The country’s ICT Ministry has vowed to expand cellular coverage to all parts of the country; however, there are still many remote areas where students cannot connect to the internet through their smartphones.
What follows are YJC‘s photos of some of these kids who have to climb up a mountain to use the online learning application SHAAD:
Foreign Minister Zarif, who is leading a political, economic and military delegation in a visit to Islamabad, held a meeting with the top Pakistani commander on Wednesday.
In the meeting, the two officials expressed satisfaction with the political, military and regional cooperation between Iran and Pakistan, stressing the need for the promotion of bilateral relations in all fields.
Highlighting the close military cooperation between Iran and Pakistan, Foreign Minister Zarif hailed the measures adopted at the common border for strengthening border security as the two countries are opening new border crossings.
Foreign Minister Zarif also announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be opening the Rimdan border crossing in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan within the next week.
The top Iranian diplomat further expressed hope that Pakistan would in turn open the Gabd border crossing, and that the other border crossings, including Pishin-Mand, would come into operation gradually for the expansion of people-to-people and trade interactions between the two countries.
For his part, General Qamar Javed Bajwa emphasized the importance of political and military cooperation between the two countries, stressing the need for the promotion of mutual cooperation in all fields.
The top general also voiced support for the Pakistani government’s decision to open border markets and various crossings along the common border with Iran, including the Rimdan-Gabd and Pishin-Mand crossings.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Tehran’s policies have remained the same all along, and will remain so in the future.
“Our policies will not change. The Islamic Republic of Iran will pursue the same policy it has had so far,” he noted.
The president urged the next US administration to get close to Tehran’s policies.
“It is up to the US government to align itself with these policies, or distance itself from them,” he noted.
“The administration of the outgoing US president chose to distance itself from our policies. We wanted to fight terrorism, but they wanted to support it. We wanted regional nations to be free and independent, but the US wanted to interfere in their affairs. We wanted peace and stability in the region, but they sought to continue war and sell weapons in the region,” President Rouhani explained.
He said Iran’s policy is based on respect for other nations and noninterference in their affairs.
The president noted the country wants constructive interaction with the world, and seeks to fight terrorism and end unilateralism.
Rouhani said one of the reasons that incumbent Donald Trump failed to win the US presidential election was that his administration was humiliated at the UN Security Council, which happened after Washington’s anti-Tehran proposal was rejected outright by the Security Council’s members.
Another reason why Trump lost, added Rouhani, was his mismanagement in the handling of the covid-19 pandemic.
The demand for health care services has steadily increased over the last three decades. As the human population has increased, the need for medical services has followed suit. Along with the continuously growing population, people are living longer, increasing the necessity for special medical care. The high demand is just one reason why you should consider working in the health care industry. The financial incentives are just as inviting. Workers in the industry are among the top earners in most countries. Furthermore, working in the health sector also helps you to forge a career path you will be proud of.
A medical job is indeed a healthy return on your education investment. It is no surprise that graduates with medical degrees who eventually become professionals in the medical industry are better situated to pay off their student loans within a few years after graduation. If becoming debt-free at an early age is not enough reason to motivate you to chase a career in the health care industry, I don’t know what else will.
According to a 7-year study published by Statista, the projected number of employees in the health care industry has steadily increased since 2019. The research also predicts there will be as many as 25.55 million health care employees in the US alone by 2026. Data released by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms the growing demand for health care, predicting an average of 15% growth yearly.
So with all of these statistics in mind, we did some research and collated a healthy list of the top 10 best paying medical jobs in 2020.
#1 Physicians and Surgeons
If you gloss through the job lists on many job review websites, you are bound to find Physicians and Surgeons topping many of them. Physicians and Surgeons are among the best paying jobs in the medical field. In many countries, these professionals are the highest-paid experts of all professions cutting across every single industry. Physician duties include:
Surgeons, on the other hand:
Minimum Annual Salary: $208,000 and above
#2 Dentists
Second, on our list of the highest paying medical jobs for 2020 are dentists. Dentists have long maintained their lofty position on this list, and for a good reason. These health experts are responsible for maintaining the dental health of their patients. Like with all medical professionals, Dentistry is a specialty field, so you will need to get at least a bachelor’s degree in dentistry before you can practice.
Minimum Annual Salary: $159,200 and above
#3 Podiatrists
Not many people know who a podiatrist is or what they do, but if your ankle, foot, or entire leg has ever needed urgent medical attention, then you must have come across one before. A Podiatrist is a trained medical professional who tends to broken bones, fractured ankles, and the leg region in the human body. They carry out surgical procedures to repair broken or damaged tissues in the leg.
Minimum annual salary: $126,240 and above
#4 Pharmacists
Pharmacists are in demand right now, especially since the outbreak of the global Covid pandemic. Their duties include:
They are found in almost every public hospital and pharmacy in both developed and developing countries.
