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Zarif stresses Iran committed to back Syria in terror fight TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Zarif, the that the Islamic Republic will continue to Biden shows U.S. Iranian foreign minister, has assured his support Syria in various fields, notably Syrian counterpart that Tehran will keep in combatting terrorism. supporting the Damascus government in Zarif also asserted the need for efforts See page 3 the fight against terrorism in the efforts to restore security and stability to all Syr- to guarantee security and stability across ian territories and achieve a solution that Syria. would preserves the interests, sovereignty, true colors In a telephone conversation on Friday independence and territorial integrity of with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mek- Syria, Tasnim reported. dad, the top Iranian diplomat emphasized Continued on page 2

S. Korea to release $1b of Iran’s frozen assets soon TEHRAN – Head of Iran-South Korea and determined in coordination with the Joint Chamber of Commerce has said Health Ministry. that $1 billion of Iran’s frozen funds in The mentioned developments regard- South Korea will soon be transferred to ing the release of Iranian frozen funds in an Iran-Switzerland financial channel South Korea have been achieved following to be paid for foodstuff, medicine, and a meeting between the Governor of the medical equipment. Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser According to Hossein Tanhaei, the Hemmati and the South Korean Ambassa- medicine items that are set to be import- dor to Tehran Ryu Jeong-Hyun on Monday. ed into the country have been negotiated Continued on page 4

“Book of Defense” studying Imam Khomeini’s leadership role in Iran-Iraq war released TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Research ies Department of the center, Mohsen and Archives Center has released a book Qazi, said that the book contains Imam entitled “Book of Defense” that surveys Khomeini’s discourses on the war derived the leadership role of the founder of the from Sahifeye Nur, a series containing Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, during Imam Khomeini’s speeches on various the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is topics. known as Sacred Defense in Iran. He said that the Institute for the Compi- Speaking during the unveiling ceremony lation and Publication of Imam Khomeini’s organized at the center on Wednesday, Works had approved the book. the director of the Socio-Cultural Stud- Continued on page 8

Expert Mozafari I invite all travelers interested in culture to One martyred, four wounded as U.S. attacks supports referees visit Iran: Venezuelan tourism minister anti-terror forces on Iraq-Syria border in FFIRI’s elections TEHRAN – “I invite all [potential] travelers who and his Iranian counterpart Ali-Asghar Moune- One person has lost his life and four others have retaliation for recent attacks against American BY FARROKH HESABI are interested in culture to visit Iran and see san inked a memorandum of understanding to been wounded in the U.S. military’s air raid bases and missions in Iraq, which Washington n less than 48 hours, Iranian that Iran is a peaceful and hospitable country,” deepen mutual tourism ties. against positions of resistance forces operating has blamed on so-called “Iran-backed” Iraqi football federation will see its new Venezuela’s Minister of Tourism and Foreign Back in October, Mounesan exchanged views against terror groups on the Iraqi-Syrian border, resistance groups. president in the elections which Trade Ali Padron Paredes has said. with former Venezuelan Tourism and Foreign an informed source tells Press TV. accordingIn the latest such attacks, I “I am stunned by the beauties of Isfahan”, Trade Minister Felix, Ramon Plasencia Gon- The casualties were caused in the early hours Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, which will be held on Sunday, Fab. 28. Ali Karimi, Mostafa Ajorloo, Sha- Padron Paredes added in an interview with CHTN zalez, in a video conference to deepen tourism of Friday, as the American airstrike targeted houses the U.S. embassy and other missions, habeddin Azizi Khadem, and Kiumars on Thursday while touring the ancient city dur- relations, especially through simplifying visa facilities used by forces of Iraq’s Popular Mobi- on Monday. The American military base Hashemi are the final four candidates ing his four-day visit to the Islamic Republic. rules, launching fam tours, and setting up exhib- lization Units (PMU) — better known as Hashd at Erbil International had similarly been who will compete for the presidential seat. The minister had toured several travel desti- its. They also agreed to sign a memorandum of al-Sha’abi — at a border point in eastern Syria, attacked days earlier. But apart from the presidency of the fed- nations and museums in Kerman before flying to understanding in a bid to broaden bilateral ties. where the resistance group has been fighting The Iraqi resistance groups and many Iraqi eration, the competing for membership in the Isfahan. He called his visit to Kerman as memorable. Last November, Mounesan said that visa-free remnants of the Takfiri Daesh terror group in officials have, however, roundly dismissed Wash- board of directors of the Football Federation “I convey to the people and the government access and direct flights are the two important coordination with the governments in both ington’s allegations, blaming rogue elements. of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) is also of Iran greetings of the people and the govern- advantages for Iran and Venezuela to develop Arab countries. ‘This is nothing!’ Lavrov says U.S. fierce. Based on the new FFIRI statutes, the ment of Venezuela.” tourism cooperation. In a statement issued after the assault, Pen- notified Russia few minutes in advance number of board members has increased “I enjoyed the journey to Iran and I want to The relationship between Venezuela and Iran tagon spokesman John Kirby said the raid had Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Segei Lavrov from 9 to 11. In the list of the FFIRI’s board experience this pleasure again. Iran has very hos- became more serious following an official visit been “deliberate” and meant to “de-escalate the of Russia, an ally of Syria, said on Friday that candidates, the eye-catching point is the pitable and friendly people who are also friendly by the then Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez overall situation in both eastern Syria and Iraq.” the United States had notified Moscow of the presence of 13 ex-referees. with the Venezuelan people,” the minister stated. to Tehran in 2001. The military action, the first of its kind un- impending attack on the PMU facility “four or Navid Mozafari, former Iranian referee Before setting off for Isfahan, Padron Paredes Continued on page 6 der U.S. President Joe Biden, was said to be in five minutes ahead of time.” and the AFC Regional Referee Instructor, believes that some of the referee candidates have no chance to be elected as the board Scholar says it’s not clear Biden can overcome polarization soon Resolution in the of directors’ member. “It was shocking to me that a lot of BY M.A. SAKI The rise of polarization over the past years history of the United States. hands of Yemeni former referees have registered for the TEHRAN – An American academic says she is not has made many Americans worried about the For this reason, Joe Biden has a long road ahead elections. I have no idea why some of them sure Biden can deal with the polarization in the U.S. state of politics. to repair the deep-rooted division in America, parties, says ex-U.S. have participated in the elections because which has resulted from Donald Trump’s policies. Republicans and Democrats are more divided especially when it comes to polarization between ambassador to Sanaa they clearly have no chance to win. How- “It is not clear that President Biden can over- along political and ideological lines – and parti- the two main parties: Democrats and Republicans. ever, about some others, I believe that come the polarization any time soon, though san antipathy has been going deeper and more Following is the text of the interview: the American people very much hope for that,” extensive – than at any point over the last two What are the repercussions of Biden’s BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI they deserve to be in the new federation’s TEHRAN – Urging regional powers to cooperate board of directors because of what they Elizabeth Sanders tells the Tehran Times. decades. These trends manifest themselves in win in presidential elections domestically “Since the Civil War of 1861-65, the two parties myriad ways, both in politics and in everyday life. and internationally? Do you predict any for a settlement of conflict in Yemen, the former have done during their careers both as a U.S. ambassador to Sanaa, says the key to ending referee and as a director,” Mozafari said in have not been so polarized. That is a very unfor- Many pundits consider the attack on the Capitol fundamental shift in U.S. policies? tunate situation,” Sanders points out. building on January 6 as a turning point in the Continued on page 5 the conflict in Yemen lies in the hands of the Yem- an exclusive interview with Tehran Times. eni parties. “According to the amended FFIRI’s stat- “The conflict in Yemen is primarily a civil war and utes, the head of football federation’s Referee the resolution is in the hands of the Yemeni parties,” Committee must be a member of the board The elderly, Gerald Michael Feierstein tells the Tehran Times. of directors. So, it is an important election “Nevertheless, regional powers, including Saudi for the Iranian refereeing community as well. war-disabled Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran, must The next Referee Committee has a challeng- play a role in supporting the diplomatic negotiating ing job in the upcoming years, so I hope the getting process and encouraging the Yemeni parties to find elected person will be experienced enough peaceful solutions to their differences,” Feierstein and well-prepared to handle the problems COVID-19 adds. of Iran football refereeing,” he added. In March 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a coali- Mozafari took his official referee’s degree tion war against the Yemeni Houthis to reinstate in Germany in 1989 and was nominated to vaccine the toppled Yemeni government. The Saudi crown the international Referee list by the FFIRI. TEHRAN – The vaccination against princes Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) vowed to “The new statutes have paved the way COVID-19 of the elderly and the disa- reinstate the Mansour al-Hadi government in a few for the election to be close to FIFA’s stand- bled war veterans being kept in nursing weeks. However, after more than six years of relent- ards. The number of voters has increased homes across Iran began on Thursday, less bombardments, which some of them constitute to 89 however it could be much more, for ISNA reported. examples of war crimes, the Saudi-led coalition have example, the number of voters in Germany Along with the vaccination of medi- failed to reach any of its goals. is 200, and we could emulate the world’s cal staff, 110,000 war veterans who were The insurgency in Yemen was part of the Arab top football associations such as Germany disabled during the Sacred Defense (the Spring. but we didn’t. But despite that, the FFIRI’s 1980-1988 war imposed by Iraqi dictator The UN has said the humanitarian crisis in Yemen elections would be a turning point for Iranian Saddam Hussein) and the elderly who are is the worst in modern history. football if the best ones are elected. The living in daycare centers will be vaccinated, During the war in Yemen, prior to Biden’s presi- country’s football must progress towards Iranian Food and Drug Administration dency, the U.S. provided logistical and intelligence meritocracy and now is the best opportu- spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said. support to the Saudi-led war on Yemen. nity for our football to make it happen,” the Continued on page 7 Continued on page 5 refereeing expert concluded. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS FEBRUARY 27, 2021

AFPC: Messengers of Israeli Main battle in presidential polls will be officials to U.S. By Azin Sahabi between principlists, Hashemi Taba predicts

