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Funeral to be held for eight ‘Nagorno-Karabakh clashes to persist martyrs of Syrian war

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran is scheduled to hold funeral deskservices for eight fallen soldiers who lost their as long as Azeri cities remain occupied’ lives defending the people of Syria against Takfiri terrorists. According to Tasnim, the funeral ceremonies for the eight martyrs POLITICAL TEHRAN — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had Iran’s will be held separately in the cities of , , Ghaemshahr, deskIranian Ambassador to territories under his army’s occupation. Fereydoonkenar, , Andimeshk and Qazvin. Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak-A’een has said the “Ceasefire was meaningless as long as The martyrs’ bodies were discovered in an operation to find the Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes will continue the occupation of the territories continued,” remains of the victims of the war in the Syrian village of Khan Tuman. as long as Azerbaijan’s seven cities remain he remarked. “The martyrs of Khan Tuman prevented Daesh (ISIS) from occupied. In a thread on Monday, Iranian coming close to Iran’s borders,” Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of “So long as hasn’t liberated its seven presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi the Expediency Council, said on Tuesday. cities, it sees itself entitled to their liberation called for an end to the clashes between the and that’s why the Karabakh clashes will two neighboring countries. continue,” Pak-A’een said, IRNA reported Vaezi lauded Russia’s efforts to medi- Nategh-Nouri will not run for on Tuesday. ate between Baku and Yerevan, saying Iran president: ex-MP “In order to reach a truce that leads welcomes the ceasefire and an end to the to permanent peace, we should see what war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Former senior lawmaker Mo- measures should take place so that both “We hope the peace talks would begin deskhammad Reza Bahonar says top political figure countries, I mean the Republic of Azerbaijan as soon as possible and the results of the Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri will not run for president in the next year’s and Armenia, feel satisfaction and think they talks would conform with the internation- election. have won,” the former diplomat commented. ally-recognized rights of the two countries, “We tried to get him involved, but he decisively says he doesn’t The breakaway of Nagorno-Karabakh so that it would not lead to another war,” feel obligated to do so,” Bahonar said in an interview with Mehr has long been a source of conflict between he added. published on Tuesday. Baku and Yerevan since the early years of the He further said that the region has the “He is involved in his seminary and has no resolve to enter political 1990s when the two sides fought a years-long necessary capacities for the settlement activities. That’s why he is not willing to play a role in the political war over the disputed region that led to the of problems and guaranteeing peace and sphere, neither as a candidate nor as a political actor,” he added. Armenian forces declaring independence security. Nategh-Nouri was a candidate in the presidential election in from Azerbaijan and also occupying parts areas ahead of the ceasefire. will not lead to permanent peace. “In fact, “Moscow’s talks with the foreign ministers 1997, but he lost the election to Mohammad Khatami. of Azerbaijan’s territories surrounding the The talks between Azerbaijan and Ar- the ceasefires are reached in order to buy of Azerbaijan and Armenia are a good sign Nategh-Nouri was parliament speaker in the fifth parliament mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh. menia were held in Moscow and were the time, compensate for the damage, and pre- of the potential of the independent region- from 1996-2000. While he was speaker, , the current The two sides agreed to a ceasefire starting first diplomatic contact between them since pare for another round of wars and clashes.” al powers, and Iran is fully prepared for president, was his deputy. on Saturday to exchange prisoners and bodies September 27. “The mediators do not address the main cooperation and assistance in the process Asked whether the principlists are favored to win the election, of those killed in the conflict. However, each Hundreds of people have died and thou- issue, namely the occupation of the territo- of peace and stability in accordance with Bahonar, who himself is a principlist, said nothing is certain about side has since accused the other of breaking sands been displaced since the latest violence ries,” he said, adding that the same thing international law,” stated Vaezi, who was Iran’s elections until the last moments. He then pointed to the the agreement. Armenia and Azerbaijan also broke out. happened during Iraq’s imposed war on Iran, Iran’s second-ranking diplomat when Ali last-minute victory of the past three presidents, namely Moham- accused each other of bombarding civilian Pak-A’een emphasized that the ceasefires when the mediators called for ceasefire while Akbar Velayati was foreign minister. mad Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Rouhani, as examples proving his point. Iran urges world to hold Trump’s withdrawal from JCPOA ‘major blow to world peace’: expert POLITICAL TEHRAN — Seyed Hossein Mousavian, criticism. Riyadh accountable for deska former Iranian nuclear negotiator, has On whether the U.S. has become safer with Trump’s said U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the ditching of the JCPOA and the U.S. assassination of Iran’s covert nuclear work Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has dealt a top general Qassem Soleimani, Mousavian said, “I believe POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Islamic Republic of Iran has major blow to world peace and security. America’s security has diminished. The non-proliferation deskcalled on the international community to hold “The JCPOA is the most comprehensive and complete of nuclear weapons is an integral part of global security.” Saudi Arabia responsible for its covert nuclear activities. document in the history of nuclear non-proliferation. By “It is true that Trump has caused billions of dollars in “It is unfortunate to see hostility from countries like Saudi Arabia, destroying the JCPOA, Trump has dealt a major blow to the economic damage to Iran by imposing the most extensive while Iran has always offered peace plans to stabilize our region,” non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and global peace and sanctions, but with his withdrawal from the JCPOA, Iran Iran’s permanent envoy to the UN General Assembly First Com- security,” Mousavian said on Monday, according to IRNA. expanded its range of nuclear activities and enrichment, mittee said on Monday. Back in 2015, in order to address the commotion cre- which the Americans themselves consider it as contrary ated by the United States and its allies over the Islamic to the U.S. security,” he added. Republic’s nuclear program, Tehran signed the nuclear Mousavian, who now works as a researcher at Prince- deal with six world powers in 2015. Under the deal, Iran ton University, said all U.S. security and military agencies agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for a ter- believe that with Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA, mination of sanctions. cyber warfare between the two countries has expanded, “Iran is an important regional power, and the United However, in May 2018, Trump withdrew the U.S. from which proves that security threats against the United States States is a global power, and until the cooperation of these the deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of have increased. two powers is realized, there will be no hope of resolving Action (JCPOA), and restored the sanctions on Iran and He went on to say that the rising U.S. hostilities against the regional crises,” added Mousavian, Iran’s former am- added new harsh ones. Trump’s move drew worldwide Iran will not help U.S. “security, regional peace, and stability”. bassador to Germany.

Next U.S. president will have to reconsider failed ‘max pressure’ campaign on Iran: expert POLITICAL TEHRAN — A U.S. affairs the U.S. abandoned the deal, Tehran said of the United States, he would accelerate the deskexpert believes Washing- its “strategic patience” is over and began decline of the U.S., which is in favor of the “However, they have not accepted these peace demands and ton’s “maximum pressure” policy on Iran has to partially reduce its commitments to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and if Joe Biden will have instead continued their failed policies on military solutions failed to achieve its goals and whoever wins agreement at bi-monthly intervals. be elected as U.S. president, the sanctions to confront Iran, in addition to their vicious attempts to accuse the November 3 presidential election in the Finally, on January 5 of this year, Iran that Trump had imposed on Iran would Iran,” Heidar Ali Balouji added, according to Mehr news agency. U.S. will have to reconsider the failed policy. issued a statement announcing suspension be decreased, which would also benefit the Balouji said Iran’s nuclear activities are completely transparent, In an interview with IRNA on Monday, of all limits under the JCPOA. Islamic Republic of Iran,” he commented. and Iran fully cooperates with the International Atomic Energy Foad Izadi said any U.S. presidential can- “Everyone can see that none of the two Izadi also said that Biden was not a friend Agency (IAEA). didate should change the policy, because goals has been achieved,” Izadi said. of Iran and during Barack Obama’s first term The latest reports and statements of the IAEA director general the U.S. government had the fantasy that, The expert added that Iran is progressing as president, he played the most important have explicitly confirmed Iran’s cooperation, he asserted. as a result of the maximum pressure, the regardless of the sanctions, and the greater role in imposing sanctions on Iran. The ambassador said the IAEA director general has described Islamic Republic of Iran will either collapse the progress of Iran, including the nuclear He added that Democrats are more in- the recent agreement between Tehran and the Agency as a brilliant or give up. Russia, and China on July 14, 2018. However, field, the greater the U.S. concern will be. telligent in building consensus against Iran moment in diplomacy. The nuclear agreement, endorsed by the U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the He maintained that the result of the U.S. than Republicans and, given that both the “I must remind the Saudi rep- “I must remind UN Security Council Resolution 2231, was deal on May 8, 2018, and returned sanctions presidential election will be a win-win for American candidates work against Iran, it resentative that only the IAEA is the Saudi signed between Iran, the United States, Brit- and imposed new harsh ones. Iran. is not a good option for Iran to wait for the the competent authority to evaluate ain, Germany, France, the European Union, On May 8, 2019, exactly one year after “If Trump will be re-elected as president outcome of the election. the activities of member states, not representative countries like Saudi Arabia, whose that only the malice towards Iran never allows them to hear or see the real facts,” IAEA is the Germany reiterates full commitment to Admiral: Iran’s defense chain in PG ready he stated. competent Iran nuclear deal, regrets U.S. withdrawal to respond to any threat Balouji went on to say, “Riyadh authority is not fully implementing the Com- TEHRAN (Press TV) — Germany TEHRAN (MNA) — Deputy Navy Com- prehensive Safeguards Agreement to evaluate has reiterated its full commitment to a mander for Coordination Rear Admiral and is not submitting even the cur- the activities multilateral nuclear agreement signed Hamzeh Ali Kaviani said that Iran’s defense rent small amount of its plan to the of member between Iran and major world powers in chain in the south of the country is ready IAEA for approval as the IAEA has 2015, saying the United States’ move to to respond to any threat. repeatedly requested.” states, not pull out of the agreement is “regrettable.” He made the remarks at the welcoming He argued that the failure of the countries like In a post on its Twitter page on Mon- ceremony of Iran’s 69th naval flotilla which IAEA’s safeguards comes at a time day, Germany’s mission to the United Na- returned to the southern port city of Bandar when the Saudi nuclear capability Saudi Arabia, tions said “remains fully committed Abbas on Tuesday after a 67-day mission appears to be able to carry out an whose malice to preservation & full implementation” in the international waters. ambitious plan that could allow the towards Iran of the nuclear deal, officially known as “The presence of foreigners in the Persian Saudis to conceal some nuclear ac- the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action prevent the remaining signatories from Gulf is of no use to them, we declare to the and has the authority to deliver a strong tivities without being inspected by never allows (JCPOA), and UN Security Council Res- abiding by their commitments and thus enemies that Iran will respond to any threat response to the United States in the face the UN nuclear watchdog. them to hear olution 2231, which endorses the accord. kill the historic agreement, which is widely to its waters and interests,” said Kaviani. of threats.” “Concerns about Saudi Arabia’s It added that the U.S. “withdrawal from viewed as a fruit of international diplo- “In order to defend the interests of the “The Navy of Iran is present in the seas nuclear activities and the identifi- or see the real the “JCPOA & its re-imposed sanctions macy. Islamic Republic of Iran, the Navy has a and supports the country’s oil, commercial cation of secret nuclear sites in the facts,” Iranian [against Iran] are regrettable.” Iran remained fully compliant with bold presence in international waters,” he and fisheries fleet,” he said. desert require widespread support diplomat The mission further expressed Ger- the JCPOA for an entire year, waiting for added, saying, “Security and protection “The 70th flotilla set sail for the high seas for a concerted international effort many’s concern about measures by Iran the co-signatories to fulfill their end of of international waterways and escort of immediately after the return of the 69th to hold the Saudis accountable for Heidar Ali “contrary to key nuclear-related provi- the bargain by offsetting the impacts of Iranian ships are among the duties assigned naval flotilla on the same day,” Kaviani their actions,” the envoy remarked. Balouji says. sions in JCPOA,” referring to Tehran’s American bans on the Iranian economy. to the Army.” highlighted. “The international community suspension of some of its commitments But as the European parties failed to “The 69th fleet of warships of the Iranian The 69th fleet of warships of the Iranian must urge Riyadh to implement the Comprehensive Safeguards under the deal, in response to the failure do so, the Islamic Republic moved in Navy has also been successful in carrying out Navy, comprising ‘Sahand’ destroyer and Agreement immediately,” Balouji said, adding, “Stopping nuclear of the other signatories to live up to their May 2019 to suspend its JCPOA com- its orders and plans,” Kaviani highlighted. logistical warship ‘Bandar Abbas’, berthed aid to Saudi Arabia is the only way to alleviate these concerns.” obligations stipulated in the accord. mitments under Articles 26 and 36 of He stressed, “Our presence in the seas at southern Iranian port city this morning Saudi Arabia’s clandestine nuclear program, which had been U.S. President Donald Trump, a hawk- the deal covering Tehran’s legal rights. will be continuous and authoritative, and and was welcomed in a ceremony attended revealed by whistle-blowers, was recently confirmed by satellite ish critic of the landmark nuclear deal Iran took five steps in scaling back this presence is a continuation of the im- by navy commanders and staff. images showing a large compound, in a suspicious location in the between Iran and six world powers – the its obligations, among them abandon- plementation of the orders of the Supreme The flotilla traveled a total of 7,888 nau- middle of the desert. United States, Britain, France, China, Rus- ing operational limitations on its nuclear Commander of the Armed Forces.” tical miles during its overseas journey and The Wall Street Journal uncovered the facility constructed in sia and Germany -- unilaterally withdrew industry, including with regard to the “On its first overseas mission, ‘Sahand’ tracked over 700 vessels, 36 of which were a remote area in Saudi Arabia for extracting uranium yellow-cake Washington from the agreement in May capacity and level of uranium enrichment. destroyer set out on a mission to the Gulf Iranian tankers and commercial vessels. from uranium ore. Ironically, the facility is located near a solar-panel 2018, and unleashed the “toughest ever” All those measures were adopted af- of Aden and was able to emerge from its In recent years, Iran’s naval forces have production area. sanctions against the Islamic Republic ter informing the International Atomic pre-determined plans successfully,” he increased their presence in international Observers say such undeclared nuclear capabilities in the hands in defiance of global criticism. Energy Agency (IAEA) beforehand, with added. waters to secure naval routes and protect of the KSA are extremely worrying, in light of the abysmal Saudi Following its much-criticized exit, the agency’s inspectors present on the Kaviani noted, “Today, the capability of merchant vessels and oil tankers against human rights record. Washington has been attempting to ground in Iran. Iran Navy goes beyond building a destroyer pirates. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 14, 2020 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 SPORTS Strengthening ties despite pressures Iran chosen to host FIVB

POLITICAL TEHRAN — From China withdraw these assets according to its needs. Boys’ U19 World C’ship deskthrough Russia to Iraq, Hemmati also said that during his meeting SPORTSTEHRAN — Iran has been chosen to host Iran proactively takes measures to boost with al-Kadhimi, the Iraqi prime minister desk its economic ties with countries around the expressed satisfaction at the agreements and FIVB Volleyball Boys’ Under 19 World world as the United States doubles down on instructed the Central Bank and the Trade Championship by FIVB. its renewed efforts to isolate Iran from the Bank of Iraq to accelerate the implementation global financial system. of the agreements. Over the past few weeks, while the U.S. The release of the Iranian assets came at a officials were busy preparing new sanctions time when the U.S. is ramping up its economic on Iran, several Iranian officials were plan- pressures on Iran to isolate it from the global ning visits to a number of countries mainly financial system. To this end, on October to cement Iran’s economic and financial ties 8 the U.S. introduced sweeping sanctions with a world that the White House wants it on the remaining eighteen Iranian banks. to isolate Iran. “Today U.S. Treasury took further action Russia was the first destination for Iranian to isolate the Iranian economy from the global officials. In September, Foreign Minister Mo- financial system as the regime uses the financial hammad Javad Zarif paid a two-day visit to sector to advance its malign agenda,” tweeted Russia to discuss a variety of issues including U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin. the implementation of agreements and the The U.S. Treasury issued a statement that process of developing cooperation between explained the implications of the new sanctions. Following an open bidding process and the approval of the the two countries. “All property and interests in property FIVB Board of Administration, the FIVB has confirmed the hosts Russia is a close ally of Iran which firmly of designated targets that are in the United for the next editions of the FIVB Volleyball Age Group World Iran’s central bank chief Hemmati (left) met his Iraqi counterpart Mustafa Championships. opposed the U.S. push to restore all UN Ghaleb in Baghdad on Monday, Oct. 12. States or in the possession or control of U.S. sanctions on Iran lifted under the 2015 persons must be blocked and reported to After careful evaluation of all the proposals received, the nuclear agreement. In addition to their attempts to create unipolar world.” Assets unblocked, sanctions ignored OFAC. OFAC’s regulations generally pro- countries below were approved as hosts for the following World cooperation on issues related to the nu- On the other hand, China’s Foreign Min- As Zarif returned from China to Iran, hibit all dealings by U.S. persons or within Championships: clear deal between Iran and world powers, istry spokesperson Hua Chunying has said Abdolnasser Hemmati, the governor of the the United States (including transactions • FIVB Volleyball Girls’ Under 18 World Championship – Mexico Russia and Iran are also in the process of Beijing was willing to deepen its strategic Central Bank of Iran visited Baghdad on transiting the United States) that involve any • FIVB Volleyball Boys’ Under 19 World Championship – Iran negotiating over upgrading a decades-long partnership with Tehran. Monday to hold talks with the Iraqi au- property or interests in property of blocked • FIVB Volleyball Women’s Under 20 World Championship bilateral agreement and turning it into a Speaking at a regular press conference on thorities over Iranian assets in frozen bank or designated persons,” the statement said. – Netherlands and Belgium strategic partnership. During a meeting in October 9, she said, “During Iranian Foreign accounts in Iraq. The central banker met However, the Iran-Iraq agreements on • FIVB Volleyball Men’s Under 21 World Championship – early August with Leonid Slutsky, chairman Minister Zarif’s upcoming visit to China, he will with his Iraqi counterpart Mustafa Ghaleb, the release of assets highlighted the little Italy and Bulgaria. of the International Affairs Committee of have talks with State Councilor and Foreign Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi, Salem impact of these sanctions. Iran and Iraq has “I am delighted to see such strong hosting nations committed Russia’s State Duma, Zarif said Iran plans Minister Wang Yi. We would like to work with Jawad al-Chalabi, the head of the Trade not only agreed to cement banking ties, but to providing more opportunities for young athletes to participate to extend a 20-year agreement with Russia. Iran to deepen our bilateral comprehensive Bank of Iraq, and Iraqi Prime Minister also to resume border trade. in international competitions. Each of these events is an impor- Tehran and Moscow signed a cooperation strategic partnership.” Mustafa al-Kadhimi. According to Iraqi news website al-Eqtesad tant step in the development of an athlete’s career. As they grow agreement nearly 20 years ago. Zarif also discussed the ways to facilitate The chief banker’s talks resulted in an News, the governors of the central banks their competition experience, I have no doubt that, in the future, This agreement will expire in the coming the trade between Iran and China, according to agreement with Iraq to unblock the Iranian of Iran and Iraq have signed a commercial we will see many of them proudly representing their nation at months. Zarif has said Iran is willing to extend Reza Zabib, an assistant to the foreign minister. assets, a move that came a few days after the memorandum of understanding. some of the biggest volleyball competitions on the planet,” FIVB and upgrade the agreement to a strategic level. The assistant told the Islamic Republic of U.S. imposed sanctions on eighteen Iranian One day after Hemmati visited Baghdad, President Dr Ary S. Graça F° said. Since July, he has visited Moscow twice. During Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) news agency that banks with the purpose of cutting off Iran’s Iran and the Kurdistan region of Iraq reached Each event is hosted every two years and have played an his visit to Russia on July 20, the foreign min- facilitating the trade between Iran and China ties with the global financial system. an agreement on resuming the export of Iranian important role in the journeys of many Olympic and World ister said “Iran-Russia relations are strategic.” was the first issue that Zarif discussed in China. Hemmati said in an Instagram post that fuel to Iraq. The two sides also agreed to hold Champions, FIVB.org reported. It’s expected that Russia and Iran hold “Unfortunately, the [U.S.] sanctions are he held “intense negotiations” with the Iraqi further talks on boosting border trade between more discussions about how to establish a putting pressures everywhere but fortu- officials, leading to reaching a deal with Iraq Iran and Iraq through the Iraqi Kurdistan region. strategic partnership as the decades-long nately we are in a very good position to do to unblock the Iranian assets. The new measures taken by Iran to Iran, Mali friendly canceled agreement nears its end. business with China,” Zabib pointed out “During these negotiations, especially at strengthen economic ties with countries Similarly, Iran also is pursuing a 25- ahead of Zarif’s trip to China. the joint trilateral meeting with the heads around the world is part of Iran’s efforts year comprehensive strategic partnership He added, “We hope that Mr. Zarif’s of Central Bank and Trade Bank of Iraq, we to mitigate the effects of the U.S. economic SPORTSTEHRAN — The friendly match between plan with China. On October 9, Zarif ar- visit to China will be a major step toward have reached good agreements to unblock sanctions and turn Donald Trump’s “max- deskIran and Mali national football teams has rived in the southern Chinese province of institutionalizing the 25-year cooperation the CBI assets and using them in providing imum pressure into a maximum disgrace.” been canceled. Yunnan. One day later, Zarif met with his document between the two countries, our country with basic and necessary goods. On Monday, Leader of the Islamic Rev- The warm-up game had been slated for Tuesday in Antalya, Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Following which will be a good basis for boosting We held detailed discussions on trade ex- olution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Turkey but it was called off after several Malian players tested the meeting, Zarif tweeted, “Fruitful talks in economic relations. Concerning the 25- changes,” Hemmati stated. the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined positive for COVID-19. beautiful Tengchong with my friend Wang year cooperation plan between Iran and According to Hemmati, Iran has significant to turn the U.S. policy of “maximum pres- Dragan Skocic’s team had defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in a friendly Yi on Iran-China Comprehensive Strategic China, there have been continuous contacts financial assets in Iraqi banks as a result of sure” against Iran into a “maximum disgrace” match on Tuesday. Partnership.” He added that Iran and Chi- between the experts of the two countries its gas and electricity exports to Iraq. through boosting the production capacity of Iran are going to prepare for the 2022 World Cup qualifica- na “rejected U.S. unilateralism and U.S. since last year.” Under the agreements, Iran will be able to the Iranian economy. tion, where they sit third in Group C behind Iraq and Bahrain.

