** IRNA DAILY
-- Iran signs deal to supply 50 gas turbines to Russia
Iran signed a contract with Russia to supply it with 40 turbines to help its gas industry amid Western sanctions, Shana news agency reported. Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company’s CEO Reza Noshadi said the country’s “industrial successes are not limited to the fields of missiles and drones”.
“Currently, 85 percent of the facilities and equipment needed by the gas industry are built inside the country, and based on this capability, a contract has recently been signed to export 40 Iranian-made turbines to Russia,” he added.
-- Oil minister leaves Tehran for Cairo to attend GECF meeting
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji left Tehran for Egypt on Monday to attend the 24th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). The meeting will be held in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, today, according to iranpress.com.
The ministerial meeting is the highest governing body of the forum, and according to the GECF statute, it is held once a year. Issues related to the gas industry and related areas including economic and energy sustainability will be among the issues to be discussed during the meeting.
-- Meymand village: Where man and nature live in harmony
Before cities were born one after another in Iran, people used to live in harmony with their surrounding nature. Some built houses in the heart of mountains and gave them a terraced form. Some chose rainy regions and gave their homes sloping roofs. Among them there were some people who preferred to set the foundations of their lives in caves. You might think that cavemen vanished from history a long time ago. But a trip to Meymand village (listed in UNESCO as the Cultural Landscape of Maymand), 235km from Kerman, the southeastern province of Kerman, will change that picture for you, iranontour.com reported.
In this precious little village, you’ll witness people still living in houses carved on a hillside. In 2005, Meymand received the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for its efforts to safeguard the landscape.
** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Play portrays women harking back to marriages after war claimed partners’ lives
A play on stage at a Tehran theater portrays the widows of six Iranian pilots sharing their feelings of nostalgia for their courtships and nuptials after losing their husbands in the Iran-Iraq war.
“Fragments of Several Lives” has been written by Kianush Ahmadi based on six books from the series “Description of the Sky” that features memoirs of the widows of Alireza Yasini, Abbas Babai, Abbas Doran, Mansur Sattari, Hamidreza Soheilian and Javad Fakuri. Speaking to the Persian service of MNA, director Shiva Dinarvand said that the play is far from the stereotype found in Iranian films and plays.
-- NIOC to ink $500m of recovery enhancement deals with knowledge-based firms
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji said seven deals worth $500 million are going to be signed with 54 domestic knowledge-based companies to enhance the recovery factor of the country’s oil fields, Shana reported. “We have identified 700 oil wells that are operating with low efficiency, so contracts worth 500 million dollars will be signed in order for 54 knowledge-based companies to use technological methods for increasing the production of these wells,” Oji stated.
“The Oil Ministry has also reviewed all its needs in various fields including materials and equipment, refineries and petrochemicals and has called for the participation of capable knowledge-based companies for meeting these needs,” the minister added.
-- Yazd holds potential to become a scientific tourism hub
The central province of Yazd has considerable potential to become the country’s scientific tourism hub, the province’s governor has said. “Among the most suitable areas, for scientific tourism is Yazd province,” CHTN quoted Mehran Fatemi as saying on Sunday.
If Yazd is given greater attention to this branch of tourism, in addition to introducing its tourism capabilities, it could become one of the most attractive places to conduct geological studies and research, the official added. By promoting the attractions of this field, scientific tourism as well as geotourism can create jobs for university graduates who are interested in this field, he mentioned.
**KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
--Envoy Highlights Free Trade Policy for Pakistan
Iranian Consul General in Peshawar Hamid Reza Ghomi has said that his country has finalized a free trade policy for Pakistan, which would be implemented shortly. He said that relations between Iran and Pakistan would be improved further in an efficient manner under the policy.
While speaking to members of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) here, the Iranian diplomat said that his country is taking serious steps to further strengthen economic and trade relations with Pakistan, adding that holding business meetings in Karachi and Lahore is a part of these efforts.
-- Tehran, Kabul Review Cooperation in Printing, Publication
The Office of President’s Special Envoy on Afghanistan and the Balkh Cultural Emirate are cosponsoring the Conference on Iran and Afghanistan Background in Printing and Publication Fields.
Announcing the news, the Public Relations of the Culture and Islamic Communications Organization argued that keeping in mind the significance of publication and books, as one of the most important cultural fields that has linked the two countries during the past over one century, a series of expert level bilateral meetings in that respect are arranged.
-- Freestyle Wrestlers Runner-Up at U23 World Championships
Iranian freestyle U23 wrestling team became the vice-champion in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships 2022. The Iranian wrestlers won four gold medals and one silver in the competition held in Pontevedra, Spain, Tehran Times reported.
Georgia won the team title with 141 points. Favorites Iran finished second with 134 points while the U.S. managed to get third with 112 points. U20 world champions Amirhussein Firouzpour and Amirreaza Masoumi added a U23 world title to their respective age-group gold medals.
The third gold was bagged by Muhmmadsadegh Firouzpour who defeated Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev from Azerbaijan, 5-2, at 74kg. Firouzpour gave up a takedown against Gadzhiyev but roared with his own takedown to lead 2-2 at the break, before hitting another own one in the second period to all but seal it for him.
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