Tehran started the enforcement of Iran’s parliamentary law POLITICAL TEHRAN — Mostafa and my abilities, I decided to run for the pres- regarding suspending the implementation of the Additional deskHashemi Taba, a reform- idential election,” Motahri said. Protocol to the NPT on February 23. Called “Strategic Ac- ist activist, predicts that the main competition The former deputy parliament speaker em- tion to Lift Sanctions and Protect the Interest of Iranian in the June presidential election in Iran will phasized that political parties should not boycott Nation”, the law obligates the Iranian government to stop be among principlist candidates. the election, adding, “The Guardian Council implementing some nuclear commitments. Regarding 2021 presidential election needs to confirm the qualification of those who Such a move, which is in line with paragraph 36 of the in Iran, Hashemi Taba stressed, “The re- accepted the Iranian Constitution to increase JCPOA, sets certain conditions for Iran to reverse its nu- formists may have a minor role in com- the rate of participation (in the election).” clear decisions. ing election. It seems leading principlist ‘Construction Party may back The move was declared two days after the Atomic Energy candidates will compete with second rate Larijani candidacy’ Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic reformist activists.” Meanwhile, Mohammad Atrianfar, a leading Energy Agency (IAEA) agreed on the Iranian law. Regarding the speculation of Qalibaf reformist activist and a senior member of the Just a day before the deal went into force, Israeli Prime candidacy, the Iranian parliament speak- Servants of Construction Party, says, “If reformists Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with Defense er, he said, “Qalibaf is the right person for are prohibited from fielding their main candidate, Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi management affairs. We need to compare perhaps they will decide to support Ali Larijani to discuss Israeli strategy against the Iranian nuclear pro- the capabilities of Qalibaf with those who to stand for presidential election.” gram, since Biden’s arrival at the White House. compete in the next election.” Also, Asadollah Badamchian, the secretary of On February 24, just a day after the implementation of On turnout in the presidential election, Islamic Coalition Party, highlighted that his party the law, Gantz said: “The IDF is currently working to build Hashemi Taba noted, “The country and the is not seeking to eliminate reformists in election up our forces and is preparing itself for any scenario, in- political system will lose if Iranians take and said, “We don’t believe the reformists need cluding one in which we would need to take [operational] part in the election at a low rate.” Ali Motahari announces presidential MP, announced on Thursday that he intends to to be eliminated. We believe reformists have to action to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,” Hashemi Taba ran unsuccessfully in the candidacy run for the 2021 presidential election. rectify themselves. Nevertheless, reformists It seems that these think tanks are in a rush to recom- 2005 and 2017 presidential elections. Ali Motahari, the former senior principlist “According to the condition of the country eliminated others when took power.” mend the Biden White House to take the worries of Israel to heart. Denouncing the Obama administration’s diplomatic path towards Iran’s nuclear program, the think tanks warn that Israel is fearful that history could soon repeat itself. Intelligence Ministry has thwarted assassination plan by terrorist group Message from Israel POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Iranian Intelligence clashes with security forces on Tuesday afternoon. of Makou in West Azarbaijan province. Among major pro-Israel foreign policy think tanks, the desk American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) has been quite Ministry has declared that an assassi- It added that the team was affiliated to a terror group The IRGC Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada base’s public re- vocal and among the experts, Ilan Berman, has penned the nation plot planned by a terrorist group was thwarted in based in Northern Iraq. lations department announced in a statement that three greatest number of commentaries on the issue. northwestern Iran, according to Fars news agency. The team was to implement a terror attack in Piran- members of the anti-revolutionary group who had crossed The institute is staffed by noted specialists in foreign and According to the statement released on Wednesday, shahr, near Iraqi borders, adding that two Kalashnikov the Iranian borders were killed in clashes with IRGC forces. defense policy who work closely with members of Congress, the ministry agents have foiled the terror operation in the machine guns, grenades, and other ammunition were It added that a large number of weapons, ammunition the executive branch, and the policymaking community. southern parts of West Azarbaijan province in cooperation seized from them. and military equipment were seized from them. Berman has consulted for the U.S. Central Intelligence with provincial security forces. In a relevant development in August, a team of outlaws “None of the Iranian forces were wounded in the clashes,” Agency (CIA) as well as the U.S. Departments of State and It added that the two members of the terrorist team who and anti-revolutionary militants was dismantled by the the statement said, warning that any threat and mischief Defense. He regularly proposes several testimonies before was planning to carry out the assassination were killed in Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the northwestern city against the country will receive a crushing response. the U.S. Congress to draw roadmaps to undermine Iran. This fellow has been called one of America’s “leading experts on the Middle East (West Asia) and Iran” by CNN. On the same day of implementing Iran’s parliamentary Zarif stresses Iran committed to back Syria in terror fight law, Berman, in an article titled “What Israel Is Telling Biden 1 For his part, Mekdad called for en- Zarif and Mekdad also discussed Syria’s Speaking through video-conferencing rael for its continuing military attacks in Syria. About Iran”, writes: “Officials in Jerusalem are sending the hancement of relations with Iran in various Constitutional Committee and the results of with Italian Foreign Ministry Special Envoy It said the attacks is undermining Syria’s sov- Biden Administration a clear message: there no need to rush fields, particularly economic cooperation. He its latest meeting in Geneva, where the par- for Syria Paolo Dionisi, Khaji referred to the ereignty and threatening the regional stability. to reengage Iran, and a lot of risk in doing so.” also thanked Iran for supporting the Syrian ticipants affirmed that the committee should Astana initiative in Sochi saying that different “Representatives of the Islamic Republic In this regard, the expert refers to the expressions made people in reducing the effects of unilateral operate under the leadership and ownership aspects of the Syrian crisis were discussed in of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Repub- by Major General Tamir Heiman, the head of the Israeli economic sanctions. of the Syrian people without any foreign in- the meeting and participants stressed politi- lic of Turkey, as the Astana format guarantor Military Intelligence (often abbreviated to Aman). The two foreign ministers also exchanged terference. cal solution to the crisis, humanitarian aid to states, ... condemned Israel’s continuing military The Jerusalem Post, on February 9, quoted the Israeli views about the results of the recent meetings In remarks on Feb. 22, Ali Asghar Khaji, Syrians, and countering terrorism. attacks in Syria, which violate international law general who declared Tehran has not stopped investing within the framework of the Astana peace format the senior assistant to Zarif, expressed hope Guarantors of the Astana format – Iran, and international humanitarian law, which in its nuclear program “but due to the actions carried out held recently in Russia’s Sochi, stressing the that the visit by UN Secretary-General’s Special Russia, and Turkey – issued a statement to undermine the sovereignty of Syria and neigh- by the U.S. and Israel, is at an unprecedented low point”. need for the Western parties to abide by the Envoy for Syria Geir Otto Pedersen to Damascus support the political solutions and Syrian boring nations, and which threaten stability AFPC emphasizes that Israeli’s intelligence institutions UN Security Council resolutions on Syria and would help promote Syrian-Syrian talks and Constitutional Committee, he said. and safety in the region, and called for ceasing are infamously tight-lipped about their strategic estimates. the final communiqué of the Astana meetings, the 6th meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Also in a statement issued on February 17 in the attacks,” the communique read, according Thus, the analyst believes that such a disclosure on Iran’s SANA reported. Committee in the near future, IRNA reported. Sochi, Iran, Russia and Turkey condemned Is- to Sputnik. nuclear program was nothing short of unprecedented. Berman, points out that even before Joe Biden’s took office, the incoming figures of the Oval Office made abun- dantly clear that at the very center of their agenda towards U.S. admits “maximum pressure” policy on Iran failed West Asia, talking with Tehran would sit. POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Biden administration safeguard its interests throughout the Trump administration. AFPC also reminds that, in late January, Biden’s new deskhas acknowledged that Trump’s “maximum On the other hand, unlike Trump, the Biden administration national security adviser Jake Sullivan told the Washing- pressure” policy against Iran has ended in failure, while Biden has been successful in getting them back to fully support Wash- ton Post that Biden considers “an urgent restoration of the has not indicated he intends to redress the former president’s ington’s position on Iran. international nuclear deal with Iran as a first step to deal wrongs, according to Press TV. Price explained that during the Trump administration, the with a range of threats from that country.” During a press briefing on Thursday, U.S. State Department U.S. was sitting at the opposite side of the table of its closest In parallel, on February 1, in his first television inter- spokesman Ned Price acknowledged, “The Trump adminis- European partners and allies. view since he took office, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, tration’s maximum pressure policy has failed to achieve each Regarding recent meeting between the E3 and the U.S.’s claimed that Tehran was just “weeks away” from gaining and every single one of its aims.” top diplomats, he stressed it was “a clear sign that for the first the required fissile material to produce a nuclear weapon. “I think when you look at the results of maximum pressure, time in years, the United States was on precisely the same page AFPC adds that about two weeks later, the secretary of you can only be left with one conclusion,” Price said. as our closest allies and partners.” state, called European foreign ministers to tell them that “Maximum pressure was supposed to result in a better deal. “And with that unanimity, with that cooperation, with those Washington would join them in seeking to restore the 2015 It was supposed to cow Tehran and its proxies, it was supposed consultations, we enter this phase of diplomacy from a position nuclear deal with Iran. to isolate Iran from the rest of the world, and it was supposed of strength and we are confident that this is the sort of position Berman stresses that these series of moves could indicate to leave America’s interests in a better position,” he remarked. of strength that will allow us to achieve our strategic goal,” the that the U.S. is proffering “preemptive concessions to the Pointing to the U.S. failed policy under Trump’s adminis- different path, one that prioritizes real, principled, clear-eyed U.S. spokesman remarked. Iranians as a good-faith gesture.” He argues that some in tration, he noted, “In every single one of the issues he raised, diplomacy – clear-eyed diplomacy with our partners and allies.” In remarks on Wednesday, Price acknowledged that Iran the Biden administration’s circle have suggested that the the opposite has been true.” Back in May 2018, Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. remained compliant with the JCPOA before the deal was ditched Oval Office should choose a “more for more” approach in “We came nowhere close to anything resembling a better deal.” from the JCPOA reached under his predecessor Barack Obama, by Trump, and took steps away from the agreement only after Iran talks or let the deal fall apart. For example, Ilan Gold- Nevertheless, he still suggested that the Biden administra- describing it the “worst deal ever”, and pledging to press Tehran the ill-judged measure. enberg, a foreign policy and defense expert at the Center tion will continue to pressure Tehran with close cooperation into negotiating a new deal through a “maximum pressure” “The IAEA, while the Iran deal, while the JCPOA was in full for a New American Security (CNAS), advocates this policy with the U.S.’s allies. campaign that included tough economic sanctions and military effect, while Iran was abiding by it, they expressed confidence and argues: “The U.S. must be willing to give more to Iran “Now, our approach recognizes that maximum pressure provocations. that Iran was living up to its limits,” he noted, saying, “I suspect in any follow-on arrangement. More sanctions relief. More accompanied by the lack of diplomatic engagement got us to Iran maintains that the three European parties to the deal, if you go and ask them (the IAEA), they will tell you that they incentives for more concessions.” where we are,” he said. “That is why we are embarking on a also known as the E3, paid only lip service to Tehran’s calls to were satisfied by Iran’s compliance with the deal.” Berman reiterates that according to the Israeli military intelligence official, “In its current situation, Iran considers a nuclear deal the only way out of the crisis, and hence it is trying to go back to the deal it signed in 2015.” The National Interest says U.S. has signaled Concerning Heiman’s remarks, AFPC argues that if this interpretation is precise, it indicates that for the Iranian side, its willingness to negotiate with Iran AUCTION SJSCO. neither the 2015 JCPOA nor the one which Biden hopes to conclude in the future is a “meaningful constraint on their POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Biden weapons of mass destruction (WMds) as 99011 strategic trajectory.” deskadministration has al- haram (religiously banned). It is a fatwa, Hanging on “Iran: A State Sponsor of Terror” as a perpetual ready taken several steps that Tehran will religious decree, declared by Ayatollah Hereby Sirjan Jahan Steel analytical premise, Berman recommends the White House view as an indication that President Joe Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution. to “reassure officials in Jerusalem (and in other regional Biden is very keen to avoid a confrontation Actually, the Biden administration is Complex announces selling capitals) by explaining how, precisely, it plans to balance and is eager to negotiate, according to the less inclined to engage in another war in its new push for reengagement with Iran’s regime and its National Interest. the Middle East (West Asia). His adminis- and export 30,000 STEEL support for America’s traditional Mideast partners.” Iran and the U.S. are very interested in tration faces a very long list of challenges, Against this backdrop, with the quarterly meeting of the the same thing: in first talking about talks, including dealing with the pandemic and BILLET( Size 150 x 150 mm) International Atomic Energy Agency and then negotiating some more. Iran’s reviving the economy, addressing climate Board of Governors next week, the recent American Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei change, and responding to demands for social on basis of FOB, Interested move regarding Tehran’s cooperation with IAEA is worth asserted that the United States “must lift justice. Obviously, allocating resources to mentioning. all sanctions in practice” before Iran will a war in the Middle East (West Asia) will The U.S. diplomats circulated a document on Thursday return to the commitments it made as part decrease the resources that are available bidders are invited to get documents with send in which Washington’s concerns that Iran should fully co- of the nuclear deal. President Joe Biden for domestic purposes. operate with inspectors are listed and calls for a resolution holds that the United States will not re- Acknowledging the wars in Afghanistan an email to [email protected] to “express the Board’s deepening concern with respect to move the economic sanctions against Iran and Iraq cost trillions, the publication said, Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA.” unless Iran fulfill its commitments under “Recent armed interventions carried out All the documents will be sent VIA email.All It seems that the recent unproductive move by the American the accord. by the United States have resulted in im- side is a formally articulated version of recommendations “The United States is committed to mense bloodshed and the United States has bids on conformity to tender instruction should made by think tanks to convince Biden to follow the footprints not letting Iran develop a nuclear weap- extremely little to show for these drives. In of Trump in terms of the Iran deal. In fact, all recommenda- on. However, if sanctions do not work and effect, they demonstrated that the United be submitted no later than Monday, March 8, tions proposed by fellows such as Berman, are quite in line Iran continues to enrich more and more States is weak, in alliance with corrupt gov- with those heard from Israeli and American hawks. But such uranium, making a material that can be ernments, ones that make short shrift of 2021(2021-03-08) recommendations which are informally released by a foreign used in a nuclear weapon, then the United individual rights and that are increasingly policy expert do not grab the headlines. Meanwhile, formal States would have to use force to put a stop leaning toward Iran. In short, the Biden For more information, please contact us at: statements declared by an official may become viral. Maybe, to it,” the National Interest claims. administration has strong reasons to seek think tanks such as AFPC function as messengers from Israel Contrary to certain claims, Iran has de- to avoid war with Iran.” Tel:+2186084642 to the U.S. to serve the interests of Tel Aviv. clared production, stockpiling and use of (See full text at tehrantimes.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y FEBRUARY 27, 2021 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 SPORTS Biden shows U.S. true colors Iranian duo shortlisted for POLITICAL TEHRAN – The new concern with respect to Iran’s cooperation,” International Women’s Day deskU.S. administration has Bloomberg said, adding that this resolution followed in the footsteps of its predecessor would suggest that Iran could be providing Recognition awards in terms of continuing economic pressure incomplete information on its nuclear activ- SPORTSTEHRAN — The International Paralympic on Iran and pursuing destabilizing activities ities, something that has potentially serious deskCommittee (IPC) has released the shortlist for in the region. consequences, including another referral to the 2021 International Women’s Day Recognition, with winners In a move reminiscent of the Trump the United Nations Security Council. to be announced on 8 March’s global celebration of women and administration’s hooliganism, U.S. Presi- In response, Iran has threatened to end a gender equality. dent Joe Biden ordered military attacks on deal struck with the U.N. nuclear watchdog This is the second year, since its inception in 2013, the International resistance groups in Syria. The strike mar- last weekend temporarily salvaging much Women’s Day Recognition has expanded into categories, awarding tyred a number of people whose main job monitoring of its activities if the agency’s primarily women in the Paralympic Movement who inspire and was combating terrorism. board endorses the U.S.-led resolution next emulate the Paralympic ideals, and serve as positive role models. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said week, according to a Reuters report. Five outstanding female candidates each, make up the Builder in a statement on Thursday that the airstrikes “Iran perceives this move as destructive and Next Generation categories, respectively. Three organizations were carried out by orders from President and considers it as an end to the Joint Un- have been shortlisted for the National Paralympic Committee Biden, who campaigned on de-escalating ten- derstanding of 21 February 2021 between the and International Federation (NPC/IF) category. sions with Iran. Kirby also claimed that the Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Batoul Moshref Javadi, who serves as Vice President of Wom- U.S. aggression targeted Iran-backed groups. Iran purportedly said in its letter to the IAEA, en Affairs for the Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled, has “At President Biden’s direction, U.S. mil- according to Reuters. been shortlisted for Builder category. This category recognizes follow-on negotiations. With our allies, we eign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said itary forces earlier this evening conducted Iran has not commented yet on this letter. sustained and consistent leadership over a period of time, advo- will work to strengthen and extend the nu- in a tweet on February 11. airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by But an unidentified Iranian official told Nour cacy, overall contributions and impact promoting and supporting clear deal’s provisions, while also addressing The chief Iranian diplomat reiterated this Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern News, a website close to Iran’s top security women in sport. other issues of concern,” Biden wrote in a position in another tweet on Thursday last Syria. These strikes were authorized in re- body, that the U.S. “hackneyed” move to put Back-to back Paralympic champion Zahra Nemati has been September op-ed for CNN. week, saying that the U.S. behavior has not sponse to recent attacks against American and forward a resolution against Iran is indicative also shortlisted for next Generation category. She participated But Biden quietly reneged on his campaign changed since Biden took office. Coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing of the U.S. intention to continue Trump’s at the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, promise after he won the U.S. presidential “U.S. admits that only after it ‘left the threats to those personnel. Specifically, the pressures on Iran. and in May 2018, she was designated as the first Sustainable De- strikes destroyed multiple facilities located election by saying that rejoining the nuclear JCPOA, Iran has taken steps away’ while “These hackneyed behaviors are a continu- deal would be hard and difficult because the until then ‘Iran was living up to its limits.’ velopment Goals (SDGs) Ambassador by the president of Global at a border control point used by a number ation of Trump’s maximum pressure strategy Understanding (GU) Regional Action Centre in Iran. of Iranian-backed militant groups, including nuclear deal is not enough and thus it should That U.S. behavior—the CAUSE—has not and unveil the contentious intention of the Kait’ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kait’ib Sayyid be expanded. changed. E3 also culpable-no business w with new U.S. administration against Iran,” the al-Shuhada (KSS),” Kirby claimed. And this has drawn strong criticism from Iran for 3 years. US/E3 must remove the Iranian official said. The Pentagon spokesman also alleged Iran, which has roundly rejected any pros- cause, NOT ask Iran to stop ¶36 remedies,” The official also described the U.S. push Mehdi Pashazadeh named that the U.S. acted in a manner that aims pect for new negotiations beyond the nuclear Zarif tweeted. to censure Iran at the IAEA as a “distrac- to “to de-escalate the overall situation,” a program, particularly negotiations over the The Biden administration continues to tive move aimed at continuing inaction and Machine Sazi coach claim that stands in stark contrast to what country’s missile program and its regional follow its predecessor’s lead in dealing with pressure on Iran.” SPORTSTEHRAN — Mehdi Pashazadeh was appointed the United States did in Syria. activities. Iran, resorting to coercive diplomacy all while Joe Biden has not changed the U.S. policy deskas head coach of Iranian top-flight football The airstrikes came amid a renewed Iran called on the Biden administration ignoring its campaign promises to break with against Iran after he won the U.S. election. team Machine Sazi on Wednesday. interest in diplomacy between Tehran and to lift the sanctions its predecessor imposed Trump’s failed policy on Iran. He criticized Trump for so many issues at Pashazadeh, who parted company with First Division team Washington following Joe Biden’s win in the on Iran after pulling out of it in May 2018, In addition to holding tightly onto sanc- home and abroad but ended up following Pas Hamedan last week, will lead Machine Sazi for the rest of U.S. presidential election. Biden has long but the Biden administration refused to tions, the Biden administration also intends exactly his bullying campaign against Iran, the season. promised to rekindle diplomacy with Iran, budge an inch. Instead, they keep calling to ramp up diplomatic pressure on Iran by something that drew criticism even from The 47-year-old coach replaced Saeid Akhbari in the Iranian reviving hopes for salvaging the 2015 Iran on Iran to “return to compliance” with the encouraging the International Atomic En- some Biden proponents. football team. nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint JCPOA as if it was Iran that withdrew from ergy Agency Board of Governors to adopt a “If the Biden administration screws up “I am well aware that we have a difficult task ahead but I’m Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). this deal. resolution against Iran. rejoining the JCPOA by insisting Iran ‘make here to avoid relegation. We want to finish as high as possible. During his election campaign, Biden had “Biden administration officials keep talk- Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the first move’--even though it was the US I’ve already worked at Tabriz based football teams and have said that he will offer Iran a credible path to ing about Iran’s compliance with JCPOA. In U.S. diplomats circulated a document on that left the deal in 2018 while Iran was still good memory of working here,” Pashazadeh said after taking diplomacy. what capacity? U.S. ceased participation in Thursday which lists Washington’s griev- in full compliance--it will be a sign that they charge of Machine Sazi. “I will offer Tehran a credible path back to May 2018, violated JCPOA & punished those ances and orders Iran to fully cooperate with aren’t as adept at diplomacy as they claim to Pashazadeh started his playing career at Esteghlal in 1992 diplomacy. If Iran returns to strict compliance complying with UN resolution. As of today, inspectors. The proposed resolution would be,” Stephen Walt, a professor of international and joined Bayer Leverkusen six years later. with the nuclear deal, the United States would U.S. remains in EXACTLY same position. “underscore strong concern at the IAEA’s affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, said in He has started his coaching career in Admira Wacker II in rejoin the agreement as a starting point for Before spouting off, COMPLY,” Iranian For- findings” and “express the board’s deepening a tweet on Thursday. 2006 and has also headed Rah Ahan, Parseh, Shahrdari Tabriz, Aluminum Arak, Nassaji Mazandaran and Shahrdari Tabriz. Machine Sazi sit bottom of the table in Iran Professional League. U.S. behavior has not changed, Zarif says POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister you to the fact that we have full faith and full confidence in intervals exactly one year after the U.S. left the agreement Zahra Nemati runner-up at deskMohammad Javad has castigated the new the director general of the IAEA, full faith and full confidence and imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Even at the Fazza Para Archery World U.S. administration for not changing tack on Iran, urging in the IAEA. The IAEA, while the Iran deal, while the JCPOA time Iran insisted that if the remaining parties to the deal, the White House to remove the cause that forced Iran to was in full effect, while Iran was abiding by it, they expressed especially the Europeans, shield Iran from U.S. sanctions Ranking Tournament reduce its nuclear commitments. confidence that Iran was living up to its limits.” it will reverse its decisions. “US admits that only after it ‘left the JCPOA, Iran has Priced added, “Now, this is a – not an uncomplicated Zarif has long said that Iran’s measures in this regard SPORTSTEHRAN — Zahra Nemati from Iran fell short taken steps away’ while until then ‘Iran was living up to its set of issues, and I know you’re referring to some of these are consistent with the terms of the JCPOA, particularly deskin the final match of the Fazza Para Archery limits.’ That US behavior—the CAUSE—has not changed,” technical matters. But the IAEA – and I certainly wouldn’t paragraph 36, which he asked the Europeans to read. World Ranking Tournament, losing to her Turkish rival Sengul Zarif said in a tweet on Thursday. want to speak to them, but I suspect if you go and ask them, “Have our E3 partners ever read para 36 of JCPOA & Yagmur 6-2 at the recurve women open. The foreign minister was referring to U.S. State Department they will tell you that they were satisfied by Iran’s compliance Iran›s many letters on that basis? By what logic is the onus The back-to-back Paralympic champion had previously defeated spokesperson Ned Price’s remarks during his February 24 with the deal. Iran was complying with the deal.” on IRAN to stop its remedial measures undertaken a full year Pooja Khanna from India and Nataliya Malykh from Ukraine in press briefing, at which he said that Iran started to reduce Zarif also criticized the European signatories to the JCPOA after the US withdrew from—and continues to violate—the the previous round. its nuclear commitments with the 2015 nuclear deal – for- – France, Germany and the UK (E3)- for not doing business JCPOA? What have E3 done to fulfill their duties?” Zarif Merve Nur Eroglu from Turkey also won the bronze medal mally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran for three years after the Trump administration tweeted on February 12. after beating Ukraine’s Nataliya Malykh 6-2. (JCPOA)- after the U.S. withdrew from it. pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal. One day earlier, Zarif had said that the Biden admin- More than 70 Para archers from 11 nations took part in the “Over the course of the past couple years – ever since May “E3 also culpable-no business with Iran for 3 years. US/ istration has failed to break with Trump’s Iran policy of seventh edition of the event in Dubai, the UAE. of 2018 when the United States left the JCPOA, Iran has taken E3 must remove the cause, NOT ask Iran to stop ¶36 reme- imposing economic pressure on Iran. steps away from the nuclear deal, the nuclear deal that, when dies,” the chief Iranian diplomat said. “Biden administration officials keep talking about Iran’s it was in effect, was verifiably and permanently blocking Iran’s Following Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA, Tehran compliance with JCPOA. In what capacity? U.S. ceased par- Esteghlal, Persepolis learn ability to acquire a nuclear weapon,” Price claimed. embarked on a policy of gradually reducing its nuclear com- ticipation in May 2018, violated JCPOA & punished those fate at Hazfi Cup The spokesperson pointed out, “We can’t go back to the mitments in response to the U.S. imposition of economic complying with UN resolution. As of today, U.S. remains in Joint Commission and make clear when we think Iran has sanctions on Iran. EXACTLY same position. Before spouting off, COMPLY,” SPORTSTEHRAN — Esteghlal and Persepolis football come into violation of the JCPOA. Look, again, I would point Iran started to reduce JCPOA commitments at bimonthly Zarif tweeted. deskteams, as the most decorated teams in Iran’s Hazfi Cup, learned their rivals at the competition’s Round of 32. Esteghlal will face Iran Professional League team Paykan in the stage, while Persepolis meet second-tier Mes Novin Kerman. Iran says UN investigator has no authority to comment on Ukrainian plane crash The first leg will be played on March 11 and 12, with the return leg a month later. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Spokesman information which she had received and to relevant countries,” Khatibzadeh said. “Maybe one of the reasons of this unwar- Below, is the full list of the draw: deskfor Iran’s Foreign Ministry was the base of her report was distorted, “So far, three countries have sent to the ranted haste is her resignation from her post *Aluminum Arak – Havadar Tehran Saeed Khatibzadeh has responded to UN Spe- tainted with numerous mistakes, biased relevant authority their technical viewpoints as special rapporteur, and by issuing an im- *Zob Ahan – Shahr Khodro cial Rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary and irrelevant.” about this report. Most of those views con- mature and impetuous text, she may have *Nassaji – Saipa executions Agnes Callamard’s comments on “Accordingly, some charges have been firmed the technical report,” the spokesman wanted to turn the issue into a fait accompli * Malavan Anzali – Vista Turbine Tehran the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran by saying leveled against the Islamic Republic of Iran continued. for her successor, or she may have received *Sanat Naft – Damash Parseh that the UN investigator had no authority without any valid evidence and documents,” “Moreover, based on comments made promises for new job positions at some non- *Paykan – Esteghlal to comment on the crash. he added. by the relevant official, the final report will governmental organizations in return for her *Sepahan – Mes Rafsanjan “The incident is outside the UN official’s Khatibzadeh pointed out, “It specifically be made public by the end of the current move to issue this politically-motivated text,” *Esteghlal Mollasani – Shahin Bandar Ameri remit based on her mission objectives stip- seems that she has got involved in this issue Persian Year (ending March 20, 2021),” Khatibzadeh said. *Naft Masjed Soleyman – Kheybar Khorramabad ulated in a UN Human Rights Council res- hastily, and the result of this hasty action Khatibzadeh said. “Given that the rapporteur’s action *Gol Gohar Sirjan – Mes Kerman olution,” Khatibzadeh said in a statement was an unprofessional, invalid and undocu- “The report, which contains hundreds of was outside the purview of her responsi- * Tractor – Shahrdari Mahshahr on Wednesday. mented text which has resulted in questions pages, precisely, professionally and compre- bilities and overlooked the international * Shahrdari Bardaskan – Khooshe Talaei Saveh “In international law, there are specif- and ambiguities about the motive behind hensively deals with factors contributing to technical and legal mechanism for looking *Mes Novin Kerman – Persepolis ic as well as precise legal and technical this move.” the accident and other relevant issues,” he into air accidents, the text is not effective * Pars Jonoubi Jam – Pas Hamedan frameworks to look into this issue, and the He underlined that even if Callamard con- explained. whatsoever. Nevertheless, irrespective of *Etehad Kamyaran – Qashqai Shiraz rapporteur’s sphere of activity has nothing to sidered reviewing the case within her purview, According to Khatibzadeh, an indictment her motive and regardless of the main *Machine Sazi – Foolad do with these regulations and frameworks; she could have waited until a technical report for those accused in the case is about to be issue, i.e., the rapporteur’s not having the The Iran’s Hazfi Cup was founded in 1975 and Esteghlal are rather, the rapporteur’s unwarranted in- on the incident as well as an indictment for issued by Iranian judicial authorities. The authority to look into the incident, the the most successful club with seven titles, followed by Persepolis volvement might have an unconstructive the accused were issued. court will soon begin looking into charges Islamic Republic of Iran has, in a goodwill who have won six titles. impact on the legal procedures as well,” “A technical report on the incident was against the accused once the case is com- gesture, prepared detailed answers to the the spokesman said, adding, “She has put drawn up in accordance with international pleted at the military prosecutor’s office, the questions and ambiguities raised and will forward numerous points indicating the standards on December 29, 2020 and sent spokesman continued. present them soon,” he concluded. Rezaeian’s free kick chosen the best of 2020 Iraqi FM due in Tehran on Saturday SPORTSTEHRAN — Ramin Rezaeian’s goal from set- deskpiece was chosen the Best Free-kicks of AFC POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iraqi Foreign Minister Council Ali Shamkhani and President Hassan Rouhani. “Ending the presence of the American forces in the region Champions League 2020. desk Fuad Hussein is expected to arrive in Teh- The foreign ministers of Iran and Iraq discussed the latest would be the best response to this terrorist act,” Zarif said. He defeated his compatriot Ali Karimi in the poll organized ran on Saturday for the second time in a month, according developments in bilateral relations as well as regional and Foreign Minister Hussein, for his part, described the by the-afc.com. to an Iraqi news agency. international issues, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a visits of the delegations of the two countries as a sign of the In the match against Sharjah, Rezaeian struck the pick of goals Citing a source familiar with the matter, Iraqi Middle East statement at that time. two sides’ commitment to bilateral relations. Reviewing to send Al-Duhail 2-0 up early in the second half after Almoez News reported on Friday that the Iraqi foreign minister will During the meeting, Zarif expressed his appreciation the issues of relations between the two countries in various Ali had scored the opener for the Qataris in the 40th minute. travel to Tehran for the second time in less than a month. to the Iraqi government for judicially following up on the fields, he explained the views of the Iraqi side in this regard. The Iranian international had joined Al Duhail just three weeks The source did not give more detail about the visit and assassination of the two anti-terror leaders, Major General The Iraqi foreign minister also met with Shamkhani, prior after enjoying a magnificent individual 2019-20 season, scoring the issues that Hussein will discuss with Iranian officials. Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, expressing who expressed appreciation to Iraq for issuing an arrest 13 times for his former side Al Shahania in the Qatar Stars League. The chief Iraqi diplomat paid a visit to Iran in early February hope that anyone who ordered and carried out this criminal warrant against former U.S. President Donald Trump who Rezaein won the poll with 85 percent of votes. during which he met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad act would be punished through legal follow-up, according had ordered the assassination of General Soleimani and Karimi, former Esteghlal midfielder, who scored a goal against Javad Zarif, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security to the statement. al-Muhandis. Pakhtakor from the set-piece, finished in second place with 14 percent. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Industrial parks’ power Rouhani inaugurates major outage problem discussed in TCCIMA meeting ECONOMY TEHRAN — During the 72nd session of freeway near capital Tehran deskthe private sector-government dialogue council of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, ECONOMY TEHRAN – President and major highways are developed, the Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA), which was held at the desk place of TCCIMA on Wednesday, the private sector rep- Hassan Rouhani on more the traffic flow will be eased, the resentatives discussed the issue of electricity outages in Thursday inaugurated a 158-kilometers-long less fuel consumption will be, and the less the industrial parks and the resulted losses and damages. freeway near capital Tehran through a vir- time transportation will take. tual ceremony, IRNA reported. Country’s highways to stretch by Implemented with a total investment of 7,500km 70 trillion rials (about $1.66 billion), the Iranian Transport and Urban Develop- freeway project called “Ghadir” connects ment Minister Mohammad Eslami who also Abyek city in Qazvin province to Varamin attended the opening ceremony underlined in southern Tehran after passing through the significance of developing the country’s the Alborz province. major transportation routes for the gov- Over 70 percent of the financing for ernment and said: “The total length of the this project was provided by the country’s country’s highways which was 12,500 km private sector, while the other 30 percent in [the Iranian calendar year] 1392 (ended was supplied by the government. on March 21, 2014) is going to reach 20,000 As reported, some 49 large bridges, 690 km by the end of the current government’s small bridges, two tunnels, 12 intersections, the northwestern regions of the country Rouhani said the project is an achievement incumbency (August 2021).” and 32 parking lots have been constructed to the northeastern areas. for the country at a time when boosting the He further noted that the total length along this highway. The construction of the mentioned six- national economy is a top priority. of the country’s freeways, which was 2,100 This project which has completed part lane freeway was started in the Iranian He underlined that the project was km in the Iranian calendar year 1392, is of the country’s east-west and north-south calendar year 1394 (ended on March 20, implemented and completed according going to increase by more than 50 percent 2016). Representatives of the private sector also stressed the freeway corridors, will shorten the route to schedule. to reach 3,300 km by the end of the gov- Speaking in the inauguration ceremony, need to compensate for these damages. and facilitate the transportation between The president said the more freeways ernment’s incumbency. During the meeting, which was participated by Anoush- irvan Mohseni Bandpey, the governor-general of Tehran, the direct and indirect effects of gas and electricity outages on guilds, industry, agriculture and people were examined. At the beginning of the meeting, the chairman of the S. Korea to release $1b of Iran’s frozen assets soon mentioned dialogue council said, “In the issue of power 1 In the meeting which was held on the invitation Iran’s use of its central bank resources to buy basic goods, and gas outages, we were faced with incorrect policies of of the South Korean embassy, the two sides negotiated the medicine, and humanitarian items is by no means accept- service providers”, adding, “Due to these outages, many ways and protocols for allocating a part of Iranian funds able, and we expect Seoul to lift this restriction as soon as units had problems and of course some used this oppor- in South Korea for purchasing essential goods from third possible.” tunity to increase the price of their products.” countries. Following the intensification of disputes between the two Later in the meeting, the managing director of Teh- Earlier on Wednesday, Hemmati had said that at least $1 sides, South Korean Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Choi Jong ran Industrial Parks Company presented a report on the billion of Iran’s frozen assets in South Korea will soon return Kun visited Iran in January and met with senior Iranian damages caused by power outages in the industrial parks. to the country as the first stage of the unfreezing process. officials including the CBI governor for discussing ways for “In the meeting with the South Korean envoy, we stressed resolving the issue. ‘Iran-EAEU $30b trade how Iran could use its resources,” the official told reporters In the meeting with Choi, Hemmati called on the South on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting. Korean government to take an independent approach to- possible’ According to CBI, over seven billion dollars of Iranian oil wards the issue of releasing Iran’s resources in the country, revenues have been frozen in two South Korean banks since saying: “Seven billion dollars belonging to the Iranian nation ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value of trade between September 2019, when Washington’s sanctions waiver for has been blocked in South Korean banks for more than two deskIran and the members of Eurasian Eco- South Korea’s imports of Iranian oil expired. years, this is unacceptable and Iran definitely will not be nomic Union (EAEU) can reach $27 billion - $30 billion, as Iran has repeatedly called on Seoul to abandon its “illegal” indifferent towards this issue.” there are ample capacities in this regard, according to an policies and release the Iranian assets that it has frozen due Referring to a previous visit to Seoul, Hemmati said: After the Korean official’s visit to Iran, the two sides official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO). to the U.S. sanctions so that Tehran can step up its fight “A year and a half ago, I had talks with South Korean offi- finally agreed that South Korea should provide the neces- Although, this figure has not yet materialized due to the against COVID-19. cials, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of sary monetary channels for Iran to be able to use its assets lack of knowledge about the two sides’ capacities, Behrouz Earlier, President Hassan Rouhani had reacted to Seoul’s Economy, about this issue, and they promised assistance in this country for purchasing essentials goods through Hosn-Olfat, the director-general of the TPO’s office of blocking of Iranian assets, saying: “South Korea’s ban on and cooperation, which unfortunately were not realized.” third countries. European and American countries, stated. The value of trade between Iran and the Eurasian Eco- nomic Union’s member states stood at $1.8 billion during the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020 – January 19, 2021), according to a report Southwestern Tombak export-service port goes operational released by Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, ECONOMY TEHRAN — Managing Iran’s South Pars gas field with a capacity Back in 2019, Managing Director of Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA). deskdirector of Pars Oil and of 80,000 cubic meters. The LPG stored National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) The TCCIMA’s report says that the mentioned amount Gas Company (POGC) announced that the in these storages will be transported to the Hassan Montazer Torbati had announced constitutes three percent of Iran’s non-oil trade during first wharf of the Tombak export-service mentioned port when the said pipelines his company’s decision for increasing LPG the ten-month period. port in southwestern Bushehr Province has are completed. exports in the upcoming years. Meanwhile, the value of the Iranian exports to the gone operational, Shana reported. According to Meshkinfam, the total Torbati had said that a huge amount members of the union have risen by 30 percent during According to Mohammad Meshkinfam, LPG loading capacity in this project will of LPG is currently produced in the coun- the 12-month period from October 27, 2019, to October the mentioned wharf was officially put into be increased to 160,000 cubic meters after try which could be exported to the global 26, 2020, compared to the preceding 12 months, the TPO operation by loading and exporting a 6,700- another two tanks go operational by the markets. has said in a report. ton Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cargo end of the current Iranian calendar year South Pars gas field, which Iran shares from the port’s terminal. (March 20). with Qatar in the Persian Gulf waters, is Underlining the port’s complete read- Tombak export-service terminal is located currently divided into 24 standard phas- iness for loading and exporting of South in the Pars II area, where eight refineries es on the Iranian side and is estimated to Pars gas field’s products, the official noted construction of six LPG pipelines from the and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project contain a significant amount of natural gas, that another 44,000-ton vessel is going to refineries of South Pars phases 13 and 22-24 are located. accounting for about eight percent of the moor at this port to be loaded with LPG to the Tombak port and said: “Currently, the In addition to exporting oil and gas world’s reserves, and approximately 18 from the Pars II site. liquefied gas produced in these two refin- products, this port is aimed at providing billion barrels of condensate. In order to complete the remaining sec- eries is exported in the hot form; however, services to vessels navigating in the region. The mentioned gas field covers an area tions of the terminal, executive operations when these pipelines are completed, cold Iranian Oil Ministry has been following a of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square are underway simultaneously with the op- liquefied gas will be loaded and exported series of programs for boosting the exports kilometers of which, called South Pars, are eration of the first wharf of the terminal, through Tombak export port.” of oil and gas products especially from the in Iran’s territorial waters. The remaining Meshkinfam stressed. In late January, POGC also inaugurated country’s southern Pars Special Economic 6,000 square kilometers, called North Dome, He pointed to the implementation and two LPG storage tanks of phase 22-24 of Energy Zone (PSEEZ). are situated in Qatar’s territorial waters.

