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Zarif to visit Ankara, Moscow Iran to pursue assassination of POLITICAL TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad deskJavad Zarif plans to visit Ankara and Moscow on June 14 and 15. “Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will visit Ankara and Moscow on Sunday and Gen. Soleimani in intl. bodies Monday next week to discuss latest regional developments with his counterparts,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iranian Gholamhossein Esmaeili announced a CIA said on Thursday. deskDeputy Foreign Minister spy who was gathering intelligence about Following his trip to in April, this is Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Soleimani has been sentenced to death. Zarif’s second foreign visit after the first wave of coronavirus. Baharvand has said that Iran will pursue “Recently, a person named Seyed assassination of Lieutenant General Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, who had Qassem Soleimani by the United States connections with Mossad and CIA and Parliament prepares plan to in international bodies. provided them with intelligence on security “Diplomatic complaints have been filed issues such as the Guards Quds Force and name Mehrabad Airport after through sending letter to the [UN] Security the location of martyr Qassem Soleimani Martyr General Soleimani Council and UN Secretary General [Antonio in exchange for U.S. dollars was sentenced Guterres]. We are pursuing the case and to death by the Revolution Court, and POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iran’s parliament has prepared a completing our investigation in the Foreign the verdict has been confirmed by the deskdouble urgency plan to change name of Meh- Ministry. After that, international actions Supreme Court and will be implemented rabad International Airport to Martyr General Soleimani. will be taken,” Baharvand told the IRIB soon,” Esmaeili announced during a press According to the plan, Tehran has two airports and one of in an interview published on Thursday. conference on Tuesday. them is named after founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Judicial investigations must be accurate Esmaeili said during a press conference Khomeini and the other should be named after the international and without any time limitation, he in January that Iran will file lawsuits against hero of fight against arrogant powers. suggested. Trump and the U.S. government for the On January 3, Trump ordered airstrikes that martyred General On January 3, U.S. President Donald assassination of Soleimani. Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-com- Trump ordered airstrikes that martyred “We intend to file lawsuits in the Islamic mand of ’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), in Baghdad’s General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al- Republic, Iraq and The Hague Court international airport. Muhandis, the second-in-command of Soleimani was recognized internationally (ISIS). Only Daesh celebrated Soleimani’s (International Court of Justice) against In the early hours of January 8, the IRGC fired dozens of bal- Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), as a legendary commander in the war assassination. the military and government of America listic missiles at a military airbase hosting U.S. forces in Iraq as in Baghdad’s international airport. against terrorist groups, especially Daesh Iranian Judiciary spokesman and against Trump,” he said. part of its promised “tough revenge” for the U.S. terrorist attack. Soleimani was recognized internationally as a legendary com- mander in the war against terrorist groups, especially Daesh (ISIS). China slams U.S. threats to reimpose arms ban on Iran, says it will violate UN resolution By staff and agencies arms embargo. Ambassador says U.S. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has slammed the United Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Wang both States’ threats to reimpose an arms embargo on Iran, saying it wrote to the 15-member council and UN chief Antonio Gu- seeking to undermine IAEA violates the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. terres as the United States threatens to spark a so-called reports on Iran Under Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 nu- sanctions snapback under the nuclear deal, even though clear deal – JCPOA –, arms embargo against Iran ends Washington quit the accord in 2018. POLITICAL TEHRAN – The United States and some on October 18. Lavrov wrote in the May 27 letter, made public this deskother countries are seeking to undermine the Wang urged the U.S. to stop its unilateral sanctions, week, that the United States was being “ridiculous and mechanisms and procedures of the International Atomic Ener- return to the correct track of observing the Iran nuclear deal irresponsible.” gy Agency’s reports on Tehran’s nuclear activities, the Iranian and UNSC resolutions, work with all parties to maintain “This is absolutely unacceptable and serves only to recall ambassador to the IAEA has lamented. the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and the famous English proverb about having one’s cake and Kazem Gharibabadi, in an Instagram post on Friday, lam- maintain peace and stability in the Middle East, CGTN eating it,” Lavrov wrote. basted the constant obstruction by the U.S. and its allies against reported on Thursday. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft announced on Iran in the quarterly meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, According to Reuters, Russia and China have started June 5 that Washington had shared the draft resolution on “@USAmbUNbelieves US retains right to initiate snap- Mehr reported. making the case at the United Nations against Washington’s the extension of Iran’s arms embargo with Russia, Britain, back of sanctions under UNSCR 2231. He wrote that the quarterly meeting of the IAEA board will claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran France, Germany and Estonia which are all members of WRONG: US cannot be a JCPOA “Participant”, since begin its work on June 15 via videoconference given the coro- at the Security Council, with Moscow invoking a 50-year- the Security Council. @realDonaldTrump ceased U.S. participation. navirus outbreak. old international legal opinion to argue against the move. Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United The US—which is in violation of the resolution—has At the forthcoming meeting, IAEA Director General Rafael Washington has threatened to trigger a return of UN Nations, has said that the United States has no right to no right to initiate anything under 2231,” Takht-Ravanchi Mariano Grossi will give a report on verification of the imple- sanctions on Iran if the Security Council does not extend initiate anything under the 2231 resolution. tweeted on June 5. mentation of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Gharibabadi noted. The envoy said the U.S. along with some Western countries are seeking to make the decision-making process possible through Iranian diplomat meets Tehran, Moscow enjoy growing ties, votes if necessary, while some other countries like Russia oppose it. Iraqi FM Zarif says “Although there is a short time left to hold this meeting, the POLITICAL modality of the meeting and the ruling ritual of its work has not POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iraj Masje- TEHRAN – Foreign of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist desk desk been finalized yet,” Gharibabadi said. di, the Iranian ambassa- Minister Mohammad Republic (RSFSR) before 2002, is He added that the U.S. continues to undermine international dor to Iraq, met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has said that Tehran- the national holiday of the Russian mechanisms and procedures ruling international bodies. Fuad Hussein on Thursday. Moscow ties are growing, calling for Federation. It has been celebrated According to the Iranian envoy, the IAEA director-general’s Ways to expand relations were discussed expansion of relations. annually on June 12 since 1992. reports on the verification of the implementation the JCPOA, during the meeting. “Fortunately, with the will and In a message to Russian Prime as well as the safeguard agreement in Iran, will be discussed After a separate meeting with Hassan determination of both countries’ leaders Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich during the session. al-Tamimi, the Iraqi minister of health, Mas- and top officials, bilateral relations Mishustin, First Vice-President Es’haq jedi said in a tweet that it is not now possible in line with serving the common Jahangiri also congratulated Russia on to that pilgrims visit holy shrines in Iraq. interests and helping the regional and National Day and called for expanding Denmark summons Saudi He also said that the Iraqi foreign min- international stability and security economic relations. ister and health minister have promised to are growing,” he said in a message Parliament Speaker Mohammad envoy over funding anti-Iran cooperate in reopening the borders. and visa for the two countries’ citizens were to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Bagher Ghalibaf also sent separate Masjedi met with Iraqi Prime Minister discussed,” Masjedi said in a tweet. Lavrov on the occasion of Russia’s messages to Chairwoman of the terror group Mustafa al-Kadhimi in May and exchanged He added that the Iraqi prime minister National Day. Russian Federation Council Valentina praised Iran’s efforts in the fight against He expressed hope that the relations Matviyenko and Chairman of the TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Saudi ambassador was summoned to views on boosting relations. Daesh-also called ISIS or ISIL. would be expanded as he congratulated State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the Danish foreign ministry over its support for a notorious terrorist “In the meeting with Mr. Kadhimi, bi- “Kadhimi considered Iran and Iraq as Russia’s National Day. congratulating Russia’s National Day. group behind a 2018 deadly attack in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz. lateral cooperation, continuation of actions regarding the 1975 Algiers Agreement, banking two friendly and brotherly countries,” the Russia Day, called Day of adoption He also attached great importance to cooperation, Khorramshahr-Basra railway ambassador noted in his tweet. of the declaration of state sovereignty expansion of parliamentarian relations.

Rouhani, Putin and Erdogan to discuss Syria via videoconference POLITICAL TEHRAN – President Turkish counterparts in Ankara in September 2019, the deskof Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin Iranian president stressed a few points to help revitalize and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, plan to the war-torn Syria. hold a videoconference on Syria within the framework of The return of refugees to Syria, non-interference of foreign the Astana format. countries in Syria’s affairs, fighting terrorism, facilitating Speaking to NTV broadcaster, Turkish Foreign Minister humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, and helping the Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that it was Iran’s turn to formation of a constitution were among the points emphasized Danish police said they were prosecuting “three people for financing host the next Astana summit, but they are mulling a trilateral by Rouhani. and promoting terrorism in Iran, including in collaboration with a meeting via videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the fifth summit of its kind attended by Rouhani, Saudi intelligence service”. Ankara and Moscow have agreed on the leaders’ Putin, and Erdogan as the host. “We will not accept such activities under any circumstances and videoconference, and they are waiting for Iran’s response The Astana format was launched by Russia, and our ambassador in has repeated the same message directly about the date, Cavusoglu said. Iran in January 2017 in an effort to bring all warring parties to the Saudi authorities,” Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said in a According to Middle East Eye, the top officials will discuss in the country, ISNA reported on Thursday. in Syria to the negotiating table as a complementary part of statement, in which he deplored “new very serious charges”, AFP the latest developments in Syria and solution to the crisis In a trilateral meeting on Syria with his Russian and the UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva. reported. The trio has been facing prosecution since February for spying for Saudi intelligence. According to the Danish intelligence service PET, they worked Iran asks French experts to read black boxes of Ukrainian plane for Riyadh between 2012 and 2018. By staff and agency tigations in Iran are on their final stages and nians, 63 Iranian-Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, In February, Denmark said its intelligence service had arrested Iranian investigators have asked France’s the Islamic Republic is well informed of the 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans, and charged three members of the Saudi-backed terror group for BEA air accident agency to read black boxes details of the incident. and three British nationals. spying on behalf of the kingdom in the Scandinavian country. of a Ukrainian plane which was mistakenly “We do believe that decoding the black box Tehran, Ottawa underline expe- The terrorist group Al-Ahvaziya has committed numerous crimes shot down in January near Tehran. will add nothing special to Iran’s investigation dition of probe into the crashed plane against Iranian targets over the past decades, among them bomb “Iran’s AAIB recently made a request to about the incident,” he asserted. Baharvand also stressed the necessity of attacks in public places, abductions, assassinations, kidnapping for the BEA that the recorders should be taken “Our investigations are comprehensively quick inquiry into the case of the Ukrainian ransom, shooting at tourists, and blowing up oil pipelines. by Iran to the BEA’s premises in France to conducted and we know exactly what has plane crash with his Canadian counterpart Formed a few years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, be read in the presence of representatives occurred to the flight,” the deputy foreign Marta Morgan in a phone conversation on the terror group was inspired back then by the Baathist regime of of other involved countries and ICAO, if the “According to our investigations, Iran, minister added. Thursday, Fars reported. Iraq’s ex-dictator Saddam Hussein. BEA is in a position to accommodate this,” Ukraine, and many other countries are not He also pointed out that Iran has had Baharvand and Morgan highlighted the Al-Ahvaziya has been after separating the southwestern province Farhad Parvaresh, Iran’s representative to capable of decoding the black box due to the a warm technical cooperation with other need for rapid finalization of issues related of Khuzestan — home to the country’s Arab population — from the the UN agency, told Reuters by telephone. aircraft’s modern technology,” Mehr quoted countries on the Ukrainian flight issue and to the crashed plane, as the international rest of Iran through engaging in armed conflict against the Iranian The BEA said it had not formally received Baharvand as saying. the subject has not been politicized at all. flights will soon be resumed following a halt government. the request and remained in discussions with “Iran can deliver it to a French or any The Ukrainian passenger plane, with 176 resulting from coronavirus outbreak. In September 2018, the Saudi-backed terror outfit claimed respon- Iran, Canada and Ukraine on any involve- other foreign company capable of decoding people aboard, was mistaken for an invading Given the large number of Iranians residing sibility for a deadly attack on a military parade in Ahvaz, Khuzestan’s ment it may have. it but we have to make sure that there are no missile. The tragic incident happened a few in Canada and their need for communica- provincial capital. The assault killed 25 people, including members Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Inter- risks of abuse of the black box,” he added. hours after Iran fired missiles at a U.S. air tion with the families of those killed in the of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and civilian national and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand He stated that talks with Ukraine on base in Iraq in retaliation for the January 3 incident, Baharvand called on the Canadian bystanders, and injured 70 others. said on June 7 Iran is ready to deliver the transferring the black box to its intended assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. government to remove barriers in the way Shortly after the attack, the London-based “Iran International” black box of the downed Ukrainian plane destination for decryption are underway Following the retaliation attack, the Iranian of Iranian and Canadian citizens to receive television channel funded by allowed the al-Ahvaziya to a French or any other foreign company but not finalized. military had been put on high alert. consular services, but the Canadian side spokesman to go live on air to defend the bloodshed. capable of decoding it. According to Baharvand, technical inves- The victims of the crash included 82 Ira- postponed examining the issue to future. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 13, 2020 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 Zarif: ICC blackmailed by ‘lawless gang’ Racist Zionist regime should worry about collapse of posing as diplomats racist symbols: security chief

