Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army, Rear Admiral Sayyari said that all military parts and equipment needed in Iran’s Army are manufactured domestically.

A very high percentage of Iran’s Army military equipment is domestically manufactured, Habibollah Sayyari added.

Speaking in his visit to Shahid Zarharan center of Iran’s Army Ground Force, on Sat., he pointed to the high capability and potential of experts in this unit in the field of confronting the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and stated, “production volume of disinfectants and face masks are constantly monitored in this unit.”

Various types of disinfectants and face masks are produced in this industrial unit, he said, adding, “in addition to meeting requirements of Army’s Ground Force, this industrial unit is able to meet demands of other Armed Forces of the country optimally.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, Sayyari pointed to domestic manufacturing of military equipment as one of the components of deterrent power and reiterated, “today, Iran’s Army does not have anything to be produced abroad while a very high percentage of the Army’s equipment is domestically produced.”

Turning to Iran’s Army cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in the field of dealing with coronavirus, COVID-19, he said, “since the beginning of outbreak of coronavirus in the country, we wrote a letter to the health minister, saying that Iran’s Army is ready to cooperate and collaborate with the ministry in line with containing the disease.”

To date, more than 12,000 personnel of Army’s forces are cooperating with the Health Ministry in the fight against coronavirus, he said, adding, “accordingly, we could control the disease at garrisons throughout the country appropriately.”

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The students of the University of Tehran won the third place in the 9th Moscow International Garden and Flower Festival “Moscow Flower Show Online 2020” and won the special prize of Smart Garden competition.

Davood Vafadari and Azimeh Ramezani, students of green space engineering of the University of Tehran, presented a project at Moscow Flower Show 2020, and in addition to winning a bronze medal for the Smart Garden Competition, received a special award for sustainability concept, innovation and creative approach to promoting sustainable development.

It was especially praised by the jury of this international competition.

Held June 26 to July 5, the festival displayed virtual gardens and stands of leading companies in the field of landscape design, as well as business and educational programs from experts and professionals in the landscape industry.

This international competition with the special theme of smart and ecological garden design was held among students and young professionals and coincided with the 9th International Exhibition of Flowers and Garden Design in Moscow./T.T/

The Director-General of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) for Drugs and Controlled Substances Affairs said that Iran managed to produce “ACTEMRA” drug for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

“In addition to Remdesivir, ACTEMRA drug, which effectiveness has been approved by US Food and Drug Administration in the relative recovery of patients suffering from coronavirus, COVID-19, will be distributed at hospitals within the next two weeks.” Heidar Mohammadi told IRNA on Monday.

This drug has not yet been hit Iran’s pharmaceutical market and only a limited amount of this drug had previously been donated by China to Iran, he said, adding, “this drug is still used in hospitals of the country.”

The type of subcutaneous injection of the drug “ACTEMRA”, which is used for treatment of rheumatism, is presently produced by one of domestic pharmaceutical companies but its intravenous injection type is applicable for patients suffering from COVID-19, he emphasized.

Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) has not yet issued a license for this drug, he said, adding, “Of course, laboratory sample of this drug has been produced in the country. Even, this drug with trademark of “Tocilizumab” hit in Iran’s pharmaceutical list last week.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, he said that clinical trials of this drug will probably be approved by the Food and Drug Administration next week.

With the studies made in this regard, “ACTEMRA” drug will likely hit pharmaceutical market of the country within the next two weeks and consequently, it will be distributed at hospitals, he noted.

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Latest data released by Iran’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry show that the country’s industrial parks managed to attract 231 investors with a total $2.1 billion of investment in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 19).

This amount of investment led to the creation of 19,862 jobs in the industrial parks and zones, IRNA reported.

According to the Industry Ministry, over 1,100 exporting industrial units are operating in the country’s industrial parks and zones whose annual export reaches up to $12.64 billion.

Based on the report, 62 export management companies (EMC) with an annual export of $236 million were identified in these areas and 72 export consortia with a total annual export of $352 million were also formed in the mentioned period.

The ministry also reported that 23 memorandums of understanding (MOU) were signed with foreign partners to develop international cooperation between small and medium industries in the previous Iranian calendar year.

Supporting 41,631 industrial units to participate in domestic and international exhibitions, as well as holding eight training courses and sending 176 managers of industrial units to Germany to get acquainted with the German market, as well as finding new markets, establishing long-term relationships with German companies and the development of economic relations between the two countries in cooperation with the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) were also among the Industry Ministry’s achievements in the previous year.

In the current year, which has been called the year of “Surge in Production” by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyed Ali Khamenei, the Industry Ministry has been putting special importance on the industrial parks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The ministry plans to bring 1500 idle units, mostly SMEs, back into operation by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2021).

Based on the ministry’s plans for the current year, reviving 1,020 unproductive small mines is also on the ministry’s agenda.

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Iranian feature film ‘Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness’ directed by Masoud Bakhshi, will be screened at two film festivals in Estonia.

The film is to be screened in both summer and autumn editions of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which will be held in September and October.

‘Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness’ depicts the future of a young woman facing retributive justice play out live on the country’s most popular reality show.

Behnaz Jafari, Faqiheh Soltani, Fereshteh Sadr-Orafaee, Bahram Afshar, Fereshteh Hosseini and Babak Karimi are among the cast members of the flick.

The film has won a top prize at the Sundance Film Festival in the US. The festival’s World Cinema dramatic section gave its grand jury award to ‘Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness’, a drama by Iranian filmmaker Masoud Bakhshi.

The film has so far gained international recognition by attending a number of events and winning a number of awards, including the Grand Jury Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the US.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia.

With over 500 films, short films and animations around 1400 attending film professionals and journalists and attendance of more than 90,000 the event is the largest annual cultural event in Estonia.

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Iran provides laboratory services to the neighboring countries as a significant number of researchers in those countries is a good platform for expanding the export of laboratory services.

Reza Asadi-Fard, director of the laboratory network at the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, pointed out that the quality of the country’s laboratory services has increased, stressing the need to provide these services to other countries, IRNA reported.

One of the best ways to introduce the country’s laboratory services to global markets is to facilitate the export, he noted, adding, certainly the services have an acceptable capacity to be exported to other countries.

The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has been providing the technology and innovation for several years to applicants in various fields such as engineering, materials and metallurgy, electricity and electronics, chemistry, aerospace, mining; and also services in the fields of environment, agriculture and medicinal plants, biotechnology, and medicine, he explained.

One of the plans the Vice Presidency this year is to supply products in these fields to international markets, he concluded. T.T/

Iranian short film ‘Better than Neil Armstrong’, directed by Alireza Ghasemi, has won the ‘best drama’ award at the first edition of the Southport Film Festival in the UK.

Written and directed by Alireza Ghasemi, ‘Better than Neil Armstrong’ is the story of four kids who start their journey to the moon with the mission of finding a mysterious place called ‘The Redland’, but the gates of The Redland are being guarded by a mischievous snake.

Run by film-makers for film-makers, this festival is destined to become a significant annual event on the cultural calendar in the Northwest of England, reads the event’s website, adding their simple aim is to showcase the very best short films from around the world.

The event was held online from June 26 to 28.

The Iranian short film has competed in more than 40 international festivals across the world so far, obtaining numerous awards.

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