The music master also had his name registered as an international actor after starring in a movie jointly made by Iran and Japan.
Osman Mohammad-Parast participated in dozens of national and international music festivals, which elevated the Khorasan Maqami music.
He was also a charitable citizen and built more than 900 schools with help from the cultural assistance community in different parts of Iran.
Mohammad-Parast was 94 when he died.
Saadolalh Zarei added that if the Saudis agree to negotiate with Iran over bilateral issues, everything is going to be ok, but they have so far refused to do so obstinately.
Zarei noted that Saudi Arabia is now part of the campaign of pressure against Iran.
The expert also spoke of the Zionist regime’s role in this regard, saying the Zionists are bent on tying the Iran-Saudi talks to some regional issues and that if the negotiations are limited to bilateral issues, Tel Aviv will try to sabotage them.
On the US role, Zarei said Washington should not be allowed to abuse Iran’s interest in establishing relations with Saudi Arabia nor should dialog with Riyadh be overshadowed by the Yemeni issue in the Baghdad talks.
“Let’s hope that bilateral ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia will be on the agenda of the Baghdad talks”, he added.
According to the Iranian expert, Saudi Arabia’s talks on Yemen should be with the Yemeni government itself and the Yemeni issue should not be included in talks with Iran.
He said Saudi Arabia’s problems with Yemen have prompted it to pursue negotiations with Iran, but Yemen is independent and can itself be at the negotiating table.
He added that the Saudi embassy incident had nothing to do with the Iranian government and that Riyadh used it as a pretext to cut ties with Tehran.
In 2016, a group of demonstrators attacked the Saudi embassy in Iran in protest against the execution of a Shia Muslim cleric by the kingdom. Following the incident, Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran.
The ministry’s tally also put the daily caseload at 288 including 44 hospitalizations.
Covid has so far killed 141,253 people in Iran. The global death toll is millions.
The downward trend in Iran has held for the past couple of weeks. Authorities attribute the containment of the disease to people’s observance of health protocols and also a nationwide vaccination campaign that has seen the inoculation of tens of millions of Iranians
The talks were however mostly focused on key issues of bilateral ties and also the prospects of the revival of the nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA. Amir Abdollahian referred to the approval of bilateral cultural and information security agreements by the Iranian government, saying the agreements were sent to parliament for ratification.
Amir Abdollahian then reaffirmed Iran’s opposition to both war and sanctions, saying Tehran supports ceasefire and negotiations instead.
He noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran backs any diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict given its excellent ties with Russia and is ready to mediate to end the war.
The top Iranian diplomat also spoke about the sanctions removal talks in Vienna. Amir Abdollahian said if the US acts rationally, the nuclear deal is at hand.
He underlined Iran’s firm determination to reach a good, robust and lasting deal, but only with observance of its red lines.
The two foreign ministers then discussed the latest state bilateral issues during the telephone conversation.
Lavrov described the Tehran-Moscow ties as important. He underscored that his country’s priority is to implement the agreements signed by Russia and Iran.
The Russian foreign minister reaffirmed Moscow’s support for reaching a deal in Vienna that is fair and in line with the interests of the Iranian side.
Lavrov also criticized the US and West’s unconstructive stance on the Ukraine war.
He welcomed any initiative that would make Ukraine show interest in dialog and described Iran’s role in this regard as constructive.
Major General Hossein Salami was speaking at the Amir al-Momenin University of the Sciences and Skills of ground Force in Isfahan on Thursday.
He said today no power in the world can invade Iran or even contemplate attacking the country.
Salami underlined the IRGC’s readiness to defend Iran, saying Jihad is a continuous path and as long as the enemy is full of hate and enmity due to its defeats, jihad will continue.
He referred to the localization and mass production of combat and defensive might in Iran by the IRGC, saying this power completely belongs to the Iranian people and is meant to serve them and the realization of the Islamic Revolution’s ideals.
The general described the IRGC as a servant of the people and a thorn in the enemy’s side.
He said the IRGC is a protection shield against disasters, a stronghold and a shelter for the people.
Addressing the Amir al-Momenin University’s students and commanders, Salami said, “You are preparing for possible future wars, and the more equipped and prepared you are, the less likely it is a war will break out.”
Iran has been beefing up its military deterrence in recent years amid continued threats of wars by its adversaries, namely the US and the Zionist regime.
During the unveiling ceremony, General Ashtiani said the manufacturing of this strategic aircraft was necessary due to the climate condition of Iran.
He added that the plane can be used for both civilian and military purposes.
Ashtiani also referred to the manufacturing of the Simorgh plane by the defense ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying the ministry has a key mission in boosting the country’s deterrence.
The Iranian defense chief also noted that meeting the needs of the armed forces in various areas including ground and air wars and also electronic warfare will help achieve victory in asymmetrical battles.
He said in recent years all ground and flight tests as well as the testing of the propulsion system of Simorgh airplane have been carried out by the aviation industry experts of the defense ministry.
He added that although Simorgh is similar to its peers in terms of platform, the avionics and propulsion systems, the new parts and the maneuverability of this plane are better than other aircraft.
Ashtiani said Simorgh strengthens the national interests of Iran in every respect, adding that the design of the plane is in line with the economy of resistance and helps save currency considerably and lower costs
During the ceremony, Raisi said the free and special trade zones are on path toward booming employment, production, entrepreneurship, exports and investment attraction.
The president added that to realize an 8% economic growth under the budget act of the Persian year of 1401, Iran needs foreign and domestic investors and an increase in productivity.
Raisi referred to the need for his administration to let the private sector play a more active role, saying free and special trade zones must avoid administrative and prolonged paperwork.