Drone crashes inside Iran as Azerbaijan-Armenia war rages on Iran’s Super Cup postponed POLITICAL TEHRAN — A drone came down inside of Iran, and in this regard, while declaring any attack by any desk SPORTSTEHRAN — The sixth edition of Iran’s Super northwestern Iranian territories along of the warring parties in the region on our country is intol- desk Iran’s borders with Azerbaijan as the war between Baku erable, we seriously warn all parties to seriously take care Cup which had been scheduled for Oct. 26 and Yerevan entered its seventeenth day. in this regard,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry has recently was postponed. The drone crashed while flying over a village in the border said in a statement. The Iran League Football Organization announced that the Super county of Pars Abad Moghan on Tuesday Morning. Iran has called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to immedi- Cup between and Tractor will be held in mid-season Citing local sources, the Islamic Republic News Agency ately cease the war and resolve their differences through but has not revealed the reason behind the decision. (IRNA) reported that the drone is likely to belong to Azer- dialogue, expressing readiness to facilitate such a dialogue. The 20th edition of the Iran Professional League (IPL) will baijan or Armenia, which are locked in a deadly war over the “Iran is closely monitoring the alarming violence in Na- begin on Oct. 31 but Persepolis had previously announced that Nagorno-Karabakh region since late September. The disputed gorno-Karabakh. We call for an immediate end to hostilities they need more time to rest since they participated at the 2020 region is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan and urge dialogue to resolve differences. Our neighbors are AFC Champions League (west) until Oct. 3, where the Iranian but controlled by local Armenian forces. our priority and we are ready to provide good offices to en- giants qualified for the final match. Behrouz Nedayi, the deputy governor of Ardabil for political able talks. Our region needs peace now,” tweeted Foreign The Super Cup will be held between IPL titleholders (Perse- and security affairs, confirmed that the drone has crashed Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shortly after Armenia and polis) and Hazfi Cup winners (Tractor). in Iran, saying that Iranian authorities are investigating Azerbaijan began the war. Persepolis have won the last three editions of the cup. Saba whose the drone was and how it crashed. A few days ago, Russia brokered a ceasefire between and Zob Ahan have claimed the title one time. According to a Fars news report, the drone had something have landed inside Iran over the past few weeks, prompting Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was supposed to deesca- to do with the Azerbaijan-Armenia war during which the Iran to formally warn the two warring sides against violating late tensions in the southern Caucasus region. However, the two warring sides, especially Azerbaijan, have resorted to the Iranian soil. war didn’t stop and the two warring countries continued combat drones to target each other’s positions. “Movements in the border areas of our country are being to double down on their military operations. The war still Iran, Serbia wrestling In addition to the drone, several rockets and mortar shells seriously and sensitively monitored by the Islamic Republic rages on with no end in sight. federations sign MoU

SPORTSTEHRAN — Iran and Serbia Wrestling Federa- JCPOA parties must now formally announce lifting of UN arms embargo: senior MP desktions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Tehran on Tuesday. 1 He added, “If this happens, a small under the JCPOA. “In a discriminatorily move, the Inter- Head of Iran Wrestling Federation Alireza Dabir signed the portion of what was foreseen in the JCPOA, and In August, the U.S. triggered the 30- national Monetary Fund has refrained from MoU with his Serbian counterpart Zeljko Trajkovic at the Khaneye Iran is entitled to have, will be implemented. day process despite firm opposition from giving Iran a loan that was given to other Koshti (House of Wrestling) on Tuesday. Of course, this alone cannot be considered as all JCPOA parties and almost all UN Se- countries,” pointed out Zolnouri , adding “It’s a great opportunity for our federation to learn from Iran a victory because it’s a gratuitous restriction curity Council members who said with that it was possible for the IMF to give Iran since we are at the beginning of the way. We both have the same and oppression that will be lifted. ” one voice that the U.S. has lost the legal the $5 billion emergency loan through the favorite subject and it’s wrestling,” Trajkovic said. Under the JCPOA, the UN arms embargo authority to trigger the snapback process INSTEX mechanism. “I was appointed as head of the federation in 2006 and the on Iran will expire on October 18, a move after it withdrew from the nuclear deal He noted, “However, this mechanism wrestling has improved a lot in Serbia since then. Our wrestlers that the U.S. has used everything in its power on May 8, 2018. was a delusion and deception right from the are on the same level as others at the moment. The investment to prevent. It has submitted a draft resolu- On September 19, the U.S. announced the start and Europe does not intend to use it. in sport is the right thing to do,” he added. tion to the UN Security Council calling for return of all UN sanctions on Iran in a bid to U.S. failed to bring on board the P4+1,” the The nuclear deal was supposed to remove “Iran can be a role model and we can use the country’s expe- the extension of the arms embargo but the extend the UN arms embargo but the global lawmaker asserted. all sanctions and normalize relations in rience to organize the world competitions. I am impressed by resolution was firmly rejected by thirteen of community once again stood against the U.S. P4+1 refers to the four permanent members all dimensions that serve the interests of the lovely atmosphere at the Khaneye Koshti. I’ve seen many big the 15-member UN Security Council. Then However, the U.S. has threatened anyone of the UN Security Council (Russia, France, the Islamic Republic of Iran, but the oth- complexes and they might be more modern but every complex the U.S. resorted to triggering a highly con- violating the UN sanctions with unilateral China, and Britain) plus Germany. er side did not fulfill its obligations, and needs motivation,” Trajkovic stated. troversial mechanism that is mentioned in punitive measures. He also pointed to Iran’s requested $5 eventually, the INSTEX was established UN Security Council Resolution 2231. The Zolnouri said the U.S. has used everything billion emergency loan from the International but it did not work.” mechanism, known as the snapback process, in its power to prevent the lifting of the UN Monetary Fund, which was blocked by the According to Zolnouri, the INSTEX was stipulates that a “JCPOA participant state” arms embargo but failed. U.S., saying international institutions are merely a deception that the Europeans used linked can trigger the return of all UN sanctions “This can be considered as a failure for under the U.S. influence and have treated it to bring the Iranian nation and government on Iran if it failed to uphold its obligations the U.S. and a victory for Iran because the Iran discriminatorily. step by step to a dead end. with Tractor SPORTSTEHRAN — Former Iran striker Reza Ghoo- deskchannejhad has been linked with a move to Iran supports any initiative to end clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh Tractor football team. Gucci currently plays at side Zwolle but local media POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran backs any initiative to “Iran is one of the few players that has good relations with the undercuts the first steps towards diplomacy and peace.” reports suggest that the Tabriz based football club have shown deskstop the war between Azerbaijan and Ar- two warring sides and other regional parties. From now on, we The spokesman also expressed deep regret over the killing interest in signing the 33-year-old forward. menia, government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday, will be in a special position and will have an important mission. of civilians during the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Tractor are looking forward to win Iran Professional League reiterating the position that Tehran is ready to mediate be- Accordingly, we sought to be in constant contact with both capitals Iran has recently offered an initiative to end the conflict, for the first time ever. tween Baku and Yerevan. in a mutual way. Due to our previous correct policies, we have equal which broke out on September 27. The team won Iran’s Hazfi Cup last month and will meet Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Rabiei said, access and we are in contact with regional players,” Rabiei noted. “Iran has prepared a detailed plan, which will be pursued Persepolis in Iran’s Super Cup. “We support any initiative that brings the Azerbaijan-Ar- He added, “We welcome the cessation of hostilities in through making consultations with the two sides [of the Tractor will also participate at the 2021 AFC Champions League. menia war to an end, establishes ceasefire, and prevent the the Nagorno-Karabakh region as a step towards peace, and conflict],” said the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Min- Ghoochannejhad was a member of Iran national football team killing of humans.” The spokesman said Iran has expressed ask our neighbors to engage in serious dialogue based on istry on October 8. “We have prepared a plan and we hope in the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups. readiness to act as a go-between and help deescalate tensions respect for international law and territorial integrity, and that we would be able to end this war as soon as possible,” He can join his former friends , between Azerbaijan and Armenia. to refrain from any action that violates the ceasefire and Saeed Khatibzadeh added. and Ehsan haji Safi in Tractor. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY OCTOBER 14, 2020

Gasoline export to Iraqi Iran determined to become fully Kurdistan resumed

ECONOMY TEHRAN — During a meeting between some deskofficials from Iran’s western Kordestan province and Iraqi Kurdistan Region on Monday, the two sides made agree- independent in railway industry ment on direct transportation of fuel from Iran to Kurdistan through 1 transport and urban development minister Bashmaq border, IRNA reported. The current Iranian calendar year said, “Sanctions and threats cannot impede It was decided that at the first stage the tankers carrying gasoline, is named the year of “Surge in Production” Iran’s development and progress, as there which were stopped at the borderline, can unload their consignments by Leader of Islamic Revolution Seyed Ali are many technical and financial capacities in Kurdistan, and then those tankers carrying oil and gas oil unload Khamenei, and since the year start (March inside the country.” their consignments at Bashmaq. 20), the national railway fleet has constantly The necessity of achieving self-reliance As ISNA reported on Tuesday, the tankers started transporting received new domestically-made locomotives in the railway sector also comes under the fuel to Kurdistan after the Monday agreement. and wagons. spotlight when taking Iran’s determination In addition to the issue of direct transportation of fuel, the expansion At the first stage, which was on April 28, for promoting its transit status into account. of Iran’s exports to Kurdistan was also discussed during the meeting. the fleet received 56 new domestically-made locomotives and wagons. During the Sunday inauguration cere- As reported, over 1.25 trillion rials (about mony, the RAI head said that by completing Coronavirus didn’t halt Iran’s $29.7 million) was invested by six - rail infrastructures, Iran would be able to tic companies for the manufacturing of the access transit markets with over 35 million oil production, not even one mentioned wagons and locomotives. tons of annual capacity. As for the second stage, 88 wagons and Rasouli underlined Iran’s geopolitical day: Zanganeh locomotives were added to the fleet, while in and strategic position which has turned the the third round 65, and in the fourth stage country into a vital gateway for regional ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar 50 wagons and locomotives joined the fleet. and international trade and said: “We must deskZanganeh said on Tuesday that the outbreak of In total, since the beginning of the current make the most of this position and these the coronavirus did not halt the country’s oil production for even one year, 778 wagons and locomotives worth capacities.” day, Shana reported. 12.7 trillion rials (over $302 million) have Also, back in December 2019, the trans- Elaborating on the Oil Min- joined Iran’s railway fleet. in the railway sector at the railway station market”. port and urban development minister had istry’s measures for containing All such achievements prove that Iran of Tehran on Sunday, RAI Head Saeed Ra- The official also reiterated, “If we want said that the country is capable of boosting its coronavirus pandemic, Zanganeh is determined for complete self-reliance in souli said, “We are determined to achieve to reach an ideal status in railway transpor- capacity of transit to 50 million tons per year. noted that since the very beginning the railway sector. real independence in the railway industry, tation, we should take some vast measures “We should make an essential improve- of the outbreak the ministry made During a ceremony for inaugurating and besides meeting the domestic need, we in this field.” ment in our logistics power to gain our share serious efforts to prevent any stop- the permanent exhibition of self-reliance can have a strong presence in the regional Addressing the same ceremony, the of transit”, Eslami emphasized. page in the oil production while protecting the workforce. “The Oil Ministry was one of the first bodies to take the lead due to the sensitivity of activities and the Iron ore concentrate output up 4% in H1 impossibility of shutting down oil 1 The mentioned production unit was inaugurated The country extracted 64.274 million tons of iron ore creating more value-added and meeting the requirements activities,” he said. by President Hassan Rouhani via video conference. during the past calendar year. of domestic producers for the raw materials, Iran has levied “If oil and gas are not produced, As announced by the Industry, Mining, and Trade In its outlook plan for the Iranian calendar year 1404 a 25-percent duty on the exports of raw minerals (especially electricity and water will not be Ministry, Iran produced 47.306 million tons of iron ore (2025-2026) Iran has envisaged production of 55 million iron ore) since last September. produced,” Zanganeh stressed. concentrate in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended tons of steel per annum, and to achieve this target the country The duty is aimed at encouraging the production of more Zanganeh had previously an- on March 19), registering a four-percent rise compared to requires to extract 160 million tons of iron ore. processed minerals such as pellets and concentrate instead nounced that Oil Ministry’s measures were taken in four phases of its preceding year. In a bid to prevent the exports of unprocessed minerals, of selling the raw minerals. prevention, readiness, confrontation, and returning to normal conditions. Mentioning the drastic