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Iran Stands Ready to Confront Any U.S. Adventurism WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13849 Saturday JANUARY 2, 2021 Dey 13, 1399 Jumada Al Awwal 18, 1442 Ayatollah Mesbah Ramin Rezaeian School building Yazdi, a senior cleric, joins Al Sailiya club budget rises by General Soleimani INTERNATIONAL dies at 86 Page 2 Page 3 three folds Page 7 HERO See page 3 People inside U.S. may respond to assassination of Gen. Soleimani: Quds Force chief TEHRAN - The Islamic Revolution Guard tion of the Lt. Gen., Ghaani said the U.S. Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander assassinated the top Iranian commander Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani said at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Israel. Iran stands ready on Friday that some people inside the “By committing this crime, you [the United States are likely to seek revenge U.S.] created a job for all freedom-seeking for the assassination of his predecessor people across the globe. Be sure that it is Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. possible that some people will be found Speaking at a ceremony held on Friday inside your home to respond to your crime,” at the University of Tehran to commemo- General Ghaani warned. to confront any U.S. rate the first anniversary of the assassina- Continued on page 3 Electricity, water projects worth over $657m put into operation TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani, inaugurated in West Azarbaijan, three were on Thursday, inaugurated 26 water and in Ardebil, nine projects were inaugurated adventurism electricity projects worth 27.61 trillion rials in Isfahan, and another 10 projects went (about $657.38 million) in four provinces operational in Mazandaran. through video conference. The projects included some irrigation and Inaugurated in the 34th week of the drainage projects, a dam, several electricity Energy Ministry’s A-B-Iran Program, the supply projects, some water supply projects, mentioned projects were put into operation five small-scale power plants, as well as sev- in West Azarbaijan, Ardebil, Isfahan, and eral projects for improving the quality of the Mazandaran provinces, IRNA reported. electricity network and reducing losses. Of the mentioned projects, four were Continued on page 4 Nine new books on Commander Qassem Soleimani released TEHRAN – Publishers across the country by Mohammad-Hossein Khani for have commemorated the first martyrdom children. anniversary of Commander Qassem Ketabak has published “Uncle Qas- Soleimani by the release of nine new sem” written by Mohammad-Ali Jaberi books about the IRGC Quds chief who for children. The book contains 20 stories, was assassinated by the U.S. in Baghdad which provide a truly deep insight into the on January 3, 2020. character of Commander Soleimani and “I Am Qassem Soleimani” was enjoin children to think of the personality published by Mobasher Publica- as a role model. AP tions. It is a biography authored Continued on page 8 Conspiracy theory Tehran sports complex, cathedral named France mobilizes 100,000 police to stop New in Iran football national heritage Year’s Eve gatherings BY MASOUD HOSSEIN TEHRAN – Shahid Shiroudi Sports Complex It has also hosted the 1968 AFC Asian Cup France is mobilizing 100,000 police and gen- towards those people”. t’s not a weird thing in the world (formerly known as Amjadiyeh Stadium), and finals. The Asian Club Championship was also darmes on New Year’s Eve to break up parties and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin of football that a team have been Saint Sarkis Cathedral along with seven other held in Amjadieh stadium in 1970. The stadi- enforce a curfew imposed to combat coronavirus. has ordered a visible security presence in city accused of being favored but sites and monuments scattered across Tehran um has also been the venue for the AFC Youth The extra security also aims at halting the centres and flashpoint suburbs from 20:00 I have been inscribed on the national heritage list. Championship 2000. torching of cars that often takes place on the (19:00 GMT), when the curfew begins. here in Iran, many teams want to hide their failures by accusing an- The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism Built between 1964 and 1970 by Iranian-Ar- final night of the year. In Paris half of the metro lines will be closed other team. They are not responsi- and Handicrafts declared the inscriptions in menian architect Eugene Aftandilian, Saint France has confirmed 2.6m Covid-19 cases, in the evening, while Mr. Darmanin also asked ble for what they’ve done and want separate letters to Anoushirvan Mohseni-Band- Sarkis Cathedral is one of the largest churches the fifth highest total in the world, and more for a wider public transport shutdown across to mislead their fans. pey, the