Iran Unveils Four Domestically-Made Probiotic Products

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November 5, 2019

One of these probiotic products is made with domestised technical knowledge in order to prevent gastric ulcer. It is also used in prolonged prevention and reduction of Helicobacter pylori in Iran.

It is being used in more than 38 countries, and the export of each kilogram of this product will bring over 1,500 euros to the country. The product has been funded by the Iran Biotech Fund.

“Lactogem” is another product that is developed to inhibit tooth decay bacteria and prevent gum inflammation.

The company has also presented two daily basic probiotics for the elderly as well as teens and adults.

This knowledge-based company has introduced 40 products to the market, all of which are made using native technology for the first time in the country.

Probiotics, dietary supplements and nutritional supplements are among the company’s most important knowledge-based achievements.

Iran Condemns Attack on Its Consulate in Iraq’s Karbala

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November 5, 2019

He said the Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed concern over the issue and emphasised the necessity of maintaining the security of Iran’s diplomatic and consular sites within the framework of international regulations and conventions to the Iraqi government.

“Tehran has also called for necessary measures and increased arrangements to protect our country’s diplomatic sites in Iraq,” added Mousavi on Tuesday.

On Monday, Iran’s foreign ministry announced that the diplomatic missions are the government’s red line. On Sunday night, a group of protesters attacked Iran’s consulate in the holy city of Karbala with stones and burned tires around the building.

Security forces reached the area afterwards and dispersed the crowd. Reports say four people were killed in the unrest.

The recent anti-government demonstrations in Iraq soon turned into acts of violence and vandalism.

Iraqi authorities blame remnants of the former Ba’ath regime and other infiltrators for committing such actions across the country.

President Inaugurates Innovation Factory in Iran

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November 5, 2019

President Rouhani formally inaugurated the Azadi Innovation Factory in western Tehran on Tuesday.
In a speech at the event, the president praised the knowledge-based companies for creating 300,000 jobs in Iran.

“The knowledge-based companies generate science, income, power, welfare and dignity,” he noted, calling for closer links between the investors and the start-ups.

President Rouhani also extolled the benefits of the innovation factory, saying it provides opportunities for the start-ups and young innovators to work together with the help of accelerators and get rid of bureaucracies.

Known as the first branch of the Pardis Technology Park, the innovation factory covers an area of 18,500 square meters and provides employment for 3,500 university graduates and young entrepreneurs.

The Azadi Innovation Factory includes 10 separate sections and a central building providing opportunities for Iranian start-ups in a broad range of fields, such as tourism, architecture and urban life, nanopharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, insurance and financial innovations, content creation, and cyber security.

The factory has been set up to facilitate entrepreneurial teams’ access to the necessary infrastructure and facilities, create synergy among the start-ups, and encourage innovation and creativity in a dynamic atmosphere.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 5

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November 5, 2019

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Unclear Fate of Iran’s Adoption of FATF Standards
* Official: Neither Rejecting It, Nor Accepting It Is in Iran’s Interest

Donya-ye Eqtesad:
1- Trump’s Hollow Dream for US Dollar
* US Monetary Changes Not Favourable to President

Ebtekar:
1- Iran Starts Injecting Gas into Advanced IR-6 Centrifuges

Etemad:
1- Look What We Were Before JCPOA and What We Are Now: Nuclear Chief
2- Gov’t Seeking Peace, Stability in Region
* Spokesman in Reaction to Rouhani’s Letters to Saudi, Bahraini Kings

Ettela’at:
1- Iraq Protests Climax as US, Israel Support Protesters

Hemayat:
1- World Without US: People Said NO to Talks with US in Massive Rallies
2- US Plot to Disintegrate Iraq

Iran:
1- Rouhani’s Message to Saudi King
2- IR-6 Centrifuges Launched in Natanz
3- Iranians Attend Anti-US Rallies Across Country

