Iran Sees Rise in Number of COVID-19 Infections
Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Wednesday 78 people have died of the virus during the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,418.
He said 81,587 patients have so far recovered from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and been discharged from hospital.
He also noted that 2,735 patients are in severe conditions of the disease right now.
According to Jahanpour, 531,275 COVID-19 tests have been taken so far.
The spokesman says the rise in the number of new infections after several weeks of decrease is mainly because of a change in people’s lifestyle following the lifting of some restrictions.
Surge in Production at Hand When Iran Can Launch Satellite: Leader
Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday held a video conference with seven active manufacturers from different parts of Iran on the occasion of Laborers Week and as part of efforts to pursue the slogan of the year, “A Surge in Production”.
In the online meeting, the managers and a number of exemplary laborers delivered reports on the status of production and about their achievements, issues and problems. They also put forward solutions and proposals for settling the existing problems and realizing the slogan of the year.
In his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed the need to protect the natural rights of laborers, including a fair salary, regular pay without delays, and job security.
The Leader also praised the employers who have not laid off any employee after the outbreak of the coronavirus, describing it as a good approach.
“A key point is respecting workers’ rights. Fair and punctual payments and job security, which I’ve always stressed, are very important. Some of these gentlemen have mentioned that they haven’t fired any workers following the economic problems due to the coronavirus outbreak. This is very good,” the Leader said.
“Insurance, training, welfare and health services are workers’ rights and the responsibility of employers. Of course, if the needs of workers’ families including their children’s education are fulfilled, it will strengthen workers-employers relations, which is an auspicious thing,” Ayatollah Khamenei noted.
The Leader also highlighted the significance of domestic production in boosting the economy, saying, “Production can be compared to the body’s immune system. That is, if production is favorable and growing, invasive viruses like sanctions and oil prices cannot harm our economy.”
“Real cooperation between the labor force and employers can increase production and economic growth. The labor force should increase their skills and sense of responsibility; employers should increase the workers share from the income of the business,” the Leader emphasized.
“Some of our worker friends had complaints about legislation that overlooked workers’ opinions. Such regulations should definitely be designed justly, and business owners should take this into consideration,” Khamenei.ir quoted the Leader as saying in the video conference.
“Some people keep saying it’s impossible and we can’t, but we can. When we can launch a satellite into space with a speed of 7,500 m/s, have put a satellite into orbit, and have made significant progress in the defense industry, then we can achieve a surge in production too,” Ayatollah Khamenei underscored.
“The Iranian wisdom and thought that can build a satellite and set a goal of a 36,000 km orbit for the next satellite, certainly enjoy the same spirit, innovation and creativity needed to produce cars with a consumption of 5 litres/100 km and for production in other sectors,” the Leader added.
Last month, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched Iran’s first military satellite, dubbed Noor, into orbit.
The homegrown satellite was launched with a three-stage satellite carrier, dubbed Qassed (messenger), from a launch pad in Dasht-e Kavir, a large desert in central Iran.
Fantasy Cricket: A ‘Win-Win’ Venture
The merits of having such a fantasy cricket app are mentioned below:
● It can be played anywhere and anytime
● You are able to select a cricket match among numerous matches
● You can choose your team as per your idea and evidence regarding players
● You have choices to join various types of leagues
● You can get a cash prize
You can also request your friends/networks/contacts to download the app and create their own fantasy team. There are various apps available in the market that have been developed by taking into account the interest of cricket enthusiasts. You can also use the web versions of these online circlet apps to play your game with utmost zeal.
IPL: The Fantasy Championship
Indian Premier League is one of the most famous cricket leagues that are held in India. If you are crazy about cricket, then you should definitely participate in the IPL fantasy cricket league.
You should look for a website that provides an IPL fantasy league. Register yourself if you have located a website. Two types of IPL fantasy leagues come into play. One is centred on money and the other is general. If you are not fond of gambling then you can opt for the general one. If you really want to receive a handsome amount of money then utilize your knowledge judiciously about cricket players.