TEDPIX falls 2.7% in a week Based on the report, Iran exported 2.863 million tons of ECONOMY TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main in near future if the government stops interfering in goods worth $1.091 billion to the EAEU member countries deskindex of Tehran Stock Exchange it, Amir-Baqeri stressed. in the said period, compared to the 2.657 million tons (TSE), dropped 2.7 percent during the past Iranian Back in January, Finance and Economic Affairs valued at $842 million in the previous year’s same period. calendar week. Minister Farhad Dejpasand had said that the stock The exports from the Islamic Republic to the mentioned The index stood at 1.205 million points on Wednesday market is on the right track and has reached a stage union also increased by eight percent in terms of weight. (the last working day of the week). that can be trusted in terms of performance. The value of total non-oil trade between Iran and the During the past week, the indices of Social Security “Except for the peripheral variables that affect this members of the Eurasian union reached $3.419 billion Investment Company, Tamin Cement Company, Amin market, we do not have a specific disturbance in the in the period under review, up eight percent compared Investment Bank, Mobarakeh Steel Company, National market”, the minister stated, adding: “sometimes the to the figure for the same period in the previous year, the Iranian Copper Industry Company, Tehran Oil Refining policies that are made in different sectors affect the data released by the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry Company, and Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company market, which is natural.” showed. were the most widely followed indices. The vice-chairman of TSE’s board of directors had According to the mentioned report, Iran also imported Last week, market analyst Amir-Ali Amir-Baqeri told also said in December 2020 that the stock market is 6.696 million tons of commodities worth $2.328 billion IRNA that Iranian stock market is moving in the right expected to spend the last months of the current Iranian in the mentioned period, registering a 20 percent and direction and will reach stability in the near future. calendar year (ends on March 20) calmly. a 0.04 percent increase, respectively, compared to the “Market authorities are currently using asymmetric Mentioning investigation of the periodical (six- preceding 12 months. fluctuations to improve the market situation, but we the offering of the second ETF (dubbed First Refinery, month and nine-month) reports of the companies’ The increase in the trade between the two sides comes must move in a direction where there is no volatility or Dara Second), increase in interest rates, and the performance, Javad Eshqi-Nejad said that given the after signing a free trade agreement which allows Iran to in the market,” Amir-Baqeri said. ambiguities in the next year’s national budget bill foreign currency exchange rate situation and the trade nearly 862 commodity items subjected to preferential Criticizing the government’s interference in the capital resulted in a recession in the stock market. appropriate sales volume, in this period, almost the tariffs with the mentioned union. market, Baqeri said the more the market moves away According to Amir-Baqeri, the changing political expectations of listed companies have been met and Iran and Eurasian Economic Union reached the men- from ordained pricing, and government-set rules and atmosphere in the United States and the world, and also positive results have been provided for the capital tioned free trade agreement in October 2018. This interim regulations, toward a free market in which the pricing Iran’s economic resilience against the U.S. sanctions market. agreement which makes the formation of a free trade area is set through supply and demand, the more realistic also impacted the market. Regarding the continuation of the stock market between Iran and the EAEU possible, officially came into and competitive the economy will become in the mid Consequently, Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s main trend in the next three months, he said: “In this regard, force on October 27, 2019. and long term. index (TEDPIX) which had surpassed two million points the main issue is political relations and international Iran is a very important market in the region and the The expert noted that political factors including in early August 2020, suddenly started a downward trend behavior; we seem to be achieving good results in the development of ties with this country is of high signifi- the U.S. sanctions and their impact on the domestic in late August and has since slumped about 38 percent. international arena.” cance for the EAEU members (Russia, Belarus, Armenia, markets which led to the increase of inflation in the To support the market, the government has started While predicting that the stock market will be calm Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan). country led people to bring their assets into the stock passing new regulations and guidelines and has injected in the last months of this year, he said: “But for the The agreement with the bloc has increased Iran’s ex- market, and that caused a significant surge in the millions of dollars of resources into the market; however, next year, according to the budget, we may face new ports to the EAEU member states significantly, which is a mentioned market. these measures have been proven counterproductive, events whose analysis can have special effects on various turning point for the Islamic Republic’s plans for boosting However, several external factors, including the according to the expert. industries; in a way that these effects may be associated non-oil exports during the U.S. sanctions. disputes between the oil and economy ministries over The market is correcting itself and will reach stability with some industries for the next 2-3 years.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y FEBRUARY 27, 2021 ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW 5 Scholar says it’s not clear Biden can overcome polarization soon 1 There will certainly be major changes in in U.S. domestic political scene. What is previous Republican and Democratic govern- messages and implications of this failure? a return to the Trump-blocked international both domestic and foreign policy. The Democratic your opinion? ments). Some attempt to reform rather chaotic One clear message is that the majority of agreement with Iran, and avoidance of conflict Party and the Trump-led Republican Party are Hard to deny that. Since the Civil War of 1861- local vote-counting processes to increase public Congressmembers supported a guilty verdict, in the Middle East (West Asia). ideologically polarized. 65, the two parties have not been so polarized. confidence in election outcomes would help, too. but the constitutional process required a 2/3 Some claim that the bipartisan (two-party) 1. Domestic policy under Biden and the Dem- That is a very unfortunate situation. It is not The Democratic Party beginning with Bill vote in the Senate. And the legal battle to punish system is outdated and the U.S. needs a third ocratic Congress will involve far greater spending clear that President Biden can overcome the po- Clinton had drastically changed the party’s ori- Trump (and those who stormed Congress) for solution as Democrats and Republicans have and a focus on helping minorities and women. larization any time soon, though the American entation toward labor, and Biden seems inclined a variety of actions is continuing. Hundreds failed to tackle the deep-rooted challenges 2. Foreign policy will be far more oriented people very much hope for that. to remedy that, as well as to be somewhat more of Congress invaders will be found guilty, and in the country. What is your comment? toward multilateral diplomacy. There are ways that the Biden administration protective of American industrial jobs. However, Trump is forever tainted in the minds of the Well, we’ve had a two-party system for over 200 3. The conduct of executive branch govern- could attempt such reconciliation—like adopting his encouragement of large-scale immigration American majority. There is, and will be increased years. I can’t imagine that changing. Of course, ment will be led by people with experience some version of the policies that both Trump is a policy position increasingly controversial in local and national government attention to the within both parties, there can be discontent and and expertise, rather than amateurs whose and social-democrat Bernie Sanders supported most Western democracies, seen as a threat to dangers posed by extremist groups, and great support for change. The Republicans now face the major qualification is unquestioning support (abandonment of trade treaties promoting the both labor and cultural values (and more recently, social pressure by communities and families of greatest challenge…to secure a majority without for the president. Trump was a remarkably interests of large global corporations, restraining to the spread of Covid19). the extremists who invaded Congress. the extremely divisive Donald Trump. unusual president in his personality and lack illegal migration seen as costing American jobs, Democrats’ efforts to impeach Trump How may the domestic struggle and di- Democratic politics is inventive. Eventually, of any prior political experience. His election and abandoning regime-change wars backed by for the second time failed. What are the vision ultimately affect the performance of the GOP will come up with a non-Trump strategy. in 2016 should not be seen as representing any the Biden administration’s foreign policy? A few pundits predict that it will evolve from long-standing characteristics of the American There is, and will be increased local and Domestic struggles will encourage continued its long-term orientation as the Party of Capital people. It was an act of desperation amid rising national government attention to the dangers moves to protect American jobs in trade policy, toward being the Party of the Working Class (and inequality and hopelessness, and Hillary Clin- and to peacefully constrain China’s economic and not just the white working-class). ton’s heavy-handed defeat of Bernie Sanders posed by extremist groups, and great social military power. Skepticism about the friendly Predictions in an established democracy are for the party’s nomination. pressure by communities and families of the policy of both Republican and Democratic parties not easy. But I think most American political Some believe that the recent presidential toward Saudi Arabia has been in evidence for historians are confident that democracy will election and its aftermath left a deep rift extremists who invaded Congress. years. And a solid majority of Americans back survive. Because the people want it to. Resolution in the hands of Yemeni parties, says ex-U.S. ambassador to Sanaa 1 The recent escalation in the Yemeni Ma’rib has led Following is the text of the interview: “buying decisions” of international or U.S. institutes. There is solutions to their differences. In a post-conflict situation, to the displacement of at least 8,000 people in recent weeks, Recent statements by the new American admin- global concern about human rights violations in many of the regional powers will need to assist Yemen in rebuilding and bringing the total number of displacements in that part of the istration to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia seem to states of the Middle East (West Asia) including Saudi Arabia recovering from the effects of the conflict. country to more than 116,000. be the first step to force Saudi Arabia to the stop the and there has been a strong push in the U.S. and elsewhere for Some argue that Biden’s move in delisting Yem- Humanitarian institutes estimate that as many as another war on Yemen. Given the catastrophic humanitarian accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. en’s Houthis as a terrorist organization is aimed at 385,000 people may also be displaced if the conflict contin- situation in Yemen after big damages to the country’s Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia is an important regional partner encouraging peace talks in Yemen. What do you think? ues, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of more people infrastructure, do you think Biden’s move is just a for the U.S. and there is a long and positive history of cooperation Primarily, the decision to reverse the Trump administration’s in Ma’rib city proper who could be affected by the clashes. superficial reform or we can expect a fundamental between private sector institutions in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. decision to list the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization International bodies warn that such a development would shift in U.S. approach? Don’t you think that certain Arab states of the Persian (FTO) was over concern that the listing would have negative worsen humanitarian situations far beyond what people in President Biden has been clear that he is seeking a reset Gulf region (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE) would consequences for millions of innocent Yemeni civilians, as it the area presently have the capacity for. of the U.S. approach to ending the conflict in Yemen through put pressure on the Biden administration not to change would interfere with humanitarian assistance operations as well The new U.S. administration claims it plans to reverse Trump’s diplomatic engagement and support for the UN-led effort policy toward Yemen in particular and West Asia in general? as the private sector imports of food, fuel, and medicine. If, as policies in West Asia, including Yemen, to end regional conflicts. to bring the Yemeni parties to the negotiating table to reach Saudi Arabia has welcomed President Biden’s initiative to a secondary outcome, the delisting also helps pave the way for However, some Yemeni politicians believe that the Amer- a political solution to the conflict. Ending U.S. support end the conflict in Yemen and, I believe, the Saudis would em- a return to negotiations, that would be a positive development. ican administration is not serious in stopping the aggression for the Saudi-led coalition’s offensive operations in Yemen brace a political resolution of the conflict as would the other Regarding your experience as the last U.S. ambassa- or lifting the siege on the Yemeni people. is meant to help promote the diplomatic process that the Arab states in the (Persian) Gulf. dor to Yemen, what do you think of the fate of this war? “Biden would make the decision to end the war and lift the president is trying to achieve. What is the role of regional powers in ending the I believe the war will end when the parties become convinced siege directly,” according to Hezam al-Assad, a senior member How could Saudi Arabia buy decisions of inter- war in Yemen? that they cannot achieve their objectives through a continu- of the political office of the Yemeni Ansarullah. national institutes and even Americans despite its The conflict in Yemen is primarily a civil war and the resolution ation of the fighting and can have a better outcome through But Feierstein says “Biden is seeking a reset of the U.S. ap- disastrous human rights record, especially when is in the hands of the Yemeni parties. Nevertheless, regional negotiations. proach to ending the conflict in Yemen through diplomatic one thinks of dismemberment of Khashoggi and powers, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and While the new Houthi attack on Ma’rib is unhelpful, engagement and support for the UN-led effort to bring the their war crimes in Yemen? Iran, must play a role in supporting the diplomatic negotiating I hope that we are coming to the point where the parties Yemeni parties to the negotiating table.” I’m not aware of the basis for claiming that Saudi Arabia is process and encouragingAGRICULTURAL the Yemeni parties toSUPPORT find peaceful SERVICESwill draw that conclusion.COMPANY

