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.13932 Saturday MAY 1, 2021 Ordibehesht 11, 1400 Ramadan 18, 1442 Iran closely watching Iran learn fate at Home appliance Claudio Noce’s Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan FIBA U19 Basketball production increases “Padrenostro” to compete border conflict Page 2 World Cup Page 3 by 36% Page 4 in Fajr filmfest Page 8 Dozens ‘crushed to death’ in See page 3 Israel pilgrimage stampede Deciphering A stampede at a religious festival attended will not give up until the last victim by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox is evacuated.” Jews in northern Israel has killed at least Zaki Heller, spokesman for the Magen 44 people and injured about 150 early David Adom, said that among the 150 Friday, medical officials said. people who had been hospitalized, six Magen David Adom, the Israeli were in critical condition. bin Salman’s emergency service, said that at least On social media, Benjamin Netanyahu 44 people were killed during the event called it a “heavy disaster” and added: early on Friday, adding “MDA is fighting “We are all praying for the wellbeing of for the lives of dozens wounded, and the casualties.” change of Water, development projects worth over $619m inaugurated TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan million) in Khuzestan, Mazandaran and Rouhani on Thursday inaugurated three Hormozgan provinces. water supply projects as well as a dam in The projects were inaugurated under tone three provinces through vide conference, the framework of the Energy Ministry’s IRNA reported. A-B-Iran program and also as part of The mentioned projects including a the series of inaugurations made by the water supply project, a water treatment president over the past year and in the plant, a wastewater treatment plant, and cuurrent Iranian calendar year (started a dam were put into operation with a total on March 21). investment of 26 trillion rials (over $619 Continued on page 4 Book on Lorish activist of Iran’s Constitutional Revolution published in Johannesburg TEHRAN - A book on Bibi Maryam Bakh- Soltani-Kharaji has spent 11 years col- tiari, a Lorish Iranian revolutionary and lecting information for writing the book activist of the Constitutional Revolution, translated into English by Shima Elahi. has recently been published in the South As a military commander, Bibi Maryam African capital of Johannesburg. played a distinguished role when Bakhtiari Parichehr Soltani-Kharaji is the writer tribal forces, with the help of modern arms of the book “Sardar Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari” from the German Empire, successfully cap- published by Krown Printers in collabo- tured Tehran in 1909 as part of the rev- ration with the Iranian Cultural Center olutionary campaign to force the central in Johannesburg, the center announced government to establish democratic reforms. AFP on Thursday. Continued on page 8 Biden’s team is very The IRGC and the army monitoring enemy’s Abbas delays first Palestinian elections anti-Russian in its movements in Persian Gulf : Tangsiri in 15 year ideology: Russian TEHRAN— the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps 70 trillion natural gas reserves are available Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has effectively, a cancellation. Navy Force Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri in this region, which has doubled its strategic postponed planned parliamentary elections amid a The decision came three months after he is- expert spoke at the “National Persian Gulf and Makran importance and role,” Tangsiri said on the im- dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem sued a formal decree ordering a vote for the Coast” conference on Thursday and warned the portance of Persian Gulf. al-Quds as well as splits in his Fatah movement and Palestinian legislature on May 22 and a Pales- BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI enemies that Iran “authoritatively” monitors He noted that the strategic and geopolitical its unpopularity, triggering protests in the occupied tinian presidential election on July 31. Russian expert believes the and controls any movement of the enemy and situations of the Persian Gulf have caused the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip. Several demonstrations took place in the Biden administration is an- ships entering the waters of the Persian Gulf. illegitimate presence of some Western powers Abbas told a conference of senior Palestinian occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza ti-Russian and needs to prove “Today, every ship that enters the Persian and foreign countries. officials on Thursday night that the first Pal- Strip just after Abbas postponed next month’s A Gulf is monitored in the Strait of Hormuz, cit- The general noted, “This important and estinian national elections in 15 years would long-awaited parliamentary vote. its seriousness through sanctions on Moscow. ing the law on channel control, and is