fall of the global oil prices and the U.S. sanc- tions along with the pandemic, Zanganeh noted that the oil industry is going through a hard time but people are shouldering the real burden. Private sectors of Iran, Kenya confer Optimizing engine rooms to save Back in March, Zanganeh had said that the coronavirus outbreak did not halt oil production in the country. on energy, agriculture co-op 500 mcm of gas annually Later that month, the minister and Head of National Iranian Oil ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran noting that Kenya, with its smooth agricul- ECONOMY TEHRAN – Head of area of optimization and use the ministry’s Company (NIOC) Masoud Karbasian had discussed necessary measures deskChamber of Commerce, tural lands, could be a good destination for deskthe National Iranian capacities to optimize the consumption for containing the coronavirus in the Iranian oil industry’s operational Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) investors in this field. Gas Company (NIGC) said that optimizing in engine rooms, the official added. areas. hosted a meeting with a trade delegation “About 80 percent of the country’s land the engine rooms of the residential and Torbati further noted that the imple- In the meeting, the oil minister also discussed ways of preventing from Kenya’s Bomet County on Tuesday in is arable, and 60 percent of Kenya’s tea is commercial buildings across the country mentation of this program is not time-con- the spread of coronavirus in the oil, gas, refining, and petrochemical which the two sides discussed cooperation currently produced in Bhutan,” she said. is going to save 500 million cubic meters suming, and it will also be done free of operational areas with his deputies and managers of operating com- in various sectors including renewable en- She also said that Kenya is ready to (mcm) of gas every year, Shana reported. charge for building owners and will also panies via videoconference. ergies, water, and agriculture. present new ideas to strengthen relations Speaking in the unveiling ceremony reduce their gas bills. The meeting was attended by officials between the two countries, while expressing of a national program for optimizing the “Our social responsibility dictated that Over 1,795km of flood-damaged from the two sides including Bomet Gov- satisfaction with the significant opportunities engine rooms of residential and com- we enter the issue, and by doing so, both ernor Hillary Barchok, and the Iranian for cooperation between the two countries. mercial units on Tuesday, Hassan Mon- fuel consumption will be reduced and main roads reconstructed Ambassador in Kenya Jafar Barmaki, as “Agriculture in Kenya which is still done tazer Torbati said: “Optimizing energy the environment will be protected,” he well as representatives of private compa- in a traditional way can be developed with the consumption is not the responsibility of stressed. ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban De- nies from the two countries, the ICCIMA help of Iranian experiences and technology. the Oil Ministry and the National Gas According to the official, the Oil Min- deskvelopment Minister Mohammad Eslami said over portal reported. On the other hand, the country welcomes Company and this issue should be pur- istry has created a website in which those 1,795 kilometers (km) of main roads, as well as 7,324 km of side and During their visit to Tehran, the Kenyan investors in the field of packaging and value sued by consumers such as power plants who are willing for their engine rooms rural roads, and 6,592 technical buildings that were damaged from delegation also visited Iran’s International creation,” Barchok stressed. and industries. to be optimized would register and their floods in the country during the past Iranian calendar year (ended Exports Acceleration Company. “We believe that the two countries can “Regardless, this issue is very impor- buildings will be subsequently assessed on March 19) have been reconstructed, IRIB reported. Speaking in the meeting, Barmaki point- work together to take over the markets in tant because despite the development of and optimized as soon as possible. Speaking in the inauguration ceremony of the reconstruction pro- ed to the existing capacities and facilities their regions,” she added. South Pars, this field alone cannot meet Iran’s daily natural gas consumption jects, which was held through video conference, Eslami said: “The in the African country and announced the Elsewhere in her remarks, the official the country’s consumption needs and if increased 28 percent earlier this month Transport Ministry, the Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution, establishment of an innovation center in pointed to the challenges of this country in consumption is not controlled gas supply due to the sudden decline in the temper- and several contractors worked on various projects in the affected Kenya by the Iranian Vice Presidency for the field of water and energy, the high cost will be interrupted,” he said. ature across the country. areas and completed most of them.” Science and Technology. of electricity, and the lack of proper storage That is why, since the beginning of The daily natural gas consumption by Pointing out that 22 provinces of the country were affected by Barchuk, who headed the Kenyan delega- systems for storing agricultural products, this Iranian year (March 2020), in the households and the commercial sector floods in the previous Iranian calendar year, the official said: “Over tion, also mentioned the appropriate areas and said: “Kenya hopes to work together meetings with the Oil Minister, it was reached 253 million cubic meters (mcm) 2,485 kilometers of main roads, 2,637 kilometers of side roads, 10,000 of cooperation between the two countries, to solve its problems.” decided for the ministry to also enter the in early October. technical buildings and bridges were damaged in the floods.” The damage made to the mentioned infrastructure was estimated to be 35 trillion rials (about $833.3 million) at the time, he added. The minister further stated that the government has so far paid 11 1st VP stresses need for developing Comprehensive Energy Plan trillion rials (about $261 million) to the ministry for the reconstruction ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice President the country in the next 20 years, both in the industrial and of the damaged infrastructure. desk “The reconstruction of the damaged areas in the road and urban Es’haq Jahangiri has said that developing non-industrial sectors is bond to the oil and gas resources,” development sector began and carried out with high quality and speed, the country’s Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP) should be he added. and the people returned to their normal lives,” he noted. on the agenda for all the relevant organizations and gov- The development of the country’s oil and gas industry Eslami pointed to the construction of alternative roads as another ernment bodies, Shana reported. must be in such a way that these sectors would be able measure taken by the ministry in the mentioned regions noting that Addressing the Supreme Council of Energy on Monday, to contribute $70-$100 billion to the country’s economy over 690 kilometers of various roads will be inaugurated in the next the official thanked the Oil Ministry, the Planning and Budget every year, the official stressed, adding: “This means that Iranian calendar year (begins on March 21, 2021). Organization (PBO), and other related organizations for in addition to meeting domestic needs, we must be able to Back in February, Eslami had announced that 724 km of new main developing the country’s comprehensive energy plan and export surplus production to other countries.” roads and highways were added to the country’s roads network in the said: “Developing the country’s comprehensive energy plan He further stressed the need for energy optimization in previous Iranian calendar year. is a valuable step that should be finalized as soon as possible the country, saying that precise planning must be devised In late January, the transport ministry announced that six prior- as the country’s main strategy in the field of energy.” and efforts must be taken to boost optimization in all sectors itized freeways projects with a total length of 550 kilometers (KM) Emphasizing the need to develop the energy sector, es- especially the energy sector. were planned to be inaugurated in the country by the Iranian Calendar pecially the oil and gas industries in the country, Jahangiri “We must see serious reforms and changes in various year of 1400. said: “Undoubtedly, the main source of development of the “Of course, the government’s budget reliance on oil sectors such as automobile manufacturing, home appliances, country in the coming years will be oil and gas resources.” revenues should be reduced, however the development of construction, and public transportation,” he said. TEDPIX gains 132 points on Tuesday 24 idle mines to be revived in southwestern province ECONOMY TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran ECONOMY TEHRAN—Among period, 510 mines across the country have “These memorandums include 16 in- deskStock Exchange (TSE), rose 132 points to 1.579 million desk1,020 idle mines, which been identified and prioritized under the vestment memoranda, eight research and on Tuesday, IRNA reported. have been planned to be revived in the framework of the small-scale mining reviv- training memorandums, six financing mem- As reported, 11.522 billion securities worth 109.838 trillion rials current Iranian calendar year (ends on ing activation and development program. orandums, and two memorandums related (about $2.615 billion) were traded at the TSE on Tuesday. March 20, 2021), 24 mines are located Holding more than 10 joint technical to startup development,” he explained. The first market’s index gained 522 points and the second market’s in the southwestern Kohgiluyeh-Boyer- committee meetings with investors, as Back in April, the head of Iran Chamber index climbed 1,530 points. ahmad province, according to an official well as holding meetings to activate the of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Ag- TEDPIX rose 2.5 percent during the past Iranian week, while it with Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry. country’s copper mines with the help of riculture (ICCIMA)’s Mining Committee had dropped seven percent in the week ended on October 2. Reza Azimi, the director of the plan the National Iranian Copper Industries had announced that more than 146 idle Since the week ended on August 14, the TSE, which is Iran’s major for reviving and developing small mines, Company (NICICO) were reported as other small mines were revived by the Industry, stock exchange, witnessed drop of its main index every week, except also said that a mineral processing unit measures taken in this program during the Mining, and Trade Ministry in the past for the week ended on September 18. has been planned to be constructed in the past five months. Iranian calendar year. The index dropped 5.7 percent in the week ended on September province in this year. In early August, IMPASCO announced According to Bahram Shakouri, in ad- the most significant plans of “Resistance 25, and four percent in the week ended on September 11, while it Following the implementation of a pro- that the company has it on the agenda to dition to reviving and developing small- Economy”, saying that his organization had also experienced a five-percent decrease in the week ended on gram for reviving idle small mines across revive and develop 1,020 mines, and con- scale mines, 2,130 small mineral zones was strongly determined to pursue it. September 4, a two-percent fall in the week ended on August 28, an Iran, the Industry, Mining, and Trade Min- struct 25 mineral processing units in the were also identified and 364 projects were Holding 68 types of different minerals, 11.3-percent drop in the week ended on August 21, and a two-percent istry has revived 42 such mines in the first current Iranian calendar year. defined for them. Iran stands at the 10th place in the world in fall in the week ended on August 14. five months of the current Iranian calendar According to the IMPASCO Head Va- Earlier in January, Iranian Mines and terms of diversity of its mineral reserves. TEDPIX had hit the record high of two million points on August year (March 20-August 21). jihollah Jafari, the company has signed Mining Industries Development and Ren- The country has over 60 billion tons of 2, and while it had been experiencing an unprecedented trend of Based on the data released by Iran 32 memorandums of understanding for ovation Organization (IMIDRO) Head untapped mineral deposits, of which 40 rising over the recent months, it witnessed several weekly drops since Minerals Production and Supply Com- the development of the mining sector’s Khodadad Gharibpour had mentioned billion tons are proven reserves, placing mid-August. pany (IMPASCO), during the mentioned various fields. the plan for reviving idle mines as one of Iran at the 15th place globally. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 14, 2020 ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW 5 Sanctions will hamper Iran’s access to medicine and U.S. military building new medical equipment: Carleton University professor base in Syria’s oil-rich Dayr al-Zawr

