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Iran’s Leader Calls for Acceleration of COVID-19 Vaccination Process 

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Blaming the delay in the inoculation of people against the virus on the foreign sellers of the jab, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said the officials should try not to delay the vaccination of the people.

He made the comments after receiving the second dose of the home-grown Iranian anti-corona vaccine called Barekat.

“In some cases, there was a disruption in the issue of distributing the vaccine among people, which, of course, was mainly due to the unfulfilled promises of those who vowed to sell the vaccine to us.”

Ayatollah Khamenei said this once again reminds the Iranian nation and the country’s officials that we must be able to stand on our own feet in all matters, and that relying on others creates problems, as it did in this case.

He further noted that in addition to the domestic production of vaccines, the Islamic Republic had no choice but to use the reliable products of other countries.

The Leader once again stressed that the efforts must be put on domestic production and the vaccination of the people should not be delayed.

In the end, he raised hope that the distribution of the vaccine will be carried out swiftly and the respected officials will pay attention to this matter.

Iran has gone through the fifth peak of the corona pandemic while the vaccination process is moving ahead slowly due to the shortage of vaccines.

The Islamic Republic was supposed to receive millions of doses of vaccine from several countries, but as officials say the foreign states have not kept their promises.

The country is developing several indigenous jabs, but the only one which has received the final approvals so far is Barekat.

Iran has a population of over 80 million people, but up to now just about eight percent have received the first dose and nearly three percent have got both doses.

Ayatollah Khamenei Urges Officials to Resolve Water Shortage in Southern Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the people of Khuzestan have contributed a lot when the country was involved in a war against Iraq; therefore, they should not go through such troubles.

Iran’s Leader made the remarks in a speech on Friday after receiving the second dose of the Iranian-made anti-corona vaccine Barekat.

“During the eight years of holy defence, the people of Khuzestan were at the forefront of the problems and stood up fairly. I watched closely. I witnessed how faithfully and diligently the people of Khuzestan sent their youth, their men, and their women to help. So, these faithful and attentive people should not suffer from these problems.”

Ayatollah Khamenei added that people cannot be blamed and the government officials must take care of their problems.

“We would not have faced the current situation had the necessary measures been taken in time,” the Leader of Islamic Revolution said, urging the officials to pay great attention to the current problems in Khuzestan province.

The leader also called on the next administration to care seriously about this issue in the south.

Over the past week, protesters have taken to the streets in south-western Iran, chanting slogans as they demand access to water for their farmlands and their cattle.

At least five people have been killed in the water protests in Khuzestan and Lorestan. The government blames the deaths on rioters, not the security forces.

Saudi Arabia to Send Envoy to Ebrahim Raisi’s Inauguration Ceremony: Source

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IFP Editorial Staff
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According to the informed source, Tehran and Riyadh will also reopen their embassies in the near future following the swearing-in of Ebrahim Raisi.

Iran and Saudi Arabia severed their relations in early 2016 after a group of hardliners stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad following Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric Ayatollah Nimr.

Gozlama; A Fast Food Indigenous to Iran’s Azarbaijan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The food is very easy to prepare. The word “Gozlama” in Turkish means “do not wait”, meaning that it does not take long to prepare this food and it is made very soon.

Ingredients:

• Yogurt: 3 Cups
• Eggs: 4
• Garlic: 4 cloves
• Oil: As much as needed to fry eggs
• Salt: As much as needed

Directions:

Put a pan on the heat and pour a little oil in it. Then fry the eggs. When the eggs are ready, pour the crushed garlic with some salt and yogurt on them.

Stir them on a mild flame a little so that the yogurt does not become watery. After 5 minutes, remove the food from the heat and stir a little. Then, put it in serve it with bread.

Notes:

1- If you fry garlic with eggs, the smell of garlic will be much less.

2- This dish is served with bread like an omelet.

3- Also, the yogurt in the pan should not be stirred too much.

4- One advantage of this food is its balanced temperature. It is no longer hot after adding yogurt, so it is the best option for those who are in a hurry.

Iran Develops Device to Diagnose Diseases by Handwriting

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Researchers at the Development Centre of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences have developed the new device to diagnose the disease from people’s handwriting using signal processing.

Jafar Aqazadeh, a member of the team, told Fars News Agency that handwriting is a practice that, like other actions, is controlled by the brain. This process is usually unconscious and is closely related to brain impulses.

“Every type of illness affects kinetic movement and is reflected in people’s handwritings, so to understand health and mental health problems, it is important to pay attention to how you write. It also makes the process of handwriting analysis independent in any language,” he added.

This researcher of East Azarbaijan Province Science and Technology Park also stressed that handwriting analysis is a method used to study the physical and behavioral characteristics of people. In this device, the general approach to diagnose the disease is based on digital handwriting analysis and signal processing.

“Diagnosis of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, mild cognitive impairment, dysgraphia, schizophrenia, autism, Parkinson’s disease and mental illness based on digital handwriting analysis is reviewed in this project.”