The president then underlined activities must be science- and technology-based.
He added that if knowhow and science is mixed with economic possibilities, the finished product will be lasting.
The projects across Iran were inaugurated with an investment of 6,100 billion tomans (USD 224 million) in Qeshm, Kish, Anzali, Maku, Parsian, Sahlan, Bushehr, Lorestan, Lamerd and Namin. They are projected to create 8,000 direct and indirect jobs in the country.
Israel’s Military Police Criminal Investigation Division believes that an investigation that treats Israeli soldiers as suspects will lead to opposition within Israeli society, the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported on Thursday.
Previous investigations into the killings of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers have led to controversy within Israel, with many Israelis believing that soldiers should not be prosecuted for such acts.
In response to the report, Abu Akleh’s family stated they were not surprised by the Israeli military potentially not investigating Abu Akleh’s death.
“[We] were expecting this from the Israeli side. That’s why we didn’t want them to participate in the investigation,” the family said in a statement to Al Jazeera.
“We want to hold whoever is responsible for these acts accountable,” the statement added.
“We urge the United States in particular since she is a US citizen and the international community to open a just and transparent investigation and to put an end to the killings,” it noted.
Abu Akleh, 51, was killed by an Israeli soldier last Wednesday, according to witnesses and colleagues who were present when she was shot while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The veteran reporter, who had spent nearly three decades covering the West Bank and Gaza Strip, was wearing a helmet and a vest with the word “press” emblazoned on it. She was hit in the back of the neck, in the small space between the helmet and the vest. Shots continued to be fired when colleagues and bystanders attempted to help Abu Akleh.
Abu Akleh was a US citizen residing in the occupied East Jerusalem.
The Abu Akleh family received reassurances from the US government that her killing would be investigated.
Israeli authorities initially announced Palestinian fighters were responsible for her death, circulating video of Palestinian men shooting down an alleyway. However, researchers from the prominent Israeli human rights group Btselem found the spot where the clip was filmed: 300 metres away and with no line of sight to the location where Shireen was shot.
Israel later backtracked from its suggestion, and said it would open an investigation.
“The reason for this is that you would actually have to open a criminal investigation into a serving Israeli army officer or soldier on an active military operation. That’s something that Israeli politics in this current climate finds absolutely untenable,” Al Jazeera’s reporter Imran Khan said from West Jerusalem.
“The government would be attacked if that investigation took place. It would be heavily criticised. The opposition would use it to make political ground with the government,” he added.
“Also, generally with Israelis itself, they see the army as being untouchable, as being defenders of Israel and therefore anything that they do on a military operation is untouchable,” he stated.
The Ha’aretz report also added there was “no suspicion” of a criminal act, with soldiers questioned saying that they thought they were firing at a Palestinian fighter, despite witnesses and Al Jazeera journalists reporting that there was no shooting in Abu Akleh’s vicinity.
Bullet fragments were retrieved from Abu Akleh’s body but the Palestinian Authority has declined to give the evidence to Israel, saying the latter has a long history of not investigating the deaths of Palestinians properly and merely issuing light sentences or warnings to its soldiers who have carried out killings.
Taliban officials and a large number of people were present during the unveiling of the structure in Kabul on Wednesday.
Since they took power in Afghanistan in August last year, the Taliban have been voicing support for Palestine.
Taliban officials condemned the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in Jenin last Wednesday.
Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement, “We condemn the Israeli occupation’s deliberate killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine.”
On the occasion of International Museum Day and Cultural Heritage Week in Iran, we are going to introduce you two ancient museums of Bandar Siraf and the Bushehr Sea Trade Museum.
The Young Journalists Club reports that the historic port of Siraf and the port city of Bushehr are replete with hidden treasures of civilization on the coast of the Persian Gulf.
The Siraf Museum is a plain, old building and has several rooms. It is in the house of Dr. Whitehouse who was the head of the Bandar Siraf port’s archaeological team in the 1960s.
Meanwhile, the Sea Trade Museum is inside the Iranian Mansion that belonged to one of the most famous merchants of the Qajar period. This building is over 100 years old.
Archaeological Museum of Bandar Siraf Siraf Museum in Kangan city of Bushehr province is one of the most beautiful and attractive places in Siraf (Wikipedia).
The Siraf Museum is a plain, old building and has several rooms. It is in the house of Dr. Whitehouse who was the head of the Bandar Siraf port’s archaeological team in the 1960s.
On can see inscriptions, stone tombs, pottery, Dr. Whitehouse’s findings, paintings and photographs in the first section of the museum. The second section features the area’s handicrafts and the third is designated for sea industries, fish and shellfish.
This museum was set up with the main goal of preserving, fully and completely introducing Iran’s cultural identity and assessing the historical, industrial and artistic phenomena of the past and the present. In 2007, part of the British Department of the Middle East was dedicated to the Siraf Museum.
Each work at this museum has its own code and identifier. These objects are very valuable and are kept in the house of Dr. Whitehouse.
The number of artifacts and objects found in Siraf was much larger than this. But they were divided between three continents and were effectively scattered around the world.
The Bushehr Sea Trade Museum was inaugurated on April 30, 2013. The expo is inside the Iranian Mansion that belonged to a famous Qajar merchant. The building is over 100 years old.
The Bushehr Sea Trade Museum features written works in 35 showcases. The unique museum also puts on display Persian Gulf maritime documents that show the connection between foreign political envoys and the customs office in southern Iran, especially the port of Bushehr.
The museum also displays some underwater archeological objects including pottery jars used for transporting liquids, Persian Gulf government and export documents, and commercial companies operating in Bandar Bushehr port.
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