“I think it (sanction) is an abject failure in terms of achieving any real progress” The United States has reportedly started building a new military base in Syria’s oil-rich eastern province of Dayr 1 So, Iran is a cheap and easy way countries to access. In the end, the U.S. al-Zawr as Washington moves to tighten its grip on the for the current administration to shore up and Europe have too much in common country’s energy resources. electoral support and support from allies to abandon the common mechanisms The Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency, citing in the region (Israel and Saudi Arabia). they currently share, and they are too local sources, reported the military base was being built in Syria’s How do you see the repercussions big and influential for most countries vast Badia desert, and that construction equipment had been of the American unilateral sanctions on to ignore. Eventually, the U.S. will also put into action there a few days ago. Iran’s health system? realize that abusing their power in these The sources added that workers had begun building an air- A: I am not an expert on Iran’s health systems and organizations is not in their strip at the location in order to secure the arrival of logistical system, but inevitably it will be more long-term interest, and hopefully become supplies for the base. difficult for Iran to access certain med- more restrained. They noted that the U.S. army had also deployed groups of icines and medical equipment even if, Do you think Trump’s sanctions allied militants with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) technically, such humanitarian goods measures have succeeded to change at a number of points around the base in order to protect the site. are generally exempted from sanctions. Iran’s behavior? The new base will apparently be the US military’s fourth in The U.S.’s ability to extend the reach of A: No. I think it is an abject failure in Dayr al-Zawr. its sanctions is due to the centrality of terms of achieving any real progress. My the U.S. in the international payments preference is dialogue, which could have system, which it has been using with built on the framework of the JCPOA. I am increasing frequency as a means of pun- not supportive of many countries’ foreign Berlin warns Turkey ishing opposing countries. So even if policies in the region: the U.S., Iran, Saudi against ‘provocation’ other countries try to circumvent the Arabia, Israel, Russia, Turkey, or Syria. sanctions and deliver humanitarian But I think discussion and incremental in Mediterranean goods such as food and medicine, the progress is better than confrontation and U.S. sanctions will likely impose serious, the imposition of severe humanitarian though ultimately probably diminishing, costs on civilians. However, most ex- Germany Tuesday called on Turkey to end a “cycle of detente barriers to the needed flow of goods. perts would conclude that the sanction and provocation” in the Mediterranean, after Ankara’s decision Why are the European countries will never work against a determined to redeploy a research ship at the center of tensions with Greece reluctant to stand against U.S. sanctions target state in a case like this, so much over energy and maritime rights, Daily Star reported. and unilateral policies? “One of President Trump’s primary policy of the value of sanctions to the Trump “If there should be renewed Turkish gas exploration in the A: The Europeans are closely tied administration is in domestic electoral more controversial sea areas in the eastern Mediterranean, to the U.S. in economic and security objectives is to reverse everything his support from his base. this would be a serious setback for efforts to de-escalate,” terms, so they wish to minimize the predecessor did in both foreign and domestic How do you evaluate the new U.S. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said ahead of a trip to Cyprus damage the U.S. inflicts on them by sanctions on 18 Iranian banks? and Greece. being careful how they deal with the policy, regardless of what the issue is.” A: Recent U.S. foreign policy has not “Ankara must end the cycle of detente and provocation if the government is interested in talks,” said Maas, whose country sanctions. I think the Europeans would the U.S. may reconsider its Iran policy really been carefully thought through. between Russia and China, except per- heads the rotating presidency of the European Union. like to avoid the sanctions, but it will and its withdrawal from the JCPOA. haps antagonism towards the U.S. and Certainly not from a long-term perspec- be costly, and the benefits of getting Don’t you expect major powers such its allies. China will try to establish al- tive. In the case of sanctions on Iran, the along with Iran are much less than the as China and Russia to form a new eco- ternatives to systems heavily influenced objective is to cause as much harm and benefits of getting along with the U.S. nomic alliance to confront U.S. economic or controlled by the U.S., such as finan- disruption as possible to generate max- Karabakh fighting helping Iran has not made their situation better hegemony? cial transfer systems, but it is doubtful imum pressure (even though I cannot by its own regional policies, which many A: No. There is no real common ground they will become as desirable for other imagine that any serious policy analyst in spread virus in region: WHO outside Iran, including in Europe, see the U.S. thinks it will cause Iran to change as destabilizing. Iran’s human rights “Most experts would conclude that the behavior). The best-case scenario is the Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces over the disputed record also does not make it popular next administration, whether Trump or Nagorno-Karabakh region has helped spread the coronavirus in Europe. In any event, the real Eu- sanction will never work against a determined Biden, offers meaningful negotiations as in the territory, the WHO said on Tuesday. ropean decisions will take place after target state in a case like this, so much an alternative to the sanctions, making More than two weeks of conflict between the Caucasus rivals the U.S. election, when they see the Iran choose between the two and thus has left almost 600 dead, according to partial tolls, as fighting outcome. If Trump is re-elected, then of the value of sanctions to the Trump also start to offer some compromises. breaches a Moscow-brokered ceasefire signed last week, AFP they have some difficult decisions to administration is in domestic electoral I am not really hopeful this policy will reported. make. I suspect they are hoping that if support from his base.” work if Trump is re-elected, but I would “As we have been repeatedly saying, Covid 19 does not respect there a newly elected President Biden, be happy to be wrong. borders or lines,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said at a press conference. “The mobilization of troops for conflict, the displacement of populations because of it all, adds to the ability of the virus Is the U.S. facing a political civil war? to take hold.” (How bad is the U.S. political schism going to get?) 21 Israeli soldiers injured By Jim W. Dean leave the White House while trying to steal the election in massive brawl between with the help of his Israeli friends who are masters of the When a Continental Convention was adjourning in art, where the dirty deed is done in the counting. troops at training base 1787, a spectator called out to Ben Franklin, “What kind Trump has created a 50,000-person army of poll watchers, of government will we have? He answered, “A republic if focused on battleground states, to hover around polling Nearly two dozen Israeli soldiers have been injured after a mas- you can keep it, sir.” That admonition is what anti-Trump stations to create a flood of voting irregularity reports so sive brawl erupted between troops from two different training people are facing now. Trump can claim the mail-in ballots were rigged by the companies at a military base in the occupied territories. When Trump won in 2016, I predicted that his man- Democrats somehow. According to the Israeli military, the confrontation occurred agement style would be a version of his reality tv show, Armies of lawyers will be standing by on both sides to when soldiers from the Bedouin 585th reconnaissance unit’s The Apprentice, where he would always be center stage fight it out to the political death of one candidate or the training company and the Shaked Battalion’s training company and always firing people despite the irony that he is the other. Another army of ex-prosecutors is waiting in the were waiting in line to go into the dining hall for lunch at the Har apprentice. wings until after the election battle is over, to join in the Keren training base on Sunday. America has a spoiled rich kid as president, one who numerous criminal charges expected to be brought against The brawl involved around 30 people – some 21 of whom were had always had doors opened for him rather than earning Trump and family and cohorts, plus Attorney General Robert injured in the altercation — and lasted roughly 10 minutes before his way, even paying a friend to take the college SAT exams Barr for numerous federal statutes. the commander of the training class arrived and broke it up. for him, and threatening his prep school and colleges that Jim W. Dean is Managing Editor of Veterans Today involved Trump’s tax returns, which he broke a promise by not Things became so heated that one of the troops even started he attended to never release his grades to the public, or in operations, development, and writing. Jim comes from an revealing during the 2016 presidential race, are expect- loading his gun, according to one witness cited by the English-lan- he would sue them. old military family going back to the American Revolution. ed to generate numerous charges that could lead to the guage Jerusalem Post daily. He was going to milk being president for everything he bankruptcy of his house of cards empire, taking his family The majority of the soldiers were treated on site, but eight could get. He started with well-known experienced people, down with him. required hospitalization with light injuries. but then felt extremely uncomfortable being in a situation America has a spoiled As I write, Republican congressmen are already leaking A second fight then erupted at the base’s clinic between two where everybody knew more than he did. rich kid as president, one to the press that they should try to save themselves from soldiers who had gone there for medical treatment after the initial The Trump firings began, and the replacements would who had always had doors going down with Trump, and focus on retaining control confrontation. “That was quickly broken up by a commander,” generally be less qualified and take an oath of office to Don- of the Senate so they can block Democrat reforms for the the military said. ald Trump rather than the Constitution. This was revealed opened for him rather than next four years. The military called the brawl an “unusual and serious” inci- when leakers broke the story of Trump’s visit to the WWII earning his way. The voters are aware of this, and reports are growing dent, emphasizing it will punish all soldiers involved, as well as U.S. cemeteries, where he was quoted saying those buried that many voters will be voting for the full Democratic their commanders. there were fools and suckers. would still deny them. His credibility is so destroyed now candidate slate in both federal and state elections. This That has now backfired on him. Many Americans came that many think he faked he and his wife having a virus as would have huge long-term implications, as the majority to realize that he viewed them as fools and suckers, too. a way to market his miracle cure, which will somehow be Parties in the state legislatures have control of the census Resistance News Donald Trump is now the most hated man in modern Amer- free for all Americans despite the company’s claim that it and redistricting, a legal way to rig elections, which Re- ican political history. Even Republicans are abandoning cost $96,000 per treatment. The treatment is based on stem publicans manipulated to the best of their ability. Haniyeh: History will show ship, gathering around the flag of “Republicans for Biden,” cells from aborted fetuses, and Trump forgot to explain No matter what happens on November 3rd, the Unit- something Americans never dreamed they would see. where all the stem cells would come from. ed States may be a bitter and divided country when the no mercy for Arab traitors He led the country into attaining the worst coronavirus Then came the four-star generals that went public, dust settles, but I fear the political bloodletting will just to Palestine figures in the world, a trail of death, tears, and lie after lie, saying that they could not vote for such a demonstrat- be beginning. If the Oval Office changes occupants, it will where even after being shown transcripts of his lies, he ed incompetent leader who has been faking everything be hard to try to reunite the country. from day one. INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN— The head of the Hamas resist- There is a campaign now to The thought of four more years for the Trump gang in As I write, Republican deskance movement’s political bureau has once office and the damage they would do has opened voters’ again condemned the US-brokered deals that the United provide attorneys to U.S. wallets like never before. A black man running for Senator congressmen are already Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed last month to servicemen for advice if Lindsey Graham’s seat just filed a third-quarter financial leaking to the press that normalize ties with Israel, warning that history will show they are called to break up report showing he raised $57 million dollars from an average they should try to save “no mercy” towards the Arab states that betrayed fellow contribution of $37, which is an unprecedented accom- Palestinians. peaceful demonstrations, plishment in the state where Mr. Harrison is polling neck themselves from going In an interview with the Middle East Eye (MEE) news portal which may be huge if and neck with Graham. down with Trump, and published on Monday, Ismail Haniyeh said that the Arab coun- Trump refuses to leave the There is a campaign now to provide attorneys to U.S. focus on retaining control tries that made peace with Israel will be losers as the occupying servicemen for advice if they are called to break up peaceful regime will eventually threaten them. White House. demonstrations, which may be huge if Trump refuses to of the Senate. “The Zionist project is an expansionist project. Its objective is to create a greater Israel. We don’t want to see the Emiratis or the Bahrainis or the Sudanese being used as vehicles for this project. History will show no mercy, the people will not forget, World Food Program says needs $6.8 bln over next 6 months to avert famine and humanitarian law will not forgive,” he said. According to Press TV, reports say Sudan and Oman could The United Nations World Food Program bel Peace Prize last week for its efforts to Beasley, executive director of the WFP, COVID-19 pandemic, which could double be next in line to normalize with Israel. (WFP) will need to raise $6.8 billion over prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of said at a conference organized by the hunger worldwide, claimed a further 1 “We know Israeli leaders better than them. We know how the next six months to avert famine amid war and conflict, said it had so far raised UN’s Food and Agriculture Organiza- million lives. they think. We would like to tell our brothers in the United Arab the COVID-19 crisis, the agency said $1.6 billion, Reuters reported. tion (FAO). “If we don’t sort out COVID, (the) Emirates that they will lose as a result of those agreements because Tuesday. “We’ve got a lot more money to raise Beaseley noted that 7 million people hunger death rate could be 3, 4, 5 times Israel’s only interest is to seek a military and economic foothold The WFP, which was awarded the No- to make certain we avert famine,” David had died from hunger this year as the that,” said Beaseley. in areas close to Iran,” Haniyeh said. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 HERITAGE & TOURISM OCTOBER 14, 2020

World Heritage ‘ of ’ rehabilitated Discover top ten travel

