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The 2nd Iran-EU’s seminar on progress and prospects in civil nuclear cooperation kicked off in Isfahan on November 21 and was chaired by Seyyed Abbas Aragh-chi, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, and Helga Schmid, Deputy to the EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini.

“A decade ago, Hans Georg Berger, a photographer and writer who photographs religions all over the world, came to Iran and visited some Islamic schools in Mashhad, Qom and Isfahan. He took some exclu-sive photos in Isfahan not only from men who stud-ies in Chahar Bagh Theological School but also from women who studied in Jamiat al-Zahra,” Dr. Saeid Edalatnejad said in the opening ceremony of an ex-hibit in Isfahan, referring to how an international cooperation between Iran and Germany started on “history of photography”. ..

Isfahan authorities are seeking a wider tourism scene for the ancient city, which was once the seat of power in Persia and a top tourism destination now. Isfahan, central Iran, embraces a wide variety of historical plac-es some of which have mainly been off the radar of foreign travelers for some reason. Fereydoun Allahy-ari, Isfahan province’s tourism chief, seeks to make a balance of tourist flow between downtown Isfahan and its other less-touched neighborhoods...

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Factory Production Movement in Isfahan“Reza Afshar” was one of the im-portant and influential governors of Isfahan. He was appointed to govern Isfahan in 1932 and carried out sig-nificant construction work and es-tablished the basis for the establish-ment of new textile industries in the city. The Vatan factory was set up in 1925, but it was at Afshar’s era, that the factory movement really started to grow roots in Isfahan, and the Ris-baf factory was established with the collective participation of the people of Isfahan as a joint stock company. But Afshar’s real achievement at that time was the social reform and a change in attitude of Isfahanians. In wise words of, Nasrallah Saifpour Fatemi (great brother of Dr. Hossein Fatemi): In a period when people did not trust themselves and the govern-ment and never worked collectively, he managed to run several factories in Isfahan with the participation and management of the same people and city elders. He started these factories in the form of joint stock companies, and he was able to gather the small capitals of the masses to build the Risbaf factory on Charbagh Street. When this practice showed its pos-itive effects, trust was created, and more funds were gathered and as a result several other factories were stablished namely: Zayandeh Rood, Nakhtab, Wool Industries, Shahre-za, and consequently Isfahan was dubbed “Manchester of East”.

How did the Risbaf factory started?Risbaf factory was established on February 9, 1932 with the total cap-ital of 314 thousand tomans and in the form of a joint stock compa-ny in the southeast of Si-o-Se-pol

Bridge, it was located at the gar-dens of “Etemaddoleh” and “Hatam Beyg”, on the east side of Chahar Bagh, which at that time was called “HezarJarib”, furthermore It was built on an area of over 69,000 square meters. The factory can be called the second textile factory in Isfahan and the first establishment resulted by the collective labor and capital of Isfahan people. In the year 1925, the Vatan Factory was established with the participation of two businessmen from Isfahan called Ata’almolk De-hsh and Mohammad Hossein Kazer-ooni. A few years later, following the visit of Reza Shah to Isfahan in No-vember 1932, and his meeting with Isfahan businessmen, the construc-tion of the Risbaf factory, the title of which is a combination of two words spinning and weaving, was started. In fact, following this journey, the ruler of Isfahan and the capitalists were obliged to begin investing in productive works, and the construc-tion of the Risbaf factory was the re-sult of Reza Shah’s command at that time.Seyed Jawad Kasai, a member of the Isfahan Chamber of Commerce, who was subsequently elected chairman of the Chamber, was elected CEO of the company. While the names of others such as Haydar Ali Emami, Hassan Soltani, Aziz Nikipi, Abdol Ali Feiz and Ibrahim Kassayian were also mentioned as the co-founders of this factory in the documents that remains of that era. Risbaf began working on the pro-duction of cotton yarn, cotton fab-ric and wool fabric at the time of its inception. After that, in 1934, new sections were operationalized, cotton and wool knitting were opened at a ceremony and after a while the production of

Risbaf blankets was started. Profes-sor Motamedi under the supervision of a German engineer, Max Etusun-man, assumed responsibility for the construction of Risbaf, and erected this factory with a special style of ar-chitecture. The management of Ka-sai on the Risbaf factory provided a lot of success for the factory and the plant became profitable. The profit-ability of Risbaf led to a rise in the market for fabricated textile factories in the Charbagh Bala axis in Isfahan. Later on, this monument was shut down and repeatedly changed for different reasons, such as the reception of heavy bank loans, debt, lack of raw materials, and the inability to pay workers’ salaries. The National Bank was one of the main creditors of Risbaf, which ultimately led to the bank’s ac-quisition of the plant and, after some time the plant was fully ac-quired by the National Bank, and changed name to National Risbaf Company.

