KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 02: Soldiers are seen around piles of sand used for blocking a road in Ukrainian capital, Kyiv amid Russian attacks on March 02, 2022. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The statement said that a number of Iranian citizens have still remained in Ukraine, despite previous calls for leaving the country.
It urged those Iranians who have still stayed in Ukrainian cities and villages to immediately leave Ukraine through borders of Romania, Moldovia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland.
Previously, Iran’s Embassy in Ukraine issued an announcement, dismissing the reports that claimed Iran’s Embassy in Ukraine was shut down.
In the meantime, Iran’s Ambassador to Ukraine Manouchehr Moradi stated in a released video that the embassy will be offering services until the last Iranian citizen leaves Ukraine.
He added that the Embassy has done all its efforts to protect and transfer Iranian citizens to Iran and watch the situation in that country to submit reports to Tehran.
Moradi ensured that all Iranian nationals in Ukraine were healthy and no report of being hurt or having life-threatening problems was received.
The ambassador noted that those Iranian nationals who weren’t willing to leave Ukraine could call the embassy if they were in need of food, medicine, etc.
He also asked the Iranian citizens who are still in cities to take refuge in safe places and move westward if they want to leave.
Ali Shamkhani made those remarks in a special meeting attended by a group of Iranian lawmakers where they discussed the latest developments in talks on the lifting of sanctions.
He called for a speedy resolution of a few of outstanding issues in the Vienna negotiations on which no agreement has yet been reached.
Shamkhani stressed that the main strategy of the country, along with trying to get sanctions lifted, is to focus on creating mechanisms to neutralize the tools of imposing the bans, and “fortunately, very good measures have been taken to this end”.
The lawmakers also referred at the meeting to the country’s passage through the crisis points caused by the oppressive sanctions on Iran’s economy and people’s livelihoods, underlining the need for the Iranian negotiating team to continue its effective efforts to realize the Iranian nation’s rights.
Iran says the country and the P4+1 group of countries have completed more than 98 percent of their draft agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA but a few issues remain.
Tehran also says the remaining issues are however highly important for the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran, noting issues like sanctions removal, guarantees and the need to throw out political claims against Iran must be fixed in a proper manner.
The Islamic Republic believes that a good deal is within reach in a very short time if there’s a will on the part of the P4+1 to resolve the remaining issues.
The deaths push to 137,267 the number of people killed by the disease. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry recorded 6,234 new cases of the Coronavirus that included 1,272 hospitalizations.
On Tuesday, the daily caseload and death tool respectively stood at 9,300 and 226.
Many of the new cases of Covid in Iran are Omicron, the latest strain of the virus that is highly contagious.
This comes as Iran is pressing ahead with its nationwide vaccination campaign. The number of triple-vaxxed people is 23,356,372 while the total number of Covid vaccine doses given so far stands at over 141 million.
Hundreds of cities and towns across Iran are marked red now, the highest level of risk from Covid. There is one blue city.
The complex hosting the museum also includes administrative offices, a research center, library, amphitheater, and a reception hall.
Registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Shahr-e Sukhteh is the remains of a mudbrick city inhabited by craftsmen and farmers which was founded around 3200 BC.
It is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement.
Nowruz at the beginning of spring, Tirgan in summer, Mehregan in autumn and Jashnilda to welcome winter were four festivals that were held in each season, some of which are registered in the list of spiritual heritage of Iran and UNESCO.
But in addition to the four festivals, each month has its own festival. In the calendar of ancient Iran, every day has a name for itself, and when a day and a month coincided, a monthly feast was held on that day, and the cold and snowy month of Esfand did not share this joy because ancient Iranians believed that Esfand means pure and holy. It is the name of an angel who keeps the earth green and clean.
Esfand or Espand, in Pahlavi texts, means blessing. It is the twelfth month of the Persian year and the fifth day of each solar month, the guardian of which is “Sefandarmaz” and it has its own special celebration. Sepandārmazgān is a feast to celebrate Iranian women.