Jame Jam:
1- Four Minutes Until 20% Enrichment
2- 24-Year-Old Iranian vs Boris Johnson
* Ali Milani Rival of Incumbent UK PM

Javan:
1- Fourth Generation of Fighting Arrogance
2- Trump’s Brouhaha to Escape Impeachment
3- Attack on Aramco Costs Saudi 500 Billion Pounds

Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Government Spokesman: Details of Reducing JCPOA Commitments to Be Released in Due Time
2- Trump’s Rival in US Elections: He’s Oil Thief

Kayhan:
1- Nov. 4 Epic More Glorious than Ever Across Iran
2- Fourth Phase of Reducing JCPOA Commitments: Will It Be Trivial or Deterrent?

Rooyesh-e Mellat:
1- Army Chief: Kneeling Down Before Enemies Has Had No Achievement for People
2- Iran’s Military Advice Resulted in US Defeat in Syria: Top Aide to Leader

Tejarat:
1- Oil Minister: Sale of Oil Products in Stock Exchange Market Successful
2- Revolutionary People Roar by Saying No to Negotiation

Where Is the World’s Hottest Place?

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November 5, 2019

The hottest place in the world is somewhere in the middle of Iran. It is actually in the center of Lut Desert.

According to data from NASA’s satellite, the Lut Desert is home to the hottest recorded spot on the earth’s surface.

However, there are some doubts about this idea, so let’s take a deeper look into this matter.

The Lut Desert

The “desert” is a large salt desert. Lut is actually the world’s 27th-largest desert with an area of 51,800 square kilometers (20,000 square miles). In Farsi ‘Lut’ literally means bare land without water and devoid of vegetation.

Lut desert is situated in the south-east of the country. The eastern part of the desert displays a low plateau covered with salt flats, while the center displays a series of parallel ridges and furrows. Strong winds sweep this arid area From June to October.

The main attraction areas of Lut desert, include Gandom Berian, Shahdad Kalut, and Rig Yellen. In addition, the desert is home to diverse animal life, including insects, reptiles, and desert foxes.

Iran UNESCO’s World Heritage List inscribed the Lut Desert in 2016.

If you are planning to travel to Iran and would like to book your Iran Tour Packages in advance or submit your Iran Visa application through an Iranian travel agency, feel free to contact us at your convenience.

Where was the previous hottest spot in the world?

In 1913, scientists in Death Valley, California measured a temperature of 134°F (56.7°C) and declared it the hottest temperature ever recorded. In 1922, a weather station in Libya recorded a temperature of 136.4°F (58.0°C).

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recognized this observation as the hottest temperature recorded on Earth for some time.

However, according to another research by the University of Montana, using data from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat satellites, neither is the world’s hottest place.

In a statement by NASA from a team member, “Most of the places that call themselves the hottest on Earth are not even serious contenders”.

Is Lut Desert actually home to the world’s hottest place?

To find a proper answer to this question, we have to look at the scientific evidence.

Running and his colleagues examined infrared data from the Landsat satellites during seven years. They found that the winner in five of those years — 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009 — was actually the Lut Desert in Iran.

A temperature of 159.3°F (70.7°C) was measured in 2005- the highest temperature ever officially confirmed for a location on Earth.

However, the Lut Desert did not encounter the highest temperature every year.

So why didn’t the Lut Desert previously named as the world hottest spot? Because “the Earth’s hot deserts — such as the Sahara desert, the Gobi, the Sonoran, and the Lut — are climatically harsh and so remote that access for routine measurements and maintenance of a weather station is impractical,” said team member David Mildrexler.

Queensland, Australia had the highest temperature in 2003, with the record of 156.7°F (69.3°C), and in 2008, Turpan Basin in China had the highest temperature on the earth with the temperature of 152.2°F (66.8°C).

It is worth knowing that the Turpan Basin is covered with dark red sandstone that heats up the extreme temperature, especially in the afternoon sun.

