** IRAN DAILY
– UAE repeated claims over Iranian isles in vain: MP
The UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy has recently renewed her country’s claim that Iran should end the “occupation” of the islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa.
Speaking at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, Hashimy said the United Arab Emirates will “continue to seek a resolution, either through direct negotiation or through the International Court of Justice. This has been our firm stance for decades.” In an exclusive interview with Iran Daily, Iranian parliamentarian Yaqub Rezazadeh said the claims made by the UAE regarding Iranian islands will not lead anywhere and repeating such claims can only harm bilateral relations.
– Iran eyes reduction in costs by reducing work accidents: Minister
Iran has plans to register reduction in costs by decreasing work accidents, announced Iranian minister of cooperatives, labour and social welfare. Speaking in the First National Conference of Occupational Safety and Health Vision in Tehran on Saturday, Solat Mortazavi said in order to protect the workforce, the government and state-run bodies should consider necessary measures to monitor the implementation of related laws and regulations.
“The main roles of the labor system’s social partners – the government, the workforce and the employers – are to protect the national capital which is in the form of human resources,” the minister said.
-- Iran joins Electronic Communications Convention
Members of the Iranian Parliament have approved Iran’s membership in the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (the “Electronic Communications Convention”, or ECC).
Iran as a member of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) signed the Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts and joined the treaty as the 19th country after Russia, Azerbaijan, Singapore, and Bahrain.
** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-- Iran Marks National Day of Rumi
Mehr 8 in the Iranian calendar corresponding with September 30 is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi.
Rumi was born on September 30, 1207 in the city of Balkh which is now part of Afghanistan and finally settled in the town of Konya, in what is now Turkey.
Rumi’s life story is full of intrigue and high drama mixed with intense creative outbursts. Rumi was a charming, wealthy nobleman, a genius theologian, law professor and a brilliant but sober scholar, who in his late thirties met a wandering and holy man by the name of Shams on the streets of Konya.
-- Mustafa Prize Opens in Isfahan
President Ebrahim Raisi has officially inaugurated the 5th Mustafa Prize ceremony in the central city of Isfahan in the presence of more than 130 luminaries from across the Muslim world.
The prestigious biennial event kicked off to host high-profile scientists from 57 Islamic countries and their ambassadors in addition to Isfahan’s academic elites, university faculty members and scholars in the field of artificial intelligence from September 28 to October 4.
-- Iran Exports Pharmaceuticals to 40 Countries
Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) Heidar Muhammadi has said that hailed the country’s progress in the fields of medical sciences and the pharmaceutical industry, and announced the export of homegrown medicines to 40 countries across the world.
Muhammadi said that a threefold increase in the export of Iranian pharmaceuticals bespeaks the country’s good interaction with the neighboring countries.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 2023 edition of Iran Pharma Expo in Tehran, he pointed out that the presence of representatives from foreign countries is one of the greatest achievements of the exhibition.
** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Iranian Air Defense Force wields total power in the region: top commander
The Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force's exceptional military capabilities are absolute in the West Asia region, the commander of the army unit said on Friday. Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi-Fard made the comments on the sidelines of a ceremony commemorating 108 martyrs of the Air Defense Force during Iraq’s imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.
“We started eight years of imposed war with hardly any equipment, all of which was bought from abroad and we were totally dependent,” Sabahi-Fard stated.
-- Great potential in ASEAN region for Iranian books
Iran is participating in the 43rd Indonesia International Book Fair (IIBF) and this is a positive step in the cultural relations between Iran and Indonesia, Iran ambassador to Indonesia said while visiting Iran stand at the fair on Wednesday.
“The IIBF is smaller compared to the Tehran International Book Fair,” Mohammad Boroujerdi said adding that Iran has a regional brand in the field of book fairs, which provides an opportunity for cooperation between the two countries in the field of publishing and books.
-- Transit via Iran’s roads up 18% in H1
Transit of goods through the roads of Iran increased by 18 percent in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, an official with Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO) announced.
Javad Hedayati, the director-general of Transit and International Transportation Affairs Bureau of the RMTO, said that 5.84 million tons of commodities were transited via the country’s road network in the six-month period of this year.
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