The visit comes at the official invitation of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The two presidents will hold talks on bilareral, regional and international developments.
Tehran and Dushanbe will also sign several economic, scientific, political and cultural agreements.
Raisi and Rahmon will then take questions from journalists at a joint news briefing.
The Iranian president visited Tajikistan in September 2021 at the invitation of his Tajik counterpart to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. During that visit, Tehran and Dushanbe signed 8 agreements.
The policy of the Raisi administration is to expand ties with neighbors in order to blunt the impact of the Western sanctions against the Islamic Republic
Mir Hadi Seyyedi, an advisor to Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization, said the agency has started cooperation with a UN affiliated body known as International Trade Center, ITC.
The cooperation, according to Seyyedi, is aimed at supporting Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that they can make inroads in the European market.
Seyyedi added that the CEOS of 20 manufacturing companies traveled to Germany from April 24 to May 14, 2022 as part of the Trade Promotion Organization’s export capacity building program.
He said during their stay in Germany, the CEOs used the professional services of Carl Duisberg Center, a German company, to enter the country’s market.
Seyyedi underlined that last autumn, the Trade Promotion Organization called on companies working in the fields of herbal drugs, fruits and vegetables, car spare parts, petrochemical products, IT, and tourism to enroll in the capacity building program.
He said 100 firms enrolled but finally 35 companies were selected for the training program. Seyyedi noted that the project is not over yet and Carl Duisberg committed to support 20 Iranian companies in the marketing program for more than a year.
He said the same program is going to be implemented for knowledge-based companies and that a similar project will be put in place to enter Italy’s market
During the Friday Prayers sermon, Hojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi described as a “divine test” the recent wave of inflation, which has been triggered by a government decision to eliminate the subsidy for imported flour.
“This administration is not a law breaker. It removed the subsidy on the order of the Parliament since a fair distribution of subsides would not have been possible without doing so,” he said.
In turn, interim Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said recently that although the rising prices were “making everyone suffer, we believe the servants are caring,” referring to the incumbent administration officials.
Reacting to those remarks, the Iranian Jomhouri-e Eslami (Islamic Republic) daily on Saturday suggested that the two senior clerics were backing the performance of the incumbent administration, who has failed to contain the prices, while they used to blame rising inflation on official mismanagement in former administrations.
“It would be very good for the gentlemen, who comment on this issue today, to have in mind the comments they made in previous years themselves, so that [the public] will buy their statements amid rising prices,” it said.
“People still remember and media outlets have recorded” those earlier statements.
The daily said being merely “caring” is good but not enough since it cannot change the situation, adding that those in power need to also have the “capability” to tackle the nation’s economic woes.
Bahram Einollahi says he has announced Iran’s readiness for exports of Covid vaccines in meetings with his counterparts from 9 foreign countries.
Einollahi added that Iran is able to give poor countries free Covid jabs. Einollahi underlined that Iran is in fact capable of producing any type of vaccine for viral diseases.
He once against praised Iran’s healthcare sector for its effective fight against the Covid pandemic.
Einollahi said he announced to WHO officials that the Islamic Republic not only managed to decrease Covid’s daily deaths to a single-digit figure but it also succeeded in acquiring the know-how to produce vaccines.
The health minister added that Iran is no longer worried about the Coronavirus.
He said there are no indications of a resurgence of the Covid pandemic for now but urged all people to get vaccinated
On Iranian tables, especially in autumn and winter, pickles is served with food. Each region across Iran produces and consumes its own types of pickles (torshi) and depending on people’s taste, in each pickles, ingredients are added and subtracted.
Hence, there is a wide variety of pickles in Iran. The origin and consumption of torshi dates back to the time of the Medes and it has been industrially produced for about 70 years. During the period, torish producing factories have been operating in Iran.
Iranian women make homemade pickles
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Ingredients for making homemade pickles
The basic work in making torshi is to mix a group of vegetables plus salt and vinegar. First, the vegetables are washed and cut into pieces. Depending on the type of torshi , they are poured raw or cooked into vinegar. Finally, the torshi is poured into desired glasses.
Introducing homemade pickles in different cities of Iran
In this article, we will introduce you to how to prepare different types of homemade pickles in different cities. You will see a video report on how women make this popular Persian spice.
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Kurdistan’s Hafte Bijar torshi
Hafte Bijar torshi contains seven fruits, seven fragrant herbs, seven types of local spices and seven-year local vinegar, which show the high antiquity of it.
Sistan and Baluchestan Mango torshi
Qasr Ghand mango torshi is one of the most famous pickles in Sistan and Baluchestan province. This torshi is exported as a souvenir to different cities of Iranand even to other countries.
Gilan and Mazandaran
Due to summer crops, northern cities mostly produce pickles that are grown from their own products. For example, Gilan province uses pickled eggplant, okra and pickled garlic.
Nazkhatoon torshi
One of the special pickles of northern Iran used in other cities as well is Nazkhatoon. Of course, Mazandaranis also use this torshi as a stew. It can also be served with a variety of mixed rice and kebabs and any food you want. But the main food that they eat Nazkhatoon with is lentil rice.
Pickled garlic
This popular torshi is composed of garlic, salt and vinegar, and the minimum time required for this torshi to settle is 4 years, but the appropriate time is 7 years. The older the pickled garlic, the tastier it is.
Pickled salty salad, Khorasan
This delicious Khorasani torshi consists of tomatoes, cauliflower, carrots, celery, pickled potatoes, cucumbers, garlic, green peppers, coriander seeds, tomatoes, savory, mint, salt, vinegar.