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Foreign interests of the victims of atrocities. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s deskMinister Mohammad “These are the latest in a series of un- deskSupreme National Security Council (SNSC), Javad Zarif has attacked the U.S. sanc- precedented attacks on the ICC,” the Hague- said on Thursday that the “racist” Zionist regime should be more tions on the International Criminal Court based court said in a statement. concerned than any state with the collapse of racist symbols. (ICC), saying the ICC was blackmailed by “These attacks constitute an escalation “Now that the call for ‘the most pious of you is your suprem- a “lawless gang” posing as diplomats. and an unacceptable attempt to interfere acy before God’ has been heard globally after centuries, #racist “International Criminal COURT now with the rule of law and the Court’s judicial #Zionist regime should be more concerned than any state with blackmailed by lawless gang posing as proceedings,” said the ICC. the collapse of racist symbols,” Shamkhani tweeted. diplomats,” Zarif wrote in his Twitter The ICC was established in 2002 to “They know it’s their turn after the statues,” he said, using page on Thursday. prosecute war crimes and crimes against the hashtag #alllivesmatter. He added, “What else will it take humanity and genocide in areas where In the past couple of days, Confederate statues and statues of for the global community to wake up perpetrators might not otherwise face other historical figures, including slave traders and Christopher & smell the consequences of appeasing justice. Some 123 states from across the Columbus, have toppled throughout the U.S. and around the world. the bully? And who else should the US world recognize its jurisdiction. According to The New York Times, this follows years of debate terrorize before appeasers realize EVEN In March, the ICC began an investiga- about public display of Confederate symbols, following the 2015 they might be next?” tion into war crimes in Afghanistan that murder of nine black church congregants in Charleston, S.C., by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, could involve Americans – the first time a Confederate-flag-bearing white supremacist, and the deadly Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and Attor- the court’s prosecutor had been cleared clash in 2017 between white nationalists and counterprotesters in ney General Willian Barr, on the heels of to investigate U.S. forces. The decision Charlottesville, Va., over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. an executive order from President Trump, was made on appeal after judges initially It came after weeks of protests over entrenched racism in the announced on Thursday that the U.S. will rejected the request from chief prosecutor, United States, reignited by the killing of George Floyd. authorize economic sanctions against mem- Fatou Bensouda, whose visa was revoked Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed in Minneapolis, Min- bers of the ICC for investigating alleged by the U.S. in April 2019. nesota, on May 25. A video of the incident shows Derek Chauvin, U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan. The case involves allegations of war a white police officer, kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine Trump signed the executive order to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, nounced that Trump’s decision to impose crimes committed by Afghan national se- minutes as the 46-year-old pleaded: “I can’t breathe.” block the financial assets of court employ- “We cannot, we will not stand by as our sanctions on court employees is not only curity forces, Taliban and Haqqani Network Following the killing, protests erupted in at least 140 U.S. ees and bar them and their immediate people are threatened by a kangaroo court.” an attack on the court and the system of fighters, as well as U.S. forces and intelligence cities, with thousands of people taking to the streets against relatives from entering the U.S. The International Criminal Court an- international criminal justice, but on the officials in Afghanistan since May 2003. police violence. National Guard troops were activated in more than 20 states, and several cities imposed temporary curfews. On Wednesday, Floyd’s brother testified at a House Judi- Tehran, Moscow share common responsibility for regional security, ciary Committee hearing on issues of racial profiling, police brutality and lost trust between police departments and the communities they serve. Rouhani says in message to Putin “I’m tired. I’m tired of the pain I’m feeling now and I’m tired counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of Rus- security,” adding, “Therefore, it is imperative to continue of the pain I feel every time another Black person is killed for no sia’s National Day, saying Tehran and Moscow share the ongoing talks and negotiations between the Tehran and reason,” Philonise Floyd said during his testimony. common responsibilities and interests with regard Moscow at different levels.” “Teach them what necessary force is,” he says. “Teach them to the security of the region. Rouhani further wished for further prosperity and hap- that necessary force should be used rarely, and only when life “I would like to offer my sincerest congratulations to piness for the Russian nation. is at risk.” Your Excellency and the people of that country on the Russia Day, called Day of adoption of the declaration Russian Federation’s National Day,” the president said of state sovereignty of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist in a message on Friday, Mehr reported. Republic (RSFSR) before 2002, is the national holiday of He hailed the considerable developments and deepening the Russian Federation. It has been celebrated annually Iran calls for end to Israel’s of ties between Iran and Russia over the past years. on June 12 since 1992. tyranny over Western “I am confident that relying on the invaluable experi- It is the successor to October Revolution Day, the former ences of the past, the relations between the two countries national day in the Soviet Union. The day commemorates halls of power will expand more and more in line with the common in- the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the terests and with the aim of increasing the welfare of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on TEHRAN (FNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad two nations,” President Rouhani said. 12 June 1990. The passage of this Declaration by the First Zarif referred to a green light by the American Israel Public Affairs POLITICAL TEHRAN — President Hassan He further stressed that “Iran and the Russian Federation Congress of People’s Deputies marked the beginning of Committee (AIPAC) to the U.S. congressmen to criticize Israeli deskRouhani has felicitated his Russian hold common responsibilities and interests over the regional constitutional reform in the Russian Soviet state. annexation, saying that the time is now ripe for putting an end to the apartheid of Israel and its Zionist lobby’s influence on the U.S. “If there were ever any question of WHO dictates the U.S. and the Western policy in the Middle East, this headline screams it loud & clear,” Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his Twitter FM Zarif says U.S. not entitled to vilify Iran account on Thursday while referring to a news report by a UK- Iranian foreign minister says the United States has has described the code as a fundamental principle based newspaper. no right to “abuse” the UN and the International governing international relationships. The UK-based newspaper Jewish News on Wednesday reported Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to vilify Iran, because Russia recently attacked the U.S. efforts to come in that “the leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States (AIPAC) is Washington has already breached the nuclear deal the way of Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA, although, telling lawmakers that they are free to criticize Israel’s looming and the United Nations Security Council resolution the nuclear agency has not yet found any evidence of annexation plans — just as long as the criticism stops there.” that endorsed it. “diversion” of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work. “#AIPAC has poisoned U.S. politics for years, overtly giving In a tweet on Thursday, Mohammad Javad Zarif Earlier this week, Russia’s Permanent Representa- instructions to Congress,” Zarif said. noted that despite Iran’s effort to abide by its obli- tive to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail “Time to end #APARTHEID Israel’s tyranny over Western gations as per the nuclear deal, officially known as Ulyanov said the nuclear deal’s “opponents” -- in clear halls of power,” he reiterated. the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reference to the United States and some of its allies The Jewish News had reported that so far, the group has re- Washington has been doing its best to heighten ten- -- were seeking to “undermine the confidence and mained publicly silent. But in private, AIPAC is telling lawmakers sions with Tehran and has also been bullying other cooperation” between Tehran and the IAEA. that as long as they don’t push to limit the United States’ aid to countries to follow suit. He reminded that the nuclear accord was, among Israel, they can criticize the annexation plan without risking After its conclusion in Vienna in 2015, the nuclear other things, clenched to “restore confidence in exclu- future support from the lobby group. accord between Iran and the P5+1 group of states -- the sively peaceful nature” of Iran’s nuclear program, noting In relevant remarks in late May, Supreme Leader of the Islamic U.S., the UK, France, Russia, and China plus Germany that the nuclear agency has not found any “military Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said that the Zionist -- was endorsed by the Security Council in the form dimension” to Iran’s nuclear activities. Virus as the record holder of human evil will soon be eliminated of Resolution 2231. File photo provided by the Associated Press shows an Washington, Israel, and some regional countries like the coronavirus. The accord removed nuclear-related sanctions against International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector have, however, long been trying to allege otherwise, Addressing the worldwide Muslims in a live televised speech on the Islamic Republic that voluntarily changed some aspects at the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran. with the occupying regime using every international the occasion of the International al-Quds Day, Ayatollah Khame- of its nuclear program in return. The accord was hailed occasion to flaunt, what it calls, evidence of misappli- nei considered the dawn of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and as a pillar of world security due to its swift contribution The U.S. has vowed to have the Security Council cation of the Iranian nuclear work without providing the subsequent emergence of the Resistance Front to be factors to lowering regional and international tensions. extend an arms embargo that will end under the JCPOA any concrete proof. that have impeded the “Zionist virus”. The U.S., however, left the JCPOA in May 2018 in October, and threatened to try to restore all inter- Zarif, meanwhile, gave a list of the United States He stressed the fact that the Zionist regime, the worst in breach of its multilateral nature and the UNSC’s national sanctions against Tehran if the embargo was other actions, which stand in sharp contrast to the in- human evil, will be uprooted from the Middle East despite enshrinement of the accord. not prolonged. ternational law, saying the U.S. has clearly admitted to being supported by the United States and its minions, in The country then returned the sanctions, started Washington alleges that it is allowed to try taking involvement in such acts of terrorism as assassination the not-too-distant future. Without a doubt, the Zionist scaring others to stop their legal trade with Iran, and both the measures against Iran as it is still “named” of the regional resistance movement’s top figures in virus, which is the record holder of human evil, won’t last refused to relieve the bans although Tehran won an in the UNSC resolution as a JCPOA partner. Iraq, as well as facilitating Saudi and Israeli regime’s long, and it will be uprooted. International Court of Justice case against Washington Zarif’s tweet, though, refuted Washington’s claim war crimes in and Palestine. that mandated it to lift the coercive measures targeting by invoking a 50-year-old international legal opinion. He concluded his tweet by emphasizing that as a transfer of food and medicine to the Islamic Republic. Under the 1971 International Court of Justice opinion result of its bleak track records with regard to ignoring The U.S. has been trying to mount pressure on adduced in the tweet, “a party which disowns or does the norms of human rights and international law, the Tehran: U.S. regime to soon Iran through numerous other channels too, including not fulfill its own obligations cannot be recognized as United States has no right to “abuse UN & IAEA to the Security Council itself and the IAEA, the UN’s retaining the rights, which it claims to derive from the vilify Iran.” kneel in front of Iranian nation nuclear agency. relationship,” the top diplomat reminded. The opinion (Source: Press TV) 1 Hook also said U.S. policy toward Iran has weak- ened the country and has affected its support for ’s Hezbollah. Afghanistan to send delegation to Iran to prevent illegal traffic On May 8, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump walked away from the internationally-backed Iran nuclear agreement, TEHRAN — The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs an- the employment of Afghan workers legally. officially called the JCPOA, and introduced a “maximum nounced the dispatch of a delegation from Kabul to Tehran Following the car crash of Afghan nationals in Yazd Prov- pressure” policy against Iran in order to force Tehran to to investigate the recent incidents for Afghan citizens and ince, Afghan Ambassador to Tehran Abdolghafor Lival held negotiate a new deal. prevention of illegal traffic. a meeting with the officials of the province on Sunday and On May 8, 2019, Iran started to remove curbs on its nu- According to a statement from the Afghan Foreign Min- noted, “We believe that human traffickers and the driver clear program. It happened exactly one year after the U.S. istry, the National Security Council of the country decided are responsible for this incident.” abandoned the JCPOA and imposed the harshest sanctions to send a high-level delegation from Kabul to Tehran to According to Lival, the driver has been identified and the in history against Iran in line with the Trump administra- prevent a recurrence of similar incidents. judicial authorities are striving to arrest him. tion’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Tehran. The Afghan Foreign Ministry also added that it had He further maintained that bilateral relations are signif- Earlier this week, Hook said the United States is working submitted a report on the recent incidents to the National icant for Afghanistan and appreciated the Islamic Republic to renew the arms embargo on Iran, adding that sanctions Security Council, which had decided to send a high-lev- of Iran for hosting Afghan refugees. on the Islamic Republic had produced “excellent results”. el delegation to Iran to prevent the recurrence of such Also, on May 1, some claims surfaced in media reports “The sanctions on Tehran have led to excellent results and unfortunate incidents. that Iranian border guards had tortured and thrown as we have deprived the Iranian regime of billions of dollars According to the report, the purpose of the negotiating many as 57 Afghans into the Hari River (Harirud) in west- Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, the confirmed reports thanks to the sanctions,” he remarked. team is to prevent illegal traffic by focusing on ensuring ern Herat province to prevent their illegal entry into Iran. received from the border guards of the Islamic Republic He also said Trump had been “very strong against Iran,” better border security between the two countries. The Khaama Press News Agency said at least 23 of them of Iran show that such an incident has not occurred on the adding that “the Iranian regime is languishing under great The Afghan Foreign Ministry also announced that drowned in Harirud. mentioned date and location. He noted that Iran has not pressure and the door is open to diplomacy ... President the delegation will discuss with Iranian officials the fight Tehran has roundly rejected the claims, saying the inci- been associated with Afghan migrants and the claims of Trump will continue to pressure and Iran must respond.” against human trafficking on both sides of the border, dent took place on the Afghan side of the border and Iranian transferring people to camps or inhumane treatment are Meanwhile, Tehran has strongly rejected the U.S. pres- the beginning of the process of establishing the identity forces had no role in the incident. completely baseless. He added that due to weather conditions ident’s calls for talks under pressure, arguing that it was of Afghan citizens and the legalization of immigrant res- Iran has extensive evidence that the incident has not of the region, not a single Afghan citizen entered the territory the U.S., not Iran and other parties to the nuclear pact, that idency, as well as the implementation of the draft law on happened on its borders. According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran on that date. left the negotiating table. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JUNE 13, 2020

A 354-km highway to be built Industrial, mining projects linking Iran, Iraq

ECONOMY TEHRAN —Iranian transport and urban deskdevelopment minister announced that Iran worth $1.1b inaugurated and Iraq have reached a deal on building a 354-kilometer highway between the two countries, Press TV reported. ECONOMY TEHRAN — President In late May, Iranian Industry, Mohammad Eslami said that the long highway connect- deskHassan Rouhani, on Mining, and Trade Ministry announced ing the city of Mehran on the western Iranian border to the Thursday, inaugurated four industrial and the implementation of a new program holy city of in central Iraq will ease traffic across the mining projects worth 48.26 trillion rials called “Persistent Production-Effective border and would help boost trade between the two neigh- (about $1.15 billion) in the northeastern Employment-Sustainable Exports”, based boring countries. Khorasan Razavi Province and central on which the ministry plans to inaugurate Isfahan Province via video conference. 200 industrial, mining, and trade projects The projects included two iron ore across the country by the Iranian calendar concentrate units in Sangan Iron Ore year of 1400 (begins on March 20, 2021). Complex (SIOC) and an iron pellet As reported, a total of 1.69 quadrillion production unit in Sanabad Mining rials (about $40.23 billion) has been and Industrial Development Company invested in the mentioned projects that (SIMIDCO) in Khorasan Razavi, as well are going to create job opportunities for as expansion of a home appliance unit in 41,000 people. Isfahan. The mentioned program has been defined As reported, with a production capacity by the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry of 5 million tons per year, Sangan iron in line with the government’s new strategies ore concentrate units are going to create for developing the country’s infrastructure direct and indirect jobs for 3,500 people. in order to realize the “Surge in Production” The project was completed with €150 motto. million of foreign investment as well as A same program (called “A-B-Iran”) eight trillion rials (about $190 million) was also defined by the Energy Ministry of domestic investment. last year, under which numerous energy “The Mehran-Najaf Highway could be a high-potential road Meanwhile, Sanabad’s 2.5-million-ton investment of 1.9 trillion rials (about $42.23 investment will also create direct jobs for projects were inaugurated in various for transit and trade exchanges between the two countries pellet production unit, with a domestic million) and 900 million yuan of foreign 280 people. provinces across the country. in addition to the function it would have for transporting the pilgrims,” the minister added. He said that Iranian and Iraqi officials had concluded “initial talks” for building the key road. 60% of home appliances in ‘Strategic planning to optimize A study by the Iranian parliament shows that nearly two Iran locally-made investment in industry sector’ million Iraqis visit Iran each year for pilgrimage purposes. The number of Iranians visiting Iraq for a similar reason is around 700,000 although over two million Iranians arrive in Iraq during the Arba’een period, a special religious occasion which takes place in the second month of the Islamic calendar. Iran and Iraq have massively expanded their trade relations over the past years mainly as a result of deepening political ties between the two neighbors. Iraq is only second to China in Iran’s list of top export destinations with more than $12 billion worth of goods and services purchased from Iran each year. Iran has embarked on a series of major transportation projects to facilitate trade with Iraq, including a railway that would connect cities on the southwestern border to the Iraqi port city of Basra. Iran’s Mehran crossing on the border with Iraq, which had been closed since early March due to the outbreak of coronavirus, was reopened on Monday, ISNA reported, quot- ing the spokesman of Islamic Republic of Iran’s Customs Administration (IRICA). The border crossing resumed operation following several ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian dep- Ministry data, in the previous year, 1,168,700 ECONOMY TEHRAN – Moham- that define a framework for the develop- desk rounds of talks with Iraqi officials, according to Ruhollah Latifi. deskuty industry, mining, and refrigerators and freezers were produced in madreza Ansari, the ment of the country’s industrial sector Latifi said the border is not going to be open every day, trade minister for industry affairs says Iranian the country, an increase of 7.8 percent com- deputy head of Iran Chamber of Com- in relation to the global economy, the and for the current week it will be open only on Monday and producers have indigenized the knowledge pared to the preceding year 1397 (ended on merce, Industries, Mines and Agricul- official said. Wednesday and as of the next week cargoes will be allowed for manufacturing 60 percent of the country’s March 20, 2019), while domestic companies ture (ICCIMA), says the development The industry sector, indirectly, af- to cross on Sundays and Wednesdays every week. home appliance needs, IRIB reported. produced 732,200 washing machines, to of a strategy aligned with the country’s fects the allocation of resources to oth- According to the official, 250 trucks carrying export goods Speaking in the inauguration ceremo- register a 32-percent increase year on year. economic potentials will lead to the op- er sectors and this way influences the to Iraq are scheduled to cross this border each day, so a total ny of a home appliance production unit on Also, the production of coolers increased timization of activities and investments whole economy; thus, by considering the of 500 trucks will cross the border every week. Thursday, Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki said the by 6.3 percent to 904,900 units during the in the industry sector. concept of industrial development as a Health protocols are strictly applied on Mehran crossing, development of domestic production in said period. According to Ansari, despite creation path or a stage of transition to economic having all workers use protective equipment and the area and the home appliance industry has been very According to the official, the increase of various development programs over development, industrial strategy can be cargo continually disinfected, according to Latifi. significant so that nearly 70 percent of the in the production of home appliances was the past few years, industrial develop- seen as a roadmap based on which indus- Mehran border crossing was closed in early March due small home appliances are currently made achieved in a situation where two international ment strategies have either not been trial policies covering tools, resources, to coronavirus outbreak. Iranian officials were continually by domestic producers. companies (LG and Samsung) which held implemented or haven’t fit the country’s requirements and executive tactics can talking to Iraqi counterparts to reopen the crossing under Underlining the increase in the production nearly 80 percent of Iran’s market reduced real needs, ICCIMA portal reported. be identified, he explained. health protocols. of home appliances during the first two months their production in the country and left Iran “Developing new programs in this Earlier this year, ICCIMA Head Gho- Mehran is a major border between Iran and Iraq, and of the current Iranian calendar year (March under U.S. pressures. area requires that we first determine the lam-Hossein Shafeie had called on the is among the most significant crossings, especially due to 20-May 20), the official said the production ’s LG Electronics and Sam- areas in which we have the advantage to Iranian parliament to support the private its proximity to holy cities in Iraq. Between 500,000 and of washing machines has increased by 152 sung have ended their presence in the Iranian improve and grow,” Ansari said. sector in preparing a strategic plan for 600,000 people cross the border at this terminal every year. percent from 48,000 units in the previous market since the beginning of 2020, abiding In the absence of such a strategy, we the industry sector. year to 121,000 units this year. by the U.S. pressures for cutting ties with one will come to short-term decisions made “One of the main problems in the He further mentioned the upward trend of their biggest markets. for the industry sector, while the basis production sector is the lack of an in- Annual elevator production of the production home appliances in the The departure of the Asian companies for an industrial development strategy dustrial development strategy,” he said previous calendar year 1398 and noted that from the Iranian market created a new op- is to consider a set of economic trends in a parliament open session. falls to 25,000 units despite the restrictions created by the U.S. this portunity for domestic companies to, once related to each other to come up with Shafeie announced the readiness of industry’s production capacity increased 10 again, come to the spotlight for showcasing a long-term program. the country’s chambers of commerce, ECONOMY TEHRAN — Head of the Iranian Syndicate desk percent in 1398 compared to its preceding year. their capabilities and benefit from a market Industrial strategy refers to a set guilds and cooperatives for formulating for Elevator and Escalator Industries said Based on Industry, Mining and Trade that belongs to them. of long-term government approaches this strategy. although the country has the capacity for production and commissioning of 80,000 elevators annually, only 25,000 units are currently produced per year due to the stagnation of the construction industry, IRNA reported. Iran’s iron ore concentrate production Tire output up 18% in 2 months capacity reaches 62m tons yr/yr