“Sepandarmaz” means humility and purity, and the fifth day of Esfand was the time to celebrate Sepandārmazgān or Espandegān. In this feast, the goddess of guardianship of pious and benevolent women was praised and men brought gifts to their wives and cherished them. Love and affection were the main concepts of this celebration.
Sepandārmazgān or Espandegān
Nowruz of rivers feast, 13th of Esfand
Nowruz of rivers and running waters was held on 13th of Esfand. It was on this day that the Iranians dredged and cleaned rivers, aqueducts and springs, and at the end of the work, perfume and roses were sprinkled on the water and its route, which, they say, shows the Iranian people care much about cleanliness and protection of the environment.
Feat of vase and arboriculture, 14th of Esfand
The fourteenth day (some say the twentieth day) of Esfand is the day on which people celebrate the vase or arboriculture. On this day, to welcome Nowruz and the spring, flowers and plants were planted in vases so that at the time when the new year starts, the vegetables would be on the Haft-seen table, while today, Nowruz vegetables are lost on the thirteenth day and their financial cost causes losses to people while their waste infects nature.
Farvardinegan feast, 19th of Esfand
The nineteenth day of the ancient Iranian months in the Avestan calendar is called the day of Farvardin, so 19th of Esfand is the feast of Farvardinegan. It was a celebration to commemorate the dead, and people went to the graves of their deceased loves ones, believing that their spirits could share in the joy with them.
People washed the tombs of the dead with water and roses and placed flowers and plants on their graves, although Iranians still go to the cemeteries on the eve of the New Year or after the New Year, thus celebrating the beginning of Nowruz with their dead loved ones.
Celebration of the winter’s end, 23rd of Esfand
23rd of Esfand marks the end of the winter. This day was the end of the year in ancient Iran and people lit fires on the roofs because they believed that from 25th of Esfand to the end of the year, night and day were equal and man was created in these five days. This feast lasted for five days or for 10 days. Some people however consider 29th of Esfand as the end of winter.
Chaharshanbe Suri or Charshanbe Suri has been another Iranian holiday in which people welcome the spring. Chaharshanbe Suri is a feast of lighting fires and jubilation on the last Wednesday of the Persian year. For the ancient Iranians, fire was considered sacred and a companion of the son of Ahuramazda, and therefore, they lit fires on the 360th day of the year before the celebration of Nowruz. The rituals of Chaharshanbeh Suri included prayer, visiting the elders, cooking Ash (an Iranian dish), cooking Halva and lighting fires on the roofs of houses to seek warmth and light, which today has given way to other rituals. The key point in holding Iranian feasts is their connection with natural phenomena. These rituals were based on respect for nature and the preservation of the environment, and have never been used as an excuse to harm plants and animals.
Now, at the age of 9, Amir-Reza, who has been cancer free for a year, is pursuing singing with more seriousness and takes his time performing for child patients suffering from cancer at hospitals.
News of Fakoor-Saboor’s death broke on Wednesday morning, without official reports on the cause.
Other unofficial reports said the cinema, TV and theater actress lost her life to drug overdose. An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause.
Fakoor-Saboor’s debut television series was ‘Days of Youth’ aired in 1998. She had a successful performance in the TV series ‘Solace of the Heart’ broadcast in 2009.
She started her cinematic carrier in 2014 by playing a role in ‘Smell of Roses.’ The actress also appeared in several other TV series and movies.
In her last interview, Fakoor-Saboor expressed regret over having become an actress. She said she would instead choose to get marries, give birth, and live a calm life if she could turn back time.
“If I have a child someday, I will never allow him/her to choose such a profession and let him/her live a normal life,” she said.
Leader: Ukraine crisis rooted in policies of mafia-like US regime that lead to crises
Aftab-e-Yazd:
Tolerability of Russian economy in the face of sanctions
Expert: Russian priority is currently security-military issues instead of economy; Sanctions will not keep the country back at least in the short run.
Arman-e-Milli:
Unrepeatable chance: Arman-e-Milli reviews the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the issue of Iran deal.
