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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.13816 Tuesday NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Azar 4, 1399 Rabi’ Al thani 8, 1442 Iranian envoy, Yemeni Iran names 12 Yemeni missile targets Congratulations FM discuss Saudi war players for FIBA Asia Cup Saudi Aramco facility on birthday of Imam on Yemen Page 2 Qualifiers Page 3 in Jeddah Page 5 Hassan Askari (AS) Advisor says Iran to continue Saudi Arabia treading on dangerous defending Syria TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a with the UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian O. Pedersen. Parliament speaker, has said Tehran will During the meeting, the advisor said ground as secret meeting revealed continue to defend Syria and its security Iran welcomes UN’s efforts intended to with all its power. preserve Syria’s territorial integrity and “We also support the United Nations’ national sovereignty. See page 3 constructive efforts in helping Syria and “Unfortunately, certain dangerous ter- judging the issues surrounding Syria in- rorist groups are trying to get removed from dependently,” Amir Abdollahian said on the United Nations blacklist of terrorists Monday, according to Mehr. by changing their names, He made the remarks in his meeting Continued on page 2 Non-oil trade exceeds $44b in 8 months TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s non-oil The total volume of traded goods was trade during the first eight months of the estimated at about 97.7 million tons, of current Iranian calendar year (March which over 75 million tons were related 20-November 20) reached $44.6 billion, to exports and about 21.8 million tons according to Head of the Islamic Republic were imported goods. of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) According to Mirashrafi, the imports Mehdi Mirashrafi. in the said period declined one percent In the mentioned eight months, Iran im- and 18 percent in terms of weight and ported $23.1 billion worth of goods, while the value, respectively. exports stood at $21.5 billion, IRIB reported. Continued on page 4 Memoirs of Koniko Yamamura rendered into five languages TEHRAN – “Immigrant from the Land of ogy Dissemination Organization is the the Sun”, the latest book by Iranian writ- publisher of the book. er Hamid Hesam containing memoirs of Yamamura is the only Japanese mother the mother of martyr Mohammad Babai whose son was martyred during the 1980- Koniko Yamamura, has been published 1988 Iran-Iraq war, and the book covers in several languages. the memories of the mother of the martyr. The book has been translated into Arabic, Yamamura chose the name Saba after Turkish, Russian, Urdu and Pashtu, and will she married an Iranian Muslim in Japan File photo be distributed in the destination countries. and moved to Iran afterwards, The Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideol- Continued on page 8 Aquaculture The world looks as Pompeo mocks U.S. protests: Trump supporters, counter- development to international law protesters rally at Georgia Capitol after recount materialize surge in BY M.A. SAKI BDS, will be regarded as “anti-Semitic”. Trump’s supporters called for a recount of the gin of 12,670 votes Friday after a hand recount TEHRAN — On November 19, Mike Pompeo Moreover, he described the BDS movement, election over the weekend outside the Georgia in the state. production, boost toured the occupied West Bank a year after he which tries to pressure Israel to end its occupa- Capitol building — where they were met by scores Meanwhile, Trump’s legal team has filed pa- shockingly said the settlements did not contradict tion of the Palestinian territories, as a “cancer”. of counterprotesters. perwork to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that non-oil export international law. Contrary to what Pompeo claims, his ap- Hundreds of pro-Trump demonstrators gath- struck down the campaign’s attempt to stop It was the first such visit by a top U.S. official. proach in general is cancerous and his support ered Saturday at the capitol building in Atlanta votes being certified in Pennsylvania. BY MAHNAZ ABDI Media outlets said Pompeo’s visit broke with for unlawful settlements lead to anti-Semitism for a “Stop the Steal” rally in response to Georgia Attorneys for the Trump campaign filed a aying attention to strengthen- decades of U.S. policy toward settlements in and extremism. officials certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals ing the infrastructure of non- the West Bank. What Pompeo is doing or saying is rejected by win in the state, news station 11Alive reported. for the Third Circuit on Sunday — a day before Poil exports is one of the ways After visiting the occupied West Bank, Pompeo many Jews in Israel and outside. He is basically “Stop the