Iranian animation “Far Away” by Behrouz and Shirin Soleimani Nazir and Farnaz Moazen won the grand prize of the International Animated Film Festival “Constantine’s gold coin” in Serbia.

The 10th International Animated Film Festival “Constantine’s gold coin” was held on 18 to 22 July.

The 7-minute animation “Far away”, which has been produced with glass painting techniques, won the grand prize of this Serbian film festival. Other animations from France, Russia, and China were respectively awarded in this event. /MNA/

Directed by Nasrin Mohammadpour, the short film ‘Left Handed’ will take part at the 24th Seoul International Women’s Film Festival in South Korea.

Produced by Fariba Arab in Chosen Image Company, the short film will be screened in the competition section of the 24th Seoul International Women’s Film Festival.

The short piece will compete with 19 other pieces from other countries. ‘Left Handed’ has been filmed in Mashhad, northeast Iran, for seven days.

“Maryam is thinking of a big decision and intends to do something and prepare herself for it, but …” reads part of the story.

Like other films directed by Mohammadpour, ‘Left Handed’ is also about women and society. The screenplay of the work has already won two awards at domestic festivals.

The 24th edition of the festival will be held from Aug. 25 to Sep. 1, 2022.

The Seoul International Women’s Film Festival is considered as one of the largest and most prestigious women’s film festivals at the international level, which showcases the works of female filmmakers from all over the world in competitive and non-competitive sections. /MNA/

Iran exported non-oil products valued at $2.264 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 22), according to the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

Based on the IRICA data, the UAE was Iran’s third main export destination in the four-month period.

Iran has also imported goods worth with $4.875 billion from the UAE in the first four months of this year.

The UAE was Iran’s top source of imports in the mentioned time span.

Increasing non-oil exports to the neighboring countries is one of the major plans that the Iranian government has been pursuing in recent years.

Iran shares land or water borders with 15 countries namely UAE, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Saudi Arabia. /T.T/

Iran lost to Japan 8-7 in the final match of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) 2022 Goalball Asia Pacific Championships on Friday.

The competition took place at ISA Sport City in Bahrain from July 20 to 29.

Iran’s women’s team also won the bronze medal in the competition.

Brazil are the reigning men’s champions and Russia the current women’s world champions, following victories at the last Goalball World Championships in Malmö in Sweden in 2018.

The world championships will be held in Matosinhos, Portugal from Dec. 5 to 17. /T.T/

Parnian Noori and Hana Zarrinkamar Roudbari of Iran won two gold medal at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Noori won the first gold of the day by beatingYada Sangthong from Thailand 2-0 in the girls under-44 kg category.

Zarrinkamar Roudbari also defeated Serbian Elena Bradic 2-0 in the girls under-59kg category.

Baran Jamal Livani in the under-29kg and Sayna Alipour in the under-51kg category had previously won two gold medals in the competition.

The competition has brought 669 taekwondo practitioners from 90 countries together./T.T/

The pilot plant for producing helium gas and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as well as three knowledge-based products of plate-fin converters, purification systems and high-speed turbo-expanders were unveiled on Wednesday.

The unveiling ceremony was held on the sidelines of Board of Trustees of Sharif University of Technology with the participation of First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology and chancellor of Sharif University of Technology.

Emphasizing that taking advantage of high potentials and capacities of knowledge-based companies is one of the basic strategies followed up seriously at the 13th government under President Raeisi to solve problems facing the country, Mokhber stated that the government is determined to solve problems facing the country with the help of talented and expert youth of the country.

Describing the pilot plant for the production of helium gas and LNG by knowledge-based companies and university graduates as an appreciable and a commendable action, he said that this technology was possessed by the European and American countries and now, Islamic Republic of Iran could join the club of countries possessing technology for producing helium and LNG.

