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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.13914 Saturday APRIL 10, 2021 Farvardin 21, 1400 Sha’aban 27, 1442 Verification of U.S. sanctions Iran releases Iranian wrestlers South Pars annual removal means Iran should South Korean secure two Olympics production goals be able to sell its oil Page 2 tanker Page 2 Greco berths Page 3 realized: POGC Page 4 Iranian military says to ‘definitely’ respond to attack on merchant ship in Red Sea TEHRAN - Brigadier General Abolfazl the incident. If we uncover the source of Inside JCPOA Friday talks Shekarchi, a senior spokesman of the Ira- the attack on the ship, we will definitely See page 3 nian Armed Forces, said on Thursday that respond, we will never be silent,” Shekarchi Iran will “definitely” respond to a recent told the Russian Sputnik news agency. attack on one of its merchant ships in the “The ship was targeted and now differ- strategic Red Sea. ent things may have happened to the ship, Iran’s response to the attack on the but we cannot take a decision on what we Saudi coalition flees from Ma’rib Saviz ship will come once the source of the are going to do until after our investigations assault is uncovered, General Shekarchi are concluded with utmost accuracy,” the remarked. senior spokesman pointed out. as resistance advances “We need to ascertain the source of Continued on page 2 Iran discusses oil comeback with OPEC TEHRAN - Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, imposed on Iran will end and sanctions the secretary-general of the Organization will be lifted, Shana reported. of the Petroleum Exporting Countries According to Zamaninia, during the (OPEC), met with Amir Hossein Zamaninia, meeting, issues related to the current man- Iran’s governor for OPEC in Vienna, on agement of the OPEC Executive Board Thursday to discuss the Islamic Republic’s were also discussed. return to the oil market in case of U.S. Iran could be poised to officially lifting the sanctions on Iran’s oil industry. rejoin the ranks of oil exporters in the Speaking in the meeting, Barkindo current year as the U.S. seems willing expressed hope that as a result of the to rejoint the nuclear deal with the Is- ongoing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear lamic Republic. program in Vienna, the unfair conditions Continued on page 4 The Saudi coalition ordered its elements Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. to remove the remaining heavy weap- The battle for Ma’rib likely will ons from the operational fronts around determine the outline of any political Ma’rib, including American armored ve- settlement in Yemen’s second war since hicles, Lebanon’s al-Akbar newspaper the 1990s. If seized by the Houthis, the reported. resistance group can press that advantage Over the past few weeks, Ma’rib has in negotiations and even continue further been the scene of large-scale operations south. If held, Yemen’s fugitive govern- by the Yemeni troops and allied Popular ment saves perhaps its only stronghold Committees fighters, who are pushing as secessionists challenge its authority against Saudi-led mercenaries and mili- elsewhere. tants loyal to Yemen’s former president, Continued on page 5 Iranian fans Coronavirus: outbound travels slump by 85% Syria urges UNSC to adopt firm, immediate outraged by AFC’s during Iranian New Year holiday action against Israeli attacks decision to choose TEHRAN – Iran’s outbound travels fell by 85 is contained, the tourism industry begins to Syria has renewed its call for the United Nations tacks on the Syrian soil that it does not believe percent during the New Year (Noruz) holiday flourish once again. The Islamic Republic of Security Council to take a “firm and immedi- in peace but rather in the law of the jungle,” Bahrain as host (March 21-April 4) compared with two years Iran, which is home to countless travel desti- ate” action against acts of aggression by the Tel the statement read. BY FARROKH HESABI earlier, according to the head of the Association nations, is among those highly suffered from Aviv regime, urging the world body to hold to According to Press TV, the Syrian ministry he Asian Football Confeder- of Iranian Travel Agencies. the pandemic when it comes to tourism. The account Israeli authorities over their support added that Israeli officials tend to pride them- ation’s decision to award the “International travels made by Iranian na- average of international travels to and from the for terrorism, crimes against the Syrian and selves on such acts of aggression in order to hosting rights of the last eight tionals slump some 85 percent during Noruz country fell by 84 percent during the first nine Palestinian nations as well as their backing of cover up their moral and political crises, high- T holiday in comparison