All actions, including writing, begin in the brain. Like all other movements, the act of writing depends on the central nervous system, underscored Aqazadeh.

Our brain sends motivations to achieve kinetic activity through nerve signals. Although the handwriting is conducted by the pen, its movement is controlled by the central nervous system; a process that is usually unconscious.

“Therefore, considering that handwriting is closely related to brain impulses, it can be used to predict the physical, emotional and mental health of a person,” continued this Iranian researcher.

This medical engineering graduate reiterated that dysgraphia is seen in children of school age. Children with dysgraphia have difficulty adjusting letters and produce uneven handwriting patterns. Children with dysgraphia can be easily identified using spatial and temporal measures.

“Schizophrenia occurs in one percent of the population of people around the age of 20. Patients with schizophrenia often behave quite strangely compared to normal people, and sometimes they cannot communicate with the real world. Patients with schizophrenia can be diagnosed using handwriting features such as rapid movements.”

Autism is a disorder that is affecting more and more children, stated Aqazadeh saying that children with autism often have difficulty communicating with other people. It is also difficult to understand emotions and read their minds. Children with autism can be identified by speed analysis and the size of the handwriting.

Noting that handwriting analysis can be used in finding people with negative emotions such as stress, anxiety and depression, the lecturer added that depression is increasingly affecting people around the world. It also affects motivation, concentration and many other aspects of human life.

Stress depends on two things: the psychological perception of stress and the body’s response to it, which involves several factors including metabolism, sore muscles and memory loss.

In this invention, a general system of digital handwriting analysis for the diagnosis of various diseases, health and mental issues is provided. For testing, a digital tablet with a special software is designed that works under Windows.

In this project, Aqazadeh said, the patient’s handwriting was recorded using a digital tablet. It was found that the characteristics related to movement, interval, pressure and speed were very crucial in digital handwriting analysis along with signal processing to diagnose health and mental illness.

Aqazadeh concluded that the information received from patients is recorded in the computer, which is a signal and the characteristics of this signal are extracted and processed by artificial intelligence. With this method, the patient can be distinguished from healthy people.

A Review of Iranian Films Acclaimed at Cannes Festival

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Of course after Abbas Kiarostami’s “The Taste of Cherry” which won Palme de’Or in 1997, the Grand Prize awarded to “A Hero” is the most important title added to the showcase of Iranian cinema honours.

By winning the grand prize of the jury of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the total number of awards given to Iranian films at this event reached 40.

According to ISNA, Asghar Farhadi started showing his works in Cannes with the film “The Past” in 2013, and so far he has unveiled all his works at the Cannes Film Festival to turn into a kind of popular face of Cannes.

Here is an overview of the awards received by Iranian films at the Cannes during the past six decades.

The first award won by an Iranian film in the Cannes was in 1964 with the film “Dawn of the Capricorn” by the late Ahmad Farooqi Qajar in the short film competition section. It could also win the “High Technical Council Award”.

28 years later, the film “Life and Nothing Else” by Abbas Kiarostami was screened and won the “Best Film” award as well as the “Rossellini Award”.

In 1995, Jafar Panahi received three awards, “Golden Camera”, “Fipresci Prize” and “Best Film in the Fifteen Days of Directing” category, for his “White Balloon”.

Two years later, in 1997, the film “The Taste of Cherry” by Abbas Kiarostami received the Palme d’Or of the festival jointly with the “The Eel” made by Shohi Imamura from Japan.

Samira Makhmalbaf won the “Jury Prize” in 2000 with her film “Blackboard” and in the same year, Hassan Yektapnah won the “Camera d’Or Award” for his “Djomeh” jointly with Bahman Ghobadi’s “A Time for Drunken Horses.” The latter also received two “Art and Experience” awards in this section and a “Fipresci” award.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf received a side award in 2001 for his film “Kandahar”.

Reza Mirkarimi also won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics’ Week at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival for his feature, “Under the Moonlight”.

In 2003, Samira Makhmalbaf’s “Five in the Afternoon” was premiered in the competition section of the Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Jafar Panahi won the Un Certain Regard Jury for his “Crimson Red”.

Mohsen Amir Yousefi took home the Camera d’Or in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival as well as generous critical acclaim for his feature “Bitter Dream”.

In 2007, the film “Persepolis”, co-produced by MarjaneSatrapi and Vinsents Parono, was screened as a product of the United States and France in the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival and received the Jury’s Prize.

Bahman Ghobadi in 2009 with the movie “Nobody knows about Iranian cats!” won the Special Jury Prize award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Abbas Kiarostami participated in the Cannes competition with the French / Italian film “Certified Copy” in 2010 where Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress Award for her performance.

In 2011, Jafar Panahi won the Carrosse d’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival, and Mohammad Rasoulof’sGoodbye (Be omid-e didar) premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the section Un Certain Regard and won the prize for directing.

