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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.13883 Monday FEBRUARY 15, 2021 Bahman 27, 1399 Rajab 3, 1442 Defense chief says Iran’s Persepolis edge Paykan Gholamreza Shariati Women’s share in missile capability acts in Iran Professional appointed new research, development as deterrent Page 2 League Page 3 head of ISIRI Page 4 up to 39% Page 7 Iran set to hold joint naval drill with Russia, China TEHRAN – Iran, a regional power, is set operations and measures to ensure the safety to hold a joint naval exercise with Russia of navigation, Dzhagaryan told RIA Novosti. and China, two superpowers, in the Sea The last joint naval drills involving the Unplugging of Oman and the Northern Indian Ocean. three countries were held at the end of The news of naval drill was first broke December 2019. out by Levan Dzhagaryan, the Russian Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the deputy ambassador to Tehran. Dzhagaryan an- coordinator of the Islamic Republic of nounced last week that Russian, Iranian, Iran’s Army, said on Sunday the planned and Chinese will hold naval drills in the naval exercise with Russia demonstrates Indian Ocean in mid-February. the naval power of Iran, according to Mehr The military exercise is intended to work news agency. the cameras out interaction during search and rescue Continued on page 2 Over $2.42b of loans paid to production units in 10 months TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Indus- to 3,439 production units. try, Mining and Trade’s data show that As reported, under the framework 101.941 trillion rials (over $2.42 billion) of this program dubbed “facilities for has been paid to production units as part production and employment”, bank fa- of a program for supporting domestic pro- cilities are offered to newly established duction during the first 10 months of the production units or semi-finished in- current Iranian calendar year (March 20, dustrial projects with over 60 percent 2020-January 19, 2021). of physical progress. The mentioned payments were made Continued on page 4 Iranian MP tells Tehran Iran’s Book of the Year Awards announces Times: Iran dead set on nominees in literature category stopping implementation TEHRAN – The organizers of the 38th Iran’s Mehdi Hejvani, Amanda Boulter’s “Writing Book of the Year Awards have announced Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches” of Additional Protocol the nominees in the literature category. translated into Persian by Anisa Raufi, John Illustration by Bahman Vakhshour See page 3 The categories include the subsections Frow’s “Genre” translated into Persian by of Literary Criticism, Classical Literature, Leila Mirsafian, Edward Hirsch’s “How to Non-Persian Literature and Arabic Literature. Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry” Nominees in the Literary Criticism sec- translated into Persian by Mojtaba Veisi and tion include Maria Nikolajeva’s “Aesthetic Terry Eagleton’s “The Event of Literature” Approaches to Children’s Literature: An translated into Persian by Mashiyat Alai. Tehran Times/ Introduction” translated into Persian by Continued on page 8 Iran’s sponge iron Alireza Jahanbakhsh BLM protest in NYC leaves two NYPD cops production leap wastes time at Brighton injured, 11 arrested outstanding BY MASOUD HOSSEIN He has struggled for game time under Gra- A Black Lives Matter march through Midtown The NYPD confirmed the attack, telling The TEHRAN – Alireza Jahanbakhsh is in a race against ham Potter and it seems it’s time to change the Manhattan turned violent Friday night, with 11 Post “a member of the media” was assaulted, and BY MAHNAZ ABDI time as he grows older and older at Brighton, waiting things. The iconic winger has recently said he protesters arrested. police made “a number of arrests.” Angel Rivera, 19, TEHRAN- While Iran is fighting the U.S. severe for a chance to show what he can do. is at a point in his career he has to “play a lot The NYPD reported that two officers suffered of Manhattan, was arrested for kicking one officer sanctions on its economy, and the country’s He signed from AZ Alkmaar in 2018 for a more and have better conditions.” minor injuries during the protest, which was at- in the foot and biting another officer on his thigh different industrial and economic sectors have then club-record fee of £17m but has since en- He’s absolutely right. tended by about 100 marchers; officials could not during the 9:15 p.m. fracas, the spokeswoman said. been affected by the limitations and difficulties dured a frustrating time in the Premier League Jahanbakhsh has previously displayed that immediately say how the cops were hurt. Rivera was charged with two counts of assault caused by the sanctions condition, the country’s on the south coast. what a quality