According to Abbas Abrishami, the highest level of eleva- tor production and installation in the country was recorded in the Iranian calendar year of 1392 (March 2013-March 2014) with 70,000 units, which was due to the boom in the construction of Mehr housing units. Abrishami further mentioned the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry’s plans for establishing export groups for ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran’s iron each of which will add 2.5 million tons to ECONOMY TEHRAN — Produc- 41 percent of tire output in the West Asian this sector in order to develop the exports of services and deskore concentrate produc- the country’s iron ore concentrate produc- desktion of tire in Iran has region, according to the deputy director products in the industry, adding that Iran is the third country tion capacity has increased by five million tion capacity. risen 18 percent during the first two months of non-metal industries office of Iranian in the world after the United Kingdom and Canada to launch tons (mt) to reach 62 million tons following As announced by the ministry, Iran of the current Iranian calendar year (March Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry. scientific training centers to provide academic training in the inauguration of the country’s biggest produced 47.306 million tons of iron 20-May 19) compared to the same period Mohsen Safdari has said that 11 tire this area. concentrate unit in northeastern Khorasan ore concentrate in the previous Iranian of time in the past year, IRNA reported. production units are active in the country The official noted that the syndicate has 1,800 members, Razavi Province, IRIB reported. calendar year (ended on March 19), reg- As reported, 42,453 tons of tires have creating jobs for 14,500 people. which include 1,200 members in the design and engineering The mentioned production unit was istering a four-percent rise compared to been produced in the country during the He said 426,000 tons is the nominal services department, 200 in the production department and inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani the preceding year. two-month period. capacity, while the real output is less than another 200 in the field of distribution and sales of parts, via video conference during a ceremony In its outlook plan for the Iranian cal- In terms of number, a 21-percent growth this figure as some units are working with while the rest are active in the other areas. on Thursday. endar year 1404 (2025-2026) Iran has was also experienced, as 6.363 million tires 60-70 percent of their capacity. He put the total number of operating elevators in the Speaking in the ceremony, Acting In- envisaged production of 55 million tons of different types were produced in the first “Iranian tire industry is dependent on country at nearly 750,000, from which 250 million people dustry, Mining and Trade Minister Hos- of steel per annum, and to achieve this two months of the present year. foreign raw materials by 40 percent, so we use on a daily basis, adding that the demand for the sale and sein Modares Khiabani said the mentioned target the country requires to extract 160 Having the annual production capacity are self-reliant by 60 percent in this field”, installation of elevators is 50,000 per year. project will be completed in two phases, million tons of iron ore concentrate. of 426,000 tons of tire, Iran accounts for the official announced. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 13, 2020 ENERGY 5

Petchem sector’s leap and PSEEZ sets up industrial waste disposal unit

ENERGY TEHRAN — Pars Special Energy Economic realization of ‘Surge in Production’ deskZone (PSEEZ) Organization established a solid industrial waste disposal unit with the capacity of 100,000 tons, Shana reported. National Petrochemical Company has the By Mahnaz Abdi During the opening ceremony of the Khakchal Landfill Site, elevation of technology on its agenda espe- the head of the organization’s HSE unit said the 11-hectare project TEHRAN — Petrochemical industry plays a cially in this year which is the year for a surge was designed in the three phases: waste landfill, recycling unit crucial role in Iran’s non-oil economy, as the in production. and waste incineration. petrochemical export is the second largest During a recent interview, the NPC man- Bahram Dashti-Nejad said that the landfill was designed based source of revenue for the country after crude aging director put emphasis on the necessity on the geographical topography of the region on a sloping surface oil. Petrochemical exports already constitute of elevating technical knowledge in the pet- with an investment of IRR. 200 billion by the private sector, nearly 33 percent of the country’s non-oil rochemical industry, and said, “We should creating jobs for 150 people indirectly. exports. promote technical knowledge in a way to move Iran has been highly developing this sector toward more diversity in production and also over the recent years as the development of producing products with higher value-added.” the giant South Pars gas field (Iran shares with To materialize the goal of indigenizing the in the Persian Gulf) has been supplying production of the oil industry’s equipment, more feedstock to the petrochemical units. the country’s Petrochemical Research and Also, the U.S. sanctioning Iran’s oil ex- Technology Company (PRTC) has also played ports has encouraged more development of a very significant role in collaborating with the petrochemical industry to boost exports the knowledge-based companies for working from this sector. on innovative research projects for producing Now, pursuing the third leap in this various equipment and base-products needed sector, the country aims to boost its annual in the industry. petrochemical production capacity to 100 PRTC’s Managing Director Ali Pajouhan South Pars industrial and petrochemical units are facing million tons in the next Iranian calendar year has recently announced that the National limitations in terms of waste disposal standards, in such a way (March 2021-March 2022) from the current Petrochemical Company, in collaboration with that some of them have more than a thousand tons of waste 66 million tons. inaugurated across the country during the More investment to be attracted domestic companies, is planning to indige- depot, which will be curbed by implementation of this project, While the leap in the petrochemical out- current year. The country is also planning to attract nize the knowledge for producing nine major the official argued. put is a big measure to boost Iran’s non-oil The new projects worth about $12 billion more investment to the petrochemical sector catalysts used in the petrochemical industry “If the capacity increases, it will be possible to provide services exports, it also plays a very significant role in are aimed at increasing Iran’s annual pet- in this year. within the next two years. to the whole province of Bushehr,” he said. the realization of the current Iranian calendar rochemical production by 35 percent in the As announced last week by the head of However, catalysts are very expensive sub- Dashti-Nejad stated: “This industrial solid waste landfill is year’s motto, which is “Surge in Production”. present year, according to NPC Managing Pars Special Energy Economic Zone (PSEEZ) stances and currently, the country is spending one of the most special units in terms of attention to the envi- The already released data and reports Director Behzad Mohammadi. Organization, the organization is determined millions of dollars every year on importing ronment and rural and urban areas, and with three layers of indicate that the petrochemical sector has With several new projects going operation- to boost investment attraction in the zone such products into the country, producing GCL, washed sand and GEO TEXTILE, which is considered a been moving in the way of growth since the al, the country’s petrochemical production during the current year. such catalysts inside the country would make waste separator, it is practically impossible for the waste to leak year start (March 20), as the output of petro- capacity is going to increase significantly this PSEEZ, which is named Iran’s energy hub, a huge difference in the profitability rate of leachate to the environment.” chemical units in the first 50 days of the current year, as said by the NPC project director. is also home to the world’s largest gas reserve, the petrochemical plants. Last week, the newly head of PSEEZ Organization said the year increased by six percent compared to the “In the year of “Surge in Production”, the South Pars gas field. Many petrochemical Iranian petrochemical industry is currently organization is determined to boost investment attraction in previous year’s same period. petrochemical industry is trying to benefit units, which receive feedstock from South using 40 different types of catalysts which cost the zone during the current Iranian calendar year (started on According to Jalal Mirhashemi, National from the most of the domestic capabilities Pars gas field, being located in PSEEZ have the industry $260 million annually. March 20). Petrochemical Company (NPC)’s production and with the new petrochemical projects made the zone also the hub of Iran’s exports “Currently, the knowledge for producing “This year we are determined to attract investment in various control manager, the country’s petrochem- being inaugurated, the production capacity of major non-oil commodities that are gas 16 of the mentioned 40 types has been indi- industrial fields, fortunately many domestic industries are interested ical complexes are producing with a desired in this industry will increase significantly,” condensate and petrochemicals. genized which would save the country $105 in presence and investment in the zone,” Iraj Khoramdel said. capacity, and many complexes have shown Ali-Mohammad Bosaqzadeh has said. Iran is also planning for making an invest- million every year.” Ali Pajouhan said, adding, With more investment attracted in the South Pars projects, production growth since the beginning of the Noting that the balanced development of ment of 44 trillion rials (about $1.47 billion) for “We plan to produce over $100m worth of we will see a significant leap both in terms of job creation and in current year. the petrochemical industry is of particular the construction of four petrochemical parks petrochemical catalysts annually, by the end terms of production and national wealth,” he added. He said that Iran’s petrochemical industry is interest among the NPC strategies for the in the country, which contribute significantly of the Iranian calendar year of 1400 (March PSEEZ, which is named Iran’s energy hub, is also home to ready to realize the surge in production intended current year, the official said: “In this regard, to the petrochemical output growth. 20, 2022).” the world’s largest gas reserve, South Pars gas field which Iran for the current year, adding that in addition the development of downstream petrochemical Technical knowledge to be im- Taking all the above-mentioned approaches shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf. The zone is the hub of Iran’s to launching and operating new projects, the industries is going to prevent the sale of raw proved and programs into consideration, it is obvious exports of major non-oil commodities that are gas condensate existing idle capacity of some complexes will materials and will result in the production of As strengthening domestic production and that the petrochemical sector is playing an and petrochemicals. also be used with the measures taken. products with higher added value.” indigenizing the knowledge and technology undeniable vital role in nullifying the U.S. Back in January, National Petrochemical Company (NPC) New projects to be implemented He further noted that most of the underway for production of the products and equip- unilateral sanctions against the country, projects Manager Ali-Mohammad Bosaqzadeh said the company Meanwhile, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan projects in this industry are currently using ment that Iran imports from other countries while it also plays a great part in realizing was planning on inaugurating 23 petrochemical projects in PSEEZ. Namdar Zanganeh has announced that 17 domestic equipment, licenses, and techno- has become one of the major programs that the slogan of “Surge in Production and making Emphasizing the need to accelerate the completion of de- new petrochemical plants are planned to be logical knowledge of the Iranian experts. the country is pursuing in recent years, the Iran self-reliance. velopment projects by utilizing the existing capacities in the country, the official said: “Currently, various projects are being developed throughout the country and having 23 major projects under development, Pars Special Economic Energy Zone has a NPC to build propylene storages in north-central Iran special place in this regard.” Located in the port city of Assaluyeh, PSEEZ is home to a ENERGY TEHRAN – Following the country, Shana has reported. desk number of petrochemical complexes that receive gas and gas a plan for expanding In the calendar year of 1404, the coun- condensate feedstock from the giant South Pars gas field, which Iran’s petrochemical industry, National try’s propylene production is set to reach Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf. Petrochemical Company (NPC) is going 1.95 million tons, however, Iran will be still South Pars is the world’s largest gas field, covering an area of to construct propylene storage tanks near facing an annual shortage of about 700,000 3,700 square kilometers of Iran’s territorial waters in the Per- Damghan city in north-central Semnan tons by then. sian Gulf. province, IRIB reported. In order to tackle this projected short- The giant field is estimated to contain a significant amount As reported, NPC Managing Director Be- age, the first step is to launch projects with of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the world’s hzad Mohammadi, accompanied by a group methanol and propylene output. reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate. of officials from the province, visited the Propylene is a colorless fuel gas with a The field is divided into 24 standard phases. site considered for the project on Thursday. naturally pungent smell. Although similar to During the visit, Mohammadi emphasized propane, it has a double bond which gives it that access to communication routes such a combustion advantage i.e. it burns hotter. OPEC+ cuts effective in as railways is a necessity for the implemen- This fuel gas is extremely flammable and tation of such projects. non-toxic. Propylene is obtained during the reducing oil market volatility “The construction of these storage fa- refining of gasoline cilities is a base for the development of the As the second-biggest source of revenue The study, OPEC’s Pursuit of Market Stability, was conducted petrochemical industry’s leading projects, for Iran, the petrochemical industry is one by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center and in this regard, all available capacities of the most important pillars of the coun- (KAPSARC) and published by the International Association of must be used to achieve a balanced devel- try’s resilient economy and one of the main Energy Economics, oilprice.com reported. opment of the industry,” he said. suppliers of foreign currency especially the Earlier this month, Mohammadi had said euro for the country. that the capacity of the country’s propylene produced by the country’s methanol pro- production is set to rise to four percent of its The industry became more significant production has increased to 950,000 tons, duction units can be converted to propylene, total petrochemical production in the Irani- since the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on however, the demand for the product in the and in this way, the production capacity an calendar year 1404 (March 2025-March the country’s oil industry and since then, country is more than this figure and plans of propylene can be increased,” he added. 2026). the government has been taking serious are underway to increase the figure. Iran has been facing a shortage of pro- Based on NPC data, currently there is a measures to expand the industry and move “With the PVM method, the methanol pylene for years. The country’s propylene shortage of 175,000 tons of this product in toward self-sufficiency.

