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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 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13375 Monday APRIL 29, 2019 Ordibehesht 9, 1398 Sha’aban 23, 1440 Leader urges police Some regional Iran Greco-Roman to fight smuggling, states ‘cannot be wrestling team control cyberspace 2 reasoned with’ 2 crowned in Asia 15 EGFI to issue bank guarantees for IRENEX oil buyers TEHRAN — Export Guarantee Fund of antees from oil customers interested in Iran (EGFI) is going to issue bank guar- purchasing the oil offered at IRENEX. antees for the customers who purchase According to the official, EGFI cov- the oil offered at Iran Energy Exchange ers the commercial and political risks of Hormuz (IRENEX), Mehr news agency reported on exports, including both non-oil and oil Sunday, quoting EGFI managing director. exports and since the oil which is offered “We are in talks with the oil ministry in at the IRENEX is also considered as part this regard.” Afrouz Bahrami said. of the country’s oil exports, therefore it is Bahrami noted that EGFI has received possible for EGFI to issue banking guar- Strait for all some requests for issuing banking guar- antees for such cargoes. 4 Seven Iranian crafts get Geographical Indication tags TEHRAN — A select of seven Iranian Hersin for kilim carpets, Abadeh for or no one handicraft fields have gained tags of Ge- woodcarving and Meybod for Zilou See page 2 ographical Indication (GI), an interna- floor covering. tional recognition granted by the World In November 2018, Abadeh in southern Intellectual Property Organization. Fars province and Meybod in central Yazd A presentation ceremony was held in province were respectively named world Tehran on Sunday with a WIPO repre- crafts cities for “Woodcarving” and “Zilou” sentative in attendance, CHTN reported. (traditional hand-woven floor-covering) Amongst the honorees are: Isfa- by the World Crafts Council - Asia Pacific han for inlay, Tehran for glasswork, Region (WCC-APR). 10 Iraq summons U.S., Bahrain envoys over ‘meddlesome’ remarks TEHRAN— Iraq has summoned the en- to summon the American chargé d’affaires voys of Bahrain and the United States to as well as the Bahraini ambassador to protest their insulting and meddlesome Baghdad, Press TV eported. comments about the Arab state’s domestic Baghdad is angry over a tweet recently posted affairs and relations with neighboring Iran. by Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Al Khalifah, in which he insulted Iraqi Shia cleric al-Sahaf told Iraq’s al-Sumaria News TV Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Sairoon (Alliance To- channel on that Foreign Minister Mo- wards Reform) bloc holds the highest number File photo hamed Ali al-Hakim had issued the order of seats in the parliament. 13 ARTICLE ‘Iran pioneer in stem cell knowledge, technology’ REPORT Ebrahim Fallahi By Maryam Qarehgozlou He also received his Ph.D. in cell and develop- ciplinary partnerships and collaborations Fatemeh Salehi Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Iran is one of the most pioneering mental biology from Khwarizmi University in by biology, engineering, and medical aca- Mehr News Agency countries in the world and the second country 2004. In 2012, he became professor at Royan demics to improve human health and life journalist in the region based on stem cell knowledge and Institute. quality. Now, the institute includes 4 main technology, Hossein Baharvand, director of Royan For the first time, he generated the mouse departments named as Stem Cells and Devel- Iran’s winning Institute for stem cell biology and technology, and human embryonic stem cells (2003) and opmental Biology, Regenerative Medicine, How Al Saud and Al has said. induced pluripotent stem cells (2008) in Iran. Cell Engineering and the newly established cards in facing U.S. Baharvand is a distinguished professor of This has enabled his team to pursue many ave- Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Khalifa manipulate sanctions stem cells and developmental biology at Royan nues of research into translational research and In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Formula One and Institute. regenerative medicine. Times, Baharvand explained about his research urrounded by fifteen neighboring He received his B.Sc. in biology from Shiraz He is the founder and director of Royan works and the potential of cell therapy and re- Hajj pilgrimage? countries through land and sea, Iran University in 1994, and M.Sc. in developmental Institute for stem cell biology and technology, generative medicine technologies in “curing the Senjoys a very strategic geopolitical biology from Shahid Beheshti University in 1996. where the institute is committed to cross-dis- diseases.” 