Risbaf’s permanent shutdownThe factory was shut down by the be-ginning of the year 1951, but since the impact of job loss of so many indus-trialized workers were of great social and economic significance, in mid-1951, the Industrial Inspection Board agreed to pay a three million Toman loan to Risbaf, but even this sum was not able to end the problems of the factory. Risbaf was shut down again in 1952, and this time the govern-ment came to the aid of Risbaf and lent 1.5 million tomans to the officials of the plant to begin again. In early 1955, Seyed Jawad Kasai resigned from the factory management. Seyed Jawad Kasai, in a statement released later on, mentioned the reasons for his resignation and said that “up to

City02Scientists at Iran’s Royan Research Institute have succeeded in pro-ducing the country’s third cloned goat belonging to Murcia-Granada breed of goat. Dr. Mahdi Hajian, Head of Embryology Department at Isfahan Campus of Royan Re-search Institute, made the an-nouncement asserting “following successful cloning of Saanen and Alpine goats, we sought to clone a third one from Murcia-Granada breed.” According to MNA, Imported from Spain, these types have no particular season for breeding and the females can come into heat at any time of the year and produce a significant amount of milk, said the Iranian scientists while high-lighting main characteristics of Murciana goats.“We managed to extract a sample tissue from the imported goat’s ear in order to obtain necessary stem cells,” noted Hajian. We were able to extract a sample of the tissue of the ears of this goat to extract the cells, resulting in simulation of the third goat in Royan Research Institute in the central city of Isfa-han, Iran. Hajian said the goat had been born a month ago since when its conditions have been analyzed and investigated.Referring to the characteristics of the three cloned goats, he said “each simulated goat has its own unique features; the first two ones produce high milk yields.” They yield about 3-4 kilos of milk while the newly-born one produces two to 2-3klograms of milk and instead is more resistant to heat.” Mur-ciana goat can even tolerate high temperatures in southern regions of Iran, emphasized the Iranian embryologist. In 2006, Iran became the first Middle Eastern country to announce it had cloned a sheep, named Royana.The effort is part of Iran's quest to become a regional powerhouse in advanced science and technol-ogy by 2025. In particular, Iran is striving for achievements in med-icine and in aerospace and nuclear technology. The cloning of sheep and other animals could lead to advances in medical research, in-cluding using cloned animals to produce human antibodies against diseases. Royan Institute’s main aim in cloning the goat is to pro-duce medicine to be used to treat people who have had strokes.

Pakistan Health Minister Calls for Further Ties with Isfahan in Medicine ProductionPakistan Health Minister Saira Afzal Tarar said on Nov 26th that her country is going to expand its relations with Iran in production of medicines. In a visit to the med-ical centers of Isfahan, central Iran, she said each of the two countries should be able to offer its products in the other. Saying that she made the visit to Iran at the invitation of her Iranian counterpart Has-san Qazizadeh Hashemi, she said Iran and Pakistan can cooperate in training and student scholarships. Head of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Tahereh Chan-giz said in the meeting that the final goal of the visit is expansion of ties between the Iranian and Pa-kistani ministers of health. During her one-week stay in Tehran, the Pakistani minister is scheduled to visit medical and health centers in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz as well as to meet her Iranian counterpart Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi.

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the year 1949, the balance sheet showed no sign of loss but af-ter that year, the work reached the point where the sale of the product didn’t even cover the expense of raw materials let alone the workers’ wages, and the flood of foreign textiles also killed any hope to revitalize the factory “. And he admitted that it was necessary to pay 27 months of salaries in a grand sum of more than thirty million Rials to workers without them doing any work. He stated that everyone thought responsible to take steps to save and man-age Risbaf. And Riesb’s activity continued with all the problems until the mid-fifties when the mentioned problems and new laws prohibiting the activity of industries in the city, finished off Risbaf for good. This historic monument, which was owned by the National Bank, was registered on Au-gust 8, 2002 with the registra-tion number 6018 as one of the national heritage sites of Iran. Finally, in the eleventh government, with the efforts of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and the Iranian Civil and Urban Improvement Company And provincial offi-cials the factory was purchased at a cost of about 215 billion Toman, with the aim to restore, reviving and use this valu-able architectural work and creating a cultural, recreational and social environment. The Risbaf factory was regis-tered on August 8, 2002 with the registration number 6018 as one of the national heritage sites of Iran.

Risbaf lives againNow, however, Risbaf is sup-posed to become the Great Museum of Isfahan, to that end the ownership was given to the Department of Roads and Ur-ban Development of Isfahan Province, who in turn started to seek private investors to con-vert this establishment into a museum.

The Risbaf factory will live again, but not as a factorya where the Isfahani’s were once

familiar with, this time as a great museum in the Manchester of east.

