In the quarterfinals, she defeated her rival from Uzbekistan to push his way to the semi-final game where she beat Chinese Taipei’s Tsui-Ping Ku 5-0.
Sara Bahmanyar received the Gold medal of female Kumite -50kg by edging France’s Alexandra Recchia 5-1 in the final.
Also, in male Kumite -75kg, Iran’s Bahman Asgari managed to win bronze medals. He edged German rival 5-0 in the bronze contest. The second gold bronze of Iran was earned by Majid Hassan Nia in male Kumite -60kg.
The film, which was a box office hit in Iran, was welcomed during its screening in Venice on September 3, 2019 with a number of actors and other crew of the film attending the event.
It was Saeed Roustayi’s second feature film and win him the Crystal Simorgh award for the best film from the viewpoint of the audience at Iran’s Fajr Film Festival.
In the most recent reviews of the film, an Italian and a Greek film critic also expressed their views of the film after it was screened at the festival.
The Italian critic says figures suggest production of narcotics is on the rise despite all strict regulations put in place. The critic says “6.5 per Metre” aims to address the same issue.
The Greek critic also says the movie reveals part of an unknown reality in Iran. He says the film shows the Western audience a different picture of social problems in Iran.
The film narrates the story of Nasser, a famous drug lord who has cops looking for him. He is finally caught when his ex-fiancé gives away his hiding place. Now, he is trying to buy his way out of the jail and avoid the death penalty.
The Venice Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest events which was first held in 1932.
“The actions they have taken are negative but not definitive. They can come back and the path of dialogue is still open,” Jean-Yves le Drian told Europe 1.
He claimed that Iran was still several months away from a nuclear bomb. Iran has repeatedly stated it has never sought and will never seek to develop nuclear weapons, based on a fatwa by the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who banned the use and development of such weapons.
Le Drian comments came after Iran announced the third step in reduction of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
On Saturday, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi said the country has stopped observing the limits set by the JCPOA on nuclear research and development — known as R&D — as of September 6.
The AEOI said Saturday that the country has activated its advanced 20 IR-4 and 20 IR-6 centrifuges for research and development purposes. The IAEA also announced on the same day that it has inspectors on the ground in Iran, who will be able to look into the process of starting up the centrifuges.
The JCPOA was signed between Iran and six world states — namely the US, Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China — in 2015.
Washington’s exit in May 2018, however, the future of the historic deal in limbo.
Tehran remained fully compliant with the JCPOA for an entire year as confirmed by the IAEA in several reports, waiting for the co-signatories to fulfill their end of the bargain by offsetting the impacts of Washington’s bans on the Iranian economy.
As the European parties failed to do so, Tehran moved in May to retaliate against Washington’s exit and began suspending its JCPOA commitments in 60-day stages under Articles 26 and 36 of the deal covering Tehran’s legal rights.
Iran has given another two months to the European signatories to take meaningful action to save the JCPOA as a France-led diplomatic process is underway between the two sides.
Ali-Akbar Salehi said the nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) entails fulfilment of commitments by all parties to the deal.
“This path was supposed to be a two-way street, but under the current circumstances in which it is a one-way street, Iran will definitely adopt the necessary decisions in due time the same way that it has reduced its commitments under the JCPOA in the first three steps,” said Salehi on Sunday.
He made the remarks in a joint press conference in Tehran with Cornel Feruta, the acting director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following a meeting where they discussed the latest developments pertaining to the JCPOA.
Feruta, in turn, told reporters that the IAEA will continue to maintain its independent, neutral and professional approach, which is a source of credit for the agency.
He said the IAEA will not capitulate to pressure in that regard. The acting head of the IAEA reiterated that the agency is tasked with verification of the implementation of the JCPOA on the one hand, and, on the other, is engaged in active interaction with Iran with regards to the implementation of the Additional Protocol and the comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.
He said the IAEA is keen to continue its cooperation with Iran in the future and stands ready to press ahead with its work professionally and with neutrality.
Later in the day, Feruta also sat down with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
However, his pre-planned meeting with Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has been cancelled for unknown reasons.
The project is undertaken by researchers at Royan Research Institute, a reproductive biomedicine and stem cell research centre.
