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“W Page 5 e believethevic - - - - - I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 9, 2021 POLITICS ELECTION WIRE Candidates spar in second showdown Comparative analysis There’s prospect for lifting of the presidential POLITICAL TEHRAN — The can- In his conclusion, Raeisi said that ters if the Majlis agrees. He added his of sanctions in dignified deskdidates faced off each rights of the people must be guaranteed. government’s average age would be 45. candidates in Instagram, other on Tuesday, exchanging views on Exemplifying the role of cyberspace in He concluded by saying that op- manner: government political, social, and cultural topics, with monitoring Judiciary officials as the chief portunities should be provided for the Telegram and Twitter a taste of economic promises. judge, he said that it should be used by youth, and investment in cyberspace POLITICAL TEHRAN – Government spokesman Ali desk An hour prior to the debate, can- people to observe officials. should be eased. Total of 470,729,252 data Rabiei said on Tuesday that there is a pros- didates arrived at the Islamic Re- Mohsen Rezaei Abdolnasser Hemmati pect for cancellation of all nuclear and non-nuclear sanctions public of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Rezaei said one cannot deal with Hemmati began his remarks by saying against Iran in a “dignified manner”. building to prepare for the second challenges through mottos and wiz- that he is the voice of the “silent majority”, analyzed He also said the government has implemented numerous debate. Each had his own strategy in ardry, adding he will stay until the end arguing that monopoly is a major cause projects including in petrochemicals, steel industry, trans- the debate. All candidates seemed to of election race and will not quit. of inefficiency and corruption. portation, etc. be focusing on presenting their plans, Addressing the audience, he said, When given 4 minutes to critique can- Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi Speaking in a weekly news briefing, the government spokes- instead of accusing and defaming each “I will bring your stolen rights back.” didates’ remarks, he said that cyberspace man also cited self-sufficiency in gasoline production, transfer other. Alireza Zakani said he is here When he was given 4 minutes to will help boost small businesses and he 1 %100 of water from the Persian Gulf to water-hungry provinces as to eradicate poverty, while Mohsen evaluate candidates’ remarks, he said will remove obstacles for businesses. He %100 other examples. Mehr Alizadeh said that he will stick that his plan is called “Iran without poor said that he had sacrificed two years of These projects will positively affect employment and eco- to his game plan and will not change people,” planning to provide “Abundance his life running the central bank. %100 nomic improvement. his debating strategy. Mohsen Rezaei and Life” packages, including 450,000 In his 3-minute defense, he said that “JCPOA is a national issue” said that he hopes for the people to tomans in cash subsidy. meritocracy should be given priority, %100 On what is the guarantee witness a fresh start and a new chapter In his 3-minute defense, he said that and his likely administration will seek that the next government in their lives and his government will Iranian youth need to believe and be to tap the competence of all ethnic and would seek to revive the “grant” hope to the people. Abdolnasser hopeful, stating that dedicated manage- religious minorities and also women. He JCPOA if it is not restored in Hemmati said that he will focus on ment can solve all challenges. said that he will pay attention to envi- Abdolnasser Hemmati the current administration, the presenting his plans, as he is here to The former IRGC chief also claimed ronment and also make serious efforts 2 %70 government spokesman said rescue media, economy, and culture. that environment has never been con- to remove sanctions on Iran. He added the nuclear issue is a “national He called his administration “Gov- sidered in five-year development plans. that sanctions caused growth in liquidity. %59 issue” which is being pursued ernment of National Transparency.” “I plan to establish schools for ‘fu- He reiterated that his slogan is “interac- %100 through consensus. Saeed Jalili said that the debates are a ture leaders’ in all provinces,” he said. tion from homes to the world,” calling He said on “national and ground to exchange views in a friendly He stated that his administration will himself “the commander of sanction %64 macro policies” it is the Islamic atmosphere, hoping candidates share base education system on schools, and neutralization.” Republic system that decides. plans about neglected issues such as women will benefit from cheap internet He concluded by saying that he views “Therefore, any decision women, villagers and others. At the to sell goods and promote their business. everything economically, and considers that is made through con- meantime, Raeisi said his rival is fraud Rezaei also promised to provide cheap himself representative of the youth. Saeed Jalili sensus” by the ruling system and immorality, telling people that housing for teachers to take a burden Amir Hossein Qazizadeh “about negotiations will be their will is important in improving off of their shoulders. Qazizadeh said that different bodies 3 %45 respected by the next gov- the situation. He said he will not use In conclusion, he said that his plan of the government need to work in ernment.” his extra 5 minute to debunk accusa- is to perform major structural surgeries harmony and that a structural reform %22 Iran and the remaining parties to the nuclear deal -- three tions against himself. Amir Hossein in the country. “I will reform political is needed. %47 European countries plus , -- as well as the United Qazizadeh said he is here to build an parties, and solve social issues through When given 4 minutes to critique States are set to resume the six round of nuclear deal talks in Iran with the involvement of all classes economy.” candidates’ remarks, he said that he %74 Vienna next week. of society, hoping candidates focus on Saeed Jalili will pay special attention to the youth, Hopes for restoring the JCPOA was raised as the Biden main points. He said he has worked Jalili said that government officials criticizing long years of education and administration has expressed willingness to return to the mul- on his plans for years. The debate need to change behavior to repair the lamented brain drain. tilateral deal that was abandoned by the Trump administration. started off with the drawing of lots to damaged trust of people on officials, re- He also said that the death toll from Mohsen Rezaei Nuclear negotiators have returned to the capitals for con- determine candidates’ seats. Mohsen iterating that Iran cannot be governed COVID-19 in Iran is unjustifiable. 37 %51 sultation. Some diplomats have expressed hope that the next Rezaei was given seat 1; Alireza Zakani through “shows”. “Debates are to make people un- round of talks would be the last one. seat 2; Mohsen Mehr Alizadeh seat 3; When given 4 minutes to criticize derstand candidates’ plans,” he said. %30 The European countries are acting as intermediary between Amir Hossein Qazizadeh seat 4; Saeed candidates’ remarks, he said president He called Ministry of Education the Iran and the as Iran has said it will not enter Jalili seat 5; Ebrahim Raeisi seat 6; and should not just rule but prioritize plans most important ministry, saying that %25 dialogue with Americans until they return to the JCPOA and Abdolnasser Hemmati seat 7. to make Iran to make a “jump”. He add- scouting talents is missing in the ed- %49 lift sanctions. Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi ed that maximum participation in the ucation system. Diplomats have said most issues related to the revival of Raeisi opened the debate by saying election is possible through presentation He said that “meritocracy” should the JCPOA are being ironed out but a few most important that he forfeits his extra 5 minute to of candidates’ plans. be the criteria for appointing people in issues still remain unsettled which entails political decisions debunk accusations levelled against In his 3-minute defense, he said that important positions. Mohsen Mehr Alizadeh at Washington and Tehran. him in the first debate held on Saturday. the president needs synergy among all He concluded by saying that the pres- “We hope that the next round of talks to bear results,” the “Social inequality is a result of mis- organizations, and should define mis- ident is responsible for the country’s 5 %34 government spokesman said. management,” he said. sions for organizations and seriously strategies, and the Foreign Ministry %41 However, Rabiei said as Iran has not been in hurry for He also said that he will regulate follow the ensuing results. should use economic opportunities. nuclear deal talks it is also opposed to a prolongation of talks. salaries and give impetus to economic In the second half of the debate, Jalili Alireza Zakani %19 He added, “Our concentration is on completion of nego- capacities. said that healthcare is not limited to Zakani began by saying that he is tiations in the remaining time.” When he was given 4 minutes to cri- just one ministry, and the government following 4 major plans in the field of %43 The Iranian parliament has set deadlines for reactivation of tique candidates’ remarks, the top judge needs synergy among all government culture and society, including envi- the JCPOA otherwise Iran will continue to reduce its nuclear said he has always been responsible in bodies. He said unemployment and ronment protection. He added that as deal obligations every position. He also stated that the road accidents affect healthcare, and physician he will provide insurance for However, Rabiei said he prefers not to make guesses on the most important issue of the country they are not something the Ministry of fertile couples. Alireza Zakani nuclear deal talks “sooner than what is necessary.” is to follow every single thing, such as Health can overcome singlehandedly. When given 4 minutes to assess the 6 %18 The government also said hope for ratification of the CFT regulating the salaries of workers and Other ministries should participate as candidates’ remarks, he said that freedom and Palermo will be raised if the JCPOA is revived. However, teachers. well, he insisted. cannot be separated from justice, arguing %15 he said the ratification of these two bills are in the hands of Each candidate was given 3 minutes He also said that Iran should not wait that actions show candidates’ records. the Expediency Council. to defend his plans. Raeisi began his for a few (Western) countries, and should In his 3-minute defense, he said %10 He also said there is no connection between the FATF and 3-minute defense by saying that people’s interact with all countries. that he is ready to hold debate with all %25 the ongoing nuclear deal talks in Vienna. livelihood has been heavily affected. He Mohsen Mehr Alizadeh candidates based on facts and figures, The JCPOA is independent from the FATF, he added. said Iran has political independence, Mehr Alizadeh began his remarks adding that president should present The government also complained that in the televised but not economic independence due by saying that Iran must revive the a complete package. Zakani repeated presidential debates there was no mention on the effects of to some officials’ viewpoints. He also JCPOA and negotiate from the posi- that he can uproot poverty in the first Amir Hossein Qazizadeh the coronavirus pandemic and sanctions on the economy. said that justice is being undermined tion of power. year of his presidency. It was necessary that the IRIB (national TV) which poses in all aspects, and it should be restored, He also said that he will regulate re- “My government will serve people, 7 %15 questions to the presidential candidates do not ignore the ef- especially political, social and economic cruitment of teachers and their salaries, and I will distribute wealth fairly. I will fects of “maximum pressure”, Coronavirus, and the economic justice. and pay special attention to healthcare confront those involved in economic cor- %20 war waged by the Trump administration. In the second half of the debate, Raei- workers. He also said that COVID-19 ruption; our enemy is poverty, corruption %4 “It seems that in view of those who pose questions sanctions si discussed the need to remove cruel crisis could have been handled better. and discrimination,” he said. and Corona did not worth mentioning.” sanctions and at the same time making He also said the government needs He concluded by saying that the peo- %20 He said those candidates who are making harsh attacks efforts to neutralize them. to support the youth lifestyle. ple are fed up with economic frauds. against the government and “say that we can manage better” “Economy should not be subjected The presidential contender said, “Our He added production obstacles must Dataak score should answer questions that how they could manage the to sanctions,” he said, emphasizing that young scientists have developed nuclear be removed. country when Trump was bent on strangulating the Iranian active economic diplomacy cannot be program, and research institutes should He added that the people’s privacy Total retweets and likes economy. achieved through words. According to localize nuclear science.” should be respected, and discrimination They should also should answer that how they could man- the cleric presidential candidate, eco- Mehr Alizadeh said that Iranian youth must be abolished. He finally said that Total likes and comments age the country better when the Coronavirus has affected the nomic development is achievable through have accomplished so much. He also 26 spies were arrested in the current global economy, the spokesman pointed out. international marketing. said that he will elect 3 female minis- administration. He added those who try to “prove” themselves see nothing Total views Source: Dataak other than undermining the government.