Due to its unique properties, helium is a strategic material in the world which is applicable in the fields of health, oil and gas, advanced materials, space, etc., he said, adding that in spite of huge resources in South Pars Gas Field, helium needed in the country was completely imported in the previous years and with the imposition of imposition of cruel sanctions, import of this product halted in the country and consequently, many industries sustained severe damages.

After helium was prevented to be imported into the country due to sanctions, experts and talented youth of Sharif University of Technology, after a ten-year nonstop effort, succeeded in acquiring the knowledge and technical know-how needed to obtain helium with a purity of 99.999% and LNG, which is a liquid natural gas, Mokhber underlined.

Experts expressed hope that due to the existence of suitable primary resources in South Pars Gas Field and acquisition of technical know-how of helium separation, in addition to meeting domestic demands by launching helium production units, exporting this product and turning Iran into a production and export hub of helium would be possible. /MNA/

Iran has been named the 32nd most generous country among 114 countries by the World Giving Index 2021.

The ranking is done based on the three indices of ‘helping a stranger’, ‘donating money’, and ‘volunteering time’.

Iran is 38th in helping a stranger, 23rd in donating money, and 92nd in volunteering time.

With an overall score of 39, Iran ranked higher than countries such as Canada, Poland, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, and Norway.

The ranking is done based on the three indices of ‘helping a stranger’, ‘donating money’, and ‘volunteering time’.

Indonesia has the highest Index score overall with an improved score of 69, up from 59 the last time a yearly Index was published in 2018. More than eight in 10 Indonesians donated money in 2020 and the country has a much higher than average rate of volunteering.

Zakat is a traditional form of Islamic charity practiced widely in Indonesia, the proceeds of which are redistributed to the needy. Reports suggest that Zakat payments globally were particularly high in 2020 as a response to the pandemic.

Kenya, Nigeria, Myanmar, Australia, Ghana, New Zealand, Uganda, Kosovo, and Thailand came second to tenth in the ranking.

The ranking is based upon data from Gallup’s World View World Poll, an ongoing research project that was carried out in 114 countries in 2020.

Together those countries represent more than 90% of the world’s population. The survey asks questions on many different aspects of life today including giving behavior.

In most countries surveyed, 1,000 questionnaires are completed by a representative sample of individuals living across the country.

The coverage area is the entire country including rural areas. The sampling frame represents the entire civilian, non-institutionalized, aged 15 and older population of the entire country.

In some bigger countries, larger samples are collected, while in a small number of countries, the poll covers 500 to 1,000 people but still features a representative sample. /T.T/

Iran Greco-Roman wrestling team claimed the title of the U17 World Championship Wednesday night.

Iranian wrestlers won one gold medal, two silvers and four bronzes in the competition held in Rome, Italy.

Iran won the top honors with 135 points while Europe’s best team Azerbaijan finished second with 130 points.

Georgia failed to defend its team title and finished third with 121 points.

RESULTS

Greco-Roman

45kg
GOLD: Yevhen POKOVBA (UKR) df. Shakhzod RUZIOKHUNOV (UZB), 9-0

BRONZE: Huseyn SAVADOV (AZE) df. Ionut MEREUTA (ROU), 9-0
BRONZE: Payam AHMADI BALOOTAKI (IRI) df. Beknur MUKAN (KAZ), 9-0

48kg
GOLD: Ali AHMADI VAFA (IRI) df. Ronit SHARMA (IND), 3-3

BRONZE: Arsen ZHUMA (KAZ) df. Tigran GALSTYAN (ARM), 5-3
BRONZE: Said KHALILOV (AZE) df. Yu TAKEMOTO (JPN), 9-1

51kg
GOLD: Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB) df. Mohammadreza GHOLAMI (IRI), via fall

BRONZE: MANISH (IND) df. Ali SUMBUL (TUR), 8-0
BRONZE: Vadat GASIMLI (AZE) df. Anri KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO), 4-3

55kg
GOLD: SURAJ (IND) df. Faraim MUSTAFAYEV (AZE), 11-0

BRONZE: Saba SURMANIDZE (GEO) df. Halil CINAR (TUR), 9-0
BRONZE: Khurshidbek NORMUKHAMMADOV (UZB) df. Kohaku KANAZAWA (JPN), 5-4

