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.13631 Saturday APRIL 4, 2020 Farvardin 16, 1398 Sha’aban 10, 1441 moves against Iran ‘even U.S. lost historic IOC president thanks “The Soldiers of exceed what would be opportunity to review Iran for support the Commander” permissible on battlefield’ 2 wrong Iran approach 2 to Olympics 11 published in Turkish 12 Annual non-oil trade at $85b TEHRAN — The value of Iran’s non-oil The official further pointed to the trade stood at $85 billion in the past Iranian measures taken by IRICA in the past We need further surge calendar year of 1398 (ended on March year including facilitation of trade and 19, 2020), the head of Islamic Republic removing customs barriers in line with of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) supporting the government’s plans in announced. different sectors. Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi put the weight of As one of the major organizations help- the country’s annual non-oil trade at 170 ing economic growth, IRICA launched in production million tons and said this amount of trade smart customs project in the previous year was achieved despite the severe sanctions, as a move to meet today’s requirements See page 2 IRNA reported. in trade sector, Mir-Ashrafi underscored. Iran strongly warns U.S. about military threats TEHRAN — Iran’s chief diplomat and U.S. military base in Iraq after the Pentagon top military commander on Thursday assassinated Iran’s legendary anti-terrorism warned the United States against any commander Qassem Soleimani. It was the act of military action, warning the U.S. first attack on the U.S. since World War Two. will face the “most fierce response” if it Zarif warned Trump, “Don’t be misled makes the slightest move against Iran. by usual warmongers, again.” Writing on his Twitter account, Foreign The warning by the Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, minister came after Trump claimed on “Iran starts no war, but teaches lessons Twitter on Wednesday that Iran was to those who do.” plotting a “sneak attack” on U.S. troops Iran fired ballistic missile on a major or facilities in Iraq. 3 U.S. hijacking mask shipments in rush for coronavirus protection By staff & agencies counterparts were paying, the Guardian U.S. buyers waving wads of cash man- reported. aged to wrest control of a consignment Jean Rottner, a doctor and president of of masks as it was about to be dispatched the GrandEst regional council, said part of from China to one of the worst-hit coro- the order of several million masks heading navirus areas of France, according to two for the region, where intensive care units French officials. are inundated with Covid-19 patients, had The masks were on a plane at Shang- been lost to the buyers. hai airport that was ready to take off “On the tarmac, they arrive, get the when the U.S. buyers turned up and cash out … so we really have to fight,” he leader.ir offered three times what their French told RTL radio. 10 ARTICLE An efficient economic system necessary for a new Islamic civilization: expert Iranian Faranak Bakhtiari By Mehdi Garshasbi choosing a specific name for the year? Meanwhile, the executive branch of the govern- ambassador Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — As an annual tradition, Leader As the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Aya- ment tries to plan its future actions accordingly. of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali tollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is looking for the es- The legislative body of the government, also, tries bashes racist Khamenei addresses the nation and determines a tablishment of an Islamic system. Systematization to revise existing regulations according to the new name for the new year. This year has been named is a process that requires institutionalization and issue or pass new laws if needed. Finally, relevant propaganda during Nature Day the year of “Surge in Production.” cultural evolution. One of the measures taken institutions will try to inform the public of different Economist and university professor Hojjatol- by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution yearly characteristics of the issue. COVID-19 crisis manifests national lah Abdolmaleki, in an interview with the Tehran to prepare the bedrock for systematization is Therefore, naming the years is a clever and Times, said the Leader’s emphasis on “production” naming the years. By naming a year with a spe- scientific strategy to lead the Iranian society step While the world witnesses the spread of empathy against in recent years is mainly rooted in the fact that in the cific pivot, more attention will be paid to certain by step towards the favorable Islamic system and the COVID-19 pandemic, all countries country’s goal of creating a new Islamic civilization features of the goals behind that pivot and all to prepare all the factors which