** IRAN DAILY
-- President Raisi inaugurates Tehran-Parand metro, housing projects
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated the 19-km Tehran-Parand metro in the newly-established city of Parand on Thursday.
President Raisi was accompanied by Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani and some other provincial officials during the trip to the city located some 35 kilometers southwest of the Iranian capital.
-- Iran owns biggest number of cargo ships in Middle East
With over 940 vessels, Iran is the largest maritime trade power in the Middle East region, owning more than a third of the cargo ships in the region.
In a report on naval fleets in the Middle East region, the economic analysis of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) revealed that with 942 ships, Iran was the largest maritime trade power in the region in 2022.
-- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has urged world powers to relaunch talks with Iran to break a stalemate over the country’s nuclear program. “There needs to be some re-creation of a system of dialogue with Iran,” Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said after he expressed concern about Iran’s stockpiling of enriched uranium.
Grossi said talks with Iran might require a new framework, rather than an attempt to revive the 2015 accord — known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — that has floundered since the US abandoned it in 2018 under former president Donald Trump.
“Trying to put [a nuclear deal] back into the JCPOA box wouldn’t work,” Grossi said. “You can still call it a JCPOA, but it should be a JCPOA 2.0 or something because you have to adapt.”
** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-- Iran Decries ‘Ethical Fiasco’ of International Community
Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has called on the international community to place on its agenda the trial and administer of justice for the perpetrators of atrocities in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Amir-Abdollahian was about to address a UN Security Council meeting on Palestine on Wednesday, but due to Washington’s delay in issuing visas, the Iranian delegation was unable to attend the event.
--Iranian FM Hails Yemen’s Support for Palestine
Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has praised Yemen’s support for the Palestinian people at a time of exceptionally heightened Israeli aggression. The top Iranian diplomat visited the Yemeni embassy in Tehran on Thursday to convey the Islamic Republic’s gratitude towards Sana’a for the support.
“Yemen’s support for the people of Gaza and the est Bank is admirable,” Amir-Abdollahian said, meeting with Yemeni Ambassador, Ibrahim Muhammad al-Dailami.
--Guangzhou Festival to Screen Iranian Documentary
The Iranian documentary “Alone” directed by Jafar Najafi will be screened in the 20th Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (GIDFF). According to Isna, the film event will be held from December 4 to 7 in Guangzhou, China.
The GIDFF is one of the most prestigious documentary film festivals in Asia, which gathers documentary producers and broadcasters from around the world every year.
** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Eyes on Sepahan and Persepolis in 2023/24 ACL
Following Nassaji's early elimination in the AFC Champions League group stage, Iranian football fans now have their eyes on Sepahan and Persepolis. Persepolis currently hold the second position in Group E, which consists of strong teams like Al Nassr, Al Duhail, and Estiklol, with a total of eight points from five matches.
Sepahan earned 10 points by securing a valuable victory against Iraqi Al Quwa Al Jawiya, surpassing them and the Kyrgyzstan representative AGMK, but remaining below Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in group C.
-- Four awards for Iran at French short film festival
Four short films from Iran won awards at the 2nd Youality International Short Film Festival, which was held in Chantilly, France, last week. Among the main winners of the festival, announced on November 25, were three films from Iran including “Najan” written and directed by Mohammad Mahdi Bagheri and “Doll” by Rahele Karami, and “Old Flags of Peace” by Mojtaba Saadat, ILNA reported on Wednesday.
-- Iran exports non-oil goods worth $434m to Africa in 7 months
Iran exported 1.205 million tons of non-oil commodities valued at $434 million to Africa during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), the spokesman of Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade announced.
Ruhollah Latifi said that the country’s seven-month export to Africa fell 53 percent in value, and 33 percent in weight, year on year. The official also announced that Iran imported 38,122 tons of goods valued at $47.434 million from Africa in the first seven months of the present year, with 21 percent drop in worth and 42 percent fall in weight, as compared to the same period of time in the past year.
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