Rouhani, Putin Talk on Phone, Seek Speedy Implementation of Deals
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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13646 Wednesday APRIL 22, 2020 Ordibehesht 3, 1399 Sha’aban 28, 1441 Western states oppose Flash floods reveal Iran officially Over 105,000 titles stronger Iran-Russia archaeological site in cancels Igor Kolakovic published in Iran relations: envoy 3 northeast Iran 8 contract 11 over past year 12 180,000 jobs planned Rouhani, Putin talk on phone, seek for corona-affected families TEHRAN – Headquarters for Executing Noting that the foundation is active in the Order of the Imam also known as Se- 56 fields, he said that “we have supported tad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, 75,000 job plans in the country last year, speedy implementation of deals will implement 60,000 job creation plans which led to the creation of 600,000 jobs for those financially struggling families in the country.” who were affected by coronavirus outbreak, Today, 40,000 business plans are launched Iranian and Russian presidents call ties ‘strategic’ YJC reported on Tuesday. which aim to create 120,000 jobs, and the im- All the measures of the Headquarters plementation of 60,000 job creation projects move in the direction of small and medi- is going to create 180,000 job opportunities in See page 2 um-sized home businesses, Mohammad the country for those affected by coronavirus, Mokhber, head of the Headquarters stated. he explained. 9 U.S. oil futures plumb historic lows below zero, Brent plunges U.S. oil futures continued to trade in U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) negative territory on Tuesday, after crude for May delivery traded at minus closing down nearly $40 on Monday $7 a barrel by 0955 GMT, up $30.63 from in their first ever sub-zero dive, as con- Monday’s close when the contract settled cerns grew the United States will run at a discount of $37.63 a barrel. out of storage for a glut caused by the The slump in the U.S. contract was coronavirus lockdown. exaggerated by the looming expiry late Global benchmark Brent crude also fell on Tuesday of the front-month contract sharply in response to the collapse of de- for delivery of oil in May when the lack of mand following reduced economic activity. storage is set to be particularly acute. 5 Iranian professor publishes memories of 16-month captivity in U.S. TEHRAN – Seyyed Mojtaba Atarodi, an scholar Parviz Saadati gathered and Iranian professor and a suspect in a case some interviews he conducted with of circumvention of the U.S. sanctions Atarodi. on Iran, has published his memories of Atarodi, a professor of microelectronics a 16-month detention in a federal prison at the Sharif University of Technology in in San Francisco in a book. Tehran who traveled to the United States The book titled “From Sharif to Los on December 7, 2011 for medical treat- Angeles” has been published by Sureh- ment, was detained at the Los Angeles Mehr based on information Iranian International Airport. 12 ARTICLE The moral side of the epidemic ARTICLE Ebrahim Fallahi By M.A. Saki quences for national and economic security. In the U.S., more than 22 million have filed Faranak Bakhtiari Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Now the shoe is on the other foot. The pandemic curve seems to be flattening out unemployment only in a space of four weeks, Tehran Times journalist The timing couldn’t be better for Americans to in the major portion of Iran as it peaked sooner almost equal to all jobs created after the last experience first-hand a downturn economy, a there than in the U.S. despite a few hotspots recession in 2008. chronic pain Iranians have endured for four seeing a resurgence after phasing in essential In a bellwether change to the epidemic Missing out on LNG decades under U.S.-led sanctions. economic sectors. scene, anti-lockdown demonstrations have Earth Day 2020: Unlike previous economic hardships, this one For a rare moment in modern history, both started to break out around the U.S. as political market Iran needs is caused by a common cause, and that’s what nations, and by extension all other nations across leaders continue to wrangle over reopening nature is a makes it unique. the globe, are scratching their heads over the same the economy. to take action The novel coronavirus is all over the place. set of questions despite living in categorically While the U.S. economy is resilient enough to beneficiary of As yet, it has left thousands dead, more than two dissimilar geographical, cultural, economic and bounce back fast soon after the epidemic is con- ast week, Qatar Petroleum announced millions infected, and virtually