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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 Days to go... 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 40th year No.13653 Thursday Ordibehesht 11, 1399 Ramadan 6, 1441 3 APRIL 30, 2020 Key Biden adviser slams Railway fleet receives 56 Iran denies Andrea Santur virtuoso Puya ‘sheer hypocrisy’ to extend new domestically-made Stramaccioni Sarai remakes Shajarian’s Iran arms embargo 2 wagons, locomotives 4 link 11 “Rabbana” 12 Iranian scientist contracts See page 2 coronavirus in U.S. jail TEHRAN — An Iranian scientist impris- that his COVID-19 test was positive, and oned in the United States has contracted in a phone call with The Guardian, Asgari the novel coronavirus, according to his had a bad cough and said he had had a family and attorneys. fever for days. Dr. Sirous Asgari, who has been plead- He and his family are calling for his ing for weeks to be released from a U.S. release to a medical facility where he can immigration jail due to health problems, is receive proper care. in an isolation cell inside an Immigration “It makes sense to send me to the hos- and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in pital as soon as possible. I don’t trust them Louisiana. at all,” the 59-year-old said on Tuesday Asgari’s lawyers learned on Tuesday amid repeated coughing fits. 3 Bank loans to economic sectors up 26% in a year TEHRAN — Iranian banking system has capital loans paid to different economic paid 9.749 quadrillion rials (over $232 sectors were above 5.261 quadrillion rials billion) of facilities to domestic economic (about $125.26 billion) accounting for 54 sectors in the past Iranian calendar year percent of the total provided facilities in (ended on March 19), registering a 26-per- the said period. cent rise from its preceding year, IRNA As reported, the total working capital reported. loans provided in the mentioned period According to the data provided by increased by 21.8 percent compared to the Iran to build Central Bank of Iran (CBI), working figure for the preceding year 1397. 4 Coronavirus: grave of Parthian warrior houses on accidentally unearthed in Iran TEHRAN — An ancient tomb chamber the dagger and a three-sided arrow found has recently been discovered in a graveyard in the grave, it seems that it belongs to near Sari, northern Iran, as an excavator the Parthian soldier,” the news agency was digging down quite deep to entomb quoted an expert as saying. a coronavirus victim, IRNA reported on Two years ago, a necklace and a bronze Persian Gulf Wednesday. ring were discovered in the cemetery, which Excavation at the grave yielded remains dates back to about 3,500 to 5,000 years of a human skeleton, vestiges of a pottery ago, the report added. vessel, an iron dagger, a quiver, and a The Parthian Empire, also known as piece of iron object, which is believed to the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian IRNA islands be [piece of] a weaponry. political and cultural power in ancient “Considering the type of construction of Iran. 8 ARTICLE JCPOA parties unlikely to accept U.S. argument to extend arms embargo on Iran: Pillar ARTICLE Mahdi Garshasbi EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW directly against Security Council Resolution 2231, directly against Security Council Resolution Morteza Rahmani Tehran Times journalist By Javad Heirannia which is the formal international endorsement 2231, which is the formal international en- Journalist of the JCPOA,” Pillar tells the Tehran Times in dorsement of the JCPOA. For that and other TEHRAN — Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA an exclusive interview. reasons, the Trump administration can expect intelligence analyst for 28 years, says the Trump Following is the text of the interview: substantial resistance to its attempt to extend Persian Gulf, the administration is arguing that it is still a party to The United States is working to extend arms the arms embargo. Persian Gulf: From the JCPOA even though it has grossly violated sanctions on Iran in the UN Security Council. The United States, despite violating the eternal heritage of its obligations under the agreement. Given that the United States has violated and JCPOA, is set to establish itself as a participant rich history to Pillar says, “Indeed, previous declarations withdrawn from the JCPOA, can it legally make in the agreement. Why is the United States look- ancient Iran by the administration have been nothing short such a request? ing for this? security depth of a complete renunciation of the JCPOA. A: As a permanent member of the Security A: The Trump administration has been using enth of the second Iranian calen- Other parties to the agreement, especially Council, the United States can make requests every means possible to put every form of pressure ran is celebrating the Persian Gulf dar month Ordibehesht (April 29) Russia and China, are unlikely