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Services Company (ASSC) We would like to emphasize that the bid bond amount should be in bank guarantee as follows: 1- € 15996 for 2,4-D + MCPA 67.5% SL equivalent to Iranian Rials 4603550000. 2- € 12559 for Bromoxynil octanoate+MCPA-2-ethyl ester 40%EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 3614461000. 3- € 7805 for Bromoxynil+2,4-D 56% EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 2246189000. 4- € 27637 for Pinoxaden + safener 5% EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 7953798000. 5- € 42382 for Pinoxaden + clodinafop propargyl+ chocoin toset 5% EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 12197268000. 6- € 35574 for Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium+ Mesosulfuron- methyl+ mefenpyr-diethyl 1.2% OD equivalent to Iranian Rials 10238058000. 7- € 19700 for + Mesosulfuron-methyl+ Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium +Diflufenican+mefenpyr-diethyl 6% OD equivalent to Iranian Rials 5669538000. 8- € 7011 for Sethoxydim 12.5% OEC equivalent to Iranian Rials 2017763000. 9- € 19271 for Clopyralid 30% SL equivalent to Iranian Rials 5546188000. 10- € 52538 for Propiconazole 25% EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 15120200000. 11- € 100697 for Epoxiconazole + Tiophanate-methyl 49.7% SC equivalent to Iranian Rials 28980000000. 12- € 42982 for Cyproconazole + Propiconazole 33% EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 12370000000. 13- € 48222 for Deltamethrin 2.5% EC equivalent to Iranian Rials 13878180000. 14- € 49067 for Tebuconazole 2% DS equivalent to Iranian Rials 14121300000. 15- € 28562 for Tebuconazole 6% FS equivalent to Iranian Rials 8220000000. 16- € 11972 for Tebuconazole + Prothioconazole 40% FS equivalent to Iranian Rials 3445425500. 17- € 21140 for Difenoconazole 3% DS equivalent to Iranian Rials 6084000000. 18- € 17868 for Difenoconazole 3% FS equivalent to Iranian Rials 5652000000. 19-€ 31341 for Carboxin+Thiram 75% WP equivalent to Iranian Rials 9019786000. 20- € 44940 for Carboxin+Thiram 40% FS equivalent to Iranian Rials 12933485000. The bid bond value will be in Euro or in equal value of any other foreign currencies, except US dollars, based on Telegraphic Transfer rate in Sana rate website, www.sanarate.ir. It should be noted that this site lists the currency transactions, executed in Integrated Currency Transactions System [Nima website] on 15/02/2021. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 HERITAGE & TOURISM FEBRUARY 27, 2021

