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Iran crowned at Asia volleyball championship

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Thanks to the win, Iran’s national volleyball team have now regained the first place in Asian volleyball ranking.

A total of 16 teams competed in the 21st Asian Volleyball Championship from Sept. 12 to 19 in Chiba, Japan. 

At the end of the competitions, the Iranian coach Behrouz Ataei was introduced as the best coach in Asia, while the Iranian player Saber Kazemi was also named the most valuable player in the competitions. 

This was Iran’s fourth win in the Asian championships, while Japan have won the title nine times so far. 

Iran and Japan will represent Asia at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in Russia. The 2022 Men’s World Championship will take place from August 26 to September 11.

Iranian artist holds exhibition entitled “Amazed by Bird”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The exhibition displays a selected collection of Pantea Rahmani’s drawings, paintings and sculptures which draw inspiration from an allegorical world of birds. 

The statement of the exposition says: This multi-layered project involves documentary films on birds that are on the brink of extinction in Iran’s wildlife. 

It also features the unveiling of a drama book. Birds are already an integral part of our relationship with myths, social culture and our surroundings. But now, they have turned into a peripheral issue and have become vulnerable animals which are on the verge of extinction in huge groups.” 

Project

“Amazed by Bird aims to look into our relationship with nature and to give us a deeper insight into nature and birds as one of the key parts of our daily lives.”

Iranians Set Record of Purchasing Houses in Turkey

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IFP Editorial Staff
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According to the latest report by the Turkish authority, Iranian citizens purchased 4,600 housing units in Turkey since the turn of the year, which is a 21 percent rise compared to the same period last year, and a 47 percent increase compared to 2019. 

Iranians flocked to Turkey to procure houses starting from 2018 when the US re-imposed its unilateral sanctions, which were earlier eased under the 2015 nuclear deal, and the subsequent plunge in the value of the Iranian rial.

Turkey gives temporary residence permit to foreigners, who buy or rent houses in the country.

Iranians had purchased only 424 housing units in Turkey in the entire 2017. It means the number of housing units Iranians acquired in Turkey surged 10-fold in four years.

Iranians also bought more houses in Turkey than citizens of any other foreign country over the past two years. 

Iraqis surpassed Iranians when hopes were raised in Iran due to the talks for removal of the sanctions leading to fewer Iranian purchases.

Khashil: A Yummy Persian Dish

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Khashil recipe - A Yummy Persian Dish

Native to the northwestern Iranian city of Ardebil(wikipedia), Khashil is usually cooked on cold days with sugar, or grape syrup or honey and tastes very delicious.

Khashil recipe

Ingredients For Khashil

  • Wheat bulgur: 4 soup spoons
  • Flour: 4 spoonfuls
  • Turmeric: 1 dessertspoon
  • Salt: A little
  • Water: 5-6 glasses
  • Sugar & cinnamon: As much as necessary
  • Grape syrup or honey as alternatives for sugar: As much as needed
  • Butter or animal oil: 50gr

khashil ingredient

Recipe for khashil

Wash the wheat bulgur and soak it in 3 glasses of water with turmeric and put it on low heat to cook.

Then add 25gr of butter or animal oil to the bulgur.

Afterwards, solve 4 spoons of flour in 2 glasses of cold water before adding it to the coocked bulgur and mixing them together.

Then add a pinch of salt and allow Khashil to be cooked through. At the end, serve the dish with a little butter of animal oil plus mixed sugar and cinnamon, or honey and grape syrup, as you wish.

How to make khashil

key point on cooking khashil

1. Some cook Khashil with flour only and without bulgur. They sauté the flour to make the smell of rawness go away.

Then add milk and water to it plus a little turmeric so that it turns yellow.

Finally, serve it in a deep dish and have it with grape juice, honey, or sugar plus butter and cinnamon.

Iranian food Khashil

2. Khashil is a local food of people of Azarbaijan and is commonly made by residents in various parts of the region, especially during Yalda Night ceremonies.

