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Ayatollah Jannati Resigns as Leader of Tehran’s Friday Prayers

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Jannati, 91, in a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei offered his resignation after serving as the Friday Prayers Imam of Tehran for 25 years.

In his letter, he also appreciated the trust and support of the Leader during all these years.

Jannati is currently serving as the chairman of the Assembly of Experts, the body charged with choosing the country’s Leader, and as Secretary of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by the Parliament with the Constitution and Sharia, and vetting the candidates in various elections.

Iran Produces New Herbal Drug for Migraine

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The new drug was unveiled in a ceremony held in Iran’s Innovation and Prosperity Fund in Tehran attended by the fund’s Head Behzad Soltani as well as a number of leading Iranian researchers.

The medicine, Migraine Cut, is the fruit of at least 25 years of extensive studies and experiences by Iranian scientists and their international counterparts, a Farsi report by ISNA said.

For a brief review of Iran’s achievements in various fields of science and technology, check the book “Science and Technology in Iran: A Brief Review”

The drug is a mixture of various herbals including Lavender, Echelon, Securigera Securidaca, Viola Odorata, Fennel, Coriander and Marjoram. These herbals are cited as anti-migraine in Iranian alternative medicine as well as Iranian and western medicine literature. The herbals relieve other headaches as well.

Migraine Cut is produced as a nasal spray with Ethanol formula. Among the main features of the new drug, one can refer to the creative mixture of its ingredients which has increased its affectability.

Iran Produces New Herbal Drug for MigraineBeing sprayed into the nose, the drug passes through the naval mucosa cleaning respiratory tract without any side-effects on the cutie cells of the nose.

Given the growing interest in the use of natural products in medicinal and food industries in the global healthcare debates, Iranian people, officials, and industries have increasingly considered the benefits of medicinal herbs and significance of integrating traditional medicine into modern healthcare system and supporting it.

According to the data released by Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology, Iran enjoys 8,000 herb species, 2,500 species with medicinal properties and applications as spice, fragrance, and cosmetics, and has a rich heritage of traditional medicine with over 14,000 reference books and elegant works such as Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine and Book of Healing, Al-Razi’s Al-Havi, and Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi.

Iran currently has over 150 knowledge-based enterprises in medicinal plants, herbal medicines, natural products, and traditional medicine. It has manufactured and commercialised more than 450 knowledge-intensive products of natural human and animal origin, and developed over 400 enterprises in the areas of medicinal plants, herbal medicines, natural products, and traditional medicine.

Tehran, Belgrade Resume Direct Flights after 27 Years

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IranAir is offering a direct service between Tehran and Belgrade twice weekly, with all flights fully booked until the end of the summer, the reports said, according to AFP.

A second Iranian carrier, Qeshm Air, is also planning to launch a service between the two capitals starting from March 19.

In August 2017, Iran and Serbia agreed to liberalize visas for travel between the two countries.

Photo Exhibition in Tehran Compares Nomadic Life in Iran, Italy

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Fatemeh Askarieh
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Mauro Vitale’s collection of photos entitled “People and Land of Wool” tries to narrate the differences in the lifestyle of nomads living in Iran and Italy.

The 60-year-old artist has photographed nomads of many countries, including Romania, India and Morocco, over the past 12 years.

In his photos, taken during four trips he made to Iran in recent years, Vitale shows the climate, culture and religion of the Iranian and Italian nomads.

The most interesting feature of the exhibit, which is underway in Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran, is that the photos depict the similarities and differences between the nomads of the two nations.

Vitale was the head of a photo project for D’Abruzzo magazine for five years. He collaborates with magazines and publishers at the national level.

He has published books and excursion guides that use photography to investigate nature, architecture, popular traditions and the manifestations of spirituality.

He is currently engaged in several transnational research projects on cultures that have not yet been massed.

What follows are photos of the exhibition retrieved from Honar Online news website, Tasnim news agency, and the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA):

Father of Iran’s Ophthalmology Dies at 82

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Khodadoust, one of the world’s best surgeon in corneal transplantation, died on Saturday of his heart diseasee.

Born in Shiraz, Khodadoust was a distinguished surgeon with specialty in ophthalmology and corneal transplantation. After finishing his primary and high school in the same city, he was employed as a teacher in a primary school in Darab County.

Passing University exam in 1954, he began to major in medicine. Six years on, he finished university with an excellent degree and after spending a year in Shiraz University as assistant otorhinolaryngologist, he was sent to the US by the then government for taking an advanced special training course in Otorhinolaryngology, a Farsi report by Khabar Online said.

Professor Khodadoust was the first and only foreign assistant professor of otorhinolaryngology in Johns Hopkins University in 1962.  He finished the three-year course as the best assistant otorhinolaryngologist of Wilmer clinic.

During his stay in the US, he was involved in extensive research in basic sciences and published a number of articles in various academic magazines.

After finishing the course, he began his career as a trainer and assistant professor for two consecutive years in the ophthalmology section of the same university. In 1968, he rejected interesting job offers by Johns Hopkins University and returned to Iran to serve as a professor in Shiraz University.

He served as a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University every two years from 1968 to 1980. During the period, he also taught in a number of countries like China, Turkey, Syria, Oman, Peru, Ecuador and Italy.

Back in 1980 he left Iran for the US and began a new career there as Hopkins University professor. Two years later, he was also elected as the head of ophthalmology Section of Sisil University. In 1992, Khodadoust established Connecticut Ophthalmology Center in New Haven. He visited Iran every two years to take part in clinical and training courses in Tehran and Shiraz hospitals.

