WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13900 Monday MARCH 8, 2021 Esfand 18, 1399 Rajab 24, 1442 JCPOA revival Alireza Karimi Iran, Iraq discuss Animation “Wet Mirror” dependent on lifting takes silver at Matteo joining railway produced based on Attar’s sanctions Page 2 Pellicone Page 3 networks Page 4 story of Sheikh Sanan Page 8 Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground if Israel makes mistake: defense minister TEHRAN – Iranian Defense Minister Amir threaten it while this regime knows and Hatami on Sunday strongly responded if it doesn’t know, it must know that if it to Israeli threats against Iran by saying does a damn thing, we will raze Tel Aviv that Tehran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa and Haifa to the ground,” the defense Palace intrigueSee page 3 to the ground if Israel makes a mistake minister said on Sunday. against Iran. Hatami made the remarks at a ceremo- Saudi Arabia’s crown “Sometimes, the Zionist regime [Israel] ny held on Sunday to appreciate Iranian out of desperation makes big claims against soldiers. prince faces uncertain the Islamic Republic of Iran to allegedly Continued on page 3 future as relations with U.S. sour Tire output rises 18% in 11 months on year TEHRAN- The production of tires in Iran has the production of 23.124 million tires. risen 18 percent during the first eleven months As reported, 20.192 million passenger of the current Iranian calendar year (March car tires were produced in the mentioned 20, 2020- February 18, 2021), compared to time span, accounting for over 87 percent the same period of time in the past year. of the total production. Some 250,186 tons of tires have been Some 23,536 tons of van tires were pro- produced during the eleven-month period duced, indicating a nine-percent growth. of this year. Also, 53,718 tons of truck and bus tires In terms of number, an 18-percent were produced, showing a 15-percent rise. growth has been also achieved through Continued on page 4 “50+One” depicts how Gen. Soleimani saved Erbil from ISIS TEHRAN – Director and writer Mahtab As- premiered at the Mah Hall of the Art Bu- gari has produced a play named “50+One” reau on Sunday. that depicts how Lieutenant-General Qas- In 2014, when the bloodthirsty ISIS sem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds terrorists were on Erbil’s doorstep and Force, saved Erbil from ISIS in 2014 when after Masoud Barzani’s calls for help from their fighters were closing in around the the U.S., UK, France, Turkey and Saudis capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. went unheeded, the former president of Starring Sirus Kahurinejad, Alireza Kurdistan Region asked General Soleim- Hanifi, Reza Hamati, Saman Qelich- ani for help. File photo khani and Maahak Khodadadi, the play Continued on page 8 Persepolis; transfer Webinar sharpens focus on how to safeguard Anti-Netanyahu protesters attacked in 37th ban’s never-ending traditional medicine consecutive week of demos story TEHRAN – Tens of health and cultural heritage ex- the concept of four humors: phlegm (Balgham), blood With the elections fast-approaching, the their support. perts, academia, researchers, and students have begun (Dam), yellow bile (Safra’), and black bile (Sauda’). weekly nationwide protests against Israel These included sculptor Itay Zalait, industrial BY FARROKH HESABI discussing ways to safeguard traditional medicine as The four humors concept is based on the teachings of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked designer and lecturer Nitzan Waisberg, writer TEHRAN - Persepolis football club have intangible cultural heritage during a online seminar, Rhazes and Avicenna into an elaborate medical system. off bigger and louder than usual in recent Eshkol Nevo and others. been handed a domestic transfer ban by the which began in Tehran on Sunday. Some scholars believe that efforts for revitalizing weeks on Saturday – the 37th consecutive The statement also criticized the Likud Party Players Statutes Committee of the Iranian Strategies to protect traditional medicine as in- Iranian traditional medicine in recent years have shaped week of protests. for deliberately trying to harm protesters. football federation over non-payment of tangible cultural heritage are top on agenda for the two main attitudes: evidence-based medicine, and The protest group the Black Flags Movement “The defendant (Netanyahu) and his support- dues to their former players. three-day event that is organized by Tehran Intangible quackery. While many academics use evidence-based announced that this week’s protest was recog- ers are doing everything in their power to hurt The leaders of the Iranian Professional Cultural Heritage Center in close collaboration with scientific measurements, there is also a pseudoscientific nizing the demonstrations nearing the one-year the protest movement. Cyber warfare, physical League (IPL) paid compensation amounts