WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13699 Wednesday JULY 1, 2020 Tir 11, 1399 Dhi Al Qada 9, 1441 Region won’t be Stock market listing Kazemi wins Anthology of poems on secure by following to be eased for private FIBA Dunk of the Commander Qassem U.S. orders 3 companies 4 Decade bracket 11 Soleimani published 12 Iran’s special envoy meets Taliban See page 9 political bureau chief in Doha Homegrown TEHRAN — Mohammad Ebrahim Ta- Iran and Afghanistan were discussed herianfard, the special envoy of Iran’s during the meeting, IRNA reported foreign minister for Afghanistan, has on Tuesday. met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokes- the head of the Taliban’s political bureau man Abbas Mousavi said such meetings chief based in Doha. take place in line with Iran’s efforts COVID-19 Reducing violence, starting in- to facilitate “intra-Afghan talks with tra-Afghan talks without foreign the aim of establishing peace, stability interference, especially by the Unit- and security in the Islamic Republic ed States, and common interests of of Afghanistan.” 2 vaccine ready New domestically-made wagons, locomotives join railway fleet TEHRAN — Iranian railway fleet received said that with the new additions, so far, for human 65 new domestically-made locomotives a total of 209 wagons and locomotives and wagons in a ceremony on Tuesday, have joined the country’s railway fleet in the third group of additions this year. the current Iranian calendar year (started As reported by the portal of Transport on March 20). Ministry, the ceremony was attended by The value of the third group of loco- Transport Minister Mohammad Eslami motives and wagons, which were man- trial and Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran ufactured by domestic companies, was Railways (known as RAI) Saeed Rasouli. estimated to be over 1.56 trillion rials Speaking in the ceremony, Rasouli (about $37.14 million). 4 Excavation sheds new light on mysterious capital of Medes in Ecbatana By Afshin Majlesi mer residence of the Achaemenian kings TEHRAN – Archaeologists have un- and one of the residences of the Parthian earthed new cultural relics and architec- kings. According to ancient Greek writ- tural vestiges that sheds a new light on ers, the city was founded in about 678 the mysterious capital of Medes, which BC by Deioces, who was the first king of the Medes. is widely believed to be in Ecbatana, an ancient city on the site of which stands “Cultural elements, estimated to date the modern city of Hamadan in west-cen- back to Iron Age II C (700 – 586 BC), which tral Iran. was almost concurrent with the Median era File photo Health Minister Saeed Namaki Ecbatana was subsequently the sum- (around 678 BC–around 549 BC), 8 ARTICLE Department of Environment’s protection unit Anti-racism protests continue Mahnaz Abdi has made notable achievements: commander across U.S. Head of the TehranTimes Economy Desk By Faranak Bakhtiari the wide geographic expanse of Iran, four types By staff & agenccies It was the second pretrial hearing for the TEHRAN – Jamshid Mohabbat Khani, com- of areas have been designated for preserva- Protests against racial discrimination continue officers, who were fired after Floyd’s May 25 mander of the protection unit of the Depart- tion and protection, including, national parks, across the United States more than a month death. Derek Chauvin, 44, is charged with sec- Capital market, a ment of Environment (DOE), elaborated on wildlife refuges, protected areas, and natural after death of 46-year-old African American, ond-degree murder and other counts, while achievements of the protection unit and the national monuments. In 1997, the DOE held George Floyd, while in police custody. Thomas Lane, 37, J. Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, financing platform environmental defenders in a press conference supervision over 7,563,983 hectares of such A Minnesota judge on Monday warned that 34, are charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin. held on Tuesday. areas. By the year 2003, the size of the DOE he’s likely to move the trials of four former police Floyd died after Chauvin, a white police of- for startups Amendment of gun laws for environmental- supervised areas reached 11,791,788.225 officers charged in George Floyd’s death out of ficer, pressed his knee against the handcuffed ists, taking measures for constantly training of hectares. Minneapolis if public officials, attorneys and family 46-year-old Black man’s neck for nearly eight reative manpower is the pil- forces, providing rangers with high-tech facilities, No rangers died in conflicts in 20 members don’t stop speaking out about the case. minutes. The officers were responding to a call lar of a knowledge-based an annual 300-percent rise in illegal