Actor Sirus Gorjestani Dies at 76
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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 50,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 42nd year No.13701 Saturday JULY 4, 2020 Tir 14, 1399 Dhi Al Qada 12, 1441 Iran won’t surrender Hamas calls for ‘armed Iran volleyball coach Fears of coronavirus rebound to bullying struggle’ to liberate West Bank to be appointed until prompt Iran to ponder new 2 from Israeli occupation 10 September: Davarzani 11 limits on cultural activities 12 Natanz incident causing no work stoppage, slowdown at facility National Day of Mount TEHRAN — The Atomic Energy Organ- ization of Iran says an incident hitting the Natanz nuclear facility Thursday has caused no stoppage or slowdown of en- richment, because the affected shed was actually under construction and not part of the enrichment process yet. Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the AEOI, made the remarks in an interview on Damavand Thursday evening regarding the incident that is The iconic mountain currently under investigation for causing material is grappling with damage to the inactive shed that is located in an open area of the Natanz site. 2 environmental degradation Iran-EAEU trade exceeds See page 9 $2.4b since preferential trade agreement TEHRAN— The value of trade between Iran and the members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) reached $2.418 billion since the implementation of the preferential trade agreement on October 27, 2019, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. 4 Biden pulls together 600 of lawyers as a bulwark against election trickery Bahman Vakhshour U.S. Democratic presidential candi- date Joe Biden said that his party has assembled a group of 600 lawyers and thousands of other people to prepare for possible “chicanery” ahead of No- Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ vember’s election. 10 ARTICLE Health Ministry to promote Iranian lifestyle U.S. creates force to protect monuments Salman Parviz based on traditional medicine amid anti-racism protests Journalist TEHRAN — The Ministry of Health’s and flourishing of health tourism for Persian By staff & agencies and Thomas Jefferson, both slave owners. department of Iranian traditional medi- traditional medicine are among the important The U.S. Department of Homeland Security In some cases, local governments under cine has signed a memorandum of under- goals of the MOU. announce a special new task force to protect popular pressure have decided to remove the Post-war standing with five executive bodies for the There are 56 health centers and clinics historic monuments across the country, some monuments themselves. development of a culture of cultivation and offering Iranian traditional medicine services of which have come under attack for glorifying U.S. President Donald Trump expressed reconstruction consumption of medicinal plants, IRNA in the country. the country’s racist past. outrage when on June 22 demonstrators reported on Friday. In July 2019, Javad Mirarab an official with Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf attempted to pull down a statue directly plans for Libya? The memorandum was signed between the the Ministry of Agriculture, said that medic- said in a statement that he was positioning “rap- in front of the White House of president Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Interior, inal plants are cultivated on some 188,000 id deployment teams” around the country to Andrew Jackson, another slave owner n assessment trip is Iran University of Medical Sciences, the Vice hectares of lands in Iran. protect monuments and statues during the July who presided over the mass expulsion of planned within two weeks Presidency for Science and Technology, the He also said that exports of the aforesaid 4th Independence Day holiday, japan Times Native Americans from their homelands Aby Turkish banks and com- Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and medicinal plants brought $450 million for reported. in the 1830s. panies on how to rebuild post- Handicrafts, the Ministry of Agriculture and Iran last year, and saffron with a value of Many monuments have come under attack, Trump demanded U.S. law enforcement war Libya and secure its energy the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. $325 million constituted the largest share and some pulled down, in the past month as arrest and prosecute anyone who damages a infrastructure. People familiar Mohammad Reza Shams-Ardakani, direc- of exports. protestors against police abuse of African Amer- monument and imprison them for the max- with the plan informed Reuters. tor of the department of Iranian traditional Meanwhile, head of the natural products icans target figures of the pro-slavery south in imum 10 years. Turkish state lenders plan to help medicine at Ministry of Health, said that the department at Food and Drug Administration the 1860s Civil War and other symbols of the “DHS is answering the president’s call to set up Libya›s banking system establishment of traditional health centers, Mahnaz Khanavi said that natural and herb- country’s legacy of slavery. use our law enforcement personnel across the and assist in organizing payment enhanced cooperation to promote a healthy al medicines constitute 4 percent of the total But the monument protests have extended country to protect our historic landmarks,” Wolf channels through Turkey for key lifestyle based on the traditional medicine, amount of medicines used in the country. 