Since Khashil contains a large amount of wheat, sugar and organic butter, it is believed that the food helps boost the body’s endurance to cold.

3. Make sure to add a liter of water when mixing the flour with the other ingredients and pour it on baked bulgur.

4. Khashil can burn on the surface of the pot really quickly; therefore, you have to stir it constantly until it is ready to serve. Also, turn the heat down so the food doesn’t burn.

Khashil: A Yummy Persian Dish

5. You can also use sesame and walnut kernels in the recipe that contains milk.

Can we just leave out the fat from Khashil or change the mixture of spices?

In some recipes, the Ardebil version of Khashil is made with flaxseeds, dates and wheat flour and the food has a dark color.

Sometimes, salt and turmeric replace the sweet ingredients, depending on the taste of each individual.

Enchanting Nature at Kolluk Village in Sistan & Balouchestan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The village lies on the slopes of Mount Birak and, every year, attracts many athletes and mountaineers who seek to climb local peaks.

Kolluk, which has a hot and humid climate, is also appropriate for growing tropical and subtropical garden produce. It is actually a hub for growing dates, citrus and mango.

The village also has special handicraft, mainly made by women skilled in mat weaving, local needlework, coin weaving, among other arts.

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Pro-rioters rally draws small crowd outside US Capitol

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The rally ended less than 90 minutes after it began around noon in Union Square, a small park just west, and in clear view, of the Capitol.

Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said that the crowd was “about what we expected” and that the stepped-up police presence may have kept numbers lower. 

“I’m hopeful that had some impact on it,” he added in an interview before the rally.

In the afternoon, the U.S. Capitol Police estimated that, excluding law enforcement, 400 to 450 people were inside the protest area.

Matt Braynard, executive director of Look Ahead America and the organizer of the event, wrote on Twitter that he expected “a 100 percent peaceful event in support of the nonviolent offenders…who have been charged”.

Speaking to the crowd Saturday, Braynard noted that “this isn’t about President [Donald] Trump or [Joe] Biden or your political party. It’s about human rights and civil rights”.

More than 600 people have been arrested in the eight-plus months since the Jan. 6 attack, more than 50 of whom have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal crimes. Six have been found guilty in court, according to the Justice Department.

Law enforcement officers wore riot gear during the rally in case of any violence, equipment that many officers didn’t have on Jan. 6.

By Saturday afternoon, the Capitol Police had announced four arrests. During a traffic stop Saturday morning, two people were taken into custody on felony warrants out of Texas.

About 40 minutes into the event Saturday, USCP reported that officers had arrested a man who had a knife, for a weapons violation.

The other arrest took place around 1:30 p.m., police said, when someone saw what appeared to be a handgun on a man in the crowd. He was detained and charged with unlawful activities.

Law enforcement agencies coordinated their response to the demonstration in an attempt to avoid the chaos of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Authorities were also organizing a police presence at events planned in other parts of Washington on Saturday, including an annual street festival northeast of the Capitol.

Authorities had erected fencing earlier in the week around the Capitol and the Supreme Court, conducted “tabletop” rehearsals to plan for combating violence, and vowed that police would be visible across the city.

Trump, who was impeached by the House in January for his role in inciting the violence, stated Thursday that rioters have been “persecuted” by the Justice Department.

“Our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly relating to the January 6th protest concerning the Rigged Presidential Election,” Trump announced in a statement, adding, “In addition to everything else, it has proven conclusively that we are a two-tiered system of justice. In the end, however, JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!”

But the former president, who was acquitted by the Senate, and other Republican officials are keeping their distance from the rallies. Neither he nor any member of Congress attended the protest in Washington.

Source: NBC News

Iran general warns of more anti-terror attacks in Iraq’s north

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The top Iranian commander stressed that Iran has a right to confront the terror groups under the Charter of the United Nations.

“Our operations against anti-revolutionary groups will continue and we will not tolerate any trouble on these borders,” Major-General Baqeri warned.

He said the terrorist groups have suffered many defeats in recent years, but have been incited by the United States, Israel and some Arab states over the past year to expand terror operations. 

