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New consignment of covid vaccines in Tehran

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Iran’s Red Crescent says the shipment contains 1,110,000 doses of vaccine. The head of the Red Crescent, Karim Hemmati, said the organization is continuing to import two Covid vaccine consignments each week.

According to Hemmati, the Red Crescent imports the shipments from China and delivers the vaccines to the Ministry of Health after collecting them at Imam Khomeini Airport.

Hemmati added that Iran gas so far imported 17 shipments including 20,390,000 doses.

He said the Red Crescent has taken a series of measures to help contain the pandemic such as speeding up imports; forming the Covid headquarters; participating in the vaccination campaign; setting up makeshift hospitals; implementing health programs to prevent further expansion of the disease; checking travelers arriving by air, land and sea; and developing the production of syringes.

Iran has had difficulty importing vaccines since the pandemic began in early 2020. Authorities blame this on US sanctions. They say the sanctions make it extremely difficult to make payments for the imports. Delays in vaccine purchases and the resulting slow vaccination rollout caused public anger in the country.

To fight the pandemic, Iran is partly depending on home-grown vaccines too.

Iran foreign minister: Asia, neighbors our priority

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In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful 

After the honorable President, Ayatollah Raeisi, placed his trust in me, and the respectable MPs endorsed my appointment as Foreign Minister, I assumed the heavy task of representing the great Iranian nation at the international level. I pray to God to help me be a worthy servant for the people of this great and ancient land of religions and civilizations. 

I promise the grateful and brave people of Iran that my colleagues and I will utilize our utmost energy to promote Iran’s national interests and national security. We also promise not to hesitate to do whatever it takes to defend the Islamic Republic of Iran’s honor, clout and lofty place and to pursue the lofty goals of late Imam Khomeini, the Supreme Leader and our dear martyrs. 

With an operational plan, we will pursue balanced, dynamic and smart foreign relations based on mutual respect and our priority will be relations with neighbors and Asian countries. We will also expand ties with the rest of the world in a balanced way and will strengthen the place of economic diplomacy and international commerce in the Foreign Ministry. 

I will also use the full potential of the diplomatic apparatus to resolve the problems of the Iranian people and elevate the name of our country and nation in the world with the help of my hardworking, revolutionary, expert and committed colleagues in the Foreign Ministry,  diplomatic missions, consulates general, and provincial offices. 

In the end, I appreciate the efforts of my brother Mr. Dr. Zarif and wish him well and ask our people to pray for me and my colleagues.

Kuwaiti FM congratulates Iran’s Amir Abdollahian

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In a phone call to Amir Abdollahian, the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister called for deeper ties between his country and Iran in all areas and also urged increased cooperation in the region.

Al-Sabah also extended the Kuwaiti Emir’s warm greetings to high-ranking Iranian officials.

The Iranian Foreign Minister thanked his Kuwaiti counterpart for his phone call. He also underscored Iran’s policy to have good-neighborly relations with regional countries.

Amir Abdollahian said the Islamic Republic of Iran sees no limits on expanding ties with Persian Gulf neighbors and considers it highly important to deepen relations with Kuwait.

Russian FM congratulates Iranian counterpart

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In his message, Lavrov expressed his pleasure at the high level of bilateral ties.

The Russian foreign minister underlined the need for maintaining close cooperation between Iran and Russia with the aim of further deepening interactions to serve the best interests of the two friendly nations and to strengthen international peace and security.

Iran MPs approve all Raisi’s cabinet picks but one

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The president himself defended the proposed ministers for two and a half hours before the final voting.

The table below shows the names of all ministers along with the votes lawmakers cast for them. 

Number Name and Surname Ministry of Yes No Abstention Void and Blank
1 Hossein Baghgoli Education 76 193 18
2 Issa Zarepour Communications and IT 256 17 10
3 Seyyed Esmaeil Khatib Intelligence  222 48 17
4 Seyyed Ehsan Khandouzi Economic Affairs and Finance  254 25 8
5 Hossein Amir Abdollahian  Foreign Affairs 270 10 6
6 Bahram Einollahi Health 214 55 15
7 Hojatollah Abdolmaleki Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare  191 77 13 5
8 Seyyed Javad Sadatinejad Agricultural Jihad 253 27 4
9 Amin Hossein Rahimi Justice 277 5 3
10 Mohammad Reza Ashtiani Defense and Armed Forces Logistics  274 4 4 2
11 Rostam Ghassemi Roads and urban Development  267 14 4
12 Seyyed Reza Fatemi Amin Industry, Mines and Trade  205 60 14 6
13 Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili Culture and Islamic Guidance 181 77 28
14 Ahmad Vahidi Interior 266 16 3
15 Mohammad Ali Zolfi Gol Science, Research and Technology   210 56 19
16 Seyyed Ezatollah Zarghami Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism 262 13 6 5
17 Javad Owji Oil 198 70 18
18 Ali Akbar Mehrabian Energy 220 47 15 3
19 Seyyed Hamid Sajjadi Sports and Youth 165 108 13

 

 

 

Raisi: Expertise, fighting corruption qualifications for cabinet picks

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Speaking at Parliament on Wednesday following discussions meant to confirm his picks for cabinet posts, Raisi says the only red line for tackling corruption is making unsubstantiated allegations.