Oil demand recovery under spotlight as lockdowns ease Optimism over a swift and steady economic rebound from crush- baseline. curbs on mobility and business activity are fueling new cases in ing pandemic lockdowns have helped global oil prices stage a Standard Chartered is even more bearish, predicting slow Europe and the U.S., elsewhere moves to contain the coronavirus dizzying rebound from near two-decade lows in April. recoveries in jet fuel demand and diesel demand will hobble the are more mixed. The cartel’s performance between 2001 and 2014—three years Nearly all the oil demand metrics have been encouraging so U.S. rebound next year. In some emerging economies of Latin America and South before the advent of OPEC+ as opposed to just OPEC, was still far. After bottoming out in early to mid-April, global economic “We think that much of the market is ignoring the downside , single-day coronavirus infection rates continue to spike. robust, reduced oil volatility by as much as 50 percent, and at indicators are improving with the exception of aviation activity risks to demand arising from both economic weakness and per- India saw the highest single-day spike of 10,000 new cases least 25 percent. Further quantifying the group’s actions, the which remains well below seasonal norms. manent changes in patterns of energy use brought on by COV- on June 7 while logged almost 1,000 new cases on study found that OPEC’s efforts resulted in an average $175 billion Implied driving activity is already well above pre-crisis levels ID-19,” the bank’s energy analyst Emily Ashford said in a note. June 6, a new single-day high for the country. annual increase in global GDP. in both the U.S. and Germany, Europe’s biggest economy and Fears that the pandemic could inflict lasting damage on oil In Brazil, the situation has continued to worsen with the By country, those economic benefits are distributed $39.4 user of fuels. demand due to less commuting, fewer business trips and hard- country’s most populous state Sao Paulo reporting a record billion to the United States, $30.9 billion to China, $59.4 billion In the week to June 5 alone, the U.S. saw a surge in refined wired adoption of social distancing, are hard to gauge. For now, number of COVID-19 deaths for the second day running on to the European Union, and $45.6 billion to everywhere else. product demand to 17.57 million bpd, the strongest since the at least, most market watchers feel it is still too early to predict June 10. Chile, meanwhile, still has the highest infection rate Our counterfactual analysis based on monthly data indicates week ended March 27 when the first statewide lockdowns went how behavior patterns will impact demand. in South America. that OPEC, in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, has suc- into effect. Research suggests that overall energy savings from mass Jet lag ceeded to a limited but important degree in its attempt to employ Market consensus has formed around an expected global home-working are likely to be limited, and in many cases could Even under the default, V-shaped demand scenario, a uniform spare capacity to offset shocks and stabilize the price of oil,” the oil demand slump of around 8-9 million bpd this year after a be non-existent, according to The World Economic Forum. return to pre-crisis demand levels is far from assured with large report’s executive summary reads in part. fifth, or some 20 million bpd, of demand, was wiped out by Second-wave concerns potential disparities between geographic and specific fuel markets. The study went beyond quantifying OPEC +’s performance lockdowns in April. The other key variable in current demand recovery forecasts According to forecasts by S&P Global Platts Analytics, West- over the years. It also detailed the inelasticity of oil demand, But the so-called V-shaped recovery path —where global oil is the potential for second-wave of infections --and resulting ern Europe is set to feel the most pain in terms of oil demand which requires large price movements to shore up small gaps in demand will continue to rise steadily to snap back to its previous return to lockdowns-- if the current curbs are lifted too quickly. impact with 13% of its oil consumption set to disappear in 2020. the market between supply and demand. trajectory by year-end —is being called into question. Goldman Sachs this week raised its forecast for Brent crude The U.S., however, is set for the biggest loss in terms of vol- The report finds that shale oil has a “limited impact” on the Demand patterns by $6/b for the second half of 2020 to $45/b on stronger recovery umes with 2.4 million bpd impacted, or 29% of the global total, elasticity of the demand for OPEC oil since it is such a small One major uncertainty over oil’s recovery is how much of data but noted risks from a bounce in global infection rates. according to the outlook. fraction of non-OPEC supply. the world’s upended work and social behavior partners during “The positive start to reopening does not resolve the un- In China, where the lockdown response was initially viewed “Therefore, the development of shale oil has not significantly the crisis stick even after lockdowns are lifted. certainties about a potential second wave of infections or of a as extreme, oil demand may fall just 340,000 bpd this year, reduced the value of OPEC’s buffer. Our results show that OPEC’s On June 9, the U.S.’ Energy Information Administration cut more difficult recovery beyond the easier gains of the first few according to Platts Analytics, helped by government incen- spare capacity, as an institutional mechanism, plays a critical its forecast for 2021 U.S. oil demand for a second time, forecasting months,” the bank said. tives to limit fuel price falls which created an import binge role in the well-functioning of the oil market, for the benefit of demand will be 1.26 million bpd lower than its pre-lockdown While there are no signs yet that ongoing efforts to loosen during May. the global economy.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 ADVERTISEMENTS JUNE 13, 2020 TEHRAN TIMES Iran’s Leading International Daily Modern Stadium of Advertising Dept Martyrs of Khuzestan Football Club (KSC)

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Social justice vs. social distancing Floyd murder falls within serial killings of the blacks: ,By Mahmood Monshipouri force against protesters in the name of law While sooner or later, as Roxane Gay aptly and order. Philosopher Lingis The ongoing unrest and mass protests over notes in The New York Times (May 31, The crackdowns against peaceful protesters the death of George Floyd, amid the backdrop has sent the wrong message to the protesters 1 Given that the November elections, it seems of a still-raging COVID-19 pandemic, have 2020), a vaccine will be created to effectively both in the United States and the rest of the that Trump feels that racist rhetoric can attract those whites raised a question about the tradeoff between manage the spread of the coronavirus world, as these events have been reminis- who have racial tendencies. What is your assessment? social distancing and social justice. pandemic, a cure for white supremacy cent of faraway lands where authoritarian The unrest, which has drawn widely di- and repressive regimes have for centuries verse participants, including energetic and and police brutality is in most ways more relied on brutal mechanisms of control and diverse cohorts of young white allies, unseen complex and difficult. suppression. in the civil rights movements of the 1950s To characterize the protesters as looters, and 1960s, are likely to continue well into the anarchists, and trouble-makers as a justifica- future. It is now widely acknowledged that tion to evoke the National Guard to suppress the effects of the death of Floyd will linger these genuine and spontaneous waves of pro- long after the rallies and protests have ended. tests has fundamentally damaged the Trump At the same time, the lives of many people administration’s image—both domestically in the United States and around the world and from an international standpoint. have been devastatingly impacted by the What are we to make of this episode? And coronavirus pandemic. For racial and ethnic how can the playing field of racial injustice minorities in the United States, the outcome be leveled? Some observers have reminded has been consequential as the coronavirus us that the United States left the New Deal A: A large part of Trump supporters are people who lost pandemic has adversely and disproportionately unfinished and neglected to safeguard the good jobs in manufacture as a result of globalization. In the impacted black and Latinx communities. The security of all sectors of American society 2016 election Trump blamed Mexicans and Chinese who unemployment rate among African-Americans and that now more than ever investment is were “stealing American jobs.” He depicted Mexicans as has doubled and that of Hispanic minori- needed in the American people. lawless and without morals. Now he accuses the Chinese of ties tripled, with the American middle class The protesters seek a holistic agenda that deliberately creating the coronavirus or in any case allowing trapped by fears of financial instability and addresses these deeply rooted inequalities, it to spread to destroy the American economy. He is blaming growing uncertainty. including vast educational reform, economic the American African-Americans who are protesting police Clearly, Mr. Floyd’s death has spurred a justice packages and law enforcement re- brutality for destroying buildings and property. Will enough genuine debate in America about what needs form. Yet, the lack of bipartisanship in the people accept this to ensure his reelection? As of now it looks to be done about systemic discrimination and US Senate seems appalling given that the problematic; a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 64 percent of racial injustice. Dramatically, social distancing Senate has failed to even pass an anti-lynching Americans sympathize with “people who are out protesting and center in the debate over racial injustice. has taken a backseat to matters relating to living below the poverty line. bill, with the Republican majority blocking right now” compared to 27 percent who were not, while 9 It is also worth noting that while the social justice, which have re-arisen to assume The sanctity of life—the cornerstone of the move. As the cases of coronavirus spike percent are unsure. coronavirus has been and continues to be a renewed immediacy. fundamental human rights—has given a new around the world amidst nationwide and One of the issues facing the United States is multi- invisible, the images of Mr. Floyd’s death have While sooner or later, as Roxane Gay urgency and impetus to the slogan: “Black global protests, the importance of showing culturalism for which liberalism has not been able to find a gone viral on social and broadcast media. The aptly notes in The New York Times (May Lives Matter.” Crucial to this movement is the responsible behavior, which entails wear- solution. Why has the coun- high visibility of this tragic incident has both 31, 2020), a vaccine will be created to effec- right to dissent, which has taken precedence ing masks and gloves while also keeping the try not been able to find a “The press has alarmed and animated the consciousness of tively manage the spread of the coronavirus over social distancing, protesting the inherent necessary distance from others, cannot be way to this multiculturalism the vast majority of the American people. documented pandemic, a cure for white supremacy and biases of the US justice system. stressed enough. and attract immigrants, lin- The public outrage demonstrated on the police brutality is in most ways more complex While the spread of the COVID-19 pan- In the meantime, the commitment to guistic, racial and religious a long history streets of major US cities has been intensi- and difficult. demic cannot be blamed on any particular reforming law enforcement and achieving minorities to the dominant fied by the Trump administration’s woefully of racism The protests across the United States and individual, group, organization, or political economic justice requires an ongoing pro- American culture? inadequate and inappropriate response. In- the globe reflect and reinforce deeper prob- system, the disturbing images of police re- cess of forging relationships based on trust, A: An over-complex ques- against African- stead of healing the wounds of racism and lems about justice and accountability. Many sponses and the violence perpetrated against transparency, credibility, and accountability tion that would require a long Americans in police brutality, Trump has encouraged the Americans are rightly concerned about the Mr. Floyd caught on bystanders’ smartphones with marginalized individuals as well as with discussion. I will just make militarization of crackdowns and the use of Donald Trump’s lack of professionalism and transparency on have placed the issue of accountability front other groups of people. two observations. the part of the police, especially regarding In the short term, and until that com- From ancient times great real estate the treatment of African Americans. Instead of healing the wounds of racism and mitment is seriously made and rigorously cities were multicultur- dealings and Police departments across the country must police brutality, Trump has encouraged the pursued, however, the only hope for change al--Kassite Babylonia, Rome, social life.” be held to a new standard of accountability for lies in suffrage. Voting in fair and free elec- , Qosqo. Palmyra, ongoing discrimination and racial oppression. militarization of crackdowns and the use of tions remains the most empowering tool Istanbul. Modern cities are Studies have shown that the United States force against protesters in the name of law at the disposal of the economic and social multicultural—Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New York City, has one of the highest poverty rates in the and order. underclass. Paris, São Paulo, San Francisco, Singapore. 140 languages developed world, with one in six Americans (Source: The Berkeley Blog) are spoken in Toronto, 200 in London, 250 in Sydney. They are stable, innovative, and prosperous. Tensions that arise between groups have to be resolved locally. My city, Baltimore, has lost a great deal of its manufacturing industries and consequently population; from 950,000 in Netanyahu’s latest land grab 1950 to 660,000 today. There are 18,000 empty buildings 1 In political as in scientific endeavor, we value a They promptly switched patrons in order to secure political relatively slowly but sometimes that racist process speeds in the city. At her inauguration Mayor Stephanie Rawl- simple theory which can explain a huge amount, ideally all, protection and support for the planned ethnic cleansing of up a direction of travel, however, is one way. Similarly all of ings-Blake announced a policy to settle 20,000 families in of the key data. When we look at Israel/Palestine, the entire the Palestinians, which they carried out in 1947-48. Palestine needs to be liberated from Zionism before freedom the city in the next four years. She welcomed refugees and history since 1897 can be understood by seeing Zionism as Israel also sees an opportunity from the alliances it is can be glimpsed, which means building up international immigrants from Central America, Africa, the Middle East, a colonial project in alliance with a key European power to forging informally with Saudi Arabia, the (Persian) Gulf resistance to the racist system which Israel enforces across Nepal, and set up a set of organizations with money to help secure its interests in the region, and aiming at the seizure emirates, and its partner in enforcing the siege of Gaza, the the whole area it controls. them find housing and work, to learn English and comput- of the land and the expulsion of the native Palestinians. Egyptian dictatorship. Israel recognizes nothing except strength; what force can ers, receive medical care. She emphasized all that they will Britain’s template for this particular colonial enterprise By every reputable measure Israel is already a pariah make Israel abandon its plans to seize more land and lock bring to our city: restaurants with food from many lands, was in many ways its own oldest colony, Ireland; Britain regime in the eyes of world public opinion, with its support stateless Palestinians in more open prisons surrounded by new ways to think, more languages and religions, new music promoted settlement there by Scottish and English farmers among American Jews ebbing away as the racism and apart- Israeli soldiers and armed settlers? In the short term it is and festivities. under British military protection. They seized the best land heid of that regime becomes official and drives young Jews difficult to see but in the long term the international popular from the native Irish and violently oppressed them. This into active opposition to Israeli Apartheid. anger at Israeli ethnic cleansing must find a way to boycott naturally generated fierce resistance from the natives which No massive rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and isolate the apartheid regime. Currently, the main concern Russia coronavirus cases the incoming settlers could only deal with in alliance with across the USA and around the world presents yet an- of Israel is that worldwide anger at its crimes will continue to top 511,000 the colonial superpower, Britain. other crisis in Zion support for the BLM movement has strengthen the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment [as1] Sir Ronald Storrs, the first British governor of conquered embraced the cause of Palestine as a core component of and Sanctions). This movement has never grown by gradual Russia, the country with the world’s third-largest coronavirus Jerusalem made clear the connection and the motivation opposition to the racism that blights American and all baby steps but has taken giant steps following Israel’s giant outbreak, passed the symbolic milestone of 511,000 confirmed behind the infamous Balfour declaration, i.e. to secure for Western societies. crimes, massacres in Gaza or the killing of the Mavi Marmara cases Thursday, after the capital lifted tight lockdown Britain a “little loyal Jewish Ulster in a sea of potentially At the same time Netanyahu has pinned Israel’s politi- passengers. Will this latest violation of Palestinian rights restrictions this week. hostile Arabism”. cal support firmly to the strange creature who tweets from have the same results? The latest figures took the country’s total to 511,420 After World War II the Zionist leadership recognized that Washington and who is generating loathing and resistance Mick Napier is a founder member of Scottish Palestine cases, after 8,779 new cases were recorded in the last day, the USA had emerged from that war greatly strengthened across the USA. His likely disgrace will strengthen elite po- Solidarity Campaign, a campaigner against the crimes of a government website said. while Britain had been bankrupted and subordinated to the litical hostility in the U.S. towards Israel. the UK government, and a commentator on current affairs According to AFP, the most cases were reported in the new world super power, the USA. Sometimes Israel’s seizure of Palestinian land proceeds with specific reference to the Palestine and West Asia. two largest cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg and their surrounding areas. The capital confirmed 1,436 new cases Thursday as the numbers of new infections have significantly fallen this week. Moscow lifted restrictions including compulsory travel EU human rights court rebukes France over fines for BDS activists passes Tuesday, a move welcomed by residents who rushed The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive out to enjoy the streets and parks. has ruled that French judges were wrong to Committee has called for the formation of Many other regions are lifting lockdown restrictions as take penal action against members of the an international coalition to confront the Russia is preparing to hold a July 1 national vote despite Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Israeli regime’s plans to annex large areas the pandemic. movement, who staged demonstrations of the occupied West Bank. President Vladimir Putin is seeking public backing for against Israeli-made products, stating the “The formation of the international constitutional amendments that would allow him to stay on protests did not amount to incitement to coalition must emanate from an international at the Kremlin beyond his current term. discrimination. conference which includes all of world Russia has confirmed a total of 6,532 COVID-19 deaths, On Thursday, Europe’s top rights court countries under the United Nations auspices a far lower mortality rate than in other countries with large ruled that the demonstrations by about a to support the Palestinian people and reject outbreaks. dozen activists from “Collectif Palestine 68” the Occupation’s aggressive measures against Critics have cast doubt on the low official mortality rate group – a local offshoot of the BDS movement the Palestinian people including settlement, and accused authorities of under-reporting to play down – on two occasions in 2009 and 2010 outside a Judaization, blockade and killings that the scale of the crisis. supermarket near Mulhouse, eastern France, contradict all international conventions and Russia attributes its lower virus death figures to mass could not be considered a hate crime. norms,” Saeb Erekat told -language testing which has identified many cases with mild or no During the protests, the activists displayed al-Mugtama news magazine. coronavirus symptoms. products made in the Occupied Palestinian Erekat added that the Palestinian The health ministry is now adjusting how it reports numbers Territories and urged clients not to buy them. Authority has been leading intensive to include all deaths believed to be related to the virus even The Strasbourg-based ECHR said the diplomatic efforts to mobilize international if the direct cause of death was another condition or the French judges should have taken into account time they had a right to call to boycott Israel Palestinians,” Marco Perolini of Amnesty support against the looming Israeli move, patient tested negative. the fact that “the applicants had not been as part of the freedom of speech. France said in a statement. stressing that the recognition of a Palestinian Moscow reported Wednesday that it saw 5,260 such convicted of making racist or anti-Semitic However, an appeals court overturned The BDS movement was initiated in state is the first step towards preventing deaths in May. remarks or of inciting hatred or violence.” the ruling and found them guilty of inciting 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations Israel from seizing nearly 33 percent of the Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, a liberal politician The court further noted in its ruling that people to discriminate against products from pushing for “various forms of boycott against West Bank. known for his outspoken comments, said Russia’s health political speech is by nature controversial, but Israel. Israel until it meets its obligations under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin system requires more funds and modernization in many remains a legitimate public interest, “provided The verdict prompted the demonstrators international law.” Netanyahu, who was sworn into office for regions. that it did not cross the line and turn into to appeal to the European court in 2010. Thousands of volunteers, trade unions, another term on May 17, has set July 1 for “Medicine is significantly underfunded even according to the a call for violence, hatred or intolerance.” Amnesty International has hailed the NGOs, academic and business societies, as the start of cabinet discussions on extending current norms and also it needs a serious overhaul,” Kudrin, ECHR also ordered French authorities ruling by Europe’s top rights court. well as cultural figures worldwide have joined Israeli “sovereignty” over settlements in the who heads the Audit Chamber that examines government to pay each of the applicants 7,380 euros “Today’s landmark decision sets a the boycott campaign to help promote the West Bank and the Jordan Valley. spending, said in an interview with TASS state news agency. ($8,383) in damages, and a further 20,000 significant precedent that should stop the Palestinian cause. In response to Israel’s decision, Palestinian “We will carry out a check and show these figures,” he added. euros ($22,720) to jointly cover legal expenses. misuse of anti-discrimination laws to target PLO urges intl. coalition to President Mahmoud Abbas declared the end Nevertheless the economist said Russia “is not doing a The activists were initially cleared of the activists campaigning against human rights confront Israel annexation plans of all agreements signed with Israel and the bad job with the pandemic,” crediting the role of the military, charges after their arrests, arguing at the violations perpetrated by Israel against The secretary general of the Palestine United States on May 19. which has built emergency facilities. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 HERITAGE & TOURISM JUNE 13, 2020