Candidates’ views on inflation

Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi Saeed Jalili Mohsen Rezaei Mohsen Mehr Alizadeh Alireza Zakani Abdolnasser Hemmati Amir Hossein Qazizadeh

Raeisi believes that the Jalili says 2000 billion Mohsen Rezaei: Rezaei Mehr Alizadeh has Zakani says in 4 years Hemmati promised that Qazizadeh had previously inflation problem can be tomans (470 million says the main reason for promised to reduce the inflation rate can be in 4 years he will try to stated that Iran could have controlled by a growth in dollars) is added per day the current inflation is the inflation rate to single- reduced to single-digit. decrease the inflation rate negotiated better with Saudi production. to liquidity and with this sale of oil dollars to the digit in 4 years, saying He believes that his to between 8 to 12 percent. Arabia. He suggests reducing rising liquidity, inflation central bank. He believes that in the first two or government will be able “If we cannot control “Now we have disagreements with Saudi Arabia, but there the cost of managing the cannot be properly that in order to improve three months “we hope to reduce inflation, which inflation, we cannot are many neighboring government and putting stopped. the current situation, to stop the growth of he put at 50%. keep the exchange rate countries that we left an end to indiscipline. “Inflation must be dealt oil money must be taken inflation” and reduce it constant,” he says. behind in order to distance “In this regard, our with in a fundamental way, from the government and to 10 to 15 percent. He Economically speaking, themselves from us bit by program reduces the not in a sedentary, single invested in fundamental put the current inflation price control has not bit.” rate of inflation,” he says. day manner,” he opines. projects. rate at 46 percent. proven effective, he “We lost Iraq, Turkey, He believes that Iran can Amir Hossein Qazizadeh: opines. He blames Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan overcome inflation by “If we consider inflation as political view toward because of the negligence of energizing the production the mother of problems, budget as main cause of the government, and Zionists were able to establish a base sector. then we can protect inflation in the country. in these countries and create the value of national those seditions,” he says. currency,” he believes. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 9, 2021 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 SPORTS Zarif meets with UN envoys for Vahid Amiri misses matches against Cambodia, Iraq

SPORTSTEHRAN – Iran national football team iconic deskmidfielder Vahid Amiri will be absent in the Yemen and matches against Cambodia and Iraq. Amiri sustained a foot injury in the second half of the match POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Taherian, in turn, underlined Iran’s sup- against Bahrain and was forced to leave the field. deskMinister Mohammad Javad port for the Afghan peace process and efforts Zarif met with UN Secretary-General’s Personal made within this framework. Envoy on Afghanistan Jean Arnault and Martin He also stressed the need for more inter- Griffiths, the UN special envoy for Yemen. action among various groups in the country Zarif and Arnault discussed the devel- in order to accelerate the move toward peace. opments in Afghanistan. During the meet- Zarif also met with the UN envoy for Yem- ing, Zarif explained the views of the Islamic en. At the meeting Zarif and Griffiths discussed Republic of Iran on Afghanistan, especially the various dimensions of the Yemeni crisis peace and security in the country as well as and ways to achieve peace and stability in the the peace process led by Afghans. country, according to a separate statement The foreign minister also underlined Iran’s issued by the Foreign Ministry. support for intra-Afghan talks and protection Elaborating on the Islamic Republic’s of the achievements of the Afghan people in view on how to end the conflict in Yemen, recent years, especially in the field of funda- the Iranian foreign minister pointed to the mental rights, according to a statement put developments that followed the crisis in the out by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. country and stressed the need to lift the siege Iran national football team have two must-win matches against Arnault, for his part, pointed to the im- on the Yemeni people and facilitate the pro- Cambodia and Iraq in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, portance of Afghanistan’s neighbors and said vision of humanitarian aid to the Yemenis. scheduled for June 11 and 15. that he began his regional trip by visiting Explaining the principled view of Iran Dragan Skocic has invited Milad Sarlak and Aref Gholami to Iran. The UN official pointed out that the that war is not the solution to the Yeme- the National Team. problem of Afghanistan can be solved through ni crisis, Zarif stressed that only through Amiri will also miss the Iran’s Super Cup against Tractor, collective actions and the focus of his efforts FM Zarif talking to UN special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths(R). political dialogue and peaceful means the slated for June 20 in Tehran. is to find a way to this collective cooperation. Iranian foreign minister’s special envoy for to Tehran of the UN secretary general’s per- current miserable situation in Yemen can The Tuesday meeting came in continuation Afghanistan, held phone talks with Abdullah sonal envoy on Afghanistan. be brought to an end. of Iran’s diplomatic efforts to push forward Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan’s High In the Tuesday phone call, Abdullah called Griffiths, for his part, briefed Zarif on the Iran down Bahrain in 2022 the Afghan peace process. Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), for continued support for the country’s peace outcome of his talks with the relevant parties Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherian, the on the country’s developments and the visit process. on the Yemeni crisis. World Cup qualifier

SPORTSTEHRAN – Iran defeated Bahrain 3-0 to deskmove a step closer to booking a place at the Tehran rejects Grossi’s assessment on Iran-IAEA cooperation 2022 World Cup qualification Third Round. In the match held at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, opened the scoring for the visiting team in the Iran urges IAEA chief to avoid politicizing Iranian nuclear program 51st minute courtesy of ’s perfectly timed through POLITICAL TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador to the report on Iran in which it accused Iran of failing to explain pass. Azmoun made it 2-0 on the hour mark after receiving a deskInternational Atomic Energy Agency traces of uranium found at several allegedly undeclared sites. good pass from Taremi. (IAEA) has responded to the assessment of IAEA chief Gharibabadi, who delivered the letter to the IAEA, had Taremi scored Iran’s third goal in the 79th minute. Rafael Grossi about the quality of cooperation between provided details about the February deal, which contained Iran moved to second place with 12 points, two points behind Iran and the UN body, advising him to avoid politicizing details about Iran’s decision to announce the expiration leaders Iraq in Group C. the Iranian nuclear program. of that deal. Bahrain are third with 12 points with just one game remaining Ambassador Kazem Gharibabadi said Rafael Grossi’s The February deal was signed between director of the in the race to advance to the third round . assessment that a lack of progress in cooperation between Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)Ali Akbar Salehi The ‘Persian Leopards’, who had defeated Hong Kong 3-1 Iran and the IAEA seriously affects the Agency’s ability and IAEA chief Grossi in Tehran. on Thursday, will meet Cambodia and Iraq on June 11 and 15 . to make sure that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively “We delivered this letter to the Director-General of peaceful was not credible. the Agency yesterday, which addresses two issues. One In his opening statement to the quarterly session of the [aspect of the letter] is about a joint agreement we had We fully deserved to win: IAEA Board of Governors, Grossi claimed that technical with the Agency to record data from some of the Agency’s discussions between the IAEA and Iran have not yielded This approach could turn into an obstacle for future surveillance cameras for three months without providing Dragan Skocic good-will interactions between the two sides,” he warned the expected results, and the lack of progress in clarifying the data to the Agency, and if we reach an agreement on SPORTSTEHRAN – Iran national football team head coach on Twitter. the Agency’s questions concerning the correctness and nuclear issues and the outcome as well as the lifting of deskDragan Skocic felt his team picked up a ‘well-de- Gharibabadi added, “The Agency report lacks triple completeness of Iran’s safeguards declarations seriously sanctions after three months, then we will provide infor- served win’ against Bahrain in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier. C: it’s not ‘consistent’ in relations with the background of affects the ability of the IAEA to provide assurance of the mation to the Agency,” he told the state TV. Sardar Azmoun netted a brace and Mehdi Taremi was on cooperation between two sides; it’s not ‘credible’ since is peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program. According to Gharibabadi, safeguards issues constitute target as well. not based on reliable sources; it’s not ‘convincing’ since “Iran has provided no new information in relation to one another aspect of the letter. “The letter explicitly states The ‘Persian Leopards’ beat Bahrain 3-0 in Group C at the does not contain all aspects of the cooperation and pro- location, has not answered any of the Agency’s questions that Iran has all kinds of interactions and cooperation Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa Monday night. gress made.” nor provided any information in relation to two other with the IAEA and that we are still ready to work with “First of all, I want to congratulate my team for the valuable He continued, “Constructive engagement requires positive locations, and provided a written statement on a fourth the IAEA to resolve a number of safeguards issues, but win against Bahrain. We started the campaign with just six points environment, avoiding expressing any pre-judgment and location without any substantiating documentation,” the IAEA must work with a neutral and non-political but earned two important wins against Hong Kong and Bahrain,” artificial concerns, as well as unnecessary overstatement Grossi said, according to a statement issued by the IAEA. approach to conclude these issues as soon as possible,” Skocic said in the post-match news conference. of a few trivial issues. The Agency shouldn’t act as if it’s The statement added, “Since February, verification and he noted. “I’m happy since we ended our win drought in Bahrain. The supporting the political agenda of some against the others.” monitoring activities have been affected as a result of Iran’s Underlining that the AEOI-IAEA deal expired on May win didn’t surprise us because we entered the match with the The Iranian diplomat called on the IAEA to avoid po- decision to stop the implementation of its nuclear-relat- 24, the Iranian diplomat said, “There were contacts and aim of getting three points,” the Croat added. liticization and take a clear position on the nuclear threat ed commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of requests from the Agency and the countries that are ne- Iran are scheduled to meet Cambodia on Friday. posed by Israel. Action (JCPOA) and the Additional Protocol, which gives gotiating with us in the framework of the JCPOA talks to “Right now, we want to enjoy our win. We will start thinking “The Agency has to distance itself from any political broader access to IAEA inspectors throughout a country.” extend this understanding for another period. This issue about Cambodia on Tuesday,” Skocic added. agenda and must take a clear stand on the Israeli regime’s Grossi also claimed that some sensitive nuclear mate- was examined internally and the conclusion was that this Iran are second with 12 points, two points behind leaders Iraq. nuclear threat and unacceptability of it remaining outside rials were found in locations not declared to the IAEA and understanding could not be legally extended, but the Islamic Bahrain are third with 12 points. called on Iran to provide answers in that regard. the NPT and its continuing defiance to place all its nuclear Republic of Iran decided to continue recording data for “I reiterate the requirement for Iran to clarify and resolve activities and facilities under safeguards,” Gharibabadi another month in its own good faith and as an independent these issues without further delay by providing information, continued. decision and not a legal decision.” Pirjahan takes bronze at documentation and answers to the Agency’s questions.” Diplomatic tensions have escalated between Iran and He added, “What happens next month and what we Gharibabadi said Grossi’s remarks were another sign the IAEA in recent weeks as the Agency refused the level do with this data is an independent sovereign decision Josef Odlozil Memorial that the IAEA has adopted a biased approach against Iran. of cooperation Iran provided. that takes into account a number of factors, including the “@rafaelmgrossi positions show the biased approach Recently Iran sent a letter to the IAEA announcing the Agency’s approach and technical approaches, especially SPORTSTEHRAN – Mehdi Pirjahan from Iran claimed a of the Secretariat vis-à-vis its interactions with Iran, expiration of a February deal between the IAEA and Iran. in negotiations with us on safeguards as well as political deskbronze medal at Josef Odlozil Memorial on Monday. which ignores the level of cooperation and engagement. The letter was sent after the Agency released a quarterly negotiations in the field of the JCPOA.” He finished in third place, clocking 49.81 seconds in the men’s 400 meters. Quincy Downing from the U.S. won the gold medal with a time of 49.54 seconds. Zarif urges U.S. to change course The silver medal went to Vít Muller from Czech Republic with 49.77 seconds. 1 “It remains unclear whether @PO- approved by the UN Security Council de- Also discussed bilateral & consular issues,” far,” he said ahead of the meeting. The Josef Odlozil Memorial is an annual track and field meeting TUS and @SecBlinken are ready to bury spite a confirmation by the International Zarif said on Twitter. He added, “All delegations concluded that which takes place in June at Stadion Juliska in Prague, Czech the failed “maximum pressure” policy of Atomic Energy Agency that Iran is fully The remarks came after Iran and the visits should be made to the capitals for further Republic. Trump and @mikepompeo, and cease complying with all its obligations. P4+1 concluded the fifth round of talks in consultation and further decision-making on using Economic Terrorism as bargaining The current U.S. administration, led by Vienna on June 2. Following more than a disputes. Today we will have a final meeting ‘leverage.’ Iran is in compliance with the Joe Biden, has claimed that it intends to week of intensive bilateral and multilateral of the Joint Commission, after which the AS Roma eye Sardar JCPOA. Just read paragraph 36. Time to pave the way for Washington’s return to the talks at different levels, the JCPOA Joint delegations will return to their capitals.” change course,” Zarif said on Twitter. JCPOA through the ongoing negotiations Commission held a meeting at the Austrian The top Iranian nuclear negotiator Azmoun: report One year after the withdrawal of the in Vienna, although the White House has capital’s Grand Hotel on Wednesday (June 2). said during the June 2 meeting a return SPORTSTEHRAN – Italian giants AS Roma have United States from the JCPOA, the Islamic so far refused to fulfill its commitments During the meeting, the heads of the date will likely be set for delegations to deskset their sight on signing Iran international Republic of Iran fulfilled all its obligations to fulfill this promise. negotiating teams of the JCPOA mem- return to Vienna. forward Sardar Azmoun. under the agreement to give European Although the U.S. administration has ber states evaluated the latest status of “All delegations are determined and The Zenit St. Petersburg striker was named as the best player countries, that had promised to com- been the party that breached the nuclear negotiations. there is complete seriousness. Disagree- of the Russian Premier Liga in the 2020-2021 season. pensate for the effects of Washington’s deal and has pulled out of it, officials at the All delegations expressed pleasure ments have reached a point where every- Now, the Iranian forward has caught the eyes of Roma, Cor- withdrawal from the agreement, an op- Biden administration say their return to with the progress made so far, and once one believes that it is not impossible to riere dello Sport reported. portunity to work to fulfill this promise. the JCPOA depends on Iran reversing the again underlined their determination and resolve, but details are important anyway, Azmoun had been already linked with a move to Lazio and One year after the United States quit reduction of its obligations under the deal. seriousness to pursue the negotiations and our firm positions are important to Dortmund. the JCPOA, Iran announced that it would The Islamic Republic of Iran has stat- in the coming days with the purpose of be respected. God willing, the meeting He scored two goals against Bahrain Monday night in the gradually reduce its obligations under ed that, given that the United States has finding solutions to a number of issues will conclude when we will start,” Araqchi 2022 World Cup qualifier. the deal, given that European countries violated the JCPOA and that Tehran’s that have yet to be settled, according to a said, noting, “I do not know if it will be too did not have the ability or will to fulfill actions were in response to Washington’s statement issued by the Iranian Foreign far and we will probably return to Vienna their obligation. violations, any action by Tehran will be Ministry. after a consultation period in Tehran, Iran’s Super Cup to be held The Islamic Republic of Iran, after taking taken after the lifting of sanctions and During the meeting of the JCPOA Joint God willing, as in the past.” five steps to reduce its commitments, finally verification of this claim. Commission, the participants agreed to So far, the negotiating partners in Vienna at announced in early January 2020 that it Earlier, in a telephone conversation with continue their contacts and talks at the have held five rounds of talks to discuss the no longer faces any operational constraints UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Zarif level of experts. They also agreed that the possible U.S. return to the JCPOA. They SPORTSTEHRAN — Iran’s Super Cup between Perse- such as enrichment capacity, enrichment said he agreed with his British counterpart heads of delegations go back to their cap- made progress in terms of determining deskpolis and Tractor football teams will be held percentage, stockpile of enriched materials, on the need to resume the 2015 nuclear itals for a few days for consultations, and some of the measures needed to be taken on June 20 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. and research and development. deal. Zarif also urged the U.S. to return to then resume the talks in the coming days. by Iran and the U.S. to resume full compli- Persepolis, as champions of the Iran Professional League, will Iran’s measures were carried out in its obligations and stop trying to use eco- A few hours before the meeting, Iran’s ance with the 2015 nuclear deal, but they lock horn with Tractor as Hazfi Cup winners, Tasnim reported. accordance with the provisions of the nu- nomic sanctions as a negotiating “leverage.” Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Ara- are yet to arrive at a final agreement on The Super Cup is an Iranian trophy clear deal including Paragraph 36, which “Agreed in phone call with FM @ qchi, who leads the Iranian negotiating team how to achieve the goal of fully restoring awarded to the winner of a match between the Persian Gulf allows Tehran to reduce its obligations DominicRaab on need to resume full com- in Vienna, told the Iranian TV that the meet- the JCPOA to the pre-Trump era. Iran has Pro League’s season champion and the winner of the Hazfi under the JCPOA if other parties do not pliance with the JCPOA. Underlined that ing would conclude the fifth round of talks. called on the U.S. to lift all the sanctions Cup. It is similar to numerous other Super Cup tournaments comply, according to Fars News. U.S. must return fully to its obligations “Today we are in a situation where imposed by the Trump administration. The held in other countries. The former U.S. administration uni- & cease trying to use unlawful economic we have to make a new conclusion on U.S., however, has shown little interest in Persepolis is the most successful team in Super Cup with laterally withdrew from the agreement war against Iran as negotiating ‘leverage.’ the negotiations that have taken place so lifting all the Trump-era sanctions. three titles. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JUNE 9, 2021