Golk torshi, Fars
One of the most fragrant pickles that you can choose to bring to the table is the delicious Golk torshi. Golk is a plant native to Fars Province and after its mixture with water and salt, this fragrant and delicious torshi is made.
Golk is a plant native to Fars Province
Vanoushak torshi, Kermanshah
Vanoushak, or wild pistachio, is a plant native to Kermanshah. This torshi is made after mixing the plant with vinegar and salt.
Zou torshi
Zou is a mountain plant similar to Artichoke that grows in Iran’s western provinces. To make Zou torshi, you should cook Zou and mix it with salt, vinegar and Turmeric.
Walnut torshi, Hamedan
This pickle is made up of walnuts, dried apricot leaves, tamarind, nutmeg, black pepper, black vinegar, sugar, salt, pickle spices.
Liteh torshi
This is one of the most popular pickles among Iranians. It consists of mashed eggplant, cauliflower, cucumber, carrot, garlic, green pepper, vinegar and salt.
Liteh torshi is a pickled vegetables.
Red cabbage torshi
To make red cabbage torshi, chop and pour the cabbage in vinegar and salt. Put it in the refrigerator and after a few days when the vinegar turns red, the pickle is ready.
Iranian women make homemade pickles, along with the health benefits, they are useful and tasty seasons for everyday meals; and in some cases it has turned into a household business and entrepreneurship.
Homemade Pickles in Iran
Making tirshi is very popular with Iranian women. Sometimes they get together in gatherings to prepare ingredients and make it. Some make money by making and selling homemade torshi as well.
In fact, homemade pickles is still more popular than the industrial one in most parts of Iran.
Raisi sent a congratulatory message to his Ethiopian counterpart Sahle-Work Zewde on the occasion of the country’s national day.
The Iranian president felicitated the event to the Ethiopian government and nation.
The brotherly relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which have always been based on mutual respect and fruitful cooperation, should be further strengthened, Raisi stated in his message.
Raisi, in his message, highlighted the status of Azerbaijan Republic in Iran’s foreign policy and his own endeavor to advance neighborly relations with the country.
Shared history and religion and deep connection between the two nations have provided strong pillars for their bilateral relations to rely on, Raisi said, adding that Iran has always aligned its efforts to expand bilateral relations in all areas with mutual interests since Azerbaijan’s independence.
He expressed content that the grounds for cooperation between Tehran and Baku have expanded after liberation of Azerbaijan’s occupied lands.
He hoped that the grounds would be leveraged in line with mutual demands and interests of both nations
The unveiling happened at a drone exhibition of the Iranian Army during a visit by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri on Saturday.
The missile dubbed Heydar has a range of 200 kilometers. The projectile hits the target at a speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour.
Heydar is the first Iranian cruise missile that can be fired by a drone. It can be launched by Fotros and Arch-22 UAVs.
Iran has taken long strides in drone and missile capabilities over the past years.
The Islamic Republic has been bolstering its military deterrence amid repeated threats of war by the enemies, most notably the US and its ally the Zionist regime.
Word is that the attacker on Friday killed four people and wounded two more in Shahriar near Tehran and fled the scene. He opened fire on the police on Taleqani Street, in downtown Tehran, after they recognized him.
The attacker is under arrest now.
A police official says he shot people in Shariar after a dispute escalated between him and some other people over a property.
Authorities have issued necessary orders in the case and an investigation is ongoing.
An IRIB News reporter was airlifted from an Air Force base in Kermanshah in Iran’s west to the secret base. No camera crew was allowed and the reporter was blindfolded before entering the site, hundreds of meter “in the heart of the Zagros Mountains.”
Inside, he said, over 100 combat, surveillance, and kamikaze drones were parked. While the aerial vehicles were filmed, none of the drone pilots or other technical personnel were authorized to appear on camera.
“The Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces are the region’s top drone power. There is no doubt about that. Because of the types of the drones and the range of the actions they can carry out,” Iran’s Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, who was at the base, told the IRIB reporter.
At a later speech, Major General Mousavi added, “Our greatest achievement is that we are dependent on no one and we procure whatever it is that we need to defend the country and carry out our operations.”
The Iranian Army chief said the upgrading of the military might, including drone power, was “unstoppable.”
Among the drones showcased was the Kaman-22 (Arch-22), which can fly up to a range of at least 2,000 kilometers and carry Haidar cruise missiles, the first cruise missiles to be carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri, who was also at the base, said the site was only “the tip of the iceberg” and much of the military capabilities of the country could not be publicized.
Major General Baqeri said drones were the future of armed combat. “The Army is quickly developing its drone power. New drones are being manufactured in the country that can carry out various missions,” he said.
Major General Baqeri said drones were the future of armed combat. “In today’s combats, drones play an increasingly more important role in different defensive, offensive, ground, marine, aerial, and aerial defense, missions and in… annihilation, surveillance, monitoring, electronic warfare, shipment, and dozens of other missions,” he said.
He praised the Army for achieving the capability to manufacture and operate the drones. “The Army is quickly developing its drone power. New drones are being manufactured in the country that can carry out various missions,” he said.
“We never downgrade a threat, we don’t assume the enemy is asleep, our eyes are open, and we are constantly on the watch,” the top Iranian military commander said.
Iran has recently ramped up its manufacture of advanced drones for defense and surveillance purposes.