“The project to produce body members is a long project with several different phases,” said Mehdi Hajian, the head of the institute’s Biotechnology Research Centre.
He further commented on the phases of producing body organs at Royan Research Institute.
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“In the first phase, we intend to produce these organs inside animals’ bodies; so, first it would be necessary to have an animal which does not have this organ, and that’s why we are planning to produce the human pancreas inside a goat’s body,” he said.
He noted the cells necessary to produce pancreas are ready now and are going to enter the simulation process.
The scientist said these stages should be conducted first before researchers get to the stage of producing organs inside the human body.
“This is a joint project between the Recombinant Proteins Group and Embryology Group at the Biotechnology Research Center of the Royan Institute,” he noted.
On Sunday morning, the Romanian chief of the UN’s nuclear watchdog held talks with Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
He will later hold separate meetings with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
According to the IAEA, the visit is part of its “ongoing interactions” with Tehran, including “verification and monitoring in Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).”
The AEOI said on Saturday that it had fired up 20 IR-4 and 20 IR-6 advanced centrifuges — a third step it has taken back from the nuclear deal in reaction to the US’ withdrawal from JCPOA and Europe’s failure to fulfil its commitments.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, the AEOI spokesman, said despite the move to expand the country’s nuclear R&D in the third step, Iran will still allow IAEA inspectors to monitor its nuclear activities.
The IAEA says its inspectors are ready to check Iran’s compliance with the 2015 deal.
“Agency inspectors are on the ground in Iran and they will report any relevant activities to IAEA headquarters in Vienna,” spokesman Fredrik Dahl said.
Feruta’s visit to Tehran comes a day before the IAEA board of governors convenes for a quarterly meeting in Vienna, at which its verification and monitoring mission in Iran will be discussed.
In its latest report on August 30, the watchdog said it was continuing to verify compliance through cameras and on-site inspections.
These methods are different from the ways in which men mark the sad occasion.
Although in most parts of the province women generally just watch men holding mourning ceremonies, women have a special way of honoring Imam Hussein’s martyrdom in the Zilaei village which lies 200 kilometres from the provincial capital of Yasooj.
Like men, women in this village not only help prepare free takeaway food, they also take part in the special “Hovay Hovay” ritual.
In this rite, women wear dark and cold-coloured clothes as a sign of mourning and form a circle. An old woman functions as the narrator, and sings an elegy. She grabs the corners of her chador and puts them on her shoulders.
Then other women who have formed the circle begin repeat the elegy after the narrator. They sign the elegy with a sorrowful tone. They also cry and eulogize the deceased person for his good deeds while performing local music.
On the other hand, women in each home prepare free takeaway food for six. Then, on Ashura day, they hand over the food to organizers of mourning ceremonies who will then pack them in disposable dishes and distribute them among mourners.
Authorities said on Saturday that Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarter (KACH) would start building the RO-RO ramp in the Caspian Port Complex, located north of Iran in the port city of Anzali.
They said the project would need nearly $10 million in investment and would take two years to finish.
“This project in a national one and is important to the country,” said Reza Masrour, head of the Anzali Free Zone Organization (AFZO), the local body which has awarded the contract for building the ramp.
“Once the RO-RO ramp is finished and the port is linked to the rail network, Iran would become a transit corridor between China and European countries,” Masrour said.
In an interview with ILNA, Majid Tafreshi commented on the tensions between Prime Minister Johnson and the UK Parliament.
“The recent conflicts in London have escalated so greatly that everybody has become concerned about the future of Boris Johnson’s incoming government, and believes that Britain is heading towards the problems with a quite dark prospect,” Tafreshi said.
“The basic (current) problem in London is that Johnson’s government is faced with a Parliament in which the cabinet and the prime minister himself are not in the majority. Reports suggest that Liberal Democrats have been strengthened in recent days to the detriment of Boris Johnson. These have all happened while Johnson still follows the dream of a no-deal Brexit, which has become an absolute nightmare for Britain.”
“The UK government and Johnson have failed to attract the Parliament’s support for a hard Brexit. Even the European Union is seeking to pressurize him into avoiding a no-deal Brexit. In this regard, the hours ahead would be very tough for Johnson,” he said.