I invite all travelers interested in culture to visit Iran: Iran submits UNESCO dossier Venezuelan tourism minister

1 Isfahan, the capital of a province of the same name, is nicknamed “Nesf-e-Jahan” which is translated into “half the on collective caravanserais world”, meaning it contains fully half of the world’s wonders. In its heyday, it was also one of the largest cities in the region with a TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran has Iran’s earliest caravanserais were built population of nearly one million. The cool blue tiles of Isfahan’s deskrecently submitted an during the Achaemenid era (550 -330 BC). Islamic buildings, and the city’s majestic bridges, contrast perfectly inclusive dossier on its caravanserais to the Centuries later, when Shah Abbas I assumed with the encircling hot, dry Iranian countryside. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and power from 1588 – to 1629, he ordered the Cultural Organization. construction of network caravanserais across The dossier comprises the obligatory data the country. For many travelers to Iran, about a selection of 56 caravanserais, which staying in or even visiting a centuries-old are scattered across the ancient land. And caravanserai, can be a wide experience; they the shortlist includes qualified caravanserais have an opportunity to feel the past, a time located in at least 24 provinces, the depu- travel back into a forgotten age! ty tourism minister, Mohammad-Hassan Iran ranks 10th in the world in terms of Talebian, said on Thursday. the number of historical monuments and The concept of Iranian caravanserai, like sites registered on the UNESCO World Persian houses, gardens, qanat, and towers, Heritage list. has unique characteristics that carry high Before the Islamic Revolution, Persepolis, social, cultural, and architectural values, Naghsh-e Jahan Square, and Choghaznabil regardless of their special architectural were the only three UNESCO-listed mon- characteristics, the official said. uments, but today the number has been It seems that the construction of caravan- increased this number to 24 historical sites. Venezuela’s Minister of Tourism and Foreign Trade Ali Padron serais in Iran dates back to the Achaemenid “Arg-e Bam” (Bam Citadel) that represents Paredes visits the UNESCO-registered Imam Square in Isfahan, era (c. 550 – 330 BC) and since then until the an outstanding example of an ancient fortified February 25, 2021. early Pahlavi period (1925-1979) different settlement in Kerman province, “Bisotun” Big and sprawling Kerman is something of a cultural melting types of caravanserais were built across the in western Kermanshah province, which is pot, blending various regional cultures over time. It is also home to country, the official added. that the country is developing a dossier for a Caravansery (or caravansary) is a com- notable for its Achaemenid-era inscription rich tourist spots and historical sites including bazaars, mosques, Aside from building some caravanserais selection of its historical caravansaries for a pound word combining “caravan” with “sara”. carved on a limestone cliff, lavish “Golestan caravanserais, and ruins of ancient urban areas. [as mere roadside inns], Iranians tried to possible inscription on the UNESCO World The first stand for a group of travelers and sara Palace” in downtown Tehran which is a mas- preserve and pass down the historical and Heritage list. means the building. They often had massive terpiece of the Qajar era (1789 to 1925), and cultural elements as well as their ancestral In this regard, cultural heritage experts portals supported by elevated load-bearing millennium-old “Gonbad-e Qabus” which Old trees in Khorasan Razavi architectural values of different eras, he started assessing the nominees to make a walls. Guest rooms were constructed around is a mudbrick tomb tower for Qabus ibn explained. shortlist in terms of their architecture, his- the courtyard and stables behind them with Wushmagir, are among the other UNES- made national heritage Last year, the tourism ministry announced torical and cultural values. doors in the corners of the yard. CO-designated sites in Iran. TOURISM TEHRAN – A total of eight old trees across deskthe northeastern Khorasan Razavi province have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list. A juniper and four plane trees, which stand in the city of Tehran, Caracas agree to launch reciprocal tours Neishabur, as well as an old plane and two cypress trees in Gona- bad make up the entrees, IRNA reported on Friday. TOURISM TEHRAN – Iran and Venezuela have country has the second and tenth biggest national parks desk Plane trees have always been symbols of fertility and greenery agreed to launch mutual tours as part in the world and the Angel Fall is the highest waterfall in of nature in the ancient Iranian culture, which has the idea that of a memorandum of understanding the two inked days the world. such trees could prevent the spread of fever and infectious diseases. ago in Tehran. Padron also pointed to other natural attractions in Ven- They have been mostly Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Hand- ezuela and added that his country aims to work in unison planted in sacred areas such icrafts Ali Asghar Mounesan said that Iran and Venezuela with Iran to recover tourism industry hit by the coronavirus as churches and holy shrines. would launch tours between the two countries to improve pandemic. Juniper is a very valuable and ties, IRNA reported on Wednesday. The official praised Iran’s “brotherly assistance” to Ven- long-lasting species that grows In a meeting to sign the MoU, Mounesan, and Venezuela’s ezuela to ease the pressure of sanctions from which Iran in mountainous and high areas Minister of Tourism and Foreign Trade Ali Padron Paredes is also suffering. and has a special place in the announced they would try to improve tourism among the Venezuela’s Minister of Tourism and Foreign Trade, head- legends and myths of Iranian two countries in line with strategic plans. ing an economic delegation and tourism industry players, people. Mounesan said that the agreement was initially reached was scheduled a four-day trip which started on Tuesday. It has long been a symbol of with former Venezuelan Tourism Minister, Felix Ramon Back in October, Mounesan exchanged views with the immortality in Iranian culture Plasencia Gonzalez, and it was not implemented. former Venezuelan Tourism and Foreign Trade Minister and it can be seen in historical Pointing to the historical attractions in Iran and natural Felix, Ramon Plasencia Gonzalez, in a video conference to mansions, of which 24 being inscribed on the UNESCO Iranian miniatures. sites in Venezuela, Mounesan said he hoped the two countries deepen tourism relations, especially through simplifying World Heritage list. The evergreen tree of cypress would be good destinations for their travelers. visa rules, launching fam tours, and setting up exhibits. Under the 2025 Tourism Vision Plan, it aims to increase has been presented as an out- He also said that expansion of tourism relations between They also agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding the number of tourist arrivals from 4.8 million in 2014 to 20 standing tree in the world. For Iran and Venezuela would serve to improve trading ties be- in a bid to broaden bilateral ties. million in 2025. So it will undeniably try its best to achieve a being always green Zoroastrians tween the two countries, as a direct flight has been launched Iran expects to reap a bonanza from its numerous tourist relatively ambitious goal but when that happens the travel believe that the tree has always had significant importance. between the two capitals. spots such as bazaars, museums, mosques, bridges, bath- industry is likely to look more altered. A selection of nine Iranian gardens, which bear important Venezuelan Tourism Minister, for his part, said that his houses, madrasas, mausoleums, churches, towers, and architectural, traditional, and cultural elements, have been col- lectively inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list under the title of “The Persian Garden.” The genuine concept of the Persian Garden that is deeply rooted Coronavirus: Iran sets travel restrictions for four provinces in time interweaves natural elements with manmade components to embody an idea of creating a paradise on Earth by the means TOURISM TEHRAN – Restrictions ters for Coronavirus Control,” Teymouri the means of package tours. “Throughout of artistic, philosophical, figurative, and religious notions. deskaimed at slowing a surge announced on February 23. package tours, travelers benefit from services The UNESCO website asserts that the flawless design of the in coronavirus cases have been set for four With less than a month to go till the start provided by the tour and they will stay in Persian Garden, along with its ability to respond to extreme climatic Iranian provinces, which have recently been of the Iranian New Year, which has long been authorized accommodation centers [and des- conditions, is the result of an inspired and intelligent application designated as high-risk “red zones”. associated with millions of domestic travels, tinations] which are under the supervision of of different fields of knowledge, i.e. technology, water manage- “Travel to and from Khuzestan province the ministry wants to find a way to partially the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism ment and engineering, architecture, botany, and agriculture. is completely restricted and it is not possible revive the already-slumped travels in the and Handicrafts,” the official explained. to travel to or leave Khuzestan,” the deputy face of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the second model, people do not go traffic police chief, Seyyed Teymour Hosseini, Kish, and Qeshm have been limited until “The tourism ministry has held several on tours, but when traveling to their des- Museum dedicated to handmade told ISNA on Thursday. further notice. meetings with the National Headquarters tination city, they must stay in authorized “Moreover, it is not possible to travel The restrictions, however, are at odds for the Coronavirus Control during with we accommodation centers, which are under jewelry inaugurated in Kerman to the three northern provinces of Gilan, with the most recent announcement by the discussed the issues in detail. Based on our the supervision of the ministry, to comply

Mazandaran, and Golestan due to the corona deputy tourism minister, Vali Teymouri, who strategies, we proposed two travel models with all health protocols and maintain public TEHRAN – A museum of gold and jewelry was TOURISM situation [there] and the decisions taken to said his ministry has gained permission for that can be implemented following health health, Teymouri stated. deskinaugurated in Qeisarieh Ebrahim historical prevent the spread of the virus.” limited New Year travels, which begins on protocols in the country,” Teymouri said Iranians traditionally make hundreds complex in southeastern Kerman province, IRNA reported on Furthermore, the senior police officer March 21. last week. of thousands of domestic trips during the Thursday. announced that travels to and from Mash- “We have obtained permission for limited The first [working] model for travels in New Year holidays, when most businesses had, Shiraz, Isfahan, Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Noruz trips from the National Headquar - the Iranian New Year, proposes travels by and workplaces are closed, as are schools.