are going to be should shoulder their responsibility and coronavirus is through strengthening the national economy and executive branches of the government, elites, crucial and effective in that ideal Islamic system. provide joint leadership, especially in the creating an efficient economic system. scientists, and the public will acknowledge the Each year has a different name. Are these United Nations, the Iranian Ambassador ature Day was another manifestation Below is the full text of the interview. importance of the issue. names connected or should they be analyzed to China, Mohammad Keshavarz Zadeh, of empathy of the Iranian nation Every year, on the first day of Noruz, the The Leader always explicates the main conceptual separately? has told China.org.cn. in fight against the coronavirus, as N Leader of the Islamic Revolution addresses the specifications of every issue. Then scholars and Each year’s name is related to the past. Each He warned that the world should be people stayed home, despite their thou- nation and assigns a specific name to the year. scientists of the country study those specifications name is like a piece of a puzzle and these pieces vigilant against any xenophobic, racist sand-year-old tradition. What is the purpose and philosophy behind to explain the goals and outcomes of every issue. collectively make a bigger picture. 7 or intolerant propaganda. Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature “It’s absolutely wrong and inappropri- Day, is an Iranian festival held annual- ate to label the novel coronavirus as the ly on the thirteenth day of Farvardin, ‘China Virus’ or ‘Wuhan Virus,’” said the the first month of the Iranian calen- Five Iranian publishers announce top 10 bestsellers of the year ambassador, referring to the practice of dar (falling on April 1 this year), during tying the virus to China by U.S. President By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet The story of “Silent House” is set in winter San’avi came next. which Iranians reconcile with nature Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike 1979 when Kurosh, a young Iranian engineer, The list also includes Turkish writer Elif Shafak’s spending time in resorts, gardens and TEHRAN — Iranian publishers Nimaj, Ruzbehan, Pompeo earlier in March. buys a listening device from a German engineer novels “The Hidden” and “Three Daughters of Eve”, natural areas. It marks the end of the Qoqnus, Cheshmeh and Afraz have announced The ambassador said this kind of on his mission to Germany. He begins to use the both translated into Persian by Saber Hosseini. Noruz holidays in Iran. their top ten bestselling books published over propaganda is not a new type of igno- device to learn the hidden secrets of some people “Beizai/Crocodile”, two plays by Seyyed Mo- An outbreak of the COVID-19, origi- the past year as the Iranian New Year began on rance and racism, but such language who live around him. hammad Mosavat and “The Hole/The Deep Sound nating at a seafood market in the central March 20. from the top leadership of a major The fourth book is “Journeys of the Writers” of the Snow”, two plays by Jaber Ramezani and Chinese city of Wuhan in late December; Nimaj’s bestsellers power is unprecedented in the 21st by Abutorab Khosravi. The book tells the story Payam Saeidi, polled ninth and tenth places has spread in Iran killing at least 3,294 Iranian writer Ruzbeh Moein’s romantic novel century. of Saeid and Eqlima, two scholars who team up respectively. and infected 53,183 people since April “The Cold Coffee of Mr. Writer” leads Nimaj’s Trump’s language has also drawn do- to do research into the role of the saints in the Ruzbehan’s bestsellers 3, while about 1,034,116 cases have been bestsellers, which is followed by “Rakhshid’s mestic criticism. “It’s certainly not the development of societies. Ruzbehan’s bestseller list begins with Ira- confirmed in 180 other countries, claiming Secret was Revealed”, another romantic novel way the leadership of the United States, “The Lion’s Wound”, a collection of 11 short nian writer Nader Ebrahimi’s novels “Fire 54,465 lives so far. by Ali Soltani. the secretary of state, and the president stories by Samad Taheri, grabbed fifth place. without Smoke” and “On the Red Marine In response to the epidemic, Iran Iranian writer Sanaz Zamani’s story “Silent of the United States, ought to be behaving And the Persian translation of Spanish writer Roads”, two masterpieces of modern Persian has implemented a social distanc- House”, not to be confused with a novel of the in the best of times - but certainly not in Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s first adult novel “La sombra literature from the early 1970s the publisher ing plan, which began nationwide same title by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, was a crisis.” The Hill quoted former White del viento” (“The Shadow of the Wind”) by Ali republished in 2017.