Iran’s neutrality will, on the one side, turn it into a party for provision of Europe’s oil and gas and on the other, save Tehran from the nuclear trap and possibly Russia from the Ukraine trap.
This historic opportunity, given the possibility of the prolongation of the Ukraine war, will not be repeated for Iran.
Hassan Beheshtipour: Iran prefers neutrality
Ebtekar:
Ayatollah Khamenei: We support an end to the war
Etemad:
Setting the stage for the fatal blow
Large-scale transfer of troops to Kiev, heavy bombardment of Kharkiv and clashes in the south
What is the objective of invading Russian forces?
Etela’at:
Leader: Iran’s unchanging stance is opposition to war and destruction
Confronting ignorance was the most important position taken by Islam’s Prophet
Iran:
Leader: We are opposed to war anywhere in the world
Jam-e-Jam:
America is the perfect manifestation of modern ignorance.
Train of racism at Ukraine’s station
Javan:
Moscow: Europe should be free from nuclear arsenals
Kayhan:
Leader: Ukraine victim of crisis created by America
Yemeni people have been under bombardment for eight years, but the Westerners not only fail to condemn the crime but also support it.
Setare Sobh:
Putin’s role in destroying Russia’s economy, property
Danger facing people worldwide
Moscow’s warning to the West
Shahrvand:
Discrimination!
The Ukraine war showed human plight is worthy of being dealt with only when it hits Western people.
Sharq:
Iran deal overshadowed by Ukraine war?
Giants flying from Moscow
Large shipping and oil firms in the West cut ties with Russia.
Reformists against Russian attack on Ukraine
Tejarat:
Leader: Today’s Ukraine, yesterday’s Afghanistan outcome of putting trust in America, Europe
Alireza Peymanpak said it’s likely that Russia will face serious challenges with the West for at least the next year over the war in Ukraine, so Iran must seize this opportunity and meet the needs of the Russian people.
He added that the development of neighboring markets is one of the priorities of Iran’s 13th government, and in recent times, several meetings have been held in order to expand cooperation with the neighbors.
Peymanpak said regardless of political issues, Russia and Belarusia are other markets in which Iran can have a significant share, noting that Iran has gained experience in this regard in recent years.
“When Turkey was excluded from the Russian market, we really failed to seize part or all of the Turkish market in Russia, and during the next two years, Iran’s exports to Russia even decreased”, he added.
Peymanpak said given that transportation costs have increased and a number of sea routes to Russia in the world are closed, Iran will also have an advantage in terms of transit.
“Therefore, if we focus on the transit space of Russia and the CIS, we can achieve good results”, he maintained.
The director of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization underlined that Russia has a $240 billion market, of which Iran’s share is very small (two tenths of a percent).
He added that Iran’s annual exports worth of $504 million to Russia does not help relations between the two countries and is far from the goals Iran has set. Peymanpak said in order to make good use of the existing capacities and also to access the market of this country, plans have been made for exports of 10 billion dollars.
In a letter submitted on Tuesday to the UN Security Council, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN drew attention to an anti-Iran speech delivered by US Senator Lindsey Graham during his visit to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in mid-February.
“A lot of Iranian scientists have had a lot of accidents, and we would expect more accidents to come,” Graham said.
The Iranian mission said such “heinous” and “hateful” remarks give Israel the green light to carry out more terrorist operations against Iranian scientists and constitute a blatant violation of the United States’ commitments to international treaties that ban any provocation to and support for acts of terror.
The letter also highlighted Israel’s long record of sabotage operations against Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities, including the brutal assassination of Iranian scientists in recent years and the cyber attack conducted jointly with the US against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites using the Stuxnet malware.
It called on the international community, the UN Security Council in particular, to strongly condemn such provocative acts and incitement to terrorism, which pose a threat to regional security.
Iran warns against the Israeli regime’s adventurism and its repercussions for regional peace and security and reserves the right all the necessary measures to thwart any threat, the letter added.
