** IRNA DAILY
-- Crude exports to China top 1.8 mbd: Kpler data
Iran's oil exports to China topped 1.8 million barrels per day in October, according to data intelligence firm Kpler. Foreign experts and journalists have admitted that the structure of sanctions against Iran’s oil sales has completely collapsed, Fars news agency wrote on Saturday.
Kpler announced on Friday a record daily exports of more than 1.8 million barrels of Iranian oil to China this month.
-- Iran exports $10.4m stems of flower, ornamental plants
An official at Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture said that the official statistics show the country exported about 12,300 tons of ornamental plants and flowers, worth about $10.4 million, in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, to March 20, 2023).
Elham Fattahifar told IRNA that Iran produces over four billion flowers and ornamental plants, in an area of over 8,250 hectares of greenhouses and open spaces.
-- Iran to prepare comprehensive plan for transit: Deputy minister
Iran’s Roads and Urban Development Ministry has started preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development of the country’s transportation industry, said Deputy Roads and Urban Development Minister Shahriar Afandizadeh on Saturday.
“The country’s comprehensive transportation plan is a document based on which all of the country’s short-, medium-, and long-term plans for the development of transportation infrastructure should be organized in all sub-sectors,” Afandizadeh explained.
** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-- Iran’s Ancient Windcatchers Inspire Modern Architects
Electricity consumption rises with the temperature as people turn on air conditioners in the summer. But many homes in Iran are still built with a simple but effective cooling device known as a windcatcher, which requires no electricity and dates back centuries.
A windcatcher looks like a tall, decorative chimney, usually with two or more open sides. It catches the breeze that blows well above ground level and channels it down into the house below. This displaces warm air that is expelled through the opposite face of the windcatcher. In some designs the incoming air blows over water, providing further cooling. Studies show that this simple design can reduce the temperature inside a building by 8C to 12C.
-- IRGC Chief: Gaza to Turn Into Graveyard for Zionists
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday the Israeli military is incapable of fighting against fighters from the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, warning that the Gaza Strip will turn it into a graveyard the regime’s forces in a ground invasion.
“The Israelis have been defeated in all ground offensives so far. They do not possess the capability to fight against Hamas. Ground [battle] is the métier of Hamas. If they (Israeli troops) choose a battle on the ground, they will be swallowed up and Gaza will turn into their burial ground,” Major General Hussein Salami said.
-- Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam, best known for his poetry Rubáiyát, was a Persian polymath learned in the ways of astronomy, philosophy, and mathematics. Born in the ancient city of Nishapur, he died in 1131 at 83 and was buried in his hometown.
The poet’s tomb survived the test of time through Mongol invasions and natural disasters, developing into part of a shrine. In 1934, the Iranian government under the Pahlavi dynasty commissioned the reconstruction of his mausoleum, which would be completed 31 years later. Designed by the architect Hooshang Seyhoun, the new Omar Khayyam Mausoleum is an outstanding beauty many consider a masterpiece of modern Persian architecture. A large marble monument standing in a serene garden, it is decorated with verses from Rubáiyát written in the taʿlīq script, glowing in an oasitic blue shade.
** TEHRAN TIMES
-- IAF cinematheque to screen “Showing Up”
The Cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will screen American film director and screenwriter Kelly Reichardt’s 2022 movie “Showing Up” on Monday. The screening will be followed by a review session by Iranian critic Masoud Mashayekhi.
The film tells the story of Lizzy, a sculptor and arts administration assistant, who is working on a show of clay sculptures that depict women in motion. She is constantly at odds with her neighbor and rival artist, Jo, who promises to fix Lizzy's hot water heater but fails to prioritize the task. When Lizzy takes a day off work to finish her sculptures, her cat maims a pigeon, which Jo rescues and dumps on Lizzy. Despite initially resenting the bird, Lizzy ends up caring for it and takes it to the vet, developing a bond with it.
-- Iran, Russia to invest $38b in developing INSTC
Iran and Russia are going to invest about $38 billion in the development of Trans Caspian shipping lines as part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), Iran’s Maritime News Agency (MANA) reported.
Addressing an international conference dubbed “The North-South Corridor; a New Concept” in the Russian city of Astrakhan on Friday, the Iranian director of the Russian Port of Solyanka, Dariush Jamali, branded the corridor as “a key element of the Eurasian transport network”.
-- Tehran to host intl. transport exhibition in late Dec.
The Seventh International Exhibition of Transportation, Logistics, and Related Industries (Iran Trans Expo 2023) is slated to be held at Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Campus (Mossala) in Tehran during December 18-20, IRNA reported.
This exhibition is organized by Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development and the Fund for Innovation and Prosperity of Unions and Associations.
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