A number of factors influence the land surface temperature (LST). For instance: changes in solar radiation, changes in land cover and changes in atmospheric conditions. Therefore, dry, rocky and dark-colored lands absorb heat well, while lighter sand will tend to reflect more sunlight.

However, some scientists argue that the “hottest place” on the earth should be framed in terms of land temperature, not air temperature.

And years of analysis have revealed that parts of Iran and Australia are particularly hot from an LST perspective.

What is the best time to travel to the deserts of Iran?

Have you ever imagined yourself trekking, or walking in a silent desert? Do you enjoy watching the stars at night without annoying city lights? Do you want to visit the world’s hottest spot?

If your answer is yes, maybe you want to visit Lut Desert. If you would like to visit deserts of Iran, especially the Lut Desert, and step on the golden sands of this amazing place with breathtaking nature, it’s the time!

From October, till the end of February, it is the best time to visit the deserts of Iran.

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Iran Bans Cooperation with British Council

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November 5, 2019

The ministry’s Public Relations Office said Tuesday that “the UK — which has a long history of infiltration, creating networks and generating propaganda in various countries — was planning to implement a project for cultural networking purposes” in cahoots with the British Council in Iran.

With timely action, it said, the country’s intelligence forces prevented Britain from “implementing [the project] and achieving its goal” of infiltrating into Iran’s educational sphere.

The British Council describes itself as the United Kingdom’s “international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities.”

But to many in the international community, the British Council is merely viewed as a tool of British foreign policy.

According to its website, the British Council is not “physically present” in Iran, but one of its employees has been convicted and jailed in Iran for espionage.

It has long been suspected that British Council facilities and programs abroad are used as talent spotting and recruitment tools for the Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6.

The British Council’s roots can be traced roots to the “British Committee for Relations with Other Countries,” which was formed in 1934.

This foundational role has only intensified in recent years as the Council has established deep roots in over 100 countries, where it ostensibly undertakes a wide range of “cultural” and “educational” activities.

Founded as a charity governed by Royal Charter, the British Council is extensively supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), a connection that it has never tried to hide.

The Council admits that 15 percent of its budget is provided by the FCO, whilst 85 percent of its turnover comes from “teaching,” “exams,” “tendered contracts” and “partnerships.”

Due to the nature of its work, and specifically its proximity to the FCO and by extension to MI6, the British Council has run into difficulties with host governments.

The most publicized case of the Council’s troubles was in Russia where it was ordered to close down its offices in December 2007.

Farmers in Shahreza Start Harvesting Pomegranate

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November 5, 2019

Over 19,000 tonnes of pomegranate are annually produced in the town of Shahreza, which bring the locals some $5 million in revenues.

What follows are photos of the harvest retrieved from the Young Journalists Club (YJC):

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Iranian Delegate Attending China Imports Exhibit in Shanghai

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November 5, 2019

Iranian Delegate Attending China Imports Exhibit in Shanghai

The event opened on November 5, 2019, with a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The ceremony was also attended by Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani, who heads the Iranian delegation at the exhibit.

The event brings together delegations and companies from 150 countries, which are displaying their products at the exhibition.

The international exhibit has three sections, namely countries, companies and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum. A total of 64 countries as well as three international organizations have taken part in the exhibitions section in order to put on show their achievements in the field of trade and investment.

Over three thousand companies from 150 countries are also attending the company section. The exhibitors are displaying items such as state-of-the-art day-to-day appliances, automobiles, equipment, medical devices, medicines, agricultural produce, etc.

The more than 250 firms taking part in the exhibition are either among the top 500 companies in the world or among the best companies in their own business.

China is projected to import $30 trillion worth of goods and $10 trillion worth of services in the coming 15 years.

How Can Iranian Businesses Best Localize Content to Open New Global Markets?

