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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13862 Tuesday JANUARY 19, 2021 Dey 30, 1399 Jumada Al thani 5, 1442 Defending women’s Esteghlal move back U.S. Capitol Complex put in Owj to compete rights a top priority: on top, Persepolis beat lockdown due to ‘external in Fajr festival Judiciary chief Page 2 Foolad: IPL Page 3 security threat’ Page 5 with seven films Page 8 No enrichment limit based on NPT: See page 3 Takht Ravanchi TEHRAN – Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s On January 4, Iran resumed enriching ambassador to the UN, has said based on uranium to level of 20 percent. The Interna- the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) tional Atomic Energy Agency was notified of there is no limit for enriching uranium the decision and it is monitoring the process. for civilian uses. “So long as activities are peaceful we “In NPT there is no ceiling for enrich- have no problem based on the NPT,” the Trumpism ment,” Takht Ravanchi told the IRNA news ambassador remarked. agency published on Monday. Iran started to gradually remove cap on The ambassador said the level and its nuclear activities based on paragraph amount of enrichment depends on whether 36 of the JCPOA, the official name for the it is going to be used for a nuclear power 2015 nuclear agreement. plant or for a submarine. Continued on page 2 behind Tehran hosts 14th Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Committee meeting TEHRAN — The 14th meeting of Iran-Azerbaijan Minister Shahin Mustafayev, who co- Joint Economic Committee was held on Monday chaired the meeting. at the place of the Iranian Ministry of Finance Speaking in the meeting, Dejpasand and Economic Affairs in Tehran, IRIB reported. referred to the historical, cultural, social, French The two sides inked a memorandum of and economic relations between the two understanding (MOU) for the expansion of countries, and said: “Iran, especially the economic cooperation at the end of the meeting. private sector, is fully prepared to take part The MOU was signed by Iran’s Finance in Azerbaijan’s projects, especially in the and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad field of technical and engineering services.” face Dejpasand and Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Continued on page 4 Second Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine receives clinical trial approval TEHRAN – The second homegrown COV- Committee for Ethics in Biomedical ID-19 vaccine developed and proposed Research. by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research However, the protocol should be re- Institute has been approved to begin a turned to the Food and Drug Administra- clinical trial. tion to receive a license to begin clinical The clinical trial protocol has been research, and then the clinical trial can approved by both the Food and Drug begin. AP Administration and the National Continued on page 7 People are right Iranian province says ready to help restore Zakharova says some Trump supporters to worry about cultural heritage in war-torn Karabakh inquiring about Russian citizenship sportsmanship TEHRAN – Tourism chief of Iran’s East Azarbai- friend and neighboring country of Azerbaijan Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Trump’s personal account due to his viola- jan said on Monday the province could soon to restore, rebuild and even re-design and mon- Maria Zakharova said she receives messages tions of rules and also for fear he might try BY MASOUD HOSSEIN start restoration of cultural heritage sites and itor the destroyed historical monuments in the via social networks from supporters of U.S. to trigger unrest. Also, he was stripped of the ome people worry about the fu- monuments in the Nagorno-Karabakh region Nagorno-Karabakh region.” incumbent President Donald Trump asking right to upload posts to Facebook and Insta- ture of sportsmanship since it of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The official noted that the presence and for information on how to receive Russian gram pages until his term of office expired. has gradually been disappearing S “Recently, a request was sent by the gov- participation of East Azarbaijan’s experts in citizenship. Apple temporarily removed from App Store from the sports. The fact is sports with- ernment of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the the restoration of historical monuments in the “The most frequent commentary I receive the microblogs service Parler, very popular out chivalrous behavior is nothing. [Iranian] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was liberated areas of the Republic of Azerbaijan is via social networks from the United States with Trump’s supporters. Norwegian-American football player redirected to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, subject to the decision of the Ministry of Cultural is how to receive Russian citizenship,” she On January 6, a group of Trump’s sup- Knute Kenneth Rockne had said “one man Tourism and Handicrafts of the Islamic Republic Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. said in an interview with the Voskresny porters forced their way into the building of practicing sportsmanship is far better than of Iran to assist in the reconstruction, restora- Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed territory, Vecher (Sunday Evening) with Vladimir the U.S. Congress in an attempt to upset the a hundred teaching it.” tion and improvement of historical monuments internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, Solovyov program on the Rossiya-1 tele- certification of results of the U.S. November An Olympic medal is priceless but no in the liberated areas,” IRNA quoted Ahmad but its population is majority Armenian. vision channel. 