TOURISM TEHRAN – Worn-out adobe brickworks deskhave been rehabilitated at the rooftops of the Dome of Soltaniyeh, a 14th-century UNESCO site in the destinations of western Iran northwestern . The project also included lightening the rooftop mass, 1 The ancient Church shows off Relics unearthed from the region strengthening by the use of plaster and soil, amongst other elaborate bas-reliefs of flowers, animals, demonstrates that even the earliest masonry works based on UNESCO criteria, Zanjan province’s and human figures on its façade and potteries and ceramics in were tourism chief Amir Arjomand announced on Tuesday. exterior walls. It bears verses of the of unsurpassed quality, decorated with Old and New Testament in Armenian birds, mountain goats, and other ani- calligraphy as well. mals designs. The stands tall on Qal’eh Babak the outskirts of Maku. The name narra- Babak Khorramdin, Azeri nation- tively originates from a famous painter alist and local bad-boy, perched his Hovans Yerz, known as Dzordzortzi, magnificent 9th-century citadel on a who supervised the chapel’s restoration rocky precipice in the mountainous far for a while. north, high above the town of Kaleybar. Aras River Valley These days, Babak Castle can be Forming Iran’s northern border with reached by several hours of stiff climb- Azerbaijan and Armenia, which are still ing from the village below. The final technically in conflict over the disput- approach on a stone staircase winding ed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the through a rock-cleft above sheer cliffs is scenically imposing Aras River Valley pure Tolkien. The resulting 360-degree has played host to traders, spies, and views are appropriately stunning, and marauding armies since biblical times, the castle looks particularly photogenic According to Lonely Planet. in the low light between late autumn and Safe inside a line of watchtowers, early spring. Give it a miss in summer Strengthening and lightening the centuries-old buildings, the road along the dramatic southern as there’s no shade on the entire climb. such as the Dome of Soltaniyeh for instance, helps them with- Iranian bank meanders spectacularly Qal’eh Rudkhan stand earthquakes and horizontal stresses, and it is one of A view of Sheikh Safi-al-Din Mausoleum in Ardebil, northwest Iran through mudbrick villages, crumbling Near the much-photographed village the priorities of the province’s cultural heritage department, ruins, and soaring jagged peaks. Whether lands of West Azarbaijan province, script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, of Masuleh, Rudkhan Castle is a fine the official added. the Aras is actually the River Gihon from Takht-e Soleiman encompasses a lake and Babylonian. example of a Seljuk-era fortress, clinging As its name implies, the World Heritage is surmounted by the Garden of Eden is debatable, but it’s roughly 80 by 120 meters and a Sas- UNESCO has it that Bisotun bears to a wooded spur of the Alborz Moun- a dome, one of the largest brick domes in the globe. obvious that the northern bank, with sanid-era Zoroastrian temple complex outstanding testimony to the important tains. Originally a Sassanid (pre-Islam The monument stands tall in a town of the same name, its bombed-out stations, abandoned dedicated to Anahita, an ancient god- interchange of human values on the Persians) structure, the wily Seljuks Soltaniyeh, in Zanjan province. Meaning “Town of the Sultans”, trains, and barricaded tunnels, is no dess of fertility, parts of which were development of monumental art and (medieval Turks) arrived 800 years lat- Soltaniyeh was briefly the capital of Persia’s Ilkhanid dynasty paradise. rebuilt in the 13th century during the writing, reflecting ancient traditions er and account for the current gnarly (a branch of the Mongol dynasty) during the 14th century. Ilkhanid era. in monumental bas-reliefs. bastion, where 1500m of stone-thick Why it’s called masterpiece of architecture The ensemble was established in a Sheikh Safi-al-Din Mausoleum walls, interspersed with archers’ slit The 14th-century structure is highly recognized as an geologically anomalous location as the Behind high walls on Ardabil’s main windows and drop-holes for boiling oil, architectural masterpiece particularly due to its innovative base of the temple complex sits on an drag lies one of Sufism’s most revered link the numerous unassailable towers. double-shelled dome and elaborate interior decoration. The oval mound roughly 350 by 550 me- fathers, Sheikh Safi. Originally con- This brutal stronghold is reached by very imposing dome stands about 50 meters tall from its base. ters. It draws local and foreign travelers structed after his death in 1334 by his a ridiculously steep (though thankfully The interior has long been under renovation, chockfull of who want even for minutes revel in its son Sadr, the shrine was expanded by shaded) climb. Well-worn stone steps scaffolding poles. However, its decoration is such impressive peaceful atmosphere. the eponymous Safavids in the 16th wind high above a moss-fringed stream that scholars including A.U. Pope described it as ‘anticipating According to Britannica Encyclo- century. through lush forests to the daunting the ’. It is the earliest existing example of the dou- pedia, its surrounding landscape was UNESCO has recognized the intricate entrance gate. Catch your breath by ble-shelled dome in Iran. probably first inhabited sometime in blue and interior vaulted ceil- pausing for a shared chay (tea) with A great-grandson of Hulegu, founder of the Il-Khanid dynas- the 1st millennium BC. Some construc- ings, tiled courtyards, formal gardens, the notoriously friendly locals. ty, Oljaytu was a Mongol ruler who, after dabbling in various tion on the mound itself dates from the kitchens, hammams, and myriad support Tchogha Zanbil religions, adopted the Shia name Mohammed Khodabandeh. Highlights of the valley include the early Achaemenian dynasty (559–330 buildings as a pre-eminent example of A topmost tourist destination in According to the UNESCO, the Mausoleum of Oljaytu is an Kordasht Hammam, an ancient subterra- BC), and there are traces of settlement traditional . Sev- , the magnificent essential link and key monument in the development of Islamic nean bathhouse within bubble-blowing activity from the Parthian period. eral museums round out the site, and ruins of Tchogha Zanbil is considered architecture in central and western Asia. Here, the Ilkhanids distance of Armenia, and the Khodaafarin Bisotun restoration work continues while Sufi by many the finest surviving example further developed ideas that had been advanced during the Bridges, dating from the 13th century, still Bisotun bas-relief bears exceptional pilgrims, students of Islamic art, and of the Elamite architecture in the globe. classical Seljuk phase (11th to early 13th centuries), during spanning the Aras, now to a post-apoc- testimony to the distinctive visual arts curious tourists mingle. It’s a pity most The brick ziggurat was made a UN- which the arts of Iran gained distinction in the Islamic world, alyptic no-man’s land. While traveling in prehistoric Iran. It is nested on an of the famed pottery collection is now ESCO site in 1979. It is a multi-leveled thereby setting the stage for the Timurid period (late 14th to through the valley on the Iranian side elevated limestone cliff of a mountain in St Petersburg. square structure in which each level 15th centuries), one of the most brilliant periods in Islamic art. is perfectly safe, be careful where you of the same name in the western Ker- Susa diminishes in size as it reaches for the UNESCO says, “Excavations carried out in the 790-ha Mau- point your camera, as the border guards manshah province. Now sprawling in the southwest of sky, like a tiered wedding cake. soleum of Oljaytu property have revealed additional vestiges are notoriously paranoid. Inscribed on the UNESCO World modern Iran, Susa is one of the oldest Its construction started in c. 1250 of the old city, and a large part of this property has retained its Tabriz Bazaar Heritage site, the inscription is a patch- yet magnificent cities in the world. No BC upon the order of the Elamite king archaeological character. As the ancient capital of the Ilkhanid Possibly the easiest ancient site to work of immense yet impressive life-size need to head out of town, the modern Untash-Napirisha (1275-1240 BC) as dynasty, Soltaniyeh represents an exceptional testimony to find in western Iran is the sprawling, carvings depicting the king Darius I and oasis of Shush sprawls around the base the religious center of Elam dedicated the history of the 13th and 14th centuries in Iran.” still-open-for-business Tabriz Bazaar, several other figures. It was the first of ancient Susa, whose relics occupy to the Elamite divinities Inshushinak The very large dome is the earliest extant example of its type one of the largest and oldest covered cuneiform writing that was deciphered the flat-topped central hill. and Napirisha. and became an important reference for the later development bazaars in the world. in the 19th century. A UNESCO World Heritage, Susa was The prehistoric mud-brick complex of the Islamic dome. Similarly, the extremely rich interior of It has been a UNESCO World Heritage once the capital of the Elamite Empire bears testimony to the unique expression the mausoleum, which includes glazed tiles, brickwork, mar- Site since 2010 and was mentioned by and later an administrative capital of of the culture, beliefs, rituals, and tra- quetry, or designs in inlaid materials, stucco, and frescoes, Marco Polo when he traveled the Silk the Achaemenian king Darius I and his ditions of one of the oldest indigenous illustrates an important movement towards more elaborate Road in the Middle Ages. A labyrinth of successors from 522 BC. communities of Iran. materials and themes. interconnected covered passages that Excavations have uncovered evidence The ziggurat overlooks the ancient stretches for about 5 km, the bazaar has of continual habitation dating back since city of Susa (near modern Shush) in First suspension bridge in been a melting pot of cultural exchange about 5000 BC. The earliest urban struc- Khuzestan Province. Reaching a total since antiquity. tures there date around 4000 BC. height of some 25m, the ziggurat was Kermanshah being built It embraces countless shops, over 20 Part of Susa is still inhabited as Shush, used to be surmounted by a temple and caravanserais, and inns, some 20 vast Khuzestan province on a strip of land estimated to hit 52m during its heyday. TOURISM TEHRAN – The first suspension bridge domed halls, bathhouses, and mosques, between the rivers Shaour (a tributary UNESCO says that Tchogha Zanbil deskin Dalahu county, western Kermanshah as well as other brick structures and of the Karkheh) and Dez. is the largest ziggurat outside of Meso- province, is being constructed and will come on stream over enclosed spaces for different functions. According to UNESCO, “the excavated potamia and the best preserved of this the course of one year, a provincial tourism official has said. Its history dates back to over a millenni- architectural monuments include ad- type of stepped pyramidal monument. The bridge is being constructed over Piran waterfall and um, however, the majority of fine brick The inscription, measuring about ministrative, residential, and palatial Tchogha Zanbil was excavated in Ezhdeha (Dragon) Valley and is expected to become a great vaults that capture most visitor’s eyes 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, structures” and the site contains several six seasons between 1951 and 1961 by competitor for Meshginshahr suspension bridge in Ardebil date from the 15th century. was created on the order of Darius I, layers of urban settlement dating from Roman Ghirshman, a Russian-born province due to the tourism potentials of the region in terms Takht-e Soleiman byname Darius the Great (r. 522–486 the 5th millennium BC through the 13th French archeologist who specialized of suitable climate and beautiful landscape, Asghar Rashno Situated in the southeastern high- BC). It bears three different cuneiform century CE. in ancient Iran. announced on Tuesday. Waterfalls, canyon, wetland and oak trees added to National Heritage list

TOURISM TEHRAN – Twelve and Kalireh waterfalls, Hessel wetland, Alborz mountain range, Mazandaran desknatural spots and and old oak trees in various cities and is a popular destination for domestic landscapes in the northern province villages across the province are among holidaymakers, while it is home to more of Mazandaran have recently been in- the properties added to the National than 3500 villages and rural areas. scribed on the National Heritage List. Heritage list. Having an opulent tourist circuit with The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, The list also includes Shorshori can- 24 UNESCO World Heritage sites, of Handicrafts, and Tourism announced yon, Zangian cave, a habitat of lilium which the vast Hyrcanian Forest and Lut the inscription on Tuesday in a letter ledebourii flowers, and an old plantain Desert are among the natural properties, to the governor general of the province. tree. Iran seeks to acquire a greater share of An ancient walnut tree, Ab Morad Stretched along the and the global tourism industry by 2025. 800 historical water structures identified in Khuzestan province Inaugurated in 2015, and with 345 meters long, 3 meters HERITAGE TEHRAN – Some 800 water-related waterfalls in southwest Iran. wide, and 80 meters high, Meshginshahr suspension bridge deskstructures have so far been identified Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, inscribed on is said to be the largest of its kind in West Asia. across Khuzestan province in southwest Iran. the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2009, may testify A budget of 235 billion rials (about $5.6 million at the official In line with a comprehensive plan for the management to the heritage and the synthesis of earlier Elamite and rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to the project, which of historic water structures, 800 of such structures have Mesopotamian know-how. According to UNESCO, the aims at boosting tourism in the region, the official added. so far been identified across the province. Moreover, ensemble was probably influenced by the Petra dam He also noted that the project has generated about 1,000 they have been documented and registered in separate and tunnel and by Roman civil engineering. job opportunities directly and indirectly. specific dossiers, IRNA reported on Monday. The oil-rich province embraces two other World Kermanshah embraces a variety of awe-inspiring histor- Six travel routes have also been defined in that Heritage sites: Susa and Tchogha Zanbil. Lying at the ical sites with Bisotun and Taq-e Bostan amongst the most regard, which can be added to other natural tourism head of the Persian Gulf and bordering Iraq on the famous. The UNESCO-registered Bisotun is a patchwork destinations of Khuzestan, the report added. west, Khuzestan was settled about 6000 BC by a people of immense yet impressive life-size carvings depicting the The UNESCO-registered Shushtar Hydraulic System, with affinities to the Sumerians, who came from the king Darius I and several other figures, bearing outstanding which is known as a ‘masterpiece of creative genius’ Zagros Mountains region. Urban centers appeared testimony to the important interchange of human values on by far tops all historical water structures that exist there nearly contemporaneously with the first cities the development of monumental art and writing. Inscribed in Khuzestan. in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium. Khuzestan, into the base of a towering cliff, Taq-e Bostan comprises Named after an ancient city of the same name with according to Encyclopedia Britannica, came to con- extraordinary Sassanian bas-reliefs of ancient victorious its history dating back to the time of Darius the Great, System comprises bridges, weirs, tunnels, canals, and stitute the heart of the Elamite kingdom, with Susa kings divide opinions. the Achaemenid king, Shushtar Historical Hydraulic a series of ancient watermills powered by human-made as its capital. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y OCTOBER 14, 2020 SOCIETY 7

IRCS holding online courses FAO calls for promoting climate-smart agriculture to deal with pandemic

