The Iranian team lost to South Korea 45-31 in the final match.
Team Melli started the campaign with a hard-fought 45-43 win over Ukraine and beat Italy 45-40.
Iran eased past Hungary 45-37 in semifinal.
Iran consists of Mojtaba Abedini, Ali Pakdaman, Farzad Baher Arasbaran and Mohammad Rahbari in the completion in Poland.
Ali Pakdamn had won a bronze medal on Saturday in the men’s sabre.
As part of its efforts to get a fair share of the international markets, Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has equipped Dena Plus to be used as a special police vehicle in West African countries.
According to a Farsi report by the Asr-e Iran news website, in recent years, Senegal has been considered as an export destination in West Africa and the company seeks to develop partnerships with other state entities in the country.
The exports will take place through IKCO’s joint venture company with the Senegalese government, known as SenIran.
IKCO has already exported the Samand, Dena and Runna models to the country. Moreover, under the joint venture, Senegal operates as a regional export hub for IKCO by re-exporting the company’s products to neighbouring Guinea and Nigeria.
A resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria was the top story in almost all newspapers today. Some papers described the truce as a ‘nominal’ one, and some blasted the terrorists’ shell attacks on Damascus in spite of the ceasefire.
Also a top story was the remarks made by Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei about various topics, particularly the possible prosecution of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his offences.
Several papers also covered the comments made by Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri about the need for development of Makran Coasts in southeastern Iran, and its impact on the improvement of employment and security in the region and the entire country.
The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:
19 Dey:
1- Mohsen Ejei: Ahmadinejad May Be Arrested
2- Turkey’s Continued Adventure in Afrin
3- Highest-Ever Record Registered in Iran’s Commodity Exchange Market
4- Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s Son to Ahmadinejad: Iran Leader Protests People’s Votes
Abrar:
1- Ahmadinejad Not Qualified to Be Member of Expediency Council: Certain Members
2- First Nuclear Reactor in Arab World to Be Launched This Year
3- Al-Hayat: Baghdad to Collect American Equipment from Hashd al-Shaabi
4- UN Security Council to Vote on Anti-Iran Resolution Today
Afarinesh:
1- Iran First VP: Development Not Possible without Paying Attention to Environmental Issues
2- Meeting to Be Held in China Next Week to Discuss Sanchi Oil Tanker Tragedy
Afkar:
1- Top General: Iran, Syria to Remain Committed to Ceasefire Resolution
2- Rouhani Must Do His Own Duties: Politician
3- Jalili: Those Who Advocate Fight against Violence Keep Silent over ISIS-Like Behaviourrs
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Ebtekar: Rouhani to Tell All the Truths When Summoned to Parliament
2- Honesty, Transparency Precondition for Reform: Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani
3- Polls Show Russian, American People’s Views about Iran Different
Asrar:
1- Judiciary Spokesman: Ahmadinejad’s Remarks against Religion, Law
2- Tehran City Council Chairman: 90% Discount for Journalists Entering Restricted Traffic Zone
Ebtekar:
1- ICT Minister: Supreme Council of Cyberspace to Discuss Unblocking Twitter
Emtiaz:
1- Iran First VP: Unemployment Problem to Be Resolved If Makran Coasts Developed
2- New Record: First Platform of 14th Phase of South Pars Gas Field Starts Operation
Etemad:
1- Larijani: Security Is the Establishment’s Red Line
2- Energy Minister Talks about Need for New Ideas to Resolve Water Crisis
Ettela’at:
1- Central Bank Governor: Gov’t Successful in Controlling, Decreasing Forex Rates
2- UN Security Council Adopts Resolution on 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria
3- Iran Has Turned into Guarantor of Security in Region
Haft-e Sobh:
1- From Enghelab Street to Pasdaran Junction
2- Tehran’s Fashion Week 2018: Clothing Professional Says Iranian Evening Gowns Popular in World
Iran:
1- Makran, New Hub of National Development
2- Those behind Pasdaran Street’s Riot to Be Prosecuted in Shortest Time
Jame Jam:
1- Central Bank Says House Prices Have Increased by 22.3%
2- Takht-Ravanchi: US-Europe Game Not to Take Us to Destination
3- Online Criminals, Offline Victims
Javan:
1- A Report on Government’s Negligence in Improving Ease of Doing Business
2- 94% of Hollywood Women Have Experienced Sexual Assault
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Russia, Syria Warn against US, Terrorists’ Abuse of 30-Day Ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta
2- 37 Projects Implemented in Iran’s Industrial Towns with $2 Billion worth of Foreign Investment
Kayhan:
1- Once You’re Done with Trivial Issues, Tell Us What You’ve Done for People
2- UNICEF’s Shocking Report on Situation of 720,000 Rohingya Kids
3- Muslim Author: Trump’s Impudence Result of Arab Reactionaries’ Embarrassing Stances
4- Judiciary Spokesman: 3 People Arrested in Connection with Seyyed-Emami’s Case
Kelid:
1- Second Call: 100 MPs Call on Parliament’s Presiding Board to Summon Rouhani
2- Former Central Bank Official to Appear in Court over Financial Corruption
Khorasan:
1- Judiciary Spokesman: Special Judges Appointed to Immediately Deal with Judicial Offences
2- A Report on Terrorists’ Crimes in Eastern Ghouta
3- Schools to Be Used for Accommodation of Teachers, Education Officials during Nowruz
Mardom Salari:
1- Spokesman: Judiciary Still Collecting Evidence for Ahmadinejad’s Case
2- Agreement on Nominal Ceasefire in Syria
3- Azerbaijan Republic, New Ground for Iran-Saudi Battle
Resalat:
1- US Police, Government’s Violence against Immigrants
2- Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: We Must Promote Our Imams throughout World
3- New US Policy: Finding Pretexts to Extend Occupation of Iraq
Shargh:
1- Ahmadinejad, Bahonar Raising Accusations against Each Other
2- Aref on Ties with Rouhani: President Is Too Busy, We Mind Our Own Business
Vatan-e Emrooz:
1- Gov’t Officials Declaring Colourful Numbers for Jobs They Have “Created”!
2- Continued Shelling of Damascus from Eastern Ghouta despite UNSC Resolution on Ceasefire
The opening ceremony of the festival was held in Vahdat Hall in central Tehran with a number of high-ranking Iranian officials attending the event.
The festival aims to encourage designers to promote Islamic and Iranian ideas in clothing throughout the country.
It is part of Fajr festivals that are annually held in Iran commemorating the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979.
This year, the folk costume section of the Fajr Fashion and Clothing Festival will be held for the second year running in the capital and across the country.
Here are the photos of the event retrieved from IRNA:
Iran’s Army Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi and the country’s Anti-Narcotics Police Chief Brigadier General Mohammad Masoud Zahedian both left Iran on Monday, February 26, for the Pakistani capital.
The commander of the Army Air Force is going to discuss the strengthening of military cooperation with the neighbouring country, especially in the fields related to Air Force education.
General Shahsafi also plans to visit the activities of Pakistan’s Army Air Force, a Farsi report by IRIB News Agency said.
Heading a delegation, General Zahedian also departed for Islamabad to hold a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Major General Musarrat Nawaz Malik.
Zahedian’s visit is made on the basis of a joint meeting of anti-narcotics chiefs of the two countries in Tehran back in October and within the framework of an agreement signed at that time.
General Zahedian is also scheduled to meet with the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Pakistan and the agents of foreign countries residing in Pakistan.
Iran and Pakistan enjoy good cooperation in fighting illegal drugs and narcotics, smuggling, and fighting outlaws at the borderlines.
According to Pakistani officials, planting opium poppy has been stopped since 2001 in the country, but the narcotic hashish is imported from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
In a letter to his South African new counterpart, President Rouhani expressed the hope relations between Tehran and Pretoria would develop at bilateral and international levels more than ever.
“I hope under your presidency, the relations between the two countries would begin to deepen further and we would expand our ties in all fields of mutual interests,” a Farsi report by president’s official website said on Sunday.
He then wished the best for the government and nation of South Africa.
African National Congress (ANC) leader Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa’s new president on February 15, following his predecessor Jacob Zuma’s departure after a long power struggle.
Ramaphosa, 65, was formerly Zuma’s deputy president. He was elected leader of the ruling ANC in December, narrowly defeating Zuma’s chosen candidate, his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
According to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi, Zarif will travel to Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Bosnia to hold talks and exchange views with their top officials.
“A high-ranking political delegation and an economic commission composed of a number of businessmen and entrepreneurs from the private and public sectors will accompany the foreign minister.”
According to Qassemi, meeting with foreign ministers and other top officials of these countries, as well as a joint conference with Iranian and foreign businessmen and business-owners residing in these countries, are high on the agenda.
Zarif’s latest visit to Eastern Europe dates back to November 2016, when he paid a four-day visit to Romania, Slovakia and Czech Republic.
A delegation of 30 Iranian entrepreneurs accompanied Zarif in his visit to the Eastern Europe, during which he discussed cooperation with the European countries in the fields of banking, energy, transportation, health, mining, agriculture and auto industry.
British police declared a “major incident” after reports of an explosion in the an area of Leicester, the BBC reported Sunday.
Witnesses reported hearing a huge explosion in the Hinckley Road area of the city centre.