“Under these conditions, Johnson would have three paths out of the predicament: first, dissolution of the Parliament and holding a new election to design and implement the no-deal Brexit; second, postponing the Brexit; and third, holding a new referendum on Brexit, which would undoubtedly require a new government to hold the office. Johnson would be wanting to marginalize and put off the latter option. He wants to put the British people in a situation where there’s no choice, so that the Conservatives could win the votes. However, these are not the only problems, because the leader of the Labour Party has a different scenario in mind,” he explained.
Referring to the recent comments and stances from the UK Labour Party’s leader, Tafreshi said, “Jeremy Corbyn seeks to put pressure on Johnson for holding an early election in order to hit the Conservatives ultimately. His remarks and behaviour have naturally concerned the Jewish lobby in the UK and inside the Parliament, and as a result, he might receive a blow from that current and end up being marginalized. Because his replacement will be more favorable to both the Jewish lobby and Johnson. In the meanwhile, Boris Johnson is interested in carrying out the hard Brexit, but the question is whether he can do it, because he will have to win support from the European countries. On the other hand, disagreements inside Britain are so strong that his dream of a hard Brexit has turned into a nightmare.”
“One should consider that the UK Parliament went on recess in August, but it was clear that we would see the lull before the storm in September and October, because the case of Brexit is still open and faces a bleak future. In the meanwhile, the attacks on Corbyn have increased, since Johnson thought that he could take advantage of this party to serve his interests. In such conditions, the right-leaning British media are constantly releasing and reviewing reports about Corbyn’s support for Palestine, Iran, and closer ties with Muslims, as well as about his anti-war activities, and have come to a common conclusion that he is anti-Semite. Corbyn has repeatedly dismissed these allegations and has stated that he is not an anti-Semite, but attacks on him still continue,” Tafreshi added.
“Johnson’s ploy to deal with Corbyn is to label him an anti-Semite in order to beat him out and relieve the pressures. Johnson had already used a similar scenario against the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, that worked, but I believe that Corbyn is not facing a serious threat. What has become possible for now is that an early election could take place, probably during the last three weeks of September until mid-October.”
“On the other hand, Johnson is likely to be dismissed, because it is all about Brexit and he is unable to perform a hard exit. However, the resignation of individuals like Jo Johnson – Boris Johnson’s younger brother and a member of the Conservative Party – because of his support for the national interest and family commitments clearly indicates that the situation within the ruling party is not appropriate,” he concluded.
The presiding board of the Iranian Parliament’s faction on countering sanctions and a group of activists dealing with the sanctions held a meeting with the representative of Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani on Saturday evening.
“The US policy of maximum pressure, which was pursued with a bogus assumption in order to dismantle Iran’s national economy, was brought to its knees in the face of the strategy of active resistance,” Rear Admiral Shamkhani said in the meeting.
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council also pointed to an intense cognitive war that has been plotted and implemented by the hostile media for supporting the US policy of maximum pressure on Iran, adding, “Despite enduring heavy economic pressures, the resisting people of Iran did not lose this war because of their awareness, insight and wisdom, and frustrated the enemy’s hopes of achieving its objectives.”
Shamkhani also welcomed the parliamentary faction on countering sanctions’ idea of forming the club of sanctioned countries and active involvement in the fight against the US’ economic terrorism, stressing, “Resistance meets with success when it comes with the approach of constant activeness, and such a measure could be an effective step in the path to the continued strategy of active resistance.”
He also described the issue of combatting sanctions in the current circumstances as a main ground for unity among various Iranian political factions, and added, “Given its past experiences, the enemy has recognized the fact that the Islamic Republic has gained a remarkable level of maturity and capability in combatting the threats, and hence it (the enemy) seeks to create social, political and security crises and create troubles in order to minimize the country’s (Iran’s) branches of power’s concentration on countering the threats.”
In the meeting, chairman of the Parliament’s faction on countering sanctions, Poormokhtar, gave a report on the formation of the faction and its activities, as well as the ongoing efforts to establish the club of sanctioned countries.
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