The Winter of Kaswa Village
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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 42nd year No.13802 Sunday NOVEMBER 8, 2020 Aban 18, 1399 Rabi’ Al awwal 22, 1442 Raisi urges support for Esteghlal victorious TCCIMA to hold online Benefactors donate brave, revolutionary in Iran league Iran-Russia business $182m to counter managers 2 opener 3 forum on Tuesday 4 COVID-19 7 South Pars phase 11 drilling operations begin TEHRAN – The drilling operations of this phase were started on Saturday, have been started in Phase 11 of Iran’s Shana reported. Hope brought to giant South Pars gas field in the Persian The official noted that the said drilling Gulf waters, the operator of the phase’s rig, belonging to Mapna Drilling Company, development project said. is going to dig 12 wells in the mentioned According to Mohsen Rezaei, the off- phase for extracting about one billion See page 4 shore drilling rig was settled at the men- cubic feet of gas per day. tioned phase’s SPD-11B platform and the The drilling operations will be carried central Iran drilling operations for temporary wells out in two stages, the official said. 4 200 seismic accelerometers to be installed in Tehran TEHRAN – Some 200 accelerometers Hanachi said that so far, 26 accelerom- will be installed in quake-prone areas of eters have been installed, expressing hope the capital, Pirooz Hanachi, the mayor that with the help of other institutions and of Tehran, said. the provision of facilities, we will be able He made the remarks in a ceremony to install 200 others in earthquake-prone held in Tehran on Saturday for unveiling areas around Tehran. an earthquake warning system with 22 To Tehran, earthquake is the main seismic accelerometer stations, the second threat, followed by floods, he stated, phase of flood warning forecasting system, highlighting, there is an urgent need to and glacier forecasting system with four raise preparedness, IRIB news agency snow gauge stations were inaugurated. reported. 7 Culture ministry announces themes for Iran Book Week 2020 Persian Gulf water TEHRAN – The Ministry of Culture and “Books, Social Asset and Virtual Space”, Islamic Guidance has announced seven “Dynamism with Books and Bookstores” and themes to be discussed during the 28th “Books, Religious Belief and Self-Improve- transfer project edition of the Iran Book Week, which will ment” are other themes of the book week. be held from November 14 to 20. “Knowledge; Eternality” is the motto inaugurated Among the themes are “Books, Library, of the Iran Book Week this year. Librarian, Book Capital”, “Books, Socializa- The 7th edition of the Reading Pro- tion with Reading Promoters” and “Books, moters Awards is part of the programs Knowledge and Ability”. arranged to be implemented during the File photo “Books, Lifestyle and Safe Society”, weeklong event. 8 By Faranak Bakhtiari Azerbaijan hails Iran’s support for territorial Tea party-linked activists protest against Tehran Times journalist integrity amid lawmaker’s controversy ‘election fraud’ in U.S. cities Water transfer TEHRAN – Azerbaijan once again expressed grat- bassador to Azerbaijan, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, The same rightwing activists that helped grow as a “solidarity” protest in Oklahoma, a solidly projects: beneficial itude and appreciation for Iran’s expressions of hours after the remarks of the MP went viral on the Tea party movement and spread protests red state whose votes for Trump are not being support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan social media platforms in Iran. Hajiyev told the against coronavirus lockdowns are now organ- contested. or detrimental to amid a deadly war with neighboring Armenia over ambassador that Maharramov has been admonished izing demonstrations alleging fraud outside Stop the Steal, a Facebook group alleging the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. for his remarks, according to a statement issued vote-counting locations in Democratic cities. election fraud by Democrats, grew by more environment? “Indeed our countries [are] based on mutual respect by the Iranian embassy in Baku. Amplifying Donald Trump’s baseless claims than 350,000 members in one day. The group’s [and] enjoy friendly relations. President Ilham Aliyev “This person has received serious and necessary that Democrats are trying to steal the election, moderators and administrations included Amy ran inaugurated the first phase attaches great importance to our ties. We appreciate admonition and the position of the Republic of established conservative players are encour- Kremer, a Tea party activist who went on to of a major water desalination Iran’s support to our territorial integrity as it was Azerbaijan is to appreciate the sincere and just aging citizens to show up to protest in person co-found Women for Trump, as well as two and transfer project on Thurs- expressed at Highest Levels. Views of MP in no way support and positions of the friend, brother, and at locations where ballots are being