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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 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13447 Sunday JULY 28, 2019 Mordad 6, 1398 Dhi Al Qada 25, 1440 Every year Iran Over 3,000 Armenians Allegations of Hezbollah Children impressed by “Am I facing a new on pilgrimage at St. ruling Lebanon aimed at a Wolf?” at Russia Insomnia sedition 2 Thaddeus Monastery 10 public provocation 13 animation festival 16 Iran to increase commercial Oman’s Bin Alawi attachés in region By Ebrahim Fallahi fifteen to have attachés in all the neigh- TEHRAN — Iran’s new deputy industry boring countries.” minister in trade affairs, Hossein Modares Asked by Tehran Times about the new Khiabani, said following the government’s deputy office’s plans for boosting foreign holds talks with Zarif policies for increasing the country’s trade trade, Modares noted that the trade deputy of the industry ministry will be following See page 2 with the neighbors, 10 new commercial All countries must follow intl. navigation law: Shamkhani attachés are going to be sent to neigh- two major policy lines, one is managing boring countries. the domestic market to control the balance Currently Iran has commercial attachés of the supply and demand of basic goods in five of its neighboring countries including and to prevent inflation and the second Armenia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey and is to increase the country’s foreign trade, Pakistan and will “increase the number to especially exports. 4 Iran, second innovation economy in central, southern Asia: GII TEHRAN — Iran is the second innovation it determines the future of healthcare in economy in central and southern Asia, the next decades. according to the Global Innovation Index The GII 2019 is the result of a collabora- (GII) 2019 report. tion between Cornell University, INSEAD, The 2019 edition of GII report, pub- and the World Intellectual Property Or- lished on July 24, dedicated to the theme ganization (WIPO) as co-publishers, and Creating Healthy Lives—The Future of their knowledge partners. Every year, GII Medical Innovation. This edition sheds ranks the innovation performance of nearly light on the role of medical innovation as 130 economies around the world. 11 Bahrain executes three activists despite intl. protests TEHRAN — Bahrain has executed three tenced to death last year in a mass pro-democracy activists on two separate trial along with another 56 men who cases, defying widespread calls to com- were convicted and given jail terms mute the death sentences handed to the on “terrorism crimes”. prisoners in an “unfair” mass trial. The Public prosecutor’s office an- Ahmad al-Malali, 24, and Ali Hakim al-Ar- nounced the men were put to death on Mona Hoobehfekr ab, 25, were executed at Jaw prison, south of charges of possessing firearms and killing the Bahraini capital Manama, on Friday after a police officer. The opposition al-Wefaq ISNA/ private meetings with their families. society condemned the executions as ex- Al-Malali and al-Arab were sen- trajudicial. 13 ARTICLE Why Farsi is regaining importance abroad? PERSPECTIVE Mahnaz Abdi By Quayyum Raja bution of the leading Persian poet Abu al Qasim trust and respect regionally and internationally Saeed Sadraian Head of the TehranTimes MASHHAD — Persian language was once a major Ferdowsi, Sadi Shiraz, Jalaal Ud Deen (Rumi) among righteous and principled people. Journalist Economy Desk language in present day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even Dr. Muhammad Iqbal from Kashmiri I arrived here in Ferdowsi University only 3 Central Asia and South Asia. The Persian civili- background, (alia Iqbal Lahori), who never visited weeks ago. I have seen students from Britain, zation made a significant contribution towards Iran, but made an outstanding contribution to European Union, Russia, Middle East, China Reviving small the development of scientific knowledge and the Persian literature. and South Asia, who study Persian. I found it The reflection of “the culture. Even Germany’s national poet Goethe However, Iran badly suffered from incessant very interesting and decided to interview them powerful Iran” in the mines on agenda as well as French professor Kalamar of Sorbonne foreign invasions and its pace in the history of about the increasing interest in Persian language University and a famous Orientalist Arthen A. knowledge was slowed down, but as a heroic, and literature abroad. As the British and EU land of revelation stablishment of high-capacity in- Pope were impressed by the contribution of the somber and persistent nation, she did not