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Iran makes electronic artificial hand

December 8, 2014

Iranian researchers have designed and built an electronic artificial hand which costs one fourth of the German model.

The artificial device is made of two motion sensors, an electronic circuit, mechanical sections and chargeable batteries, said Kavian Parvaresh, one of the researchers of the project.

The sensors would turn movements of upper arm muscles to electronic commands and transfer them to the electronic section which acts like hand fingers, he said, adding the mechanical section which plays the role of three fingers of a hand can open and close, making it possible for the disabled person to hold different objects and even write easily.

Sensitivity of prosthesis sensors of the artificial hand can be adjusted and the person can take delicate things such as a cup of tea and a pen only after 30 minutes of training.

According to the researcher, fingers of the artificial hand can take 50 50 Newton force.

The German model of the electronic artificial hand costs 7,000 euros. When mass-produced the locally-made new product would save hundreds of thousands of euros in import costs annually.

He also said that the artificial hand has not been mass produced.

Iranian engineers develop edible insulin nano-drug

Emad Askarieh

December 8, 2014

Iranian researchers have built a nano-medicine system which increases insulin permeability from intestinal wall and makes the peptide hormone less vulnerable to the destructive effect of enzymes.

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases worldwide which is of two types. Daily insulin injection is one of the frequently-used methods to control the disease, said Kobra Omid-Far, a faculty member of Tehran Medical Sciences University and lead author of the project.

She added ways of preserving insulin as well as its painful injection are some problems in using the drug.

The main goal of the study is to find edible drugs to facilitate use of insulin for the patients.

The drug prevents insulin destruction by means of trypsin which improves insulin penetration from intestinal wall.

It also causes delayed release of insulin which improves insulin permeability from the intestinal wall, and makes the peptide hormone less vulnerable to the destructive effect of enzymes.

The method reduces patients’ pain caused by injections. The results of the study have been published in Materials Science and Engineering.

Rouhani: Nuclear Talks Serious, Progressive

Emad Askarieh

December 8, 2014

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani described the talks between Iran and the six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear energy program as “serious and progressive.”

“Today, the world has come to the conclusion that the negotiations are serious, logical, and progressive…. It has accepted that the Islamic Republic of Iran is equipped with the weapon of logic and rationality,” said president Rouhani in an address to a gathering of Iranian students in the capital Tehran on Sunday.

Rouhani reiterated that his administration will continue to safeguard the rights of the Iranian nation and the national interests and is not afraid of facing criticism.

In their last round of talks in Vienna, Iran and P5+1, including the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, wrapped up a week of closed-door intense nuclear negotiations on November 24 and decided to extend their discussions for seven more months.

Elsewhere, in his speech, the Iranian president pointed to Iran’s efforts to tackle violence and said the Islamic Republic has always been against violence and extremism.

“Today, everyone agrees that the Islamic Republic of Iran is opposed to violence and extremism and if it were not, its proposal for World Against Violence and Extremis would have never been approved at the UN general assembly by consensus,” Rouhani noted.

Meanwhile, representatives from 40 countries will take part in an international meeting in Tehran to seek new strategies to curb the menace of violence and extremism in the world, the secretary of the WAVE conference announced.

The main subject of the conference, slated for December 9-10, includes ways to address the “global concern about the violent conditions in the cotemporary world.”

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On December 18, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to approve Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s WAVE proposal.

Iran criticizes racial discrimination in US

Emad Askarieh

December 8, 2014

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham

Iran has criticized profound racial discrimination in the United States, saying the ongoing tensions in the US society indicate a clear gap between the country’s political realities and its claims about democracy.

“Massive protests by the American people against racial discrimination and the institutionalized violent behavior toward the colored people show the continuation of chronic wounds in the US community,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Sunday.

She slammed the US police’s mistreatment of minorities and the people of color and the implicit support of the country’s judicial system for racial segregation and violence against them, adding, “The US policymakers and rulers need a profound approach to their country’s domestic situation.”

Afkham noted that the US has used human rights as a tool to constantly criticize other countries over the past decades while it ignores its own domestic conditions.

The Iranian spokesperson said the issue of human rights is a broad issue and applies to all human beings, saying time is ripe for applying human rights norms to all countries without discrimination and political considerations.

The US administration and judicial system are expected to fulfill their responsibility and treat the American citizens based on justice and law and prevent any racial profiling and inhumane approach, she pointed out.

Afkham’s remarks came after US President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged that the United States is suffering from racial discrimination amid protests over a jury decision not to indict an officer who killed an unarmed black American.

Angry protesters took to the streets across the United States after a jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August.

Iran’s taekwondo team grabs bronze in world cup championships

Emad Askarieh

December 8, 2014

Iran’s national taekwondo team was defeated by Mexico in the 2014 World Cup and grabbed bronze in the tournament.

The 18th Taekwondo World Cup kicked off in Mexico on Saturday December 6, 2014 with eight teams vying for coveted medals.