Minimum annual salary: $128,090 and above
#5 Nurses, Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners
Nurses and midwives provide essential support services at health care facilities. In fact, without their support, physicians, surgeons, and other medical experts working in medical facilities cannot perform their duties effectively. They provide medical care and support to patients before, during, and after surgeries. They also offer family planning services to couples and pregnant women, especially.
Minimum annual salary: #115,800 and above
#6 Optometrist
Optometrists are eye care experts. Like the others, they are dedicated specialists. They examine and treat visual problems associated with injuries, infections, diseases, or vision impairment problems.
Minimum annual salaries: $115,250 and above
#7 Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants examine, diagnose, and treat patients based on the recommendation of the physicians and surgeons they work with. They provide certain personalized support services, just like nurses and midwives, albeit with a more narrow approach. In crowded hospitals where the physician has their hands full, an assistant’s services come in handy.
Minimum annual salary: $112,260 and above
#8 Veterinarians
Many people who do not keep pets may not know this, but Vets are some of the world’s highest-paid experts. Tending to the health needs of animals is a different ball game compared to humans. Animals lack speech ability, so the vet has to examine and diagnose ailments using observational skills. Having done that, he or she provides treatment and other related support assistance to help the animal heal.
Minimum annual salary: $95,460 and above
#9 Physical Therapists
The roles performed by physical therapists are broad and far-reaching. These trained professionals help patients improve mobility, speech, and other physical limitations through non-invasive procedures and exercises.
Minimum annual salary: $89,440 and above
#10 Occupational Therapists
Occupational therapists are similar to physical therapists, though with slight differences. They focus solely on working with patients with temporary or permanent disabilities.
Minimum annual salary: $84,950 and above
If your desire is to get employed in the medical industry, you will have to take specific steps to make it possible. We reviewed some of these steps below.
The first thing you will need to do is to get some level of training. This will depend on the profession you want to enter. Some occupations require a bachelor’s degree, while others may require a medical degree or a master’s degree in a specific field. Nurses must go for training before they are issued a practicing license, just like physicians, surgeons, and every other health care professional.
Gaining experience won’t hurt your chances. Rather it will improve it significantly. Some fields like nursing require practitioners to possess some level of experience even before they get their license. You can apply to a hospital nearby to provide support services to the registered nurse on duty. This will help you to garner some experience that will help you long term.
After you’ve completed the necessary training and gained the relevant experience, your job is not done yet. No matter your qualifications, you will still have to put it in writing professionally. This is where a resume and cover letter comes in. Preparing a resume and cover letter helps you get the word out regarding your level of expertise and motivation to get hired. If you don’t know how to prepare good application documents or prefer using professional assistance, you can turn to GetCoverLetter to assist you in preparing a well-structured resume that outlines your skill-set and level of experience and a compelling cover letter that will highlight your motivation and how you can succeed in the new role. Here www.getcoverletter.com is a sample cover letter for a nurse practitioner.
When searching for job openings, don’t limit your options by location or sector. Regardless of your degree, you can land a job in many different areas. The health care industry is a vast field with diverse needs. For instance, if you are a radiologist, you can get a job at a college instead of a hospital. Expanding your job search will increase your chances of getting a job as quickly as possible. Besides submitting your application in person, you can also conduct searches using a job website online. Job websites post tons of new vacancies monthly.
Conclusion
Landing one of the best paying jobs on our list requires a lot of planning and preparation. With the right certification, personal discipline, and good application documents, you can carve a niche for yourself in the ever-growing health care industry.
Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, the deputy Iranian foreign minister for political affairs, noted regardless of who takes the rein at the White House, Iran will make decisions based on its own interests.
He added the result of the US presidential election showed Trump has brought the American society to political decline.
“Whether Trump will go or not, the Trumpist ideology has 50% support in the US society, an ideology which regards itself as superior to the whole world and refuses any cooperation and pulls out of all international agreements and interactions and regards itself as the number-one entity and sacrifices everything, and this shows US leaders pushed not only themselves, but also the US society toward political decline,” said Araqchi.
“Trump showed he does not abide by anything and may do anything, … but he will get no result no matter what action he takes,” he said.
He noted the Trump administration not only imposed sanctions on Iran under its “maximum pressure” policy, but also launched psychological war against the Islamic Republic and tried to shatter the Iranian nation’s resistance, but to no avail.
Araqchi underlined that if the US wants to return to the Iran nuclear deal, first it must lift all sanctions that it has imposed on the Iranian nation.