The Iranian president also said a mere accusation or a claim stated in a program or written elsewhere wouldn’t suffice.

Raisi added that sound and accurate probes are needed to find damning evidence and there must be a mechanism for this purpose. He was referring to accusations leveled against the proposed ministers.

Raisi however noted that those allegations are not substantiated and “I can say this with certainty”.

The president maintained that anyone making an unfounded allegation against someone else has definitely crossed a red line regardless of who the accuser is.

He underlined that he has however raised some accusations with the Intelligence Ministry and the intelligence of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and that due investigations will be conducted if it is necessary.

An Iranian lawmaker has leveled accusations against Raisi’s picks for Oil Minister and Minister of Roads and Urban Development.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi also thanked Parliament for dedicating two weeks to the confirmation process for his proposed ministers.
Raisi said under the law, Parliament is not obliged to examine the eligibility of proposed ministers but the lawmakers dedicated a lot of time and energy for this purpose.

He said it’s an incarnation of religious democracy that people’s representatives examine the eligibility of the proposed ministers with high sensitivity.

President Raisi also said the commitment makes people and the ministers know the nature of the lawmakers’ sensitivity regarding economic, social, cultural and political issues.

Elsewhere, the president noted that the introduction process for the ministers was in line with the qualifications he referred to while addressing people during the presidential campaign.

Raisi added that the qualifications included efficiency, expertise, respect for people, fighting corruption, and sincerity.

This means, Raeisi said, “I put an emphasis on the scientific and practical eligibility of the proposed ministers.”

Oscar-winner Farhadi’s film to be Screened in Miami Festival

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The “Gems” section of the Miami Film Festival, which specializes in showing the best international features every year, will screen Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero” in November.

The “Gems” is the main rival of the best foreign language film category at the Oscars.

“A Hero” along with “The Worst Person in the World” by Danish-born Norwegian director Joachim Trier, both screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, have been selected for this section of the Miami Film Festival so far, but the rest will be introduced in early October, ISNA reported.

Oscar-winner Farhadi’s film to be Screened in Miami Festival
Farhadi’s new Persian-language film casting Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaei and Sarina Farhadi and a group of local actors in Shiraz, was unveiled in its first world screening during the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. It won the Grand Prix of this cinematic event in 2021.

Farhadi’s feature has also been invited to festivals in Toronto, Sarajevo, Melbourne and the New Horizons festival in Poland.

Farhadi is one of few film directors worldwide who have received two Oscars for best foreign language film. He won the category for the films “A Separation” and “Salesman”.

The “Gems” section of the Miami Film Festival will be held from November 4 to 7 this year in the US.

Official: Iran-Afghan trade back to normal

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Ruhollah Latifi said despite the recent developments in Afghanistan, bilateral trade continued at all crossings but three.

He added that in the past weeks, businessmen decided to decrease trade with Afghans but now it’s business as usual on all borders with Afghanistan.

Latifi also said Iran has exported over two million tons of goods to Afghanistan in the first five months of this year. That, according to the spokesman, translates to a 1.7 percent decrease compared to last year and a 5 percent decrease compared to the Persian calendar year of 1398. Experts blamed the drop on a surge in violence across Afghanistan over the past two years. The Taliban stepped up their offensives countrywide and finally toppled the Western-backed government earlier this month in the lead-up to the US-led foreign forces’ withdrawal.

In the wake of the US withdrawal, thousands of Afghans flocked to border areas including Iran-Afghan border.

Story of Iranian Nurse Who Recites Poems to Soothe Covid Patients

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According to Tasnim News Agency, she has been singing these songs long before people who know about it. She merged her interest in poetry, literature and music with her critical nursing job, to play a more beautiful role in her white nursing attire.

Below you can see the video showing her reciting poems for the patients:

 

Iran’s Raisi appoints electoral rival as VP

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In a decree issued by the president, Mohsen Rezaei was also appointed as the Secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination among the Heads of the Branches of Government and the Secretary of the Government’s Economic Office.

Rezaei was born in Masjed Soleiman, in the southern Khuzestan Province in 1952. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Tehran. Rezaei was Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps for 16 years from 1981 to 1997.

He’s also served as the Secretary of the Expediency Council since 1997.

Rezaei has run for president in all elections in Iran since 2005 but never won. He contested the 2021 vote as well. Rezaei came second with less than 12 percent of the votes in that election, losing to Raesi.

Rezaei has been described by some as a perpetual candidate and a man who never leaves the scene. His critics say he has no executive experience and lacks the merits required for holding an executive office like presidency. But many praise him as a resilient politician, especially with regards to his crucial role as a senior commander during the eight-year-war that began with an invasion of Iran by neighboring Iraq in 1980.

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