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Dust”, Mohammad-Hossein Mah- According to Masoud Hassani, the davian’s biopic on Iranian war hero managing director of South Pars Gas Ahmad Motevasselian, won the Complex (SPGC), during the first six award for best film at the 14th Inter- months of the current Iranian calendar national Resistance Film Festival in year (March 20-September 21) the com- Tehran on Friday evening. pany has exported 76 million barrels of “The movie was selected as best gas condensate to the world markets. film by a unanimous vote,” jury mem- The official noted that during the ber Ahmadreza Darvish said during mentioned period, SPGC has sent 1.35 the closing ceremony of the festival at million tons of liquefied petroleum gas Milad Tower. (LPG) to other countries as well. The International Resistance Film According to Iran’s custom admin- Festival is organized annually during PPowerower isis ppeaceeace: istration, during the first six months of the Sacred Defense Week to com- the current Iranian calendar year gas memorate the anniversary of the condensate was reported to be the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. main non-oil export product with a to- “I asked cultural officials to tal value of $3.496 billion. support filmmakers in this field,” South Pars field, which Iran shares the secretary of the festival, Mo- Shamkhani with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, is esti- hammad Khazaei, said in a short mated to contain a significant amount speech at the ceremony. POLITICS TEHRAN — The Su- Ali Shamkhani made the remarks while public of Iran’s preemptive power.” of natural gas and condensate, ac- He proposed that the govern- deskpreme National Securi- visiting the production line of drones and an He said that experiences such as Iraq’s counting for about eight percent of ment should establish a fund for ty Council secretary said on Saturday that exhibition featuring capabilities in the field war against Iran in the 1980s and cruel the world’s reserves. the filmmakers. Iran accepts no limitation to increase its of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). sanctions proved that “reliable security” The huge offshore field covers an Austrian filmmaker Marko Naber- defense power, noting that living in peace “Unmanned aerial vehicles are the cannot be achieved without defense power area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 snik won the best director award without military power is just a “dream”. most important part of the Islamic Re- and permanent attempt to develop it. square kilometers of which are in Iran’s for his 1st World War drama “The territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The Woods Are Still Green”. Ministry Defense of See page 2 remaining 6,000 square kilometers are 16 situated in Qatar’s territorial waters. Iran’s first Larijani urges people to trust statistics centre EDITORIAL calligraphy works POLITICS TEHRAN — Parliament The top official referred to housing, health- By Hassan Lasjerdi auction sells over deskSpeaker Ali Larijani has em- care and transportation as areas for which the Tehran Times editor-in-chief phasized that the information Iranian citizens government needs true and accurate informa- $7 million provide to the Statistical Centre of Iran would tion in order to adopt plans and carry out ap- remain confidential, Fars reported. propriate policies. In a meeting with the head of the Statistical A week ago, the first web-based gener- Peres: A war criminal ARTTEHRAN — Iran’s desk Centre of Iran on Saturday, Larijani said the in- al census was launched in Iran. The general or a peace dove first auction for formation would not be used for taxation pur- census will last until mid-October, IRIB re- works in calligraphy and calligraphic poses or anything else. ported. painting has grossed a sum of 26.09 “No organizations would have access to the The director of the Statistical Centre of Iran Shimon Peres has died with a legacy of billion rials (about $7.3 million). data that the center gathers. According to the has said that some 45 percent of the popula- destruction. Palestinians recall him as a law, the center cannot give this information to tion have access to the internet, and the new criminal who has blood on his hands. different sectors,” the parliament speaker point- a comprehensive plan for targeting unemploy- online data gathering system was designed so On one hand he claimed that he is ed out. ment, true and accurate information