Housing price in Tehran city 10 major transport projects to falls 2% in a month

ECONOMY TEHRAN — Housing price in Tehran city deskdropped two percent in the second month of the current Iranian calendar year (April 21-May 21), from its be inaugurated by late August previous month, according to the deputy transport and urban development minister. ECONOMY TEHRAN – The Trans- and transit operations over the past two Mahmoud Mahmoudi although said, “Following the analysis deskport and Urban Devel- years and these projects have had average of prices in different areas of the capital, we see that in some areas opment Ministry plans to inaugurate 10 progress of more than 70 percent so far. of Tehran, we had a 16-percent reduction in prices last month.” major projects including five road and five Khademi, who is also the managing Mentioning the three-percent fall in the housing price in Teh- railway projects across the county by the director of Iran’s Construction and De- ran city in the first month of the present year, the official stated, end of the fifth Iranian calendar month velopment of Transportation Infrastruc- “The price analysis in the first month of this year also indicates of Mordad (August 21), IRNA reported. tures Company (CDTIC), stressed that the the increase of prices in five districts of Tehran and the decrease Also, 41,000 affordable housing units completion of 221 km of freeways in the of prices in 17 districts of the capital, which was repeated in the are scheduled to be completed and handed previous year was achieved despite the second month.” over to the owners under the framework fact that the annual freeway construction He predicted that if the dealers could be pushed out of the of the National Housing Plan and Mehr in the country has been 80 km. housing market while balancing supply and demand in the current housing plan by the mentioned date. The development of the railway industry, executive plans, housing prices would fall and stabilize. The railway projects that are going to on the other hand, has also been among The housing market reacts to the negative and positive move- go operational in the said period include the top-priority plans of the governments ment of rival markets and is not an independent market that can Yazd-Eqlid, Zahedan-Khash, and Bostan in recent years. be definitively commented on, the official noted. Abad-Tabriz, while the road projects include The country’s Sixth Five-Year National Arak-Khorram Abad, Sanandaj-Marivan Development Plan (2016-2021) has envis- and Tehran-Shomal highway. aged that the railway will account for at Back in May, Iranian Deputy Transport least 30 percent of cargo transportation and Urban Development Minister Khei- and 20 percent of passenger transporta- rollah Khademi had announced that 440 country’s road network by the end of the prioritized the completion of nine major tion in Iran. Such a target requires at least kilometers (km) of freeways and 1,200 km current Iranian calendar year (March 2022). freeway projects which would have the big- 850 trillion rials (about $20.238 billion) of highways are going to be added to the The official noted that the ministry gest impact on the country’s transportation of investment.

Dushanbe hosts 14th meeting of Iran-Tajikistan Joint Economic Committee 1 Welcoming the Tajik side’s proposal for the ex- in the construction of a dam and a hydroelectric power pansion of Iran’s industrial investments in Tajikistan using as successful examples of cooperation between the He further explained that the implementation of housing pol- the country’s work force and resources, Ardakanian said: two countries, both of which were designed and built by icies in recent years, such as mass production of housing through “Solving banking problems is a prerequisite for the devel- specialized companies and put into operation by the pres- the National Housing Plan and Mehr Housing Plan, as well as opment of Iranian investments [in Tajikistan].” idents of the two countries. registration in the real estate system, besides the identification Further in the event, Juma welcomed the Iranian dele- Juma also referred to the agreement between the two of vacant homes and the government’s determination to collect gation, saying: “the 14th session of the Joint Committee for countries for the implementation of a project to complete taxes from vacant homes have helped reduce keeping of capital Economic Cooperation between the two countries will create the facilities of the Tajikistan Esteghlal Tunnel and noted in the housing sector, and if the parallel markets do not face a a special movement in the promotion and development of that his country is ready to fulfill its financial obligations price shock, the direction of the market is towards price reduction economic relations between the two countries.” in this regard. and price stability. Referring to trade relations and trade balance between Ardakanian arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Monday The housing market in Tehran was the second-highest re- the two countries in the past few years, he said: “based on to participate in the 14th Iran-Tajikistan Joint Economic turning market in Iran among the country’s four major markets the two sides’ import and export data, there is great potential Committee meeting. in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) with for improving trade relations between the two countries.” He is scheduled to meet with other Tajik officials on 85 percent annual growth. He mentioned the cooperation between the two countries promoting economic relations. The information obtained from Kilid website (which is a major platform for housing trades) indicated that the housing price index in Tehran grew by 85 percent in the previous year compared to its preceding year. The highest monthly price increase of 12.5 percent occurred Market analyst offers solutions for stock market growth in the Iranian calendar month of Mordad (July 22-August 21, ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian more liquidity to back them up. agree to allocate a portion of their dividend 2020), while the biggest monthly price decrease occurred in Azar deskmarket analyst Hassan So, the regulations in this regard must to the mentioned fund to support the stock (November 21-December 20, 2020) with a decline of 8.1 percent. Balazadeh has proposed three solutions change in a way to oblige such companies when needed. In late April, the head of Iran’s Property Advisers Union said for improving the trend of the stock market to offer more of their shares in the market. According to the official, the development housing prices in the country should decrease at least 25 percent and resolving some of the problems that the Secondly, the analyst offered that for those of the stock market and inviting people to in order for people to be able to afford to purchase. market is currently wrestling with. companies who are going to offer their shares bring their assets into this market required Mostafa Gholi Khosravi noted that the closure of real estate As IRNA reported, revising the regulations for the first time, a ceiling must be set for the the preparation of infrastructure. But the agencies due to the coronavirus pandemic has caused some prob- regarding the public float stock, determining price of the shares and if they exceed the set government encouraged people to participate lems in this market, calling for the re-opening of the agencies in ceiling and limitation for the Initial Public criteria and the stock falls in the future the in this market before the infrastructure was compliance with health protocols. Offerings (IPOs) and finally establishing owner company should be obliged to refund ready and that caused the current problems. “The affairs of real estate offices are mostly done through phone a support fund for certain stocks were the the shareholders paid money. He said last year the market was not ready and social distancing and health protocols are observed when the solutions that Balazadeh has proposed. in this market must offer at least 10 percent Regarding the support fund, Balazadeh to absorb the huge amount of liquidity that parties meet for signing contracts. So, these offices which have According to Balazadeh, one of the prob- of their shares to public investors. In recent said this fund can be set up with a part of was flown into it. been constantly closed since the beginning of the current [Iranian lems that can be quickly addressed in the years, the increase in companies’ capital from the dividend of the companies in the gener- “When a market is to be developed, the calendar] year (March 21) should be re-opened,” Khosravi said. current situation is the issue of float stock. revaluation has made them bigger, and fol- al assembly and with the agreement of the base and infrastructure must be developed The official also stressed the need for establishing a market Based on the capital market law, companies lowing this growth most companies need shareholders. This way, shareholders can in the first step,” he stressed. regulation headquarters for housing sector to monitor the activities of dealers and real estate agencies in order to balance the prices. Housing prices in Iran have been constantly rising over the past year due to various internal and external factors. Govt. approves support package for corona-affected sectors Coronavirus has been reported to be a major factor affecting ECONOMY TEHRAN — The Government’s Economic by late November. the housing prices in Iran as the pandemic has stoked concerns desk about losing one’s savings and more people entered the housing Coordination Headquarters in its latest Severely affected businesses can also postpone the pay- market. gathering approved a comprehensive package for supporting ment of their employer’s insurance share in the two-month “People are turning to the housing market in order to protect corona-affected sectors in the current Iranian calendar year period starting from April 21. Also, according to the National their savings in the face of rising inflation. No one sees housing (started on March 21). Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, companies that pro- as a short-term consumer commodity. Even real consumers view According to Vice President for Economic Affairs Mo- vide public services should not be cut off from electricity and purchasing a home as a long-term investment,” Mehdi Soltan-Mo- hammad Nahavandian, the mentioned economic package gas networks if their bills are not paid on time, according hammadi, a housing expert, said. has been prepared and also approved by the National Head- to the official. quarters for Coronavirus Control, IRIB reported. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran, The official noted that the government spent over 770 the government has been implementing several programs TEDPIX rises 3,600 points trillion rials (about $18.3 billion) for supporting businesses for supporting the sectors affected by the pandemic. and people negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic Earlier on Monday, Finance and Economic Affairs Min- on Tuesday in the previous year and this year to new programs will be ister Farhad Dejpasand said his ministry has considered implemented in this regard. special tax-related support for sectors negatively affected ECONOMY TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran The mentioned package includes tax relief provisions, es groups affected by the pandemic will be waivered from by the coronavirus pandemic. deskStock Exchange (TSE), climbed 3,362 points allocating facilities to the affected businesses, postponing the paying tax dues until September 22. “Our tourism industry has had special conditions in the to 1.16 million on Tuesday. settlement of previous bank loans, postponing the payment The businesses can also receive bank facilities with low past year, and the food and hotel industries have also experi- As reported, over 8.244 billion securities worth 53.363 trillion of employers’ insurance share, the extension of payment of interest rates to compensate for their damages. They will be enced severe damage due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, rials (about $1.27 billion) were traded at the TSE on Tuesday. bank dues and etc., Nahavandian said. able to apply for the mentioned facilities until September so they have been among the sectors exempted from tax Under the framework of the said package, 14 business- 22 and the banks are obliged to pay the mentioned facilities payment,” Dejpasand said.

