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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 12 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13675 Saturday MAY 30, 2020 Khordad 10, 1399 Shawwal 7, 1441 EU, Russia condemn EU designates Rock climber Alipour Film Museum of Iran U.S. for ending Naghsh-e Jahan Sq. as looks to win reopens after 3-month nuclear waivers 2 World Heritage asset 8 Olympics gold 11 coronavirus closure 12 Over $7.3b allocated for See page 2 development projects TEHRAN — Head of Iran’s Planning and accelerating the implementation of prior- Budget Organization (PBO) has announced itized national and provincial development an over 310 trillion rials (about $7.38 bil- projects and to fulfill the current year’s slogan lion) budget allocation for development which is “surge in production”. projects across the country in the current The resources allocated to the national Iranian calendar year (started on March development projects are going to be 218 20), IRNA reported. trillion rials ($5.19 billion), while special According to a PBO statement, the provincial projects will be given 16.74 tril- mentioned budget has been allocated for lion rials ($398.5 million), 4 U.S. move to end nuclear sanction waivers are symbolic: Shireen Hunter By Javad Heirannia real. The ending of waivers are in the same TEHRAN — Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, vein,” Hunter comments. a professor of political science at George- She also says the goal behind such a town University, tells the Tehran Times move “is not to rescue JCPOA or even to that the new U.S. move to end waivers for negotiate a new deal.” nuclear cooperation with Iran by countries Following is the text of the interview: party to the 2015 nuclear deal is “more The Trump administration ended symbolic than real”. sanctions waivers that allow Russian, “Given the already extensive range Chinese and European companies to do of sanctions against Iran, most of these work at sensitive Iranian nuclear sites. IRGC gets 112 measures have been more symbolic than Why did Trump take such a step? 3 Iran grants loans to 21 film projects hit by COVID-19 lockdown losses missile-launching TEHRAN — The Cinema Organization tion, are among the films. of Iran announced on Thursday that it Mohammad Kart’s directorial debut has allocated a loan of 3 billion rials (over “Butterfly Swimming”, which received $71,000) to each of 21 film projects hit Crystal Simorghs in six categories, in- by the coronavirus shutdown. cluding the audience award, at the 38th The loans are being granted to the films Fajr Film Festival, is among the films. speed boats to combat the financial losses caused by Other highlights of the lineup are Mohammadali Ghadimi the COVID-19 shutdown. Peyman Qasemkhani’s comedy mov- Six films that were scheduled to go ie “Good, Bad, Garish 2: The Secret ISNA/ on screen at Iranian theaters during Army” and Mohammad-Hadi Karimi’s Noruz, the Iranian New Year celebra- “Filicide”. 12 ARTICLE Violent protests over deadly arrest WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Mohammad Homaeefar rock U.S.’s Minneapolis Tehran Times journalist Anger over the death of George Floyd, a hand- In St. Paul, clouds of smoke hung in the air 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13656 Monday MAY 4, 2020 Ordibehesht 15, 1399 Ramadan 10, 1441 Following the Tehran Times: An audible Beheshti Revolutionary cuffed black man in police custody, spread beyond as police armed with batons and wearing gas guidelines of voice of the oppressed newspaper press should Minneapolis Thursday, with looting and fires masks and body armor kept a watchful eye on martyr Beheshti 2 people worldwide 3 9 defend truth 11 Brian Hook raps set along a major St. Paul street and protesters protesters along one of the city’s main commercial Washington’s echo returning to a neighborhood already ravaged corridors, where firefighters also sprayed water The Tehran Times is looking for by violent protest. onto a series of small fires. At one point, officers journalists. It was the third consecutive night of violent stood in line in front of a Target, trying to keep chamber as voice protests following Floyd’s death Monday. In out looters, who were also smashing windows Send your C.V. via email address footage recorded by a bystander, Floyd can be of other businesses. below: of Iran See page 2 seen pleading that he can’t breathe as Officer Hundreds of demonstrators returned Thursday [email protected] Derek Chauvin, who is white, kneels on his neck. to the Minneapolis neighborhood at the center of rian Hook, the U.S. special rep- As minutes pass, Floyd slowly stops talking and the violence, where the nighttime scene veered resentative for Iran, has strongly moving, AP reported. between an angry protest and a street party. At one JOB criticized the performance of Voice B Dozens of businesses across the Twin Cities were point, a band playing in a parking lot across from Required qualifications: of America’s