Khodadoust was widely deemed in the US as one of the best surgeons in ophthalmology and corneal transplantation. Some special transplantation surgeries have been named after him.

Iran, ICRC Discuss Cooperation to Alleviate Humanitarian Disasters

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a top aide to Iran's Foreign Minister, meeting ICRC President Peter Maurer in Tehran / Photo retrieved from Jaberi Ansari's Telegram channel

In the Saturday meeting in Tehran, Jaberi Ansari and Maurer exchanged views on the humanitarian efforts made by Tehran and the ICRC as well as areas of mutual cooperation to contain the human consequences of the current crises in Syria, Yemen and Libya.

During the talks, Maurer presented a report on the ongoing activities of the ICRC concerning the crises in Syria, Yemen and Libya, calling on the Islamic Republic of Iran to help these efforts prove more successful.

For his part, Jaberi Ansari elaborated on the disastrous humanitarian situation in Yemen and the silent deaths of the people of that country due to the ongoing belligerent policies of Saudi Arabia.

“Unfortunately, nations have fallen victim to the ambitious and illogical objectives of bellicose politicians,” he said.

Jaberi Ansari also touched upon the policies Iran has adopted to help settle regional crises as well as the extensive efforts made by Iran in humanitarian areas. He said Iran is fully prepared to work with international organizations and the ICRC to lessen the ongoing humanitarian disaster caused by regional crises.

“Iran Has No Information on Levinson’s Fate”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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An undated photo of Robert Levinson before his disappearance; and a photo received by his family in April, 2011 / Photo retrieved from AP

In reaction to a statement by the US State Department about the American national, Bahram Qassemi noted, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has already announced time and again that the person in question had traveled to Iran at a certain point in time, and then left Iran, and [Tehran] has no information about his fate after he left the country.”

He said Iran adopted a humanitarian approach towards the issue in order to help Levinson’s family.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has no commitment to the US government regarding the issue, and Iran’s assistance in the past was on humanitarian grounds,” the spokesman said.

Qassemi said US officials have already announced that they identified the whereabouts of the former FBI agent somewhere in South Asia.

“Bringing the accusation that Iran is not cooperating on the issue is undoubtedly a baseless claim because the Islamic Republic of Iran, taking humanitarian issues into account, has denied no help in that regard,” Qassemi added.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s assistance and cooperation concerning the issue of the American national come as the US government, in return, has adopted an inhumane approach when it comes to helping the Iranian nationals detained in the United States. The US has not only kept them in prisons and long-term detention, but also does not allow their families to visit them.”

Iran Summons UK Ambassador to Protest at London Police’s Performance

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Condemns Bahrain’s Plan to Normalize Relations with Israel

“Following the attack of people affiliated with an extremist religious group on Iran’s Embassy in London, the UK ambassador was summoned by the foreign ministry’s Director General for Europe,” said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday.

The spokesman said Iran has objected to the performance of the UK police in the face of the attack.

“The Director General for Europe urged the UK government to fulfill its duty to protect diplomats and diplomatic premises and take more protective measures for the Iranian buildings.”

Hopton, for his part, expressed regret over the incident and explained about the performance of the UK police and the arrest of protesters.

The ambassador said he will convey Iran’s message to London and will provide Tehran with answers as soon as possible.

Several hours after the beginning of the raid on Friday, the London police arrested the four supporters of a radical group residing in the UK after they climbed onto the balcony of Iran’s embassy building and disrespected the Iranian flag.

Attackers Storm Iran’s Embassy in London

 

US Seeking to Destroy Muslim States: Iran Leader’s Aide

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Leader's Top Aide Velayati Infected with Coronavirus: Report

In an address to a religious ceremony in Tehran on Friday, Ali Akbar Velayati said the US’ excessive greed in the region has led to the massacre of innocent people in Yemen.

“The US is secretly seeking to penetrate into the region and destroy the Islamic countries particularly Syria, Yemen and Iraq from inside, but it will end up in total failure,” he was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by Fars News Agency.

He also called on Saudi Arabia to stop its airstrikes on the impoverished nation of Yemen.

“Final victory is with Yemenis because they are sacrificing their lives in fight against the Saudi aggression,” he said.

 

It’s Hard to Believe Iran, Iraq Were at War

Velayati also congratulated the Iraqi nation on their victory over arrogant powers and terrorist groups and said Iraq is potentially the most important country of the Arab world because of its natural, cultural and religious capacities.

“Baghdad has been serving as the hub of the Islamic world throughout the political history of Islam. That’s why there are lots of commonalities between the Iranian and Iraqi nations,” he said.

Velayati said the imposed war on Iran by Iraq under the former dictator Saddam Hussein was brought about despite the intentions of the two nations.

He underlined that Saddam enjoyed the full support of the US and the Zionist regime during the war and added the Iraqi nation played no major role in the war.

Velayati referred to the numerous visits of Iranian pilgrims to Iraq’s holy cities and said the relations between the two nations are so warm that it is hard to believe they were involved in a war in the past.

He referred to the Iraqi government’s request from Iran to provide it with military advisors, and added, “It is up to Iran to defend Iraq because the two sides have been involved in joint fight against others in the past.”

Marriage Proposal at Iranian Photo Festival Raises Eyebrows

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Soroush Javadian seized an opportunity to ask Elnaz Qandforoush to marry him, when the latter took the stage to receive her award as the best photographer in the mobile photography section.

The parents of both photographers were also on the stage, watching their children’s romantic story.

The festival was inaugurated at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran late last month, the Persian-language Khabar Online reported.

Organized by Tassvir magazine, the festival is considered a major picture-related event in the country.

 

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