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November 5, 2019

How can Iranian companies “up their game” by translation and localization so that they can earn their fair share of income from new markets? We’ll look at several options: working with professional language service agencies, engaging freelance translators, and doing it themselves with neural machine translation. We’ll consider best practices, tips and tricks as well as the pitfalls in the process to be avoided.

A Global Strategy Starts with Doing Your Homework

If you have a small business and hope to expand your markets, you’ve thought about going beyond Iran’s borders. If you have products and services that can be marketed and sold via the Internet, that expansion does not need to break your budget. We will consider choices that startups and online businesses confront in pursuit of new audiences and increased revenues from abroad.

The first thing to develop is a strategy. Creating a global business is a strategic challenge, so you should map it out with research and expert assistance. If you want to get more insights on how to develop a global marketing strategy, check out this article about international marketing strategy. It’s going to be a lot of work but you will be getting the help you need from your professional translation agency through professional translation and localization services.

Going Global: A Translation and Localization Guide

Now that you’ve done your homework, and begun developing a strategy, here are some points to guide development of your go-to-market plan.

Get your current content and campaigns in order. You probably have basic marketing material and a website with Farsi content. Do an inventory of what is the minimum collection of content and marketing material that tells your story and generates leads for your products and services. Then clean up your act
Select your next languages to open new markets. English may be the default choice as the language of international business, and the default “second language” spoken by many, will nearly a billion speakers. So it’s a safe bet to choose English in your initial translation and localization plans. With 422 million speakers and regional proximity, Arabic may be a logical candidate. But don’t neglect the 1.1 billion Mandarin Chinese speakers. Consider, too, 527 million Spanish speakers, not just in Spain but Latin America. And 267 million Russian speakers should not be neglected either.
Consider costs vs. benefits of additional language. The cost of adding additional languages grows, of course, in absolute terms. But the incremental cost goes down. But – as the Americans say: “In for a dime, in for a dollar.” So if your first localization costs x, the second one may cost x/2, the third x/3 and so on.
Against these cost expectations, consider revenue projections. Which markets are realistically reachable, and where can you expect the highest conversion rates. This calculation should shape your marketing and localization efforts.
Develop a country-by-country marketing and launch strategy. No two countries or language markets are alike, so you need to do your strategic homework to determine how best to adapt and deploy your “local” marketing campaign.

Don’t Go It Alone: The Pros and Cons of Professional Localization Agencies

Don’t be overwhelmed by the many things you need to do to market to a foreign language market. In most cases, the money you pay an international localization company or a provider of localization services is well worth it, saving you and your marketing team valuable time and avoiding costly mistakes. Anyone knows how to translate a page, but a deep understanding of a language or culture is an expert skill that you can’t learn on the Internet.

Search for and obtain referrals for a top localization agency – this means more than just a language translator or a website translator. A professional translation accounts for cultural factors so that your language and collateral come across in an appropriate way. Marketing translation services vary in quality, but professional agencies have access to localization experts. This is especially true for software or app developers: localization is a well-developed science for this use and you really need to rely on experts for this.

Typically, with professional language services agencies you work directly with an account manager, who in turn manages an external translation team. This serves as a diplomatic buffer preventing disagreements or unpleasantness with the translator(s). However, it can also prevent direct communications and result in information being “lost in translation” as it passes from one person to another. A tip to avoid this is always to communicate comments and feedback in writing, not orally.

The Freelance Option: How to Save Money without Sacrificing Quality

The other disadvantage of agencies is that you will pay a premium for the additional resources and overhead that localization companies assign to your account. It is tempting to seek out professional translation services from freelancers. In the best case, their rates may be 50-60% lower than those of an agency, but let the buyer beware: you will need to invest more of your personal and staff time to manage each freelance resource.