3 presidential election, in which Democrat athlete is allowed to consider himself su- Hamzehzadeh as saying on Monday. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is one of four According to Zakharova, such messages Joseph Biden emerged the winner. According perior to the other people due to what he “Cultural heritage experts and restorers in frozen conflicts that emerged after the collapse are coming from those who supported the to the authorities, during the unrest a woman has achieved in the sports compettiions. East Azerbaijan are ready to be dispatched to of the Soviet Union. Legally recognized as a part Republicans who fear possible persecution demonstrator was shot. Also, three unrelated The Iranian people will never forget these areas,” the official said. of Azerbaijan, it declared independence in 1991 because of their political views, TASS reported. deaths, described as medical emergencies, legendary wrestler Gholamreza Takhti “Having highly experienced and skilled and then defended that independence in a war “Welcome to reality,” she noted. were reported. A Capitol police officer died because of his sportsmanship not for teams of cultural heritage professionals, East with Azerbaijan that lasted until 1994. Earlier, the U.S. company Twitter said after the clashes. medals he won in Olympics. Azarbaijan has a very high capacity to help the Continued on page 6 that it had permanently blocked access to Continued on page 5 Popularly nicknamed Jahan Pahlevan - “The World Champion” - because of his chivalrous behavior, he was the most pop- ular athlete of Iran in the 20th century, Today the Resistance is stronger than ever before: Syrian American analyst Pakistan can attain although dozens of Iranian athletes have BY AMIR MOHAMMAD ESMAEILI of U.S. dollars to demonize them in the media, The following is the full text of the interview: prominent global won more international medals than he did. TEHRAN - Steven Sahiounie, a Syrian Ameri- and have assassinated several leaders such How do you see the role of the Axis of On Wednesday, Hadi Saei, two-time can award-winning journalist, tells the Tehran as General Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi Resistance in West Asia’s equations? stature via Iran and gold Olympic medal winner, slapped the Times that although the U.S. and its regional al-Muhandis, Imad Fayez Mughniyeh, and A: The role of the Axis of Resistance in the secretary of Iran taekwondo league organ- allies “have pumped billions of dollars” in others,” Sahiounie tells the Tehran Times. West Asia region is fighting imperialism, and China: analyst ization, accusing the official of welcoming West Asia and have assassinated resistance “For example, today the Lebanese Resistance working on liberating the occupied lands of Pal- BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI him late in the competition’s hall. leaders, the Axis of Resistance is stronger and Palestinian Resistance are stronger than ever estine, Lebanon, and Syria, who are occupied by TEHRAN – A member of an Islamabad-based think Disciplinary Committee of the Iran than ever before. before and ‘Israel’ doesn’t dare to launch a war ‘Israel’, as well as liberating the entire region from tank believes that a triple partnership between Iran, Taekwondo Federation suspended Saei, “The U.S. and its regional allies have failed against them,” noted Sahiounie, who lives in the United States’ occupation, which is political, China, and Pakistan can enhance Islamabad’s global who is the most successful Iranian athlete to prevent the expansion of the Axis of Resis- Lattakia, Syria, and has been covering the war economic and military. position. in Olympic history with two gold medals tance, even though they have pumped billions in Syria since 2012. Continued on page 5 and one bronze, for one year. “For Pakistan, if this triangle was properly made, Many people are right to worry about it will surely attain a prominent stature in the glob- the future of the sportsmanship. al arena,” Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai, a senior research The people love celebrities because associate at Strategic Vision Institute (SVI), tells they are an integral part of each society Foundation for the Tehran Times. and public figures should behave in public “Iran is a crucial player in the Middle East (West in a responsible way.