player he is. Last year, he scored At least some of those arrested were accused of on a police officer, two counts of assault, one count mining sector is moving forward noticeably, It cannot be said it was a wrong transfer but, a phenomenal overhead kick against Chelsea attacking Daily News photographer Sam Costanza at of resisting arrest, obstructing governmental jus- overcoming such barriers. unfortunately, things didn’t go well for the Ira- and stunned the football fans. the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in tice and unlawful possession of a noxious matter. Among the mining sector’s different nian winger. But he’s frustrated of course over lack of the mistaken belief that he was a cop, sources said. At least some of those taken into custody were products, sponge iron is an outstanding Playing in English Premier League is really playing time. He has to play more and more in The photog was surrounded and struck after accused of attacking Daily News photographer Sam example, as the production of this item mouth-watering and Jahanbakhsh made the the last years of his playing career. Jahanbakhsh one of the marchers recognized him from a BLM Costanza at Sixth Avenue and 54th Street — in the is rising more and more in the country. best possible decision but he never found his must once again make the best decision. To stay protest outside the NYPD’s 6th Precinct house in mistaken belief that he was a cop, law-enforcement The latest eye-catching achievement place in the team. at Brighton is not the best possible way and he Greenwich Village last year, according to sources. sources told The Post. in this field was standing at first place Jahanbakhsh is about 28 and it means he has can try his luck elsewhere. The agitated protester began yelling, “He’s a Costanza was surrounded and struck after one globally during the first five months of no enough time and is racing against the clock. He has a chance of playing in Eredivisie teams cop,” inciting many of his fellow marchers. of the marchers recognized him from a previous 2020, when Iran’s sponge iron produc- In my opinion, he has fought enough and did since he is unhappy with his limited role with About a dozen people surrounded the photog, BLM protest outside the NYPD’s Sixth Precinct tion was the highest in the world, despite everything he could. Jahanbakhsh should not the Seagulls. shoving him and beating him with their fists and station house in Greenwich Village last year, ac- all the hurdles created by the sanctions. waste his time in the English side. Continued on page 3 other objects, sources said. cording to the sources. The country’s sponge iron output was also the highest in May 2020, when Iran lagged India behind. Iran is only second to India globally in Discover outstanding example of Iranian bathhouse Toward a ‘knowledge- terms of the volume of sponge iron pro- BY AFSHIN MAJLESI The bathhouse is now a top tourist destina- paintings that have been designed to create based’ socio-economic duction, but during the first five months In earlier times, bathhouses or hammams were tion, featuring very eye-catching decorations. The special effects. of 2020, Iran’s production of the product not only places for bathing and cleaning up in Iran. lime and gypsum plaster of this building stare Twisting corridors is a feature of Kashani growth was over 12 million tons, while that of They were also venues where people socialized, everyone’s eyes. Lime cutting, the art of sculp- architecture, designed to maximize the priva- BY MEHDI GARSHASBI India was 11 million tons. shared humor and news; a peaceful place for ture, embossed on a surface of lime, is one of the cy of the household; here in the bathhouse, the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries TEHRAN – The law for promoting and supporting exchanging views about politics and everyday life. most beautiful decorations of Iranian buildings. purpose was to keep in the steam. knowledge-based companies was approved by the Development and Renovation Organization Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, which is the Turquoise blue and golden tiles, seven layers From another point of view, it is somehow (IMIDRO), Iran’s largest metals and mining Majlis (Iranian parliament) in 2010, paving the way subject of this article, is an outstanding example of plaster, and special architecture, have made an anthropology museum as many wax effigies for a jumpstart in the march toward scientific progress. holding, has stated that one of the most im- of such public places. The centuries-old bathhouse this bathroom one of the most prominent baths there, clad in traditional attire, are expected to portant reasons for the increase in sponge Over the past couple of years, the concept of is located in the oasis city of Kashan on the edge in Iran.