60kg
GOLD: Gaspar TERTERYAN (ARM) df. Lucas LO GRASSO (FRA), 8-0

BRONZE: Omar MOURAD (EGY) df. Emirlan DUISHENALIEV (KGZ), 7-2
BRONZE: Yussuf ASHRAPOV (KAZ) df. Abolfazl MIRSHEKAR (IRI), via fall (11-10)

65kg
GOLD: Joel ADAMS (USA) df. Ahoura BOUVEIRI PIANI (IRI), 6-0

BRONZE: Bekhruz BARNOEV (UZB) df. Ali ALIZADA (AZE), 9-3
BRONZE: Aleksandre RUSITASHVILI (GEO) df. Petro SHAFRANSKYI (UKR), 6-4

71kg
GOLD: Anri PUTKARADZE (GEO) df. Davud MAMMADOV (AZE), 3-1

BRONZE: Maksym RADYK (UKR) vs. Ararat VARDERESYAN (ARM), 12-1
BRONZE: Ibrahim OZDEMIR (TUR) df. Arvin KHOSRAVY (USA), 5-3

80kg
GOLD: Alperen BERBER (TUR) df. Ismayil RZAYEV (AZE), 3-2

BRONZE: Luka GELASHVILI (GEO) df. Andrey ATANASOV (BUL), 5-1
BRONZE: Seyed Reza AZARSHAB (IRI) df. Branko DUKIC (SRB), 8-0

92kg
GOLD: Gor AYVAZYAN (GEO) df. Darius KIEFER (GER), 9-0

BRONZE: Cody MERRILL (USA) df. Marcell GYURICZA (HUN), 3-1
BRONZE: Hamidreza KESHTKAR (IRI) df. Riccardo BUFIS (ITA), via fall

110kg
GOLD: Cemal BAKIR (TUR) df. Laszlo DARABOS (HUN), 1-1

BRONZE: Mohammad JAHANGIRI (IRI) df. Dmytro STRYZHEKOZIN (UKR), 9-0
BRONZE: Mazaim MARDANOV (AZE) df. Davit MGELADZE (GEO), via fall ./ T.T/

Iran and Turkey stressed boosting scientific cooperation between the two countries. During a meeting held between the Iranian deputy minister of science in international affairs Vahid Haddadi-Asl and the President of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak), the two sides stressed boosting scientific cooperation between the two countries.

Referring to the long history of relations between Iran and Turkey, Haddadi-Asl stated, “We are ready to strengthen the scientific, research and technological cooperation between the two countries, and in this regard, while continuing the past trends, we emphasize defining new paths.”

“Currently, 47 joint research projects between Iran and Turkey are underway, and we are ready to add 30 more research projects to the existing projects within a year,” he added.

Haddadi-Asl also suggested that in addition to academic centers, independent research institutes in Iran can also cooperate with Turkish research institutes, and the issue of water can be one of the fields of this cooperation.

The President of TubitakHasan Mandal, for his part, called for including the field of industry in cooperation with the Iranian side.

He cited that Tubitak has independent research institutions that can cooperate with Iran in the field of biotechnology and various industries.

Referring to the cooperation of Iranian and Turkish knowledge-based firms, Mandal stated that the cooperation between science and technology parks and knowledge-based companies of the two countries can be developed by establishing an office of technology transfer between Tubitak and the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran. /MNA/

Iran’s youth weightlifting team became the vice-champion of Asia while the junior Iranian weightlifting team landed in seventh place in the continent.

Iran participated with 11 weightlifters in two categories, juniors and youth, and in the end, it was able to win 5 golds, 7 silvers, and 2 bronzes to become Asia vice-champion in the youth category.

However junior Iranian team finished in seventh place after winning 4 golds, 3 silvers, and 5 bronzes. / MNA/