Value of trades at IME rises 60% in a week ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value of than $200 million. million tons of steel, 12,780 tons of copper, desktrades at Iran Mercantile Products sold here included 94,300 tons 480 tons of molybdenum concentrate, 48 Exchange (IME) rose 60 percent during the of vacuum bottom, 134,233 tons of bitumen, tons of precious metals concentrate, 11,690 past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday). 79,449 tons of polymeric products, 35,937 tons tons of aluminum, 239,000 tons of iron ore, As reported by the IME’s International of chemicals, 49,000 tons of lube cut, 4,745 1,000 tons of zinc, 400 tons of coke, 10,000 Affairs and Public Relations Department, tons of base oil, 100 tons of argon, 35,000 tons of sponge iron and 250 tons of lead. 905,197 tons of commodities worth nearly tons of sulfur and 2,470 tons of PDA TAR. The other trading floor of the exchange $567 million were traded at the exchange It’s worth noting that there was also 1,833 was the oil and petrochemical on both do- in the past week. tons of commodities traded on the IME’s mestic and export rings of which customers The report said that the IME traded side market. purchased more than 1.449 million tons of 468,140 tons of commodities on its mineral As previously reported, the value of trades commodities valued at almost $770 million. The first market’s index climbed 4,306 points, and the second and industrial trading floor valued at more at Iran Mercantile Exchange rose 16 percent Commodities traded on this floor were During the past year, about 3.5 quadrillion market’s index went up 477 points. than $367 million. in the past Iranian calendar month (ended 412,630 tons of bitumen, 238,686 tons of rials (about $83.5 billion) worth of commod- TEDPIX gained 39,000 points, or 3.5 percent, in the past On this floor, the IME sold 325,270 tons on May 21). polymeric products, 155,372 tons of chemicals, ities were traded at the mentioned market. Iranian calendar week. of steel, 11,300 tons of copper, 9,700 tons As reported by the IME’s Public Relations 12,238 tons of oil, 490,300 tons of vacuum In the past year, several new records were The index closed at 1.148 million points on Wednesday, June of aluminum, 160 tons of molybdenum and International Affairs Department, 2.925 bottom, 4,450 tons of sulfur, 350 tons of achieved in terms of the volume and value 2, (the last working day of the week). concentrate, 30 tons of precious metals million tons of commodities valued at $1.828 argon, 150 tons of insulation and 132,500 of transactions in the mentioned market’s During the past week, the indices of Khodro Company, Saipa concentrate, 25,000 tons of iron ore pellets billion were traded at the exchange in the tons of lube cut. various floors including the industrial, pe- Company, Zar Macaron Industrial Company, Barkat Pharma- and concentrate, 1,080 tons of zinc ingots, previous month, indicating also a six-percent Moreover, the IME saw trade of 11,505 troleum, and petrochemical floors. ceutical Group, and Opal Kani Pars Company were the most 36,600 tons of cement, 19 kg of gold bars, rise in terms of weight. tons of commodities on its side market within IME is one of the four major stock markets widely followed indices. 50,000 tons of fine iron ore and 9,000 tons The IME witnessed trades of 1.464 mil- this month. of Iran, the other three markets are Tehran The Iranian capital market has been going through some tur- of sponge iron (DRI). lion tons of commodities worth more than The value of trades at Iran Mercantile Stock Exchange (TSE), Iran’s over-the-coun- bulence over the past few months and in this regard, the govern- Furthermore, the IME’s oil and pet- $1.044 billion on its mineral and industrial Exchange in the previous Iranian calendar ter (OTC) market known also as Iran Fara ment and related entities have been taking serious measures for rochemical trading floor hosted trade of trading floor. year (ended on March 20) rose 108 percent Bourse (IFB), and Iran Energy Exchange stabilizing the market. 435,224 tons of commodities worth more On this floor the exchange traded 1.189 compared to the preceding year. (IRENEX). I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 9, 2021 ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW 5

U.S. democracy has been in eclipse ‘Motivated by hate’: Muslim family run over in Canada