Once you have done a thorough assessment, you can create your team or choose the players from diverse teams to sort your own virtual team. Your players would get reward points based on their performance in real-time matches. The team that receives the full points will win.
Fantasy Cricket Gaining Pace
In recent times, there has been an incredible rise in fantasy cricket app downloads. Fantasy Cricket Business model has become quite famous with an increase in internet perception. These apps have become a great source of income generation not only for the companies but also for the people too. Fantasy cricket has become a great source of passive income for cricket lovers.
How to play the IPL fantasy league?
● You should select a match in which you want to participate
● One match is selected, then pick up a contest of your choice
● Then it is the time to create your team with 11 players by picking the deserving players based on their past performances
● You should also choose a captain and a vice-captain
● After the selection of your virtual team is complete, join the league
● Win thrilling prizes
Heading towards IPL 2020
As we are heading towards IPL 2020 which is soon going to be commenced, the enthusiasm of participating in fantasy games is rising and a proper assessment to look for the best IPL fantasy app has commenced. You should give preferences to those apps on which you have previously played the IPL fantasy cricket league.
Best Way to Choose Tactical Clothes
There are different types of tactical clothing for each part of the body, from head to toe, depending on where and how you use it:
- Head
- Tactical caps and hats
- Warm tactical beanies
- Tactical and camouflage balaclavas
- Non-ballistic tactical helmets
- Chest
- Heat-Locket undershirt
- Long-sleeve shirt
- Cooling reflective shirt
- Tactical jackets against water, snow, wind, or cold
- Legs
- Arctic pants for extreme cold
- Winter pants for cold weather
- Lined pants for temperate conditions and rain
- Light reflective summer pants
- Warm fitting long underwear
- Footwear
- Weather-ready boots
- Tactical sneakers
The variety is even greater if you want to expand each minutia, but the extensiveness of the list shows how far you can adapt your clothes to your mission or job to acquire as much tactical advantage as possible.
Tactical Clothes for Training or Protection
Different tasks require different clothes. When training, we need to keep our long-term health in mind and leave the grounds in better shape than we have entered. This means staying warm, dry, and with our joints intact.
But, when we are out on a mission, ideal circumstances are impossible. It is much better to need a week afterward to recover from fatigue and strain than to leave yourself exposed during a mission. Especially for combat, we need to stay versatile and in a constant tactical advantage.
Because of this difference, training clothes will always be lighter, thinner, and less constricting than regular clothes. For practice, your main concern is staying light and dry, so that you have more time to increase your strength and endurance through training. This is why most security professionals now use tactical shirts like the KCS™ Keep Cool Shirt from UARM to cool the body down and protect from extensive sunlight.
Tactical Combat Gear
Combat gear is not only meant to add to a tactical advantage when it comes to the elements and camouflage but also work in tandem with your protective and ballistic clothing. For combat, there is a larger emphasis on innerwear and tactical garment that allows for easy addition of body armor.
Also, any boots used for combat purposes need to have as much shock absorption included as possible. Due to the weight of combat gear, combined with the often difficult terrain, the pressure on your feet and joints will be increased. To prevent micro-fractures when running and jumping with body armor and weapons, increased impact absorption is necessary.
Adapt to the Situation
Allowing yourself to adapt to the situation usually means having a bit more equipment before deployment than you need. It is easy not to take something like a rain poncho or a jacket if you don’t need them.
But, if you do need them and they are not in stock you might not only lose a tactical advantage but even endanger your life. Always better safe than sorry.
6 Tips to Get Your Remarketing Campaign Right
We go through some tips and suggestions that you should keep in mind while setting up your remarketing campaigns. Setting up a remarketing campaign right will help to boost return traffic to your website and enhance conversion rates. Let us learn ways to optimize a successful remarketing campaign.
Learn how to bring back your website visitors in the most effective ways. No matter if you are just a fresher looking to enhance your remarketing campaigns or an experienced trying to get your remarketing campaign right.
● Up-sell or cross-sell to existing customers
Customers who have already purchased from your website may also be interested in the companion products offered by you. Try creating a list of your converted customers. We know that you will have a small list of your website visitors, but they are aware of your products or services. They might also be interested in your other similar offerings. Customize ads specifically for this group and get going.