session!” crowds could be heard Pennsylvania’s 67 counties were set to certify to achieve the goals of a resistance took a helicopter to the Golan Heights, again an ideologically-driven person who supports chanting in video posted to Twitter. their results and send them to state officials. economy, and the field of aquacul- celebrating the Trump administration’s foreign Zionism and not Jews. The demonstration was held across from Judge Matthew Brann dismissed the cam- ture and fisheries has an effective policy, which recognized Israeli sovereignty in Moreover, he mocked UN Security Council anti-Trump protesters who had shown up for paign’s lawsuit Saturday. role in this due, through promot- the territory taken from Syria in 1967. resolutions that clearly state that Israel must a “Refuse Fascism” march, the outlet reported. The suit had sought to throw out millions of ing entrepreneurship and employ- At a winery in the occupied West Bank, Pom- withdraw from the lands it has occupied by The two dueling rallies were kept apart by votes in the Keystone State, claiming election offi- ment, as well as bringing foreign peo also said the U.S. would label settlement force. a heavy police presence and barricades, Fox cials in heavily Democratic counties violated the currency. products as “made in Israel”. That he called settlements “part of Israel” News reported. equal protections clause under the Constitution Aquaculture is one of the most im- Again he made another surprising remarks, and “a recognition of the reality” was an insult No arrests had been reported as of Saturday by allowing voters to fix mail-in ballots that had portant branches of agriculture and its saying the boycott, divestment, and sanctions to the reason of the world in the world. afternoon, 11Alive reported. problems — while mostly-Republican counties share should be properly strengthened movement against Israel, commonly known as Continued on page 2 Biden was determined to have won by a mar- had not alerted voters about faulty ballots. in the strategies of Iran’s resistance economy. Therefore, development of this sector is being pursued to materi- COVID-19: economic pressure plundering nature River flood swamps alize “Surge in Production”, which BY FARANAK BAKHTIARI a benefit for wildlife and cannot prevent needs further investigation, he highlighted. Sassanid-era dam in is the motto of the current Iranian TEHRAN – Rising economic pressures and de- greedy poachers from laying their hands Using people’s participation to help preserve calendar year (began on March 20), clining public revenues since the onset of the on natural resources. wildlife is one way to protect nature from profi- southwest Iran and also the objective of boosting coronavirus outbreak have caused profiteers and Mahmoud Shakiba, head of the provincial teers and poachers, he noted. non-oil exports, which is one of the poachers to once again attack natural resources department of environment (DOE), said that The restrictions that reduced the people’s TEHRAN – The rain-swollen river of Karun has major strategies of Iran to nullify and plunder the environment to make up for despite the presence of DOE forces around the entry into natural areas, gave unique tranquil- submerged a significant ancient dam in southwest the U.S. sanctions. their income shortcomings. clock in the habitats of the province, poachers ity to the animal and plant species, the result Iran. The Sassanid era (224–651) monument is Fishery production has increased Four carcasses of mouflon which were still take up illegal hunting. of which can increase the species’ reproduction one of the satellite sites situated adjacent to the noticeably in the country in recent found in Golestan province in late Novem- Statistics of recent discoveries and arrests of and even save some endangered animals from UNESCO-registered Shushtar Historical Hydraulic years. ber from 6 poachers shows that the isola- poachers show that the link between the increase extinction, he stated. System in Khuzestan province. Iran’s annual fishery output stood tion of nature due to the pandemic is not in poaching and the prevalence of coronavirus Continued on page 7 Water rose to the maximum height of Mizan (Va- at 1.28 million tons in the past Iranian lerian) Dam as Karun River overflowed its banks calendar year (ended on March 19), caused due to heavy rains, a phenomenon that the while the planned figure was 1.25 mil- director of the World Heritage site calls as “natural.” lion tons. This amount of output was “No abnormalities have occurred in Mizan [Dam],” achieved despite the sanctions and Mohammadreza Bahadori said on Monday. related difficulties in the previous year. “Due to the location and nature of Mizan Dam, The output is anticipated to reach it is quite natural for this dam to be submerged.” 1.5 million tons this year.