A ceremony was held in Tehran’s Birds Garden to celebrate the birthday of a black crowned crane. The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is an endangered bird due to habitat loss and degradation.
Here are Tasnim and Mehr’s photos of the ceremony:
According to a report by the Foreign Ministry’s website, as translated by IFP, Qassemi strongly condemned the recent shooting incident in a shopping center Munich, which killed at least 10 people, and expressed sympathy with the German nation and government.
“Today, the fight against terrorism, anywhere in the world and in any possible form, is a serious and immediate demand of the international community and human conscience and needs to be considered as top priority for all countries,” Qassemi said on Saturday, July 23.
“Killing the innocent and defenseless people has turned to another stigma in human history, and the only way out is relentless and inclusive struggle free from double standards,” he went on to say.
On Friday afternoon, a shooting incident in a crowded Munich shopping mall left 10 killed and 16 injured, three of whom are in critical conditions.
Munich police claims that the assailant has been an 18-year-old German-Iranian dual citizen.
A report by ISNA has pointed to excerpts from the remarks made by foreign tourists and travellers who have visited Iran throughout the history. Here’s IFP’s translation of the report:
Iranians are well-known for their cultural heritage and hospitality throughout the world as explicitly reflected in the books and manuscripts of famous travellers and tourists.
Mutual respect, cooperation, altruism, helping others, warm and cheerful greetings, and great general knowledge are among the incomparable features of Iranians that arouse interest of foreign tourists and travellers to hit the road and visit the country.
Hamid Amerian, in his book People and Culture of Iran, has quoted the comments made by a number of tourists and travellers who have visited Iran and shared their ideas and experience:
Jean Chardin, also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French traveller who described Iran as a matchless tourist destination all over the world.
“I travelled around the world; however, not a single place is like Iran as its people forgive each others’ mistakes generously.”
“In the societies of other countries, people won’t turn a blind eye on any minor mistake and rudely call them on it,” Chardin noted.
He said he had lived in Iran for many years and learned that showing respect creates a much deeper and more desirable effect than disrespectful behaviour.
According to Marco Polo, the Italian merchant traveller, Iranians have a spirit of cooperation.
“In Iran’s markets, I noticed many times that when a cart laden with merchandise is parked in front of a shop, neighbours and passers-by would voluntarily help unload the cart,” Polo said.
He underlined that he has met people in Iran who would help each other with love, and he found this love as a strange feeling.
Hugo Grothe is another traveller from Germany who visited Tehran in 1907. These are his words about Iranians in his book Travelling to Iran:
“We Europeans are accustomed to having a soulless life without feeling for people around us. If we are told that one of our relatives is facing a problem, we never concern ourselves about it. However, in cities and towns of Iran I noticed that people truly care about each other.”
William O. Douglas, the American jurist and politician, travelled to Iran in 1949 and was fascinated by the culture and hospitality of Iranian people inasmuch as that he authored a book named “Strange Lands and Friendly People”.
“European and American passers-by behave in a lifeless manner, but Iranians, on the contrary, tend to be warm and friendly. Smiling is an integral part of their greetings and etiquette,” Douglas noted.
An English traveller was also amazed by the general and literary knowledge of Iranian people when he heard construction workers reciting poems from Hafez and Saadi [Iranian well-known poets].
“When my translator explained to me that they were reciting poems from their famous poets, I was quite surprised because in England no worker on a building ever recites poems from our eminent poet, Shakespeare. This shows that Iranians have a penchant for poetry and literature. They possess high level of general knowledge,” he said.
According to a report by Entekhab, as translated by IFP, the mother of this young ISIS affiliate in the district of Sharqat in Iraqi province of Salahuddin, was mad at al-Baghdadi because of ISIS’s heinous crimes in her living town.
“ISIS brainwashes malleable minds of youths in the province of Salahuddin in a bid to train submissive soldiers to carry out evil deeds,” Jabbar al-Ma’mouri, the commander of Iraq’s volunteer forces, said.
The grandfather has managed to flee the district of Sharqat with his family members, he added.
The District of Sharqat, located in the north of Salahuddin province, has been occupied by ISIS since 2014 and is regarded as one of the key bases of this Takfiri [extremist] terrorist group.
Following the shooting attack at the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre on Friday evening, Iran’s Consul in Munich Abdollah Nekounam Qadiri called on Iranians to keep calm and get the latest news from the German media outlets.
He also called on the Iranian nationals to immediately inform the consulate of any incident involving their fellow countrymen.
There has not been a single report of accidents for the Iranian nationals, Qadiri noted.
The Friday attack by an 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who apparently acted alone killed at least 10 people.
The pistol-wielding attacker, identified by Munich Police Chief Hubertus Andrae as a dual national, was later found dead of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.
Qassemi said on Friday, July 22, that the Saudi FM is straining to distract international attention from the endless scandals of his country, which is “the founding father” of such terror groups as al-Qaeda and ISIS, Press TV reported.
It is understandable that the Saudi Foreign Minister has had difficult days in the wake of the release of the secret 9/11 report, and more difficult days are still ahead of him, the Iranian official added.