governor-general of Tehran province, in the country. than 64,000 deaths. the country to be considered. The fans are always ready to come up IRNA reported on Friday. This white, twin-spired church was estab- Like other European countries, France will Despite rising cases, and concerns over a with conspiracy theories when it looks Entrees to the prestigious list also include a lished by an Armenian benefactor in the coun- see muted celebrations for New Year’s Eve amid new more contagious strain of the disease, a like certain teams are favored or others restaurant, mansion, public bathhouse, and a try, Markar Sarkissian, at his own expenses in the pandemic. government spokesman said there was no need are wronged. bank building in a bid to receive more protection memory of his wife, and was named after Saint In her New Year address, German Chancel- for local lockdowns for now. France has had Iran football, at the moment, experi- than ever before. Sarkis the Warrior. lor Angela Merkel spoke emotionally about the two national lockdowns and bars, restaurants ences the strange times indeed. The Asian Completed in 1942, the stadium has played The cathedral was originally built without pandemic which had “imposed a lot on everyone, and cultural attractions will remain closed into heavyweight has not won a single title host to many sporting, cultural, and national interior columns with the hexagonal dome borne and too much on some” in 2020. January. for many years due to mismanagement events as well as political meetings. Ever since just by its walls, but when the danger of the She reached out to those who had lost loved Darmanin has written to regional leaders in the sport and it seems nobody want to Iran national football team was formed, they dome falling was seen, four bearing columns ones to Covid-19, and she attacked coronavirus informing them of Thursday’s “exceptional” change his mind. played their home matches in Amjadieh stadium were added. conspiracy theories, “which are not just false mobilization of 100,000 police and gendarmes. The officials have not taken any major before Azadi Stadium was constructed. Continued on page 6 and dangerous, but also cynical and cruel Continued on page 5 action to remove the obstacles over the past years and it has raised the concerns about the future. Iran writes to Security Council over increased U.S. military adventurism in Persian Gulf How should we Some Iranian coaches used to question the integrity of a referee at the end of their TEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Permanent Represent- He said that in addition to dispatching ad- Donald Trump’s tenure comes to an end. remember General matches regardless of how they play. They ative to the United Nations Es’haq Al-e Habib has vanced and highly sophisticated weaponry to The bombers flew nonstop from Minot Air protest the decisions, while there are some written to the Security Council warning about this region in the past several weeks, the United Force Base in North Dakota and headed home Soleimani? major technical problems in their teams. the increased U.S. military adventurism in the States has conducted a number of provocative after a show of force over the western side of They want to mislead their fans and it Persian Gulf. military acts that include, but are not limited to, the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, the Associated BY IAN GREENHALGH could have devastating consequences in “I am writing to inform you that the military the flight of a number of its long-range strategic Press reported. It is true that often, one can better assess a person the long-term since the fans get used to adventurism of the United States of America in the bombers in recent days over the Persian Gulf. Earlier in December, two B-52 bombers flew by who their enemies were than by who were their protesting not finding a solution to the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea has heightened, It came after the U.S. for the second time sent nonstop from Barksdale Air Force Base in Loui- friends. If we apply this maxim to the late Gener- problem. particularly in recent weeks,” Al-e Habib wrote in a pair of B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf in siana, across Europe and then the Persian Gulf al Qassem Soleimani, sadly assassinated by U.S. Iran is a country who has established a letter to President of the United Nations Security yet another provocative military posture against on a short-notice mission. airstrike in January 2020, we see clearly that his a professional league since 2001, but the Council Jerry Matthews Matjila, according to IRNA. Iran, just about three weeks before U.S. President Continued on page 2 enemies were the United States, Israel and their allies lack of infrastructure is what holds back in West Asia – Saudi Arabia and the Arab States.
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