Iranian merchants exported some $715 million worth of clothing and garments during the first seven months of the current fiscal (March 21- Oct. 21), registering a significant growth in comparison with the corresponding period of last year, a senior official said.
Speaking on the sidelines of 6th International Apparel Exhibition (Iran Mode 2018), Golnar Nasrollahi, director general of the Textile, Apparel and Leather Industry Organization, affiliated to the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, said that $715 million worth of garments were exported during the seven-month period, registering a 28% hike in comparison with last years similar period.
She pointed to the skyrocketing rates of foreign currency in the past months and the promising boost in the sector’s productivity as the two main reasons behind the growth in the exports of clothing and apparels.
Supplying raw materials for textile industry has been put a top priority of the Ministry of Industry, she said, adding, “the country’s current economic situation is in favor of producers, provided that their required raw materials are fully provided.”
The imports of basic raw materials, such as fibers, have witnessed a significant growth as compared to the same period of last year, which proves the development in the industrial and production units’ activities, the official said.
Referring to the strategic clothing prodcution and exports document that was compiled during former minister of industry, Nasrollahi said, “this document has now been handed over to the Planning Deputy Office of the ministry and we hope that we will be able to implement different paragraphs of it with the cooperation of related associations and organizations.”
The 24th edition of Iran’s international exhibition of Textile Machinery, Raw Materials, Home Textiles, Embroidery Machines and Textile Products known as IRANTEXT and the 6th International Apparel Exhibition (Iran Mode 2018) kicked off at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Sunday. / MNA /
Iran’s military taekwondo squad have won 24th World Military Taekwondo Championship.
The 24th edition of World Military Taekwondo Championships was held from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where Iran hit the first spot with its taekwondo practitioners winning three gold medals.
In men’s -58kg category, Mohammad Kazemi earned the first gold medal of Iran in the event by defeating China’s Yushuai Liang in the final bout.
In men’s -54kg category, Hamid Sadri gained a commanding 13-0 victory over his Saudi rival Yahya Abdulelah in the final contest and collected the gold medal.
Mohammad Bakhshi bagged Iran’s third gold medal on Monday. In men’s -68kg category, Bakhshi defeated rivals from Cameron 28-5, Canada 19-4, Brazil 13-5, and Bulgaria 25-5 to win the gold medal.
Russia hit the second spot in the competition with two golds, one silver and three bronzes. China, with one gold, three silvers and one bronze stood at the third place.
The 24th edition of World Military Taekwondo Championships is included in the International Military Sports Council (CISM) calendar, coordinated by the Ministries of Defense and Sports of Brazil and organized by Navy of Brazil (MB). The event was held this year with participation of some 340 military athletes from 25 countries such as Germany, Bulgaria, Canada, China, United States, Iran, Italy and Russia. /MNA/
A seminar to commemorate the 141st birth anniversary of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal was organized by the Urdu Department of Tehran University in collaboration with Pakistan Embassy on Tuesday, November 27,2018.
Prominent Iranian scholars, academicians, students and media persons attended the seminar. Ambassador of Pakistan H.E Riffat Masood was the Chief Guest in the event.
The speakers paid rich tributes to the poet of the East and highlighted his message of Islamic unity.
Dr. Mustafavi Sabzvari, a veteran scholar, shed light on the vision and philosophy of Iqbal, elucidated Iqbal’s concept of Perfect Person “Mard e Momin” by reciting his Persian verses and said that his poetry and writings reshaped the destiny of the Muslims.
Dean Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dr. Alireza Valipour emphasized on understanding and acting upon Iqbal’s philosophy and thoughts. He said that Iqbal was not just the national poet of Pakistan but his message of unity has its appeal worldwide which raises his stature as international poet.
While reciting Iqbal’s verses, renowned Pakistani Scholar Dr Rashid Naqvi called Iqbal a universal poet who possessed remarkable knowledge of not only religious and political thought but also understanding of western civilization. Iqbal apprised the world about decline of social norms a century ago and all of his predictions made in his poetry today stand proved.
Calling Iqbal a revolutionary poet, Dr. Kiumerci, Head of Urdu Department stressed the need of more research work into thought and philosophy of Iqbal and said that Iqbal revolted against all such concepts which were against humanity.
Dr. Ali Kavousinejad faculty member of Urdu Department, in his paper titled “Iqbal in Iran”, shed light on literary contributions of Iranian scholars in spreading the message of Iqbal in Iran. While discussing various features of Iqbal’s poetry and philosophy, Dr. Ali Bayat considered it imperative to introduce Iqbal’s poetry and vision simultaneously.
Head of Iranian Cultural Centre in Lahore Mr. Ali Akber Razaifard described Allama Iqbal as a cultural link between Pakistan and Iran and stressed on enhancing cultural relations between the two brotherly countries.