for earthquake preparedness SOCIETY TEHRAN — The Food and Agriculture deskOrganization of the United Nations (FAO) SOCIETY TEHRAN – The Red Held every 13 October, the day cel- desk has called on countries around the world to deal with the Crescent Society (IRCS), ebrates how people and communities widespread effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic through in collaboration with the Medical Council, around the world are reducing their ex- promoting climate-smart and environmentally friendly ag- is holding an online training course on posure to disasters and raising awareness ricultural practices, such as agro-ecology, that preserve the how to be prepared for an earthquake. about the importance of reining in the Earth’s natural resources. Iran is considered as one of the earth- risks that they face. In this regard, FAO urges all involved stakeholders across quake-prone areas in the world and the This year’s International Day for the world to link arms to urgently address the nutritional and principles of earthquake preparedness is Disaster Risk Reduction is all about livelihoods gaps that have engulfed the most vulnerable groups a necessity that everyone needs to know. governance. You can measure good of populations amid COVID-19 pandemic, on the occasion of In the earthquake preparedness train- disaster risk governance in lives saved, the World Food Day, October 16. ing course, they will get acquainted with reduced numbers of disaster-affected Recent estimates released by the Organization indicate that important points, so that they can be people, and reduced economic losses. the COVID-19 pandemic and its collateral economic conse- prepared before an earthquake occurs, COVID-19 and the climate emergency quences may add between 83 to 132 million individuals to the and save their lives and the lives of their are telling us that we need a clear vision, total number of undernourished people in the world in 2020; loved ones with appropriate behavior. plans, and competent, empowered in- the nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups Participants will receive a certificate. stitutions acting on scientific evidence is likely to further deteriorate due to the health and socio-eco- The Iranian plateau is located in a very for the public good. nomic impacts of COVID-19. seismically active region of the world We need to see strategies that address not The COVID-19 response is an opportunity to build back and is known not only for its major cat- just single hazards like floods and storms, better by making food systems more resilient to shocks and astrophic earthquakes but also for the but those that respond to the systemic risk more sustainable through agricultural practices that work disasters relating to natural hazards, generated by zoonotic diseases, climate with nature, according to a press release published by the especially earthquakes. shocks, and environmental breakdown. FAO office in Iran. About 2 percent of the earthquakes Good national and local strategies for Iran also called on the United Nations Food and Agriculture of the world occur in Iran but more than disaster risk reduction must be multi-sec- Organization to move forward to collective policies and response 6 percent of the victims of the world toral, linking policies in areas such as programs for member countries in the region to place food and earthquakes during the 20th century land use, building codes, public health, agriculture at the center of the COVID-19 socio-economic re- are reported from Iranian earthquakes. International Day for Disaster ter a call by the United Nations General education, agriculture, environmental Reduction Assembly for a day to promote a global sponse, at the 35th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East. This shows the high level of vulnerabil- protection, energy, water resources, The country’s ad interim envoy to FAO, Shahin Ghoraishiza- ity in Iran, according to Mehdi Zare, a The International Day for Disaster culture of risk-awareness and disaster poverty reduction, and climate change Risk Reduction was started in 1989, af- reduction. deh, shared the main adaptive strategies implemented by the professor of engineering seismology. adaptation. Government to tackle challenges posed by COVID-19 to food and agriculture activities of the country. According to Ghoraishizadeh, “in [this] region, the spread of COVID-19 has affected the vulnerability of millions of small COVID-19 has given a fillip to biodiversity producers and agricultural workers and intensified challenges 1 He went on to say that despite all the efforts that Why human absence prospers nature? for this large part of the population.” have been made nationally as well as internationally Pointing out that protecting the planet is impor- Iran hopes “FAO, through this conference, provides a starting worldwide, the environment today is no better than it tant to humans, and we need to maintain the best point to move forward collective policies and response programs was in the early twentieth century. conditions on Earth after Coronavirus, Mohammad for member countries in the region; to place food and agricul- The sudden prevalence of COVID-19, followed by lock- Darvish, a member of the National Security Council for ture at the center of the COVID-19 socio-economic response downs and restrictions around the world, reduction in human the environment, said that the pandemic has caused strategies,” Ghoraishizadeh said in his concluding remarks. activity, the evacuation of highways, reduction in travel, air, the earth to breathe deeply, and now the wise man Hunger increases worldwide and land transport, and a significant drop in greenhouse is faced with the question that “why, when human A report jointly prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, gas emissions, has benefited the nature much, he explained. activity as a member of the ecosystem decreases, and WHO shows that currently around 690 million people, or It greatly improved air quality and reduced the risk not only does nothing happen, but the condition of 8.9 percent of the world population are hungry. Compared to of lung and cardiovascular diseases, key environmental nature improves.” the previous figures, this number is up by 10 million people in indicators that have been steadily deteriorating for more Think of bees being removed from nature. In this one year and by nearly 60 million in five years. than half a century, remained fixed, or moved towards case, the integrity of the Earth’s environmental prop- “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World improvement, he emphasized. erty, the reproduction of many species and humans 2020” also indicates that the number of people affected by The extent of the disease and the human casualties may themselves will be damaged, or if brown bears are re- severe food insecurity has experienced a similar upward trend be so painful that it does not give us a chance to rejoice in ence of the health of all organisms on the planet on each moved, soil fertility will decrease, or if wild boars are over the last five years. In 2019, close to 750 million—or nearly the healing process of nature and the environment, but the other and the environment. removed, water permeability will decrease and floods one in ten people in the world—were exposed to severe levels good condition of climate and nature can be a fillip for each “Our Solutions Are in Nature” which expresses the will increase, he explained. of food insecurity. of us on this planet, especially those in charge, to think more importance of nature in responding to the challenges we Therefore, there have been wise in the creation of The figures reveal that about 2 billion people in the world about our past actions and slow down our exponential pace of face in terms of sustainable development and the neces- all plant and animal species or even insects, and have did not have regular access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient unsustainable development and the destruction of valuable sity of comprehensive cooperation to achieve a future in contributed to the earth’s resilience, he emphasized. food in 2019. biological resources, he also highlighted. harmony with nature, he added. Why has it now happened that man, who considers Considering the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pan- Perhaps changing our plans and behaviors to use more of According to experts, “the most important and largest himself the best of creatures, that must be more re- demic, it is estimated that the pandemic may add between 83 renewable energy, while increasing the use of telecommuni- public asset of any country is the environment”, unfortu- sponsible, has behaved in such a way that his absence and 132 million people to the total number of undernourished in cations facilities such as video conferencing, webinars, online nately, due to the wrong approach and underestimation of is in favor of nature and the earth? the world in 2020 depending on the economic growth scenario. meetings, can greatly reduce travel as well as greenhouse its vital importance, its capacity is declining every day, and Such happening should give us a lesson to change Also, the nutritional status of the most vulnerable popu- gas emissions and thus help preserve nature and valuable it cannot be exchanged or bought, although some officials, our development programs in favor of nature and try lation groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health biodiversity treasures, he said. especially economists, suggest ways to price these environ- to understand the laws of nature, instead of spending and socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. Biodiversity conservation is in fact the protection of our- mental resources, they are invaluable, he stated. budgets on warfare, larger and more horrific weapons, While the burden of malnutrition in all its forms remains a selves and the resources without which we cannot survive, Kalantari further expressed hope that by living in har- he noted, implying that environmental research and challenge for the world, current estimates reveal that in 2019, he stated, adding, human health depends on the health of mony with nature, humans will be able to benefit as much health is now more essential as well as improvement of 21.3 percent (144 million) of children under 5 years of age were other creatures and the environment in which they live. as possible from the valuable resources and to protect the education system so that in the post-corona crisis stunted, 6.9 percent (47 million) wasted, and 5.6 percent (38.3 The outbreak of the coronavirus and its pathogenic and preserve the biological richness of the world in the world we can appear wiser, more knowledgeable, and million) overweight. consequences highlights the importance of the depend- best possible way. more responsible. The report states that healthy diets are unaffordable to many people, especially the poor, in every region of the world. The most conservative estimate shows they are unaffordable for more than 3 billion people in the world. Healthy diets Literacy rate in rural areas grows significantly are estimated to be, on average, five times more expensive than diets that meet only dietary energy needs through a 1 Currently, 26 percent of the country’s from 8.7 to 7.3 percent, which has reduced 10-49 years is estimated at 98.2 percent, starchy staple. population lives in villages, Mohammad Omid, the rural unemployment rate by 1.4 percent, while the uneducated population of the same Under current food consumption patterns, diet-related health the vice president for rural development, he further emphasized. age is about 190,500, and also the popula- costs linked to mortality and non-communicable diseases are said, adding that around 39,000 villages have Gender gap in literacy has de- tion aged 10-29 years is reported to have a projected to exceed USD 1.3 trillion per year by 2030. more than 20 households and 23,000 villages creased literacy rate of 97.3 percent, and 668,800 On the other hand, the diet-related social cost of green- have less than 20 households. The allocation of about 80 percent of lit- uneducated individuals. house gas emissions associated with current dietary patterns Thus, more than 97 percent of the country’s eracy activities to girls and women, especially Moreover, the literacy rate of the last is estimated to be more than USD 1.7 trillion per year by 2030. rural population lives in villages with over in rural areas, has led to a faster increase in group aging 10-49 is about 97.4 percent, Iran’s undernourishment prevalence 20,000 households, he added. the female literacy index. while some 2.6 billion of them are illiterate. According to the report, Iran experienced a relative reduction The share of rural employment in the The results of the census show that the Some 50 percent of the activities of the in the prevalence of undernourishment in its total population, country has increased from 5 percent to 30 difference in literacy rates between men and Literacy Movement Organization is focused dropping from 5.2 percent in the period of 2004-2006 to 4.7 percent, which is valuable, and in addition, women has decreased from 23.4 percent in to less than 6.5 in 2019. on literacy empowerment so that there is no percent in the period of 2017-2019. However, despite this the rural unemployment rate has declined 1976 to 6.8 percent in 2016, which decreased The literacy rate among Iranians between return to illiteracy. improvement, the net number of people experiencing under- nourishment increased from 3.6 to 3.9 million. ENGLISH IN USE LET’S LEARN PERSIAN (Part 36) (Source: saadifoundation.ir) LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION

Miankaleh peninsula faces serious تاالب میانکاله در معرض خشکی کامل risk of disappearing حســین علــی ابراهیمــی مدیــر کل محیــط زیســت اســتان مازنــدران20 درصــد Hossein Ali Ebrahimi, head of department of department, has said that almost 20 percent of the peninsula’s از تــاالب میانکالــه کامــا خشــک شــده اســت. wetlands have dried up. بــه گــزارش روز چهارشــنبه باشــگاه خبرنــگاران جــوان ابراهیمــی ادامــه داد: Drought spell and climate change are two of the key factors تغییــرات اقلیــم شــده و خشکســالی نیــز بــر ایــن تــاالب تاثیــر گــذار contributing to the dryness, YJC quoted گفــت: متاســفانه اســتان مازنــدران نیــز ماننــد ســایر اســتانهای کشــور درگیــر .Ebrahimi as saying on Wednesday تغییــرات اقلیــم شــده و خشکســالی نیــز بــر ایــن اســتان تاثیــر گــذار بــوده Unfortunately, the province of Mazandaran has also been negatively affected by climate change and less precipitation has اســت بــه همیــن دلیــل قســمتی تــاالب میانکالــه کامــا خشــک شــده اســت. increased the peninsula water deficits, Ebrahimi said, stating وی در ادامــه افــزود: عــاوه بــر تغییــرات اقلیمــی و کمبــود نــزوالت آســمانی، that additionally mismanagement, unsustainable agricultural نبــود مدیریــت صحیــح منابــع آبــی برداشــت غیرمجــاز از چاههــا و و منــاع آب practices, and severe depletion of the wells and groundwater زیرزمینــی و کشــاورزی ناپایــدار در منطقــه، وضعیــت ایــن تــاالب بحرانــی اســت. .resources have exacerbated Miankaleh peninsula’s condition Prayer Times Noon:11:50 Evening: 17:48 Dawn: 4:47 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:11 (tomorrow) OCTOBER 14, 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 Isfahan children’s filmfest announces lineups Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 for intl. short, animation competition Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051430 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet step toward its freedom when the zookeeper Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 forgot to lock the door to its cage. Webmaster: [email protected] TEHRAN — The 33rd International Film The lineup for the international short Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 Festival for Children and Youth has announced animation competition also includes the lineups for the international short and several other movies from France, Belgium, Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 animation competition. Germany and Iran. Eleven short animated movies have been The short fiction film competition features No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran selected to be screened, while nine short films films