Three Iranian short films will be screened at the 15th In the Palace International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria.

Vahid Hossieni’s ‘Whole to Part’ will compete with 14 other short films in ‘documantary and experimental competition’ section.

‘Whole to Part’ is the story of destroying and melting the iron statue of a dictator, which continues to survive in smaller objects entering the lives of ordinary people.

‘Light Side’ directed by Moslem Tabatabaie and ‘Nobody’ directed by Elham Toroghi are the two other films attending at ‘best student animation category’ of the festival.

In the Palace International Short Film Festival will be held from June 23-30 in Balchik, Bulgaria. / mna/

According to Essential Science Indicators (ESI), Iranian scientific papers have been cited more than 1,770,000 times globally during last 10-year period which ranks Iran at the top of all Islamic countries in this regard, said the director of ISC Mohammad-Javad Dehqani.

The number of Iran’s highly cited papers have grown from 47 in 2008 to 411 in 2017 which shows the average 24.21 percent annual growth, he said, highlighting, “this shows that Iran has the most significant growth among Islamic countries regarding the quality of scientific productions.”

21.2 percent of total citations of Islamic countries belongs to Iran, he said, adding that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia stand next ranks.

Dehqani emphasized that other metrics such as Web Of Science (WOS) focus on the quantity of papers, however, ESI concentrates on the quality of them.

According to Libguides, essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool that helps individuals identify top-performing research in Web of Science Core Collection. ESI surveys more than 11,000 journals from around the world to rank authors, institutions, countries, and journals in 22 broad fields based on publication and citation performance. Data covers a rolling 10-year period and includes bimonthly updates to rankings and citation counts.

/ Mehr news /

Iranian football coach Katayoun Khosrowyar has been shortlisted for World Soccer United (WSU) Coach Award. Khosrowyar will vie with Anouk Bruil and Liga Patupa for the award.

Katayoun Khosrowyar grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As an Iranian-American she has been able to bring her own “revolution” to Iran. It’s a beautiful story that has allowed her to shape the national landscape of Iranian women’s football, womenssoccerunited.com reported. She has empowered Iranian women in football.

In 2014, she was the first Iranian woman to have earned a FIFA/AFC “A” license. At such a young age, she has been able to inspire many girls to pursue their dream of playing football.

Kat has opened up many doors for future generation of girls through her tenacity and persistent. Few of her girls have received offers from Europe.

In addition, Kat not only manages the U-19 side of Iran’s women’s national team, but advises the U-16/U-14 side as well. She is doing the job of three or more people simply because she believes she can create a pathway for a better future for these girls.

Furthermore, she has built communications and bridges with other nations to empower more women in various other countries. This lady single-handedly has been able to build a better relationship with the United States through football. This by itself is great for diplomacy. / Tehran times /

Some three million Iranians have organ donor cards and some 10 percent have signed online consent forms for organ donation, Farahnaz Sadeq-Beigi, head of organ procurement program in Masih Daneshvari Hospital, a national research institute for tuberculosis and lung diseases, has said.

She made the remarks on the occasion of the National Organ Donation Day, May 21, Fars reported on Sunday.  The day commemorates the issuance of a decree by the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, on May 21, 1989, authorizing organ donation.

Traffic accidents are the main reasons of brain deaths in Iran, she said, lamenting that out of 4,000 brain deaths reported by forensics only 1,000 donate their organs.

The hospital’s manager Ali Akbar Velayati, for his part, noted that some 10,000 people are waiting in transplant lists and every day some 10 people waiting for an organ lost their lives. Moreover, he added, some 14 individuals will be added to the list.

The head of the hospital’s transplant surgery department, Azizollah Abbasi, explained that all transplant surgeries performed in Masih Daneshvari Hospital are free of charge and covered by the Ministry of Health.

Organ donation, how and why?

Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person or the organ donor and placing it into another person, also called the recipient. Transplantation is necessary because the recipient’s organ has failed or has been damaged by disease or injury.

Organ transplantation is one of the great advances in modern medicine, but unfortunately, the need for organ donors is much greater than the number of people who actually donate.

Individuals who wish to become organ donors can join a donor registry to legally give consent for the anatomical gift of organs, tissue, and eyes.

Masih Daneshvari Hospital

In 1986 this hospital became a sub division of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical sciences and the hospital served as a center for tuberculosis and lung diseases. In 1992, the research institute was established and merged with the hospital entitled “National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Masih Daneshvari Hospital”.

Lung transplantation, heart transplantation, simultaneous heart-lung and heart-kidney transplantation for the first time in Iran, transplantation of an artificial biologic trachea, and construction of bio artificial liver are some of the achievements of the center.   / Tehran times /

The EU is planning to switch from US dollars to euros in payments for oil supplies from Iran, a diplomatic source has told the Russian Sputnik.

According to Sputnik, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday that after talks with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Iran in Brussels that the sides had agreed to work out practical solutions in response to the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, within the next few weeks. In particular, the European Union and Iran would maintain and deepen economic ties, including in the area of oil and gas supplies. The source did not disclose more details about the plan.