Ambassador Riffat Masood, in her speech, paid homage to the national poet and philosopher and highlighted different aspects of his life and thoughts, she said that Iqbal not only supported the oppressed Muslims of the sub-continent but he also became a voice for all the Muslims of the world thereby earning him the title of a universal poet.
The Ambassador, while reciting the verses from Iqbal’s poetry, highlighted the importance of his message of renaissance among the Muslims. Iqbal’s poetic work became a major source of inspiration and motivation for Iranians during the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
She said the poet – philosopher laid stress on knowledge about “self”, which had universal value and is as inspiration for the coming generations.
A senior student and poet from Urdu Department, Tehran University Ms. Fernaz Zalzadeh eulogized the Poet of the East in her poetic work. / MNA /
“According to the latest data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iran’s exports to Indonesia, during the first seven months of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21- October 22, 2018), has increased 43 percent in terms of value compared to the same time in the preceding year,” the public relations department of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) quoted Iran’s Commercial attaché to Indonesia as saying.
“Iran exported $402 million of goods to Indonesia in the said period, which shows 43 percent growth in comparison with its previous $280 million in the year before,” Anvar Kamari said.
“In terms of weight, the seven-months-exports registered 10 percent increase,” he added.
As the commercial attaché said, the mostly exported goods to Indonesia in the said time span included $220 million of iron and steel, with the growth of 74 percent year-on-year, $160 million of fuels and mineral oils, $10.3 million of chemicals, and $6.2 million of plastic products.
Iran’s exports to Indonesia in the last Iranian calendar year 1396 (ending on March 20, 2018) stood at $660 million and the figure is expected to reach $900 million by this yearend, the same report confirmed./ Tehran times /
Iranian cities of Babol and Ardabil will respectively host the freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions of 2018 World Wrestling Clubs Cup in December.
The fifth edition of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup will kick off on December 12 in the city of Babol, Mazandaran province. The two-day event will be conducted under UWW world cup regulations in 10 senior weight categories of 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92-97-125 kg (a tolerance of 2kg is acceptable).
You can see the details of the event and its regulations from here.
Also, the fifth edition of Greco-Roman World Wrestling Clubs Cup will be held from December 20 to 21 in the city of Ardabil, Ardabil province. Wrestlers will compete in 10 senior weight categories of 55-60-63-67-72-77-82-87-97-130 kg (a tolerance of 2kg is acceptable).
You can find here more information about the event.
World Wrestling Clubs Cup was initiated in 2014 upon the proposal of Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation. Teams from Iran, USA, Turkey, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan annually participate in the event.
Iranian teams of Easy Pipe Kashan and Bimeh Razi won the titles Greco-Roman and freestyle events respectively in the 2017 edition of the games. / MNA/
Iranian fiction-feature ‘Orange Days’ directed by Arash Lahooti has won three awards at the 67th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in Germany.
During the closing ceremony of the 67th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival held in the German city on Sunday, the Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg for the best fiction feature film went to the Iranian film ‘Orange Days’ directed by Arash Lahooti. Lead actress Hedieh Tehran was given special praise for her outstanding performance in the film.
‘Orange Days’ also received the International Film Critics Prize given by the FIPRESCI Jury, as well as the Ecumenic Film Prize.
The film director, Arash Lahooti, could not attend the festival due to lack of cooperation from the German embassy for granting him a visa in time. The awards, therefore, were received by the film’s lead actor Ali Mosafa.
‘Orange Days’ narrates the story of “Aban, an overworked contractor in her forties, is dead set on outbidding her male competitor Kazem to harvest, with her crew of seasonal female workers, the largest orange orchard in the region.”
The 67th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH) was held on 15-25 November 2018. It is considered the second-oldest film festival in Germany after Berlin. /MNA/
A new report on global security has portrayed Iran as safe as much of western Europe for travelers in what could be an evidence that the country’s tourism industry has a good potential to provide a serious source of revenues in face of draconian US sanctions.
The 2019 Travel Risk Map prepared, launched by global risk experts International SOS in collaboration with Control Risks, shows the danger level in each country and territory based on the current threat posed to travelers by political violence (including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest and war), social unrest (including sectarian, communal and ethnic violence) and violent and petty crime.
A map showing security risks for travelers in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Factors such as the robustness of the transport infrastructure, the state of industrial relations, the effectiveness of the security and emergency services and the country’s susceptibility to natural disasters are also taken into consideration, according to a report by The Independent.
The map lists five categories of risk: insignificant, low, medium, high and extreme.
Iran is among the world’s top potential tourist destinations with a variety of ancient sites, including 17 places listed by the UNESCO.
PressTV-Western tourists see Iran as new ‘bright star’
According ForwardKeys CEO Olivier Jager, the political opening following a 2015 nuclear accord is making the country “an attractive place to visit and potentially do business.”