to accept the for Council action on all sorts of things. The it can on Iran. It argues that it still should be National Day, which marks the an- Tmarks the National Persian Gulf Day, U.S. argument.” legality of the request is not really the issue. considered a participant in the JCPOA so that it Iniversary of the expulsion of colonial which is the anniversary of the victory “Other members of the Council realize that Other members of the Council realize that it can use the “snapback” mechanism the agreement and foreign forces from the strategic water over Portuguese troops during a war in it was the United States under the Trump ad- was the United States under the Trump ad- established to restore sanctions on Iran that had body in 1622. the Persian Gulf in 1622. ministration that violated the JCPOA and went ministration that violated the JCPOA and went previously been lifted. 2 The 10th day of Ordibehesht – the The occasion commemorates the exit second month on the Iranian calendar, of colonial and foreign forces from the which fell on April 29 this year – has been strategic waterway. Iranian windmills one step closer to UNESCO status designated as the Persian Gulf National Day The Persian Gulf and its equivalent in TEHRAN — Iran is further moving towards in- the director of Asbad cultural heritage sites of Briefing on the windmills and their stances, to commemorate not only the historical different languages has been used continu- scribing its ancient windmills on the UNESCO World Iran, as saying on Tuesday. the official noted there are 107 Asbads within Khaf victory of the Iranian forces against the ously since 2,500 years ago in all languages Heritage list as the country has recently completed The magnificent collection is composed of county, of which 36 located in Nashtifan, and trespassers in the southern waters but and all over the world, especially in the their documentation as a preliminary stage. 30 Asbads located in the historical core of Khaf six of them are still operational producing flour. also to remind all that the true name of Arab world. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and country, the official said. Iran plans to register a wide collection of the Persian Gulf will remain so forever. Geography, as the most ancient human Handicrafts has almost completed preparations “Documentation and mapping work has been its Asbads that are located in the three eastern The Persian Gulf has always been a knowledge is an applied science which has for a chain of ancient vertical-axis windmills for carried out by a group of six people specializing in provinces. source of pride and honor for Iranians. different aspects. It studies the reciprocal possibly becoming a UNESCO World Heritage. mapping and restoration of historical buildings Asbad used to be a smart technique to grind For thousands of years, people of Iran relation of man and nature and provides Vertical-axis windmills, which are locally known and structures.” grains. It also bears testimony to the human have lived alongside the Persian Gulf and the results to the users in the form of doc- as “Asbads” can be found in Sistan-Baluchestan, “Documentation and mapping of Khaf Asbads being’s adaption with nature by transforming have enjoyed its endless benefits. uments in writing, books and maps. South Khorasan, and Khorasan Razavi provinces, include various architectural plans, cross-section environmental obstacles into opportunities. In addition to having vast resources The name of a feature cannot be observed southeast, south, and northeast of the country, geometry, and perspectives of 30 Asbad devic- “Asbad is a smart technique to grind grains, a of energy and economic significance, the on the land like the feature itself. Thus, by respectively. es, their photogrammetric photographs, their technique which goes back to ancient times when Persian Gulf has an ancient and unique mentioning the case on maps, Atlases, and “[A select of] Asbads that are scattered in ownership documents, and determining proper the people living in the eastern parts of Iran, in history and culture that can be seen in books, it will be protected during different Nashtifan region of Khaf county [in Razavi points for the mapping projects,” Rokni explained. an attempt to adapt themselves with the nature the people who lived by it. eras as a part of historical, cultural identity Khorasan province] has been documented and The official also reminded: “All the document- and transform environmental obstacles into op- The rare cultural and artistic identity and saved as human’s heritage. mapped for being inscribed on UNESCO World ing and mapping stages have been carried out portunities, managed to invent it,” according to of the neighboring regions of the Persian For the same reason, any change, Heritage list,” CHTN quote Mohammad Rokni, based on the UNESCO standards and criteria.” UNESCO website.

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