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of France (Jean-Yves Le Drian), Germany (Heiko Maas), the United Kingdom (Boris Johnson) as well as EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday evening in Brussels to discuss the ways to guarantee the interests of Iran and other remaining signatories of the JCPOA. / Mehr news /

Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade for International Affairs Mohammad-Reza Fayyaz said that Iran is planning to increase trade volume with Qatar to $1 billion.

He put the trade volume between Iran and Qatar in the past Iraian fiscal year (ended March 20, 2018) at $320 million and added, “after a 12-year hiatus, Iran and Qatar Joint Commission was held in Qatari capital Doha, during which an agreement was inked between the trade ministers of the two countries.”

He added, “Iranian trade and economic delegation, headed by the minister of Industry, was composed of 40 businessmen from the private secto and 40 others from the public sector. During the expert-level meeting, the two sides discussed ways to exapnd trade and economic cooperation.”

Although trade volume exchanged between the two countries already stood at a good level but such bilateral trade was not satisfactory, he said, adding, “with the coordination made in this regard, it has been envisioned that trade volume between the two countries will experience a considerable jump in 2018.”

The two sides held constructive talks in the following fields: facilitating entry of Iranian traders and merchants, easing visa issuance with regard to the economic, trade, business and banking issues, making investment in transport, information technology (IT), free zones, agriculture and environment, oil, gas, petrochemicals and tourism, Fayyaz noted.

Moreover, the two sides exchanged their views in the field of export of technical and engineering services from Iran to Qatar and vice versa as well as making investment in the mining sector.

Fayyaz further pointed to the necessity of facilitating transportation between the two countries and said, “it is hoped that Iran and Qatar will take more giant strides in future to broaden trade and economic ties.”

The next meeting of Iran and Qatar Joint Economic Commission will be held in Tehran.

Iran freestyle wrestling team claimed the title of the 2018 Cadet Asian Championships.

The Iranian team grabbed six gold medals and two bronzes in the competition held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Rahman Amouzad in 45kg, Mohammad Baghi in 65kg, Mohammad Nokhodi in 71kg, Mohammadreza Ghiyasi in 80kg, Ali Abdollahi in 92kg and Amirabbas Zare in 110kg claimed six gold medals for the Iranian wrestling team.

Seyederfan Jafarian in 51kg and Sajjad Goudarzi in 55kg won two bronze medals.

Iran claimed the title with 196 points, followed by Kazakhstan (171 points) and Uzbekistan (146 points).

RESULTS

45kg

GOLD – Rahman Mousa AMOUZADKHALILI (IRI) df. Sultan KURMANALIYEV (KAZ), 10-0

BRONZE – Myrza ZHYRGALBEK UULU (KGZ) df. Chaehwan SHIN (KOR), 10-0

BRONZE – Sarvarbek KHUDAYBERGANOV (UZB) df. Otgonbaatar BOLDBAATAR (MGL), 13-2

48kg

GOLD – Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB) df. Assylzhan YESSENGELDI (KAZ), 10-0

BRONZE –  Saurabh Madhukar IGAVE (IND) df. Munkh Erdene BATKHUYAG (MGL), 12-6

BRONZE – Kento YUMIYA (JPN) df. Elnur AKMATOV (KGZ), 14-2

51kg

GOLD – Arslan RAKHIMOV (UZB) df. Kenessary TAIYRBEK (KAZ), 4-2

 

BRONZE –  Seyederfan JAFARIANGELYERDI (IRI) df. Faisal ALDOSSARY (KSA), 0-0

BRONZE –  Abdymalik KARACHOV (KGZ) df. Rasuljon INOYATOV (TJK), 4-2

55kg

GOLD – Hayato FUJITA (JPN) df. Auyez SEITBAYEV (KAZ)

BRONZE – Sajjad Ali Reza GOUDARZI (IRI) df. Oseong HAN (KOR)

BRONZE –  Parvinder PARVINDER (IND) df. Rayan Mazen B HAWSAWI (KSA)

60kg

GOLD – Ravinder RAVINDER (IND) df. Iassaui MUKHTARULY (KAZ), 8-1

BRONZE – Yamato HAGIWARA (JPN) df. Amir Arsalan Yousef DARABI GORGELANI (IRI), 4-3

BRONZE – Mirkamol BESHIMOV (UZB) df. Muhammad Asad ULLAH (PAK), 10-0

65kg

GOLD – Mohammad Baghi KARIMISEIFABAD (IRI) df. Bekzat ZHALGASSOV (KAZ)

BRONZE – Masaki SATO (JPN) df. Inayat ULLAH (PAK)

BRONZE – Stambul ZHANYBEK UULU (KGZ) df. Khairullo KULULOV (TJK)

71kg

GOLD – Mohammad Asghar NOKHODILARIMI (IRI) df. Alinur TAKIROV (KGZ)

BRONZE – Azizbek FAYZULLAEV (UZB) df. Hikaru TAKATA (JPN)