 The chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces once again called on leaders of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government to confront and deal with the terrorist cells.

“We have advised leaders of Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region and Iraqi government officials to dismantle and deal with these groups, and block their activities, this warning… has been issued for some years but unfortunately they have failed to act,” Baqeri noted.

On 8 September, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps pounded the positions of terrorist groups in northern Iraq with several missiles.

The missile strikes came after a warning to Kurdish authorities and in response to infiltration attempts by terrorist cells.

No Talks with US on Agenda: Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh added the top Iranian diplomat, who leaves for New York on September 19, will meet one-on-one with his opposite numbers during his trip.

“The Iranian foreign minister will have bilateral meetings will all foreign ministers of the 4+1 – China, Russia, France, the UK plus Germany- , but no decision has been made, so far, on holding a meeting between Iran and the 4+1 group, and no plans are on the agenda, either, for talks with American officials,” said the spokesman.

“Amir Abdollahian will travel to New York tomorrow in order to attend the UN General Assembly meeting, and [as planned] so far, he will have around 45 bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of different continents,” he added.

He reiterated that the United States has violated the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

He said if Washington forgoes unilateralism, good developments will take place in the Vienna talks over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the spokesman touched upon Iran having recently joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a permanent member.

“Iran’s membership in the SCO practically ended a project pursued by some, including the US, to isolate Iran,” he said.

“The SCO enjoys great potential which could be tapped, and both the SCO and Iran can utilize one another’s mutual potentialities in order to upgrade their relations as well as the organization’s status,” he explained.

“The presence of Iran in the SCO will further strengthen the organization. The mechanisms within the SCO are important to us, and we believe these mechanisms should be improved through cooperation among member states,” Khatibzadeh added.

Iran Begins Vaccination of Students; Schools Yet to Reopen

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Bahram Einollahi said the immunization is based on studies that prove Sinopharm jabs’ effectiveness for this age group. He added that children aged 7 to 12 will be vaccinated next. 

Einollahi said the new push will facilitate the process of reopening of schools but is not enough.

“For schools to reopen, both doses of vaccines should be injected. Therefore, we advise students to visit vaccination centers so that, God willing, their vaccination begins and gets done,” he said. 

The minister added that 42 million doses of vaccines have been so far injected which is “unprecedented and a good record”.

Einolahi further warned that vaccination does not amount to an end to the coronavirus disease. He said inoculation only improves people’s defense against the virus, which is still out there in the environment. 

“Therefore, all people who are vaccinated, even after getting the second dose, must observe social distancing and use face masks. In this case, even after reopening of schools, the timing of which is still not determined, these guidelines must be observed,” he said.

The minister also said there is no shortage of vaccines stressing that the only obstacle to removal of the age limit for vaccinations is congestion at vaccination centers.

Israel says captured two Palestinian inmates on the run

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IFP Media Wire
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The men, the last of six who escaped Gilboa prison on September 6, were found in the eastern district of Jenin city, the police announced on Twitter.

The army added the men had surrendered “after being surrounded by security forces” acting on intelligence.

“The two saboteurs surrendered, Nayef Kamamji and Munadel Yacoub Infeiat, after the army and police surrounded the house they hid inside in Jenin,” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee stated.

The Israeli army spokesman posted photos on Twitter of the last two prisoners during their arrest on Sunday.

The six Palestinians broke out of the maximum security Israeli prison by digging a tunnel under a sink in their cell, using spoons, plates and even the handle of a kettle.

Two were recaptured on September 10, and another two more the next day.

Their lawyers have noted the men began work on the tunnel last December.

The Israeli Army put the “Iron Dome” systems in the Gaza envelope area on alert in anticipation of possible missile attacks from the Strip.

The Israeli Army radio has reported the start of preparations for the possibility of launching rockets from the Gaza Strip after the completion of the arrest operations for the six prisoners who escaped from prison.

The radio reported that “the Iron Dome batteries in the Gaza envelope are on alert”.

Source: Al-Jazeera

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