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 42nd year No.13893 Sunday FEBRUARY 28, 2021 Esfand 10, 1399 Rajab 16, 1442 Iran to delete IAEA Iranian coach will lead Israeli ship whose owner Violent modern world suffers cameras’ data if volleyball team in next has links with Mossad chief from lack of common humane sanctions not lifted Page 3 Olympics: Davarzani Page 3 damaged in Oman Sea Page 5 language: Majidi Page 8 Zarif calls attacks and events in Iraq suspicious TEHRAN – The foreign ministers of Iran Iraqi forces in border areas of Iraq and and Iraq held talks in Tehran on Satur- Syria, dismissing the raids as a violation day to discuss the different dimensions of the two countries’ sovereignty, according of political and economic cooperation as to an Iranian Foreign Ministry statement. well as border exchanges between the two Zarif described as “suspicious” the re- countries. cent attacks and events in Iraq, saying Open seasonSee page 3 During his meeting with his Iraqi counter- they could be aimed at disrupting Teh- part Fuad Hussein, Iranian Foreign Minister ran-Baghdad relations as well as security Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the and stability in Iraq. United States’ dangerous move to attack Continued on page 3 Tehran to host 1st EAEU intl. expo in mid-May TEHRAN - Tehran is planning to host an exhibition along with the Eurasian coun- international exhibition for introducing tries so that the two sides would be able the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU)’s to have positive negotiations and expand trade potentials during May 17-20, IRIB their mutual cooperation in the future. reported. “We also invited representatives from Five major members of the Eurasian Oman, Qatar, Turkey, China, Afghanistan, union are going to have exclusive pavilions Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, India, and Pakistan in this four-day exhibition, the Exhibition to visit this exhibition, to hopefully ink Organizer Alireza Jafari said on Thursday. tripartite memorandums of understand- According to Jafari, businessmen, trad- ing with Iranian companies as well as the ers, and powerful export companies from EAEU member nations,” he added. Iran are also going to participate in this Continued on page 4 Baghdad billboard showing “Shias of Abu Turab” TEHRAN – A huge copy of Iranian painter and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis among Hassan Ruholamin’s “Shias of Abu Turab” the companions of Imam Ali (AS) on Biden turns up has been set up on a billboard in the heart January 3 to commemorate the first of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. anniversary of the martyrdom of the A number of Persian websites an- IRGC Quds Force chief and a com- the heat on MBS nounced the news on Saturday, but with mander of Iraq’s Popular Mobiliza- no details about the exact location of the tion Units – Hashd al-Shaabi, who billboard and the identity of its installers. were assassinated in a U.S. attack in Ruholamin unveiled the artwork de- Baghdad in 2020. File photo picting Commander Qassem Soleimani Continued on page 8 National gas 57 nanotechnology projects Khashoggi killing report: A test for network covers inaugurated Biden’s human rights claim over 95% of Iran’s TEHRAN – Vice President for Science and nanobubble technology, active packaging, an- Jamal Khashoggi was killed by a Saudi hit role in the assassination. Technology, Sourena Sattari, inaugurated 40 ti-corrosion packaging of metal parts, improving squad operating under the command of Sau- A test for U.S.-Saudi relations population industrial and 17 development projects in the the shelf life of wheat embryos. di Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman The long-delayed intelligence report by field of nanotechnology during a ceremony on Technology development in Iran (MBS), United States intelligence agencies the United States into the gruesome killing of BY EBRAHIM FALLAHI Saturday, IRNA reported. Despite sanctions putting pressure on have concluded. Khashoggi did not contain any major revelations, ranian Oil Minister Bijan Nam- The commercial products participating in the country, a unique opportunity was pro- An unclassified U.S. intelligence report but did agree with the widespread assessment dar Zanganeh, in a report ad- the event are related to oil and gas, agriculture, vided for business development and the released on Friday confirms for the first that the murder was ordered by bin Salman, dressed to President Hassan composites, construction, health, rail transpor- activity of knowledge-based companies time what role top U.S. intelligence offi- the 35-year-old crown prince. I tation, and nanofluids. in the country. cials believe Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler The release of the intelligence report will Rouhani, has stated that over 95 percent of the country’s population