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Arman-e Melli Newspaper:
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3- Missing Donald Trump
Ettela’at Newspaper:
1- Concerns about Decreased Domestic Production after Possible Removal of Sanctions
Iran Newspaper:
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2- We Should Make Use of New Situation in US: Ex-Diplomat
Javan Newspaper:
1- Trump’s JCPOA Gift to Biden
Kayhan Newspaper:
1- Trump Calls on His Supporters to Take to Streets
2- Trump’s Gone, Netanyahu Should Also Go Away: Zionist Protesters
Khorasan Newspaper:
1- Coronavirus Vaccine Shakes the World
Mardom Salari Newspaper:
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2- No One Knows Why They Don’t Shut Down Tehran
3- Zarif: Trump’s Gone, We and Our Neighbours Will Remain
Shahrvand Newspaper:
1- Successful Development of COVID-19 Vaccine
Shargh Newspaper:
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In a press briefing on Tuesday, Sima-Sadat Lari said the virus has also killed 453 patients since Monday noon, increasing the overall death toll to 39,202.
So far, she added, 530,694 patients have recovered from the disease or been discharged from the hospital.
Lari said 5,584 patients are also in critical conditions caused by more severe infection.
The spokeswoman noted that 5,302,200 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country so far.
She said the high-risk “red” zones include Tehran, Qom, Mazandaran, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Yazd, Ardabil, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, Hamadan, West Azarbaijan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Alborz, Lorestan, Markazi, Ilam, South Khorasan, Kermanshah, North Khorasan, Semnan, Gilan, Zanjan, Qazvin, Kurdistan, and Kerman provinces.
The “orange” and “yellow” zones also include Golestan, Hormozgan, Fars, and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, she added.
President Rouhani made the remarks in an address to the 20th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which was held through video conference on Tuesday.
“Re-embracing adherence to recognised international laws, regulations and obligations, honouring other nations’ rights and compensating the losses incurred are prerequisites to healing the US credibility across the world,” he noted.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has invariably emphasised its principled policy of strengthening good neighbourliness, confidence-building and dialogue with its neighbours in such regions as Eurasia, the Persian Gulf and West and South Asia, he said.
“We will continue our cooperation with our partners as also with the SCO to effectively counter terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking,” he added.
Rouhani noted that as one of the most important conduits of energy, a regional arterial route that possesses rich energy resources with access to two important waterways, and thanks to its geopolitical position, Iran can supply needs of most regional countries, including SCO member states.
What follows is the full text of his speech:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Praise be to God and peace be upon Allah’s Messenger, his followers and his companions
Mr Chairman,
Honourable Presidents,
Honourable Prime Ministers,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to His Excellency Mr Vladimir Putin, the Honourable President of the Russian Federation for organising this summit. I am also delighted to have found the opportunity to be participating in the summit, albeit through video-conference.
The world is presently in a precarious situation. On the one hand, COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly ravaged economies, particularly the livelihood of the people, and has posed grave threats to individual lives. On the other hand, US’ pursuance of unilateralism and dismissal of respect for international law and institutions has further burdened co-thinking countries to double down their efforts to strengthen cooperation and form a united front in the face of both challenges combined.
In order to counter the shared challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, it is urgent that SCO member states, in coordination with the UN and WHO, proceed to adopt a coherent and unified approach whereby they should ensure the full, free and equitable access of all regional and global populations to healthcare services and medical equipment intended for better combat against the disease. To this end and for improving on their conditions, the Islamic Republic of Iran provided some regional countries with humanitarian aid. We also register our readiness to share with other member states our experiences in combating COVID-19.
Excellencies,
The Islamic Republic of Iran has invariably emphasised its principled policy of strengthening good neighbourliness, confidence-building and dialogue with its neighbours in such regions as Eurasia, the Persian Gulf and West and South Asia. For the Islamic Republic of Iran, sustainable security is viable but through cooperation, participation and peace. The proposal of the Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE), involvement in the Astana Peace Process, supporting peace and stability in Afghanistan and emphasis on increased multilateral cooperation among SCO member states are notable examples, to name a few, of the attention extended by the Islamic Republic of Iran to participation and cooperation for sustainable regional and global security.
In order to address regional challenges in security, political and economic fronts, the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes cooperation within the framework of the SCO Iran has always equalised the security of the surrounding region with its own security and has unfailingly exercise efforts to preserve regional peace and stability. Along similar lines, we will continue our cooperation with our partners as also with the SCO to effectively counter terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Combating terrorism, extremism and separatism is a pivotal principle in cooperation bids among regional countries and SCO members. Averting the spread of an ideology of violence and extremism, collectively dealing with currants and entities that breed and disseminate extremist thinking in the region, and identifying inception grounds of terrorist groups as well as their sponsors and financial resources are one of the crucial joint missions of the SCO under collective security. Owing to years of extensive experience in combating terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran registers its readiness for action against such terrorist groups as also against extremism. Earlier this year, one of the greatest commanders of the forefront of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s struggle against terrorism, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, was, in an act of cowardice, assassinated and martyred by the very creators and sponsor of Takfiri and terrorist currents. Nevertheless, we are still determined to pursue our cause of complete suppression of extremist terrorists and extermination of occupation by outsiders. In this regard, the resolution tabled by Iran titled “World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE)” passed by UNGA with 190 affirmative votes in December 2013, could serve SCO for further practical measures.