9 to revered early presidents George Washington said in the statement. 10 Libyan imports. «Separately, a meeting between Libyan business heads and Turkish manufactur- ers of food, medicine, and other goods is UNWTO meeting: Iran outlines measures to help tourism recover from COVID-19 U.S. seeks to seize four expected to be rescheduled «soon» after TEHRAN — Iran took part in a virtual seminar of addressed the meeting, saying that managing “Maintaining the spirit of cooperation be- a coronavirus-related delay,» said Mur- the United Nations World Tourism Organization the psychological impact [caused by the virus tween countries, as well as adhering to the goals of Iranian tankers sailing taza Karanfil, head of the Turkey-Libya on Wednesday, outlining measures the country pandemic], and defining [health] protocols for tourism, respecting the principles of ‘responsible towards Venezuela business council at the Foreign Economic has taken so far to prop up the travel industry those who are active in the field of tourism on tourism’ and taking trustworthy measures are Relations Board of Turkey. since the outbreak of the coronavirus. how to deal with the virus, trying to meet public among the necessities for the tourism industry By staff and agency Pundits believe that Libya is one of The 32nd Joint Meeting of the UNWTO Com- demand, gradually reopening tourism facilities, to overcome this the global recession.” U.S. prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to seize four the most important crises to watch for mission for East Asia and the Pacific and the Com- and preparing government support packages were UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikash- tankers sailing towards Venezuela with gasoline in 2020 because of Russia and Turkey›s mission for South Asia (32nd CAP-CSA) which among the most important measures. vili and tourism officials from some 30 regional supplied by Iran. involvement in a country endowed with had been planned to be held in Sri Lanka this year Elsewhere in his remarks, the official attached great countries attended the webinar which also dis- The lawsuit, filed late on Wednesday in the U.S. Africa›s largest oil reserves. was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. importance to synergy and cooperation between member cussed realms of tourism-related investment, District Court for the District of Columbia, was Turkey is supporting Tripoli repel a Deputy tourism minister Vali Teymouri states as a need to put an end to this global recession. innovation, and technology. 8 followed on Thursday by a warrant issued by U.S. 15-month assault by renegade general District Judge James Boasberg for the seizure of Khalifa Haftar. According to agency re- the more than 1.1 million barrels of gasoline in the ports, Turkish drones were used to back four vessels, Reuters reported.Legal sources said up militias aligned with UN-recognized the gasoline could likely only be seized by U.S. au- Government of National Accord (GNA), thorities if the tankers enter U.S. territorial waters. inflicting heavy losses in early June In the civil-forfeiture complaint, U.S. federal prose- prompting Haftar›s forces to retreat. The Actor Sirus Gorjestani cutors aim to stop delivery of Iranian gasoline aboard the renegade general declared early June that Liberia-flagged Bella, Bering, Pandi and Luna, according he was ready to stop fighting and enter dies at 76 to the lawsuit, first reported by the Wall Street Journal. talks. Haftar announced a ceasefire in Boasberg issued the warrant for the seizure of the Cairo in the presence of Egyptian ally, TEHRAN – Actor Sirus Gorjestani, who is most famous for his roles gasoline in the tankers based on probable cause that President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi. in the comic series and movies such as “The Suspect Ran Away” and the fuel is forfeitable, the Justice Department said. There were no representatives of (GNA) “Sperm Whale 2”, died from a heart attack in a Tehran hospital on The lawsuit also aims to stop the flow of revenues from or its main backers, Turkey, and Qatar Thursday. He was 76. oil sales to Iran. Five Iranian oil tankers by the names during the announcement. “He was admitted to Lavasani Hospital the night before and he of Petunia, Forest, Faxon, Clavel, and Fortune carried Worth mentioning is that Jens Stolten- passed away from a heart attack today,” his son, Siavash told the fuel to Venezuela despite the United States’ sanctions.