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.13837 Saturday DECEMBER 19, 2020 Azar 29, 1399 Jumada Al Awwal 4, 1442 EC: Leader agreed only ACL final, not a UN condemns Israel killing “My Hero” sounds songs to extend FATF-related national game but a of Palestinian child as ‘grave in memory of Commander discussions Page 2 game for nations Page 3 violation of international lawPage 5 Qassem Soleimani Ballad Page 8 Iran has inked arms deal with other See page 7 countries: defense minister TEHRAN – Iran is moving forward with cooperation of the Islamic Republic its arms cooperation with various coun- of Iran with some countries during tries and it has signed deals with other the period when the Americans tried countries on arms export, Iranian De- and imposed arms embargo against fense Minister Brigadier General Amir us, and after the lifting of sanctions, Hatami has said. is well pursued.” Commenting on Iran’s defense co- He added that Iran has made efforts operation with other countries, the to export arms and has made progress defense minister told the Parliament in this regard. news agency ICANA that “the arms Continued on page 3 Trade with ECO members exceeds $5.7b in 8 months TEHRAN - Iran’s trade with the member Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Ta- nations of the Economic Cooperation Or- jikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. ganization (ECO) reached $5.762 billion in Iran exported 7,430,423 tons of com- the first eight months of the current Iranian modities worth over $2.945 billion to the calendar year (March 20-November 20), said nations in the mentioned period. the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Liquefied petroleum gas, oil products, Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said. fish, shrimp, tomato paste, vegetables, According to Rouhollah Latfi, during fresh and dried fruits, flowers and plants, the mentioned eight months Iran traded saffron, and nuts were among Iran’s top over 10,911,727 tons of commodities with products exported to member countries of ECO member countries including Turkey, this mentioned union in the said period. Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Continued on page 4 ID cards issued to 84 children of Iranian mothers, foreign fathers Life of Afghans in Iran has set TEHRAN – Birth certificates have been Hamedan province and 19 children in issued to 84 children born to Iranian Tehran province are being prepared, mothers and foreign fathers since No- he added. vember 18, Seifollah Aboutorabi, the Na- According to the Government of Iran, tional Organization for Civil Registration nearly 75,000 children at risk of becom- spokesman, said on Thursday. ing statelessness are eligible for Iranian UNHCR a new pattern for migration So far, 1, 8, 19, 42, 14 ID cards have citizenship under a new nationality law, been issued for children in five provinces which was amended in 2019 to allow chil- VARAMIN, Iran - Afghan girls play and study alongside Iranian students and enjoy together playing with skipping ropes during break time. The photo dates back of Isfahan, Zanjan, Kerman, Hamedan, dren under 18 years to apply for identity before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. and Tehran, respectively, he noted. documents. ID cards of 48 other children in Continued on page 7 Serious doubts Iran’s art of miniature, pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus Hackers target the U.S. agency tasked with about Grossi’s listed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage securing the nuclear weapons intentions TEHRAN – Iran’s art of miniature along with and playing Dotar; Chogan, a horse-riding game The U.S. nuclear weapons agency is reportedly has dismissed any such allegation as baseless. pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus apostle mon- accompanied by music and storytelling; and targeted by hackers as part of a massive cyber U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has described BY M.A. SAKI astery have been recognized by UNESCO for the traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars. security breach against federal agencies and the cybersecurity breach as a matter of great afael Grossi, the director their cultural significance. The art of miniature critical infrastructure. concern, saying his team would impose “sub- general of the Atomic En- The United Nations’ heritage body accepted The miniature is a type of two-dimensional Politico reported on Thursday that hackers stantial costs” on parties responsible for such ergy Agency, has said reviv- the art of miniature as a common tradition artwork that involves the design and creation of targeted the Department of Energy (DOE) and attacks. R between the Islamic Republic, Azerbaijan, small paintings on books, paper-mâché, rugs, its National Nuclear Security Administration Biden promised he “will make cybersecuri- ing Iran’s nuclear deal under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would Turkey, and Uzbekistan during the fifteenth