Shahab Hosseini Stands Good Chances to Win Oscar

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Iran Para-Taekwondo
Team Crowned in Africa
Championships
National Iranian men’s para-taekwondo team has exhibited awe-inspiring displays at the first edition of African Para Taekwondo Championships in Egypt, and been crowned as the champion of the international sporting event.
On Sunday, Iran stood on top of the podium with a total of eight (five
gold, two silver and one bronze) medals, having racked up 42 points.
Morocco finished in the second place with nine medals (three golds,
one silver and five bronzes) and 29 points.
Spain also snatched nine (three gold, one silver and five bronze)
medals, having collected 15 points to occupy the third spot.
Nigeria, Germany, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Lesotho, Comoros and Egypt landed in the fourth to the eleventh slot.
The first edition of African Para Taekwondo Championships started
in Egypt’s northeastern coastal city of Port Said on May 22 and finished on the same day.
The event was open to participants from all around the world as part
of the World Taekwondo Federation’s (WTF’s) policy to provide parataekwondo practitioners with regular access to world class competitions.
First-placed athletes from African countries, namely Comoros,
Egypt, Lesotho, Morocco, Nigeria and Niger, earned G4 world ranking
points equivalent to 40 points at the championships, while contestants
from Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Germany, Spain and Ukraine were
awarded G2 world ranking points (20 points).
Afghanistan, Germany and Nigeria took part in a para-taekwondo
event for the first time.
Iran Youths Third-Placed in Asia Beach Volleyball Championships
Iran’s national B youth beach volleyball team has claimed the third
place at the first edition of Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships in Laos after breezing past Iran’s A squad.
Iran B’s pair of Alireza Aghazani and Ali Shahbazi demonstrated
praiseworthy agility and liveliness throughout their last fixture in the
capital city of Vientiane on Sunday, and trounced Iran’s national A
youth beach volleyball outfit, comprised of Mohammad Reza Hazratpour and Salar Ghanidel, in two straight sets 21-17 and 21-13.
Earlier, Iran’s national B youth beach volleyball team had secured its
place at the forthcoming FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Cyprus after managing to propel to the semifinal round of
Laos championships.
The first edition of Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships in
Laos started in Vientiane, Laos, on May 20 and finished on May 22.
The 14th edition of U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships of
the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball will be held between July
26 and 31 in the Cypriot city of Larnaca.
Iranian cyclists improve world, Asia rankings
(MNA) – The latest monthly ranking of United Cycling International of cyclists has good news for Iranian cyclist, as they climb up in
both world and Asian rankings.
The ranking is provided by United Cycling International on monthly
basis where scores of cyclists in different cycling events are calculated
to provide a final ranking in the given continent and the world.
In club ranking, Tabriz’s Shahrdari tops Asian clubs, with a UAE
club, and Pishgaman, again from Tabriz, following them in second and
third places. In national squad ranking, Iran still claims the first place
in Asian continent with 1045 points. Improvements in Asian ranking
are translated into a proportionate improvement in world ranking as
well, where cyclists from Slovakia, Columbia, and Switzerland rule
the roost. In world national team ranking, France, Belgium, and Spain
top the ranking, with Iran standing in 28th place with moving several
rankings up.
Iran U-20 Volleyball Team Defeats Slovenia in Friendly
Iran U-20 volleyball team beat Slovenia for the third time in a row in
a friendly on Monday.
Behrouz Ataei’s boys, who had defeated the Slovenian team in their
two previous friendly matches, beat the hosts in straight sets (25-20,
25-21, 25-22) for the third time in Maribor.
Society
Poland Commemorates
Iranian Hospitality
in WWII
At a ceremony in Warsaw attended by Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza
Rahmani Fazli, a number
of Polish officials and veterans paid homage to the
Iranian nation for hosting
a huge number of Polish
refugees who had fled the Second World War more than 70
years ago.