from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, P.o. Box: 14155-4843 from across the world will be competing in Finland, Spain and Iran. Zip Code: 1599814713 the festival, which will be held online from “Boje” by Andreas Cordes and Robert October 18 to 23 this year due to a spike in Köhler from Germany is a highlight of the coronavirus cases in the country. lineup. “Butterflies” by Elizaveta Khlomova from Boje and his father live in a remote cottage Russia is a highlight of the lineup for the by the sea, with no one but each other. While animation competition. the boy longs for answers and the father In “Butterflies”, two girls wake up and start struggles for words, suddenly the silence to play a game. Using their vivid imaginations, between them is penetrated by the waves of a they create their own world out of nothing choppy sea. Answers magically find their way and fly up, up and away. to Boje – as father and son find a way to talk. GUIDE TO “Hello, My Dears” is another Russian “Good Girl”, a co-production of Estonia, SPIRITUAL AWAKENING animation by Alexander Vasiliev competing Finland, Italy and Portugal by Merja Maijanen in this category. is also competing in the event. Try to compete with one another in good deeds and The animation is about an elderly lady In the film, a naive little girl, after being who loves her dear relatives in the portrait awarded for being a good girl, learns what hurry to seize the opportunities, and forget the good photos on display in the living room. Looking it really means to be one. deeds that you haven’t hastened to do. out the window, one by one, the relatives The festival is co-organized by the Farabi Imam Hussein (AS) from the photos come out and act as they A poster for “Boje” by Andreas Cordes and Robert Köhler from Germany that will Cinema Foundation (FCF) and Isfahan please on the bench or the ground. Their be competing in the short competition of the 33rd International Film Festival for Municipality. actions seem somewhat strange, but that’s a Children and Youth. FCF director Alireza Tabesh, who is also reflection of who they really are. This simple thinking he’s a big puppy dog. her life, and her best friend – an elephant the director of the festival, said on Tuesday animation, which unfolds alongside Chopin’s Swedish filmmaker Jons Mellgren’s named Ola as the Night accompanies her that the event’s platforms will provide free piano piece, gives a deep sense of compassion, “Elsa and the Night” will also be screened on a moving journey. access for everybody to watch all the movies Top film expert Akbar Alemi love and nostalgia. in this section. Iranian director Maryam Kashkulinia’s competing in the various categories. “Hugo & Holger” has been selected Elsa is afraid to sleep. Actually, she has acclaimed animation “The Eleventh Step” has Ebrahim Foruzesh, director of the dies of COVID-19 from Denmark. Directed by Teddy Halkier not slept a wink for thirty years. Early one been selected to be screened in the festival. acclaimed movies “The Water Urn” and “Key”, morning when she’s sitting at the kitchen table, The animated film has been produced and Kambuzia Partovi, co-writer of Majid 1 Alemi was born in 1945 in Ahvaz, and was a graduate of Kristiansen, the animation tells the story she finds an unwelcome guest underneath based on children’s writer Susan Taqdis’s Majidi’s film “Muhammad, the Messenger cinema from the Dramatic Art College. He continued his studies of Hugo, who is always dreaming about her sofa. The creature turns out to be none story “The Eleventh Step” that is about a of God”, are scheduled to receive lifetime in and got his Ph.D. in cinema. getting a dog. He is overjoyed when he other than the Night itself. Elsa tells it of lion cub that never dared to take one more achievement awards. He has written and translated many books and was active meets a baby elephant named Holger, as a jury member of several Iranian and international film and animation festivals. He was also a member of the Academy of Iranian film “No.3 Azar Shahr. Street” competing in Chinese festival and Literature. which is currently underway in the Chinese city of Xi’an. screened in about 40 outdoor places, including six landmark Alemi was one of the pioneers of documentary making in the Starring Atila Pesyani and Behnaz Jafari, the film centers buildings, five large enterprises, three universities and four country and presented modern methods in the documentary genre. on Roja, a migrant woman who has lost her husband in large communities in Xi’an, setting off a new upsurge for He had also written several books on photography. Germany and returns to his home country (Iran) to manage community outdoor movie watching. his inheritance, only to realize he had a child from another Established in 2014 and hosted alternately by Shaanxi marriage which complicates the situation. and southeast China’s Fujian provinces, the Silk Road Resistance filmfest to honor With the theme “Silk Road Links the World, Film Connects International Film Festival has become a festival for Cultures” the festival this year aims to create a professional filmmakers in countries and regions along the Belt and best adaptations of Sacred and international film event, while promoting and displaying Road, a grand event of film art and an engine for the the new image of the Chinese city in the new era. development of the film industry. Defense books In order to let the films enter the lives of the public and Previously the Silk Road Film Festival had successfully get close to the fans, this year’s Silk Road International been held three times in Xi’an, with the participation of CULTURE TEHRAN — The 16th Resistance International desk Film Festival has set up many outdoor screens, covering domestic and foreign superstars including Jackie Chan, Film Festival announced on Tuesday that the the whole province of Shaanxi for the first time. Sophia Marceau, Renny Harlin, Kara Wai, Angie Chiu and best screen and TV adaptions of books on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq A scene from “No.3 Azar Shahr. Street” by Kambiz Safari. More than 500 films from home and abroad are being nearly 5,000 filmmakers from more than 50 countries. war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran, will be honored shown in major cinemas, online platforms and outdoor The Silk Road International Film Festival aims at using the in a new special section this year. ARTTEHRAN — Iranian film “No.3 Azar squares in Shaanxi in the event that started September 25. art of light and shadow to build a cultural bridge connecting Adaptions of books on the Islamic Revolution, resistance and deskShahr. Street” by Kambiz Safari is During the festival, which will run until October 16, countries along the Silk Road, promoting cultural exchanges regional issues, and Islamic awakening will also be accessed in competing in the 7th Silk Road International Film Festival, nearly 200 classic cinema films have been selected to be and cooperation between these countries and regions. this section named “Narration of the Pen Section”. A short and a feature-length movie and a telefilm will be honored in this section. Screenwriters from across Iranian ebook store offers publications for non-native Persian learners the world whose screenplays CULTURE TEHRAN — An Iranian Among the ebooks is “First Step” that 143 individuals registered for this course have not been made into films deskonline book store has contains the basics of the Persian language. out of which nine were able to pass and receive are invited to attend the festival offered ebook copies of a collection of “Persian Collocations in Use” is another book the international certificate of the foundation, in the three languages of Persian, textbooks for non-native Persian learners. of the collection. the foundation announced earlier in May. English and Arabic. The books that have been published by The ebooks can be purchased from The individuals registered are from Turkey, The 16th Resistance Iran’s Sadi Foundation, a Tehran-based Taaghche through this link: taaghche.com/ Georgia, Japan, Germany, Russia, Spain, International Film Festival will organization that promotes the Persian filter?filter-publisher=2253&order=undefined Italy, Tunisia, , Argentina, Egypt, review films on Commander language abroad, are currently available on In the next phase, the Sadi Foundation Armenia and several other countries. Qassem Soleimani’s role in Taaghche, a major Iranian institute that has plans to offer its publications through some The package offered videos of Persian awakening people of the region created a key online Iranian ebook store. foreign online ebook stores based on mutual language instruction in addition to related and the world in a special Eleven ebooks are offered at the online agreements, Falahatpisheh said. sources and online tests followed by answers. section. bookstore to provide foreign learners with The foundation is currently holding online The videos were mostly liked by Iranian Interested filmmakers are easy access to sources for the standard Persian Persian teaching courses, which are given by Persian language teachers, non-native Persian asked to submit their films language, Sadi Foundation deputy director non-native Persian language teachers from language teachers and teachers in Iranian on the main characteristic of This photo shows a collection of the Sadi Shahruz Falahatpisheh said on Tuesday. 15 countries. cultural offices abroad. A poster for “Narration of the the martyr as the symbol of Foundation’s ebook offered by Taaghche. Pen Section”. resistance, highlighting the bravery of the commander and the soldiers without borders as the main themes of the section named “Prominent Resistance “Sunless Shadows” named best in Italian festival’s competition for Iranian films Martyr Section”. ARTTEHRAN — “Sunless Shadows” directed Abdi, “Elephant Bird” by Amir-Masud Soheili, “Zhirleh” The oppression of the people in the region, their resistance, desk and the role of Soleimani in their awareness are also highlighted by Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskui by Bahar Ruhani, “Life Is Gone with the Wind” by Siavash in the section, which is due to be held internationally. was named best in a special section dedicated to Iranian Saedpanah and Omid Gharibi, “The Wasteland” by Ahmad The organizers have so far received over 700 submissions, cinema at Middle East Now, a film festival in the Italian Bahrami and several other films were screened in the section. including videos, short films, screenplays and mostly city of Florence, on Sunday. The Middle East Now Audience Award went to the documentaries in this section. The film was screened in Focus on Iran, a section that Palestinian divorce drama “Between Heaven and Earth” The festival has been organized in two stages, the first of which was one of the initiatives in memory of Felicetta Ferraro, by Najwa Najjar. took place during the Sacred Defense Week from September 21 to 28. the former Italian cultural attaché to Iran who died on The Middle East Now Staff Award for Best Short or The second part of the festival will be held from November June 2, 2019 in Florence. Mediometer was given to “Maradona’s Leg”, a co-production 21 to 27 to celebrate the anniversary of Basij Day, which falls “Sunless Shadows” builds a remarkable relationship between Palestine and Germany by Firas Khoury. on November 25. with a group of adolescent girls who are serving their “Brotherwood” by Meryam Joobeur won the Best OFF Following the assassination of Commander Soleimani during sentences for the grave crime of murdering their father, award that is given by OFF Cinema to the best writer of a a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad on January 3, several other cultural their husband or another male family member in an Iranian short film. events in Iran established awards in memory of the chief of the juvenile detention center. The 11th Middle East Now Festival, postponed from April, Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. “Starvation” by Zahra Rostampur, “Shouting at the Wind” was held from October 6 to 11, showcasing cinema, art and The first of them was the Fajr Film Festival, which announced by Siavash Jamali and Ata Mehrad, “Command” by Farshid “Sunless Shadows” by Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskui. culture from the region and North Africa. it would honor films on resistance and jihad with an award named after Soleimani. The award went to “Abadan 11, 60” directed by Mehrdad Khoshbakht about the people’s fight against Iraqi Michel Foucault’s “The Order of Things” appears in Persian forces in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan during the CULTURE TEHRAN — A Persian and political economy. in the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France; early months of the Iran-Iraq war. desk In addition, the 17th edition of the Resistance Theater Festival translation of French The result is nothing less than an and wrote frequently for French newspapers has established an award named after Commander Qassem philosopher and literary critic Michel archaeology of the sciences that unearths and reviews. At the time of his death in 1984, Soleimani to honor a play every year. Foucault’s book “The Order of Things: old patterns of meaning and reveals the he held a chair at France’s most prestigious “Due to the importance of the resistance issue and the need to An Archaeology of the Human Sciences” shocking arbitrariness of the received truths. institutions, the College de France. promote the teachings of the popular figure of Iran’s resistance has recently been published by Mahi In the work that established him as Foucault’s theories primarily address culture and the leader of the resistance front, Lieutenant-General Publications in Tehran. the most important French thinker since the relationship between power and Qassem Soleimani, we plan to honor a top play with an award The book has been translated into Persian Sartre, Michel Foucault offers startling knowledge, and how they are used as a named after Hajj Qassem Soleimani this year for the first time,” by Fatemeh Valiani. evidence that “man”, man as a subject of form of social control through societal the organizers have announced. With vast erudition, Foucault cuts scientific knowledge, is at best a recent institutions. Though often cited as a post- The award will be presented in the next editions of the festival across disciplines and reaches back into the invention, the result of a fundamental structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault to represent its organizers’ committed devotion to the divine seventeenth century to show how classical mutation in culture. rejected these labels. commander. systems of knowledge, which linked all of Foucault was born in Poitiers, France, in His thought has influenced academics, The Association of the Revolution and Sacred Defense Theater nature within a great chain of being and 1926. He lectured in universities throughout especially those working in communication organizes the festival every year in collaboration with several analogies between the stars in the heavens the world; served as the director at the Institut Front cover of the Persian translation of studies, anthropology, sociology, criminology, other institutions. This year’s edition is scheduled to be held and the features in a human face, gave way Francais in Hamburg, Germany and at the Michel Foucault’s book “The Order of Things: cultural studies, literary theory, feminism during November or December. to the modern sciences of biology, philology Institut de Philosophi at the Faculte des Lettres An Archaeology of the Human Sciences”. and critical theory.