Annual handicraft exports Discovery of bizarre tomb offers fetches Iran $523m

HERITAGE TEHRAN – Iran exported $523 million worth deskof handicrafts during the past calendar year clues to ancient life in Isfahan 1398 (ended March 19), tourism minister has said. Of the figure, some $273 million worth of handicrafts were 1 we assumed that we should reach other ones exported officially through customs, and about $250 million was until yesterday (on June 11) we could discover another earned via suitcase trade (allowed for customs-free and tax-free one of these tombs embedded in a giant earthen jar.” transfer) through various provinces, IRNA quoted Ali-Asghar The archaeologist is confident that further excavations Mounesan as saying on Tuesday. will lead to the unearthing of other examples of this type of burial places, the report said. “The discovery of the second jar-shaped burial place in the eastern part of Tepe Ashraf proves to the archaeological hill we may have encountered a Parthian cemetery.” Over the past couple of days, the team has uncovered ancient stone well estimating to date back to the time of Sassanids. Some clay works from Seljuk and Buyid dynasties have also been found while workers were digging the ground for water piping of the six-meter well. Researchers say the square stone well is historically very valuable in terms of its physical shape and form. The well is dug among the rocks and is six meters deep. “Excavations on Tepe Ashraf began in 2010 and lasted for six seasons. Now, with the operation to save Back in May, deputy tourism minister Pouya Mahmoudian the historical works of the two hills of Jey and Ashraf, noted that due to the outbreak of coronavirus, suitcase exports of important objects were found that could help us in the handicrafts were completely stopped since the month of Esfand excavations of the seventh season.” (the last month of the year), and official exports of handicrafts Jafari-Zand further noted that the pottery found experienced a steep decline.” in the projects is amazingly undamaged and they can Talking on the significance of handicrafts in the country, she noted, help a lot to say the exact age of the ancient site of “Iran globally ranks first in terms of having the topmost number Ashraf and Jey. The artifacts found in this area belong of world cities [and villages] of handicrafts,” Mahmoudian said. mostly to pre-Islamic periods up to the 5th century “Some 295 fields of handicrafts are currently practiced across AH, he reiterated. Iran with more than two million people engaging, majority of According to this archaeologist, the only place where whom are women… Handicrafts also play an important role in archaeological excavations have been carried out in the economy in our rural villages,” she said. Isfahan in the past was the Atigh Grand Mosque, where Iran’s handicrafts exports reached $289 million in the year only two or three pieces from the Sassanid era had been 1397, showing three percent growth year on year, based on data identified, and the rest were from the Islamic period. released by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Hand- Back in 2010, Jafari-Zand announced that his team icrafts. Traditional ceramics, pottery vessels, handwoven cloths as had found evidence at the site suggesting that the studies in the ancient city. Soaked in a rich history, Isfahan was once a crossroad well as personal ornamentations with precious and semi-precious Sassanid site had also been used during the Buyid “Isfahan is a city, which has never died over the of international trade and diplomacy in Iran during the gemstones were exported to Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, the U.S., dynasty (945–1055). “We stumbled upon a reconstructed history… and the old Isfahan is beneath the modern 16th and 17th centuries, and now it is one of Iran’s top the UK, and other countries. part in the ruins of the castle, which suggests that the city. Thus, normally, archaeological excavation is tourist destinations for good reasons. Isfahan is filled structure had been used during the Buyid dynasty.” impossible in the city,” according to Jafari-Zand who with architectural wonders such as unmatched Islamic Job creation plan launched for “The bricks used in the rebuilt part are very similar believes that the mount keeps a part of the history of buildings, bazaars, museums, Persian gardens and to bricks used in the construction of the Shahrestan Isfahan and Iran in its heart. tree-lined boulevards. It’s a city for walking, getting craftspeople in South Khorasan Bridge and the Isfahan Congregational Mosque, which The mound has seriously been damaged on the lost in its mazing bazaars, dozing in beautiful gardens, date to the Buyid era,” he added. northern side by the construction of a street. Besides, and meeting people. TOURISM TEHRAN – Management and Planning Or- The archaeologists believe that their excavations at unscientific excavations carried out by several It has long been nicknamed as Nesf-e-Jahan which deskganization’s head Mohammad Baqer Nobakht the mound, which is located in the urban area of the archaeology interns in 1987 disturbed the historical is translated into “half the world”; meaning seeing it and South Khorasan province’s governor general Mohammad city, will be helpful in the development of archaeological strata in a part of the site. is relevant to seeing the whole world. Sadeq Motamedian signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, aiming to create 3,000 jobs for craftspeople in the province by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021). Coronavirus causes $14.2m damage to Iran’s museums TOURISM TEHRAN – Iranian mu- of foreign tourists visiting museums is zero deskseums and historical sites and the domestic visitors are only 20 per- have taken 600 billion rials (about $14.2 cent of the number of the visitors in same million) hit from the coronavirus outbreak period of time in the past year, he stated. over the previous months. The country closed cultural heritage mu- Although the museums and other tourist seums and historical sites in a preventive sites have reopened their doors to the public measure amid fears of coronavirus outbreak gradually as restrictions over the coronavirus back in February. A total budget of 250 billion rials (around $6 million) is considered pandemic have been relaxed, they faced a During the Iranian New Year (Noruz) to be allocated for creating job opportunities as well as promoting huge loss due to the closure, ILNA quoted holidays in late March, some museums the position of handicrafts in the province, CHTN reported. Mohammadreza Kargar, the director of and tourist sites arranged online visits Giving loans to the craftspeople and helping them to reach museums and historical properties at the and virtual tours for the people who were global markets and exporting their products are also covered in tourism ministry, as saying on Friday. in-home quarantine. this memorandum. However, the number of visitors during The virtual tours were extended for the Iran exported $427 million worth of handicrafts during the the past two weeks is not as much as we following months and a number of people first eleven months of the past calendar year 1398 (ended March expected, he added. explored centuries-old objects at muse- 19). Of the figure, some $190 million was earned via suitcase trade Considering the fact that there are no ums as well as tourist attractions across (allowed for customs-free and tax-free transfer) through 20 prov- foreign tourists in the country, the number the country. inces, according to deputy tourism minister Pouya Mahmoudian. “Some 295 fields of handicrafts are currently practiced across Iran with more than two million people engaging, majority of No major harm to Fars historical Skiing without snow: forest ski resort whom are women… Handicrafts also play an important role in the economy in our rural villages,” she said. sites by quakes to open in northwest Iran Museum of Art and Anthropology opens in Najafabad

TOURISM TEHRAN – Museum of Art and Anthropology deskwas inaugurated in Najafabad, central Isfahan province, CHTN reported on Thursday. The Mehrparvar Mansion, which was restored last year, has turned into the museum, with the aim of introducing the rich history and culture of the city, provincial tourism chief Alireza Habibi announced.

TOURISM TEHRAN – No seri- Alipur and Azimi martyrs mansions, TOURISM TEHRAN – Forest known for having lush natural beauties, deskous damage was inflict- he added. deskskiing will be added hospitable people, and its silk and carpet ed on historical sites across the south- The ancient region of Fars, also to charms of touristic Ardebil province trade tradition, it is also home to the ern as two medium-sized spelled Pars, or Persis, was the heart in northwest Iran this year. UNESCO-registered Sheikh Safi al-Din quakes struck the province earlier this of the Achaemenian Empire (550–330 “The first phase of the country’s first Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble. The week, provincial tourism chief has said. BC), which was founded by Cyrus the forest ski slope will be operational in province is very cold in winter and mild The province was hit by two earth- Great and had its capital at . Ardebil this winter,” Ardebil’s Gover- in summer, attracting thousands every A budget of 20 billion rials (about $500,000) was allocated to quakes of magnitude 5.1 and 5.7 on Darius I the Great moved the capital to nor-General Akbar Behnamjou said on year. The capital city of Ardebil is usually the restoration and preparation of the museum, which displays 400 Tuesday. The quakes took place near nearby Persepolis in the late 6th or early Thursday, CHTN reported. recorded as one of the coldest cities in historical relics from different eras, he added. Beyram in Larestan county, south of 5th century BC. “The required equipment and gears for the country in winter. The museum will also display some of centuries-old handicrafts, the province. The capital city of is home to launching this important tourism complex Iran has long been an internation- which are being forgotten due to the changes in People’s lifestyles, A group of assessors and cultural herit- some of the country’s most magnificent has been purchased and imported into al destination for avid powder chasers he noted. age experts were dispatched to the southern buildings and sights including Hafezieh the country and will be installed soon.” during winter, while - in total contrast The Mehrparvar Mansion, which was built in late Qajar era parts of the province after the quakes to (mausoleum of Hafez), the UNESCO-reg- “Increasing the longevity of travels - its arid and semi-arid climate reaches (1789–1925) and early Pahlavi period (1925-1979), is one of the investigate possible damages, Mosayyeb istered Persepolis, and Sadi mausoleum. is one of the important programs for sweltering levels in summer. Maybe not spectacular historical buildings of Najafabad. Amiri said, CHTN reported on Friday. Increasingly, it draws more and more the prosperity of the tourism industry the first that comes to mind, snow-capped Located in west of Isfahan province, Najafabad was built during Investigations revealed some mi- foreign and domestic sightseers flocking in the province.” mountains above Tehran are home to the Safavid-era (1501–1736). The city is famous for its historical nor harm and cracks on Beyram Jame into this provincial capital which was Reclining on a high, windswept pla- some of the world’s best ski resorts where dovecotes and Sheikh Bahai fort with seven dovecotes is one of the Mosque, Safieddin Mosque, Meymun the literary capital of Persia during the teau, whose altitude averages 3,000 powder hounds can enjoy famous Iranian city’s popular tourist attractions. Castle, Shah Zandu Holly Shrine, and Zand dynasty from 1751 to 1794. meters above sea level, Ardebil is well- hospitality. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 13, 2020 SOCIETY 9