1 Eyewitness Paige Martin told reporters a black truck after Kennedy assassination blasted past her and ran a red light, and then she came upon the scene and saw “chaos”. First responders were running to help, a The post-Cold War NATO no longer maintains any pretense of being a defensive alliance police officer was performing chest compressions on one person, and three other people were lying on the ground. 1 Biden is a synthesis of devotion to munities into war zones. Police serving in these A few dozen people stood on the sidewalk and several drivers globalism, multinational corporate capital- neighborhoods have understandably come got out of their cars to help. “I can’t get the sound of the screams ism, and the Zio-wars of a declining American to adopt a mentality of survival in the midst out of my head,” Martin said. empire, with a virulent cultural Marxism that of these war zones. Combine these dynamics has a “Roman Catholic” American president of moral and community disintegration with appealing to his largely Jewish political and a proliferation of illegally obtained weapons Ansarullah leader meets financial power base. and militarized police departments, and one Omani delegation as Saudis This brings us then to the Biden Admin- can grasp the gravity of the situation. istration’s actual war and foreign policy pos- Older Americans, especially with European look for Yemen escape ture in an American “democracy.” It is being Christian backgrounds and coming from rural crafted by three Zionist Jews: Secretary of areas and small towns, associate firearms with The leader of the popular Ansarullah movement has met in Sana’a State Anthony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of a way of life totally unlike their contemporary with an official delegation from Oman which is mediating for a State Wendy Sherman, and Undersecretary urban counterpart. They see the imposition face-saving Saudi exit from the Yemen quagmire. of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland. of gun control, especially by un-constitution- During the meeting in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Monday Ms. Nuland was the chief henchwoman of al executive orders, as a threat to their 2nd evening, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi discussed humanitarian issues the Obama/Clinton/Biden sponsorship of the Amendment Rights on the part of a hostile and other areas of concern with the Omani delegates, al-Masirah illegal coup d’état in Ukraine in February of federal government whose real agenda is to television network reported. 2014 that has made Joe and Hunter Biden create a police state controlled by political elite The Ansarullah leader also extended his gratitude to Oman’s ruler rich via the Burisma scandal chronicled by under the spell of globalism. In their view, the Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said for his wise positions on Yemen. the New York Post last October 14th. same government that forces the children of Earlier in the day, Mahdi al-Mashat, the president of the Su- This illegal coup, a part of a larger attempt traditional Christian families to endure LG- preme Political Council of Yemen, met with members of the Omani tion (NRA). In those days, there was greater To the extent that urban American police de- to encircle Putin’s Russia, has resulted now BTQ propaganda in the public school courtesy delegation and thanked the Sultanate of Oman for his efforts to per capita ownership of firearms than in the partments have become progressively more in a series of reckless provocations involving of Biden’s friends at the National Education alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people resulting from the United States now, yet mass shootings and militaristic in tactics and weaponry, one needs the Donbass and Crimea, the largest Amer- Association (NEA), is the same government Saudi war and siege. today’s pervasive criminal use of weaponry look no further than the training seminars ican and NATO military deployments and under Joe Biden that favors the legalization “We are working to advance arrangements on the humanitarian was unheard of. Why? being conducted routinely for American police exercises in the Baltics and Eastern Europe of transgender surgeries and therapies for question as well as the peace process,” Ansarullah spokesman I argue that this is because today’s America departments in Israel. It is not an accident ever witnessed, and an ongoing rhetorical minor children, that continues to marginalize Mohammed Abdul-Salam said. is no longer shaped by an older traditional that subsequent police misconduct in the demonization of Vladimir Putin virtually them economically by exporting their manu- According to Press TV, the has repeatedly European Christianity Protestant, Lutheran, United States looks increasingly like the identical to the absolute pack of lies about facturing jobs overseas, even as massive illegal warned that millions of men, women and children in Yemen or Roman Catholic. It is now an alcohol and routine criminal misconduct undertaken the Russian president being currently sold to immigration continues to consume dwindling are facing famine, and appealed for more money to prevent it. drug besotted post-Christian culture that by the Israeli police and military in their the global public by the April 24-30th cover national resources at the expense of American has presently drifted into neo-paganism. occupation of Palestine and Gaza. This ul- story of The Economist. When one adds the citizens. They see also see gun control as the All the signs are there, including rampant timately will mean that the Israelification of neo-conservative demonization of Iran and disenfranchisement of the law abiding, by Yemen blasts UN silence, inaction involvement in every form of sexual perversion American police departments will fit hand China being undertaken by this administra- leftist political forces in government and the imaginable, and an increasing disregard for in glove with the 78 fusion centers in this tion, it is obvious that the same cabal controls legal system who have pursued a revolving over Saudi Arabia’s seizure of the sanctity of innocent human life, including country that blur the distinctions between American national security and foreign pol- door “justice” system where multi-convicted the heinous practice of partial birth abortion federal, state, and local law enforcement, Yemen-bound oil vessels icy regardless of the party affiliation of the violent felons are returned to the streets time and increasing disrespect of the elderly. It is even as the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai particular Presidential incumbent in office and time again and whose rates of recidivism striking that this embrace of evil domesti- Brith (ADL) provides political profiling of The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) has criticized the United at any given point in time. This is merciless- in violent crimes are staggering. cally finds its American Empire counterpart American citizens who possess “potential Nations for its silence and inaction to step in and pressure the ly obvious since the assassination of John Finally, I would like to address U.S. for- in a foreign policy rooted in militarism and terrorist profiles” for these fusion centers Saudi-led coalition into releasing ships carrying energy derivatives Kennedy almost 58 years ago here in Texas. eign policy: the American intervention in the increasing number of war crimes being and their surveillance data bases. destined for the impoverished and war-ravaged Arab country. One obvious proof of who controls Biden Afghanistan was designed to create the op- committed by the United States military The most pressing problem in this coun- Speaking at a protest rally outside the UN office in Sana’a on and why: Colombia and Israel. In his May 28th portunity to transport oil to the Indian Ocean and its Israeli and Saudi allies in the Middle try with racially motivated violence involves Monday, YPC spokesman, Essam al-Mutawakel, called for an essay for Mint Press News entitled, “Birds via Afghanistan and to make a lot of money East (West ). The post-Cold War NATO the disproportionate involvement of African immediate end to the brutal siege against Yemen and seizure of of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel is Helping for defense contractors. The real story on the no longer maintains any pretense of being Americans in the criminal misuse of firearms oil vessels, which have left the nation in desperate struggle to Colombia Crackdown on Protestors,” Alan ultimate perpetrators of 9-11 is Israel. Laurent a defensive alliance. American presidents, and the disproportionate number of murders survive amid a harsh shortage of fuel. Macleod notes the historic role of Biden with Guyenot’s article for Unz entitled “9-11 Was an like Biden and Trump, no longer maintain of blacks by blacks, Hispanics by blacks, and He stated that the United Nations should take a prompt action Israel in that country: “Plan Colombia — the Israeli Job: How America Was Neo-Conned the old doctrine of plausible deniability in whites by blacks. One would never know this to lift the blockade on Sana’a International Airport and Ras Isa militarization of the drug war in Latin America into World War IV,” or the interview Kourosh their respective crimes, either with Biden by the distorted coverage of corporate main- oil terminal as soon as possible. — is most associated with the Bush adminis- Ziabari did with me on Israel and 9-11 should and his pals Obama and Clinton in Libya, stream media. Mutawakel went on to say that two ships carrying fuel, oil tration. However, the brains of the operation give your readers the inside story on what Syria, Kosovo, and Ukraine, or Trump with Why is this so? I argue that the increase in and diesel had already anchored in Yemeni ports in the past were actually Joe Biden. “I’m the guy who put really happened and why. the Soleimani assassination. illegitimate births among African Americans two days, while a ship carrying gasoline was scheduled to arrive together Plan Colombia…straighten[ing] that I understand that if a university Professor in The official FBI statistics on racial crime from 25% in 1960 to over 75% 60 years later within the next few days. government out for a long while,” he bragged the U.S. breathed a word to the Tehran Times in the United States and on police shootings is at the heart of the problem. The African He highlighted that the arbitrary detention of the vessels last year. While in office, Biden plans to expand on anything I have said in this conversation belie the impression created by corporate American father has been rendered irrele- off the coast of Yemen for different time periods has increased his policy from Colombia to Central America.” that he would sadly be an ex-professor at the mainstream media in the United States where vant by an economic support system rooted demurrage fees to some 5 billion Yemeni rials. Gun violence University. It is my hope in this regard that these matters are concerned. The June 2nd, in government subsidies. Drugs and sexual On gun violence in the United States, I would the American system of higher education is 2020 essay of Heather MacDonald for the promiscuity and lack of parental discipline say that the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, and liberated from Zionist Lobby preemption of the Palestinians say ready to Wall Street Journal entitled “The Myth of and stability have dovetailed with access to the gun control industry in the United States First Amendment, along with our Mainstream Systemic Police Racism” demonstrates this. illegal weaponry that has turned these com- fundamentally misunderstand the problem Media, Social Media, and our American gov- react if Israel plots against of guns and violence in American society. American “democracy” in any legitimate ernment and National Security Establishment. al-Aqsa Mosque A striking irony is this one: Democratic Party In that event, we could have the free, fair, and lionizes the late 35th president of the United sense of the term ended with the civil discussion of these issues not presently Palestinian resistance groups have urged Israel to avoid any con- States, John F. Kennedy. They conveniently assassination of President Kennedy in possible in any of these venues. Until then, spiracies against Jerusalem al-Quds and the city’s al-Aqsa Mosque omit the fact that President Kennedy was a Dallas on November 22nd, 1963. any discussion of American “democracy” is compound, saying they stand ready to react at any moment in Life Member of the National Rifle Associa- a tragic-comedic sham. the face of the occupying regime’s acts of aggression and crimes. In a statement released on Monday, the Joint Room of Pales- tinian Resistance Factions hailed the nation’s “heroic” fight during Operation Quds Sword. Britain’s ‘hostile environment’ is creating deep trauma among Black Muslim and immigrant communities Through unity, rapport and various means of resistance, Pales- By Richard Sudan and should have had a fair hearing. tinians managed to defeat the enemy and foil its sinister schemes But, there is also a disconnect with how many in Britain in al-Quds meant to impose new realities on the ground by the The climate of hostility towards migrant, immigrant and sympathize with migrant and immigrant communities, and forced displacement and arrest of the Palestinian people as well as Black and Muslim communities in Britain, over the last few how the government ploughs ahead with its policies under the temporal and spatial division of the al-Aqsa Mosque, it said. years has reached fever pitch. the hostile environment. “The Zionist enemy was completely wrong in it calculations Firstly, the advent of Brexit unleashed a particularly Compare the two following scenarios. Recently, in as it thought that the conditions were ripe for advancing such pernicious form of racism in Britain which, while always Glasgow, Scotland an immigration raid took place by the ill-considered plans and that it had now a golden opportunity to present, had to some extent been bubbling under the surface, authorities. But the local community came out in droves attack the sanctities and principles of the Palestinian nation. How- forced underground for time after years of social struggle and demanded the release of those who were detained and ever, it faced a decisive and strong reaction,” the statement read. and demands for equality and racial justice. shackled and because of their strength in numbers, those “The resistance, which had strengthened itself over the past Brexit became a green light for racists to target anyone detained were let go. years to defend al-Quds and endured the siege and pressure in who they perceived as the ‘other’. Police statistics along The other scenario sees Home Secretary Priti Patel actually this way, did not remain silent and acted as the best supporter with data from the UK Home Office shows a spike in racist attend in person a similar immigration raid which again saw for the uprising of the residents of al-Quds and the West Bank. attacks in the time preceding and following the vote, with those targeted hand-cuffed and detained in a sun rise raid. The inhabitants of the 1948 occupied territories and the general expert analysts fearing the real figure to be much higher. Patel drew widespread scorn and condemnation for this public also joined them and shattered the enemy’s equations. Brexit was essentially the UK’s make Britain great again, stunt, accused of playing politics with the very real trauma They made it clear that al-Aqsa has heroes who will defend the or Trump moment. that those migrants would have experienced while sensa- ment and they find themselves on the receiving end of the mosque and the al- Quds’ sanctities under any circumstances. But make no mistake, this climate of hostility which had tionalizing their misery. In the wake of Glasgow, Patel has notorious hostile environment. Reports have shown that the Finally, the enemy was defeated and forced to stop its acts of already been growing in Britain has continued and arguably doubled down on what she argues is what the British people impact that these fears have on vulnerable communities is aggression,” it added. become worse, under the ever more ‘hostile environment’ have voted for, despite many arguing that this assertion is having the most detrimental effects on people’s lives. created by former Prime Minister Theresa May, and now simply not true. The mental health of those being forced into the shadows, continued mercilessly by Boris Johnson’s government and As well as the ongoing controversial policies affecting even if they have a right to live in the UK will take a serious toll. Resistance News current Home Secretary Priti Patel. migrant communities, the Windrush scandal still continues Experts have also revealed that many who are concerned Boris Johnson, predictably, predicated his entire election and is a stain on Britain’s conscience. Affecting several about the ability to remain in the UK are simply too afraid to campaign on Brexit, and ‘getting Brexit done’, and played generations of those who migrated from the Caribbean even try to access basic health care for fear of being reported Settlers, police forces continue openly to reignited British nationalism. between the late 40’s and early 1970’s, while also now to the Home Office, despite the NHS being free at the point to defile Aqsa Mosque But Home Secretary Priti Patel has overseen policies at the affecting their children and grandchildren, Home Office of use. Healthcare is of course a fundamental human right Home Office, vowing to continue to implement them at any failings, which were promised to be corrected and which and should be free for everybody. INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Hordes of Jewish settlers on cost, which for migrant communities are frankly terrifying. have not, have again seen the wrongful detainment and But the fact that there is such palpable fear among some deskTuesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque The ‘go home vans’ which trawled through communities deportation of individuals who had the right to live in in Britain to access it, and the fact that so many human rights in Occupied Jerusalem under police escort. several years back, warning those whose status might have Britain. There are countless examples, mostly from the are often disregarded when immigration policies are imple- According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the been uncertain to leave or face the long arm of the law, were Caribbean community but also from African communities mented shows how far behind Britain is, when compared Mosque in different groups and toured its courtyards under like something from a dystopian Orwellian nightmare. where individuals were wrongfully deported to countries with the image it likes to present of itself. police protection. While on the one hand every nation has a right to man- they had not seen since childhood, often for minor crimes Pundit after pundit, and study after study, make great effort A delegation from the Israeli government was among the age immigration policy, the drive to intentionally send fear for which the penalties had long since been paid. In some to argue that Britain is a welcoming and modern country. settler groups who defiled the Islamic holy site in the morning. through migrant communities has played into a climate of cases some deportations led to the breakup of families, des- But many feel that many government rules and policies are The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish racism which too many politicians are quick to exploit, and titution, poverty and death. more akin to the Victorian era than any truly developed so settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except with devastating consequences. Every juncture in the process to demand systemic change called liberal democracy. on Fridays and Saturdays. For those on the receiving end it leaves them traumatized, and also justice and compensation for those who have suf- A society can only be truly measured through the lens of The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by after having already lived through traumatic experiences to fered has been a total failure. So too have the demands for how it treats its most vulnerable. And the way many migrant Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete get to Britain. Many immigration raids result in those who assurances that wrongs which have already taken place will communities are currently treated in Britain is nothing short their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the are detained, being held in what are essentially prisons, not be repeated. of a scandal. And actually although racism and anti-immi- same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers. often in inhumane conditions and without the legal means And now, because of the many examples of injustice facing grant sentiment is at an all-time high, we are also seeing During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, to fight their cases. Many lawyers believe that far too many migrant communities of all stripes, many EU migrants are millions of people fighting against the worst elements of the entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the en- of those detained are wrongly deported, and should have also in fear of experiencing a similar fate, if through no fault system, and demanding something much fairer. trances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they had the right to remain in Britain with access to support, of their own their statuses are also confused by the govern- (Source: Press TV) leave the holy place. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 HERITAGE & TOURISM JUNE 9, 2021

Rivi archaeological site being Iran attractions and going prepared for tourist visits