counted, activists linked to the“We Build the Wall” cam- I official position,” Hikmet Hajiyev, an assistant to the neighbor of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the crisis prompting concerns about intimidation of poll paign, a fundraising effort that led to arrest of day aiming at alleviating and even meeting the urgent need of central president of Azerbaijan, said in a tweet on Saturday. and the Karabakh war,” the statement said. “As we workers, Guardian reported. former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and three arid areas to water, however, is it The assistant’s tweet came after an Azerbaijani have previously stated, all high-ranking officials FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy other men for allegedly defrauding hundreds really beneficial, or is going to in- lawmaker criticized Iran’s stance on the war in of Azerbaijan are satisfied with the constructive group backed by wealthy donors that played of thousands of pro-Trump donors. cur irreparable losses to the envi- Nagorno-Karabakh. The lawmaker, Behruz Ma- and just position of the Supreme Leader of Iran, an influential role in the Tea Party movement, Facebook took down “Stop the Steal” on ronment? harramov, implicitly accused Iran of deploying his eminence Ayatollah Khamenei, and consider it touted the appearance of protesters with their Thursday, saying that the group was “or- Some 163 trillion rials (about $3.88 terrorists in the disputed region. However, the to be in good faith and constructive. The remarks preprinted FreedomWorks signs in Detroit and ganized around the delegitimization of the billion) has been invested in the men- Azerbaijani leadership was quick to distance itself of this lawmaker are by no means reflective of the Philadelphia on Thursday. election process” and that it had seen “wor- tioned project which is being implement- from the lawmaker’s controversial remarks. position of the government and officials of the Re- The group was advertising more protests in rying calls for violence from some members ed by the Energy Ministry in collaboration Hajiyev spoke by phone with the Iranian am- public of Azerbaijan.” 3 Michigan and Pennsylvania on Friday, as well of the group”. with the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry. The project is aimed at desalinating Persian Gulf water and transferring it to Ex-forward Bezik lauds Persepolis’ performance Archaeologists to Hormozgan and Kerman provinces. By Farrokh Hesabi with Tehran Times. side in their first match. unravel enigma of In the first phase of this project, 305 TEHRAN – Former Persepolis forward Ed- “It was a good game both teams played. “The important point about Persepolis is kilometers of pipelines, seven water pump- mond Bezik believes that the Reds had a good Considering that it was the first game of that the new players of the team are well suit- Achaemenid dams, ing stations, and 10 electricity substations performance in their first game of the 2020/21 the teams, they performed well. The game ed to the tactic of the team’s head coach and as well as 150 km of power transmission Iran Professional League (IPL). was intensive and fast. Persepolis were a bit have adapted to the system. They dominated water management lines were designed and implemented in The IPL holders were held to a goalless draw unlucky as they failed to take their chances the game and had a greater share of the ball systems addition to constructing several balance by Saipa in the opening match of the new season against a grimly determined Saipa. That during the match, creating five or six chances tanks and storages. on Friday. was the only thing missing from their per- in front of the goal but failed to score. They TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists, A number of countries have made at- Bezik, who was well-known for his impressive formance.” need to generate cohesion and understanding cultural heritage experts, and engineers has re- tempts to transfer water and have achieved finishing skills as a striker, explained his views The former striker of Persepolis lauds between themselves on the pitch for things to sumed research to discover the secrets of dams and benefits. However, redistribution of water regarding the game in an exclusive interview the harmony of Yahya Golmohammadi’s work better,” Bezik said. 3 relevant water management systems constructed resources is inevitably involved in changes during the Achaemenid era (c.550-330) in Iran, in the ecological environment and endan- some of which still inspiring modern architects gering nature. and engineers. Changes are divided into two neg- Hamidreza Karami, who leads an extensive ative and positive impacts, including survey on the ancient Bostan Khani Dam, on Sat- water supply in water-deficient areas, urday announced their efforts will be continuing facilitating the water cycle, improving to find out more about the secrets, methods, and meteorological conditions in the recip- techniques of dam construction in the times of ient basins, mitigating ecological water Achaemenians.