weapons months Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill stopped about a man trying to pass a counterfeit $20 Ceconomy and an economy seizure, and the fact that no rangers have died Over the past three years, successful meas- short of issuing a gag order against attorneys bill at a nearby store. Floyd’s death sparked with high capacity for job creation, in conflicts over the past 20 months were some ures have been taken in the field of training the on both sides, but he said he likely will if public protests around the world. so it is considered the most valua- of the most notable achievements. forces along with constant supervision, so that statements continue that make it hard to find Mississippi state legislature passes bill ble asset of a country and should be The DOE was initially the Hunting Club of in the last 20 months, not only no rangers have an impartial jury. Cahill said that would also to remove Confederate symbol from state flag paid high attention. Iran, established in 1956. Later, it developed into been killed in conflicts, but none of them have make him likely to grant a change-of-venue Meanwhile, The Mississippi state legislature Today, the role that the creative and an organization overseeing hunting and fishing sentenced to death. motion if one is filed, as he anticipates. on Sunday passed a bill to remove the Confederate innovative manpower play in the modern activities in the country. In 1971 the organization Some 4 rangers convicted of killing poachers “The court is not going to be happy about emblem from their flag in a historic referendum societies is undeniable and the countries changed its name to its current one. have been sentenced to death, 2 of whom have hearing comments on these three areas: merits, on the only remaining state flag to feature the know that how much supporting and de- To preserve the existing biodiversity over been forgiven, he noted. 9 evidence and guilt or innocence,” Cahill said. Confederate insignia. 10 veloping such source of creativity can bring economic growth for them. In this regard, the startups come under the spotlight, as they are set up by such Maduro expels EU ambassador after Brussels imposes sanctions Ruhollah Zam faces manpower. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has or- opposition leader Juan Guaidó. give 72 hours to the European Union ambassa- A look at the global rising trend of dered the European Union’s ambassador to leave Maduro announced the ambassador’s expulsion dor in Caracas to leave our country,” Maduro death sentence for investment making in the startups in the country, hours after the EU hit several more in an address on state television, saying those said, before repeating accusations of “European ‘corruption on earth’ the recent years indicates that how Venezuelan officials with sanctions. who “can’t respect Venezuela... should leave it”. colonialism”. their importance is increasing in the The ambassador, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, He accused the EU, which has endorsed Guaidó The European Council -- made up largely TEHRAN — Iran’s Judiciary has announced that countries’ economies. They are, in fact, has been given 72 hours to pack her bags. as Venezuela’s interim president, of recognizing of national leaders -- said the individuals Ruhollah Zam, the operator behind the Amad News becoming some key driving forces for On Monday the European Council added 11 “a puppet as president”. targeted were guilty of stripping several website and Telegram channel, has been sentenced the economies, and therefore, they are leading officials to its list of those subject to re- “What power do they assume they have? Who assembly members, including Guaidó -- of to death. now receiving more supports form the strictive measures for “undermining democracy are they to sanction? Who are they to try to im- parliamentary immunity, and of carrying out “This person’s sentence has been issued,” Judi- governments. and the rule of law”. It accused them of acting pose themselves on the threat? Who are they? politically motivated prosecutions, Euro News ciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said on The governments’ all-out support to the against the National Assembly which is led by Enough, enough. This is why I have decided to reported. 10 Tuesday. “He has been found guilty.” startups and laying the ground for them Esmaeili explained that Zam was charged with to reach their set targets at the shortest “corruption on the earth”, a term used to describe possible time is very important, as such capital crimes within the Islamic Republic’s judicial support encourages entrepreneurship in system, for 13 of his crimes. the societies. The spokesman added the convict has a right Like in many other countries, the role Art series of appeal.