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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 8 Pages Price 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13909 Sunday APRIL 4, 2021 Farvardin 15, 1400 Sha’aban 21, 1442 Iran rules out any Persepolis held Noruz visits to Iranian IIDCYA makes gradual lifting of by Shahr Khodro: museums falls by animations on national sanctions Page 2 IPL Page 3 one-fifth due to virusPage 6 luminaries Page 8 Joint Iran-Iraq committee to pursue Gen. Soleimani assassination Failure of decades TEHRAN - The secretary of the Iranian took place in their country and their citizens Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights were targeted and martyred,” Baqeri Kani has said an investigation committee set said on Thursday, according to Press TV. See page 3 up jointly by Iran and Iraq will follow up General Soleimani, commander of the case of the U.S. assassination of top the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi of wickedness General Qassem Soleimani. al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Ali Baqeri Kani said that Tehran pub- Iraq’s anti-terror Popular Mobilization lic prosecutor’s office for international Units (PMU), were martyred along with offences, which is in charge of the case, their bodyguards in a U.S. drone strike is currently finalizing the indictment. authorized by former president Donald “We have started another procedure in Trump near Baghdad’s international cooperation with the Iraqis. They have the airport on January 3, 2020. authority to pursue this crime because it Continued on page 2 IMIDRO identifies 1,700 new promising mineral zones across Iran TEHRAN – Head of the explorations de- The official noted that IMIDRO car- partment of the Iranian Mines and Mining ried out reconnaissance and prospecting Industries Development and Renovation operations on over 478,343 square kilom- Organization (IMIDRO) has announced the eters of land during the previous Iranian identification of 1,700 new promising mineral calendar year (ended on March 20), of zones across the country, IRNA reported. which 66,000 square kilometers have According to Ali Asgharzadeh, the been handed over to the private sector mentioned regions cover a total area of to be explored. 110,080 square kilometers. Continued on page 4 Iran to launch 4th ‘house of Gando, the most watched innovation’ in Russia soon TEHRAN - Iran will inaugurate its fourth ness-to-business (B2B) meetings with thriller in Iran during Noruz, house of innovation in Russia in May with their Russian counterparts, ISNA reported. the aim of finding new markets for do- On the sidelines of the meetings, the sheds light on Britain’s recent mestic knowledge-based products in the fourth house of innovation will officially neighboring country. come on stream. machinations in the country A delegation of Iranian knowl- Iran has already set up houses of inno- edge-based companies will visit Russia vation in China, Kenya, and Syria. on May 24-25 in order to hold busi- Continued on page 7 Iran’s petchem Iran offers condolences on death of top WCC Protests for prisoners: Rallies hit 18 districts production capacity official Ghada Hijjawi across Bahrain rises 13.5m tons TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asgar Our country is ranked first in the number of global Protesters have taken to the streets in Bahrain the wellbeing of prisoners of conscience being Mounesan offered condolences on Friday on the registrations of cities and villages of handicrafts, he added. to show solidarity with political prisoners and kept behind bars in crowded jails. BY EBRAHIM FALLAHI death of the World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Re- With 14 entries, Iran ranks first globally for the call for their immediate release as the ruling The Protesters said the coronavirus outbreak he capacity of Iranian petro- gion (WCC-APR) President Ghada Hijjawi, who died number of cities and villages registered by the World Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its cruel has exacerbated the situation of the prisoners – chemical production increased of COVID-19, praising her deep acquaintance with Crafts Council, as China with seven entries, Chile with clampdown on human rights advocates and op- some of whom have lost their lives to the highly by 13.5 million tons in the pre- Persian handicrafts. four, and India with three ones come next. position figures in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. contagious respiratory disease. T “Hijjawi was well aware of the unique potential In January 2020, the cities of Shiraz, Malayer, and On Friday evening, protesters staged rallies Bahrainis also held similar demonstra- vious Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) following the inaugu- of Iranian handicrafts,” Mounesan said. Her seri- Zanjan and the village of Qassemabad were designated in more than 18 regions under the motto “Fri- tions in the villages of Abu