HERITAGE TEHRAN – Local authorities have started deskdeveloping tourist infrastructure and amenities at the archaeological site of Rivi in northwest Iran. beyond borders on screen “Considering the importance and tourism potential of this historical site, we are trying to provide the necessary ground for 1 “As we all know, films made in meaning that each positive event carries attracting tourists and sustainable employment in the historical this regard are usually great because they with it positive feedback for everyone, site of Rivi,” CHTN quoted Mohammad-Javad Jafari, the director exploit the potential of tourism and the therefore public and private sectors need of the historical site, as saying on Monday. seventh art (cinema), which ultimately to attentive to this sector.” encompasses other forms of art.” An organizer of tourism events, who As the world of media and social net- holds a national tourism medal for his works expands, attention to the making efforts, Zandi believes that to attract of such films can be one of the most investment and support, film tourism important modes of understanding Iran needs more promotion. and its cultural diversity as well as its His 2019 documentary, “Dance of tourism worldwide, he explained. Life,” has been screened in a variety of “Using indirect advertising through events nationwide and internationally, films and documentaries, people all over winning several awards. the world learn about a safe and beau- The film which is about local rituals tiful Iran and start thinking about their related to water throughout the country travel plans to the country.” has been acclaimed and well received “As a personal experience, I can say by critics and audiences. that when the audience sees my works “Today, thanks to advances in tech- In 2019, a joint mission of Iranian and German archaeologists in world film festivals, regardless of the nology, there are lots of products that discovered historical clay stamps in the Rivi region, which are quality of the film, they are fascinated present tourism content, however, a estimated to date from the Achaemenid and Parthian eras. The by the beauty and wonder of Iran and lack of artistic perspective can quickly seals were found alongside clay urns in a large hall and the seals yearn to visit the country, this is the reduce these products to clichés, with are imprinted in a variety of geometric patterns [depicting] , effect of this media,” said Zandi, who repetitive messages rotting the subject animals, and human figures. has received 12 international awards for A scene from “Dance of Life” by Iranian documentarian Peyman Zandi and not inspiring tourists to travel,” Evidence suggests that residents of this area sealed the urns his documentaries on Iran’s tourism. he noted. that were loaded with particular goods then tied them with ropes, Though he has been a producer and attention, he believes if the importance derstood, the industry will flourish. “Although it may seem easy, it isn’t according to archaeologists. director on his own due to the lack of of making such movies is properly un- “In tourism, everything is connected, so simple,” he concluded. The Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) was the largest and most durable empire of its time, stretching from Ethiopia, through Egypt, to Greece, to Anatolia (modern Turkey), Central Asia, and to . The Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 CE), also known as Grand Mosque of Sari: one of oldest places of worship in northern Iran the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran. The Parthians largely adopted the art, ar- HERITAGE TEHRAN — Grand Mosque of Sari, which yard. On the south side, there is a large porch with two chitecture, religious beliefs, and royal insignia of their culturally deskis named after the northern Iranian city, is four-cornered brick minarets with a pottery roof on top heterogeneous empire, which encompassed Persian, Hellenistic, one of the oldest places of worship in Mazandaran province. of it, and the main altar is located on this porch. Most of and regional cultures. At its height, the Parthian Empire stretched There is evidence that the mosque has been built on the the roof tiles are very old and the dust of antiquity and the from the northern reaches of the Euphrates, in what is now cen- remains of a Zoroastrian fire temple. The main body of the events of the past can be felt well on them. tral-eastern Turkey, to eastern Iran. current building of the mosque was rebuilt during the Qajar Moreover, there are two large naves in the east and west and Pahlavi eras. of the mosque, most of the walls of which are covered with There is nothing left from the old objects of the mosque bricks. Seven tourism projects and now it consists of two entrance doors, one on the west There are two altars on both sides of the porches connected side and the other on the north side. to the naves. The tiles of the porch entrance are decorated developing across “After entering the mosque, we encounter a large four-cor- with mosaics and the Kufic inscription is installed on the Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari nered courtyard, where the entire floor of the courtyard is door. Due to the climate of the region, which is often a mild decorated with beautiful brick designs, and walking on the and rainy season, the roof is completely covered with pottery. province old bricks has a pleasant and attractive feeling, it seems Sari, the capital of modern Mazandaran province, was like you take a step back in the past centuries,” according founded during the Sassanid period (224–651 CE), it became 1779–97) ruled from Sari before 1786 when he made Tehran TOURISM TEHRAN – A total of seven tourism-related to Iran in Depth. the capital of Tabarestan (7th–9th century) after the Arab the capital of his empire. deskprojects are currently underway in Chahar- In the middle of the courtyard, a large platform has been conquest of the region. Stretched along the Caspian Sea and Alborz mountain mahal-Bakhtiari province, the deputy provincial tourism chief built for worshipers, which provides a suitable place for The city was ravaged by the Mongols in the 13th century range, Mazandaran is a popular destination for domestic has said. religious and cultural ceremonies on summer nights. and visited by the historian Mostowfi in the 14th centu- holidaymakers and it is home to more than 3,500 villages and The projects, which are being implemented in the counties A large pool is constructed on the north side of the court- ry. Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty (reigned rural areas, hosting millions of domestic night-stays in year. of Shahr-e Kord, Borujen, Farsan, and Kuhrang, are expected to generate 50 job opportunities directly, Farjam Samiei an- nounced on Tuesday. Iran, safe and desirable destination for foreign tourists, minister says TOURISM TEHRAN – Having the corona crisis, would result in a growth media, has caused a great deal of enthusiasm deskunique tourism capabil- of tourism between Iran and Russia. and interest.” ities, Iran is a safe and desirable travel des- In 2017, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani According to Ebrahim Pourfaraj, who tination for visitors from around the world, and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin heads the Iranian Tour Operators Asso- Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts inked a visa-free agreement for tourist groups. ciation, rounds of negotiations have been Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan has said. A joint technical committee has been de- held between Iranian tour operators, travel He made the remarks during a meeting veloping an action plan for the previously marketers, and their Russian counterparts. with Russian and Iranian tourism activists agreed visa-free travel arrangements since “We’ve been commenced talks with some in on Monday. then, to put the agreement into effect. Russian travel agents to put Iranian desti- In recent years, Iran’s tourism sector has Iran’s image in the world is being tarnished Based on the 2017 agreement tour groups nations on their itineraries…. And the Ira- flourished because new branches of travel- by the U.S.’s anti-Iran policy, but traveling of 5 to 50 people heading to [easternmost nian Tour Operators Association has also ing, such as eco-tourism, health tourism, to Iran could change this image for foreign parts of] Russia from Iran or vice versa are entered negotiations with Russian unions mining tourism, and agritourism, have all tourists, he added. granted a visa-free stay of up to 15 days. for outbound tours to attract more travelers been gaining popularity, the minister said. Mounesan on Monday signed an action Earlier this month, Mostafa Sarvari, from Russia.” A budget of 100 billion rials ($2.3 million at the official -ex Iran offers an impressive range of tourist plan to implement a bilateral visa-free agree- who presides over the tourism marketing Pourfaraj says the majority of potential change rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) has been allocated to the attractions, including historical, cultural, ment for tourist groups. and advertising office of the Iranian Tour Russian travelers are unaware of the vast projects by the private sector, the official added. and natural monuments, handicrafts, dense The signing of the agreement, which Operators Association, announced many tourist attractions that exist in every cor- Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari lies in the southwestern part of the forests, towering mountains, roaring rivers, emphasizes a waiver of visas for tourist Russian tourists are eager to travel to Iran, ner of Iran. “The fact is that Iran’s political country. Its capital is Shahr-e Kord. The province has various and beautiful deserts, while there are also groups, was due to the good relations be- recounting his Russian counterparts. “Many and economic relations with Russia are unique traditions and rituals relative to the ‘tribal’ lifestyles. over 700 museums that can be visited in tween the two countries as well as the in- [potential] Russian travelers are motivated considered as good, but this has nothing Special forms of music, dance, and clothing are noteworthy. It different cities, he explained. terest of Iranians in visiting Russia and the to visit novel and lesser-known destinations to do with attracting tourists because it is has considerable potential to become a vibrant tourist attraction Tourists can find the country to be one existing capacity in the country for cultural such as Iran that could be a safe and attractive directly connected with the Russian people. because of its changing natural landscape. of the pocket-friendly destinations in the tourists and history buffs, he noted during destination,” he said. It is the Russian people who must choose The southwestern province is also a hub for making wool world, he mentioned. the signing ceremony. “According to Russian tourism experts, Iran as their destination.” felt products, majorly of which exported abroad. It is home to He also noted that some 400 hotels and He also expressed hope that the signing the feedback from Russian tourists who Iran is taking proactive measures in line some 500 crafters, in over 250 workshops, making handmade over 2,000 eco-lodge units have been es- of the joint action plan, as well as the process have traveled to Iran has been very posi- with the long-term goal of 20 million tourists felt products. tablished across the country. of increasing vaccination and overcoming tive, and its reflection, especially on social by 2025.

Iranian handicrafts: traditional bookbinding Police arrest illegal excavators in Mazandaran HERITAGE TEHRAN – Bookbinding, the joining together deskof several leaves or folios within covers to HERITAGE TEHRAN – Iranian authorities form a codex or book, is one of the traditional crafts long been deskhave recently arrested four illegal practiced across the Iranian Plateau. excavators and antique smugglers in Sari, the capital For Iranians, books have been of great importance and of Mazandaran province, CHTN reported on Tuesday. were highly regarded from ancient times. That is why the na- The accused people were traced and finally arrested tion has used every possible way to beautifully decorate and while digging for historical objects after the authorities protect them. received reports from cultural heritage aficionados Since ancient times, a beautiful and exquisite cover has about their lawbreaking, said Mohammadreza Kordan, represented the high value of the text of the book and encour- a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural aged and excited the reader. heritage. The artist binders did limit themselves only to high-quality A metal detector and some excavation tools and leather covers, but they elevated their art to decorate these equipment have been seized from the culprits who were books. There is a book in the British Museum that, according to surrendered to the judicial system for further investi- the specialists of the museum, about half a million hand-drawn gation, the official added. separated painting has been drawn on its cover, according to Soaked in a vibrant history, Mazandaran (also known Visit Iran. as Tabarestan) was a cradle of civilization since the During the rule of Shah Rukh of Timurid, the art of making beginning of the first millennium BC. According to Bri- book covers flourished, especially in Herat. Iranian book covers tannica Encyclopedia, it was almost overrun in about from this era exceeded the European products from Medieval. 720 CE by the Arab raiders. Its insecure eastern and During the rule of Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar, the oil method southeastern borders were crossed by Mongol invaders or “Laki”(lacquered cover) became a very common method of in the 13th and 14th centuries. Cossacks attacked the bookbinding and by his order, the “Majma ol Sanaye” institute region in 1668 but were repulsed. was established in Tehran. Tabarestan was ceded to the Russian Empire by a According to historians, many covers were found from the treaty in 1723, but the Russians were never secure in private library and have been moved to the royal library later. their occupation. The area was restored to Iran under Among the book covers of the Naser al-Din Shah, there are the Qajar dynasty. The northern section of the region pieces of leather or fabric, mostly velvet, which have been consists of a lowland alongside the Caspian and an upland created using foreign methods. along the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JUNE 9, 2021 SOCIETY 7 COVID-19 UPDATES Iran, Denmark discuss The statistics are related to 24 hours started 2:00 p.m. June 7 enhanced co-op on geoscience New cases 8846 New deaths 179 SOCIETY TEHRAN – Alireza Sha- IRNA reported. deskhidi, the head of Geologi- Shahidi also mentioned the activities of Total cases 2,980,116 cal Survey and Mineral Explorations of Iran his organization in the country and said that (GSI), and Flemming Larsen, the director production of small, medium, and large-scale of Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS), geological maps, identification and moni- Total deaths 81,362 emphasized the need to enhance coopera- toring of geological hazards, implementa- tion on geoscience, high-tech, and satellite tion of national and international projects, technologies. producing West Asia geological maps, and New hospitalized patients 1216 In a virtual meeting held on Monday, the holding 39 specialized national and inter- two sides discussed the development of bi- national geoscience conferences in Iran are Patients in critical condition 3,620 lateral cooperation and stressed the need to among the activities. strengthen scientific and research relations in Danish Ambassador to Tehran Jesper the fields of geology and mining exploration. Vahr, for his part, said that his mission is Total recovered patients 2,578,263 Today, due to climate change in the world to accelerate international communication and especially in Iran, we are facing prob- and facilitate continued cooperation for GSI lems such as drinking water supply, drought, and GEUS. Diagnostic tests conducted 20,938,338 floods, landslides, subsidence, sand and dust Larsen also stated that GEUS focus is storms, Shahidi stated. on energy, mineral resources, nature, cli- Doses of vaccine injected 4,935,261 He expressed his hope that the two coun- mate, and water resources, adding that the tries would cooperate in the use of high-tech organization’s international programs in and satellite technologies and hold training Europe, Africa, and the United States are courses, and that Iran would host the Danish in the areas of water, energy, mineral, and side after the end of the coronavirus epidemic, geothermal resources. World’s rarest flower grows Some 800 knowledge-based firms active in biotechnology in northern Iran TEHRAN – ledebourii (known as 1 knowledge-based companies and more than 60 percent of ENVIRONMENT Today, bioactive coatings are used with the help of deskSousan-e Chehel Cheragh in Iran) is one of their exports are related to biotechnology. bone tissue; For example, bioactive ceramic coatings on the rarest species of the Lilium genus worldwide, which grows in Foreign exchange savings of $1 billion per year by producing the spine or bone fractures will result in greater strength two habitats in Iran, one is Damash in northern Gilan province 22 biopharmaceuticals, gaining the first rank in biotechnology and faster healing. and the other is in the northwestern Ardebil province. Earlier in May, the Biotechnology Development Council products and vaccines in West Asia, and the presence among launched 129 production projects with the aim of saving up the top five biotechnology producers in Asia are among the to $1.44 billion of foreign currency; the projects include country’s achievements, Mostafa Ghanei, secretary of the the production of 27 biological medicine, 12 vaccine de- biotechnology development office of the Vice Presidency for velopment, and 90 pharmaceutical raw materials through Science and Technology, said in October 2020. knowledge-based companies. So far, 27 biotechnology medicines, 12 vaccine projects, 90 Over 5,000 knowledge-based companies pharmaceutical raw materials, and 55 projects in agriculture Currently, over 5,700 knowledge-based companies are and food security have been implemented in order to gain active in Iran, manufacturing diverse products to meet the a 3 percent market share and biotechnology assistance to needs of the domestic market while saving large amounts the development of the economy, he explained. of foreign currency, in addition to export the items. leading to import reduction. Some 8 major companies are responsible for managing The fields of aircraft maintenance, steel, pharmaceuticals, Iran ranks 12th in biotechnology the country’s 117 priority products in the fields of biopharma- and medical equipment, oil, and gas are among the sectors Iran is ranked 12th in the world and first in West Asia ceuticals, pharmaceutical raw materials, vaccines, probiotics, that researchers in technology companies have engaged in, in terms of biotechnology, as 9.5 percent of the income of equipment, and chemical drugs, he emphasized.

