WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13662 Monday MAY 11, 2020 Ordibehesht 22, 1399 Ramadan 17, 1441 Iranian diplomat Satellite launch No blacklist in Iran Doc features big price meets new marks enemies’ football team: Iranian health workers Iraqi PM 2 intelligence defeat 3 Dragan Skocic 11 paying as corona rules 12 ‘Supporting domestic production is priority of banking system’ All should follow expert TEHRAN – Governor of Central Bank executive board, Abdolnasser Hemati of Iran (CBI) says promoting domestic said: “Although the enemies expected production is the main priority of the our economy to collapse due to the U.S. country’s banking system in the current sanctions, but following the government Iranian calendar year (started on March and the CBI’s strategies, we are currently 19), the bank’s portal reported. witnessing an economic growth.” views on coronavirus Speaking in a seminar called “Banking As the main driver of the current System and Surge in Production”, which economic growth, non-oil exports and Ayatollah Khamenei says coronavirus exposed the West’s failure in ethics, management was attended by First Vice President Es’haq domestic production have become the Jahangiri, as well as the managing direc- priority of the banking system, Hemmati tors of banks and members of the CBI’s added. 4 See page 9 Iran’s social, religious unity ‘a world model for coronavirus response’ By Faranak Bakhtiari their paying attention to moral and ethics TEHRAN – Iran could considerably might be the key to their success in such reduce COVID-19 infections and death crises, Marandi said in an exclusive in- toll since the onset of the outbreak, the terview with the Tehran Times. reason behind which is mainly social and He also put emphasis on the important religious unity among Iranians that can role of health care networks in villages be run as a role model anywhere in the and remote areas who screened people world, Alireza Marandi, head of Iran’s and checked their symptoms and helped Academy of Medical Sciences has said. them regain health and break the chain Iranian people are total believers, and of transmission. 9 Tourism development in Sistan- Baluchestan among top priorities: minister TEHRAN – Cultural Heritage, Tourism, “The majority of my travels during my and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar tenure has been to Sistan-Baluchestan, Mounesan has said that development which I consider it as a safe province with of the travel industry across Sistan-Bal- significant values in terms of culture, his- uchestan province is among top priorities. tory, handicrafts, and tourism.” “I am interested in Sistan-Baluchestan, and Mounesan made the remarks in a the development of this province is a priority meeting with several elected MPs of the for this ministry and the government,” CHTN southeastern province for the upcoming khamenei.ir quoted Mounesan as saying on Saturday. Majlis (Iranian parliament). 8 ARTICLE Is Trump leaving the Saudi alone? ARTICLE Masoud Hossein Faranak Bakhtiari By Abdul Hamid Bayati resilient nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. supporters in Congress. Even though the United Head of the Sport Desk of Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — In late November 1973, just six Again and again, the unlikely partners would States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and other big oil the TehranTimes weeks after Saudi Arabia and OPEC launched fall out—usually over the Arab-Israeli conflict, producers reached a deal this month meant to a devastating oil embargo on Europe and the much later over the 9/11 attacks. But it seems curtail oil output and undo some of the damage, United States, U.S. National Security Advisor the fundamental bargain struck by U.S. Presi- it hasn’t worked: U.S. crude oil prices are at their Iran volleyball Henry Kissinger railed against the Saudis at a dent Franklin D. Roosevelt and then-King Ibn lowest levels of the 21st century, threatening mass World’s Women in secret meeting in the White House Map Room. Saud in the waning days of World War II that bankruptcies and layoffs in the United States. On in no hurry to He’d already toyed with the “not … so insane” idea consummated the U.S.