BRONZE – Islyambek ILYASSOV (KAZ) df. Kumar ANKIT (IND)

80kg

GOLD – Mohammadreza Ezatollah GHIYASI (IRI) df. Mukhammadrasul RAKHIMOV (UZB)

BRONZE – Yudai TAKAHASHI (JPN) df. Batmagnai ENKHTUVSHIN (MGL)

BRONZE – Ankit VATS (IND) df. Erzo Shamil T ISAKOV (JOR)

92kg

GOLD –  Ali ABDOLLAHI (IRI) df. Yunus GAFUROV (KAZ), 12-2

BRONZE – Shokhjakhon AVAZOV (UZB) df. Banzragch MUNKHBAT (MGL), 2-1

BRONZE –  Monu DAHIYA (IND) df. Ismoil RADZHABOV (TJK), 6-0

110kg

GOLD – Amir Abbas ZARE (IRI) df. Kumar ANIRUDH (IND), 10-0

BRONZE –  Rahmonjon MAHMADBEKOV (TJK) df. Islam TAGIROV (KAZ), 10-0

BRONZE –  Qiang LI (CHN) df. Baehyeong JEONG (KOR), 10-0

TEAM SCORES

GOLD – Iran  (196 points)

SILVER – Kazahstan  (171 points)

BRONZE – Uzbekistan (146 points)

Fourth – India (134 points)

Fifth – Japan (111 points)

 

/ Tehran times /

An equipped first human cell production factory was opened in West Asia in the in the presence of First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri.

Minister of Health and Medical Education Dr. Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi and Sorena Sattari Vice President for Science and Technology, Hamid-Reza Tayyebi Head of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research Activities and Mohammad Mokhber Head of Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO) also attended the inaugural ceremony of this giant project.

Jahangiri was briefed on the activities and performance of this equipped center. First Human Cell Production Plant was set up jointly between Barakat Pharmaceutical Company and Royan Research Institute which is tasked with producing products including Monocell, Ricollersal, Rhinooderm cell, etc. which are used to treat various cardiovascular, skin and skeletal diseases.

Technology for the production of fibroplast cells will be launched as of the third year of operation of this equipped factory.

Construction operation of this industrial and production unit began in June 2013 in a way that this factory has generated new employment opportunities for job-seeking people in the country. About 500 billion rials has been spent for launching pilot project of this industrial unit which is located on a land area with 1,300 sq.m built-up area. / Mehr news/

An exhibition, which will be organized at the Bahar Gallery of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) from May 18 to 23, will showcase a collection of photos featuring the daily lives of Iranian nomads living in the Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad region.

The exhibition titled “Something Like Life” will be organized in collaboration with the Rade No-Andish Art and Cultural Institute and the Yasuj branch of the Art Bureau, the IAF announced on Monday.

The photos are from a collection by Es’haq Aqai, an Iranian photographer who was raised in a nomad family in the region.

In a catalog published for the exhibit, the organizers wrote, “Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad is a part of the central Zagros region, which, due to its two different types of climate, has provided a suitable habitat for nomads over history.”

“Migration of the nomads begins in mid-autumn and mid-spring every year. The collective relocation is done every year, but there has been a major decline in the nomad population over the past few decades so that   half of the nomads have given up the nomadic lifestyle.”

According to the catalog, Iran has a nomad population of 1.2 million, which is declining as they gradually stop living as nomads and choose to live in permanent residences in villages and cities.

“This change will have serious repercussions for the country: Many subcultures, rituals, traditions and the beauty of this lifestyle will be consigned to oblivion,” read the catalog.

In his brief comments published in the catalog, Aqai said, “Photography of nomads is a cultural obsession for me, and in a time when modernity has infected all the structures of society, nomadic life is also not safe from it.” / Tehran times /

President Hassan Rouhani on Monday inaugurated five projects via video conferencing as part of a government initiative aimed at promoting tourism across the northeastern Khorasan Razavi province.

A total of 3,240 billion rials (some $80 million) has been invested in the projects that have generated jobs for 570 people, CHTN reported.

Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Director Ali-Asghar Mounesan and several provincial officials attended the inauguration ceremony, which was held at the Park Hayat Grand Hotel.

Saken Hotel and the Park Hayat Grand Hotel being renovated during the scheme that also included construction of some eco-lodges and a museum.

“Khorasan Razavi province has diverse tourist attraction capacities in terms of religious, historical, cultural and natural arenas… and it plays host to over 20 million domestic and foreign pilgrims and travelers so that it is considered as one of the most fertile provinces in implementing tourism projects,” the official explained.

Over 900 hotels, apartment hotels and guest houses are catering to travelers across Khorasan Razavi province, according to data announced by Abolfazl Mokarramifard, the provincial tourism chief.

In January, the administration approved a bill allocating 24 trillion rials (some $600 million) to empowering rural areas and small towns in arenas of handicraft-associated jobs, ecotourism and hospitality industry. / Tehran times /