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The exhibition of spiritual contem-plation has been held in Isfahan from Wednesday for 10 days Isfah-an’s Contemporary Arts Museum. “Taking such photos were not easy, but Hans Geroge berger could took all these photos because he doesn’t want just take some pictures, he start talking with them and the conver-sation was a good step for making these photos,” Associate professor at the encyclopedia Islamica Founda-tion, Saeid Edalatnejad stated at this ceremony which was held in Isfah-an’s Contemporary Arts Museum on Wednesday. “The book of the exhibition was published by Ger-man embassy in Iran and exhibitions

were sponsored by embassy of Iran and some cultural organization such as Isfahan city hall,” Edalatnejad in unveiling ceremony, added. “Nev-er before, a western photographer has considered so deeply into life at religious colleges of Shiite Islam in Iran. When Hans Georg Berger vis-ited such areas for the study of re-ligion and science in Qom, Isfahan, and Mashhad, it was a new and im-portant experience for both sides,” he said, while introducing the book. “The diversity of attitudes is just as vividly illustrated as the sites and rites, as well as dialogue as a con-stitutive element of Shiite teachings. Hundred years before Berger, on

the initiative of two Persian Shahs – Naser al-Din, the father (1831 – 1896), and Mozaffar ad-Din, the son (1853 – 1907) – pilgrimages began to take photo of the sacred sites of Kar-bala and Najaf. What they brought back are such fascinating documents that now belong to the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme as part of the Karbala Corpus. They are published here for the first time, supported by the Federal Foreign Office as part of the German-Irani-an scientific and cultural dialogue. Together, the photographs from the circle of the shahs and Berger’s pictures provide unique insight and are significant photograph books of

03Isfahan authorities are seeking a wider tourism scene for the ancient city, which was once the seat of power in Persia and a top tourism destination now.Isfahan, central Iran, embrac-es a wide variety of historical places some of which have mainly been off the radar of

foreign travelers for some reason. Fereydoun Allahyari, Isfahan province’s tourism chief, seeks to make a bal-ance of tourist flow between downtown Isfahan and its other less-touched neighbor-hoods, Mehr reported on last week. “Over the past couple of years, tourism industry has mainly been expanded around historical districts of down-town Isfahan, therefore we are adopting new plans to define new tourism axes …, a bid for balanced tourism develop-ment in all districts of the me-tropolis,” Allahyari explained. As a recent move, Isfahan’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department in collaboration with Isfahan Municipality decided to turn a vast historical bathhouse into a hub for internation-al travelers, after being fully restored and came equipped with modern amenities. The historical bathhouse is locat-ed in Rehnan District in west Isfahan. It dates from the Sa-favid era (1501–1736). During its heyday, it was departed to two sections, the bigger one dedicated to men and the smaller to women.Isfahan is one of the top tour-ist destinations in the country. A record number of some 85 thousand foreign travelers set foot in Isfahan during the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (Mar. 21 to Apr. 20), setting a new record for the past 40 years. Profusion of tree-lined boulevards, abun-dant Persian gardens and important Islamic buildings give Isfahan an unmatched visual appeal while its ubiq-uitous artisans underpin its reputation as a living mu-seum of traditional culture.

Vietname se Officials, Travel Marketers Visit Isfahan A delegation of Vietnamese officials and travel associates has embarked on a familiariz-ing tour of Isfahan province, central Iran. Accompanied by Ambassador Nguyen Hung and National Administration of Tourism Deputy Director Bui Duy Hung, the delega-tion explored avenues for bolstering tourism ties during their meeting with provincial officials on Tuesday, Mehr reported. Profusion of tree-lined boulevards, abundant Persian gardens and import-ant Islamic buildings gives Isfahan an unmatched visual appeal while its ubiquitous ar-tisans underpin its reputation as a living museum of tradi-tional culture.

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In past time, bathhouses or ‘ham-mams’ in Iran were not only plac-es for bathing and cleaning up but also people had a social concept for people who gathered at these places weekly. It was a place where people talked with each other about their daily life, and shared humors and news. There are still bathhouses in Iranian cities but they do not have their social function anymore since most people have bathrooms in their homes due to modern lifestyle.Persian literature is full of proverbs, narrations and folk stories about bathhouses, which indicate the im-portance of the place in past time. Bathhouses were also known as a gathering place for women, to meet with each other and chat for long hours. Hammams, mostly located near Bazaars, were considered as a public place. Lightened by rectangles on the roof and oil lamps, the bath-

houses have a common architecture. Entering a bathhouse through a cor-ridor, there is a large room covered with tile and equipped with wooden benches, which is called ‘rakhtkan’. The room is covered with mats and carpets, and has a fountain in the middle. It is a place for costumers to undress and tie a gamucha around their waists. It is also a place for drinking tea, smoking cigarette and chatting with others. Some toilets are located before one enters the next part of the bathhouse, called ‘garm-khaneh’ or steam room. The room, which floor is covered with marble or tiles, is mostly square or octagonal and the walls are decorated by pic-tures from Shahnameh heroes.