● Using Dynamic Marketing
Google ads product suggestion engine is beneficial for businesses. It helps to show products and services to people who have already viewed them on your website. Not only this, but the suggestion engine also decides which ad copy will perform best for which ad and the device your audience is using. Hence, in just a few clicks, your job is done with dynamic marketing.
● Use auto-targeting
Display network campaigns are by default using conservative auto-targeting. This helps to display your ads to the audience, which is identical to the ones; your business has already targeted. The reach of your ads is also extended with aggressive auto-targeting. Learn more about targeting options and implement them to your remarketing campaigns to get great results.
● Try showcasing different product categories
Try showcasing different product categories to your audiences. Creating different remarketing lists for different product categories will help you achieve your goal. Create different product categories, and the URL for each list will contain the category name that allows differentiating better.
● Reach customers with a certain period after they have finished a purchase
If you predict that customers will certainly purchase from your business after their initial interaction, probably wait. Give them some time to think and make a purchase. A remarketing list with specific membership duration will help you achieve this objective. For instance, if you are planning to target people who purchased within the last 30-90 days. Then choose to create two lists, one with a 30-days time limit and the other with 90-days duration.
● Try targeting a similar audience
While creating a remarketing campaign or simply when editing the targeting options from an existing ad group, you can play around during the selection of the audience. Choose to target similar audiences. It is one of the best ways through which you can target people who share almost the same characteristics with people who are already there in your remarketing list.
● Re-Engage people with abandoned shopping carts
There are instances where people put some products in their cart but don’t complete their order. You can understand that they were very close to making a purchase but were not able to do so due to some of the other reasons. Take it as an excellent opportunity to reach out to such customers and help them purchase from your site. Target this pool of customers by creating a remarketing list to target “Visitors of a page who did not visit any other page.” You should also choose to specify the URLs of your shopping cart page or use the URL of your order confirmation page.
Summary
We all are targeted using remarketing campaigns through several eCommerce websites or any other brand. The purpose of remarketing is to catch up with your website visitors who once visited and just left. Try re-engaging with them in an experiment to bring them back. It gives brands the opportunity to get in front of the sight of people who are already attracted although the concept of remarketing is prepared in several different forms.
Iran Warns of ‘Dire Consequences’ If Arms Embargo Extended
Speaking in a Wednesday cabinet session, President Hassan Rouhani said he has written to the heads of state of the P4+1 and told them that the return of arms embargo will lead to a historic failure for them.
He stressed that the United States and some other countries must know Iran will not accept any violation of the Resolution 2231 at all.
“Iran will not accept violation of UNSCR’s 2231 Resolution because it is the Islamic Republic’s absolute right to see arms embargo lifted.”
He went on to say that the US knows Iran will soon achieve success in lifting the arms embargo in the coming months.
“The United States has just come to its senses and regrets leaving the nuclear deal because the arms embargo will be lifted, and Israel and Saudi Arabia will soon tell [Donald] Trump it was wrong to leave the JCPOA. The JCPOA will no longer exist for the United States,” he reiterated.
Rouhani added that on May 8, 2018, the US withdrew from the JCPOA under pressure from domestic extremists, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. “It was a foolish act,” he said.
“They imagined if they leave the nuclear deal, we will withdraw from it too, but we didn’t, and Trump’s dream did not come true. Trump’s first shot missed and they got very angry. All of Trump‘s advisers said Iran would leave the same day and they would take the case to the Security Council the day after.”
“Then, we gave P4+1 a deadline and extended it. In total, it took a year. On May 8, 2019, we terminated the deadline announcing we will start reducing the commitments step by step. In five stages, we reduced the commitments. Now we are even; that is, we have stepped back from our commitments, and the P4+1 has largely stepped back,” he noted.
“Whenever they are willing to fulfill their obligations in full, we will return to our commitments on the same day,” underscored Rouhani.
Since one or two months ago, the Americans have come to their senses and realised they have made a big mistake, said Rouhani, noting the Americans are caught between and if they continue, the arms embargo will soon be removed.