In the semifinals on Sunday evening, Iran’s national taekwondo team took on former world champions Mexico and was defeated 43 to 39 to stand in 3^rd place.

On the first day of the tournament, Iran defeated Ivory Coast (17-14), South Korea (21-19), and Germany (23-8) to become the top team of Group 1 on nine points and make it to the semifinals.

Pamuk’s first novel to be rendered into Persian

Emad Askarieh

December 8, 2014

‘Mr. Cevdet and His Sons’, the first novel written by noted Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk, will be translated into Persian by Alireza Seifuddini and published in Iran.

Orhan Pamuk is a novelist, screenwriter, academic and the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. As one of Turkey’s most prominent novelists, his books have sold over eleven million copies in sixty languages, making him the country’s best-selling writer.

Besides winning the Nobel Prize in Literature (the first to be awarded to a Turkish citizen), Pamuk is the recipient of numerous other literary awards. His ‘My Name Is Red’ won the 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour and 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Iranian translator Alireza Seifuddini said on Sunday that ‘Mr. Cevdet and His Sons’ is Pamuk’s first novel which hasn’t been translated into Persian yet.

It tells the story of three generations of a wealthy Istanbul family living in Nişantaşı, the district of Istanbul where Pamuk grew up.

Seifuddini is also translating Pamuk’s ‘My Name Is Red’, explaining that the novel was already rendered into Persian before, but since they were not precise he decided to translate it again.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 8

Emad Askarieh

December 8, 2014

Comments by President Rouhani at a ceremony to mark national Student Day dominated the front pages of the Iranian newspapers on Monday. In those comments the president reassured the public that he was committed to the promises he made on the campaign trail. Also splashed on the front pages of the dailies was the image of President Rouhani presenting next year’s spending package to Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: Under next year’s spending package, oil revenues will be down by $3 billion and the government will reduce the bread and energy subsidies it offers to the public.

Afkar: “Tehran Stock Exchange has shed 500 points.”

Aftab-e Yazd: “The promises I made to the people are not breakable,” said President Rouhani in a speech to mark national Student Day.

Arman-e Emrooz: “We need to promote the culture of volunteerism,” said Mahtab Keramati, a famed actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

Arman-e Emrooz: “Students should not allow backwardness interfere with national progress,” said Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Asr-e Iranian: “We have no plans to order any bank dissolved,” said the governor of the Central Bank of Iran. [His comments came weeks after the Central Bank released the names of financial institutes, including a key private bank, operating illegally.]

Asr-e Rasaneh: Italian oil giant Eni has expressed readiness to hold talks to return to Iran’s market.

Asr-e Rasaneh: “The rise in the official rate of foreign currencies is not designed to help swell government coffers,” said the minister of economy.

Asrar: A group of political science and law professors have praised Maj. Gen. Ghasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, an affiliate of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, for the role he plays in regional developments.

Ebtekar: “Students need to strive to institutionalize righteousness in the country,” said former President Mohammad Khatami.

Ebtekar: “The new science minister will follow the same path, others [who failed to get confirmation from parliament] would have taken,” President Rouhani told a Student Day gathering.

Emtiaz: Italy has expressed willingness to contribute to the development of Darkhovin Oil Field.

Etemad: “Reformists are to present as many as 300 candidates on their ticket for the parliamentary elections [in 2016],” said Mohammad Reza Aref, vice-president under reformist Mohammad Khatami.

Ettela’at: “Introducing a single foreign currency rate and taming inflation are on the agenda of the Central Bank of Iran,” said the governor of the bank.

Ettela’at: Israeli planes have bombarded Damascus Airport.

Hamshahri: Foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria are in Iran to attend a World against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) conference.

Iran: German businessmen are in Iran for the first time in 20 years.

Iran: “Free flow of information helps tame corruption,” said the minister of communications and information technology.

Iran Daily: Iran is to launch anti-cancer campaign.

Jahan-e Sanat: Talks between Iran and Turkey to settle differences over transit of goods remained inconclusive.

Javan: “We will never roll out the red carpet for the United States,” said Gholamali Haddad Adel, a principlist MP and a onetime speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Kar va Kargar: Iranian researchers have used nano-particles to develop edible insulin.

Kayhan: “Upstarts” is the new term the Government of Prudence [a reference to President Rouhani’s government] uses to describe its critics.

Kayhan: “Reformists sought to pit the student movement against the establishment,” said Tehran MP Gholamali Haddad Adel.

Mardomsalari: “National resolve to settle the problems women are facing is conspicuous by its absence,” said the vice-president for women and family affairs.

Payam-e Zaman:The ban on imports of gasoline and diesel by the private sector has been lifted.

Qods: “A cultural Google will be launched [in Farsi],” said Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati.

Rah-e Mardom: “Upstarts do not need to be worried about revolutionary values,” said President Hassan Rouhani.

Rah-e Mardom: The population of the disabled in Iran increases by 60,000 a year.

Resalat: “Removal of sanctions will be at the center of future talks,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to the Supreme Leader and a former foreign minister.