Persian service which he said boarding up their windows and doors Thursday the police’s 3rd Precinct, the focus of the protests, sounds more like the “Voice of the mullahs” Adequate knowledge of English in an effort to prevent looting, with the Minneap- broke into a punk version of Bob Marley’s “Re- than the “Voice of America.” Relevant experience in media olis-based Target announcing it was temporarily demption Song.” Nearby, demonstrators carried In a note published by The New York VACANCY closing two dozen area stores. Minneapolis shut clothing mannequins from a looted Target and Familiarity with the principles Post on Wednesday, Hook wrote that down nearly its entire light-rail system and all bus threw them onto a burning car. Later, a building of journalism VOA Persian “needs to do a better job of service through Sunday out of safety concerns. fire erupted nearby. countering Iranian disinformation and 10 propaganda.” He said he was receiving regular com- khamenei.ir plaints about VOA’s Persian service. “Ira- ARTICLE ARTICLE Farrokh Hesabi Mustafa Prize Mohammad Jafari nian viewers say its American taxpayer Tehran to Washington: We shatter your max pressure withTehran Timesour journalist max resistance Tehran Times journalist funded programming often sounds more TEHRAN — Tehran says it shatters the Unit- yourselves,” Mousavi added. “We are taking these actions now because convenes experts to like the ‘Voice of the mullahs’ than the ed States’ maximum pressure campaign with The tweet came in response to earlier threat- the regime continues to use its nuclear program ‘Voice of America’,” he added. maximum resistance and relying on domestic ening remarks by Brian Hook, the U.S. special to extort the international community,” Hook discuss coronavirus Hook said that addressing such com- capabilities. representative for Iran. said, adding, “The Iranian regime’s threats are plaints was a priority for the Trump ad- “We do shatter your max pressure campaign w/ Hook on Wednesday said maximum economic designed to intimidate nations into accepting TEHRAN — Prominent Muslim scientists and ministration and urged VOA to give access max resistance,stiffening resolve & reliance on the pressure on Iran would prevent Tehran from Iran’s usual violent behavior for fear of some- health experts from over ten countries worldwide to “independent and truthful reporting.” national capabilities,” Foreign Ministry spokesman acquiring nuclear weapons. thing worse. We refuse to play by Iran’s rules.” met virtually on Thursday within the framework of This is while many observers consider Abbas Mousavi tweeted on Thursday night. “Because of our pressure, Iranian leaders U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also announced the 7th Science and Technology Exchange Program Voice of America’s Persian service to be a form “It is you who face a choice: either admit have come to a decision: either negotiate with his decision to end the sanctions waiver covering all (STEP) to address scientific and technological of propaganda tool, aiming to sow discord defeat & start respecting the Iranian Nation or us or manage the economic collapse,” he told remaining nuclear projects originating from the nuclear collaboration in dealing with the coronavirus and dissatisfaction among the Iranian public further keep being hated,humiliating & isolating reporters at a State Department special briefing. agreement with world powers. 3 pandemic. as part of Washington’s age-long policy of Organized by Mustafa Prize Foundation, laure- overthrowing the Islamic Republic. ates and eminent scientists from countries such as VOA Persian is not the first anti-Iran Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Singapore, and propaganda tool of a hostile country Angel of Turkey shared their research findings, experiences, that has been attacked for not being and achievements. harsh enough toward the Islamic Re- Kindness statue Professors Jackie Ying from Singapore and Ugur public – or as Hook put it, for failing to Sahin from Turkey, as well as Iranian professors “effectively communicate” U.S. policies Hossein Baharvand and Mohammad Abdolahad to Persian-speaking audiences. unveiled to delivered keynote speeches. The UK’s BBC Persian channel, which Meanwhile, Jorge Chediek, the director of regularly offers politically biased coverage honor medical the United Nations Office for South-South Co- of Iran’s affairs, has been called “Ayatollah Alireza Soleymani operation, Olzhas Abishev, the vice-minister of BBC” for years. staffIRNA/ healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, gave The Mojahedin-e Khalq, an exiled Ira- inaugural messages. “We are putting together some of the best minds in nian terrorist group better known as the A statue dubbed “Angel of Kindness” was the Islamic world to confront the challenges brought MEK, has compared the BBC Persian to unveiled at Tehran’s Shohada-ye Tajrish about by Coronavirus,” Chediek stated.

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