Distinguished Colleagues,
As a neighbour of both the Republic of Azerbaijan and Republic of Armenia and in view of our numerous historical commonalities with regional peoples, the Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its satisfaction with the recent decision by the leaders of the two countries with the Russian Federation’s intervention to end the military conflict and begin the process of diplomatic resolution, and hopes that the two countries can settle their disputes in a peaceable environment and within the framework of international law. To this end, Iran presents a peace plan in order to establish a ceasefire and establish peace, and also conduct intensive negotiations with the conflicting parties and other countries of interest, and we shall not spare any effort to de-escalate tensions and disputes and establish sustainable and fair security, stability and peace in this region.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently been based on good neighbourliness, peaceful coexistence and ever-increasing development of trade and economic ties with neighbours and friendly countries to serve the goal of regional economic growth and development. In this context, we have presented initiatives and have welcomed the initiatives of friendly countries as well. It is necessary to make maximum use of joint cooperation opportunities for the betterment of welfare and livelihoods of the residents of this region as also for regional sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
Expansion of energy transfer lines and development of communication routes in region are regional cooperation mechanisms of massive import. As one of the most important conduits of energy, a regional arterial route that possesses rich energy resources with access to two important waterways, and thanks to its geopolitical position, Iran can supply needs of most regional countries, including SCO member states.
Iran’s geographical location in being on various corridors, particularly North-South Corridor, presents a crucial and stable opportunity for friendly regional member countries to develop their extra-continental communications and free themselves of geopolitical constraints within this mechanism. I am pleased to inform you that the soon-to-be-completed Rasht-Bandar-e Anzali Railroad on the coast of the Caspian Sea, the railroad of North-South Corridor will become a reality and shall unleash massive transit potential. We are also putting in efforts to complete Rasht-Astara Railroad in the shortest possible time with the objective to create an integrated railroad system that extends from the Persian Gulf to Russia and Northern Europe and satisfy an importance international need.
Completed with developmental assistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Khaf-Herat Railroad will also be inaugurated within the coming weeks. This railroad would be a gift and a veritable asset for Afghanistan’s bid to break its deadlock. Extending this railroad to Mazar-i-Sharif could not only help Central Asian countries have easier and less expensive access to international waters and Europe, but will also make the Middle East and Iran’s markets available to them.
Excellencies,
Political and economic multilateralism has been seriously threatened in recent years with the US attempting to impose, with unmitigated bullying, its domestic policies and laws on the world order and countries with political independence. The US presidential election results showed, yet again, that the world is not alone in opposing the wrong policies of the incumbent US administration. The very US public has been beset by such policies. The US people saw the world’s response to bullying, law aversion, breaches of international commitments, threatening and functioning and decided to bring about a change.
Once again, the history imposed the eats reality on the ruling arena and the political sphere and taught another lesson to adventurers, war-mongers, adversaries of nations’ rights and violators of undisputed international rights. The US presidential election results shows that a country constantly wielding threats, sanctions and sticks and taking a bullying tone with other nations must be pursuing a misled foreign policy.
Now the field is clear for new US elected leaders to grasp the message of their people and translate this determination for change into their foreign policies and their ties with other countries and states. Re-embracing adherence to recognised international laws, regulations and obligations, honouring other nations’ rights and compensating the losses incurred are prerequisites to healing the US credibility across the world.
In conclusion, I avail myself to the opportunity to express my gratitude to the Honourable President of the Russian Federation and other organisers of this summit and wish for further glory and prosperity of the Russian government and people.
I thank you for your attention.
In the Tuesday meeting, the two sides highlighted the importance of the international conference on the return home of Syrian refugees being held in the Arab country.
They also hit out at Western countries’ double standards on Syria’s humanitarian issues and the West’s efforts to impede the holding of the conference.
During the talks, Assad praised Iran’s support for the Syrian government and people, saying the conference can be a good basis for the continuation of humanitarian efforts, starting the reconstruction process and bringing security and welfare for Syrian people.
The Iranian official, in turn, described the conference as a good start for easing the sufferings of Syrian refugees, confidence-building and the establishment of peace and security in Syria.
He stressed the significance of resolving the Syria crisis through political means, urging the Syrian Constitutional Committee to press ahead with its activities.
Khaji noted that the moves by the committee can play a positive role in establishing peace and stability in Syria.
Heading a delegation, the top Iranian official is in Syria to hold consultations with Damascus authorities and attend the international conference.
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