You can reduce the risk by working through one of the many online freelance marketplaces, like Freelancer, Upwork, or Fiverr. There you can view a translator’s profile, CV, ratings and reviews. You also have the platform as a “middleman” to hold funds in escrow till you approve the work. But still you are working with individuals, who get sick, who take trips, and other things that could interfere with meeting your deadline and hitting your budget. To further reduce risk, hire an additional freelancer in the same language to serve as auditor, and editor of the first, and to be available in case the “primary” translator disappoints.

Welcome to the Machine: Uses and Abuses of NMT

The improvement of neural machine translation (NMT) services like Google Translate has given rise to “cheating” by translators who use these as a shortcut to doing “manual” translation. Make clear contractually that use of NMT is unacceptable and check their work against an NMT or two before accepting their delivery. If you need more context, take a look at this informative post on why AI hasn’t yet mastered language translation.

The last piece of advice is to use NMT yourself. These services are fantastic to give you access to foreign language resources, and you can use them successfully to do research and even first drafts of internal documents, especially if the language is formalistic and structured. But it’s always a good idea to hire a translator to audit and edit machine-translated documents to avoid potential embarrassment.

The Bottom line on Localization for Iranian Entrepreneurs

To go global with confidence, work with top localization agencies if you have the budget, or, if not, make the effort to select a pair of excellent translators per language. Be wary of machine translation, but these services are free – so use them with care.

Tehran’s 90-Year-Old Confectionery Selling Unique Handmade Chocolates

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November 5, 2019

Located on Sa’adi Street for almost nine decades, its pastries are still popular. In 1935, a Ukrainian family, named Pogossians, came to Iran to escape the economic pressures and crises that had plagued Europe during the interwar period. The whole family helped to run a bakery. The world war was finally over and the shadows of famine and unrest disappeared, and living conditions got better. Therefore, the Ukrainian family converted the bakery into a confectionery and did a very professional and good job.

This confectionery has once been the gathering place for famous people in the capital and is still a hangout for many artists and celebrities. So far, it’s been family-run, with two overseas branches run by the grandchildren of the family. Currently the only survivor of this family is Ruben, who runs the Mignon confectionery with his wife.

Ruben’s wife has told Fars News Agency that “my father-in-law started here after the Russian Revolution when he immigrated to Iran. He had a confectionery in Ukraine and decided to continue his job in Iran.

“First off, he launched a bakery and then sweets and chocolates were added and the place turned into a chocolate shop in Tehran.”

Regarding the name of the shop she said, “One of the sons who learned French at St. Louis School selected Mignon. It is a French name meaning “cute”, commonly used to refer to a sweet kid. My mother-in-law, who was a chef and the manager behind the scenes, liked the name and chose it for the shop; a name that still stands on the window. After the death of my father-in-law, my husband’s elder brother, who was a chemistry professor, continued the job, and after that, my husband, Ruben, was in charge here.”

About the shop’s famous chocolates, she said all the chocolates are handmade and made from natural chocolate oil.

“We do not use synthetic and industrial oils in making chocolates. We haven’t raised the price of our products after the rise of expenses to maintain our special customers,” she continued.

“Our usual pastries are always available, but we have a handful of specialty pastries that are made only on special occasions, such as Christmas pastries or Pyrok cakes baked at one of our festivals. This cake is very popular and is also known as luck cake, because we put a coin wrapped in foil inside it. When the families slice the cake, anyone who wins the coin in the portion is considered the lucky person in the coming year. Another one of our specialty cakes that takes a lot of time to bake is the best-selling Armenian-made cake called Pasca. It is the Easter cake and people stand in long queues to buy it.”

Mignon’s chocolates include almond and orange peel chocolate, pure orange peel chocolate, 70% dark chocolate, plain pure chocolate, truffle chocolate with peanut butter and pure chocolate with fried hazelnut. “Eris”, “Barbaris”, and “Kianushka” are some of these handmade chocolates. There are also Armenian chocolates that are ordered for weddings or baptisms.

“We’ve done our best to keep our business alive in this economic situation, so we still have our old customers. We even have customers from three different generations,” she added.

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