During the ceremony, participants laid flowers at the “monument of gratitude”, a memorial to the people of Iran for generously welcoming over 120,000 Polish refugees escaping from
the Soviet Union with the Anders Army in 1942.
Daughter of General Władysław Anders -commander of the
2nd Corps and a national hero- was also in the ceremony with a
number of veterans, some of whom were kids at the time of the
influx of refugees to Iran.
Heading a high-ranking delegation, the Iranian minister is in
Poland for an official visit as part of efforts to boost bilateral
relations between Tehran and Warsaw.
Shahab Hosseini Stands
Good Chances to Win Oscar
T
here is a high chance that Iranian star Shahab Hosseini will win this year’s Oscar for Best Actor after taking home the best actor award at the 69th
edition of the Cannes film festival.
Hosseini won the best actor award at the Cannes film
festival Sunday for his role as a husband shaken by an attack on his wife in “The Salesman” (titled Forushande in
Persian).
Cinematographers believe that the Cannes’ award will
improve his chances of winning the Oscar as well.
The 42-year-old won a Golden Globe in for his part in
2011’s “A Separation”, which was also directed by Iranian
Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi. “This prize belongs to my people and I give it to them with all my heart,”
he said after receiving his award for best actor at Cannes.
Asqar Farhadi, who became the first Iranian to win an
Oscar, completed the great night of Iranian cinema as he
won the award for the best screenplay for his last film
“The Salesman” at the 2016 Cannes film festival.
Iranian Oscar-winning director won the award for the
best screenplay at the 69th edition of the Cannes film festival on Sunday.
The movie (titled Forushande in Persian) portrays
Ra’ana (Taraneh Alidousti) and Emad (Shahab Hosseini),
a couple who are acting in the “Death of a Salesman” by
Arthur Miller.
Alidoosti and Hosseini, both regulars in Farhadi’s films,
deliver superb performances as a couple who is attacked
at their home and now must decide how to respond to the
incident.
“The Salesman” received a fantastic reception at the
2016 Cannes film festival. Iranian star Shahab Hosseini
also won the best actor award at the Cannes film festival
for his role as a husband shaken by an attack on his wife in
Asqar Farhdi’s “The Salesman”.
“This prize belongs to my people and I give it to them
Iranian Minister Blames Israel for Deteriorated
Health Situation in Palestine
Society
Iranian Health Minister Seyed
Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi took Israel responsible for the deteriorating
health and hygiene in the occupied
Palestinian territories.
“The medical and health conditions
in the occupied Palestinian territories,
specially the occupied Quds, as well
as the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
are deteriorating which is the result
of the Zionist regime’s harmful actions,” Qazizadeh Hashemi said, addressing the 69th World Health Assembly meeting in Switzerland on
Tuesday.
He also underlined the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM)’s concerns about
the health conditions in the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights
and Israel’s negligence and stonewalling in this regard.
Statistics for 2014 showed that the
number of physicians per 1,000 population registered in the Physicians’
Union in the West Bank was 1.3 and
2.2 in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, there were 2.1 nurses
per 1,000 population in the West Bank
and 4.1 nurses per 1000 population in
Gaza Strip. There were 80 hospitals
in Palestine in 2014: 50 hospitals in
the West Bank and 30 in Gaza Strip.
Also, 97% of drinking water in the
Gaza Strip does not meet the World
Health Organization (WHO) standards and is also less than the minimum quantities recommended by
WHO (100 l/c/d).
Technology
Iran Unveils Domestic ‘Iodofolic’
Tablet as Pregnancy Supplement
(MNA) – ‘Iodofolic’ medicine
as an essential pregnancy supplement reached mass production in
Iran for the first time and was unveiled Tue. by researchers and experts of pharmaceutical industry.
International studies reveal that
administration of iodine tablets
along with folic acid during pregnancy and breastfeeding can prevent the potential damage caused by deficiency
of these two elements in the body.