-Saudi relationship 75 April 20, U.S. oil prices utterly collapsed, falling Mathematics Day: find coach of landing U.S. troops that “would have divided years ago would break. into negative territory for the first time in history. Mirzakhani, a genius up” oil fields in the region, and he decried what Until, perhaps, now. This spring, as in the early Now, lawmakers in oil states such as Texas, he repeatedly called Saudi “blackmail.” ran volleyball officials have announced 1970s, the Saudis unleashed their oil weapon, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Alaska accuse Saudi who shattered “It is ridiculous that the civilized world is that they have negotiated with several inflicting damage on the U.S. economy by de- Arabia of waging “economic warfare” and have held up by 8 million savages,” Kissinger raged. coaches but they are in no hurry to liberately crashing oil prices at a time of global drafted legislation to immediately pull out U.S. stereotypes I Three months later, Kissinger was inside the economic collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic. troops and furl up a decades-old U.S. securi- find a new coach and have to wait a little palace of Saudi King Faisal, paying obeisance while longer. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill already had little love ty umbrella that has protected the vulnerable he second year of World’s Women in and promising U.S. economic, technical, and Iran split with Igor Kolakovic last month for the Saudis, disillusioned by continued human Saudi state. Mathematics Day will be celebrated military aid—before the oil embargo was even bringing an end to a partnership that began rights abuses in the kingdom, a brutal Saudi-led U.S. to remove Patriots, other through video conferencing on May lifted. “Our objective is to work with Your Majesty T in 2017. Now, the Iranian federation is war in Yemen, and, perhaps most shockingly, the military assets from Saudi Arabia 12, which is the birthday of late Maryam and to strengthen our friendship on a long-term going to find the Montenegrin’s replace- Saudi state-ordered butchery of a Washington It was recently revealed that the United States Mirzakhani, the Iranian-born genius basis,” he said. ment as soon as possible but, surely, they Post columnist. military is in the process of removing the Pa- mathematician who shattered stereotypes According to Foreign Policy, the months-long must act prudently to find new coach. By unsheathing the oil weapon, the Saudis have triot antimissile system it sent to Saudi Arabia about women’s ability in mathematics. drama of the OPEC oil embargo highlighted as Iran national volleyball team, not hid- finally tested the patience of oil-patch Republi- following the drone strike on Aramco facilities At 2018 World Meeting for Math- seldom before the often troubled, yet surprisingly den from anyone, want to make a splash cans, who have long been among their staunchest in September, 2019. 7 ematics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the upcoming Olympics and this is the Iranian Mathematical Society proposed reason why the federation is not going to designating Maryam Mirzakhani’s birthday hire an Iranian coach. Export Guarantee Fund of Iran increases capital by $200m (May 12) as day for celebrating women in Iran volleyball believes that it’s a golden TEHRAN — Export Guarantee Fund of Iran by €100 million from the revenues of the National Back in July 2019, the official had an- mathematics. The proposal was approved. chance to clinch a medal with this golden (EGFI) has increased its capital by $200 million, Development Fund (NDF) in the current Iranian nounced that EFGI was ranked first in terms Still, some believe that studying math generation and hopes its efforts will not IRNA reported on Sunday, quoting the head of calendar year (March 2020-21). of performance among the members of the is not appropriate for a girl, and to justify go in vain. YES, the federation’s officials the fund. The head of the Export Guarantee Fund said Aman Union. their beliefs, they are making biological are right BUT the FIVB Volleyball Nations According to Afrouz Bahrami, after the men- that the mentioned capital is going to support Affiliated to the Ministry of Industry, Mining differences between men and women. League (VNL) 2020 and Olympic Games tioned increase the EGFI’s capital has reached the Fund’s guarantees and insurance policies, and Trade, the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran They generally refer to global scientific have been canceled and it means there $300 million. adding that “based on the current standards, we has been established in order to expand and awards for their claims. Awards that are is enough time to find the best option. “This will increase the fund’s risk coverage up can cover export risks up to 10 times the fund’s promote exports, to protect exporters against less than 200 years old, while many women “It will be a great honor for us to appoint to $5 billion and will be a major step in providing capital.” non-commercial risks, which are normally not throughout history have struggled with the an Iranian coach for the national team practical support for the domestic production,” Bahrami had previously told IRNA that the covered by the insurance companies, and to stereotype and their work is a refutation but we are going to win a medal at the Bahrami said.