World Day Against Child Labor: 5 Iranian universities among world’s top 1,000 socio-cultural, economic growth a must in QS rankings 1 Some of the children who had crimi- so, education must be transferred to places SOCIETY TEHRAN — Five Iranian universities have nal backgrounds cannot also have a decent where children work. deskbeen placed among the world’s top 1,000 uni- career, may get involved in illegal activi- Socio-cultural capacities, versities announced by the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds ties. Besides, they may not develop good cross-sectoral co-op are key factors (QS) World University Rankings 2021. social skills and are much more likely to Although the main factor to help reduce suffer from depression, drug addictions, these phenomena is cross-sectoral cooperation and identity difficulties. with all the related bodies and officials in On the other hand, some children work attendance, socio-cultural capacities should seasonally for different reasons. For exam- be used for economic growth and protecting ple, they may work in summers to learn a these children as our social capital. skill, help their families, and save money to “We need to create a sense of responsi- be financially independent or experienced. bility in all members of society to be able to Many of the villagers also ask their children take effective steps in this regard using the to join them in farming, livestock breeding, capacities of NGOs and volunteers.” and gardening, but not all of them are poor, Some countries like India worked well but there has long been a concept among on this issue without spending a big sum Iranians that work empowers the youth, and of money but by strengthening a sense of children were working limited hours with responsibility in the society which needs to their families. be shared among other countries dealing There was a plan called Ostad-Shagerdi with the same issue, he noted. (literally meaning teacher and student), Good social capital can lead to various through which children were sent to a growth in a society, like promoting ethics, QS is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and skilled person to be trained professionally, producing quality goods, and feeling respon- insight to the global higher education sector, whose mission it was much more like a bond between sible for whatever happens in society. is to enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfill the teacher and student and the child In the current situation that preventing their potential through educational achievement, international was not paid. children from working is difficult, if not im- mobility, and career development. This can be an opportunity for those possible, it is essential to provide them with The QS World University Rankings portfolio, inaugurated in aged 15-18 whose job is insecure. For safe work, education and a suitable work 2004, has grown to become the world’s most popular source of example, during my previous career in environment, observing their right and re- comparative data about university performance. the Welfare Organization, we have im- duce their presence in the street. Some 1,000 of the world’s top universities are ranked using plemented an Ostad-Shagerdi plan in It is noteworthy to say that social issues six different indicators to compile QS World University Rank- Kermanshah province, through which are not political and should be separated ings 2021. Universities are evaluated according to the following those children worked 4 hours a day and from politics, but also should be prioritized six metrics: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/ trained for 4 hours to help them both and taken into consideration more seriously. under the coverage of the Welfare Organiza- Even the law on the protection of the student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, learn a skill and earn income. World Day Against Child Labor tion and Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation rights of the child, passed by the Guardian and international student ratio. We had three courses of training, including, The World Day Against Child Labour and are receiving subsidies, but the pension Council a few days ago, defines the protection As per the data published on QS World University Rankings life skills, vocational training and literacy, is an International Labour Organization does not cover their living expenses. for working children, banning economic ex- official website, Sharif University of Technology, ranked 409, and healthcare services were provided to (ILO)-sanctioned holiday first launched in Although the financial burden is indeed ploitation, unfavorable working conditions, Amirkabir University of Technology, ranked 477, University of them free of charge, in addition to a shelter. 2002, aiming to raise awareness and activ- heavy for the government, we missed the and long work. Tehran, ranked between 591 to 600, Iran University of Science and After a while, they could live on their own ism to prevent child labor. It was spurred capacity to expand social support, which might Economic condition a factor to Technology, ranked between 601 to 650, and Shiraz University, and make a living. by ratifications of ILO Convention No. 138 have been affected by various factors, such as blame ranked between 801 to 1000, are the top 5 Iranian universities We implemented a plan in several prov- on the minimum age for employment and U.S. sanctions, improper management, etc. Although the exact number of working among world-class universities. inces across the country that these children ILO Convention No. 182 on the worst forms Now that the country’s economy is not children in the country is not known, what can In the 2021 QS ranking, Amirkabir and Tehran universities were introduced to the grocery stores in each of child labor. in good condition, the population in need be said is that the population has increased. also had a growth rate compared to last year. In particular, Amir neighborhood and the grocer was a kind of The World Day Against Child Labour, of continued support is growing, and this When the economy gets weaker, we have to Kabir University of Technology has been promoted from 489 to supporter to the child to prevent them from which is held every year on June 12, is in- is worrisome. expect more phenomena like child labor, so 477 (12 steps up) and Tehran University from 650-601 to 591- being subject to any violence while working. tended to foster the worldwide movement Working children are consequences of that we need to take measures in this regard. 600 (50 steps up). 83-87% of working children fi- against child labor in any of its forms. inefficient economic and social security Education needed in places where Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) tops the list nancially struggling World Day Against Child Labour 2020 systems. children work for a record ninth consecutive year in QS ranking. MIT is one of Referring to the leading causes of child focuses on the impact of the crisis on child No law deficiencies on prevention Referring to the barriers to organizing five American institutions in this year’s top 10. Stanford Uni- labor in the country, he noted that the current labor. The COVID-19 health pandemic and the of child labor working children, he said that lack of suitable versity, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, causes of child labor in the country are similar resulting economic and labor market shock Different articles of the Constitution, the job opportunities for children of working age University of Oxford, Swiss Federal University of Technology, to its global causes, which are economic and are having a huge impact on people’s lives law on the Comprehensive Welfare and Social and lack of skill is the main reason behind this. University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University financial issues. and livelihoods. Unfortunately, children Security Organizational Structure, and Law “We cannot stop the child from work- of Chicago, and University College London (UCL) are among The inefficient social security system is are often the first to suffer. The crisis can on Maintenance of Women and Orphaned ing and keep them off the street, but we the world’s top 10 universities. another reason behind child labor. If the push millions of vulnerable children into Children are all consisted of child labor pre- can reduce the burden of this problem; Among the Islamic countries, with 20 universities coverage of social security expands and child labor. vention and protection of these children. sometimes streets are even safer for these (ranked 59), Turkey with 9 universities (ranked 465), the UAE becomes stronger, a significant part of this Already, there are an estimated 152 million There are no law deficiencies in the coun- kids because working for gangs and other with 8 universities (211), Kazakhstan with 10 universities (165), phenomenon will decrease. children in child labor, 72 million of which are try, even undocumented foreign nationals illegal activities is much more danger- and Saudi Arabia with 10 universities (143). Some 83-87 percent of working children in hazardous work. These children are now should be protected based on the law. ous,” he stated. Indonesia, Lebanon, Pakistan, Jordan, , Brunei, , are those financially-struggling families. at even greater risk of facing circumstanc- What makes the situation fragile is mostly As all of these types of work interfere with a Iraq, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman are on the list of Currently, 5-6 million people (that are es that are even more difficult and working lack of financial resources to enforce the child’s education, most children have neither top universities of QS 2021. legally eligible for a living allowance) are longer hours. law properly. the time nor the energy, to attend school, The University of Malaya (UM) is ranked the top university among all Islamic countries with an 11-point rise from 70 in 2020 to 59 in 2021. Coronavirus: Iran rings alarm bell as adherence WORDS IN THE NEWS to health protocols drops Libya and the Arabs SOCIETY TEHRAN — An official with the Ira- But unfortunately, statistics show that the figure has desk (December 22, 2003) nian health ministry has warned that sharply declined to 22.66 percent, he lamented. Libya’s announcement that it is giving up plans to develop weapons observing health protocols and social distancing rules The situation in Tehran is alarming as the figure has of mass destruction has caused surprise and consternation in against the coronavirus has drastically fell in the country decreased from 56 percent to 10.54 percent, he noted. the Arab world. This report from Roger Hardy. over the past couple of weeks. The number of people diagnosed with coronavirus in Colonel Gaddafi may have had his own, Libyan, reasons for “Observing health protocols and implementing social Iran reached 182,545 on Friday, of whom 8,659 have died taking his surprise decision. But he must also have been aware that distancing rules were at a normal level by 27th of Khordad and 144,649 recovered so far. Over the past 24 hours, it would remind his fellow-Arabs of their collective weakness in (May 16). At that time, over 77.57 percent of people observed 2,369 new cases of people having the virus have been the face of an assertive American superpower. After all, the the protocols,” ISCA quoted Mohsen Farhadi as saying on identified, and 75 died, Health Ministry spokeswoman Libyan leader had seized power in 1969 as a champion of a radical Wednesday. Sima Sadat Lari said. form of Arab nationalism. He’d seen himself as the political heir of the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who had captured Arab hearts with his defiance of the West and ENGLISH IN USE his calls for Arab unity. But those heady days are long gone. Now each Arab state is left pursuing its own self-interest. Even the idea - put forward LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION by a number of Arab officials - that the Libyan move puts pressure on Israel to abandon its undeclared nuclear programme is based more on hope than realism. Israel has no such intention; nor is it under American pressure to do so. The Arab state that will now feel uncomfortably isolated as a result of Colonel مردم 28 هزار کودک بی سرپرست را تحت Philanthropists support 28,000 Gaddafi’s decision is Syria. It too stands accused by Washington orphans, deprived children of developing weapons of mass destruction, as well as supporting .groups the Bush administration regards as terrorist حمایت قرار دادند Iranian benefactors have made cash and kind contributions Words had his own... reasons: if you have your own reasons for doing معــاون توســعه مشــارکتهای مردمــی کمیتــه امــداد امــام from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan (starting something you have specific circumstances which make you do it خمینــی )ره( گفــت: خیریــن و نیکــوکاران کشــور از ابتــدای مــاه on May 6) to help 28,000 children who are either orphaned collective weakness: not having, together, much power assertive: someone who is assertive acts in a forceful way مبــارک رمضــان تاکنــون 28 هــزار کــودک بیسرپرســت را تحــت or whose parents are financially struggling, deputy director the political heir: someone who works or thinks in the same حمایــت هــای مالــی و غیرمالــی خــود قــرار دادنــد. .of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has announced way as a former leader علیرضــا عســگریان روز چهارشــنبه در گفــت و گــو بــا خبرنــگار There are currently 600,000 philanthropists who support captured Arab hearts: gained the full support of Arab people heady days: here, a time when there is enthusiasm and optimism اجتماعــی ایرنــا افــزود: ، 600 هــزار حامــی در ســطح کشــور در orphaned children as well as children living in families for a cause یــاری رســانی بــه ایتــام و فرزنــدان محســنین بــا کمیتــه امــداد in financial distress, IRNA quoted Alireza Asgarian as long gone: past, finished pursuing its own self-interest: only interested in its own همــکاری دارنــد. .saying on Wednesday goals and ambitions عســگریان اظهــار داشــت: ســاخت مســکن بــرای خانــواده هــای The foundation also intends to build housing units for based more on hope than realism: here, unlikely to happen تحــت پوشــش کمیتــه امــداد از دیگــر برنامههــای اجرایــی و families who cannot afford to rent houses, he added. uncomfortably isolated: its traditional friends and supporters have left it دارای اولویــت کاری ایــن نهــاد در ســال جــاری اســت. (Source: BBC) PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM “para-” Perk something/someone up Cut to the quick !Be kind to me Meaning: on the side of, beside Meaning: to make something or someone more Explanation: If you cut someone to the quick, you For example: Paranoia is an instinct or thought active, cheerful or interesting hurt their feelings or offend them deeply process which is believed to be heavily influenced by For example: She seemed kind of tired, but she For example: Alan was cut to the quick when Joe anxiety. perked up when Helen came over. expressed doubt about his sincerity. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 INTERNATIONAL JUNE 13, 2020