According to the research, iodine deficiency affects the production of thyroid
hormones, crucial for the normal development of the brain and nervous system
in babies, leading to a lower IQ and cretinism, severely stunted physical and
mental growth.
With the production of ‘Iodofolic’ tablets, in addition to promoting health in
the society and preventing the outflow of currency, an important step has been
taken toward national self-sufficiency.
‘Iodofolic’ tablet is a unique combination of iodine and folic acid which is
considered as the most important nutrient necessary for the growth of the nervous system, vision and hearing abilities in fetus and infants, during women’s
pregnancy and breastfeeding.
with all my heart,” Iranian superstar said. British director
Ken Loach’s film “I, Daniel Blake” won the Palme d’Or at
Cannes Film Festival. Xavier Dolan’s “It’s Only the End
of the World” won the Grand Prix. Andrea Arnold won
the competition’s Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) for “American Honey”. Romanian director Cristian Mungiu shared
the Best Director prize with France’s Olivier Assayas for
“Graduation” and “Personal Shopper”. Best Actress went
to the Philippines’ Jaclyn Jose for her role in Brillante
Mendoza’s “Ma’Rosa”. “The Past” (Le Passé), Farhadi’s
last film before “The Salesman”, had been nominated for
a Palme d’Or in 2013.
Farhdi’s most famous movie, “A Seperation (titled Jodaeie Nader Az Simin in Persian) grabbed global attention as it became the first Iranian film to win an Oscar,
the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at
the 84th Academy Awards, also bagging the Golden Globe
Award for best international film.
Iranian Delegation to
Discuss Hajj with Saudis
Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said on Tuesday
that a six-member Iranian delegation is
to depart Tehran for Saudi Arabia later in
the day for a second round of talks with
the Saudi officials on performing the annual Hajj. Speaking in an exclusive interview with IRNA, Ohadi said that the visit
to Saudi Arabia by the Iranian delegation
is taking place upon an official invitation
by the new Saudi Minister of Hajj.
He expressed hope that the changes
in the Saudi Ministry of Hajj will help
remove obstacles on the way of the dispatch of Iranian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.
Iranian pilgrims should be able to receive consular services, the official said.
Ohadi also insisted on issuing visas for
Iranian pilgrims in Iran which he said
has to be included in a possible agreement between the Iranian and Saudi officials.
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati had said earlier that
grounds are not prepared for the Iranian
pilgrims to perform this year’s annual
Hajj rituals.
Blaming the Saudi officials for preventing the Iranian pilgrims from performing
this year’s Hajj rituals, Jannati said, ‘We
did whatever we could but it was the Saudis who sabotaged. Now the time is lost.’
Iran and Saudi Arabia broke off relations following Riyadh’s brutal execution of a prominent Shia cleric Sheikh
Baqer Nimr al-Nimr and the subsequent
storming of two Saudi diplomatic sites in
Iran by angry protesters.
Society
S Korea Hosts Asia Media
Summit
(MNA) – A pair of high-profile
international events on broadcasting opened in South Korea Tuesday, drawing hundreds of senior
Asian officials, scholars and media
workers.
South Korean Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Choi Yang-hee hosted the telecommunication and IT ministers’ meeting in Songdo, west of Seoul, also joined by top policymakers from eight other
Asian nations: Cambodia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Samoa
and Sri Lanka.
They shared experience and expertise about the development of the broadcasting industry and discussed ways to cooperate to narrow the broadcasting divide
in the Asia-Pacific region and support the production of broadcasting content,
according to the ministry.Choi also attended the Asia Media Summit (AMS) that
opened at the same venue for a three-day run.With the theme of “New Horizons
for Media Content: Asia and Beyond,” this year’s session attracted more than
200 people from 49 countries.“It’s important to produce content to be compatible with the evolution of broadcasting technology and services,” Choi said in
his welcoming speech.
This week’s event will serve as an important chance for the participating nations to enhance their common understanding on the need for regional cooperation for the development of the broadcasting sector, he added.