Saiba, Shakhurah, ration of 12 new petrochemical pro- ousness in developing, promoting, and supporting by the WCC- Asia Pacific Region, putting Iran’s num- day of Prisoners’ Rage” to denounce Bahraini al-Markh, Nuwaidrat, Shahrakan and Tubli as jects across the country. human artifacts was admirable, the minister added. ber of world crafts cities and villages from ten to 14. authorities’ mistreatment of jailed activists, and well as Salmabad and Sanad towns, where they With the inauguration of the mentioned The late Hijjawi always had an effective relationship Iran exported $523 million worth of handicrafts their miserable conditions at detention centers held up the pictures of their imprisoned loved projects which were defined under the with the member states of the World Crafts Council, and during the past calendar year 1398 (ended March especially in light of the coronavirus pandemic. ones as well as those of prominent opposition framework of the petrochemical indus- in the meantime, with her deep knowledge of the unique 19, 2020). Of the figure, some $273 million worth The demonstrators carried Bahrain’s national figures, including Zakia al-Barbouri, who was try’s second leap, the country’s total pet- capacities of Iranian handicrafts, she had a constructive of handicrafts were exported officially through flags and chanted anti-regime slogans in the charged to five years in prison on February 6, rochemical production capacity has now interaction with (Iran’s) Ministry of Cultural Heritage, customs, and about $250 million was earned via villages of al-Malkiya, al-Maqsha, Southern 2019, and had her citizenship revoked in a po- reached 83.5 million tons. Tourism and Handicrafts, Mounesan said. suitcase trade (allowed for customs-free and tax-free Sehla, Diraz, Bu Quwah and al-Dair as they litically-motivated case. According to the National Petrochemical “During her tenure, she took firm steps towards transfer) through various provinces, according to called for the immediate release of the inmates, On Thursday, Bahrain’s most prominent Shia Company (NPC), the second leap of the pet- achieving the goals of the World Crafts Council, with data provided by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Press TV reported. cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim warned that political rochemical industry is going to be realized a special focus on the original arts and crafts of the Tourism and Handicrafts. The participants held Bahrain’s monarch King dissidents in Bahraini prisons are facing deaths in the current Iranian calendar year (started peoples of the planet.” Continued on page 6 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah fully responsible for and demanded their immediate release. on March 21) to boost the country’s annual petrochemical revenues up to $25 billion. The third leap of the industry, which is aimed to increase the revenues from Huge whiffs of desperation in Washington now… EU failed to address the mentioned sector to $37 billion, is BY MARTIN LOVE eficial relations across Asian countries at least matter of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline which COVID crisis: also planned to take place in the Iranian How grand that China and Iran have finally for- between China up towards Europe. And to boot, is about 90 percent complete between Russia calendar year 1404 (begins in March 2025). malized, after several years of waiting, a 25 year Russia and China are closer in spirit than they and Germany and the U.S. is desperate to stop it Canadian historian According to the Iranian President Has- (and likely more) “strategic agreement” that’s have ever been before, and both countries are altogether and sell much more expensive LNG to san Rouhani, the country’s petrochemical going to encompass not just trade and econo- working hard to pull away from what reliance Germany and Europe. Even a fool would wonder BY MOHAMMAD MAZHARI production capacity has nearly doubled mies, but also cultural, educational, medical they have had on the U.S. dollar. why Europe would ever buy the expensive gas if Pointing to populism as a key problem threatening the over the past eight years. and other spheres, too. It’s all a part of what Meanwhile, especially of late, once can quite given a sound and reliable alternative supply, but future of the European Union, a Canadian historian “The petrochemical production capacity the U.S. despises most and is doing whatever it easily catch whiffs of desperation in Washington again the U.S. is desperate to cast itself as Europe’s says that the EU has failed to address the COVID crisis. is expected to reach 100 million tons in can to disrupt and halt – China’s peaceful Belt while the U.S. sinks slowly into a morass of its protector, its Big Daddy, as it has been generally “In Italy and Spain, the numbers were alarming,” the current year and this shows that a lot and Road initiative binding, if not absolutely own making over the past three decades.