TEHRAN (Iran News) The exhibition is being conducted following an initiative by the Asian Mayors Forum, in cooperation with the Tehran Municipality, the Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company (TUSROC), and Japan’s embassy in Tehran, according to IRNA’s report on Saturday.”Metro ”

Enthusiasts can visit the exhibition at the Jahad Square and Tajrish Square stations of the Tehran subway.

At the opening ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tsukada Tamaki stated that the aim of the exhibition is to familiarize Iranians with Japanese culture.

He appreciated TUSROC for providing the venue for the exhibition.

According to the ambassador, another exhibition is slated for the upcoming days in Tehran in which some Japanese movies will be screened.

Enthusiasts can visit the exhibition at the Jahad Square and Tajrish Square stations of the Tehran subway.

At the opening ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tsukada Tamaki stated that the aim of the exhibition is to familiarize Iranians with Japanese culture.

He appreciated TUSROC for providing the venue for the exhibition.

At the opening ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tsukada Tamaki stated that the aim of the exhibition is to familiarize Iranians with Japanese culture.

He appreciated TUSROC for providing the venue for the exhibition.

According to the ambassador, another exhibition is slated for the upcoming days in Tehran in which some Japanese movies will be screened.

Enthusiasts can visit the exhibition at the Jahad Square and Tajrish Square stations of the Tehran subway.

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In the unveiling ceremony, some Iranian officials including Tehran Provincial Governor Anoshirvan Mohseni Bandpey were taking part and the first home-made subway car was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani through video-conferencing.

According to a report by the Iranian authorities, the completion of the project to produce the metro carriages inside the country took 18 months and during this period, the share of the Iranian companies in the know-how knowledge of designing and producing the metro carriages rose from the 25-30% to 85%.

Despite being under foreign sanctions, the Iranian experts have been able to domestically produce previously imported equipment and goods in a bid to neutralize the impact of the sanctions in line with the guidelines of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in accordance with his Resistant Economy doctrine.

In the inaugural ceremony, President Rouhani said the United States blocked Iran’s access to ten million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by pressuring the companies involved in the transferring of the vaccines to Iran.

“We have done what we should have done. We bought vaccines from India and we paid for it, but then they said ‘our Judiciary has gotten in the way and we cannot give you the vaccines,’” Rouhani said during a video conference call on Thursday during a ceremony to inaugurate five national knowledge-based and innovative projects.

Pointing to the unprecedented U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Rouhani said Tehran’s general impression was that no country would target another country’s access to basic needs such as food and medicine with sanctions, but the United States, under former president Donald Trump, proved Iran wrong.

He also explained that importing vaccines is not an easy job to do, stressing that “wherever there is a vaccine, we immediately provide money to purchase it.”

“I want to say that this is not a simple matter,” he said. “The administration, the Health Ministry and the Central Bank have taken all the necessary measures … and I stress that nothing comes before the issue of vaccines for us.”

The president noted that Iran has bought 16.8 million doses of vaccines via the World Health Organization’s COVAX global vaccine scheme, which is being gradually imported into the country.

Iran was among the front-runners in placing an early order to purchase vaccines, he said.

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The issues of passive defense and earthquake-resistance have been considered from the very first stages of construction of Tehran Metro and all the measures have been taken based on international standards to resist earthquakes of up to magnitude 8, YJC quoted Farnoush Nobakht as saying on Saturday.

Recent earthquakes which have hit different regions of Iran, namely Kermanshah and Kerman, have sparked growing concerns among people, hence, earthquake-resistant structures have become a hot topic these days.

Moreover, about 3.8 million Tehraners are travelling by metro every day so much emphasis should be put on its safety.

Metro is considered as a secure shelter and as per memorandums of understanding signed with relief organizations such as Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and Red Crescent Society earthquake maneuvers are carried out annually to enhance preparedness against unforeseen disasters, Nobakht highlighted.

He further noted that all the equipment used in Tehran Metro meet international standards and that safety and security are among top priorities of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operations Company.

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