forced to strategic position of the Persian Gulf has led be indefinitely delayed. The dispute over East Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in «Biden›s team is very anti-Russian introduce itself,” he said. to some regional challenges, including the fierce Jerusalem al-Quds was reportedly the official the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, in its ideology, at the same time thy need The general stressed that the presence of competition in the field of military arms sales rationale for the postponement cited by Abbas located 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Jerusa- to show their seriousness with anti-Rus- the Islamic Republic in the Persian Gulf region in the region.” in a speech early Friday following the meeting lem al-Quds, late on Thursday to demonstrate sian sanctions to prove they are “more is not merely related to the military field, but According to General Tangsiri, the wrong of Palestinian political factions. against the postponement of legislative elections. effective in a struggle with Moscow” Iran also has a strategic presence in various policies of some countries in the Persian Gulf “Facing this difficult situation, we decided The marchers waved placards as well as na- than Trump,» Stanislav Mitrakhovich economic, political and even cultural sectors in have led to the formation of a kind of market for to postpone the date of holding legislative elec- tional Palestinian flags and chanted slogans from the National Energy Security Fund the national and international domains. sale and trade of arms between trans-regional tions until the participation of al-Quds and its such as “We are looking for a legitimate gov- and the Financial University tells the “Currently, over 62% of the world’s oil reserves and western countries in the Persian Gulf, and people is guaranteed,” Abbas said in the speech ernment” and “The people want the ballot box” Tehran Times. of 730 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, “its position will be challenged in the future.” on Palestinian TV. in al-Manara Square. U.S sanctions on Russia are not 40% of the world’s gas resources equivalent to April 30 marks the Persian Gulf National Day. Most observers see the indefinite delay as, Continued on page 5 limited to political struggles between two powers; it is a competition over economic interest. «Washington will intensify its war Army to set up five field hospitals nationwide Intl. conference against Nord Stream 2 project,» accord- TEHRAN – The Iranian Army will set up ward, ventilators, cardiac monitoring systems, ary Guard Corps (IRGC) doubled the number addresses tourism ing to Mitrakhovich. five field hospitals in the country to offer oxygen generators, and resuscitation rooms, of beds in its affiliated hospitals allocated to Observers say that U.S. policy on services to COVID-19 patients, IRIB reported which offer services to coronavirus patients. the treatment of COVID-19 patients. potentials of Lut Nord Stream 2 is mainly dictated by a on Thursday. The Army, as it is present in various fields, The IRGC-affiliated health and medical bipartisan approach of lawmakers led A 120-bed field hospital built by the Army, can provide significant services to those in- centers are fully prepared to provide the Desert equipped with advanced medical devices to fected with the pandemic with all its might, necessary assistance in the treatment of by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. TEHRAN – Tens of tourism and cultural her- They are insisting on sanctions on all provide services to the people and medical Abdolrahim Mousavi, Commander-in-Chief COVID-19 patients whenever the Ministry staff, was inaugurated on April 24 in Isfahan of the Army said. of Health announces, IRGC’s health de- itage experts, academia, and researchers dis- companies engaged in the project, even- cussed the lesser-known tourism potentials of tually including German ones. For this province. Earlier this month, due to the rising number partment head Brigadier General Ahmad This field hospital is equipped with an ICU of coronavirus patients, the Islamic Revolution- Abdollahi said. Lut Desert in a two-day online conference that group of lawmakers, especially Cruz, the ended on Friday. U.S. response to Nord Stream 2 boils down The second International Conference on Lut to one aim: A harsh stance against Russia. Desert and Tourism was co-organized by the However European countries, see University of Sistan-Baluchestan and the tour- Nord Stream 2 as strengthening the ism directorate of Sistan-Baluchestan province, EU›s energy security and believe that CHTN reported. U.S. hawkishness on Russia is uncon- Iranian anti- The event aimed to boost tourism across the structive. In the long term, Europe UNESCO-registered desert through both scien- considers the relations with Russia as corona spray tific methods and regional studies, paving the a clear-eyed and cautious step to get way for sustainable development of tourism in rid of America›s hegemony.