to the same period in the months of the past Iranian calendar year (ended Takfiri terror outfits. lighting that the authorities’ persistence on the matches of the joint FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 / AFC Asian Cup China year 1398,” IRIB quoted Hormatollah Rafiei, on March 20, 2021) from a year earlier. The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and attacks comes under the aegis of Washington’s 2023 in Group C to Bahrain has out- the head of the association, as saying on Friday. Besides, according to Vali Teymouri, the dep- Expatriates, in a statement released on Thursday, unlimited and continuous support. raged Iranian football fans. Oversees tours and trips were not welcomed by uty tourism minister, the number of domestic said the Israeli missile attack near the Syrian The statement went on to say that Israeli In late March, AFC sent a letter to Iran Iranians this Noruz due to both the coronavirus travels fell by 96 percent during the two-week capital city of Damascus at the dawn was in officials support terrorist groups wreaking havoc federation and said Shaikh Salman bin Ebra- restrictions and economic hardship so that many holidays compared to two years earlier. flagrant violation of the UN Charter, principles across Syria, and prevent Syrian government him Al Khalifa has not intervened to select his passenger flights to foreign countries, including According to the latest data Iranians made of the international law, and relevant Security forces and their allies from crushing Daesh, homeland as centralized venue for the qualifiers. Turkey, were semi-empty, Rafiei said. some 2.5 million overnight stays across the coun- Council resolutions, which all demand respect Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other militant outfits. The Football Federation Islamic Repub- He, however, did not provide any data on try during the Noruz holidays, while the number for Syria’s sovereignty. The Syrian foreign ministry then criticized lic of Iran (FFIRI) has appealed to Court the number of outbound travelers, adding “Last added up to over 74 million in the same period “The Israeli act of aggression comes at the what it described as frenzied Western campaign of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the year, almost all borders were closed to (potential) in 1398 (March 21-April 2, 2019), which shows time when the world is celebrating Easter, which to stifle the Arab nation economically by means decision in relation to choosing Bahrain travelers due to strict coronavirus lockdown.” a drastic fall, Teymouri explained last week. carries the message of love and peace. Israel, of sanctions and restrictions on access to food, as centralized venue. Experts believe that whenever the disease Continued on page 6 however, has proven though its incessant at- medical and fuel supplies. Below is a summary of events that have unfolded since February: Early February: ‘Sympathetic Iran’ to begin helping deprived affected by pandemic ‘Read and fight for Online chattering appears on Iraqi TEHRAN – The third phase of Iran-e Hamdel (liter- movement with the aim of cooking and distrib- Besides the health professionals, volunteers, and other Arabic social media platforms what’s right’, ally meaning sympathetic Iran) national campaign uting 27 million warm foods among the deprived university students, and Basij forces have en- suggesting that Bahrain would be granted will kick off by the beginning of the holy month of started on Eid al-Ghadir Khumm (August 9, 2020) tered the battlefield against Corona and their the hosting rights of Group C. Danish-Lebanese artist Ramadan (April 13) to help the financially struggling until the end of Safar (the second month of the services are indescribable, the Leader’s Twitter 16 February: families affected by the coronavirus. lunar-based Islamic calendar). account wrote. AFC meets with its Member Associa- tells the youth The campaign was first launched in 2020 aim- Iranian benefactors, charity centers, and re- People’s participation in the fight against Co- tions to discuss how to deal with qualifiers in ing to provide financial assistance to the needy ligious organizations take part in the campaign rona was truly amazing: 1) people feeding the March in light of travel restrictions between BY MOHAMMAD ARAGHI affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has by cash and kind contributions. needy; 2) turning houses into workshops to sew nations across Asia. According to Iran’s head Now at 29 years of age, the Danish-Lebanese artist collected 1.5 trillion rials (nearly $35 million at It is planned to provide 12 million warm food free masks; 3) disinfecting public areas; 4) talking coach, Dragan Skocic, a message appears is now a father of two, and as a Muslim artist, he the official rate of 42,000 rials).