نوبت اول N.I.S.O.C1399.7150 1399.First 71 Announcement50 Caracas’s tourism minister visits National NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTHN.I.S.O.C OILFIELDS COMPANY Museum of Iran NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH AHVAZ OILFILDS-IRAN COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN TENDERTENDER NO.: NO. :01 01-31-9680036-31-9680036 TEHRAN — Venezuela’s Minis- HERITAGE National Iranian south oilfields company (NISOC) intends to purchase the following goods deskter of Tourism and Foreign Trade Ali Padron Paredes toured the National Museum Items Material Description Quantity of Iran on Friday. Iran’s deputy minister of cultural heritage and 6 P/F”ROLLS-ROYCE” INDUSTRIAL AVON GAS GENERATOR 582 The inauguration ceremony was attended by Iran’s Cultural tourism, Mohammad-Hassan Talebian, and Je- AVON MK . 1533-34-76G/101G REF.ROLLS-ROYCELTD Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan brael Nokandeh who presides over the gigantic and Venezuelan Tourism Minister Alí Padrón Paredes, who was museum accompanied the Venezuelan minister Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their" Intention To making a one-day visit to the province, as well as a number of the during the visit. Participate" letter via fax to the following number along with their resume according to Qualitative cultural and tourism officials. Assessment Form no.2, available at: www.nisoc.ir, not later than 14 days after the second announcement, Established by the private sector, the museum is aimed to otherwise, their requests for participation in the tender will be disregarded. feature the process of making gold and silver jewelry in different historical eras, the provincial tourism chief, Fereydun Fa’ali, said. The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to There are a few jewel museums across the country, of which provide and submit a bid bond of 22.028 EURO or 6.245.200.962 RIAL, in favor of NISOC. Treasury of the National Jewels, commonly known as the ‘Jewels Museum’ is the most famous. Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Located in Tehran and owned by the Central Bank of Iran, the Forms can be accessed via: www.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab museum is a collection of the most expensive jewels of the world, collected over centuries. ONLY ACCEPTABLE DELIVERY TERM IS D.D.P., NISOC'S WAREHOUSE, AGHAJARI IRAN, “On my next trip to Iran, I will visit this museum Big and sprawling Kerman province is something of a cultural PAYMENT TERM IS C.O.D., SUBSEQUENT TO NISOC'S MATERIAL APPROVAL NO ADVANCE melting pot, blending various regional cultures over time. It is also again,” Padron Paredes said during his fourth day home to rich tourist spots and historical sites including bazaars, of visiting the Islamic Republic. PAYMENT WILL BE PAID The National Museum of Iran embraces priceless mosques, caravanserais, and ruins of ancient urban areas. FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENTFOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Kerman province is bounded by the provinces of Fars on relics that represent various eras of the country’s Bldg. No. 104, MaterialBldg. Procurement No. 104, Material Management Procurement Complex, Management Complex the west, Yazd on the north, South Khorasan on the northeast, rich history. Its structure was completed in 1928 Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site), Ahvaz, Iran Tel. No.: 061 34 12 34 55 Fax No.: 061 3445 7437 Sistan-Baluchestan on the east, and Hormozgan on the south. based on the design by French architect André God- Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (NewPublic Site), Relations Ahvaz, Iran www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir Tel. No.: 061 34 12 34 55 Fax No.: 061 34 45 74 37 تهران تایمز : نوبت اول 9/12/99 نوبت دوم It includes the southern part of the central Iranian desert, the ard who was also an archaeologist and historian 99/12/12 Dasht-e Lut. of French and Middle Eastern Art. Public Relations www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir http://iets.mporg.ir نوبت اول نوبت اول N.I.S.O.C N.I.S.O.C 1399.7147 تهران تایمز نوبت اول 9/12/99 نوبت دوم 12/12/99 روابط عمومی شرکت ملی مناطق Announcementنفتخیز First 7147.1399جنوب First714 Announcement8 1399.7148.1399

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16 P/F”ROLLS-ROYCE” INDUSTRIAL AVON GAS GENERATOR 627 10 P/F”ROLLS-ROYCE” INDUSTRIAL AVON GAS GENERATOR 136 AVON MK . 1533-34-76G/101G REF.ROLLS-ROYCELTD AVON MK . 1533-34-76G/101G REF.ROLLS-ROYCELTD Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their" Intention To Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their" Intention To Participate" letter via fax to the following number along with their resume according to Qualitative Participate" letter via fax to the following number along with their resume according to Qualitative Assessment Form no.2, available at: www.nisoc.ir, not later than 14 days after the second announcement, Assessment Form no.2, available at: www.nisoc.ir, not later than 14 days after the second announcement, otherwise, their requests for participation in the tender will be disregarded. otherwise, their requests for participation in the tender will be disregarded. The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide and submit a bid bond of 33.539 EURO or 9.508.878.897 RIAL, in favor of NISOC. provide and submit a bid bond of 29.140EURO or 8.261.718.509 RIAL, in favor of NISOC. Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Tender documents including the materials thorough technical specifications and Qualitative Assessment Forms can be accessed via: www.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab Forms can be accessed via: www.nisoc.ir-material procurement management tab ONLY ACCEPTABLE DELIVERY TERM IS D.D.P., NISOC'S WAREHOUSE, AGHAJARI IRAN, ONLY ACCEPTABLE DELIVERY TERM IS D.D.P., NISOC'S WAREHOUSE, AGHAJARI IRAN, PAYMENT TERM IS C.O.D., SUBSEQUENT TO NISOC'S MATERIAL APPROVAL NO ADVANCE PAYMENT TERM IS C.O.D., SUBSEQUENT TO NISOC'S MATERIAL APPROVAL NO ADVANCE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID PAYMENT WILL BE PAID FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENTFOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENTFOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Bldg. No. 104, MaterialBldg. Procurement No. 104, Material Management Procurement Complex, Management Complex Bldg. No. 104, MaterialBldg. Procurement No. 104, Material Management Procurement Complex, Management Complex KouyKouy-e-Fadaeian-e-Fadaeian Islam Islam (New (New Site), Site), Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Iran Tel. No.: 061 34 12 34 55 Fax No.: 061 3445 7437 Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site), Ahvaz, Iran Tel. No.: 061 34 12 34 55 Fax No.: 061 3445 7437 Public Relations www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (NewPublic Site), Relations Ahvaz, Iran www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir Tel. No.: 061 34 12 34 55 Fax No.: 061 34 45 74 37 Tel. No.: 061 34 12 34 55 Fax No.: 061 34 45 74 37 تهران تایمز : نوبت اول 9/12/99 نوبت دوم 12/12/99 تهران تایمز : نوبت اول 9/12/99 نوبت دوم 99/12/12 Public Relations www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir http://iets.mporg.ir Public Relations www.shana.ir www.nisoc.ir http://iets.mporg.ir 99 12 12 99 12 9 تهران تایمز نوبت اول 9/12/99 نوبت دوم 12/12/99 روابط عمومی شرکت ملی مناطق نفتخیز جنوب تهران تایمز نوبت اول / / نوبت دوم / / روابط عمومی شرکت ملی مناطق نفتخیز جنوب

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Role of village administrations The elderly, war-disabled getting COVID-19 vaccine

1 Also, the second dose of the vaccine will be injected in rural development into the target population three weeks after receiving the first dose, he added. By Faranak Bakhtiari ment of villages in the current year (March “Efforts are being made to fully vaccinate the target 2020-March 2021), Omid said. groups of phase one before the Iranian new year (March TEHRAN – Established in 2003, Iran’s Some 140 trillion rials (about $3.3 bil- Municipalities and Village Administra- 21), with the next shipments of vaccines, which will grad- lion) have so far been spent, he noted, ually enter the country in the coming days,” he explained. tions Organization has so far implemented adding, the unemployment rate in rural about 130,000 small and medium-scale According to the national vaccination document, vac- areas has reached 7.4 percent, which has cination against coronavirus started with priority given development projects across the coun- decreased by over one percent compared try’s rural areas. to health workers, vulnerable and high-risk groups, and to last year. then ordinary people will receive the vaccine. The organization has been set up with In October 2020, Omid stated that the the aim of improving the environmental 22% of the elderly infected with COVID-19 rural development projects worth 130 One year after the outbreak of the coronavirus, 22 per- situation of villages, recognizing the defi- trillion rials (nearly $3 billion) inaugu- ciencies and social, economic, health, cul- cent of the elderly in nursing homes have been infected rated on the occasion of the National Day with the virus, Vahid Qobadi Dana the head of the Welfare tural, and educational needs, preparing of Villagers and Nomads. practical plans in the mentioned fields and Organization said. “In the Sixth National Development Plan Some 14,000 elderly people cared for in the daycare presenting them to the relevant officials for (2016-2021), we were tasked to connect 80 necessary action, as well as encouraging centers, 3,176, or 22 percent of whom were infected, 2,295 percent of the villages with 20 households or recovered, 506 are under treatment, and unfortunately, the villagers not to migrate to the cities. more to the national information network. Village administrators are elected by 375, or 2.6 percent, died, he stated. So far, over 95 percent of the country’s In total, taking the disabled into account, a total of 51,000 the members of the Council of the village, villages are connected.” who are elected by the people and are people are kept in these daycare centers, of whom 7,000 Based on statistics, 18,000 villages (each have been diagnosed with COVID-19, 6,000 of whom have tasked with local management. week 50 villages on average) have been Out of a total of 39,465 villages in the recovered, and unfortunately, 452 people died, he said. connected to the national gas network over Qobadi Dana went on to say that in October 2020, in- country, which comprise about 26 percent allocated to rural development. in rural areas, with a total of 11.6 trillion the past seven years, and now about 4.8 of the national population (20.1 million), According to Mehdi Jamalinejad, the rials (nearly $278 million) spent on these fluenza vaccines have been provided free of charge to some million families in 32,000 villages enjoy 80,000 people under 37,118 villages have been received per- head of the Municipalities and Village projects, Ali Ghorbani, deputy head of natural gas in the country. It means that mits to establish rural administrations Administrations Organization, about the organization, said. the Organization’s 82 percent of the villages are connected coverage. Along with the (called Dehyari). 130,000 small and medium-scale devel- The projects included road mainte- to the gas network. Thus, more than 97 percent of the coun- opment projects have been implemented nance, fire stations, green spaces, sport, Mass vaccina- vaccination of Many other efforts have been made over tion try’s rural population lives in villages with in the country’s villages. and cultural places. the past couple of years by the government medical staff, over 20,000 households. Over 900 fire stations have been built Mohammad Omid, the vice president Iran started mass to support villagers and slow down the vaccination with Rus- 110,000 war Since the establishment of the Mu- and equipped in the country’s villages. for rural development, said in November trend of migration from rural areas to nicipalities and Village Administrations Jamalinejad also said that 80 percent 2020 that for the first time in the country, sian-made Sputnik V veterans who cities while decreasing rural community vaccine, with the pri- Organization until the Iranian calendar of rural areas are equipped with waste the migration of people from rural areas dependency on one main economic sector were disabled year 1398 (March 2019-March 2020), more collection systems. to cities has reached zero. ority given to medical (agriculture, forestry, energy, or mining), staff, the elderly, and during the Sacred than 250 trillion rials (nearly $6 billion at Earlier this month, some 5,811 de- A total of 220 trillion rials (nearly $5.6 including rural tourism, agritourism, re- the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been velopment projects were inaugurated billion) has been approved for the develop- people with under- Defense (the 1980- ligious tourism, and ecotourism. lying diseases; and is also going to be 1988 war imposed co-produced by the by Iraqi dictator Poaching drops thanks to coronavirus lockdown: DOE official two countries. Saddam Hussein) Importing vac- percent over the past 11 months compared to the same in the country, 100 of which are inactive due to lack cine from COVAX, and the elderly period last year, helped by the nationwide coronavi- of manpower. a global initiative who are living in rus lockdown and a halt in wildlife tourism, Jamshid According to the international standard, there to ensure rapid and Mohabbat-Khani, commander of the protection unit should be one ranger per thousand hectares, but daycare centers equitable access to of the Department of Environment (DOE) said. in Iran, there is one ranger per 12,000 hectares, COVID-19 vaccines, will be vaccinated. During this period, bird hunting decreased by 14 which means that the number of rangers in Iran is is also on the agenda. percent, aquatic fishing by 17 percent, live capture of one-twelfth of the world standard, while the rangers COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made birds by 39 percent, and live capture of mammals by protect 11 percent of the country’s natural areas, by Iranian researchers of the Headquarters for Executing 32 percent compared to the same period last year, he Mohabbat-Khani, stated. the Order of the Imam, was unveiled and injected into three نوبت اول further explained. To compensate for part of this shortage, we obtained a volunteers during a ceremony on December 29, 2020. N.I.S.O.C1399.7150 Living conditions and economic situation affect license to1399.First hire rangers71 Announcement50 for 10 consecutive years, through On January 27, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said that people’s tendency to hunt animals in nature, another which 250 ranchers were employed each year, he said, there are four different ways to supply the coronavirus reason for poaching is the taste for shooting, he further adding, this year, 300 rangers are to be recruited, 50 vaccine, including direct purchase from a foreign coun- lamented, IRNA reported on Thursday. of whom are sea rangers. 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Examplesprovide Change and (IPCC),submit the a bid world’s bond leading of 22 climate.028 EURO or 6.performed245.200.962 in RIAL, the country. in favor of NISOC. over the past 1,600 years. range of previous studies and found they of proxy datasets include ice cores, tree science authority, concluded that it was Lari noted that currently, 11 cities are at high-risk “red” Sometimes called the Atlantic’s “convey- provide a consistent picture of the AMOC rings and ocean sediments. 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Research and an author of the study, which is tell a consistent story of how the AMOCPAYMENT point” and TERM shut ISdown C.O.D., – with SUBSEQUENT potentially TO NISOC'S MATERIAL APPROVAL NO ADVANCE As the AMOC carries warm water north- published in the journal Nature Geoscience. evolved over the last 1600 years,” she disastrous consequences for the world’s cli- ward, it releases heat into the atmosphere. The “The study results suggest that it has been told The Independent. PAYMENTmate. However, WILL BEcurrent PAID evidence suggests release of ocean heat keeps countries warm relatively stable until the late 19th century. The likely causes of AMOC weakening that an AMOC shutdown is very unlikely to FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENTFOREIGN PURCHASING DEPARTMENTBe kind to me! – and without it, winters in the UK could be With the end of the little ice age in about were not specifically investigated in the study. occur this century. Bldg. No. 104, MaterialBldg. 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Prayer Times Noon:12:18 Evening: 18:12 Dawn: 5:17 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:41 (tomorrow) FEBRUARY 27, 2021 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 “Sun Children” star Ruhollah Zamani Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 cast in war drama “The Bakeri Martyrs” Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051430 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 ARTTEHRAN – Ruhollah Film Festival in 2020 for his role in “Sun Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 deskZamani, the lead actor Children”, which has been shortlisted for Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 of Majid Majidi’s acclaimed drama the 2021 Oscars. “Sun Children”, has been cast in the war “It’s so gratifying for me to see Ruhollah docudrama series “The Bakeri Martyrs”. continue as an actor,” Majidi told Variety. Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimes79 This news was released by Variety last “He’s a lot like the boy in ‘Sun Children’ Tuesday with an image depicting Zamani — resourceful, brave and full of initiative. No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran in a scene from the series about the life I know he will thrive because he now has P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 story of Mehdi Bakeri, the chief of IRGC the opportunity,” he added. 31st Shura Division, and his brothers Ali Like other child stars of “Sun Children”, and Hamid. including Shamila Shirzad and her brother Mehdi commanded IRGC 31st Shura Abolfazl, Ruhollah had never acted before. Division in several major operations “He was pure, filled with raw energy, during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war and determined to give more than expected,” was martyred along with Hamid in the war. Majidi said about Ruhollah. Ali, their older brother, was earlier killed “Casting the main character was the by the SAVAK intelligence services in 1972. hardest task. But Ruhollah surpassed Hadi Hejazifar is the director of the series, all the others because he had such an which is being made at Sima Films, a film intensity, such a desire to get the lead GUIDE TO production studio affiliated with IRIB. — much like the character in the movie, SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Majidi selected Zamani and other so determined to find the treasure and child actors for his movie from over 3,000 save his mother,” he added. Kindness is a mark of faith and whoever auditions held over a four-month period With the “Sun Children” team’s at a school for child workers in Tehran. assistance, Ruhollah has enrolled in an is not kind has no faith. Ruhollah won the Marcello Mastroianni Ruhollah Zamani (C) acts in a scene from “The Bakeri Martyrs” by director/ acting school, which he will attend once Prophet Muhammad (S) Award for best young actor at the Venice actor Had Hejazifar. (Ali Nikraftar) the pandemic is over.

WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES “Book of Defense” studying Imam Khomeini’s leadership Calligraphy Eineddin Sadeqzadeh and role in Iran-Iraq war released Hossein Gholami are displaying their latest calligraphy works in an 1 “The great affinity between the Iranian people Qazi praised the late scholar, Hossein Ardestani, for exhibition at Farmanfarma Gallery. and Imam Khomeini was a key factor to advance the research he did ten years ago on Imam Khomeini’s The exhibit entitled “Time of in the war,” Qazi said and added, “We were able to leadership role during the war, and said a major part Love” will continue until March achieve much progress, and limits, restrictions and of the research was published by the center during 7 at the gallery located at 2nd sanctions led us toward growth, which frequently has his lifetime. Araabi St., North Kheradmand been mentioned by Imam Khomeini in the discourses.” He also said that the centers had previously published St. off Karim Khan Ave. “War against all the world powers and resistance Imam Khomeini’s views on various topics such as peace, Drawing in this war, Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization’s philosophy of war, West Asia and Muslim Countries, Hossein Shirahmadi is hanging companionship of Saddam and the real face of the Ba’ath Party and Saddam, and the world system. his latest collection of drawings in terrorist group, the scandal of human rights supporters, He also announced the center’s plan to publish an exhibition at Inja Gallery. revealing Saddam’s crime and the real faces of the East a book on the leadership role of Imam Khomeini in The exhibit named “Notes” A poster for “Book of Defense” published by the Sacred and West are the most important topics discussed in military operations during the Iran-Iraq war in the will run until March 12 at the Defense Research and Archives Center. Imam Khomeini’s discourses,” he noted. near future. gallery located at 4 Pedram Alley, Neauphle-le-Chateau St. Painting Fajr Festival of Visual Arts honors winners Saless Gallery is playing host ARTTEHRAN – Winners of Tooba for best painter, and the Golden Tooba participating this year. to an exhibition of paintings by desk Isa Jabbari. the 13th Fajr Festival of for best miniaturist was given to Zahra Doosti. According to Visual Arts Office director The showcase will be running until Visual Arts were honored during the closing Speaking at the ceremony, Salehi Hadi Mozaffari the coronavirus restrictions March 16 at the gallery that can ceremony of the event at Tehran’s Vahdat expressed thanks to the organizers who have and the pandemic gave the artists more be found at 148 Karim Khan Ave. Hall on Thursday. done their best to hold the festival amid the opportunities to create artworks. The ceremony was attended by Minister coronavirus pandemic, and added that the Over 700 artworks by 511 artists went on Paintings by Sanaz Afshari are of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed visual arts of Iran have made good progress display. A collection of prints by a number currently on view in an exhibition Abbas Salehi, Deputy Culture Minister for in recent years. of Iranian and international artists was also at Ayrik Gallery. Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini In addition, nine veteran Iranian artists showcased in a special section. The exhibition will run until March 3 and a limited number of artists. were next honored with lifetime achievement Lieve Cosyns, Alwin Viaene, Barbara at the gallery located at Ayrik Center The participants were competing in awards. Lambert, Jan Vermandere, Kara Van Reusel, on East Ferdows Blvd. the different sections of painting, photo, The honorees who received the Golden Mieke De Maeyer, Evan Rosato, Stef Bossuyt, sculpture, calligraphy, miniature, illustration, Tooba awards were master of sculpture and Arielle Amir, Bernadette Colburn, Rebecca An exhibition of paintings Mehrdad Musavi accepts the Golden Tooba cartoon, graphic design and new media. ceramics Jafar Najibi, cartoonist Ahmad Giles, Lisa Hamilton, Rachel Hoffman, Emma by Alireza Chamak is currently as best graphic designer at the 13th Fajr Farzaneh Neyshaburi from Yazd Abdollahinia, illustrator Saeid Razzaqi, Kellerdori Miller, Hayley Murphy, Christine underway at Negar Gallery. Festival of Visual Arts at Tehran’s Vahdat received the Golden Tooba for best painter Garnic Derhakupian, miniaturist Petty and Katrina Simonsen were among the The exhibit named “Wane” will Hall on February 25, 2021. (Honaronline/ illustrator, and no winner was announced Khashayar Qazizadeh, graphic designer international artists whose artworks went run until March 1 at the gallery Moein Baqeri) that can be found at 33 Delaram in the calligraphy section. Ahmad Aqaqolizadeh, art researcher Yaqub on view at the exhibit. Tooba for best photographer. Alley, Roshanai St. in the Qeitarieh In the new media section, the Golden Ajand, photographer Mohammad-Hossein The Iranian artists included Farahnaz In the cartoon section, the Golden Tooba neighborhood. Tooba was given to Ehsan Mahdavi. Heidari and calligrapher Mohammad Rahmati, Nazanin Enayat, Donya Gorji, award went to Mohammad Aflak, and Mostafa Paintings by Samira Eskandarfar In the ceramic section, no winner was Salahshur. Kimia Kazemi, Khatereh Lotfi, Aanaali Mohseni received the Golden Tooba award and Hamed Sahihi are on display announced, and in the graphic design section, The 13th Fajr Festival of Visual Arts Vakili, Mojdeh Suri and Maryam Yasliani. in the sculpture section. in an exhibition at Tarrahan Azad Mehrdad Musavi received the Golden Tooba. opened at the Saba Art and Cultural Veteran artist Ahmad Vakili was the Mohsen Taqizadeh received the Golden Gallery. Abdolah Hiedari also received the Golden Institute with more female artists curator of the exhibition. The exhibit entitled “Outside” will run until March 9 at the gallery located at 5 Salmas Square, off Iranian association sets up Khorshid Medal to honor doc producers Fatemi St. Ehsan Gallery is showcasing ARTTEHRAN – The Association of Iranian really be deserving of the medal. desk paintings by Ali-Asghar Bisotuni Documentary Producers (AIDP) has “Those who receive the medal should not feel they in an exhibition titled “Unfinished established an award named the Khorshid Medal to have gained it easily,” he said. Ending”. honor a producer in the documentary cinema every year. Iranian House of Cinema director Manuchehr Shahsavari The exhibit will run until March In a ceremony held at the Film Museum of Iran on next made a brief speech saying that he has never made a 3 at the gallery located at No. 22, Wednesday, the first edition of the medal was presented documentary, but regards documentary cinema as a serious East 14th St. in the Ajudanieh to Morteza Razzaq-Karimi. ground for the development of Iranian cinema. neighborhood. Speaking at the ceremony, the director of the “I believe documentarians enjoy great knowledge that An exhibition of paintings association, Ramin Heidari Farqui, said that the point makes one happy,” he said. by Maryam Moqaddam, Tania of knowing who is a good producer is someone who can “I am happy, I can see my dear friend Razzaq-Karimi Esmaeilian, Alireza Bidari, Ali be both good for Iranian cinema and that the directors tonight. He is a dear friend of us in cinema and I have Khaleq, Nilufar Qaderinejad and would like him, too. seen nothing but patience, knowledge and peace from several other artists is currently “The Khorshid Medal tries to find a good producer, him,” he said. a producer who can be reliable and productive. We are Upon receiving his medal, Razzaq-Karimi said, “This underway at Idea Gallery. Producer Morteza Razzaq-Karimi (R) holds the first The exhibition will continue until happy we selected an individual of whom we can be is a blessed event for me to have received this medal. This proud,” he added. edition of the Khorshid Medal established by the is quite different from other awards I have received, and March 3 at the gallery located at Association of Iranian Documentary Producers. 26, 18th St. off Sanai St., Karim “We are happy that the medal was started with his the philosophy behind this medal can act as a light for Khan Ave. name. I express thanks to the Film Museum of Iran and documentary cinema of Iran, because the documentary the future of my career,” he said. Installation the association that have always been a big supporter cinema of today can easily act as the representative of “This medal is a big event, however, we must know Sets of installation by Maziar of documentary cinema and have encouraged others to Iranian cinema, and that is why the documentaries need that our documentary cinema lacks a strategy, and it Mokhtari are on view in an see documentaries,” he added. to know their own values as well,” he said. should move forward industriously,” he said. exhibition at O Gallery 1. The former director of the Research Institute of “We should pay due attention to these values. As far as “Documentary cinema should have a strategy, and it A collection of paintings by Saeid Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Mohammad Beheshti, knowledge and enlightenment are deepened, documentaries should find ways into the international arena. We have Khaleqi is also on display in an next said that he believes enlightenment is gathered in can fly over higher hills,” he noted. big cultural assets and documentary cinema can gain exhibition at O Gallery 2. documentary cinema. He added that the medal can help documentary cinema success, more so than fiction in the international arena,” The exhibitions will run until March “If someone seeks enlightenment, they should watch be seen, however, those who receive the medal must he concluded. 9 at the gallery located at 18 Shahin St., Sanai St. Multimedia Sculptures and paintings by Tehran Conservatory celebrates birthday of Imam Ali (AS) a group of artists, including Manuchehr Niazi, Amin Nurai, Shahram Karimi, with release of “Son of Kaaba” Reza Derakhshani, Kurosh CULTURE TEHRAN – The Tehran Thursday, Moaf, who is also the director of For his part, Rajabzadeh said, “The love of Shishegaran, and Shahriar deskConservatory of Music the conservatory, said, “I sang this melody Imam Ali (AS) needs no special motivation, Ahmadi are on display in an exhibition named “Trends celebrated the birthday anniversary of Imam for my love of Imam, and I am happy and it is something rooted in everybody’s and Approaches 3” at Shirin Gallery 1. Ali (AS), the first Imam of the Shia, with the this song was released on his birthday heart.” An exhibition of sculptures by Hanieh Vaziritabar, Majid Vahedi, release of a piece named “Son of Kaaba”. anniversary.” He added that they have made use of Sadaf Naderi, Kimia Moayyedi, Farhad Kuhbor, Fardad Alavi Behzad Moafi is the vocalist in the piece “I believe this is the direct responsibility Iranian musical instruments including tar, and several other artists is underway at Shirin Gallery 2. composed by Ali-Akbar Rajabzadeh with of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ney and tombak in the arrangement. Singer Behzad Moafi (R) performs “Son of The exhibitions will run until March 12 at the galleries located lyrics by Mohammad-Ali Deljui. to support such compositions. It took six He also noted that people of different Kaaba” to celebrate the birthday anniversary at No. 5, 13th St., Karim Khan Ave. In a press release published on months to produce this composition,” he said. ages would like the composition. of Imam Ali (AS).