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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 43rd year No.13975 Thursday JUNE 24, 2021 Tir 3, 1400 Dhi Al Qada 13, 1442 Araqchi briefs Nikkhah Bahrami TSE re-elected “Iran” documentary President-elect Raisi named Iran’s flagbearer as FEAS board maker Mojtahedi on JCPOA talks Page 3 for Tokyo 2020 Page 3 member Page 4 dies at 80 Page 8 Water, electricity projects worth nearly U.S. muzzles Iranian media in $215m inaugurated in 8 provinces TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Khuzestan, Bushehr, Ardebil, Kerman, Ardakanian on Wednesday inaugurated East Azarbaijan, Fars, and Mazandaran 24 major water and electricity industry provinces. projects valued at 9.028 trillion rials (about As reported by the Energy Ministry por- violation of freedom of speech $214.9 million) through video conference tal Paven, nine of the mentioned projects in eight provinces. including three solar power plants and six See page 3 Put into operation in the 12th week of projects for the development of electricity the ministry’s A-B-Iran program in the transmission network worth 1.59 trillion current Iranian calendar year (started rials (about $37.8 million) were put into on March 21), the said projects were in- operation In Khuzestan province. augurated in Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad, Continued on page 4 Iran sets up center to export bio-products to east Africa TEHRAN – A specialized office for the cultural inputs, human and animal probiotic export of Iranian biotechnology products products, animal feed supplements, phar- has been established in Kampala, the cap- maceutical products, diagnostic kits, and ital of the east African country of Uganda. equipment, ISNA reported on Wednesday. With the establishment of the office, In order to implement the program, Iranian biotechnology products will en- in the first stage, a sample farm with an ter the East African market; which was area of 10 hectares has been chosen to test facilitated with the support of the Vice different types of fertilizers and seeds of Presidency for Science and Technology. 8 Iranian companies. At present, this office specializes in agri- Continued on page 7 Hyderabad children showcase impression of Shiraz at painting exhibit TEHRAN – An exhibition opened institutes at the Namazi Station of in Shiraz on Tuesday displaying a the Shiraz Subway. collection of paintings by a group of The idea to have children create paint- schoolchildren in Hyderabad who ings comes from a webinar on tourism have drawn their impressions of the organized last year by the Iranian consulate southern Iranian city. in the Indian city of Hyderabad, Hashem The Municipality of Shiraz is or- Mazaherizadeh, an advisor to the Shiraz ganizing the exhibition entitled “A mayor, said during the opening ceremony Color from the East” with contri- of the exhibit. butions from several other cultural Continued on page 8 Can CGT increase Not bright future ahead of Iran’s Breakdown - U.S. administration seizes dozens homebuyers’ sports minister of websites in West Asia purchasing power? BY FARROKH HESABI the Iranian sports. The operation developments, has also been seized. TEHRAN – After Iran’s presidential election, One of the first challenges of the new minis- The United States has launched a wide-scale The U.S. government took over the do- BY MAHNAZ ABDI the country will see a new Sports and Youth ter will be to privatize two major clubs of Iran, cyber crackdown on the websites of major news main name of the news website, Palestine uring an open session of the Minister who will have to face many challenges Persepolis, and Esteghlal. The Ministry of Sports networks, mainly based in West Asia. In what Today, which is affiliated with the resistance parliament on May 26, the in the country’s sports. and Youth owns both clubs, and it has been a appears to have been a coordinated operation, in the besieged Gaza Strip. The website of Iranian MPs approved the Ebrahim Raeisi will take office in August, problematic issue during all the previous years the domain for the websites was seized at a LuaLua TV, an independent Bahraini new D replacing President Hassan Rouhani. for the ministry. similar time late Tuesday night. Viewers visiting channel that broadcasts from Britain was general outline of capital gains tax (CGT) plan. Rouhani appointed two sports ministers Soltanifar had promised that the country’s the sites have been met with the same message also captured. Moreover, Washington took As reported, the parliament’s Economic during his eight-year administration, Mahmoud most popular football teams would be ceded to from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the control of around a dozen sites connected to Committee’s report on the mentioned plan Goudarzi and Masoud Soltanifar, the current the private sector by auction by the end of his Federal Bureau of investment (FBI). news channels based in Iraq. One of these was discussed and approved in the session. sports and youth minister. current administration. But this promise has Who has been targeted? channels, al-Forat is linked to the Iraqi cleric, The recent shift of liquidity from pro- It is not clear who will take charge of Iranian not yet been - and is unlikely to be – fulfilled. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, politician and leader of the al-Hikmah party duction to the unproductive markets in sports. Based on the past experiences and what Accumulated debts of the clubs and their am- a total of 36 websites have been seized. Among in parliament, Ammar al-Hakim. Some of Iran has caused high inflation and damage has been heard from the Ministry of Sports in biguous financial statements are seen as the the most prominent news networks that have the other channels are associated with Iraq’s to some industries in the country. recent months, Soltanifar is not interested in main hurdle to privatization. been affected are Iran’s English-language Press Popular Mobilization Forces, the country’s As many experts believe, the imposi- continuing in this position any longer. The appointment of a new minister could TV Channel and the country’s Arabic- language most influential anti-terrorism security force. tion of capital gains tax is the only way to On the other hand, it is unlikely that his also lead to a change in the board of directors al-Alam and al-Kawther channels. In Yemen, the The same branch of the Iraqi armed forces exit the liquidity from the unproductive name will be in the new president’s cabinet. of Esteghlal and Persepolis, and it can affect popular al-Masirah news outlet, that has been that spearheaded the victory against Daesh markets and lead it to production. So, new figures will probably enter the field, both clubs’ future. documenting the U.S.-backed Saudi Arabian terrorists from 2014 to 2017. Based on the approved plan, if a per- and a new commander will take the helm at Continued on page 3 war on the country, along with other regional Continued on page 5 son buys gold, foreign currency, house, or car and then sells it, he/she must pay the related tax. As defined by the Investopedia, capital Ali Sadr Cave reopens to visitors as coronavirus curbs eased Iran election showed gains tax is a levy assessed on the posi- TEHRAN – Iran’s Ali Sadr water cave opened its IRNA quoted as saying. the outbreak of the coronavirus cut the number most parties back tive difference between the sale price of doors to visitors on Tuesday after seven months Ali Sadr Cave revenue dropped to 30 billion rials of visitors by 86 percent in the first six months of the the asset and its original purchase price. of closure due to coronavirus. ($714,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 Iranian year 1399 (March 20, 2020-September 22, Islamic Republic: Long-term capital gains tax is a levy on Sightseers are required to observe strict health rials per dollar) last year from 220 billion rials ($5.2 2020). He also emphasized that the economy of the the profits from the sale of assets held protocols associated with the virus, the manager million) the year before, the official added. region depends on the activity of this tourist complex. Turkish academic of the site, Mehdi Majidi, announced. He expressed hope that that the reopening of Back in April, the official said two-thirds of for more than a year. Short-term capital TEHRAN – Despite some calls to boycott the pres- gains tax applies to assets held for a year An average of 600,000 people visit the ancient the complex would boost tourism in the province the employees of the tourist site have lost their cave per annum, however, the figure dropped to as well as compensate for the economic losses jobs temporarily over the impacts of the coro- idential election in Iran, reformists, centrists, and or less, and is taxed as ordinary income. conservatives proved that they support the estab- While CGT prevents the wealth to be about 80,000 tourists in the previous Iranian caused by the coronavirus pandemic. navirus outbreak. year 1399(March 20, 2020 – March 21, 2021), Last September, the official announced that Continued on page 6 lishment, says Mustafa Caner, a Turkish academic. owned just by a few people, it leads the “Even though some political actors called for a liquidity toward production, and help boycott, prominent figures of reformists, centrists, re-distribution of wealth and income in and conservatives announced to the world that they the society.