the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage & Tourism. stream in modern academia. mark since they first kicked off in the summer assaults and incitement coming from the Likud of 500000 euros to their former Croatian Furthermore, participants are scheduled to attend Globally, this medicine reached its peak in Iran, of 2020, The Jpost reported. elections campaign have become normal,” a striker Mario Budimir to lift the transfer specialized sessions on the subject of folk medicine, concurrent with polymaths such as Muhammad ibn Protesters gathered at some 550 central junc- Black Flags statement read. that had been imposed by FIFA to the which has been practiced for a long in the villages Zachariah al-Razi, Ibn Sina, and Esmaeil Jorjani. Ancient tions, squares and bridges across the country “This culture of incitement and hate is direct- Tehran-based club for the 2021 winter around Ziviyeh and Karaftu, according to organizers. Iranian Medicine, the basic knowledge of four humors starting Saturday afternoon, calling on Netanyahu ed toward anyone who opposes the defendant transfer window. An approach to traditional medicine, indigenous as a healing system, was developed by Hakim Ibn Sina to resign over his ongoing criminal trial, before heading this government. This madness must However, it was not enough to solve the knowledge of orthopedics, etc., as well as remedies in his medical encyclopedia The Canon of Medicine. coming together to the protests’ central meeting come to an end on March 23. The protests will deep financial problems of the club and to used by local women therapists in Kermanshah, are Iranian traditional medicine strongly focuses on points in Jerusalem and Caesarea. continue,” the statement added. let them sign new players as they planned. amongst topics being scrutinized during the event. prioritizing health maintenance and disease preven- A statement by the Black Flags noted that The statement reflected the reality met by The Football Federation of the Islamic Iranian traditional medicine is one of the most tion over treatment. famed Israeli artists, activists and lecturers will several protests on Saturday. Republic of Iran (FFIRI) did not allow the ancient forms of traditional medicine. It is grounded in Continued on page 6 attend several main junctions in order to show Continued on page 5 transfer window to be open for Persepolis and some other clubs including the other Tehran giants, Esteghlal. Following unending complaints of Iranian universities improve in QS rankings Ex-Lebanese diplomat the players and coaches to the FFIRI for TEHRAN – Iranian universities have advanced QS World University Rankings, an annual including Sharif University of Technology, Uni- doubts MBS will be their unpaid salaries by, the federation in 17 subject areas of 2021 QS rankings, Moham- league table of the top 600 universities in the versity of Tehran, and Amirkabir University of has decided to ensure the several debtor mad-Javad Dehghani, head of Islamic World world, is arguably the best-known and respected Technology, were listed among top institutions allowed to enter U.S. Science Citation Database, has announced. rankings of its kind. Compiled by QS in close worldwide, two of which had a growth rate com- clubs to fulfill their financial obligations. BY MOHAMMAD ALI SAKI The QS World University Rankings by Subject consultation with an international advisory pared to last year, he stated. Towards achieving that, the teams that TEHRAN – A former Lebanese Ambassador to Chile, highlights the world’s top universities in a range board of leading academics, the rankings are In particular, Sharif University of Technology had been handed a transfer ban by FIFA are Poland and Canada predicts that the Saudi crown of popular subject areas, covering 51 subjects. widely referenced by prospective and current has been promoted from 221 to 178 and AmirKabir obliged to pay their compensation amount prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will not be Published annually since 2011, the rankings are students, university professionals, and govern- University of Technology from 361 to 345, Dehghani to the Iranian players and coaches who invited to the U.S. even if he becomes king. based on academic reputation, employer reputa- ments around the world. noted, adding, also in this ranking, the University are owed sums of money remaining from “Maybe the relations between the two countries tion, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, In the general field of engineering and tech- of Science and Technology was ranked 451-500. the previous years as well. will continue to be good but without direct contacts international faculty, and international students. nology, as of 2020 ranking, three universities, Continued on page 7 Abdolrahman Shahhoseini, former head between Biden and MBS,” Massoud Maalouf tells of the FFIRI’s Disciplinary Committee, the Tehran Times. said: “Debtor clubs should be obliged to Despite Saudi Arabia-U.S.