Qassemi added that the world, particularly those nations that fell victim to terrorism in the years after September 11, 2001, would certainly realize the significance of the information the report reveals about the Arab kingdom’s support for terrorism.
The senior Iranian diplomat also said that “Jubeir makes ridiculous statements about Iran whenever he is frustrated,” and advised him to think twice about “the repercussions of his statements.”
Last week, the US government released 28 pages of a congressional report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which hinted at the Saudi government’s involvement in the attacks.
“While in the United States, some of the September 11 hijackers were in contact with, and received support or assistance from, individuals who may be connected to the Saudi Government,” reads part of the report released on July 15.
The report also showed information indicating that “Saudi Government officials in the United States may have other ties to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups.”
The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in the US and caused about $10 billion worth of property and infrastructure damage. Of the 19 terrorists, who hijacked four airliners, 15 were Saudis.
The Saudi foreign minister made the anti-Iran allegations during his speech about terrorism at the Egmont Research Centre in Brussels earlier this week, claiming that Iran supports terrorism.
Under the new Saudi rulers, Riyadh has adopted an aggressive policy toward Iran and its allies, which are helping Iraq and Syria fight menacing Takfiri militancy.
Takfirism [extremism], which is the trademark of many terrorist groups operating in the region, is largely influenced by Wahhabism, the radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia and freely preached by Saudi clerics.
Turkmen rug (or carpet) is a type of handmade floor-covering textile traditionally originating in Central Asia. Iranian Turkmen girls and women weave fantasy into reality displaying their talent, ability and interest.
Here is IFP’s translation of a report by IRNA:
Delavar Bozorgnia, the head of Mazandaran Office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), announced that the Organization holds the Festival of Iranian Traditional Cuisine at 8 regions with the aim of propagating the culture of using local foods in restaurants and hotels.
The Festival of Iranian Traditional Cuisine has pitted numerous emerging chefs, from provinces of Gilan, Qazvin, Golestan and Mazandaran, against one another in challenges that test their culinary skills and creativity.
“An international jury will judge the skills of the competing chefs in cooking, preparing the main dish, dessert, appetizer and drinks,” Bozorgnia added, noting that people, too, are welcome to present their ideas.
Handicrafts and traditional foods are presented in 27 booths on the sidelines of the festival to offer an opportunity to different provinces to publicize their traditional products.
Bozorgnia went on to say that 50 booths of handicrafts and tourism attractions of Mazandaran have been set up.
“The festival is held twice a day in Ramsar’s Hotel Bam-e-Sabz,” he added.
Scientific and educational workshops are among the other activities planned for the festival, which are open from 7pm to 11pm.
Mazandaran, as one of the four competing provinces, challenges its opponents with three delightful traditional dishes named, stuffed fish, Anardoon chicken [cooked with pomegranate seeds] and Kaei Pala [rice and squash].
Massoud Soltanifar, the Vice President and ICHTO Chief, also attended the closing ceremony of the festival.
Zarif posted a tweet on Friday after a video emerged showing US-backed terrorists brutally beheading a child.
The Iranian foreign minister said such acts of brutalities by the Western-sponsored terrorists have turned into the norm in Syria.
The footage, circulated on social media on Tuesday, shows a member of the Nureddin al-Zenki opposition group cutting off the 12-year-old Palestinian boy’s head with a knife on a public road in Aleppo.
Nureddin al-Zenki, which is largely based in Syria’s Aleppo province, has received military support in the past from the United States as part of Washington’s backing for “moderate” militants in Syria.
Before being killed, the boy, identified by activists on social media as Mahmoud Issa, is seen on the back of a truck surrounded by militants who accuse him of being a spy and a member of al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement.
However, the Palestinian group issued a statement, strongly denying that Issa was a member and saying the boy was ill. It further said he was killed apparently as revenge by a “terrorist” who had lost his brother in battles near Handarat, north of Aleppo.
Takfiri terrorists have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, such as public decapitations and crucifixions, against all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians, in areas they have overrun in the Arab country.
“In the Navy, we have very good conditions. Today, we are ready to seize the ships that trespass on the Persian Gulf and send the US warships into the depths of the Persian Gulf thanks to the power of our Navy,” General Jafari said in an address to a group of IRGC Navy commanders in Mashhad.
“Certain countries in the region like Saudis have joined the group of Iran’s clear enemies, spending large sum of money to spread insecurity in the country,” he went on to say.
“These days, huge prices are paid for creating insecurity in Iran; however, the enemies’ hostile plots have thus far been foiled thanks to the full preparedness of Iranian armed forces.”
Safeguarding Islamic Revolution Is IRGC’s Exclusive Duty
He went on to say the IRGC has the mission to safeguard the Islamic Revolution both rightly and on time.
“Safeguarding the Revolution is the exclusive duty of the IRGC; for long years, safeguarding the revolution has been among the main missions of the IRGC.”
“During these years, efforts have been made to downgrade the IRGC’s role to a merely armed group that only deals with defence and war, and behaves like other armed forces in the world,” General Jafari said in criticism of such efforts, according to a report by Tasnim, as translated by IFP.
“The IRGC cannot limit its duty to armed protection of the Islamic Revolution, because the nature of IRGC requires its supervision over the Revolution.”
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