Turkey slams U.S. Iraq PM Kadhimi: Baghdad, Washington criticism over convicted consulate staffer committed to U.S. troop pullout Turkey called Friday on the United States to respect Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi Iraq, and is keeping an eye on the outcomes of its judicial independence after Washington criticized says Baghdad and Washington have affirmed the talks. It is necessary to review the strategic the conviction of a Turkish U.S. consulate employee their commitment to the withdrawal of agreement with the U.S. and expedite the on terror-related charges. U.S. troops from the Arab country, months departure of the (American) forces, which has An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced Metin after Iraqi lawmakers passed a resolution become a source of concern and annoyance Topuz, a liaison officer for the U.S. Drug Enforcement calling on the government to end all foreign for many countries in the region,” Fadam Administration (DEA) at the consulate, to eight years troop presence. told al-Maalomah news agency. and nine months in prison for aiding a “terror group” Kadhimi, however, did not give any time- He added, “Our security forces and which Ankara blames for an attempted 2016 coup, line for the troop pullout. the Popular Mobilization Units are able AFP reported. The prime minister said the U.S.-Iraq to score territorial gains without the need The ruling triggered a backlash from the United States, Strategic Dialogue by video conference dis- from any foreign forces. The dialogue should Turkey’s NATO ally, with Secretary of State Mike Pom- cussed the future of the presence of American be within the context of Iraq’s need to keep peo saying Washington was “deeply troubled” by the forces, and recognized the Iraqi parliament’s some of the trainers, and that their pres- decision and hoped it would “swiftly be overturned.” decision on the pullout of foreign troops from ence should be under the supervision of But the Turkish foreign ministry hit back at the the country< Press TV reported. the Iraqi government.” comments. A joint statement said the United States Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved “The rule of law prevails in Turkey and the Turkish promised to reduce troops from Iraq over a bill on January 5, demanding the with- judiciary is independent,” the ministry said in a statement. the coming months. drawal of all foreign military forces led by “The two countries recognized that in light the United States from the country following of significant progress towards eliminating the assassination of Lieutenant General Qa- the ISIS threat, over the coming months the ssem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Israeli annexation of West U.S. would continue reducing forces from Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Iraq,” it said, without giving figures. Corps, along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Bank serious violation of “The United States reiterated that it does the deputy head of Iraq’s PMU, and their intl. law: Jordan not seek nor request permanent bases or a companions in a U.S. airstrike authorized permanent military presence in Iraq,” it said. point as regards Iraq-U.S. talks. Anything ‘U.S. military presence in Iraq by President Donald Trump near Baghdad Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says Israel’s Iraq, in turn, promised to protect bases can be negotiated except for the country’s source of concern for regional states’ International Airport two days earlier. controversial plans to annex parts of the occupied West housing U.S. troops after a series of rocket sovereignty and independence, as they are Hassan al-Fadam, a lawmaker from Later on January 9, former Iraqi prime Bank constitute a major violation of international law attacks blamed on pro-Iranian paramilitary considered as a red line,” Zameli said in the National Wisdom Movement political minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, called on the and cannot go unanswered. groups, the statement added. an exclusive interview with Arabic-language coalition, said the presence of U.S. forces United States to dispatch a delegation to Addressing a joint press briefing along with his Ger- ‘Sovereignty of Iraq red line in al-Maalomah news agency. in Iraq has become a source of concern Baghdad tasked with formulating a mech- man counterpart Heiko Maas in the Jordanian capital of Baghdad-Washington talks’ He added, “We support the prime minister for many regional countries, emphasizing anism for the move. , Safadi said the Israeli plan would torpedo any Iraqi legislator Abbas al-Zameli has in his efforts to safeguard the sovereignty that the parliament is closely monitoring The 78-year-old politician said Iraq opportunity for peace in the region, the Palestinian In- described the country’s sovereignty as of Iraq and remove all foreign forces from the course of dialogue between Wash- rejected any violation of its sovereignty, formation Center reported on Thursday. the red line in negotiations between the country. We cannot comprise on the ington and Baghdad. particularly the U.S. military’s violation “We are working with our partners and brothers in Baghdad and Washington. withdrawal of all foreign forces, including “The Council of Representatives supports of Iraqi airspace in the assassination order to prevent Israel from carrying out its annexation “We have a fundamental and major Americans, from the country.” the dialogue between the United States and airstrike. plan because implementing it means killing any oppor- tunity towards peace,” the top Jordanian diplomat said. For his part, Maas expressed Berlin’s concern over Israel’s intent to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. Deadly blast hits Kabul mosque during Most Americans support sweeping According to Press TV, he said the European Un- ion rejects any unilateral plans which may pose a serious Friday prayers Democratic police reform proposals threat to the region. A blast in a mosque during Friday prayers headquartered in eastern Afghanistan’s Most Americans, including a majority of being sought by Democrats in Congress The comments come after Israeli prime minister in the western part of capital Kabul has Nangarhar province. President Donald Trump’s Republican and Joe Biden, their party’s presumptive Benjamin Netanyahu received the approval of his new- killed at least four people and wounded “Interestingly, every time you have the Party, support sweeping law enforcement presidential nominee in the Nov. 3 election ly-installed coalition regime to put his annexation plan many more, Afghanistan’s interior min- peace process gaining some momentum and reforms such as a ban on chokeholds and to challenge Trump. to vote in the Israeli cabinet or parliament as soon as istry said. pace, you have these kinds of attacks in the racial profiling after the latest death of an The poll conducted online of 1,113 U.S. July 1. “Explosives placed inside the Sher country,” Habib Wardak, a national security African American while in police custody, adults showed bipartisan support for many Shah Suri Mosque exploded during Friday analyst based in Kabul, told Al Jazeera. according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll of the Democrats’ proposals. prayers,” said a statement issued by the “The ISIL claimed responsibility for released on Thursday. For example, 82% of Americans want ministry, which added that the mosque’s the attack that happened last week on a The national survey on June 9-10, to ban police from using chokeholds, 83% Syrian president relives prayer leader Azizullah Mofleh was among mosque in Kabul, so despite the fact that shows the public broadly on the side of want to ban racial profiling, and 92% want prime minister, those killed, al Jazeera reported. you have these news and press conference Democratic lawmakers, who proposed a federal police to be required to wear body Interior ministry spokesman Tariq from the government that they have elim- series of changes to police departments in cameras. names his successor Arian said police have cordoned off the inated ISIL, how can they conduct such the United States as protesters gathered It also found that 89% of Americans area and helped move the wounded to sophisticated operations?” nationwide to condemn the death of George want to require police to give the people ambulances and nearby hospitals. Friday’s blast had parallels to one earlier Floyd and racism, Reuters reported. they stop their name, badge number and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has removed the Arab No group immediately claimed re- this month, when an explosion tore apart The White House and Republican reason for the stop, and 91% support country’s prime minister from his post and designated sponsibility for the attack but a mosque a famous Kabul mosque and led to the lawmakers are preparing their own plans allowing independent investigations of a minister as his successor, state media says. attack earlier this month was claimed by death of renowned Afghan cleric Maulvi for changes in policing, though they are police departments that show patterns In a decree carried by Syria’s official news agency SANA, an ISIL (or ISIS) terrorist group affiliate, Ayaz Niazi. expected to fall short of the deep reforms of misconduct. the Syrian president on Thursday removed Prime Min- ister Imad Khamis from the post and designated Water Resources Minister Hossein Arnous as his successor. According to the brief decree, Arnous, 67, will be the ICC must up its game to survive after U.S. onslaught: experts new Syrian premier without losing his current post as The International Criminal Court must step up to ensure ‘Unprecedented’ measures - the head of the ministry of water resources, which he its survival after U.S. President Donald Trump authorised The United States - like Russia, China, Israel, Syria and assumed in 2018. sanctions against the tribunal over an Afghan war crimes a number of other countries - is not a member of the ICC, Arnous was born in Idlib and had served in a long probe, experts said Friday. and its opposition to the court is longstanding. succession of government posts, including governor of Trump’s adminstration on Thursday unleashed an un- In 2002 the U.S. Congress even passed the so-called “Hague Dayr al-Zawr province that borders Iraq, from 2009 to precedented onslaught against what it branded a “kangaroo Invasion Act” allowing the US president to authorise military 2011, and Quneitra province in southern Syria, in 2011. court”, subjecting ICC officials to asset freezes and travel force to free any U.S. personnel held by the ICC -- in theory He was also the minister of public works and housing bans if they target U.S. personnel. making an invasion of Dutch shores a possibility. from 2013 to 2018. According to AFP, the move escalates long-standing But the Trump administration has now gone fur- Neither the decree nor the SANA report mentioned U.S. opposition to The Hague-based court, which is ther, preemptively targeting the court over any attempt the reasons behind the dismissal of Khamis, who has battling its own poor track record of convictions, lack to prosecute U.S. personnel over alleged war crimes in been the Syrian prime minister since 2016. of support from the world’s largest powers and internal Afghanistan, or its ally Israel over the situation in the disputes over pay. Palestinian territories. But analysts and rights groups urged the under-fire U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday’s steps Trump aims to sidestep ICC - set up in 2002 to prosecute the world’s worst were just the first against a “corrupt” institution that he crimes - to continue its work with renewed vigour if it accused, without giving evidence, of being manipulated another arms pact to sell wants to cement its legitimacy. by Russia. “I believe that the future of the court depends on its criminal law professor at Leiden University, told AFP. Personal sanctions by Washington are “unprece- more U.S. drones willingness to prosecute the ‘hard cases’ involving pow- “For too long its work has been directed at developing dented,” said Carsten Stahn, programme director at erful countries like the United States, Israel, Russia and countries and pariah states. Delivering equal justice for Leiden University’s Grotius Centre for International The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold the United Kingdom,” William Schabas, international all means that it can tackle the strong as well as the weak.” Legal Studies in The Hague. War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more American-made drones to a wide array of nations, three defense industry executives and a U.S. official ‘Go back to your bunker’: Seattle mayor hits back at Trump told Reuters. The policy change, which has not been previously 1 ’Peaceful as hell’ and prevented two police officers from self as Jahtia B. Sunday when police used tear gas and reported, could open up sales of armed U.S. drones to In the CHAZ area on Thursday, there reaching a boarded-up police station “This is our city. I was born and raised flash-bang grenades in an attempt to less stable governments such as Jordan and the United were tents with supplies for volunteer in the area. The officers failed to break in this city. Let’s give it to the people, the clear the area. Arab Emirates that in the past have been forbidden from medics as well as food donated by local in when they tried to enter through a people who live in Seattle and have been “Today I feel supported, welcomed,” buying them under the 33-year-old Missile Technol- restaurants, along with fruit, snacks and different road. thriving here,” she told AFP news agency. he said. “We’re able to speak, it’s what ogy Control Regime (MTCR), said the U.S. official, a water bottles. “The scene here is peaceful as hell,” An African American demonstra- we’ve been wanting to do this whole time, former U.S. official and one of the executives. It could At one point a crowd locked arms said a demonstrator who identified her- tor, Rich Brown, said he was scared on without intimidation, without fear.” also undermine longstanding MTCR compliance from countries such as Russia, said the U.S. official, who has direct knowledge of the policy shift. Reinterpreting the MTCR is part of a broader Trump N. Korea vows to bolster military might in face of U.S. threats administration effort to sell more weapons overseas. It has vowed to bolster its military might to coun- Trump, who has since met with Kim three times, has so has overhauled a broad range of arms export regulations ter U.S. threats, saying relations between Washington and far refused to relieve any of the harsh sanctions on the North. and removed the U.S. from international arms treaties have descended into a “dark nightmare”. “The question is whether there will be a need to keep including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty The announcement by North Korean Foreign Minister holding hands shaken in Singapore when there is nothing and the Open Skies Treaty. Ri Son Gwon on Friday came on the second anniversary of factual improvement to be made,” asked the North Sidestepping the accord would allow U.S. defense of the first-ever summit between President Donald Trump Korean foreign minister. contractors General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc and the North’s leader Kim Jong-un. Ri said that there is no use in simply “maintaining and Northrop Grumman Corp to break into new markets Ri said Pyongyang’s secure strategic goal “is to build up personal relations between our supreme leadership and currently dominated by less sophisticated offerings from a more reliable force to cope with the long-term military the U.S. President.” China and Israel, which do not participate in the MTCR. threats from the U.S.” “Never again will we provide the U.S. chief executive Heidi Grant, the Pentagon’s Director of Defense Tech- Kim and Trump met in Singapore on June 12, 2018, with another package to be used for (political) achieve- nology Security Administration, declined to comment after which the North took several unilateral measures ments without receiving any returns. Nothing is more on the pending MTCR policy change but said the U.S. towards denuclearization in a goodwill gesture not re- hypocritical than an empty promise.” military is eager to see drone sales expanded to more ciprocated by the U.S. She said the past two years of diplomacy has only showed countries. Such sales would bolster the militaries of In the wake of the summit, Pyongyang demolished a that Washington continues to pursue “regime change” in allies and replace drones sales from other nations, she nuclear test site and suspended its missile and nuclear Pyongyang and threatens the North with the prospects of a inter-Korean border, but a subsequent working-level said. “If we are unable to meet this growing demand, tests, which have long been the target of harsh unilateral pre-emptive nuclear strike and “isolation and suffocation.” meeting broke down over the U.S.’s “old stance and we shoot ourselves in the foot,” Grant told Reuters. U.S. sanctions. The two leaders met for the last time last June at the attitude.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 13, 2020 SPORTS 11

My sacking harmed Bashar Resan doesn’t want to leave Persepolis

SPORTS TEHRAN — Iraq international midfielder Esteghlal: Winfried Schaefer deskBashar Resan is poised to restart his work with Persepolis and focus on the remaining matches of the Iranian 1 The Blues have to pay the coach’s football league. payment otherwise, they will be punished by FIFA and could face the points deduction. Esteghlal are one of the most popular football team in Iran and points deduction can be a massive blow to the team. In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Schaefer has opened up about his time in Esteghlal and how he has to do at the moment. Special thanks to Mohammad Hossein Zarandi, for making this exclusive interview possible. Tehran Times: First of all, would you please let us know about your condition in Emirati club Baniyas? Winfried Schaefer: We did a great job in Baniyas and build a new team completely. The youngest team in the league, many play- ers who never got a chance to play before. Resan, who returned to Iran after a four-month suspension Baniyas are now on a very good way. Since of football due to coronavirus outbreak, has said that he never the coronavirus crisis which halted the UAE’s thought about terminating his contract with the Tehran giants. league, they changed their strategy drastically “I don’t know where these rumors are coming from, it has and we saw that we do not share the same never crossed my mind that I would not return to Iran. I am a ideas anymore. Next season I’ll not work Persepolis player and I will commit my future until the end. with Baniyas anymore. There were some problems, but I never thought about termi- You were sacked as Esteghlal coach nating the contract. Persepolis fans have always been kind to and now the Iranian football club have to me, and it’s hard for me to ignore their passion and love,” said pay you 550,000 USD. Esteghlal General the Persepolis midfielder. Manager Ahmad Saadatmand is reportedly “I’m glad that I returned to Iran and joined the team train- going to arrange a meeting with you to get ing. Unfortunately, I came back a little late, but the important a discount. Is that right? point is that I’m here now and can train with my teammates at I can say very honestly that Ahmad Saadat- Persepolis,” he added. mand was the only Esteghlal’s board member Iran Professional League (IPL), which was halted four months at my time who seemed to understand the do everything in your power to support your titles in the past three years. won in the third year if we would have kept ago, will resume on June 24 with a match between Foolad and problems we had to face. You’ll remember newspaper, but they talk bad about you, they Another strange question. When I came the team from the second year. We built a Esteghlal. that at that time the team and the coaching lie and spread terrible rumors. Then they to Esteghlal the President asked me to good team twice. With nine matches remaining, Persepolis sit top of the IPL staff had to deal with circumstances that were ask you to compromise on the money they save Esteghlal, because they were in the The Iranian players are outstanding, table, 10 points ahead of Sepahan and Tractor. so bad. I never saw something similar. After owe you. How would you react? bottom of the league table. We not only strong, skilled and they want to learn. But Bashar, 24, signed a contract with the IPL champions, Perse- he became the team’s president, he reached Esteghlal club prevented you to enter won the cup, but also qualified for the AFC the circumstances are simply not compara- polis, in 2017. He was one of the most influential players in the out to me and I have to say he is very polite. the training one day after you were informed Champions League. The next year was, as ble to Qatar, South Korea and Japan. You Red’s back-to-back title successes in the league and Hazfi Cup. I asked him to be an honorable man and you were no longer the team’s coach. Honestly, I said, a nightmare. We had to build a new can only survive with hard work and with With regard to the payment of part of his delayed salary, take care of the salary of my Iranian and it was not a professional behavior on behalf team but we had no support and we had to a good team spirit and a good mentality. Resan said: “The officials of the club have been following my foreign staff. We previously agreed to meet of a great team such as Esteghlal. deal with sabotage. But we still were able For me, the match against Japan in the conditions and keeping in touch with me during this period and but in the current situation, it’s impossible If I go into detail about the injustice and to be at the top of the league. I know, in AFC Asian Cup is a good example for the I thank them. They promised that another part of my contract what they’re asking us to do. They can hold a the sabotage the team and I had to suffer in the third year, with support of the man- problems Iranian Teams face often. It’s will be paid by the end of the week.” meeting in Germany to talk about the issues. my second year, certain people will spread agement we would have been champions. all about building confidence and psy- “I’m just here to do my part and help this team win, and of Are you ready to negotiate with Es- more lies and defamation. Let’s me say this I worked well with Pendar Tofighi, but he chological strength, beside of skills and course, the ultimate goal is to win another IPL trophy. I am teghlal to solve the problem? - the team and the staff fought against prob- didn’t get the necessary support, so we fitness. We did that well in our first year, completely focused on Persepolis and our remaining matches,” I am very confused by this question. The lems every single day and night. The last lost important players. Well, you know, we did that again in the second year, step Resan concluded. Esteghlal management and the ethic com- chapter of this sad spectacle was a shame the rest. Imagine what was taken away by step. That’s why I said the third year mittee should focus on the circumstances of for the President and the management and from the fans. would have been a big success. Esteghlal over the last three years and should for Esteghlal. What’s different between Esteghlal and Branko Ivankovic. focus on a transparent investigation. I can Have you been linked with a move to and Persepolis as a person who has worked What’s your opinion on them? Ebrahimi, Ezatolahi leave imagine it would make it more important your former club Karlsruhe? in Iran football? They are two men I like very much and I for the millions of fans and it could help No. The fans of course remember the Let me answer this question with a little respect. But I don’t want to judge their work. KAS Eupen solve the financial crisis. Let’s hope President good time we had. Karlsruhe always played anecdote. After two days of training together, Both coaches were successful in Iran football. Saadatmand get all the support he needs in the second division before I came. We I asked (Gadwin) Mensha “why the Esteghlal The last question: Gabriel Calderon, and left Belgian team KAS Eupen from authorities. He needs this desperately had a successful 12 years there, always first fans feel Persepolis are treated better?” he and Marc Wilmots left and returned to their clubs. because he is now in a very difficult situation and very often in the Europa laughed and said, “I never expected to see Iran since the country failed to transfer their Belgian site GrenzEcho.net reported that the two Iranian players that isn’t his mistake and the fans and the competition. After I left the team, they played such big differences.” The trainings facilities salaries over the U.S. sanctions. Have you have returned to their teams after their loan contracts ran out. team deserve transparency too. Asking for at the second or third division. I will go back were only one point of many. any idea about this? Ezatolahi, 24, signed for Eupen from Russian team Rostov a compromise in this situation is something only with a strong financial partner to re- Why can’t the Iranian teams win the I never talked to them. I can only say it’s on loan in 2019. that is unheard of in the professional world. build the club. AFC Champions League? an honor to train the national team of Iran. Ebrahimi, who joined Eupen from Al Ahli in 2019, will return Imagine you are fired from a job which you You worked at Esteghlal for two years I think we could have won in our second It’s a dream job and I am sure there would to the Qatari club in the summer. worked hard and the cancelation is not jus- but just won a Hazfi Cup in 2018, while the year if we would have had the same team have been a solution if both parties agree The site reported that the Belgian club didn’t extend their tified. You declared clearly that you want to team’s archrivals Persepolis have won the as the first year. And I think we could have to work for a solution. contracts. (Source: GrenzEcho.net) Infantino extends condolence over Iran national football team unchanged death of Aboutaleb in FIFA ranking WKF laud Iranian karate athletes