One of the projects presented at the ceremony Currently, over 5,700 knowledge-based com- played in the 2018 killing of the Saudi serve as the first big test of the Biden admin- is currently enjoying natural gas was in the field of nanofluids which worth over panies are active in the country, manufacturing journalist. istration’s promise to recalibrate relations through the country’s huge nation- 200 billion rials (about $4.7 million at the official diverse products to meet the needs of the do- Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s with Riyadh. al network. rate of 42,000 rials). mestic market while saving large amounts of administration held back the long-awaited The Biden administration’s promised reset As reported by Shana, in the mentioned Some 40 products have so far sold 10 trillion foreign currency. report despite a 2019 law passed by Congress of relations with the Persian Gulf kingdom — report on the development of the country’s rials (around $238 million) so far and it is pre- The fields of aircraft maintenance, steel, requiring its release. whose leaders nurtured close ties with Donald gas industry during the 11th and 12th gov- dicted to reach a fourfold increase by the next pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment, oil, Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Trump — could be complicated by the degree ernments, Zanganeh has stated that the two years and save foreign currency. and gas are among the sectors that researchers in Post who had been critical of the Saudi gov- to which the unclassified version of the report gas production from the giant South Pars Selected projects in the field of agriculture technology companies have engaged in, leading ernment, was dismembered inside the Saudi implicates the crown prince in the Khashoggi gas field which Iran shares with Qatar in and packaging also include the plan to increase to import reduction. consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. murder. the Persian Gulf has increased 2.5 times the production of greenhouse products using Continued on page 7 Saudi officials have denied MBS had any Continued on page 5 since the Iranian calendar year of 1392 (ended on March 20, 2014) when the 11th government took office. According to the Oil Minister, the cov- Explore naturally-gorgeous rock formations in southernmost tip of Iran Engaging Iran will erage of the national gas network in rural TEHRAN – Darreh-ye Tandis-ha (“Valley of forming muddy mud cracks, which has created large wooden cargo boats that have criss-crossed serve America’s areas has also doubled over the mentioned Statues”) is a picturesque sandstone rock for- beautiful and interesting landscapes. the Persian Gulf for centuries. Furthermore, the period to reach 84 percent. mation rising on parts of Qeshm Island in the The valley is part of those areas which have island has an abundance of wildlife, including interests in West Based on the data presented in southernmost tip of Iran. been once underneath the water, and when pulled birds, reptiles, dolphins, and turtles. Zanganeh’s report, from the Iranian A heaven for eco-travelers, nature-lovers, and re- up, it has been heavily eroded by sea waves among During and after the rainfall, it is important to pay Asia: ex-White House calendar year 1392 up to the current searchers, it is reminiscent of the perpetual thumping of other factors. This type of erosion gets reduced attention to muddy areas where sometimes the mud adviser calendar year’s 11th month (started on the waves, storms, and raging winds in the Persian Gulf. gradually while moving more towards the “roof” is very sticky and dangerous to walk on at this geo-site. January 20) over 20,000 rural areas In some areas of the valley, numerous fossils of Qeshm, which has remained intact. The Island also embraces wide-ranging attractions BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI with a total population of 1.76 million may be found including fossils of bivalves, in some Here, locals wear traditional dress, live in such as the Hara marine forests and about 60 villages TEHRAN – Pointing to the role of some regional households have been supplied with areas as colonies. Another interesting geologi- houses cooled by badgirs (wind towers), and work dotted mostly across its rocky coastlines. actors in West Asia to hinder a revival the 2015 natural gas through the national gas cal phenomenon in the valley is sedimentation in boat-building yards turning out lenges, the Continued on page 6 Iran nuclear deal, an American academic and for- network. mer advisor to the White House on Russian affairs Currently, more than 34,000 vil- believes that engaging Iran will serve the interests lages across the country are enjoying of the United States in West Asia. natural gas through this huge network, ‘Martyrs “Engaging with Iran is really addressing America’s the report said.