Resalat: “Calling off the speeches of critics is not in line with law and the policy of moderation,” said Ahmad Tavakoli, a principlist MP.

Roozan: “Application of social networks is not illegal,” said the minister of culture and Islamic guidance.

Shahrvand: Next year’s spending package [just presented to parliament by the president] shows that a third phase of the Targeted Subsidies plan won’t be implemented for now.

Sharq: “Some 772 hectares of protected area has been taken back from land grabbers,” said the director of the Environment Protection Organization.

Sharq: The country’s operating budget will rely on tax revenues by as much as 50 percent next year.

Taadol: “A special court is to be set up to hear cases involving banking fraud,” said the governor of the Central Bank.

Tafahom: Turning Iran’s only island in the Caspian Sea into a tourist spot will create 10,000 jobs. But it is not worth the damage the move will cause to the environment.

Elecomp 2014 opens in Tehran

IFP Editorial Staff

December 7, 2014

The 20th International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer and E-Commerce (Elecomp 2014) opened on Tehran’s Permanent Fairground on Sunday.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by several high-ranking Iranian officials including Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, Head of the National Cyberspace Center Mohammd-Hassan Entezari and Head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Gholamhossein Shafeie.

Over 300 Iranian and 20 foreign companies from China, the UAE, Germany, Turkey, Russia, India and Italy are participating in the four-day event which will close on December 10.

Former negotiator defends Iranian general, the country’s nuclear program

IFP Editorial Staff

December 7, 2014

On December 7, Tasnim News agency posted the remarks of Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and a current researcher at Princeton University, in response to strongly-worded criticism of Iran by two Western officials at a regional security summit dubbed Manama Dialogue (5-7 December 2014).

At the meeting in the Bahraini capital, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird described Major General Ghasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, affiliated to the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, as a representative of terrorism who tries to cast himself as an anti-IS hero. At the same forum French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian decried Iran as a threat to global security. The following is a partial translation of Mousavian’s response to the Western officials:

Mr. minister [a reference to John Baird], while you spend your time in palaces and hotels across the region, Major General Ghasem Soleimani puts his life on the line, fighting against IS and terrorist groups on the frontlines. However, you pin the blame of IS acts of terrorism on Iran. It is widely known that acts of terror by IS, al-Nusra Front, the Taliban and al-Qaeda have roots in a harmful ideology championed by members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC).

What have you done to uproot terrorism? IS and other terrorist groups have been born and bred with the flow of financial and arms aid of PGCC countries. What action have you taken in the face of such disturbing fact? These are the facts that no one dares bring up at this forum.

Over the past 35 years, America has led hostile measures against Iran. Even the US has praised Iran’s positive role in the battle against IS. Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry described as ‘positive’ Iran’s role in the fight against IS. While America has admitted to the positive role of Iran, the question is why US allies unfairly take a swipe at Tehran at this forum.

Mr. Minister [directed at Jean-Yves Le Drian], you denounced Iran as a threat which gives rise to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. You know that Iran does not have a nuclear bomb and there are no signs that Iran has not deviated from its peaceful nuclear program. You know as well that Israel is the only country in the region which has a large arsenal of nukes, posing a threat to the peace and security of the region.

Why have you never raised such a matter and will never bring it up? Mr. Minister! You know that the primary objective of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is nuclear disarmament. The five world powers which are in nuclear talks with Iran have 22,000 nuclear bombs together and have breached the NPT for four decades.

Have you dismantled your 22,000 nuclear bombs? Why hasn’t France disarmed its nukes? Why does it violate the NPT? Surprisingly, France and other world powers have established strategic ties with the countries which have not entered into the treaty like Israel and Pakistan, while they slap sanctions against Iran. It comes as Iran is a signatory to the NPT and does not have a nuclear bomb. What strikes me as surprising is that France has even helped Israel with building nuclear weapons. Why do you turn a blind eye to such facts?

It’s worth noting that the French defense minister failed to produce any response to the questions posed by Mousavian about Iran’s nuclear program and only said that France, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other major powers have yet to be convinced about the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran to launch satellite into space in two months

IFP Editorial Staff

December 7, 2014

Deputy Head of Iran’s Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli expressed hope that the country would launch a satellite into space by late January.

‘Sharif Sat’ built by Iranian experts at Sharif Poly Technique University, Fajr (Dawn) and Tadbir (Wisdom) satellites are ready to be sent into space.

He further noted that ‘Sharif Sat’ and ‘Fajr’ satellites are top priorities to be launched by late January.

Fazeli also noted that Nahid (Venus) satellite would be sent into space soon.

In July, the ISA formulated a 10-year strategic plan which incorporates three main sections, including sending humans as well as telecommunications and remote sensing satellites into space.

Iran launched its first locally-built satellite, Omid (Hope), in 2009. The country also sent its first bio-capsule containing living creatures into space in February 2010, using Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer-3) carrier.

The country is one of the 24 founding members of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1959.