World Karate Federation has lauded the Iranian karate athletes who have helped their people during the coronavirus crisis. These difficult times are the perfect moment to show the many values of our sport. Karate’s first-class athletes are very much aware of the strength of Karate values and the tremendous impact that the crisis is having on the weaker groups of population; some of them continue making their best to help those in need. Sajad Ganzjadeh of Iran is part of the humanitarian project “Empathy Nights” aiming to bring food to those who need it the most. In these difficult times, it is crucial to keep the spirits up. Iran’s Hamideh Abbasali and Bahman Asgari Asgari Ghoncheh are doing their best to help spread positive messages and are joining and initiative of the Peace Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Iran to share hope in these troubled moments. (Source: WKF) SPORTS TEHRAN — FIFA and prayers go out to his family. The SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran na- to the staging of international matches. deskPresident Gianni In- words cannot express our sadness,” desktional football team This has again affected the latest FIFA fantino extends his deepest sympathies to said Infantino in a letter sent to Iran still are 33rd in world and second in World Ranking, which remains unchanged. Two-thirds of sponsors unsure the family and friends of Iranian football Football Federation. Asia in the latest FIFA ranking released Belgium remain top followed by France coach Parviz Aboutaleb. Aboutaleb was a member of Iranian on Thursday. and Brazil, while England and Uruguay about 2021 Olympics Aboutaleb, who was suffering from football clubs Rah Ahan and Esteghlal Japan as the best Asian team sit 28th are 4th and 5th, respectively. Alzheimer’s disease, died at the age of in the early 60’s and also coached Na- in the world. Lurking behind them in descending 78 on Tuesday. tional Team in 1982 after retiring from Although club football has slowly re- order are Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Ar- Two-thirds of Tokyo 2020’s corporate sponsors are undecided “I wish to extend my deepest his playing career. started or been scheduled to restart in gentina, and Colombia. on whether to continue supporting the Games now the event has sympathy to Aboutaleb’s family and He also worked as head coach in youth various leagues around the world, the The next FIFA World Ranking will be been pushed to 2021, according to a new survey. Iranian football fans. Our thoughts levels in Iran. spread of COVID-19 remains an obstacle published on 16 July 2020 (TBC). In the poll published late Thursday by Japanese public broad- caster NHK, 65 percent of the sponsors surveyed said they had not made up their minds about whether to extend their financial Nekounam, Shojaei nominated for Asia’s Greatest Players in Spanish Football backing for another year. According to NHK, some companies voiced concerns that their Iranian players and Javad Nekounam in , Masoud Shojaei wasn’t far behind, and the duo promotional activities around the Games could be curtailed due have been nominated as the Asia’s greatest players in Arriving in Spain just prior to his 26th birthday, Nek- created a unique Team Melli influence in northern Spain. to crowd-reduction measures imposed against the coronavirus. Spanish football. ounam was an instant hit in a side which reached the UEFA Often used as an impact player off the substitute’s bench, They were also worried the Games could be scrapped alto- La Liga, the top division of Spanish football, holds a place Cup semi-finals, only for his progress to be suddenly halted Shojaei was a reliable contributor of assists, particularly in his gether, with several senior Olympic officials saying the Tokyo in the consciousness of fans throughout the globe, and it by a serious knee injury. debut season where he created eight goals for his teammates. Olympics must take place next year or not at all. is also a nation which has played host to some standout That made the 2007-08 campaign a near write-off, but A serious injury robbed him of the entire 2011-12 campaign, Many also said they had not decided whether to extend their players from the world’s largest continent. he returned to become a fan favorite in the city of Pamplona and his time in Spain finished in the Segunda Division with sponsorship because they had not yet opened negotiations with In increasing numbers, Asian players are flocking to and regular goal scorer with a habit of netting late winners. Las Palmas, but his tally of more than 100 appearances in the organizers -- suggesting they may be open to persuasion. Spain, with some of the continent’s brightest prospects Iran has produced several outstanding players over the the top tier outlines his quality as a player. Tokyo CEO Toshiro Muto revealed later Friday that the or- now making it their first port of call in European football. years. That no Team Melli player has bettered Nekounam’s The Iranian duo have to vie with Wu Lei (CHN), Takashi ganizing committee had not contacted the sponsors due to the With La Liga resuming this week, the-afc.com invites 151 caps speaks volumes about his quality and longevity. Inui (JPN), Paulino Alcántara (PHI) and John Aloisi (AUS) coronavirus state of emergency that was declared in Japan just the fans to decide which Asian player has made the biggest Masoud Shojaei to be named as the Asia’s Greatest Player. after the Games were postponed in late March. impact in Spanish football. While Nekounam was the first Iranian player to shine (Source: the-afc) (Source: AFP) Prayer Times Noon:13:04 Evening: 20:42 Dawn: 4:02 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 5:48 (tomorrow) JUNE 13, 2020 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Mohammad Shojaeian Editor-in-Chief: Ali A.Jenabzadeh Hassan Fat’hi to complete “Intoxicated Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051430 by Love” by summer’s end Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 ARTTEHRAN — “Intoxicated Webmaster: [email protected] deskby Love”, also known as Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 “Drunk on Love”, an Iran-Turkey joint film project shot by Iranian director Hassan Fat’hi in Turkey in 2019, will be completed by the Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 end of summer, producer Mehran Borumand has said. No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran “Several short scenes have been left P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 unfinished due to the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus and are scheduled to be completed after the restrictions are lifted and the borders reopen,” Borumand said. “Due to the current situation, we estimate that the entire project will be completed by the end of summer and the film will be ready for screening, however, the screening time will be based on the film screening situation in Iranian movie theaters and around the world, since this is a joint production and must be GUIDE TO screened in Iran and Turkey simultaneously,” SPIRITUAL AWAKENING he added. He also said that Fat’hi will accompany Patience is two in kind: one against what you the team through the end of the project and dislike, and the other before what you like and will supervise the entire post-production seems beautiful. stage. Imam Ali (AS) Fat’hi started shooting “Intoxicated by Love” in Konya in October focusing on the lives of the Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din and Shams-i Tabrizi, the WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES wandering sage who later became the mentor Painting of Rumi in the 13th century CE. Paintings by Mostafa Sarabi are The Iranian actors Parsa Piruzfar and currently on view in an exhibition Shahab Hosseini star as Rumi and Shams respectively while Turkish TV star Hande Erçel Actor Shahab Hosseini acts in a scene from the co-production between Iran and Turkey “Intoxicated by Love” at Delgosha Gallery. by Iranian director Hassan Fat’hi. The exhibit entitled “Sea, a Place that plays the role of Kimia, Rumi’s stepdaughter Movahhed, a top Iranian expert on Rumi. and family, who could not tolerate the close Is Not Seen From the Land” will run and Shams’ lover. Istanbul is one of the sponsors of the project. Rumi undertook journeys to Syria, during relationship. until June 25 at the gallery, which Turkish actor Ibrahim Çelikkol and Iranian Cinematographer Morteza Pursamadi, one of which he met the dervish, Shams. One night in 1247, Shams disappeared can be found at 30 Mohajer Alley, actor Hesam Manzur are the other members film editor Sepideh Abdolvahhab and makeup He was deeply influenced by Shams forever. This experience turned Rumi into a Iranshahr St., Karim Khan Ave. of the cast. artist Iman Omidvari, all from Iran, and Sahin during their second visit in Konya and for poet. The Divan of Shams is a true translation Behruz Majidi is displaying his “Intoxicated by Love” was written by Fat’hi Karakus, Aytekin Yalçin, Tolga Tosun and months, the two men constantly interacted, of his experiences into poetry. latest paintings in an exhibition at himself and his fellow Iranian writer Farhad Fatih Koca, all from Turkey, are collaborating and as a result, Rumi neglected his disciples The ENG Yapim Medya Organization from E1 Gallery. Tohidi in consultation with Mohammad-Ali in the project. The exhibit entitled will run until July 3 at the gallery located at 1 Hamid Dead End, off Lesani Alley, “Gaze” director Farnush Samadi Doc Edge festival picks “Sunless Shadows”, Jebheh St., off Mahdieh St. in the selected for Turkish festival jury “Copper Notes of a Dream” Elahieh neighborhood. Zarna Gallery is playing host to an exhibition of paintings by the Visual Art Shot Group. Works by Nagar Valeh, Soleiman Farrokhi, Behzad Firuzi, Zahra Mohammadi and several other artists have been selected to be showcased at the exhibit that will continue until June 17 at 10 Esko Alley near Daneshgah St. and Enqelab Ave. Shirin Babazadeh, Shila Jalilpiran, Nasrin Sadeqi and Mani Mehrzad are hanging their latest paintings in an exhibition at Vista Gallery. The exhibit titled “The Lost Gaze” will run until June 26 at the gallery located at No. 11, 12th Alley, Mir Emad St.

Drawing Iranian director Farnush Samadi. A scene from “Copper Notes of a Dream” by Reza Farahmand. Dastan Basement Gallery is ARTTEHRAN — Farnush official competition the festival, which will ARTTEHRAN — “Sunless Together with his older sister Ghofran, displaying a collection of drawing deskSamadi, director of the be presided over by renowned Turkish deskShadows” and “Copper he is planning to organize a concert with by Ila Firuzabadi in an exhibition acclaimed Iranian short “Gaze”, has been filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Notes of a Dream”, two documentaries professional musicians. entitled “Studies for the Fountains”. selected for a jury of the International “Ahoo” by Amir-Hossein Hemmati is from Iran, will go on screen at the Oscar- To earn money for the concert, Malook The exhibit will be running until Migration Film Festival in Turkey. the sole Iranian movie that will be screened qualifying Doc Edge Film Festival 2020, and some friends pull the copper wires July 3 at the gallery located at 6 She along with Vienna-based cultural in the UNICEF International Short Film running online in Auckland, New Zealand out of the walls of vacant buildings that Bidar St., off Fereshteh St. manager Marija Milovanovic and Dutch Competition. from June 12 to July 5. are riddled with bullets and rockets and film expert Wouter Jansen will judge In today’s world, Ahoo, an Afghan woman “Sunless Shadows” by Mehrdad Oskui write apologies for their theft on the walls, Multimedia the entries in the Same Boat Short Film trying to hold on to a difficult life where is about a group of adolescent girls that in hope the people who have fled will Paintings and sculptures by Competition, the organizers have said. women are treated like second class citizens, serve their sentence for the grave crime of understand, if they ever return. Effat Jalilnejad are on view in an The festival will take place in Gaziantep, struggles to survive and make a living in murdering their father, their husband or In consideration of the Covid-19 exhibition at Saye Gallery. the capital of Gaziantep Province, in the this brutal, challenging environment. Only another male family member in an Iranian pandemic and New Zealand’s robust efforts The exhibit named “Maybe It’s a western part of Turkey’s Southeastern pursuing this purpose, Ahoo has an important juvenile detention center. to keep everyone healthy, inspired and Dream” will run until June 16 at Region, from June 14 and 21. secret that would put her in a difficult position Oskui won the Silver Horn for the motivated, the organizers introduce the the gallery located at No. 21, 13th Samadi’s “Gaze” was screened at if revealed. The film narrates the tale of a director of his “Sunless Shadows” at the first ever entirely online film festival and Alley, Sanai St. off Karim Khan Ave. numerous international events across the strong woman who faces difficulties in the 60th Krakow Film Festival in Poland free schools program exclusive to New An exhibition of paintings, world. It is about a woman who witnesses midst of war and destruction. last week. Zealand audiences and communities sculptures and drawings by Sara something happening on the bus on her Over 50 films have been selected to be “Copper Notes of a Dream” by Reza across the country. Abri, Ruha Teimuri, Nasim Pirhadi, way back from work, but she has to decide screened online during the festival, which Farahmand is about a ten-year-old The organizers offer a true film Hossein Ehsai and several other whether to reveal it or not. will bring together hundreds of filmmakers, Palestinian refugee, Malook, who lives in festival experience possible online artists is underway at Sohrab Earlier last week, the organizers press members, participants from non- Jarmuk, a suburb of in Syria, with scheduled screenings to watch Gallery. announced that Iranian actor Shahab governmental organizations and academics which is ruined during the war with ISIS. with friends and family followed by The exhibit named “Tension” will Hosseini was selected for the jury of the from Turkey and across the world. Malook dreams of becoming a singer. Q&A sessions with filmmakers. run until June 23 at the gallery located at 142 Somayyeh St. A group of artists, including Saleh Sharifi, Maryam Amini, Doc on former diplomat Ardeshir Zahedi under Shah premieres Mohammad Abbasi, Elham Nafisi ARTTEHRAN — A documentary on Ardeshir the history of modern Iran. His father, Fazlollah Zahedi and Behnaz Qasemi, is showcasing deskZahedi, a former Iranian diplomat who (1897-1963), served as prime minister, and his maternal their artworks in various media in served during the reign of Iran’s last monarch Mohammad grandfather, Nasrollah Khan Moshir od-Dowleh, served an exhibition at Soo Gallery. Reza Pahlavi as the country’s foreign minister and its as the first prime minister of Iran after the establishment Named “Rally”, the exhibition will ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom of the Constitution in 1907. run until 23 at the gallery located during the 1960s and 1970s, premiered at the Mellat Zahedi has led a very eventful life. During World War II, at 30 Purmusa St. off Somayyeh St. Palace Museum on Thursday. when Ardeshir was twelve, his father, who was the commander An exhibition of artworks “The Last Diplomat” directed by Amir Tajik uncovers of the Isfahan division, was arrested by the occupying Allied in various media by Amir untold stories of Iran’s history witnessed by Zahedi. forces and imprisoned in Palestine. Kabirnejad, Afshin Baqeri, Kambiz In addition, Zahedi was the son-in-law of the Shah and After completing his college education at Utah State Derambakhsh and Qodratollag Aqeli the documentary includes unseen photos and footages of University, Ardeshir returned to Iran to become deputy is underway at Arte Gallery. the Pahlavi family in addition to personal albums of Zahedi. director of the Point Four Program. The exhibition will be running until The production team made more than 18 months of full- In 1957, he married the Shah’s first daughter Shahnaz. June 29 at the gallery located at time efforts to collect exclusive information with the help Mahnaz, the Shah’s first granddaughter was born a year No. 2880, Vali-e Asr Ave. of an experienced crew. later. Although the couple separated in 1964, Ardeshir A poster for the documentary was also unveiled during the A poster for the documentary “The Last Diplomat” about still remained a close confidant and friend of the Shah Photo premiere attended by the crew, interested documentarians the former Iranian diplomat Ardeshir Zahedi by Amir Tajik. until his death in 1980. Shamideh Gallery is hosting an and individuals. radio building, and the documentary shows previously In the last two decades of the Pahlavi dynasty, Zahedi exhibition of photos by Arash Pajuh Speaking at the ceremony, Tajik said that the officials at the unseen photos in addition to voices which belong to those served as an ambassador to the United States, and five years entitled “Zone-1”. museum have made great contributions to the documentary. days and are preserved in the secret archives of the radio as foreign minister of Iran. The exhibit will run until June 22 “I tried very hard to collect the information. Part of station,” he said. During his diplomatic career, he took an active role in at No. 8, 1st Dead End off Sanjabi Zahedi’s life was during the coup d’état against Mohammad He also added that part of the documentary features the United Nations discussions. As the head of the Iranian St. near Madar Square. Mossadeq’s government in 1953, which Zahedi believed was recent words uttered by Zahedi in honor of martyred delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, he not a coup d’état,” he said. Commander Qassem Soleimani. signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. “A major event of those days was the capture of Iran’s Zahedi is a descendant of two families that have shaped The 91-year-old Zahedi presently resides in Switzerland.