporting Actress, The Blue Veiled, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 1994
  • Best Director & Best Musical Score, Nargess, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 1991
  • Best Supporting Actor, Canary Yellow, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 1988
  • Best Film, Off the Limits, Comedy Int’l FF (Italy), 1987

PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS

  • Jury Member, Dhaka Int’l FF Bangladesh), 2020
  • President of the jury, Herat Film Festival (Afghanistan), 2019
  • Jury Member, Mumbai Int’l FF (India), 2018
  • Jury Member, Venice Int’l FF (Italy), 2017
  • Academy Oscars Member, Writers Branch, 2017
  • President of the jury, Vesoul Film Festival (France), 2017
  • President of the jury, Prague Iranian Film Festival (Czech), 2017
  • President of the jury, Image Film Festival (Iran), 2016
  • President of the jury, Cinema Verite Int’l FF (Iran), 2013
  • President of the jury, Busan Int’l FF (South Korea), 2013
  • Master Class, California Institute of the Arts (USA), 2013
  • Jury Member, Shanghai Int’l FF (China), 2012
  • Jury Member, Dubai Int’l FF (UAE), 2010
  • Jury Member, Asiatic Film Mediale Festival (Italy), 2010
  • Master Class, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (USA), 2010
  • Jury Member, Fribourg Int’l FF (Switzerland), 2010
  • Jury Member, Urban Int’l FF (Iran), 2009
  • Producer, Heiran, feature-film (Iran), 2009
  • Producer, Second House, documentary (Iran), 2008
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of London (Iran), 2008
  • Master Class, School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS (England), 2008
  • Master Class, Geneva University of Art & Design (ESBA), 2008
  • Jury Member, Cinema Verite Int’l FF (Iran), 2007
  • Jury Member, Women’s Film Festival (Iran), 2006
  • Jury Member, Asian Cinema, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 2006
  • Jury Member, Art University Student Festival (Iran), 2005
  • Director, Sony Young Directors Film Festival (Iran), 2003
  • Jury Member, Asia Pacific Film Festival (Iran), 2003
  • Jury Member, Sony Young Directors Film Festival (Iran), 2002
  • Jury Member, Moscow Int’l FF (Russia), 2002
  • Jury Member, Cairo Int’l FF (Egypt), 2002
  • Jury Member, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 2001
  • Jury Member, Montreal Int’l FF (Canada), 2001
  • Jury Member, Youth Film Festival (Iran), 2001
  • Jury Member, Student Film Festival (Iran), 1999
  • Jury Member, Leipzig Int’l FF (Germany), 1999
  • Jury Member, Tokyo Environmental Int’l FF, (Japan), 1998
  • Jury Member, New Delhi Int’l FF (India), 1998
  • Jury Member, Student Film Festival (Iran), 1997
  • Jury Member, Locarno Int’l FF (Swiss), 1996
  • Jury Member, Turin Int’l FF (Italy), 1995
  • Jury Member, Center for Iranian Film Directors (Iran), 1993
  • Jury Member, Roshd Film Festival (Iran), 1992
  • Jury Member, Fajr Int’l FF (Iran), 1990

KÂRÂ FILM STUDIO

KARA Film Studio is a name under which a group of professional Iranian filmmakers express their common concerns regarding humanistic, social and cultural issues through documentary films, while maintaining their own diverse and distinct vision. In KARA Film Studio, filmmakers in small or large numbers, gather together and, starting with an outline of a documentary project, complete the work in a professional manner.

KARA Film Studio operates under a number of principles: personal financing or financing through private sector; working as teams and in a workshop from development of an idea through to its completion and distribution; giving young and talented documentary filmmakers an opportunity to work with professionals and assistance with their development, due respect for the audience by maintaining high standards in the production phase, endeavor to provide improved and increased means of screening films inside and outside Iran; …
Rakhshan Banietemad and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb are the constant participants in this group.

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