is needed,” that people can use the internet to fill out a after peace and on the other waged He also said that without credible statistics, plan- he noted. form which includes 29 questions about their two wars on Gaza. ning for the future of the country is not possible. Larijani said if the statistics are accurate, in- personal information, educational status, mari- Some world leaders attended his fu- “People should know that if we want to have vestments will also be made more carefully. tal status, career, etc. neral procession. He is known as the re- gime’s “last remaining founding father”. Some nations condemned their leaders’ participation in the funeral. Iran plans to produce 360 tons of saffron in calendar year Bahrainis slammed the House of Khal- ECONOMY TEHRAN — The official put the country’s (March 20-August 21) rose 5.7 ifah’s homage to Peres, by holding a rally. A calligraphy work by Mir Emad Has- deskThe annual saffron output at 351 tons in the percent compared to the same The demonstrators in the north- sani (1554-1615) at 6 billion rials (about production of saffron in Iran has previous calendar year and said period of time in the previous year, western village of Diraz in Bahrain 170,000) was the highest-priced item planned to reach 360 tons by the that 113.5 tons of the produced Gholamreza Miri, the vice chair- denounced Foreign Minister Sheikh sold during the auction held at Tehran’s end of the current Iranian calendar saffron valued at $165 million was man of National Iranian Saffron Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifah’s mes- Espinas Palace Hotel on Friday. year (March 20, 2017), the coun- exported in the past year. Council, said on September 26. sage of condolences. They also reject- The second most expensive work be- try’s deputy agriculture minister, Iran’s worth of saffron exports The country exported $73 mil- ed any normalization of relations with longing to Mohammad-Hossein Shirazi Mohammad-Ali Tahmasbi, told during the first five months of lion worth of saffron during the the Tel Aviv regime and expressed sol- sold at 4.2 billion rials (over $150,000). IRNA on Saturday. the current Iranian calendar year mentioned time, according to Miri. idarity with Palestinians. Artwork by Reza Rinei came in next Palestinian Authority President at 1.4 billion rials (about $40,000). Mahmoud Abbas participated in the A selection of 66 artworks went under Esteghlal advances to Iran’s Hazfi Cup Round of 32 funeral and offered condolences to the hammer at the auction, which was or- Peres’s family. And to many people’s SPORT TEHRAN — Esteghlal football ed against second-tier Qashqaei in this stage ganized by Taraneh Baran Art Gallery. surprise, he described Peres as a part- deskteam defeated Malavan Novin in on penalties and was knocked out of the com- Photo: Auctioneer Shahram Shaki- ner in peace! To make the scene more the Iran’s Hazfi Cup Round of 64 on Saturday. petition. ba conducts an auction of calligraphy romantic Abbas and Netanyahu shook Ali Ghorbani and Bakhtiar Rahmani scored for The 2016–17 Hazfi Cup is the 30th season of works at Tehran’s Espinas Palace Hotel hands and exchanged brief words Esteghlal in the 7th and 27th minutes respectively. the Iranian football knockout competition. Zob on September 30, 2016 as employ- during the funeral. Esteghlal will play Mes Kerman in Round of 32. Ahan Isfahan is the defending champion. The final ees hold a works by Salar Ahmadian. What peace was Abbas was referring Esteghlal’s arch rival Persepolis was defeat- will be played on 23 May 2017. (Honaronline/Ramona Amirian) to is a big question. Actually there was no peace. Under Peres, nearly 4,000 Palestini- an lives were lost during two wars launched Learn English With civilian drone competition, Iran battles against brain drain by Israel between 2007 and 2014. Some high-profile figures in Ramallah Learn English with us at The 26 drone-building teams de- tomans, or about $14,300. But for The only casualty was a drone marshaling Iran’s brightest young had earlier detested Abbas’ designation of scended on the polished, mani- Iran, the goal was much greater: flown by the Amir Kabir University minds to someday bypass Tehran’s Peres as a “brave” partner for peace, say- cured technology park 15 miles a step toward providing the coun- of Technology robotic center that notorious traffic jams with a fleet ing he was no more than a “war criminal.” east of Tehran with the overflow- try’s whiz-kid youth with the hope struck a balloon and crashed.