everyone affected political fabrics. tained, the story is enormously different for Iran. coronavirus the start of drilling operations for in more than 177 countries. Aside from human fatalities, the economic What is a return to normalcy in the U.S. is Lthe development of its North Field The U.S. has now become the country hit havoc the pandemic is wrecking and the uncer- almost non-existent in Iran. We have always been uman beings have put too many (known in Iran as South Pars) gas field, in hardest by the pandemic. For the first time in tainty of returning to a semblance of normalcy looking forward to a return to less abnormal con- pressure on the Earth causing ir- which the company plans to drill 80 new the history of the country, all 50 states are under before long have come to the fore over the past ditions not to a full normalcy due to unwarranted Hreparable damage, however, with wells to increase the country’s liquefied major disaster declaration with severe conse- two months. sanctions led by the U.S. 3 the onset of coronavirus outbreak, the natural gas (LNG) production capacity planet seemed to prosper and relive the by 43 percent to reach 110 million tons burden which was unprecedented over per annum (Mtpa). Syrian air defenses repel Israeli air strike on Palmyra area the past 50 years when the first Earth Sharing the world’s biggest gas reserve Day celebrated. with Iran, Qatar currently accounts for 33 Syrian air defenses are repelling an Israeli air T-4 military aerodrome from the Al-Tanf region country. The planet is looking uninhabited percent of the global LNG production capacity strike on the Palmyra area in the east of the Homs bordering Jordan and Iraq. The area houses a Israel has been a main supporter of terrorist these days as people across the world and this increase will boost the Persian Gulf governorate, the SANA news agency reported US military base. groups that have opposed the government of are sheltering in place and avoiding so- country’s market share even more. Iran, on on Monday. On March 31, Syrian missile defense units President Bashar al-Assad since militancy erupted cial gatherings to contain the spread the other hand, is not benefiting from the According to the agency, the Syrian military repelled an airstrike at the Shayrat military air- in Syria in March 2011. of the virus. field as much as the tiny Arab neighbor. “managed to shoot down several missiles of the field some 38 km east of Homs. The attack was Syrian government forces have taken back The first cases of COVID-19 were The market enemy before they reached ground targets.” carried out from the Lebanese airspace. many areas once controlled by the terrorist groups. identified in the Chinese city of Wu- Considering the growing demand for Al Mayadeen TV channel reported that Israeli In late March, the Syrian army had intercepted The government and allied forces are currently han in late 2019, which has now spread natural gas in the Asian markets and all planes had attempted to strike military facilities a number of missiles fired by Israeli warplanes busy fighting last bastions of militants in the to more than 210 countries, infecting around the world, LNG is becoming one north of the Palmyra airport. in the same province. northwestern province of Idlib and areas in the nearly 2,495,296 people and killing more of the world’s most strategic commodities A spokesperson for the Israel Defense In the March 31 incident, the Israeli missiles neighboring Aleppo province. than 171,064. With large gatherings which could play a very important role in Forces (IDF) declined to comment on the violated the Lebanese airspace before being con- The large-scale government offensive prohibited, businesses shut down and the gas-producing countries’ political and information. fronted by the Syrian army air defenses. in Idlib has caused increasing friction with governments around the world ordering economic stance in the future. “We do not comment on foreign media re- The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about neighboring Turkey as Ankara insists that citizens to “stay at home,” the Earth Unfortunately, Iran currently does not ports,” an IDF spokesperson told TASS by phone. the attacks on Syrian territories which many view Syria and its main ally Russia are violating has become so quiet and isolated but have any LNG plants and although the coun- On January 15, Israel’s Air Force carried out as knee-jerk reaction to Syrian government’s the terms of a ceasefire agreement reached feeling much better. try’s gas production from the shared field has a missile attack against Syria by attacking the increasing success in confronting terrorism in in Russia in September.