Lilium ledebourii is a rare Asian species of plant in the Lily Over 22,000 PCR tests conducted at border points family. It was named for German-Estonian botanist Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1786-1851). SOCIETY TEHRAN – A total of screened for COVID-19 by IRCS forces, over across the country, Valipour concluded, Mehr Thirty border checkpoints have been se- Lilium ledebourii flowers from the early of May until the middle desk22,064 passengers have 49,000 of whom underwent rapid tests, reported on Tuesday. lected, including 18 land borders, nine air of May. The Damash region is protected by the Department of so far undergone PCR tests based on a plan Mehdi Valipour, head of the Relief and With the cooperation of ministries of health borders, and three sea borders, all incoming Environment of Iran. launched on March 10 to rapidly identify Rescue Organization of the Red Crescent and transport, a plan is being implemented passengers will be tested and referred to the The flower is a persistent herbaceous plant that grows 50–150 suspected cases of coronavirus and prevent Society, said. with the goal of rapidly identifying and testing quarantine facilities in case of necessity. centimeters tall. The yellow bulbs are oval and reach a diameter the spread of new variants. Some 471 members of the IRCS cooper- incoming passengers and keeping them in Around 8,000 individuals enter the coun- of 5–7 centimeters. They are highly segmented, and the scales Meanwhile, 350,199 passengers were ate for carrying out the plan in 16 provinces quarantine facilities, if necessary. try via borders on a daily basis. are lance-shaped. The stem is strong and straight. The leaves stand upright, and have fine hairs on the edge. Their shape is linear to lance-shaped. Climate change: world’s lakes are in hot water – threatening rare wildlife They are 10–14 centimeters long, and 1–2 centimeters wide. The basic color of the flower is white, turning green towards The Earth’s surface is splotched with 117 million lakes. Some less intense but longer heatwaves. the base and purple towards the -tips. The filaments are are scarcely more than ponds, while others are so big they In a new study, researchers examined 393 lakes world- green, and the bright red. can be seen from space. At 395 miles long, 49 miles wide wide between 1981 and 2017 and found their temperatures Lilium ledebourii occurs at altitudes around 2,100 meters. and just over 1 mile deep, Lake Baikal in Siberia is one of rose by 0.39°C every decade, while dissolved oxygen fell It needs a dry, sunny position in well-drained soil, it is very sus- the world’s largest and it’s home to 2,500 species, including by 5% at the surface and 19% in the depths. It’s in these ceptible to moisture. In June 2012, an Iranian mycologist and the Baikal seal – Earth’s only species of freshwater seal. cooler, deeper parts of lakes where trout, burbot and salmon researcher found Lilium ledebourii in a forest in Noor (northern Lakes and rivers occupy just 1% of the Earth’s surface usually thrive thanks to sufficient oxygen, especially in the Mazandaran province) at altitudes around 1670 meters. but are incredible hotspots for biodiversity, sheltering 10% summer. Largely due to warming air temperatures, 68% In fact, many people go to Damash area to see this amazing of all species globally. Particularly in older and deeper of the lakes in the study had lost this important niche to flower, and a number of events going on during this time to lakes, life has had millions of years to evolve and adapt rising temperatures and falling oxygen levels. introduce and protect this flower to the public. to the peculiarities of that habitat, giving rise to unique How lake life will change forms. But since 1970, numbers of freshwater vertebrates, Most organisms that live in lakes can only thrive in including birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals, water with just the right temperature and concentration have declined by a staggering 83% through the extraction of nutrients and oxygen. Warmer lakes hold less oxygen Plant and animal life in Iran of lake water, pollution, invasive species and disease. Now, and lose more water through evaporation, forcing species climate change threatens to drive even deeper losses. to live in saltier and less oxygenated habitats. in lakes. Cold water fish, such as trout and salmon, need (Part two) Lake heatwaves – when surface water temperatures Things won’t be easy for species which live above the cooler temperatures and higher oxygen concentrations Fauna rise above their average for longer than five days – are a water for most of their lives either. Dragonflies are a com- than warm water species such as largemouth bass and Wildlife includes leopards, bears, hyenas, wild boars, ibex, gazelles, relatively new phenomenon. But by the end of this century, mon sight flitting among the reeds on the lake side. They white perch. One cold-loving species, Arctic char, could and mouflons, which live in the wooded mountains. Jackals and heatwaves could last between three and 12 times longer and lay their eggs in the shallows, but as lakes are lowered or vanish from 73% of its Swedish range by 2100 just as a rabbits are common in the country’s interior. become 0.3°C to 1.7°C hotter. In some places, particularly dry out during more frequent and severe heatwaves, this result of warming. Meanwhile, rising temperatures could Wild asses live in the kavirs (deserts). Cheetahs and pheas- near the equator, lakes may enter a permanent heatwave protection is lost. Those larvae which survive are likely mean parasites that infect fish grow faster and larger. In ants are found in the Caspian region, and partridges live in most state. Smaller lakes may shrink or disappear entirely, along to emerge early, when food and habitat may be lacking. one study, parasitic worms infecting stickleback fish grew parts of the country. with the wildlife they contain, while deeper lakes will face Climate change will shift the types of organisms we find four times faster in water at 20°C compared to 15°C.