Iranian officials have said they wanted to annually attract 20 million tourists by 2025 in order to generate $30 billion of revenues as the country seeks to wean itself off the oil money.
Official figures earlier released showed that over six million tourists had traveled to Iran over a period of six months starting March 2018. This was higher than the same period last year by above 50 percent.
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) recently said tourism contributed a total of $30.7 billion to Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017. The WTTC added that Iran’s global ranking in terms of contribution of tourism revenues to the economy stood at 35 out of 185 countries.
PressTV-Iran to attract 20mn tourists by 2025 – The International Tourism Industry Exhibition has kicked off in the Iranian capital.
Apart from Iran, the only other countries in the region with the least security risks have been identified as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Other “low risk” regional countries are Jordan, Oman, Qatar, the UAE, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Uzbekistan
The security for travelers in Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia has been described as “average”. However, other countries in the region including Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan have been described as “dangerous”.
“Extreme” risk countries are almost exclusively in Africa and the Middle East, including Syria, Yemen, Libya, South Sudan and Somalia.
Very few countries manage to make it into the “insignificant” bracket; in Europe, only Luxembourg, Denmark, Slovenia, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Greenland are put in this category, The Independent added in its report. Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand are all low risk too.
The map was released in conjunction with the Ipsos MORI Business Resilience Trends Watch 2019 report. The latter shows that a significant number of business decision-makers – 43 percent – expect travel risks to rise in 2019.
Although some 47 percent think risks have increased over the past year, this represents a 16 percent decrease from 2017, when 63 percent said risk had increased.
The administration of US President Donald Trump launched the second wave of sanctions against Iran from November 5 in which a universal ban on the country’s oil exports is a primary objective.
US officials have already said the sanctions would be meant to bring down Iran’s oil exports – the country’s main source of revenue – to zero among other restrictions. However, Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected the feasibility of this, stressing that international consumers cannot afford to lose Iranian supplies. / press tv /
On the occasion of Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (S.A.W.) and Islamic Unity Week (12-17 Rabiul Awwal) Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka organized a discussion and Milad Mahfil on ‘The Great Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (saw): The Prophet of Blessing, Peace and Friendship’ on Wednesday, 21st November 2018, 4 p.m. at auditorium 71 of Daffodil International University (Daffodil Tower, 4/2 Sobhanbagh, Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi).
Professor Dr. ANM Meshquat Uddin, Vice Chancellor, Southeast University, Dhaka was present as chief guest whileMr. Mahdi Torabi Mehrabani, Political Attaché, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Bangladesh was present as special guest.Mr. Abdul Quddus Badsha, eminent Islamic researcher spoke on this occasion.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Maruf, Associate Professor, Dept. of Arabic, University of Dhaka & Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the OIC International Islamic Fiqh Academy, presided over the program.
Students of Al-Mustafa International University (Bangladesh Branch) presented group Naat and solo performance was done by singer Shah Nawaz Tabib, Mehedi Hasan and Ali Mohammad Mehedi Hossain.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili said that he sees a bright future for Iran’s tourism industry in the world.
He made the remarks on Monday in the inauguration ceremony of the 40th UNWTO Affiliate Members Plenary Session, held in Hamedan, Iran.
Appreciating the efforts of Iranian officials in hosting the event, Pololikashvili maintained that this international meeting is an ample opportunity which should be properly seized.
Officials of 27 countries are participating in the event, he noted, hoping for fruitful and effective sessions for tourism.
He went on to say that Hamedan is among the best tourism destinations of Iran and that it has the potential to become one of the prominent tourist attractions in the world.
Titled as ‘International Seminar on Harnessing Cultural Tourism through Innovation and Technology’, 40th UNWTO Affiliate Members Plenary Session is a three-day event which kicked off today.
According to UNWTO official website, the main aim of the international seminar is to address the role of innovation and technology in the development of cultural tourism and in enhancing destinations’ competitiveness and attractiveness.
Collecting five gold medals, Iranian team of students claimed the first place at 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, held in China.
Nine Iranian students, Hoda Pourgholami, Amirali Ekhteraei, Amirpouya Moeini, Navid Akbari, Alireza Mohammadian, Ali Younesi, Kian Bakhtari, Mohammad Sadra Heidari, and Mohammad Shojaeian had been sent to the event, divided into two teams.
The first team collected five gold medals and took home the title while the second team pocketed one gold and three silvers.
Iranian students had finished third in the 2017 edition of IOAA in Thailand.
The 2018 edition of IOAA was held in China’s Beijing from November 3 to 11.
International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual event for highly performed high school students from all around the world. Established in Thailand 2006, it was initiated by five countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Iran, China and Poland with the aim to proliferate Astronomy among high school students, to foster friendship among young astronomers at international level so as to build cooperation in the field of Astronomy in the future among the young scholars. / MNA/