textiles, walls, ceramics, and other items using (NNSA), which secures the U.S. nuclear weap- ty a top priority at every level of government, require striking a new agreement session of the Intergovernmental Committee raw materials such as gold, silver, and various ons stockpile. and we will make dealing with this breach a setting out how Iran’s reduction of for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cul- organic substances. The attack was part of a massive cyber cam- top priority from the moment we take office.” commitments should be reversed. tural Heritage, which is running online from Historically, the miniature was exemplified paign that affected at least half a dozen federal “But a good defense isn’t enough; we need Iran has removed some of the nuclear deal’s December 14 to 19. by book painting in which the text was support- agencies, including the Treasury, State, Defense to disrupt and deter our adversaries from un- limits in response to U.S. President Donald Besides, pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus apostle ed visually, but the element has evolved and and Commerce Departments, Bloomberg re- dertaking significant cyber-attacks in the first Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement and monastery jointly secured a place on the global can also be observed in architecture and as an ported. place,” Newsweek reported, quoting from a the reimposition of sanctions against Tehran list of traditions worthy of protection for Iran adornment in public spaces. The U.S. has a total of 3,800 nuclear weap- statement sent Biden’s transition team. “We that were lifted under the 2015 the deal. and Armenia. The patterns of the miniature represent beliefs, ons, many of which were produced during the will do that by, among other things, imposing Iran did this after waiting for a full The art of miniature and pilgrimage to the worldviews, and lifestyles in a pictorial fashion early years of the Cold War and are overseen substantial costs on those responsible for such year. Iran removed limits gradually – at St. Thaddeus respectively became Iran’s 15th and also gained a new character through the by the NNSA. malicious attacks, including in coordination bi-monthly times. It even insisted that if and 16th items on UNESCO’s intangible cultural Islamic influence. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has with our allies and partners.” the other remaining members of the deal heritage list, joining traditional skills of crafting Continued on page 6 suggested Moscow’s involvement but Russia Continued on page 5 – Germany, Britain, France, Russia and China – compensate Iran for the sanctions it will immediately reverse its decisions. However, the remaining members, Tehran, Moscow to continue military co-op. despite U.S. sanctions: ambassador In the lost time, another especially the European trio (E3), did TEHRAN — Iran and Russia will maintain bilat- countries that have caught up and overtaken it,” act that may lead to harmful consequences for shocking assassination not honor their commitments. Even the eral military cooperation, Kazem Jalali, Iran’s Jalali stated, discussing the latest U.S. sanctions countries and peoples,” Jalali pointed out. INSTEX - the Instrument in Support of ambassador to Russia told Sputnik in an interview, against Iran. Jalali says ties are ‘very important and in one year Trade Exchanges - that the E3 announced adding that U.S. sanctions will not impact his The Iranian ambassador also called on coun- strategic’ after a long time proved to be a tiger paper. country’s military capabilities nor its scientific tries subject to U.S. sanctions such as Russia and According to a Fars News report, Jalali BY ABIR BASSAM Also, Trump violated the legally-binding research. China to join Iran in countering these sanctions also described Tehran-Moscow relations The news of the assassination of the prominent Ira- deal while the IAEA, before Grossi took over “This behavior of the United States will continue and showing their illegal nature. as “very important and strategic,” saying a nian scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was shocking as the UN body’s director, was repeatedly in the future, and the reason is that the U.S. no “Russia, China, Iran and other countries financial mechanism has been established to many around the world. Though it has been clear confirming Iran’s full compliance with longer enjoys the dominance of the past. It wants subjected to sanctions should stand together between the two to reduce dependence on that the assassination has provoked the Iranian peo- the terms of the deal. to say that it is the world’s number-one power, and show that the forceful use of instruments the U.S. dollar. ple as well as the public of its friends, no one can In an interview with Reuters, Grossi said while that is not the case as there are several of power on the international scene is an illegal Continued on page 3 say that it is going to be an easy case to handle in there had been too many breaches for the short or long term.