ENGLISH IN USE LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION ســامانه پایــش و پیشبینــی خشکســالی ,System to be set up for monitoring Aquatic birds such as seagulls, ducks, and geese live on the کشــاورزی ایــران ایجــاد م ی شــود forecasting agricultural drought shores of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, while buzzards -nest in the desert. Deer, hedgehogs, foxes, and 22 species of ro معــاون امــور بازســازی و بازتوانــی ســازمان مدیریــت بحــران کشــور از ایجــاد A system will be launched to monitor, forecast and report the dents live in semidesert, high-elevation regions. Palm squirrels and Asiatic black bears are found in Baluchestan. Tigers once ســامانه پایــش و پی شبینــی خشکســالی کشــاورزی ایــران خبــر داد. agricultural lands being hit by drought, Amir Qaderi, an official .inhabited the forests of the Caspian region but are now extinct بــه گــزارش پایــگاه اطــاع رســانی ســازمان مدیریــت بحــران کشــور، امیــر .with Disaster Management Organization has announced Studies made in Khuzestan province and the Baluchestan region -and along the slopes of the Alborz and Zagros mountains have re قــادری روز یکشــنبه بــا اعــام ایــن خبــر گفــت: طــرح ایجــاد ســامانه Over a meeting of a special working group for addressing drought and risks threatening agricultural sector, a plan for vealed the presence of a remarkably wide variety of amphibians and ,reptiles. Examples are toads, frogs, tortoises, lizards, salamanders پایــش و پیشبینــی خشکســالی کشــاورزی ایــران طــی جلســهای بــا .racers, rat snakes (Ptyas), cat snakes (Tarbophis fallax), and vipers حضــور مدیــران و کارشناســان ســازمان مدیریــت بحــران و وزارت جهــاد establishing a system for monitoring and forecasting agricultural drought in the country was approved and submitted to the Some 200 varieties of fish live in the Persian Gulf, as do shrimps, lobsters, and turtles. Sturgeon, the most important commercial کشــاورزی بررســی شــد. fish, is one of 30 species found in the Caspian Sea. It constitutes a وی ادامــه داد: پــس از بررســی تجــارب داخلــی و روشهــای موجــود جهانــی، .Disaster Management Organization for review, he explained “Following the study of other countries’ experiences and major source of export income for the government, in the pro- duction of caviar. Mountain trout abound in small streams at ضــرورت اســتقرار نمونــه بومــی پایــش و پیشبینــی خشکســالی کشــاورزی .high elevations and in rivers that are not seasonal مــورد تأکیــد قــرار گرفــت و بــا مشــارکت مراکــز پژوهشــی ســازمان existing global methods, the necessity of establishing a domestic system to recognize the lands prone to agricultural drought The government has established wildlife sanctuaries such as the Bakhtegan Wildlife Refuge, Turan Protected Area, and هواشناســی کشــور و پژوهشــکده حفاظــت خــاک و آبخیــزداری طــرح ایجــاد ,Golestan National Park. The hunting of swans, pheasants, deer ســامانه پایــش و پیشبینــی خشکســالی کشــاورزی ایــران پیشــنهاد شــد. .was emphasized,” he noted and a number of other animals and birds is prohibited. 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Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 Banu’s wedding 1 The play is being performed by a of some 900 verses, called Banu cast composed of Maedeh Ashuri, Zahed Goshasbnameh, by an unknown poet Barzegar, Anihita Bozorgmehri, Hadis probably from the 11th or 12th century. A poster for the play “Wedding of Banu Goshasb” by director Somayyeh Abadeh. Tasalli, Parinaz Langerudi, Saba Minui There is a manuscript of the poem at and several other actors. the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. It they realize each other’s identity. before Rustam comes to his rescue and Director Seyyed Mohammad-Javad was once printed with Faramarznameh. Worthy of mention are also her battles mediates between the two. Bijan is born Kabudarahangi had previously staged the It describes the exploits of Goshasb with her suitors, most of whom are either of their marriage. GUIDE TO taken captive or killed by her. SPIRITUAL AWAKENING play at Hamedan’s Fajr Hall in August Banu alongside her brother Faramarz Goshasb Banu’s exploits are also 2018. in Turan and India. Among her heroic It is only Giv who passes the tests described in other epic works, such Goshasb Banu, (or Banu Goshasb) episodes is her battle with her father, and ordeals imposed by Rustam on her as Faramarznameh, Borzunameh A wise man first thinks and then entitled Savar (knight), is Rustam’s Rustam. suitors and comes through victorious. and Bahmannameh, where her name speaks and a fool speaks first and daughter and the wife of Giv. They fail to recognize each other at On the wedding night, however, she appears as Banu Goshasb to fit the first, but disaster is avoided in time when overpowers Giv and binds him down meter of the epic. then thinks. She is the heroine of a short epic Imam Ali (AS) Chantilly Iranian film festival unveils lineup Jami and Persian art Tavakkoli, who has made all her previous movies in her Zandi-Haqiqi. The film is about the middle-aged Shokuh hometown Yazd, previously said that “Mehran” presents who finds out that her elderly ex-husband Fereidun has Part 2 the people of the central Iranian city as hospitable during been placed in a nursing home by their children. With A copy of Baharestan, dated 1595 and made in the imperial the 1980s when many Iranian people took shelter in the second husband Reza, she decides to remove Fereidun atelier at Lahore and now at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, city from the Iran-Iraq war. and take care of him in their own home. has been cited as one of the finest books produced under the The story of the film is set in the 1980s and is about “Among the Hills” by Mohammadreza Keivanfar will Mughals in India. a family from Mehran, a small town near the border of also compete in the event. Perhaps the most noteworthy and elaborately illustrated Iran and Iraq, which moves to Yazd after the war breaks Eager to make a living as a teacher Amir is sent to a among works of Jami is the Haft Owrang manuscript at the Freer out. The family also has a son named Mehran. remote border area where he has to teach the children of Galley of Art in Washington The lineup also included “Borderless” directed by the nomads who are the only people living there. DC, with its twenty-eight Amir-Hossein Asgari. Hossein Jafari’s drama “Yadoo” will go on screen remarkable miniatures “Borderless” tells the story of a boy who has been fishing at the festival. It tells the story of a teenage boy named executed between 1556 and for some time in a grounded ship at the zero point borders. Yadoo living with his family and people under siege in 1565. He has chosen the place for his seclusion and serenity the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan in the early This luxury manuscript was when the appearance of a stranger takes away his peace days of the Iran-Iraq war. The family is finally forced commissioned by the Safavid and his work. to migrate. This combination photo shows posters for the movies selected Director Reza Jamali’s “Old Men Never Die” is also The lineup also features “The Sixth Day” by Hojjat Ebrahim Mirza (1540-77), to compete in the Iranian Film Festival of Chantilly. who at the age of sixteen was among the films. Qasemzadeh-Asl. Prisoner Ahmad gets a five-day grace appointed the governor of ARTTEHRAN – Seven feature-length It is about 100-year-old Aslan, the head of a death period to figure out several puzzles in order to save his Mashhad by his uncle Shah deskmovies will be screened at the first edition squad in his youth, who lives with his other single old own life, otherwise, he will be killed on the sixth day. Tahmasp in 1554-55. of the Iranian Film Festival of Chantilly in France as the fellows in a remote village. Since he came to the village The Municipality of Chantilly, in partnership with The calligrapher Mohebb- organizers have announced the official lineup. 45 years ago, nobody has ever died there! Now, most of several institutes, including Fondation d’Aumale and Ali, who was the head of the Iranian filmmakers from around the world have been the population consists of old and disabled men. All being the Franco-Iranian Center, will organize the festival. Ebrahim Mirza Library must invited to attend the festival, which will take place in the done with life, they believe the only way to bring death The festival was first scheduled to be held from March have been responsible for northern French town from November 4 to 7. back to the village is to commit suicide! 11 to 14, however, it was canceled due to the pandemic Folio from a manuscript of delegating different segments “Mehran” directed by Roqieh Tavakkoli is one the films. The festival will also screen “African Violet” by Mona restrictions. Jami’s Yusuf and Zulaykha of the project to various artists, not all of whom resided in Mashhad. Other calligraphers known to have participated in this nine-year long project are Rostam-Ali, Malek-al-Daylami, Switzerland Bildrausch festival to screen movies from Iran and Ayshi bin Eshrati. The illuminator Abdollah al-Shirazi’s signature also appears on the manuscript. ARTTEHRAN – Iranian cinematic level. pity. In their despair, the friends slowly find Only two painters have been identified provisionally on deskfilms “Careless Crime”, The film starts with a real disaster on new comfort in each other and try to save stylistic grounds as having illustrated certain of the miniatures, “The Wasteland” and “The Deer” will be August 19, 1978 when hundreds of people died themselves – and if they can’t save their lives, Shaikh Mohammad and Ali-Asghar. screened at the 10th Bildrausch Film Festival in the flames of an arson attack on the Rex then at least they can save their dignity. But Stylistically the illustrations in this manuscript, with large- in Switzerland. Cinema in Abadan, while screening director there is not much time left, as Qodrat is being scale compositions running over into the margins; bright, Dozens of films from other countries have Masud Kimiai’s 1974 drama “The Deer”. chased by the police. A showdown looms. polished colors; sophisticated landscape or architectural settings; also been selected to be screened in various In an exciting initiative, the organizers Shot in black-and-white, “The Wasteland” and idealized figures belong to the so-called classical tradition sections of the festival, which will take place of the festival have also picked “The Deer” tells the story of the 40-year-old supervisor at of Persian manuscript painting that by the second half of the in the northern Swiss city from June 17 to 19. to review in Kaleidoscope, a new sidebar a mud-brick factory in Iran who gets trapped fourteenth century had moved beyond merely advancing the Two screenings each have been arranged program dedicated to screening classics from between his boss who wants to shut down narrative it accompanied, evolving through the fifteenth century for “Careless Crime” directed by Shahram the world’s cinema. the factory, and his colleagues who distrust into a complex art form in its own right. Mokri and “The Wasteland” directed by The film tells the story of a painful reunion. him more and more. Especially noteworthy in the Freer Jami paintings is the Ahmad Bahrami. With a gunshot wound and a bag full of stolen A jury composed of Austrian filmmaker phenomenon whose origins can be traced back to the last “Careless Crime” is a reconstruction of money, Qodrat flees to his old schoolmate Barbara Albert, Swedish cinematographer decade of Jami’s life in the late fifteenth century and to the some events leading to the 1979 Islamic Seyyed, who is a heavy heroin addict and Lisabi Fridell and British critic and filmmaker workshop of Hosayn Bayqara in Herat, where the familiarity Revolution in Iran where victims and hardly knows how to help himself. Even the Neil Young will judge the films at the A scene from “The Wasteland” directed of the artists with Sufi literature has been acknowledged, and perpetrators meet face-to-face on a woman he loves only stays with him out of Bildrausch festival. by Ahmad Bahrami. where certain depictions in Sufi manuscripts transcended subordination to the signified text. It might be relevant that this was also a period when composition, in verse form, of moamma (riddle) had become Films from Iran to compete in extremely popular. Some of the twenty-eight miniatures in the Freer Jami seem barely to relate to the subject of their scenes, which in every case involves the precise moment narrated in Palm Springs festival the verses that are incorporated within each painting, and are in every case of selected anecdotes that Jami has used, ARTTEHRAN – Iranian movies “Spotted to make money to support his mother. He is willing and allegorically, to elaborate or explain his often abstract and deskYellow” and “Daily Massacre in Tehran” ready to take on any paying job, but each job brings with it didactic theme. will be competing in the Palm Springs International a set of new challenges. Literary works with Sufi content, such as Jami’s Haft Owrang, Festival of Short Films. The films have been selected to be screened in competition are rich in metaphorical images and mystical symbols that The festival will take place in Palm Springs, California for Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under. are open to a wide range of interpretation. In the case of the from June 22 to 28. The Festival of Short Films is a spin-off of the Palm Springs illustration of the anecdote about the father who advises his “Spotted Yellow” directed by Baran Sarmad is about International Film Festival (PSIFF), which is organized in son about love from Selselat al-Zahab, it is not exactly clear Roya, a young woman with a yellow spot on her face, who January every year. which two figures among the twenty-three depicted are those becomes enraptured by fantasies of a giraffe in her daily life, The PSIFF has come to be known as the first stop on of the father and son. resulting in strange and surreal expressions and behavior. the road to the Academy Awards and the Oscar-qualifying Several figures depicting youths engaged in conversation A poster for “Spotted Yellow” by Iranian director Directed by Hessam Hamidi, “Daily Massacre in Tehran” short fest is the largest short film festival and market in with other men, though not at all described specifically in Baran Sarmad. tells the story of Fuad, a 12-year-old boy who comes to Tehran North America. Jami’s text could be understood as various examples of the types of suitors that are courting the favor of the son and about whom the father’s advice is sought; but certain figures, having no apparent link to the meaning of the story could “Consumer Society” published in Persian also be understood as Sufi symbols connoting secondary, or more oblique references that are signified by Jami’s parable CULTURE TEHRAN – French he maps out a social theory of consumption. importance of vital subjects in contemporary of the father and son. desksociologist and cultural Many of the themes that would later make culture long before his colleagues. The figure of the kneeling man on the right, playing the flute, theorist Jean Baudrillard’s book “The Baudrillard famous are sketched out here Baudrillard is widely acclaimed as a is an example in this case. As the spokesman of his time for the Consumer Society: Myths and Structures” for the first time. In particular, concepts of key thinker in sociology, communication theosophy of Ibn Arabi and his school, Jami uses the pervasive has been published in Persian. simulation and the simulacrum receive their and cultural studies. influence of mystical currents, ideas, symbols, and images in Saless is the publisher of the book earliest systematic treatment. An English translation of the book his narrative and lyric poems, so that various interpretations translated into Persian by Piruz Izadi. Written at a time when Baudrillard by Chris Turner was published by Sage for the recurrent depictions found in paintings that illustrate The book focuses on the definition and was moving away from both Marxism and Publications in 1998. his texts may be possible. process of consumption in modern culture. institutional sociology, the book is more This book makes one of his most important In the case of the illustration from the romance of Leili Originally published in 1970, the book was systematic than his later works. works available to English-speaking readers. and Majnun, where Qays, visiting Leili’s tribal encampment one of the first to focus on the processes and He is still pursuing the task of locating It will be devoured by the steadily expanding catches a glimpse of her for the first time, a Sufi allusion should meaning of consumption in contemporary consumption in culture and society. So the circle of Baudrillard scholars, and it will also be be read into both the figure of the man playing the flute at the culture. At a time when others were fixated reader will find here his most organized required reading for students of the sociology top-center of the painting, and the man with his spindle at with the production process, Baudrillard could discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of culture, communication and cultural studies. the right-center, neither of whom are directly mentioned in be found making the case that consumption of leisure and anomie in an affluent society. Baudrillard’s other credits include Jami’s text. is now the axis of culture. There is also a fascinating chapter on the “Seduction”, “Simulacra and Simulation”, Front cover of a Persian translation of Source: Encyclopedia Iranica He demonstrates how consumption is body that shows yet again Baudrillard’s “America” and “The Gulf War Did Not French sociologist Jean Baudrillard’s Concluded related to the goal of economic growth and extraordinary prescience in flagging the Take Place”. book “The Consumer Society”.