Soon after the incident Police and emergency services rushed to the scene and launched a search and rescue operation in the area.
Police closed Carlisle Street and part of Hinckley Road and are asking people to avoid the area.
At least four people have lost their lives and four others wounded during the explosion and the ensuing blaze.
There is no immediate report of the cause of the incident.
Minutes after the orders are placed, trucks with a capacity of 1,000 litres of petroleum bring the fuel to the location of the applicant.
The mobile petrol station startup, which is called “Pido”, would be available to all citizens of capital Tehran as of spring 2018.
According to Farsi report by Shahrvand daily newspaper, many say the cost of reducing traffic to a petrol station is equivalent to the cost of creating a hectare of forest.
This new model, which has been launched just about a week ago in Tehran’s 2nd District, has apparently been highly welcomed by the citizens.
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As the executive director of the project, Ehsan Jafar Tabari says this is a new model of an online business, being launched for the first time in the Middle East and for the fourth time in the world.
“With the development of this app, drivers would not run out of fuel in the middle of the roads anymore,” he noted.
Iran 4th Country Using Such Technology
Jafar Tabari explained that online fuel distribution is currently being implemented in the US, Germany and China, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is the fourth country to implement such a plan.
As the CEO of “Pido” Startup has announced, at present, 50 fuel tanks with a capacity of 1,000 litres of petrol are in operation, but by mid-spring they would be increased to 300.
This report adds that the number of filling stations in Tehran is not enough. According to international standards, the standard distance of access to a filling station should be one kilometre. However, the executive director of the fuel distribution plan says currently one needs to drive 6 to 7 kilometres to reach a filling station in Tehran. This is apart from the time spent on refueling at filling stations.
According to him, a study conducted in cooperation with the Iranian Department of Environment shows that the amount of oxygen used by vehicles is very high. Therefore, if a petrol station is used to reduce traffic, the oxygen that is maintained is equivalent to creating a hectare of forest. Moreover, it must be noticed that carbon monoxide will no longer be produced.
According to Jafar Tabari, there are about 180 filling stations in Tehran, and at least 200 to 250 other stations are needed due to the size and the number of cars traveling on the streets of Tehran.
No Additional Costs
Contrary to what is believed, one does not need to pay more for online petrol ordering. Jafar Tabari says the price of ordinary and premium petrol is about 22 and 26 cents respectively, and the customers will only pay the carrying costs in addition to the ordinary petrol prices.
He added that there is no specific price for carrying fuel and it depends on the timing, traffic jam, and whether conditions.
The number of cars on Iran’s roads surpassed 19 million in 2017. Today, Iran is the 14th largest automaker in the world and one of the largest in Asia, with annual production of more than 1.6 million. In 2009 Iran ranked fifth in car production growth standing next to China, Taiwan, Romania and India.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said last year that fuel consumption in Iran is equivalent to 5.5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), the rate of which is considered as the highest energy consumption rate in the world in terms of energy intensity.
The governor of Zarandieh, Mohammad Qanati, says the project will also involve Iran’s private sector.
“Earlier, a delegation from South Korea visited the area in which the power plant is set to be established,” Qanati was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by IRNA.
He also added an area of 28 hectares has been allocated to the project. “A South Korean company will provide 70 percent ($44m) of the required investment for launching the project. The remaining part will be funded by an Iranian company.”
According to Qanati, the solar power plant will be built within the next 15 months with a production capacity of 17mw.
The governor said the strategic location of Zarandineh town near the capital Tehran and Imam Khomeini International Airport has made it an appropriate place for investment.
“That’s why many domestic and foreign companies are interested in making investment in the town,” he concluded.
Zarandieh is home to about 400 big and small production companies.
With the first largest gas reserves and the fourth oil reserves in the world, Iran is a global hydrocarbons giant. The Iranian policymakers, however, are very eager to develop renewable energies to increase energy security, reduce the country’s dependence on hydrocarbons, and realize its growth targets in electricity demand.
Iran’s topography is quite appropriate for renewables and that makes the fulfillment of these objectives pretty realistic and probable for the Iranian government.
Iran enjoys a great diversity in its climate and vast arid regions. The southern, northwestern and southeastern regions of Iran receive around 300 days of sun per year, and thus are uniquely suitable for solar energy production.
According to the data released by Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology, the government has given particular priority to the country’s central regions, including Yazd, due to its climate and proximity to the national power grid.
With the recent removal of sanctions, Iranian companies now have greater access to a wider range of increasingly sophisticated solar technologies and financing to purchase and develop them. The immediate benefits will be rapid installation of technologies and, in the long-term, the country is likely to gain the ability of producing a significant amount of its solar infrastructure domestically.
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