KhazinehIn ancient times, a large water-filled basin known as ‘khazineh’ was lo-cated in the middle of the place.

Khazineh was located on a large metal-topped stove under which a fire slowly burned. It accommodated ten persons simultaneously. How-ever over the last decades, it was replaced by showers due to public hygiene precautions. Dallak, a masseur who used a mitt to scrub and exfoliate a client’s body, consistently threw water on hot tiles to wash the floor and make steam. Then placed a gamucha on the floor and made a pillow for the client with another. Afterwards the client lay down and received a massage. Then the masseur smoothed his soles and palms with a sang-e paa (a Persian word for pumice). Then came the ‘sar-o rish tarashi’ stage, during which, head and beard were shaved and nails were clipped. After dry-ing, the client took his clothes and left the bathhouse.

Bathhouses for men and womenSome cities had separate bathhouses for men and women. They were usu-ally built next to each other. However there were some bathhouses, which were used by men and women in dif-ferent times of day. There were also male and female public bathhouses; at daybreak, a long horn (booq-e ja-vaz) was blown to announce that the bath was ready. Men came to the baths from daybreak until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Women could use the bathhouses since then to sunset. In some cases, five days were allocat-ed to men and two days to women. To announce that the bathhouse was open for men, two old gamuchas were hung from the entrance door. The sign for women was a thick cur-tain hung in front of the door. The entrance for male baths was in the street itself, while for women it was at the end of a lane.

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the exhibition,” Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation member pointed out. “During my trips to Iran, I tried to learn more about the seminaries, because I believe that we know little about Ira-nian elites and they also know little about us.” Berger added during previous exhibition in Tehran. In this ceremony, some officials such as member of city council, Mahdi Mogh-adari also attended and Boris von Brauchitsch, an art histori-an held a workshop on history of the photography and after that he answered the questions of the participants. This 10- day exhibition in Isfah-an will be held also in Berlin in January 2018.

“A decade ago, Hans Georg Berger, a pho-

tographer and writer who photographs religions all over the world, came to Iran and visited some Is-

lamic schools in Mashhad, Qom and Is-fahan. He took some exclusive photos in Isfahan not only from men who studies in Chahar Bagh Theological School but also from women who studied in Jamiat

al-Zahra,” Dr. Saeid Edalatnejad said in the opening ceremony of an exhibit in Isfahan, referring to how an internation-al cooperation between Iran and Germa-ny started on “history of photography”.

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Bimeh Razi atop World Wrestling Clubs Cup in Isfahan

Attended by eight foreign teams and four Iranian teams, the second edition of the Greco-Roman World Wrestling Clubs Cup was held on December 4-15, 2017 in 6000-seat indoor arena of Isfa-

han called 25th Aban which is part of the Nagsh-e-Jahan Stadium. At the final encounter, Iran’s Bimeh Razi pulled out an 8-2 victory over another Iranian club Sian Sanat Izeh today winning the title

of the prestigious event. Meanwhile, Buyuksehir team from Turkey got the better of Georgian Club 6-4 to finish in the third place in the overall ranking of the tournament. The fifth to tenth posi-tion in the World Wrestling Clubs Cup were occupied by Moscow of Russia, Iran’s Shohadaye Modafe Haram Qom,

Dinamo from Armenia, Samson of Ukraine, Romania Olympic Hopes from Romania as well as Hungary’s Buda-pest SC. The 2017 Greco-Roman World Clubs Cup took place in Isfahan, Iran, Thursday and Friday. The competition was held with new rules in 10 weight categories.

Veteran Musician Killed in Car Accident

Veteran artist in literature and music Nahid Daei-Javad was killed in a car accident on Sunday evening. She was born on May 18, 1942 in Isfahan and received her academic degree in Per-sian Literature and started her work in Education Ministry from 1963 to 1995, when she retired. Nahid Daei –Javad, who worked in Radio simulta-neously, resigned from Radio in 1970 and then since 1995 started to teach song in art institutes. She had three concerts in Tehran in year 2002 and then performed tour of concerts in East of the US. Her last performance abroad was in London in commemo-ration of Iran's father of architecture Mohammad Karim Pirnia accom-panied with veteran classic music master Akbar Golpayegani. On No-vember 22, 2015 Nahid Daei-Javad received 'Isfahan Symbol Statue' for her lifetime art activities.

Iran’s Bimeh Razi out pow-ered Sina Sanat Izeh at 2017

World Greco-Roman Wrestling Clubs Cup fi-nal on Friday winning the title.

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The 2nd Iran-EU’s seminar on progress and prospects in civil nuclear cooperation kicked off in Isfahan on November 21 and was chaired by Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Deputy

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