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Dutch Football Legend Seedorf Enjoys Warm Reception in Iran

November 10, 2019

He arrived in the Iranian capital last Wednesday. A dinner banquet was held at a luxury Tehran restaurant to welcome the former footballer, attended by him and a number of veteran Iranian football players.

Ali Daei, Afshin Peirovani, Karim Bagheri and Vahid Hashemian were among those present at the dinner banquet with their families. Seedorf’s fans were also present.

After having dinner, the five former football stars went in to the coffee shop at the restaurant to have their photos taken by photographers.

Seedorf’s Spanish agent as well as his Swedish-Indian friend was also seen at the meal. Seedorf’s Indian friend is one of influential agents at the Indian Football Federation and has played a key role in some of Seedorf’s transfers.

Seedorf’s Spanish agent and he himself were warmly talking to Hashemian. The agent also invited Daei to go to Spain. Meanwhile, Adel Ferdowsipour, the former presenter of popular Iranian sports program called Navad, spent a few minutes at the coffee shop before leaving there. In the last minutes of the get-together, Seedorf asked Daei to play computer games with him, but Daei turned down the offer with a smile.

Seedorf expressed pleasure to be meeting Iranian football icons, and said he liked to see Ali Daei in person. He described Daei as Iran’s great football icon.

The former Dutch player is one of Europe’s greatest football stars. He holds the record by securing four championships in the European League contests while playing for Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan. Seedorf has played for the Netherland’s National Football Team 87 times.

Prior to travelling to Iran, he had said that his trip was personal and that he was coming to Iran to see the country. He had said he was happy to be visiting one of Asia’s beautiful cities and its monuments.

The former footballer said one of the destinations that he wanted to travel to was Iran, adding he was happy to have found such an opportunity.

Seedorf is in Tehran on holiday and he is going to stay in Iran for quite some time.

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Iranian Female Painter Wins Award at Harvard Art Gala

IFP Editorial Staff

November 10, 2019

Iranian Female Painter Wins Award at Harvard Art Gala (1)

The Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit (MGH FTD) hosted an annual gala, “A Night with the Arts for FTD,” at the Royal Sonesta Boston hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 18.

Held to support the Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research, the annual gala and art show was organized by Dr. Brad Dickerson, director of the MGH FTD Unit.

Artists and participants in this year’s gala displayed their works of art about the Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia disorders.

At the conclusion of the art show, a painting from young Iranian artist Sara Ashrafi was chosen as the best work of art.

Ashrafi has held several exhibitions in various state-sponsored and private galleries in Switzerland and other European countries in recent years.

Sara began her art career as a painter by publishing works of art in Iranian daily newspapers, Kayhan and Abrar, when she was a teenager.

She creates extremely personal and surreal moods in her paintings, which reflect a broader aspect of human mentality and behavior despite appearing to be fantastical or personal.

“I was thrilled to be invited to participate in the show given its theme, because paintings about the patients with Alzheimer’s disease is very exciting for me. From my viewpoint, the Alzheimer’s disease endows the patients with extraordinary capabilities in exchange for the sufferings. They include flying in the reveries and breaking the boundaries of reality forever. The endless fantasies they (patients) would live with,” Ashrafi said of her painting.

“It was the only subject that didn’t need any research to know about. One can ask anybody and just listen to the memories that will be never forgotten,” she added.

Sara said she has painted acrylic on canvas to create the 200×85 cm painting that depicts eight figures, each carrying an element of the Alzheimer’s diseases above their heads.

“When I was painting each of those characters, I had no plan for the next one, and was just thinking about the only one I was working on, and this was challenging for me,” she added.

“When I talked to people and relatives about their memories of the Alzheimer’s patients, they had many similar experiences. For instance, the most important one was that most of the patients didn’t believe their real age, and were living part of their life in which they had better feelings, under the age of 30 in most cases. They are frozen in the most beautiful part of their life. That’s why I depicted all eight figures as young persons, some of whom may be 14 or 15 years old,” Ashrafi explained.