11 he Al Saud and Al Khalifa regimes are and economic position in the Middle East trying to abuse the Hajj Pilgrimage and considering the U.S. recent actions Tand the Formula One motor race to for increasing pressure on the country’s World financial bodies are tools for imposing U.S. policies their own benefit. Amnesty International has recently oil industry, many economy experts and TEHRAN (MNA) — America’s monetary am- Swift Services for imposing sanctions relying in how U.S. imposed sanctions around 2010. announced that the Bahrain regime is us- scholars believe that Iran should retaliate munition refers to the coordinated collection on power of the dollar and its domination over Triangle of the U.S. monetary am- ing Formula One motor race to present a by focusing more on improving domestic of U.S. secondary banking sanction laws, the global transactions seeking materialization of munition good picture of itself; However, Bahrain production and increasing non-oil trade FATF recommendations and Swift Services for American domination over the world. Iran has U.S. secondary sanctions, the standards of has an extremely oppressive regime and especially with its neighboring countries. imposing sanctions, which Iran has been one been one of the main targets of this ammunition the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and any citizen could be arrested after posting Earlier this month, the U.S. president of its most important targets in recent years. in recent years. Swift Services, are three sides of the monetary a tweet in criticism of the government. It’s Donald Trump announced that Washington The U.S. monetary ammunition refers to the A look at the mentality and practical framework triangle that contain the global financial system better for Bahrain to improve the freedom is not going to extend the sanction waivers coordinated collection of U.S. secondary banking behind the designing of the sanctions against or the global banking system that can be called of speech in the country instead of putting which allowed the Iran’s trade partners sanction laws, the FATF recommendations and Iran shows that there has been a turning point to buy oil from the country. “monetary ammunition triangle”. 6 on a show and using sports to conceal the The U.S. expects the limitations on Iran’s violation of human rights in the country. oil trade to have a huge impact on the coun- Earlier, activists in UK had condemned try’s economy and in fact they could be right Bahraini regime of exploiting the new round if Iran doesn’t come up with ways to counter Trump: ‘Saudi Arabia buys a lot, I don’t want to lose them’ of Formula One competitions to cover up the situation or mitigated the impact. TEHRAN— U.S. President Donald Trump has U.S. companies< AL Jazeera reported. Trump then described a recent phone call with the violation of human rights in the country. One important way through which Iran reiterated his support for Saudi Arabia at a “Make “They have nothing but cash, right?” he told Saudi King Salman in which he demanded more They gathered outside the Formula One can significantly reduce the negative impact America Great Again” (MAGA) rally where he the crowd. “They buy a lot from us, $450 billion money from the oil-rich nation in exchange for headquarters in London to express their of sanctions on its economy is to decrease also described a negotiation tactic he used to get they bought.” the defense the U.S. provides. protest against the organization for being the reliance on oil and improving other more money from the kingdom for the United “You had people wanting to cut off Saudi Arabia “We lose $4.5 billion on a country to defend accomplice to Bahrain regime. sources of income including non-oil trade. States’ military support. ... I don’t want to lose them,” he said. them, and they’re rich,” Trump said. The activists announced that during In this regard, developing non-oil trade During a rally with his supporters in Green It’s unclear where Trump drew the $450bn “So I called them. I said: listen, no good. They these competitions, the world will not see with the neighboring countries, not only Bay, Wisconsin, Trump indicated that he would figure from. PolitiFact, a fact-checking web- were in a state of shock because they’ve never the real image of Bahrain where people saves the country lots of costs and ship- remain a steadfast supporter of the Saudi gov- site, has previously rated the claim as “Pants got a call like this in 25 years, right,” he said as are suppressed, arrested and stripped off ping difficulty but also will result in stronger ernment, largely due to Riyadh’s purchases from on Fire”. the crowd cheered. their rights for running peaceful protests. political and strategic ties with them and Bahrain people can be arrested for only consequently benefit all the involving nations. posting a comment on social media; for According to the Iranian industry, example, the activist, Najah Ahmed Yusuf, mining and trade ministry, currently Largest ever who protested against the Bahrain Formula only two percent of the total imports of One competitions, Grand Prix 2017, on Iran’s neighbors comes from the Islamic Facebook was jailed for three years by Republic and considering the 15 nations’ meteorite the country’s authorities.