In 2013, 4 awards were given to the films “The Past” by Asghar Farhadi, “Manuscripts Do Not Burn” by Mohammad Rasoulof, and “Needle” by Anahita Qazvinizadeh.

In 2015, the first feature film made by Ida Panahandehcalled “Nahid” screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival where it won a Promising Future Prize (special jury prize for debut films).

In 2016, the film “The Salesman” by Asghar Farhadipremiered in competition in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won two awards—Best Screenplay for Farhadi and Best Actor for Hosseini.

Ali Ahmadi won the second prize in the cinefondationsection with the British film “In the Hills” and Ida Panahandeh also received the Women In Motion Young Talent Award.

In 2018, Jafar Panahi’s “3 Faces” premiered in Cannes and won the Best Screenplay award and Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi won the Best Screenplay Award for his film “Border”. (feminine)

Out of 40 awards received by Iranian cinematographers, 39 awards have been given to artists in the years after the revolution and one award won before the revolution.

Six films produced by foreign countries and directed Iranian directors have won awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

The official section of Cannes Film Festival, including the feature and short film competition has awarded 24 prizes to Iranian cinematographers so far, including 10 features, one short film award, two cinefondationsection prizes, 7 special prizes and 3 Golden Cameras.

Iran Inaugurates Major Pipeline to Bypass Strait of Hormuz for Oil Exports

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The major pipeline covers the three provinces of Bushehr, Fars and Hormozgan.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Rouhani hailed the efforts of Iranian engineers and workers who contributed to the homegrown development of the pipeline. 

An Aframax tanker was loaded with crude oil transferred from Goreh via a single buoy mooring in the Sea of Oman.

In the inauguration ceremony, Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh said the 1,000-km pipeline will transfer around 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) in its first phase and will reach its capacity of one million bpd by March 2022.

Sormeh and Telli; Two Traditional Cosmetics Made in Iran’s Shahroud 

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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These two cosmetics have traditionally been prepared in Iran’s central province of Semnan and the city of Shahroud. Sormeh and Telli have been registered in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Sormeh is one of the oldest cosmetics that women used for eyes makeup. In addition Sormeh has many healing properties.

Almond Sormeh

The best Sormeh is made of sweet almonds. To do this, first remove the crust of almond and insert a needle or a thin rod into it and keep it on heat. When the almond start to burn, put a porcelain plate over it. As the almond burns, the resulting smoke gradually forms soot or Sormeh on the plate. Now, wait a while for the porcelain plate to cool down, then with a knife or a sharp object, scrape the soot formed on the dish and pour it into the Sormeh container. Also, some goat fat is added to the soot to strengthen it and make it last longer on the eyes.

Therapeutic Properties of Sormeh

Sormeh and Telli; Two Traditional Cosmetics Made in Iran's Shahroud Strengthening the eyes, removing irritation and tears, strengthening the eyebrows and thickening the eyelashes as well as its anti-inflammatory properties are among the most important properties of Kohl or Sormeh. It also removes pus from the eyes, which is used by people having sore eyes. 

Telli Protects Scalp

Telli is a natural substance with antibacterial and antifungal properties. It protects the scalp and keeps the natural balance of the hair. One of the properties of Telli is that it can nourish the hair. It also acts as a moisturizer for the skin. Telly is actually a natural and traditional hair mask that is obtained from the combination of the following ingredients and is placed on the scalp.

White marshmallow, hyssop, borage, cuttlebone, jujube, chamomile, eucalyptus leaves, apricot tree gum – locally called “elengur” – tragacanth, fresh pistachio skin, cedar, coffee, cocoa, Peas, beans, cowpeas, wheat, chickpeas, mung bean, lentils, cherry kernels, apple, cucumber seeds, cucumber skin, melon seeds, bitter and sweet almonds, pistachio kernels, walnuts, corn, hazelnuts, coconut oil, olive oil, milk, local yellow oil and egg yolks.

 

Number of Iran’s Knowledge-based Companies Hits 7,000: Sattari

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Over 5,300 Iranian Knowledge-Based Firms Opened in 6 Years: VP

Sorena Sattari said the launch of science and technology parks leads to the development of the innovation ecosystem in the country, and its tangible results can be witnessed now.

He made the remarks during his visit to the city of Qazvin to launch a number of projects including the “Cheshmeh Noor-e Iran” research and development laboratory complex.

“This project contributes to the scientific development of the country in various fields,” he added.

Cheshmeh Noor-e Iran is a reference laboratory that will provide many services to innovative and creative researchers and activists in domains such as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, archeology and the environment.

Iran’s Zarif Sympathises with Iraq over Sadr City Terror Attack

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IFP Editorial Staff
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During the phone conversation which was held on Tuesday night, the two sides also discussed bilateral relations between Tehran and Baghdad.

Foreign Minister Zarif also congratulated his Iraqi counterpart on the Eid al-Adha.

A suicide attack killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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