allow people believe in a practical wisdom, they said dustrial units recently in Iran in- Persian civilization and described Iran as one of the adversity to halt the progress. This NATU- they wanted to study Persian for professional ow that thousands of Iranian pilgrims Edicates the need for the supply of four main bodies of world literature. Ibn Sine’s RAL & NURTURED ability of the great Iranian reasons. They have been sent by their states, are on their spiritual journey to the more minerals as feedstock for these units. “Qanun Fi-Al-Tibb or the Canon of Medicine as people have once again been noted in the face which will employ them in required institutions. holy cities of Mecca and Medina; it And this reason besides some other of 40 years old economic sanctions imposed as The Russian and Chinese said they were study- N described in the West, remained an unmatchable is a good time to see how Saudis and other ones such as sanctions on the country’s Text till the 16th century and Seyyed Esmael a result of Islamic Revolution, which has only ing Persian as their personal interest, while the Muslims treat Iranian citizens. economic sector have encouraged mining Jorjani was one of the pioneers of the traditional increased their resolve. It is this particular quality students from South Asia said they had a cultural We have been in Saudi Arabia for 20 days sector to revive the small mines which con- medicines in 11th and 12th centuries. The contri- of the people of Iran, which has earned them a link with Iran. 16 now. I can feel the presence of other pilgrims stitute 98 percent of mines in the country. in the soft breeze of their breath that has filled Previously, due to lack of liquidity and the air; the endless rows of pilgrims who are infrastructure, exploration projects were standing side by side and are praying in one not seen economically viable for these Sanders: Not America’s job to hate Iran or love Israel direction has created a beautiful view. mines, but now they have come under TEHRAN — Vermont Senator and 2020 presi- the right thing to do. And I, as president of the dencies. The role of the United States and this is In addition to this indescribable spiritual the spotlight. dential hopeful Bernie in a Friday interview with United States will sit down in a room with the not easy–you know, believe me–Clinton tried it, feeling that has filled the place, one other And in this regard, mining sector Pod Save America said it is not the United States’ leadership of Saudi Arabia, with the leadership Obama tried it, Jimmy Carter tried it. This is not thing that catch our eyes is the different has put a plan for reviving and reno- proper role to hate a country such as Iran or love of Iran, with the leadership of the Palestinians, easy stuff–is to try to finally bring peace to the treatment that the Iranians receive this vating small mines on the agenda of another one such as Israel. with the leadership of Israel and hammer out Middle East and to treat the Palestinian people year. This new treatment has particularly its activity. “… what we need to do is not say we’re 100% some damn agreements which will try to end with a kind of respect and dignity they deserve.” surprised the Iranians who have been on Khodadad Gharibpour, the head of pro-Israel or 100% Pro Saudi Arabia. We hate Iran, the conflicts that exist there.” “Our policy cannot just be pro-Israel pro-Israel Haj Pilgrimage before. Iranian Mines and Mining Industries De- we hate the Palestinians–that is not the role that the “I mean we are giving large sums of money look, pro-Israel. It has got to be pro-region working with Up to now, the Saudi officers’ behavior velopment and Renovation Organization United States of America should be playing,” he said. let me let me back it up before the tweets start flowing all of the people, all of the countries in that area toward Iranians has been very different from (IMIDRO), has mentioned this plan as “We got to bring people together and say, you in–I lived in Israel. Actually, I worked in a kibbutz and it’s a similar position–and Hillary Clinton and previous years. Most of people who have wit- one of the most significant plans of “Re- know what? We spend a whole lot of money not for a number of months. I have family in Israel. I am I had a bit of a disagreement on this in 2016–Saudi nessed this different behavior over the last 20 sistance Economy”, saying that IMIDRO only in aid to Israel and to Egypt, we have spent Jewish. I am not anti-Israel. Okay, I believe that the Arabia is a vicious ugly dictatorship. That’s what it days believe that this new attitude is a reaction is strongly determined to carry out it.