“If they decide to return to the nuclear agreement to use the snapback mechanism, there is no nuclear deal anymore (for them). For the United States, the JCPOA is over, unless they make up for all their mistakes and set aside sanctions,” he added.
Tehran, Baku Move to Broaden Economic Ties
In a telephone conversation on Tuesday evening, Chief of Staff of the Iranian president Mahmoud Vaezi and Hikmat Hajiev, head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of Azerbaijan’s Presidential Administration, called for the continuation of economic exchanges between the two neighbors in conformity with the health protocols, stressing that there is no obstacle to the enhancement of mutual cooperation.
In the conversation, the Iranian president’s chief of staff commended the Republic of Azerbaijan for its timely decision to convene an online summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group, adding, “The Republic of Azerbaijan, as the holder of the NAM presidency, not only did not allow the coronavirus outbreak to prevent the summit meeting, but also took a valuable step in coordinating collective action among the countries in the battle with the disease by choosing the issue of coronavirus as the main topic of the conference.”
Vaezi also expressed hope that the stances and solutions mooted in the NAM summit would help the countries to join hands to overcome such global challenge and stand against the parties that seek to take advantage of these problems.
He further expressed satisfaction with the growing trend in the cooperation and relations between Tehran and Baku regardless of the coronavirus outbreak, saying Iran hopes that the relations would continue to grow with a rapid pace.
For his part, Hajiev conveyed Azeri President Ilham Aliyev’s gratitude to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for participation in the online summit of the NAM Contact Group and for the topics of his speech in the conference, saying it would strengthen the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Republic of Azerbaijan attaches great significance to the promotion of cooperation with Iran in all fields, Hajiev added, noting that President Aliyev has made it clear for all Azeri authorities that the outbreak of coronavirus should not obstruct the growing trend in cooperation between Baku and Tehran.
He finally expressed hope that the two neighbors would strengthen economic and trade cooperation and exchanges by observing the health protocols and sharing the experiences in the battle with COVID-19.
Iran, Turkmenistan Hold New Round of Political Talks
In the online meeting co-chaired by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, the participants discussed the latest status of political, economic, trade, and consular cooperation between the two sides as well as the regional and international issues.
Both parties emphasized the importance of bilateral relations between the two friendly and neighbouring states, and stressed the need for mutual cooperation and adopting prompt plans to remove the obstacles and problems caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Among the major agreements Iran and Turkmenistan came to in the meeting were the reopening of the rail and road border crossings between the two countries in compliance with the health protocols, cooperation in dealing with the economic impacts of the coronavirus global crisis, resumption of expert meetings between various economic organizations of the two countries via video conference, resumption of trade exchanges, and settlement of the transit problems.
The two sides also talked about the regional issues, including the developments in Afghanistan, and the regional security in the meeting.
3,000-Year-Old Village of Qerveh: A Major Tourist Attraction in Iran
The village lies next to a road connecting Takestan to Abhar and, geographically speaking, is located on a natural plain. Villagers basically raise cattle or work on farms. They earn a living by producing and selling dairy products and handicrafts.
The Abhar river snakes through the Qerveh village, making land green and fertile. Part of a mass of limestone dating back to the Quaternary (fourth) geological era is located to the north of the river. The mass of limestone is formed in such a way that the rough surface stands much higher than the ground. It seems locals have taken advantage of this feature to build their village in such a way that it enjoys a high level of safety and immune to highwaymen and looters.
Accordingly, they have constructed village homes on that mass of rock in such a way that the outer walls of homes are vertically level with the wall of the limestone mass. This way, the walls of homes lie exactly on top of the stone walls, making the village impenetrable.
It seems the pathway into the village was designed while taking safety issues into account. The remains of homes built into the mountain are conspicuously evident, creating a picturesque view.
The historical monuments in the village include the Great Mosque, an ancient bridge over the Abhar river and several watermills dating back to the Safavid era. Dating back 1,025 thousand years, the Qerveh Great Mosque is one of the monuments built in the Seljuk era and has a unique architecture.