“I believe that dementia patients are like people that call you and want to show you stuff from an old small suitcase that are very precious to them. So I named the painting ‘The Small Suitcase of Dream in Mind’,” she added.

The Night with the Arts for FTD is more than a fundraiser. It celebrates the patients, caregivers, families, staff, clinicians and colleagues who make up the FTD community.

The annual event also provides an opportunity for families to create new memories of joy while living with frontotemporal disorder.

Iran Appoints Jalali as New Ambassador to Moscow

IFP Editorial Staff

November 10, 2019

Iran Appoints Jalali as New Ambassador to Moscow

In an open session on Sunday, Iranian lawmakers accepted Jalali’s resignation with 146 yes votes and 58 no votes. Nine MPs also abstained from voting.

Addressing the parliamentary session, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani expressed hope that Jalali would play an effective role in the development of Russian-Iranian relations.

Jalali is widely seen as one of the closest allies of Larijani, who is not going to run in the parliamentary elections this year, after several terms in Majlis.

He served as a lawmaker for five four-year terms. He was the chair of Iran-Russia parliamentary friendship group in the seventh Parliament and the head of Iran-EU parliamentary friendship group in the eighth, ninth, and tenth terms. He also served as the head of the Parliament’s Research Centre from 2012 to 2019.

The former ambassador to Moscow Mahdi Sanaei had taken the post in 2013 at the beginning of President Hassan Rouhani’s term in office.

Arab States Give Iran ‘Good Feedback’ after Receiving Its Letters

IFP Editorial Staff

November 10, 2019

Iran Vows Appropriate Response to US Interception of Mahan Air Flight

Speaking in a press conference in Tehran on Sunday, Mousavi said the Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE) initiative and its details, unveiled by our president during the UN General Assembly, have been submitted to “seven regional countries” as well as the UN Secretary General.

“It has yielded good reactions. We have received good feedback both from regional countries and the UN and Security Council member states. There are details which we prefer not to mention for now. But in general, the reactions are good,” he noted.

“Discussions are underway in those countries. As far as we know, these countries will even collectively review the plan proposed by Iran. God willing, we hope this benevolent step by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be welcomed by these countries, and we would hopefully witness security and stability in our region, especially in the Persian Gulf,” he went on to say.

“Let me give the details once the process is over and the time is ripe for making it public.”

New Large Oil Field Discovered in Iran: President Rouhani

IFP Editorial Staff

November 10, 2019

New Large Oil Field Discovered in Iran President Rouhani 1

Hassan Rouhani further said the country’s petroleum exports are growing as is national economy.

The president further underlined Iranian people’s resistance against the enemy’s pressure.

“Over the past year, we stood up to foreigners and our people passed tough days; our people had very difficult days in terms of the economic situation,” said Rouhani while addressing a huge crowd of people in the city of Yazd.

“Our people’s resistance and unity together with our efforts today have brought us to a point where, in my opinion, the US has become disappointed,” he added.

“Despite all attempts made by the United States and enemies against the Iranian nation, these people are more prepared than ever to make sacrifices for their country,” said President Rouhani.

He noted that despite the enemy’s pressure, Iran has managed to curb inflation, which means “entrepreneurs, farmers, workers and engineers across the nations have increased their efforts.”

Caspian Sea Generous Source of Income for Local Fishermen

IFP Editorial Staff

November 10, 2019

Caspian Sea Generous Source of Income for Local Fishermen

Fishing in the Caspian Sea starts in the autumn, when the nature changes its colourful clothes, and continues until April. The sea welcomes hard-working fishermen generously and offers them plenty of mullet fish that makes the fishermen able to provide for themselves and their families.

Caspian mullet is olive green and silver in colour. It’s an oystercatcher fish fed on snails, algae, worms and decaying material on the seabed.

What follows are YJC’s photos of fishing in Caspian Sea:

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